The Philippines Air Force has taken delivery of the first of three Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft in Seville, Spain.
Photo: Airbus
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School celebrates 70 years
The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the school’s establishment at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River Mar. 12.
Photo: U.S. Navy
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JGSDF lost a ScanEagle last year
Asahi Shimbun revealed that the JGSDF lost one of its ScanEagle UAV in November last year.
“ScanEagle UAV catapult launcher 2005-04-16” by Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Arledge of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing – http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005417115454 [1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Astra BVRAAM failed to launch during test
A test of India’s Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) failed on Mar. 16 as the missile could not be launched.
“DRDO’s Astra” by Original uploader was Wiki4rahul at en.wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Tu-22M3s deployed to Crimea in snap drill
Russia says its had deployed Tu-22M3 bombers to Crimea in a snap drill. The exercise till run until Mar. 21.
“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.
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