U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Ion Tiger UAV broke its previous flight record by staying airborne for 48 hours and 1 minute on Apr. 16-18. The previous record was 26 hours and 2 minutes set in 2009.
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YouTube: India commissions first MiG-29K squadron
The Indian Navy commissioned INAS 303, its first MiG-29K squadron, at INS Hansa in Goa on May 11.
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Promotion of former astronaut, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms stalled
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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