July 14, 2012 Military Aviation News
07/14/2012
The Washington Free Beacon reports: Two Russian strategic nuclear bombers entered the U.S. air defense zone near the Pacific coast in early July 2012 and the combat aircraft were met by U.S. interceptor warplanes, most likely F-16’s, scrambled by NORAD at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. This was twice now that Russia has dispatched “nuclear-capable bombers into the 322 kilometer zone surrounding U.S. territory in the past two weeks.”
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07/14/2012
Although the U.S. military is touting the safety of its MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft, media representatives wanting a demonstration ride first had to sign an unsettling form. We were asked to sign an agreement stating that we were fully aware of the risk of serious injury and death, and to provide an emergency contact number. Just in case. With this less than reassuring start, reporters were allowed to ride an MV-22 on July 12.
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07/14/2012
Airbus Military and MBDA have successfully completed the first flight of the C295 maritime patrol aircraft with an instrumented Marte MK2/S anti-ship inert missile installed under the wing. The flight was the first of a series of trials planned in a joint Airbus Military – MBDA collaboration to validate the aerodynamic integration of Marte on the C295. Subsequent flights will include handling qualities tests and aircraft flight performance tests.
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07/14/2012
The issue of Russian S-300 air-defense system delivery to Iran could still be resolved, an Iranian lawmaker said on Friday. Mohammad-Reza Mohseni-Sani said he hoped Moscow will finally fulfill its contractual obligation by delivering the system to Tehran and that Iran expects Russia will not support “unjust” UN Security Council sanctions against the Islamic Republic. The delivery of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran is not against the UN sanctions imposed on the country, he added.
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07/14/2012
The General Staff of Turkey’s Armed Forces on Friday backed down from its previous claim that its fighter jet was downed last month by Syrian forces. “The actual cause of the incident will be established after the plane wreckage is raised from the seabed,” the General Staff said in a statement. "No traces of explosives or flammable products were found on the debris recovered from the sea."
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