Saturday, November 13, 2004
Singapore, Thailand sign air force training agreementSingapore and Thailand have entered into a long-term agreement which will allow their air forces to conduct training in each other's countries.
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Spare jet scores for PACAF team during William Tell eventThe U.A. Pacific Air Forces team put big points on the William Tell scoreboard after a touch-and-go start in their first event Nov. 9 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
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Airman takes co-pilot's stick during in-flight emergencyThe deputy commander for the 412th Operations Group at Edwards Air Force Base helped the pilot of a commercial aircraft to run checklists and land the plane after the co-pilot had a seizure.
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French Gov't Wants to Merge EADS, ThalesThe French government wants to merge Airbus parent EADS with defense company Thales to create a new European giant to rival Boeing, a leading financial daily reported Friday.
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FULL-SCALE F-35 POLE MODEL BEGINS MISSION SYSTEMS TESTINGMulti-phase Mission Systems aperture testing is under way on a full-scale model of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at the Air Force Research Laboratories’ Newport, N.Y., test facility. The model, is being used to measure installed antenna pattern, gain and phase measurements for the F-35's Communication, Navigation & Identification (CNI) and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.
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Boeing Airborne Laser Lights Up Test FacilityThe Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) team fired a laser beam for the first time using the flight laser modules in the ABL System Integration Lab at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
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Friday, November 12, 2004
BombcatAn F-14B Tomcat launches from the flight deck of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Karsten.
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MND DENIES MAINLAND CHINA INTERFERED WITH PRESIDENTIAL FLIGHTThe Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) denied a newspaper report Thursday that mainland Chinese jet fighters locked their radar on a plane carrying President Chen Shui-bian during a flight over the Taiwan Strait in late September. "The report is not factual, " the Office of Military Spokesman said in a press statement.
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Unmanned aircraft gain starring role in terror warUnmanned aerial vehicles are earning star status in the war on terrorism. They are becoming the most-requested capability among combatant commanders in Southwest Asia and use has increased fourfold in that theater during the last year alone, said the deputy director of the Pentagon's UAV planning task force.
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USS Ronald Reagan Moves one Step Closer to Fleet ReadinessUSS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) got under way Nov. 6, the first time since arriving at its new homeport of San Diego in July.
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Top Air Force officials expected to resign later this yearU.S. Air Force Secretary James Roche and his chief acquisition officer, Marvin Sambur, are expected to resign before the end of the year, according to government and defense industry sources.
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Helicopter pilot injured in IraqAn Army Air Corps Lynx helicopter pilot has been seriously wounded in an attack in Iraq, the U.K. Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
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Official: Future Cargo Aircraft RFP Set For '06, With Award In '07The U.S. Army's requirements for the Future Cargo Aircraft (FCA) will be completed within the next few months by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and a request for proposals (RFP) is expected in 2006, with an award in 2007.
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Libya interested in buying CN-235 aircraft from PTDIThe Libyan government has expressed interest in purchasing CN-235 aircraft from PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) to replace old Russian aircraft currently used by its army.
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RAAF project sets recordsThe world's first Boeing 737-based AEW&C aircraft has broken records at the US aerospace giant for flight testing since it took to the air in May with about double the per day sortie rate of similar programs.
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US Waging Complex Air War In Skies Over FallujahNo fewer than 20 types of aircraft have been thrown into the fight in the skies over Fallujah, including 10 fixed-wing planes, three types of helicopters and seven kinds of unmanned drones
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US Air Force weapons buyer cleared in Boeing probeThe U.S. Air Force's chief acquisition official said on Thursday he had been cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation of his e-mails tied to a stalled $23.5 billion plan to acquire Boeing Co. KC-767 tanker aircraft.
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Princess Royal in air near-missA Royal Air Force plane carrying the Princess Royal to engagements in Scotland has been involved in a near-miss with a RAF Eurofighter Typhoon.
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Turkey’s First Peace Eagle Aircraft Rolls Off Boeing Production LineThe first 737-700 aircraft for Turkey’s Peace Eagle airborne early warning and control program rolled off the Boeing production line in Renton, Wash. this week.
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Boeing ScanEagle UAV Surpasses 1000 Flight Hours in IraqScanEagle, a long-endurance fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Boeing and The Insitu group, this week surpassed 1,000 flight hours during operations in Iraq .
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British fighter aircraft defend Baltic skiesAlternating in 12-hour shifts, the four RAF Tornado F3 crews provide a two-plane presence at 15 minutes notice, 24 hours a day, every day to defend the whole of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.
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Thursday, November 11, 2004
State retires HueysThe Minnesota National Guard retire the guard's fleet of 27 Hueys on Wednesday.
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Elbit Systems in Cooperation With Avioane Craiova Will Supply Eight IAR-99 Lead-In Trainer Aircraft to the Romanian Air ForceElbit Systems, in cooperation with the Romanian aircraft manufacturer Avioane Craiova, was recently awarded a US$43 million contract from the Romanian Defense Ministry to supply eight IAR-99 lead-in trainer aircraft.
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An All-Out Drive For Defense DealsEuropean Aeronautics Defense & Space Co. is setting its sights as a major player in the U.S. market.
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Local jets are flying over Iraq at same pace as start of warPlanes from the carrier John F. Kennedy are flying combat missions over Iraq at the same pace as they did during the start of the war a year and a half ago, according to Navy officials. The 14- to 18-hour-a-day flight operations from the deck of the Kennedy are in support of U.S. and Iraqi ground forces as they continue their push into Fallujah.
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Bragg Kiowa unit headed to IraqApproximately 300 soldiers in a OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter unit of the 82nd Airborne Division will leave Thursday for a year’s duty in Iraq, the division announced.
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Iran Supplied Eight UAVs to HezbollahIran has not only supplied Hezbollah with these UAVs but has also trained 30 of the group’s members to operate them, the official (a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards) told the London-based Arab daily ‘al-Sharq al-Awsat’.
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Mirage crash: IAF unfazedIndian Air Force (IAF) Vice-Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal S. K. Malik announced that the IAF has plans for acquisition of 10 Mirage fighters from Qatar, in addition to another 10 from manufacturer Dassault Aviation of France.
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Lockheed Martin wraps up $1.4 billion offset deals(Registration Required)Lockheed Martin has wrapped up nearly one-and-a-half billion dollars worth of offset contracts with Israeli defense industries as part of the US government's Peace Marble V program to supply Israel with 102 advanced F-16I fighter jets built by LM.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Five Injured as Crane Topples on Warship InvincibleA 210ft crane toppled on to aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, injuring five people including the driver who was trapped in his cab.
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PACAF’s team uses advantage during William TellAt William Tell 2004, the Pacific Air Forces F-15 Eagle team is flying and competing with three technologies that enable pilots to detect enemies from further away, target nearby enemy aircraft with a glance and shoot missiles in a wider range of directions.
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IAF jobs: Government to appeal against court orderThe Indian Government will move the Supreme Court against Monday's Delhi High Court
order cancelling four top-level appointments in the Indian Air Force, the Defence Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said.
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A-10 Aircraft From Whiteman Accidentally Releases MunitionWhiteman Air Force Base announced that an A-10 aircraft from the 442nd Fighter Wing accidentally released a small training munition Monday afternoon.
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Jordan warplane crashes, pilot killedA Jordanian F-5 crashed shortly after take off and its pilot was killed.
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New USAF Office Seeks Voice In Air-To-Ground Weapons DecisionsCol. Michael Longoria, director of the Air Force's new Joint Air-Ground Operations (JAGO) office, said on Nov. 8 that he hopes to have influence in deciding the number of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters that the Air Force buys in the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) configuration.
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Oceana Hornet Crashes Near Las Vegas; Pilot RecoveredAn F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 crashed Nov. 9 after taking off from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas.
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50th anniversary of William Tell kicks off at TyndallFive major commands are represented by the following units flying the F-15 Eagle are at Tyndall Air Force Base for the William Tell Competition. 71st Fighter Squadron representing Air Combat Command. 19th FS, representing Pacific Air Forces. 95th FS, representing Air Education and Training Command. 493rd FS , representing USAFE. Oregon Air National Guard’s 123rd FS representing the ANG.
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Team deploys to recover damaged C-130 HerculesA maintenance recovery team comprised of four security forces and 13 maintainers deployed to a forward-deployed location to fix a C-130 Hercules that was hit by enemy fire recently.
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U.S. AIR FORCE SELECTS LOCKHEED MARTIN TO MODIFY C-130J SUPER HERCULESThe U.S. Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin to modify one C-130J into a Super J” aircraft for the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. The contract also contains options for two additional aircraft and has a total value of approximately $29 million.
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Mirage jet fighter crashes near GwaliorA Mirage 2000 jet fighter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Gwalior late on Tuesday night, officials said in Gwalior.
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U.S. APPROVES TURKISH F-16 UPGRADEThe Bush administration has approved a Turkish request for an upgrade of its F-16 multi-role fighter fleet in a $4 billion deal.
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Northrop Grumman Validates Design of X-47B Combat UAV with Low-Speed Wind Tunnel TestsNorthrop Grumman Corporation has used a series of low-speed wind tunnel tests to successfully validate the aerodynamic design of the X-47B unmanned combat aerial vehicle it is developing for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) Concept Demonstration Program.
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Lockheed Martin Awarded $28.8 Million Contract for C-130 Aircrew Training SystemLockheed Martin Corporation was awarded a $28.8 million contract modification extension to provide continued operations and maintenance for the C-130 Aircrew Training System (ATS).
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U.S. Air Force-Boeing Deals Probe WidensThe Pentagon said Tuesday it has asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate a wide range of Air Force contracts that involved Darleen Druyun, a former senior official who has admitted giving special treatment to Boeing Co.
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MiG-29 Fighter Jet Crashes, Pilot Ejects SafelyA Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) MiG-29 fighter jet crashed about 16 nautical miles north-west of the Kuantan air base at 10.22 am Tuesday.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Elbit Systems Awarded 300 Million Dollar Contract to Supply Airborne and Command and Control SystemsElbit Systems Ltd., announced that it was awarded a contract in an amount of approximately US$300 million by the Israeli Ministry of Defense to supply airborne systems, command and control systems, logistic support and training.
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Marines Do Heavy Lifting for Coalition in AfghanistanMarines of Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 769 used their CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters to transport everything from supplies and personnel to mail and vehicles for the last seven months in Afghanistan.
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Near-Space Free-Floating Balloons A Candidate For Quick
DeploymentIf upcoming U.S. Air Force experiments are successful, free-floating "near space" surveillance balloons could be deployed to the field by late next year, according to Maj. Robert Blackington of the Air Force Space Battlelab.
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GW Catches Her First Super HornetUSS George Washington (CVN 73) (GW) welcomed Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122 “Flying Eagles,” the Fleet Replacement Squadron for the Navy’s newest fighter, the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, Nov. 3. It was the first time the fighters had been launched and recovered on the carrier.
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Northrop snags Air Force dealNorthrop Grumman Corp. officials will demonstrate that hardware running Microsoft Corp. Windows, Sun Microsystems Inc. Solaris and Linux operating systems, and Oracle Corp. software can securely receive, process and transmit information to warfighters for the U.S. Air Force's Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) system.
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Keating Becomes NORAD, NORTHCOM CommanderU.S. Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating assumed command of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) from Air Force Gen. Ed Eberhart on Nov. 5.
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Emergency landing at HancockFor the third time in less than two weeks, an F-16 Fighter Jet was forced to make an emergency landing at Hancock International Airport.
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Navy Drops First 500-Pound JDAM in CombatStrike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 of Carrier Air Wing 17, currently embarked aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), dropped the Navy’s first two 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) during combat operations in Iraq Oct. 29.
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Court quashes IAF promotions, says process arbitraryCasting doubt over the promotion process in the Indian Air Force, the Delhi High Court quashed the promotions of four Air Marshals and ordered setting up of a fresh promotion board within four weeks to reconsider their cases along with those of two Air Vice-Marshals wrongly denied promotions.
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Eglin studying massive 30,000 pound bomb, 40 percent bigger than MOABDuring the next 16 months the U.S.A.F Munitions Directorate at Eglin Air Force base will do a study on the proposed Massive Ordnance Penetrator.
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Monday, November 08, 2004
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Navy’s first air station celebrates 90th anniversaryPensacola Naval Air Station is making plans to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
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Indian, French aerobatic teams create magicSuryakiran and Patrouille de France carried out a joint display of aerobatics over the skies of Hindon Air Force Station near Delhi.
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Missing Antiaircraft Missiles Alarm Aides(Registration Required)Some U.S. analysts figure that as many as 4,000 surface-to-air missiles are missing in Iraq, and their disappearance has prompted U.S. military and intelligence analysts to increase sharply their estimate of the number of such weapons that may be at large, administration officials said yesterday.
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Electronic Attack Targets Elusive FoesAerospace researchers are unveiling unmanned helicopters, microwave weapons and tactics that U.S. Army aircraft must use to survive as they are pushed down to low altitudes in daylight to attack a new lineup of hard-to-find targets.
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US Trained for Strikes on NKAccording to declassified documents from the Central Intelligence Agency and other U.S. government departments, United States had active contingency plans as recently as 1998 to drop up to 30 nuclear warheads on North Korea in case of an attack on Seoul.
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Hezbollah flies unmanned plane over IsraelHezbollah sent an unmanned reconnaissance plane over Israeli airspace Sunday, the Lebanon-based group and the Israeli military said.
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U.S. Navy Eyes Three Nations For Possible Role In MMAAustralia, Canada and Italy have emerged as the most likely international candidates to join the development effort for the U.S. Navy's Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) program, officials said Nov. 4.
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Sunday, November 07, 2004
Nine French soldiers killed in Ivory Coast, Chirac orders retaliation Two Su-25 killed nine French soldiers in a bombing raid on the rebel stronghold of Bouake on Saturday. They were later destroyed by French infantry along with five Mi-24 helicopters.
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Hercules crew, passengers survive enemy fireAn U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules was hit by ground fire after it took off from an airfield in northern Iraq bound for a forward-deployed location.
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Anti-Submarine Warfare Taken To New LevelDuring a recent exercise called Maritime Integrated Team Training Program, Nimitz Strike Group called upon all of the assets in Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11’s inventory and made use of E-2C Hawkeyes, F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers to fill in the role left by the deactivation of the S-3 Viking.
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