September 17, 2010 Military Aviation News

Indonesia confirms plans to buy six more Su fighters from Russia

09/17/2010

Indonesia's Air Force chief of staff Marshal Imam Sufaat said on Friday his country planned to buy six more Sukhoi fighter jets from Russia, the Jakarta Post reported.

Russia completes delivery of Su fighter jets to Indonesia

09/17/2010

Russia has delivered the last of six contracted Su fighter jets to Indonesia, a Russian Defense Ministry source said on Thursday. It added that the Russia's An-124 transport plane delivered the Su-27SKM plane to the air base in the city of Makassar in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province earlier in the day.

Fruit picker jailed for shining laser pen into RAF fighter pilot's eyes

09/17/2010

A Romanian fruit picker who admitted endangering an RAF fighter jet by shining a laser into the pilot's eyes was jailed for four months.

Uncertainty, Challenges Mark Future For Military’s Unpiloted Aircraft

09/17/2010

Air commanders often quote five-star Army, and later, Air Force Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, who on V-J Day 1945 proclaimed that “the next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all.”

Israel to purchase US F-35 stealth fighters: government

09/17/2010

The Israeli government said Thursday it had given final approval to the purchase of F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States, in one of the Jewish state's largest-ever arms purchases.

Boeing Wins DARPA Vulture II Program

09/17/2010

The Boeing Company on Sept. 14 signed an agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and fly the SolarEagle unmanned aircraft for the Vulture II demonstration program. Under the terms of the $89 million contract, SolarEagle will make its first demonstration flight in 2014.

Four Russian strategic bombers complete patrol in Far East

09/17/2010

Four Russian Tu-95MS Bear H strategic bombers have successfully completed an air-patrol mission in Russia's Far East, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

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