Aviation News
A Indian Navy Do 228 crashed off the coast of Goa on the night of Mar. 24 with three on board.
“Indian Air Force Dornier 228 SDS-2” by Sean d’Silva – http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=068364. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons.
French officials confirmed that a French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter was scramble to check on Germanwings A320 airliner before it crashed.
By Arz [GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s recently formed Arctic Command will need up to 100 specially modified Mi-8 helicopters, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov was quoted by news agency TASS.
By Alex Beltyukov [CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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A new rail-guided satellite launch system for the Pentagon’s Operationally Responsive Space office will lift off into space from Hawaii this October.
![rail-launcher[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rail-launcher1.jpg)
Photo: Sandia National Laboratories
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Two Russia Tu-22M3 strategic bombers appeared off the east coast of Sweden along with two Su-27s as escorts on Mar. 24.
“Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 Beltyukov” by Alex Beltyukov – http://russianplanes.net/EN/ID56447. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.