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Latest newsTALEBAN ANTI AIRCRAFT SITES ALMOST ALL DESTROYED
AFGHANISTAN, According to a Pentagon spokesman, the today's mission of U.S. bombers on Afghanistan have recorded a near zero opposition by the Taleban anti aircraft sites, that seems are almost all destroyed... more
Latest newsU.S. AIRCRAFTS LAND IN AFGHAN AIRPORT
BEGRAM, AFGHANISTAN, According to North Alliance sources, U.S. aircraft landed in the airport of Begram, north of Kabul. This is the first time that an Afghani airport in "conquered" by U.S. aircrafts.... more
Latest newsINDIA TO DEVELOP NEW COMBAT AIRCRAFT WITH RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Russian Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Ilya Klebanov, announced that India will take part in the development of a fighter plane of the fifth generation. The project is to be unveiled... more
Latest newsAIR FORCE TO LAUNCH NEW RECRUITING COMMERCIALS
WASHINGTON, USA, The Air Force announced today that it will launch its third year of paid television advertising with two new, 30-second commercials set to air on network, cable and syndicated programs... more
Latest newsROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE SIGNS CONTRACT FOR 16 FIREFLIES
DAMASCUS, JORDAN, The Royal Jordanian Air Force signes a contract with British aeronautical firm Slingsby Aviation for acquisition of 16 training aircrafts T67M260 Firefly. The Firefly is a two seats,... more
Latest newsU.S. AIR FORCE USES B-52 AGAINST TALIBAN
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. air force eployed today a large B-52 bomber aircraft in a bombing operation on north Taliban position of Kabul. B-52, which is able to carry a large weapons payload, has not, until... more
Latest newsRUSSIA IS LOOKING FOR PRIVATE FUNDS TO BUILD NEW COMBAT PLANE
MOSCOW, Russian deputy premier Ilya Klebanov said today that the government is looking for about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars private fundings to build a fifth generation combat plane. The government is currently... more
Latest newsFINANCIAL TIMES HARSHLY CRITICIZES ITALIAN GOVERNMENT OVER THE A-400M PROGRAMME
LONDON, The Financial Times, in an editorial comment published yesterday evening on the newspaper's site has pointed out all the italian government's failures in the foreign policy, starting from the decision... more
Latest newsU.S. HIT KANDAHAR AGAIN, CIVILIAN VICTIMS REPORTED
AFGHANISTAN, U.S. attacks on the Taliban's southern headquarters of Kandahar hit a bus at the city gates Thursday, killing at least 10 civilians according Taliban sources. Previous night-and-day bombardments... more
Latest newsU.S. FORCES ATTACK THE KABUL TRANSITING ZONES
AFGHANISTAN, The U.S. Air Force operations seem are changing in modes: yesterday two F-18 fighter-bomber aircrafts have operated for near one hour in the zone of the former Soviet airport of Bagram, near... more
Latest newsTALIBAN SAY THEY FOUND WRECKAGE OF A US HELICOPTER
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, Taliban say they have found pieces of a U.S. helicopter near a village 40 kilometers west of the Taliban stronghold Kandahar, reported an afghan agency quoting taliban officials.... more
Latest newsGEORGIA SAYS RUSSIAN FIGHTERS VIOLATED ITS AIR SPACE
MOSCOW, Sources from georgian Defence Ministry said four russian Sukhoi 25 entered the former soviet republic's air space this morning flying over Mestia district. Russian authorities declined any... more
Latest newsUSA TO USE HELICOPTER TASK FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN, A senior official confirmed that United States have used helicopter gunships in special opeartions accomplished in the night and this morning near Kandahar. Those helicopters are utilized... more
Latest newsUSA TO OPERATE AC-130 GUNSHIP ON AIR RAIDS TO KANDAHAR
AFGHANISTAN, Sources from Pentagon announced that United States have started using AC-130 bombers on punishing attacks to Afghanistan. The AC-130, a variant of the military transport aircraft C-130, is... more
Latest newsDOD WARNS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS COMMANDERS FOR ANTHRAX RISKS
USA, The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) warned the commanders of the warships, and particularly the aircraft carriers, engaged in air operation against terrorists, to urge their crew to be "extremely... more
Latest newsTWO AUSTRIAN FIGHTER JETS INTERCEPT AN UNIDENTIFIED CHARTER FLIGHT
WIEN, AUSTRIA, Two Austrian fighter jets intercepted a charter flight travelling from Edinburgh in Scotland to Bodrum, Turkey as the airliner failed to identify itself properly, according to Austrian... more
Latest newsF-18 MISSES INTENDED TARGET AND HIT CIVILIAN AREA
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet missed its intended target and inadvertently dropped a 2000-pound GPS in a residential area near Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The intended target was a... more
Latest newsOPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM UPDATE
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. military strikes against terrorist and military targets, and humanitarian relief airdrops for the Afghan people, continued for a third day. In military operations, U.S. forces... more
Latest newsAFGHANISTAN (5) ALL ALLIANCE AIRCRAFTS RETURNED SAFELY
WASHINGTON, USA, All U.S. aircraft participating in attacks on Afghanistan Oct. 7 returned to their bases safely, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the day's missions a success. Speaking... more
Latest newsAFGHANISTAN (4) A B-52 SIGNED BY NY POLICE
NEW YORK, USA, One of the B-52 bombers which have hit the Afghanistan territories yeteraday, had on the nose the painting "NYPD - We remember", a clear message to terrorists who have destroyed the twin... more
Latest newsWASHINGTON ASKS FIVE AWACS FOR ''INTERNAL USE''
WASHINGTON, USA, The U.S. defense department asked and obtained by NATO five AWACS radar surveillance aircrafts that will be sent in the States to replace the AWACS sent to Asian zones to maintain... more
Latest newsAFGHANISTAN (2): GB CONFIRMS THAT 30 TARGETS HAVE BEEN HIT
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to UK defense ministry Geoff Hoon, the angloamerican joint forces hit 30 targets on Afghanistan territories during yesterday's attack; there was no civil targe... more
Latest newsNEW USA-GB ATTACKS ON AAA IRAQI SITES
WASHINGTON, USA, Allied warplanes attacked two military anti-aircraft artillery installations in southern Iraq yesterday in Shahban, 225 miles southeast of Baghdad, in the southern no-fly zone. All... more
Latest newsFURTHER 619 AIR FORCE RESERVISTS RECALLED ON DUTY
USA, Approximately 619 more Air Force reservists, are being called to active duty. The majority of these forces will provide security forces and intelligence. This brings the total number of Air Force... more
Latest newsSINCE TEN YEARS, A MILITARY U.S. AIRCRAFT REFUELS IN IDIA
NEW DEHLI, INDIA, A U.S. Air Force transport aircraft on its way to Central Asia was refuelled in India, the first time New Delhi has offered such facilities to Washington in a decade. The aircraft, an... more
Latest newsSAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR GIVE PERMISSION TO USE THEIR AIRBASES AGAINST BIN LADEN
WASHINGTON, USA, In a Pentagon press release, has been declard that Saudi Arabia allowed Washington to use air command facilities and air bases in the kingdom to direct any military action against Osama... more
Latest newsLOCKHEED WIL REPAIR THE EP-3E INVOLVED IN THE AIR ACCIDENT WITH A CHINESE FIGHTER
USA, The U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II electronic surveillance aircraft, which crashed on April 1, 2001, against a Chinese F-8 fighter on the Chinese Sea, and then forced to land at Hainan airport where was... more
Latest newsU.S. AND BRITISH AIRCRAFT DESTROY IRAQI ANTI-AIRCRAFT SITES
IRAQ, According declarations of U.S. Air Force spokesman Maj. Brett Morris, U.S. and British warplanes struck two anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq. From the country, there was no immediate... more
Latest newsLITHUANIA OPENS ITS AIR SPACE TO US MILITARY PLANES
LITHUANIA, Lithuania's Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that the country has granted to United States the permission to use its air space in the anti-terrorism campaign if required. more
Latest newsISRAEL SENDS MILITARY PLANES TO TURKEY
TURKEY, Turkish government has sent military aircrafts to Turkey fearing a missile attack to Israel by Iraq, said Jane's Foreign Report. In case of attacks, Israel premier Sharon would order raids to Iraq.... more