May 10, 2014 Military Aviation News
05/10/2014
Authorities say a military jet has crashed on tribal land south of Phoenix, but the pilot was able to eject safely. Television footage shows the charred wreckage of the plane in several pieces in a remote desert area on the Gila River Indian Community.
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05/10/2014
Azerbaijani Air Forces have conducted exercises aimed at evaluating the military personnel's ability to perform combat assignments correctly. Air defense drills were held at an 'S- 300 Favorite' anti-aircraft missile systems military unit of Azerbaijani air forces, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said on May 8.
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05/10/2014
There's nothing quite like flying aboard the U.S. Navy's C-130 Hercules. I know because I was lucky enough to have this incredible opportunity when the Blue Angels and the C-130, affectionately dubbed "Fat Albert," took to the skies for the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show on May 3 & 4. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I will never forget. Before I even boarded "Fat Albert," I was amazed by the sheer size of the aircraft.
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05/10/2014
Apache helicopters, teamed with Gray Eagle and Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles, are a winning combo, according to Col. Thomas von Eschenbach. Apache AH-64E models, teamed with unmanned aerial vehicles, known as UAVs, are now increasingly performing the armed aerial scout missions, once performed by Kiowa helicopters, and, Eschenbach said, they're doing a fantastic job.
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05/10/2014
About nine o’clock on the morning of November 19, a Hellfire missile shot from a US Predator drone destroyed a Toyota Hilux on a back road of eastern Yemen. The ute was carrying local al-Qaeda leader Abu Habib al-Yemeni. Two Australian men whom security sources say were al-Qaeda foot soldiers happened to be with him.
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05/10/2014
Nigeria's president said Friday that his government was "pleading with everybody on earth"—from regional and global governments to unspecified "civil society" groups—to help find more than 200 abducted girls and hunt down their kidnappers from the Boko Haram extremist group.
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05/10/2014
Presiding over a triumphant spectacle of warships and fighter jets, President Vladimir Putin hailed the return of Crimea to Russia as the restoration of "historic justice" before a jubilant, welcoming crowd Friday on the holiday that Russians hold dearest to their hearts. Yet Putin's first trip to the Black Sea peninsula since its annexation in March was strongly criticized by both NATO and Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, which said it trampled on Ukraine's sovereignty and international law.
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