Pratt & Whitney admitted that the company had suspended delivery of F135 engines to Lockheed Martin since May over concern that a supplier may have provided “suspect” titanium.
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Category: Air Force
Second phase of Aviaindra-2014 to take place in India this November
Russia will send warplanes to India this November for the second phase of Exercise Aviaindra-2014.
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Australia sending C-17, C-130 to help Kurdish fighters in Iraq
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Canberra will send a RAAF C-130 and C-17 to Iraq carrying arms and munitions for Kurdish fighters.
F-16s intercepted SR-22 with unconscious pilot on board
Two American F-16s were scrambled to intercept a single-engined SR-22 on Aug. 30 after the aircraft failed to land at Manassas, Virginia, and continued into restricted air space in Washington, D.C.
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Japan buying 20 P-1s and 6 F-35As
Japan’s Defense Ministry has requested to buy 20 Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft.
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