October 2010
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Cessna in sky chase with F-16s
April 6: A dramatic chase of a single-engine Cessna 172 by F-16s from the Minnesota Air National Guard ended when the pilot made an emergency landing on Highway 60 in Ellsinore, Missouri, according to ABC News...
8 April 2009
UAV controlled from the air
April 6: On March 16 Boeing successfully demonstrated simultaneous command and control of three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft flying over Washington State....
More Tutors for the RAF
April 6: A spokesman for VT Aerospace has confirmed that 23 Grob 115E Tutors have been ordered for its Light Aircraft Flying Training contract for basic flying training under the Military Flying Training System (MFTS). This will bring the fleet to 120 aircraft, complementing the 97 aircraft currently in service out of an original order of 99...
6 April 2009
US Navy retires last Huey
April 3, NAS Fallon, USA: The US Navy finally said goodbye to the ‘Huey’ as the type made its last flight with the service after a career spanning 43 years...
Indonesian Air Force crash – 24 feared dead
April 6, Bandung, Indonesia: An air force spokesman says 24 people are feared dead after a military aircraft, thought to be an F-27, crashed into an airport hangar...
A400M high on agenda at Strasbourg summit
April 4, Strasbourg, France: The troubled A400M project was a key topic of conversation at the weekend’s NATO summit, according to press reports. Following Airbus Industries’ Chief Executive Thomas Enders’ comments last week about the viability of the project, Spain said it would commit to orders despite the delays, as did Turkey – the two nations account for a quarter of the total production number...
Typhoon’s AMRAAM teamwork
March 31, Moron, Spain: A unique AMRAAM firing trial saw close co-operation between the Spanish and British Flight Test Centres of EADS CASA and BAE Systems, under the guidance of Eurofighter GmbH...
3 April 2009
Israeli F-16s now believed to have carried out Sudan attacks
Contrary to previous reports, it is now believed that F-16s carried out the attacks on Iranian convoys in Sudan in January, and not UAVs, according to Time magazine...
India’s ‘Air Force 1’ takes off
April 1, Palam, India: The first VVIP flight of India’s recently acquired Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) fleet was made by the Honourable President of India Smt Prathiba Devi Singh Patil. Accepted into service on August 2, 2008, the BBJ (or ‘Rajdoot’ in Indian Air Force service) serves with the Communication Squadron. Three aircraft were ordered in September 2005 – the second aircraft was delivered in late 2008, with the third following in early January 2009...
Barksdale chosen for Global Strike Command HQ
Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, will be the headquarters of the USAF’s new major command to manage its nuclear enterprise. Global Strike Command will bring about 1,000 more airmen and civilians to Barksdale, already home to the 8th Air Force, when it stands up in September....
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