A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) 757 carrying Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully to Antarctica nearly ran out of fuel as the plane had to circle above the runway for two hours due to fog.
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Category: Air Force
RAF having issues with TCAS II installed on Tornado
The British Ministry of Defense has admitted that the TCAS II collision warning system installed on RAF Tornado fighter bombers are having “some compatibility issues.”
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Vietnam UH-1 crashed during exercise
A Vietnam UH-1 crashed during an exercise on Jan. 28. All four on board did not survive the crash.
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New Zealand to spend NZ$332.3 million on P-3K upgrade
New Zealand’s seven-year P-3K Orion Upgrade project is expected to cost the taxpayer NZ$332.3 million.
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Pentagon to start research program for 6th generation fighter technology
DARPA will embark on a research program to identify the technologies required for a 6th generation fighter aircraft.
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