Elta says a foreign customer has placed an order for its Long Range Air Defense Radar EL/M-2083 to be mounted on a tethered aerostat.
18 F-16C/Ds will arrive in Pakistan on Jun. 24
Pakistan’s eighteen new F-16s will arrive in the country at an air base in Sindh on Jun. 24.
T-45C Goshawk overshoots runway, pilot ejected
There was a mishap at NAS Kingsville, Texas on Jun. 10 when a USN T-45C overshot the runway and the pilot had to eject.
Canada to withdraw its helicopters out of Afghanistan by August 2011
Canadian helicopters in Afghanistan will be withdrawn by August of next year after Canada’s combat mission there ends in July. Continue reading “Canada to withdraw its helicopters out of Afghanistan by August 2011”
Secret history of RAF Chinese linguists during the Cold War
A review of the book, Mandarin Blue, RAF Chinese Linguists in the Cold War, 1951-1962, which deals with the little known history of a group of young men drafted to learn Chinese.