Aviation News
Australia’s police found a disarm AIM-9 missile in a man’s home in Adelaide last week. He has since been charged with offenses including possessing dangerous articles, unlawful possession and unregistered and insecure firearms.
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A picture circulating among the Chinese internet purporting to be the first Shenyang J-16 prototype could be real. Besides having the serial 1601, the aircraft spots an inflight-refueling probe, twin wheel nose landing gear, remove of the backup pitot tube on the side of the canopy as well as the large antenna behind the cockpit.
Australia has replaced a leased Swedish Piranha 740 Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar (CRAM) with its own Giraffe Full Operational Capability System in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan.
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The investigation into the crash of a USAF CV-22 near Eglin Air Force Base in June found that the co-pilot at the controls had “inadvertently” flew through the rotor wake of the lead aircraft.
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Head of the German Air Force, Lt. Gen. Karl Muellner, said Berlin should purchase armed drones despite objections over ethical issues.
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