May 18, 2011 Military Aviation News
05/18/2011
Azerbaijan is planning the joint production of Ukrainian anti-tank guided missiles and Czech light combat aircraft.
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05/18/2011
European aerospace company Airbus Military is offering South Africa dual role aircraft for the country´s Project Saucepan maritime surveillance aircraft programme. Saucepan is being accelerated because of the spread of Somali piracy to Southern African waters. The company can offer the CN235 or C295 aircraft for maritime surveillance.
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05/18/2011
The US' use of drones like these has been well documented in the hills on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. But a new report reveals that the US military may use a version of unmanned craft for use over the Pacific ocean.
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05/18/2011
China is actively developing all kinds of military aviation. The other day the country has successfully tested a new type of bomber-missile PLA Navy, which carried out the successful launch of the new model of missiles H-6K (profoundly modernized version of the Soviet Tu-16). In the future we should expect the development of the strategic aviation of China.
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05/18/2011
The United States has no intention of putting boots on the ground in Libya and should not become militarily involved in unrest shaking Syria, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in portions of an interview that aired May 16 on "The CBS Evening News."
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05/18/2011
A deal was signed at EBACE today between Mark Brown, managing director of Times Aerospace, publishers of Arabian Aerospace magazine and Captain Al Gaoud, Bahrain's undersecretary for civil aviation. The Arabian Aerospace daily called 'Show Business ' was launched in association with Aerocomm Ltd at last year's MRO show in Dubai and was the market leader among a number of international show dailies at the MEBA event in December.
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05/18/2011
The first two Boeing KC-767 advanced aerial refueling tankers for the Italian Air Force (ItAF) formally entered into service today during a public ceremony near Rome.
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05/18/2011
The second F-35C Lightning II carrier variant arrives at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., yesterday.
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