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Latest news"Iraqi Freedom": Iraq has declared to have shot down an Anglo-American forces fighter
Baghdad, Iraq - News communicated by Iraqi press agency
Ina, Iraqi press agency has asserted that Iraqi anti-aircraft has shot down, this morning down, a British or American aircraft that participated to raid on its territory. Agency has not supplied details... more
Latest newsGround accident suspends F/A-22 testing
Washington, Usa - The accident occurred while the pilot was shutting down the plane's engines
Flights of F/A-22 Raptors were suspended after one aircraft unexpectedly tipped forward following a training mission, the Air Force said. No one was hurt. The Air Force is testing the Raptors to decide... more
Latest newsMaximum alarm in Kirgizistan Air Force base, that accommodates 70 Italians soldiers
Manas, Kirgizistan - In the base there are 2000 military of the Enduring Freedom coalition
According to reliable military sources, in Manas Air force base, in Kirgizistan, that accommodates seventy soldiers of Italian Air Force is released Alarm Delta, highest previewed. Manas is a base of Enduring... more
Latest newsTwo Britons arrested in a Royal Air base
London, UK - They were able to reach the B-52s at the base
Two English citizens, Phillip Pritchard, 32, and Toby Olditch, 34, both from Oxford, have been arrested yesterday while exceeding the fencing of the Royal Air Force base at Fairford, where there're 14... more
Latest newsPolish government weighs the F-16 business: thousands of bilions involved
Warsaw, Poland - An agreement that could be profitable for Usa and Poland
The geographic map of the political-military alliances has quickly changed after the fall of the Berlin wall and the consequent crumbling of the Warsaw's pact, that for many years has tied the communist... more
Latest newsAir collisions the greatest threat to allied aircraft that will attack Iraq
Washington, Usa - The skies will be congested in the first 48 hours
According to Colonel Cesar Rodriguez, the commander of flying operations at a base on the Iraqi border, "The desire to stun Saddam Hussein’s regime with an overwhelming air bombardment had to be balanced w... more
Latest newsEnglish enjured troops will back home with private charter flights
London, UK - Perhaps Britannia Airways and Air 2000 the chosen carriers
The English Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jack Straw has asserted that the English troops that eventually will be hurted during the war in Iraq will be able to return in the homeland with private... more
Latest newsCoalition forces plan to launch the first night of war the hardest air attack in the history
London, United Kingdom - The bombs and missiles launched on Iraq will be 3000
According military sources, coalition forces plan to launch the deadliest first night of air strikes on a single country in the history of air power. Hundreds of targets in every region of Iraq will be... more
Latest newsRussia ready do deploy at least 20 fighters at Kant
Moscow, Russia - They're Sukhoi jets and MI-8 helicopters
According to what declared by Russian Air Force commander-in-chief, general Vladimir Mikhaylov, Moscow has decided to unfold a quite large air force in the base of Kant, in Kyrgyzstan. The provision... more
Latest newsGAO reports says F-22 costs soaring out of control
Washington, Usa - The Air Force has been unable to implement the cost-saving measures
The F-22 fighter development and testing program is dragging behind schedule and attempts by the Air Force to control costs are failing miserably, according to a new report by the US General Accounting... more
Latest newsLockheed Martin delivered its Sniper-XR targeting pod to US Air Force
Orlando, Usa - It will initially equip F-16CJ/Block
Lockheed Martin delivered its Sniper-XR (Extended Range) Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) to the US Air Force Wednesday in Orlando. "Sniper-XR is the targeting pod of the future", said General Wetekam. "The... more
Latest newsA South African pilot flew on a Swedish Gripen
Stockolm, Sweden - It's as part of STTP, a training military course
On 10 March 2003 a South African test pilot Johannes Joubert flew solo for the first time in the Gripen. The thirty minute flight was conducted in Swedish production aircraft, which flew from Saab’s f... more
Latest newsUs patrolling flights over Korean peninsula are resumed
Washington, Usa - The activity started again after the March 2 incident
After the diplomatic-military incident of last March 2 when 4 Migs of the North Korean Air Force have intercepted a RC-135s Cobra plane in reconnaissance mission in international skies, it has been resumed,... more
Latest newsAlso B-1Bs in military operations in Iraq
Washington, Usa - Two Iraqi radar sites destroyed on Friday
According to what reported by the American commando in Tampa a B-1B bomber has destroyed on Friday two Iraqi radar systems, after that these last ones have been moved close the border with Jordan. The... more
Latest newsUsa have asked an urgent opening of Turkish aerial space
Ankara, Turkey - The last decision will be taken by Parliament
According to several Turkish daily newspaper the President of United States G W Bush would have asked to Turkey "the urgent" opening for its aerial space to the Usaf airplane, for a possible attack against... more
Latest newsB-2 bombers are taken off this night from the Usa to be used in conflict case
Washington, USA - Probably aircraft are directed in the Indian Ocean
B-2 bombers, invisible to the radar, yesterday night are taken off from Whiteman American Air Force base, in Missouri, towards the Gulf, for a possible war against Iraq. News has filtered this morning... more
Latest newsPhilippine aviation bombing kills 16 islamic rebels
Mindanao, Philippine - Continues the fight against terrorism in the south of Philippine
The military campaign of the Philippine government against south separatists continues. After the past week attack at Davao airport, that costed the life of 21 people, it has been a recrudescence of... more
Latest newsUsa fighter attacked Afghans few kilometers from the zone under Italian Alpine control
Kabul, Afghanistan - In the operation died 5 Afghans, no wounded among coalition soldiers
American Headquarter of International coalition forces against the terrorism, situated in Bagram base, in northern of Kabul, has comunicated that yesterday Americans aircraft attacked Afghans , in the... more
Latest newsSix F-117s soon in flight towards South Korea (2): the technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Lockheed F-117 A Night Hawk - Stealth fighter bomber
Modernised version being offered as carrier-borne attack aircraft with afterburner. The Usaf won't either confirm or deny a weapon's suitably for the F-117, but the ordinance delivered in combat has been... more
Latest newsIraq denies having intercepted spy aircraft
Baghdad, Iraq - According to General Amin the accusations are false
"It’s a false accusation", has declared General Hossam Mohammed Amin, responsible of Iraqi liaison office with the Unmovic inspectors, about the incident denounced by American sources, that said Iraqi f... more
Latest newsThe Usa have experimented with success a 9450 Kg bomb
Eglin Air Force base, Usa - It has an explosive force advanced of 40% to the most powerful conventional arm existing
A C-131 "Samaritan" aircraft yesterday has launched,in Eglin Usaf (United States Air Force) base’s polygon, Northern-west of Florida, a Moab (Massive Ordinance Air Burst) 9450 Kg bomb. The announcement h... more
Latest newsSix American F-117s soon in flight towards South Korea
Washington, Usa - Aircraft will participate to combined military practices with Seoul Force
According to the Spanish daily newspaper "El Mundo", that cites Pentagon sources, the United States soon will send six F-117 fighter bombers, invisible to the radar, in South Korea. Aircraft will participate... more
Latest newsAfter the Usaf academy rape scandal, dormitories will be separates for men and women
Washington, Usa - Usaf authority had assessed 54 rape cases
After the denunciation of 54 rape cases and sexual harassments to the damages of cadet, assessed by Usaf (United States Air Force) authorities (as published by AVIONEWS on 7/03/03), Pentagon are run to... more
Latest newsAmerican aircraft have launched inserts in Iraq in which it is invited to not give fire to the oil pools
Teheran, Iran - Inserts arrived in Iran
According to Iranian daily newspaper, Jam-e Jam, American aircraft have launched this morning, in Iraq, inserts in which they invite the population and the soldiers to not execute eventual orders of giving... more
Latest newsNorth-Koreans would have tried to capture the crew of an American spyplane
Washington, Usa – Revail appeared on "The Times"
If the North-Koreans enterprise had succeeded – write "The Times" - Washington would have been pitched headlong into a second international crisis. According to "The Times", difficult undertaking consists t... more
Latest newsOne of the Saddam 's secret weapons could be an unmanned aircraft
London, United Kingdom– According to "The Times", it could be used for chemical war
The name is Drone and it could be the Saddam’s secret that could threaten foreign countries with chemical weapons. Diplomatic sources have told "The Times" that the drone is believed to be the same one t... more
Latest newsStill problems for V-22 Osprey, tests have been suspended for a week
Washington, Usa - The evolution stresses by lethal incidents
It has been suspended at least until March 18-20 the V-22 Osprey program, because of a malfunctioning of the hydraulic system. It continues therefore the turbulent evolution of the aircraft that in the... more
Latest newsHelicopters Gazelle are voyaging from Paris to Baghdad: technical sheet
Rome, Italy - Aerospatiale (Eurocopter) SA-341 Gazelle
The first helicopter to feature a fenestron tail rotor, it was also built under licence in the Uk (Westland), and Yugoslavia (Soko). Yugoslav version can carry the SA-7 grail infra-red seeking missile... more
Latest newsAppointed the Commander in chief of Patriot batteries in Turkey
Naples, Italy - The missiles will protect Turkey in case of war to Iraq
The Afsouth (South Europe Allied Forces) said that the American admiral Gregory G Johnson has assumed the control of the three Dutch missile-batteries Patriot, set in Southeastern Turkey. The alignment... more
Latest newsHelicopters Gazelle and Mirage’s substitute are voyaging from Paris to Baghdad
Washington, Usa – This is a Cia revelation appeared on the Washington Times
According to the Washington Times, that cites Cia official detections, a French society, whose name has not been revealed, would have sold French Mirage F-1’s substitutes and Gazelle attack helicopters t... more