April 09, 2010 Military Aviation News
04/09/2010
A US Air Force tilt-rotor aircraft crashed in southeastern Afghanistan, killing three service members and one government contractor, Nato said Friday.
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04/09/2010
Israel PM Menahem Begin established the Begin Doctrine: “On no account shall we permit an enemy to develop Weapons of Mass Destruction against the people of Israel.” It was applied in Irak in 1981 against Osirak facilities and once again against Syria in 2007 although Israel never admit it. But strategists and military are more divided on the case of Iran, despite aggressive speeches.
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04/09/2010
The British military continues to increase its use of industry for depth maintenance of fixed and rotary wing platforms, with Tornado GR4 strike aircraft and WAH-64 Apache attack helicopter projects reaching milestones April 7.
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04/09/2010
Textron Defense Systems, a division of Textron Systems Company, recently announced that the Republic of South Korea Air Force has selected its Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) for consolidation onto the Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 light combat aircraft.
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04/09/2010
Airmen from the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing here welcomed one of the newest members of the Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance weapons systems to Kandahar Airfield March 29.
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04/09/2010
Pakistani JF-17 Thunders are already flying without the French parts. The new parts would have enhanced the capability of the aircraft. The PAF has learned its lessons from various US embargoes and now uses a plethora of equipment from various countries for the enhancements
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04/09/2010
Adding to acrimony over a lucrative defense deal, Brazilian prosecutors have agreed to probe a multibillion-dollar contest for the sale of advanced combat aircraft to the Latin American nation.
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04/09/2010
Lockheed Martin’s multi-purpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II missile scored another success in its second proof-of-principle (POP) flight test, the first armed with a live warhead.
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