October 31, 2011 Military Aviation News

The Secret War: How U.S. hunted AQ in Africa

10/31/2011

One night in November 2003, beneath the moon-washed waters off Somalia’s northern coast, a small, dark shadow slipped away from the attack submarine Dallas and headed toward the shore. The smaller shape was a 21-foot-long submersible called a SEAL delivery vehicle.

MMRCA bidding to open on November 4

10/31/2011

The much-awaited bidding for the ambitious Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) will open on November 4 in New Delhi, said Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja.

The Selling of the 707 (Fortune, 1957)

10/31/2011

America's first jet transport—the Boeing 707—will soon roll down the runway. For Boeing, the nation's top producer of bombers, the huge plane marks a new bid for leadership in a field long dominated by Douglas.

Iran designing new fighter jets: Defense minister

10/31/2011

Brigadier General Vahidi noted that Iranian Air Force is cooperating in manufacture of the new military aircraft with Defense Ministry experts. “Different jet fighters, their maintenance, upgrading them, designing and manufacture of jet fighters such as Azarakhsh, Saeqeh, as well as other new airplanes is the sign of genius, knowledge and domestic technology, and booming of country’s defense industries in the peak of sanctions unilaterally imposed by US,” he added.

Libya war gives US air power advocates a lift

10/31/2011

Advocates of US air power are seizing on the outcome of the NATO campaign in Libya as further evidence that high-tech aircraft are the key to maintaining US military might. With its relatively low price tag and short duration, the Libya conflict offers a stark contrast to the protracted and costly ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that have left Americans wary of counter-insurgency campaigns.

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