Aviation News
Three EA-18Gs from VAQ-132 have deployed to RAAF Base Amberley for Exercise Growler 2012. They will be there to train with RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornets from No. 1 Squadron.
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The Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system for the U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft has officially been designated the AN/ALQ-240(V)1.
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Indian media reports that Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won a Rs 5,000 crore contract to upgrade the UAVs of the three services of Indian military.
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HMS Illustrious left Portsmouth on Monday and Apache attack helicopters and Chinooks landed on board the ship that night.
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Leading Hand Claire Butler, a Middlesbrough woman, has become the first crew member of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
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