December 10, 2012 Military Aviation News
12/10/2012
Guam-Marine Corps Aviation hit another significant landmark Saturday with the successful deployment of three MV-22 Ospreys across 1500 nautical miles in just over five hours from Okinawa, Japan to Guam. The aircraft arrived at Andersen Air Force Base at 5:09pm. The aircraft are participating in the Marine Aircraft Group -12 Exercise Forager Fury 2012 (FF12).
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12/10/2012
Like just about everybody connected with the Navy, the folks on the USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) took time this weekend to watch Navy once again get the better of Army in the annual football smackdown. But the TRUMAN crew also is out to sea, hard at work, and they’re testing a new aircraft, the X-47B prototype strike jet. It’s the first time the new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has gotten wet with salty sea spray.
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12/10/2012
The Brazilian air force, awaiting the outcome of the selection process for purchasing 36 fighter jets, is leaning toward the F-18 Super Hornet of the US, which is competing against the French Rafale and the Swedish Gripen, Istoe magazine said.
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12/10/2012
The Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted a comprehensive support drill for multi-types of aircraft on double-runway under information conditions at an airport in southwest China. Nearly 100 fighters of over 10 different types open the curtain of the base-oriented transformation of the combat support mode of the PLA Air Force.
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12/10/2012
The C-130 cargo plane took off from Reagan National Airport with a jolt that nearly stacked its passengers on top of each other. The moment elicited the kind of nervous laughter that only comes from people that don’t do this every day. But this mission was different. There were no combat supplies aboard this flight. Instead there was $50,000 worth of toys to be delivered to families in New Jersey affected by Hurricane Sandy.
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12/10/2012
South Africa's military forces are buckling under the strain of crippling budget and mechanical setbacks. This despite the acquisition of high-technology fighter jets, frigates and submarines in the controversial arms deal that has cost the taxpayer an estimated R70bn in today's terms.
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12/10/2012
Russian military inspectors will carry out surveillance flights over Portugal and Spain starting on Monday under the international Open Skies Treaty, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said.
Russian experts will conduct the flights over the Portuguese and Spanish territories in a Tupolev Tu-154 M/LK-1 aircraft between December 10 and 15, a spokesman for the ministry said.
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