Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri has put a hold on the promotion of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, former astronaut and former commander at Patrick Air Force Base, to vice commander of Air Force Space Command.
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M346 crashed
Another M346 prototype has crashed, this time in Italy. The pilot was able to eject safely.
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Indian Air Force without intermediate trainer from next year
Just after managing to plug a capability gap in its basic flying course, the Indian Air Force will face a lack of suitable training aircraft to the intermediate stage in 2014.
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Nirbhay’s INS failed during first flight
India has identified the problem in Nirbhay cruise missile which lead to its premature termination of first test flight.
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PLANAF forms first carrier-borne aviation force
China has announced the formation of its first carrier-borne aviation force.
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