Aviation News
Northrop Grumman says Denmark has placed an order for more LITENING advanced targeting pods for its F-16 fleet. Denmark is the first international operator of the LITENING G4 pod and it was first delivered back in 2013.
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Photo credit: Capt. Thomas Kristensen, RDAF.
A large scale air defense exercise is being held in Siberia’s Republic of Buryatia and a press release says around 500 surface-to-air missiles will be fired against 250 targets and two cruise missiles.
By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://www.vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/600) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Canadian government has move another step closer towards acquiring the Super Hornet to supplement its CF-18 fleet by issuing a Letter of Request to the U.S. government on Mar. 13.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Mai [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Three villagers from Shivkar Kudla, India were injured when a Indian Air Force Su-30MKI crashed into their homes on Mar. 15. The crew ejected safely.
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The helicopter static display at Hunter Army Airfield now contains a OH-58D and this aircraft has been dedicated to Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Groves III who died when his Kiowa crashed near Kandahar, Afghanistan on Mar. 16, 2013.
