October 18, 2015 Military Aviation News

Japan's air force to do more aerial refueling

10/18/2015

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force will run more refueling missions once it introduces a new Boeing KC-46A aerial tanker to its fleet in fiscal 2016. The plan is to expand the number of joint operations between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military as well as to better protect remote islands and respond to major disasters.

US steps up intelligence aid to fight against Boko Haram

10/18/2015

The imminent deployment of 300 US soldiers in Cameroon is intended to provide nations around Lake Chad with what they most lack in the battle against Boko Haram: reliable intelligence.

Syria – a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare

10/18/2015

The relationship between Russia and the West is becoming increasingly dangerous with potential flashpoints developing in both eastern Europe and Syria. After repeated incursions into Turkish airspace by Russian warplanes on bombing raids over Syria, NATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg warned Moscow that it stands ready to “defend all allies”.

F-35C completes carrier tests aboard the Ike

10/18/2015

Across the board success was how the test pilots scored the second carrier testing run for the Navy's F-35C Joint Strike Fighter, which wrapped up Oct. 9 aboard the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower. The multifaceted two-week flight test was used to develop launch and recovery bulletins. The former focused on 55,000 and 60,000-pound catapult shots at military, the catapult shot with standard jet thrust, and maximum power.

Turkey Says Wouldn't Hesitate to Shoot Down Planes Violating Air Space

10/18/2015

'We downed a drone yesterday. If it was a plane we'd do the same,' Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu tells a party rally; Turkey is still investigating where the drone came from, but U.S believes it was Russians'.

Here's one surprising reason Russia might not want to pick a fight with US planes over Syria

10/18/2015

The skies over Syria are dangerously crowded these days with the US, Russia, and the Assad regime all bombing various actors on vaguely opposite sides of the country's multidimensional conflict. In both Iraq and Syria, the reality of overlapping aerial operations among countries with little geopolitical fondness toward one another has already led to claims that British aircraft have been authorized to engage Russian aircraft over Iraq if threatened.

DARPA Developing Tech To Keep Squadrons Connected Even With Jamming Attacks

10/18/2015

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is responsible for developing emerging technologies for military use, is coming up with a technology that will keep squadrons connected even when during jamming attacks.

Chinese Bomber Can Now Launch Long-Range Strikes

10/18/2015

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has revealed its long-range precision strike capabilities. Beijing’s H-6K bomber can strike distant targets with precise ammunition, according to Chinese media.

Russia to Hold Talks With Egypt on Sales of Equipment for Mistrals

10/18/2015

Russia will hold talks with Egypt on the possible purchase by Cairo of the Russian equipment for the Mistral helicopter carriers on October 21-23, a source in the military-technical cooperation sphere said Saturday.

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