July 12, 2011 Military Aviation News

Fighter jet maker Dassault using Microsoft Surface 2.0

07/12/2011

The new version of the Microsoft Surface tabletop computer made an unexpected appearance at the recent Paris Air Show, as Dassault Aviation showed a trio of Surface applications that work in conjunction with its Rafale military aircraft.

World of Warcraft: USA vs. China

07/12/2011

When the top commanders of the world’s two largest standing armies get together, you’d expect their tete-a-tete to show some results. But so far, we’re not getting much more than schoolyard nitter-natter.

S. Korean, U.S. air forces to hold aerial refueling drills

07/12/2011

South Korean and U.S. Air Forces have recently reached an agreement to stage an aerial refueling exercise on a regular basis here, using a U.S. in-flight tanker, a military source said Monday. The first joint refueling exercise in which the U.S. is to mobilize its KC-135 tanker currently based in Okinawa, Japan, is expected to take place in the latter half of this year, the source said.

Do humans have a role in the robot wars of the future?

07/12/2011

After thousands of years of intra-species fighting we have to face the possibility that the institution of war may no longer need us.

Boeing, US Air Force Reserve Welcome C-17s to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

07/12/2011

Boeing on July 9 joined the U.S. Air Force Reserve at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to commemorate the base's transition to the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter. Wright-Patterson, home of the 445th Airlift Wing, previously flew the C-5A Galaxy and is the latest Air Force Reserve Command unit to transition to a fleet of C-17 aircraft.

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