Aviation News
The Hindu reported that French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is scheduled to visit India on Jan. 18 to ink the contract for 36 Rafale fighters.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain told a delegation of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) that Azerbaijan is to buy the JF-17 as well.
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
The team that is bringing the HAL Tejas to the Bahrain airshow plans to push the aircraft to its limits during its flight display routine.
By Ashwin Kumar [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Air Force has been forced to push back the lifting of weight restrictions on F-35 pilots until 2018.
Continue reading “F-35’s ejection seat unlikely to be fixed before 2018”
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 crashed while it was on a combat mission over Iraq on Jan. 8. An air strike was called in to destroy the wreckage to prevent the drone from falling into ISIL’s hands.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Lt Col Leslie Pratt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons