December 27, 2012 Military Aviation News
12/27/2012
The U.S. military has begun a staged, five-year process that will see each of its three main stealth warplane types deployed to bases near China. When the deployments are complete in 2017, Air Force F-22s and B-2s and Marine Corps F-35s could all be within striking range of America’s biggest economic rival at the same time. With Beijing now testing its own radar-evading jet fighters.
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12/27/2012
The Russian Air Force has taken delivery of five new multifunctional Su-34 bombers on Wednesday, according to an official statement. Earlier this year, the Russian MoD and the Sukhoi Corporation signed a contract worth 2.5 billion euros for 92 Su-34 bombers. The aircraft is referred to a 4+ generation aircraft due to its combat readiness after tests completed in 2011.
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12/27/2012
Drones are to be deployed in Zimbabwe soon after they were given the green light for use to track criminals fleeing neighbouring South Africa, ZimEye can reveal. The effect of the permission means as done before the deadly machines could easily be used to track poachers escaping South Africa across the nations borders into Zimbabwe, Mozambique Botswana or Namibia.
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12/27/2012
The Defence Research and Development Organisation's faltering project to develop an indigenous jet engine has sparked to life again. With the Kaveri engine, born from this project, found short on power for the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, the ministry of defence has nominated the Kaveri to power the hush-hush Unmanned Strike Air Vehicle, a pilot-less bomber aircraft that the DRDO is developing.
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12/27/2012
“Iknew wherever I was that you thought of me and that if I got in a tight place, you would come — if alive.” This statement was contained in a letter dated March 10, 1864, written by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. It expresses an ageless ethos among warriors, especially those within the U.S. military. The commitment to come to the aid of fellow Americans in times of duress and danger has always been one of the foundations of America’s fighting forces.
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12/27/2012
It was hardly on the level of the J-20's appearance two years ago, but the advent of the Xian J-20 transport over the Christmas holidays was nonetheless important. If nothing else, it's the third all-new Chinese military aircraft to emerge in two years, a pace of innovation unknown since the Cold War. It is also by far the largest indigenously developed Chinese aircraft.
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12/27/2012
Next year the Russian Air Force will abandon its gray camouflage coloring and use several new color patterns for its warplanes, a source in the Russian defense ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day Izvestia reported that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has reversed the order of his predecessor Anatoly Serdyukov to repaint all warplanes only using different shades of gray.
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