Friday, March 31, 2006
VF-213 Final Tomcat Flights (Update 4)
March 29 - 211-159629 – Kenner LA
April 01 - 210-163897 - McClellan AFB - Now at Amarillo, TX due to engine problem206-163893 - Arnold AB TN
207-161166 - Evergreen OR
April 13 - 204-161159 - Pensacola FL
April 13 - 205-161163 - Bloomington IL
March 28 - 200-164347 - AMARC
March 28 - 203-164348 - AMARC
March 28 - 213-164602 - AMARC
AMARC - 212-164349
201-164341 To VF-31 Tomcatters
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Navy divers out to salvage wreckage of F-16 that crashed off Korea
U.S. Navy divers are looking for a USAF F-16C that crashed 25 miles off South Korea’s west coast in a bid to recover the jet.
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Fighter Jet Crashes Near Utah's Salt Lake (Video)
A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet from the 388th Fighter Wing's 421st Fighter Squadron crashed at 2:11 p.m., approximately 30 miles west of Hill Air Force Base.
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Jaguars leave RAF Coltishall
13 Jaguars left RAF Coltishall for RAF Coningsby on Mar. 30. The final four Jaguars will leave the base at 3pm on Saturday afternoon, following a parade and flypast of classic fighter planes.
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RAF 'spy in sky' tested
The RAF's Sentinel RI aircraft is in Greenville Texas to carry out flight testing.
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Air Force wants Cannon’s future mission settled soon
The fate of Cannon Air Force Base will be decided this year. BRAC voted last year to move Cannon’s three F-16 fighter squadrons elsewhere but ordered the USAF to find a news mission for the base.
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CCS clears Army acquiring 20 Dhruv ALH
Approval has been granted for the Indian Army to acquire 20 indigenously-built Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters.
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Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk receives an industry first
Goodrich has shipped the first, electrically-actuated, production brakes for installation on the Global Hawk UAV.
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Fighter battle heats up
Two defence analysts told an Australian parliamentary committee hearing different views on the capabilities of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Shephard’s Asia Pacific UAV Day One: National Perspectives Underlined
Lt. Col. Stephen Sim from Singapore told audiences at Asia Pacific UAV conference that the island recently carried out tests with an armed UAV. The vehicle was a VTOL helicopter and fired a series of 40 mm grenades at targets.
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IAF first bomber jet Canberra turns 50
The Indian Air Force will celebrate 50 years of service of the Canberra bomber.
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Air Force leaders again seek more C-17s
U.S Air Force leaders reiterated their concerns that the extensive use of C-17s may require the purchase of seven more transports than the 180 currently planned.
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V-22 that apparently flew itself under investigation (Free Registration)
Preliminary investigations found that the MV-22 that suffer damaged on Monday at New River took off on its own without the pilot's input.
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Indonesia to Buy 8 Russian Sukhoi Jet Fighters
Indonesia will buy two Sukhoi Su-30 fighters from Russia each year for a total of eight planes starting this year. This will bring the fleet to 12 fighters.
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Pakistan gets women combat pilots
The Pakistani Air Force (PAF) now has four women as fighter pilots.
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S-400 air defense systems to be put on duty in 2006
Russia will put the S-400 (NATO SA-20 Triumf) missile system into combat service this year.
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Tuskegee Airmen say congressional honor 'long overdue'
The Tuskegee Airmen is just one president's signature away from being recognized with the Congressional Gold Medal.
The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest award that may be bestowed by Congress.
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Burns urges Air Force to keep missiles
U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns Wednesday urged Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Gen. Michael Moseley, Air Force chief of staff, in a Defense Appropriations subcommittee meeting to retain 500 land-based nuclear missiles in the U.S. arsenal to deter terrorist attacks.
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Air Force secretary says F-22 too costly without long-term deal
U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne told Dow Jones Newswires that Congress must approve a multiyear contract plan to buy 60 F-22As.
He said that Pentagon cannot afford to buy those planes unless they are under a multiyear contract.
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Tanker RFI 'Very, Very Near,' Air Force Leaders Say
The United States Air Force is expected to release a Request for Information for aerial refueling tankers "in the very, very near future," which will be followed by a request for proposals in September.
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Air force commander talks up future plans with foreign officers
General Vladimir Mikhailov, head of the Russian Air Force, meet military attaches in Moscow to outline the service's future plans. He reiterated that development of a fifth-generation stealth fighter will be completed next year.
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Sikorsky Strike Hurts Navy Parts Supply;Air Force,Army OK
A strike at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is hurting the U.S. Navy's supply of spare helicopter parts.
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Russian choppers still Indonesia's main choice: Official
The Mi-17 is the top choice for Indonesia as it modernised its fleet, said Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono.
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Merkel, Chirac reach agreement on EADS-Thales merger
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac have agreed to a merger of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co (EADS) and Thales when they met last week in Berlin.
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Air Force releases report on accident that damaged SDANG F-16
The USAF has release an investigation on an accident that damaged a South Dakota Air National Guard F-16 during mid-air refueling.
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NetFires LLC Successfully Conducts Navy Ballistic Flight Test for the NLOS-LS Precision Attack Missile
The NetFires Limited Liability Company (LLC), composed of Raytheon Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control recently fired the NLOS-LS Precision Attack Missile (PAM) from a motion simulator.
The simulator created conditions equal to 3-to-5-foot seas and a brisk 15-knot wind.
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BAE Systems To Submit Report On Failed Missile To RMN
BAE Systems will give the Royal Malaysian Navy its investigation report on the failed firing of a Sea Skua anti-ship missile on Mar. 16 today.
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Turkey on the market for 100 new generation fighters (Free Registration)
Turkey will choose between the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Eurofighter by the end of the year to replace its F-4 and F-16 fleet.
A total of 100 planes will be purchased.
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B-52 retirement plan raises questions on Hill
U.S. Senators Conrad Burns and Byron Dorgan expressed concerns at a Senate hearing yesterdy over the Air Force plans to retire 38 B-52s before there is a replacement.
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VMM-263 Marine makes historic flight
Captain Elizabeth A. Okoreeh-Baah is the first female ever to pilot the MV-22 Osprey.
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Unmanned aircraft kills three insurgents
A USAF MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle fired an AGM-114 Hellfire missile at three insurgents in the process of planting a homemade bomb along a road near Balad Air Base, Iraq, Mar. 28.
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Leeming Aircrew To The Rescue In Emergency Mission
A RAF Tornado F3 crew from RAF Leeming came to the rescue of a Beechcraft Super King Air that had lost everything except its altimeter and engines over Scotland.
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Marines launch investigation into MV-22 Osprey ‘mishap’
The USMC will investigate the hard landing mishap of a MV-22 Osprey at New River Air Station on Monday. The incident occured while the engine was doing a routine maintenance check.
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Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration Vehicle Delivered and Ready for U.S. Navy's Next Global Exercise
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first RQ-4A Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) unmanned air vehicle to Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, and is being prepared for participation in the U.S. Navy's Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) 2006.
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Northrop Grumman Uses a Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Enhance Network-Centric Capabilities for the Warfighter
Northrop Grumman and the Office of Naval Research used a RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical take-off and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) to demonstrated the ability to extend communications range and capability.
The event also marked Fire Scout's 200th flight.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
VF-213 Final Tomcat Flights (Update 3)
March 29 - 211-159629 – Kenner LA
March 30 - 210-163897 - McClellan AFB
206-163893 - Arnold AB TN
207-161166 - Evergreen OR
April 13 - 204-161159 - Pensacola FL
April 13 - 205-161163 - Bloomington IL
March 28 - 200-164347 - AMARC March 28 - 203-164348 - AMARCMarch 28 - 213-164602 - AMARC AMARC - 212-164349
201-164341 To VF-31 Tomcatters
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Czechs participate in Baltic airspace protection
The Czech Republic has started to participate in the airspace protection of the Baltic countries under NATO.
There are rumors that Czech may send its JAS-39 Gripens to the Baltic states next year.
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U.S. and Japan to hold joint service for WWII crash victims
A joint American-Japanese memorial ceremony will be held on Sunday for the first time for the crew of Filthy Fay II, a B-29 that crash into a mountain in Ome, a city near Yokota Air Base during WW2.
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N Korean report raises Pong Su compo claim
The sinking of Pong Su has taken a new twist with the North Korea government hinting that it wants compensation for the ship and the crew.
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Engine Tests Continue for Spirit Stealth Bomber
The Arnold Engineering Development Center is currently testing the F118-100 for the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, in the center's Engine Test Facility J-1 Test Cell.
This particular test is part of GE's service life extension program, which is under the Air Force's Component Improvement Program that replaces several components of the F118, F110 and F101 engines with a common core system.
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Main Cdn. base in Afghanistan attacked apparently by mortars, army says
The main coalition airbase in Kandahar, Afghanistan came under mortar attack on early Tuesday.
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Lockheed supplier gets 7 years for fraud
A Lockheed Martin supplier was give a seven-year, three-month jail sentence for overcharging the aerospace company for drill bits and other cutting tools used to make the F-16 and F-22 fighter jets.
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Grumman's F-14 flies into history
Northrop Grumman plans to hold an F-14 Day at its Bethpage facility in June to mark the decommission of the Tomcat.
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Bill in works to officially allow military use of space
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party announced plans Tuesday to draft a bill that would authorize Japan's military to use space for self-defense.
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Pentagon OK For Initial F-35 Production Seen On Track
Rear Adm. Steven Enewold say the Defense Acquisition Board is expected to approve low-rate production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during a meeting on Friday.
If approved, this would be the first of seven low-rate, initial production decisions.
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Center Adapts Technology for F-35 Wind Tunnel Tests
The Arnold Engineering Development Center help Lockheed Martin's F-35 team analyze high-speed F-35 inlet data in near-real time with a series of wind tunnel testing.
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Congress buys F136 time
The U.S. Congress could help the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine team by giving them one year to convince the Pentagon that competition will reduce cost and improve reliability.
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China Plans to Make Russian Aircraft Carrier Into Artificial Reef
A marine specialist has proposed that China turn the ex-Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk into an artificial reef in Hong Kong waters.
The carrier could be towed to the waters off Hong Kong's eastern New Territories and sink between two islands near Sai Kung. This will help rejuvenate the underwater life for the entire eastern coastline of Hong Kong.
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Investigators question Lockheed fighter programs
U.S. Sen. John McCain held a hearing of a subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday where he raised questions over Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet programs.
McCain question why the USAF change the way it pays for the last 60 F-22As and he also raised concerns about the Bush administration's decision to cancel F136 engine for the JSF.
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New Airlifter Could Become C-130 Surrogate
Joint Cargo Aircraft likely will become a 'surrogate' to the C-130 airlifter as Pentagon predicts the U.S. military will operate more and more in rugged outposts like mountains in Afghanistan.
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THALES and RAFAEL Announce Firing Success for Defender
Old news that I missed out. Thales and Rafael' DEFENDER system has successfully test fired a BARAK missile against a target drone.
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Navy command 'told of Sea King errors'
The leadership at Australian Navy was told of maintenance problems inside 817 Squadron in the months before the fatal crash of one of its Sea King helicopters.
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IAF Jaguar packs more firepower
The Indian Air Force is opting for twin-seater variants of the Jaguar to improve its deep strike capability.
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Fly-In to Showcase 'Absolute Best Fighter Plane Ever Built'
Lt. Col. Michael Shower will bring the F-22A back to his hometown in Lakeland for the Sun ’n Fun Fly-In from Apr. 7 to 9.
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Costs surge for unmanned vehicles for war
The United States is expected to spend nearly seven times more on unmanned aircraft than it did before the 9/11 attacks.
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Thanks a million, C-17
A rally was held on Monday at Boeing Co.'s C-17 plant in Long Beach to mark one million hours of flight for the cargo aircraft.
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Failed Missile May Be Destroyed, Says RMN
The Royal Malaysian Navy may destroy the Sea Skua anti-ship missile that failed to launch on Mar. 16.
Divers have found the missile submerged about 62 metres under the sea bed.
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UAV comes down in Vavuniya
A Sri Lanka Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle crashed after collided with a television antenna in a private house Tuesday morning in Vauniya.
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GW strike group will head south for training
USS George Washington carrier strike group will deploy to Caribbean and South American waters for training exercises in April.
Some defense analysts suggested that the unusual two-month-long deployment could be interpreted as a show of force by anti-American governments in Venezuela and Cuba.
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Hover and out: UK Royal Navy retires the Sea Harrier
Flight International looks at the last few days of Royal Navy's Sea Harrier FA2s.
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