August 31, 2011 Military Aviation News
08/31/2011
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin is to visit Indonesia early next month to seal a US$1 billion deal that would result in South Korea's first submarine exports. If the deal is secured, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine, which is likely to be chosen as the preferred bidder by the Indonesian government, will sign a memorandum of understanding to sell three 1,400-ton submarines to the Southeast Asian country, ministry officials said.
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08/31/2011
If you ever dreamt about owning your own fighter jet, here’s your chance. Hungary’s defense ministry is selling off eight of its MIG-29 planes. Hungary’s government has decided that it would part with the 24 planes to raise cash after they were retired from active duty. The deadline for bids for the first stage of the sales involving eight planes and 20 thrusters is Sept. 15. The jets will be sold off in a one-round public tender to be concluded in October.
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08/31/2011
A US lease to operate military aircraft from Kyrgyzstan's Manas air base will expire in 2013 and Bishkek won't renew it, a senior Kyrgyzstan official said Tuesday. 'It should be a civilian transportation hub,' said Prime Minister Almazbek Atambaev in an interview with Russia 24 television. 'There shouldn't be any kind of military base there.' The Kyrgyzstan government has already communicated to Washington its intention not to renew the air base lease, Atambaev said.
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08/31/2011
Five F-16 fighters from the Netherlands are on their way to Chile as the government continues to cut expenditures. The planes, which departed Monday from Volkel Air Base, are part of a 2009 sales agreement between the two countries. The Dutch Ministry of Defense said the first two batches of F-16s - totaling 12 aircraft in all -- were delivered in November 2010 and in April of this year.
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08/31/2011
NATO's air policing mission for the Baltic states has suffered its first major mishap, with two aircraft involved in a mid-air collision on 30 August. The Lithuanian defence ministry confirmed one of its Aero Vodochody L-39ZA trainer/light attack aircraft was involved in the incident, along with a French air force Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter.
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