December 29, 2011 Military Aviation News
12/29/2011
Two F-16 fighter jets flew over to check on an airplane that lost radio contact, government officials said. It happened "in the vicinity of the National Capital Region at approximately 1215 EST today," NORAD said Wednesday afternoon.
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12/29/2011
The F-22 Raptor continues to have growing pains. The Air Force says it is implementing a technical order requiring the backup oxygen system in each F-22 to be removed, inspected and returned to service before that aircraft can fly again. The system, known as the Emergency Oxygen System (EOS), is designed to be used when the pilot is having physiological symptoms that indicate a problem with the main air supply.
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12/29/2011
The British military has had to radically improve some of its simulated training war games to keep the attention of recruits who have grown up in the Playstation and Xbox generation, a Ministry of Defence scientist has admitted.
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12/29/2011
Offsetting losses in other manufacturing sectors, the St. Louis economy continues to benefit from military aerospace production dating to the first prototypes that rolled out of McDonnell Aircraft Company hangars in the mid-1940s.
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12/29/2011
The Eurofighter is in a face-off with France’s Rafale for the race to provide 126 fighters to the Air Force, that is grappling with a serious shortage of combat aircraft. A decision on the matter is expected within the next few weeks, with Defence Ministry officials indicating that the winner would be announced by the first week of January.
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12/29/2011
Experimental testing on the strike-fighter plane Su-25UBM destined for the training of pilots, with performance suitable for combat missions has been completed. The certification that confirms the end of the tests has been signed by the commander in chief of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General Alexander Zelin, who has recommended the start of its mass production.
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12/29/2011
China on Wednesday dismissed media reports saying that Chinese troops had entered North Korea, Xinhua said. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said reports claiming that Chinese force had entered North Korea as requested by the country to help maintain its stability were “totally groundless.” Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands paid their last respects to former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il as the reclusive country started a two-day funeral service for its deceased “dear leader.”
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