April 13, 2015 Military Aviation News
04/13/2015
Prime minister Abadi made it very clear that he had requested American air power to be used at Tikrit to support Iraqi Army units attacking the city. Abadi said he did this even though Iran told him that the Iranian supported Shia militias, which comprised most of the manpower attacking Tikrit, would withdraw. Abadi was not happy with how the Shia militias were taking all the credit for the advance on Tikrit but were unable to advance into the city center.
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04/13/2015
The mega deal with Rafaele is the first landmark in the Make In India plan for the defence sector, and promises to put into throttle investments and expansion of small and large industry to produce parts and tech that needs to go with it. It's a contract for 36 ready-to-fly fourth generation aircraft and 90 that will be built in India.
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04/13/2015
The Turkish Air Force received the last of a batch of F-16 fighter jets which underwent a comprehensive upgrade program. Speaking at a ceremony here at the corporate headquarters of Tusas Turkish Aerospace Industries, Turkey's chief procurement official Ismail Demir said the upgrade program substantially boosted Turkey's air combat power. "We are not dreamers, but we have dreams" Demir said, referring to Turkey's own efforts to design, develop and produce an indigenous fighter jet.
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04/13/2015
Why not just send in the drones? That seems the easy solution against the Islamic State, which has the capacity to shoot down jet aircraft and is vicious enough to burn captured pilots alive. Yet as of March 31, only a handful of the more than 5,500 airstrikes carried out by the US and allies against ISIS were conducted by remote-control drones. Whatever Hollywood may tell you, the drone revolution is still in its infancy.
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04/13/2015
Last month's commissioning of the Japanese helicopter carrier Izumo spearheads the buildup of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) antisubmarine capabilities, analysts said. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani led the March 25 commissioning of the 248-meter, 24,000-ton helicopter carrier, Japan's largest postwar naval vessel, capable of carrying seven Mitsubishi-built SH-60K antisubmarine warfare (ASW) helicopters and seven AgustaWestland MCM-101 mine countermeasure helicopters.
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04/13/2015
To date approximately 50 people based at 19 Wing Comox have participated in Canada's contribution to the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Middle East, including air crews, maintenance, logistics and support workers.
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04/13/2015
A 76 page report by the Center for Budgetary and Strategic Assessments Trends in Air-to-air combat : Implications for future air superiority by John Stillion indicates that dogfighting jet capability no longer matters. Trends from the database of air combat since 1965 show the rise of long range missiles and a steep decline in dog-fighting. Of the 33 U.S. kills in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, only four involved any maneuvering at all.
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04/13/2015
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katie Higgins is the first female pilot in the team’s 69-year history. Katie reported to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida, for aviation indoctrination in November 2009. She completed primary flight training in the T-6B Texan II at NAS Whiting Field, Florida, and completed intermediate and advanced training in the T-44 Pegasus while assigned to Training Squadron 31 (VT-31) at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. She received her wings of gold in October 2011.
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