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Military aviationAfghanistan: NATO air strike causes dozens of victims
Herat , Afghanistan - Taleban rebels hit in the North-West of the country
An air strike of the NATO forces in Afghanistan has hit the North-Western province of Baghdis, in Afghanistan, causing the death of various Taliban guerrillas, and probably also of civilians. The Talibans... more
Military aviationUS Air Force grounds most of its F-15s
Washington , USA - After the crash of a fighter last week
The US Air Force has decided to temporarily suspend for safety reasons all non-strictly-necessary flights with its F-15 Eagles e F-15 Strike Eagles, after last Friday a F-15C Eagle, belonging to the 131st... more
Military aviation26th Annual C-130 Hercules Operators Conference
Atlanta, USA - Highlights fleet sustainment solutions
Nearly 700 representatives of 32 nations that fly variants of the C-130 aircraft met last week in Atlanta for the 26th annual Hercules Operators Conference held by Lockheed Martin. Conference attendees... more
Military aviationIsraeli fighters in Gaza, four militiamen dead
Khan Yunis , Gaza Strip - Injured other five Palestinians in the raid
New raid of the Israeli fighters in the Gaza Strip. Yesterday night the Tel Aviv Air Force bombed a position of the "Executive Force", the Hamas organization which manages the security in that area, after... more
Military aviationTurkish-Kurdish front: helicopters deploy attacks at the Iraqi border
??rnak , Turkey - Ankara: Turkey-US relationship depends on the American effort in the Turkish-Kurdish question
After Monday's battle (see AVIONEWS), bloody clashes went on yesterday between Turkish regular forces and the guerrillas of the illegal Kurdish political party PKK. A convoy of 18 military trucks was... more
Military aviationHelicopters: New Zealand government chooses "Made in Italy"
Wellington, New Zealand - Soon the the negotiations for the purchase of five aircraft and a flight simulator
Phil Goff, Defense Minister of New Zealand, announced that the choice for the purchase of five new helicopters - to be delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force for tasks of training, SaR (Search and... more
Military aviationAMI: the C-27J of the Italian 46th Air Brigade in Pisa accomplishes 1000 hours of flights
Pisa, Italy - It entered service in January 2007
Heir of the G-222, the tactical airlifter C-27J "Spartan", produced by Alenia Aeronautica, entered service at the Italian Air Force 46th Air Brigade, based at the military airport of Pisa, on January 11th... more
Military aviationRussia: returned the air group that fought for three months the fires in Greece
Moscow, Russia - 334 flights have been carried out since July 27th
Four Mil Mi-26 Halo and Mil Mi-8 Hip Russian helicopters, one amphibious Beriev Be-200 aircraft left today the Elefsina Base, near Athens, to go back to Russia after three months of battles against the... more
Military aviationShoot-out in Pakistan: the helicopters intervene and cause a massacre
Peshawar , Pakistan - Truce today
Blood in Swat valley, in the North-West of Pakistan, a Pakistani military source said, where only yesterday the national army fired artillery shots and ask for the intervention of the military helicopters,... more
Military aviationIran buys J-10 fighter planes from China
Tehran , Iran - About one billion dollar deal
A news that will worry Israel, because its technology could retort on it: the Russian agency "Novosti" spread the news according which Tehran and Beijing would have signed an agreement for the purchase... more
Military aviationThe decision on the tender for the supply of tankers to the US Air Force postponed until January 31st
Washington, USA - For talks with the competitors Boeing and Northrop Grumman
After having officially reopened the tender for the supply of combat helicopters (see AVIONEWS), now the US Air Force has decided to delay the decision on the awarding of the USD 40-billions-contract for... more
Military aviationUS government will sell 2 E-2C Airborne Early Warning Command & Control Aircraft
Washington, USA - It is a contract worth 75 USD million
The Government of Egypt has requested the sale of 2 E-2C Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Command & Control aircraft, 2 spare T-56-A-425 engines, modifications, support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications... more
Military aviationOfficially re-opened the call for bids of the US Air Force for the supply of helicopters
Washington , USA - Following the protests after the first tender of last year
The rush to win the USD 15-billion-contract for the supply of military helicopters of the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) programme for the US Air Force. The competitors have until the 15th of November... more
Military aviationSingapore announces the purchase of further Boeing F-15SG fighters
St.Louis, USA - The world's most capable long-range multi-role fighter
The Boeing Company announced that the Singapore Ministry of Defence has exercised an option to purchase eight F-15SGs and has ordered four additional aircraft. The option is part of the original contract... more
Military aviationBAE Systems starts the construction of the F-35 Lightning II Carrier Variant (CV)
London, United Kingdom - The maiden flight is forecast for 2009
BAE Systems has announced the starting of the first specimen F-35 Lightning II Carrier Variant (Cv) construction. The CV aircraft is the final F-35 variant to start production and means that all three... more
Military aviationSentences pronounced for the atomic flight over the US
Washington, USA - The investigation: "A lackadaisical approach to safety checks"
They had announced they would not have been indulgent with the responsible of the "Atomic flight" over the United States (see AVIONEWS), and so it has been. 70 members of the Us Air Force were subjected... more
Military aviationSri Lanka Air Force replies to Tamil Tigers attack
Colombo , Sri Lanka - Hitting only an airstrip though
The clash occurred yesterday between the Tamil Tigers guerrilla and the governmental army of Sri Lanka seems to have ended, military speaking, with a clear victory of the first. The rebels of LTTE ("Liberation... more
Military aviationThailand to buy SAAb Gripen and Erieye AEW aircraft
Stockholm, Sweden - They will replace F-5s
Thailand will buy 12 Swedish-made SAAB JAS-39 Gripen multirole aircraft and two Erieye Airborne Early Warning (AEW), for a deal worth 1.1 billion dollars. On October 17th, the announcement was made by... more
Military aviationTamil Tigers planes bomb Sri Lankan air base
Colombo , Sri Lanka - Combined attack from the ground and air
"It was a combined operation of our air force and land troops and the target was the Anuradhapura air base, which functions as the logistics (base for the north). We have not ruled out the potential of... more
Military aviationFinmeccanica: SELEX Communications is awarded the first contract for the new British aircraft carriers
London, United Kingdom - Technologies to be fitted in the two carriers, "HMS Queen Elizabeth" and "Prince of Wales"
SELEX Communications, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a contract by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA) to supply advanced Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) technology for incorporation into... more
Military aviationUS Air Force to dismiss 5 officers for the nuclear flights case
Washington , USA - Lacking respect for safety norms
They had transported by mistake six Cruise missiles armed with W80-1 warheads with a B-52 Stratofortress bomber, upon the central part of the United States, from the base of Minot in North Dakota to the... more
Military aviationNuclear installation hit in Syria, Jafari disproves the Israeli diplomat
Damascus, Syria - But Miriam Ziv confirms all
The Syrian press agency Sana, very close to the Damascus government, published an intervention of Bashar Jafari, Foreign Office representative, which gives the lie to a meaning of the speech expressed... more
Military aviationSyrian officer: Israel attacked a nucler site
New York, USA - Unbelievable gaffe by a member of Damascus Foreign Office
Syria has unintentionally admitted that the target of the air raid carried out by some Israeli fighters last September 6 was to hit a nuclear site. Three days ago, during his speech in the commission on... more
Military aviationHigh-ranking US Air Force official dies suicide
Washington, USA - The American Senate was investigating on him
Charles D. Riechers, 47, second-highest-ranking official of the American Air Force's procurement office, was found dead in his home in Virginia on the day of Sunday. Apparent cause of the decease is suicide.... more
Military aviationNew revelations on the Israeli attack in Syria
New York, USA - Published in the "New York Times"
Target of the Israeli air raid, which in the night between last September 5 and 6 saw aircraft with the star of David enter the Syrian territory coming from Turkey, was the destruction of a nuclear reactor... more
Military aviationAVIONEWS at the workshop-exercise "The prospects of the air transport in operational theatre"
Pisa, Italy - In front of the delegations coming from Mexico, Brazil, Poland, Holland, Romania, Greece and other friend Countries
Following to the important workshop, took place last October 12 at the Istituto di scienze militari aeronautiche in Florence regarding "The prospects of the air transport in operational theatre", organized... more
Military aviationLockheed Martin signs an agreement to support the Italian C-130J Super Hercules aircraft fleet
Fort Worth, USA - A deal worth 47 million dollars
Lockheed Martin, Alenia Aeronautica (see AVIONEWS) and Avio SPA have signed an agreement to provide Long Term Support (LTS) for the C-130J Super Hercules fleet operated by the Italian Air Force. Under... more
Military aviationSOS of the Afghan Air Force
Kabul , Afghanistan - "The international community does not help us enough"
The Afghan Air Force was in the possession of as much as 300 Soviet-made helicopters, besides to diverse Mig-21 and SU-22 military jets, at the beginning of the 1990's. After more than 15 years of civil... more
Military aviationArmy raid: 40 civilians died in Darfur
Khartoum, Sudan - The number is bound to change
The town of Muhajiria, in Darfur, where many refugees go, coming from the rest of the region, has been theatre of a raid carried out by both airplanes and ground forces, which led to its devastation and... more
Military aviationIsraeli air raid on Syria: will the reaction be assigned to Hezbollah?
Tel Aviv , Israel - This is the hypothesis of Amos Yadlin, Tel Aviv's military intelligence chief
While Israel continues to maintain secret the details of the air raid in Syrian territory carried out last September 6th, the military intelligence of the Jewish Country works to identify the probable... more