The first of six C-130J Super Hercules for India took to the skies for its maiden flight on 5th October. The aircraft will now complete a series of company and customer flight tests prior to delivery in December. The second and third aircraft are due to fly within …
The No. 6 Squadron based at RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland replaced the Tornado F3 with Eurofighter Typhoon which was celebrating its operation at its 11th Air Force Base. The Squadron will hold the key to Britain’s Northern air policing Quick Reaction Alert(QRA) force, replacing the Tornado …
During the NATO Days 2010, the Czech Air force celebrated 10,000 flight hours with their fleet of 14 Gripen aircraft. That means an average of more than 140 hours per aircraft and year. “In May, we successfully reached half of the lease contract for the Gripen aircraft, and we are very …
Lockheed Martin completed delivery of the first production C-5M Super Galaxy at a ceremony here today with officials from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Material Command and Dover Air Force Base, Del.
This is also the first C-5M to sport the new Super Galaxy tail flash and nose art.
“We are thrilled to …
Boeing has been awarded a new multi-year procurement (MYP) contract from the U.S. Navy for 124 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft. The new contract is valued at $5.297 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Boeing will deliver 66 Super Hornets and 58 Growlers to the Navy from 2012 …
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter, has delivered the sixth and final MV-22 Osprey Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD) to the U.S. Marines. In the past year, the team has delivered five CFTDs to the Marines, as well as upgrades to two trainers delivered …
Boeing announced on 23 September 2010 that it has completed production of the first Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet that has the capability to be converted into an electronic attack aircraft.
Boeing is pre-wiring the RAAF’s second lot of 12 Super Hornets for potential electronic attack capability conversion …
A Indian Air Force MIG-27 crashed in West Bengal. This is the third MIG-27 crash this year for the Indian Airforce.
Early this morning, a MIG- 27 Aircraft of the Indian air Force crashed in Midnapore District of West Bengal.The crash took place around 8:25 AM IST, east of Kalaokunda air base …
The Komsomolsk-na-Amure-based Yuri Gagarin Aviation Industrial Concern (KnAAPO), incorporated by the Sukhoi Holding Company, and Sberbank (the Savings Bank of Russia) concluded on September 15th 2010, a general agreement to build the Su-35S multi-role fighter. The document was signed by Alexander Pekarsh, KnAAPO director general, and Olga Bukhankova, head of the …
DARPA’s Vulture program is developing an unmanned aircraft capable of remaining on-station uninterrupted for over five years. Boeing September 14th 2010 signed an agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and fly the SolarEagle unmanned aircraft for the Vulture II demonstration program. Under the terms of …
