December 31, 2024 Military Aviation News
12/31/2024
A clutch of retired British pilots have been banned from re-entering the United Kingdom’s defense sector after they were found to have trained the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in China two years ago. The pilots were among those from the United States, Europe, South Africa and South America who served in a flight training school in Guyuan, Ningxia, China, according to the UK-based Livingston Aerospace Ltd, which was sanctioned by the US in July this year.
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12/31/2024
You can’t say the Pentagon didn’t warn us. On December 18, the US Defense Department released the latest edition of its Congressionally mandated annual report on Chinese military capabilities. It’s a sobering read detailing the People’s Liberation Army’s breakneck modernisation in space and cyberspace, in the air, on the ground and on and beneath the waves – modernisation clearly meant to equip PLA forces to invade and occupy Taiwan while holding off any US or allied forces.
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12/31/2024
Recovery of a Navy fighter jet recently downed over the Red Sea likely hinges on what’s left of the wreckage and how safely a salvage operation could be pulled off, analysts say. The F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was shot down by apparent “friendly fire” from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg on Dec. 22. Although the jet is being phased out, newer Block III versions of it have equipment upgrades that could be a tempting target for adversaries.
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