June 15, 2010 Military Aviation News
06/15/2010
Turkish newspaper "Zaman" reports that the Turkish Air Force has decided to use Turkish aircraft in intelligence gathering, after Israel withdrew officers who were training Turkish military officers on Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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06/15/2010
Tel Aviv and Tehran are separated by around 1,900 kilometers, which is the distance that separates the Israeli fighter jets from their Iranian targets in the event of war breaking out between the two countries.
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06/15/2010
Should U.S. skies be open to military drones? There is pressure to allow the unmanned aircraft to fly in the United States for law-enforcement functions, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is hesitant to act.
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06/15/2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time June 10, achieving a significant milestone. The aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.07 (727 miles per hour) on the first in a long series of planned supersonic flights.
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