Aviation News
Airbus has gone on a media campaign in New Zealand to promote its A400M and C295 to place RNZAF’s aging C-130s and 757s.
“EC-402 – A400M – Airbus industrie – TLS – En finale sur 32L – 04550-2” by Dval027 – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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Lockheed Martin has purchased the High Speed Wind Tunnel (HSWT) in Grand Prairie, Texas, from Triumph Aerostructures.
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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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