Posts Tagged ‘Air Force’
Pakistani JF-17 Thunder fighters to be on sale at Farnborough
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 Pakistan to offer JF-17 Thunder fighters at Farnborough Air Show NEW DELHI -- Islamabad will put its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft on sale at the Farnborough Air Show near London, a Pakistani TV channel said on Monday. According to a senior source, Turkey and a range of Middle East and African states are [...]
Two More Russian AWACS for India
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 India to purchase two more AWACS planes from Russia NEW DELHI — India will purchase two additional Russian-made airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday. India ordered three A-50EI variants fitted with Israeli-made Phalcon radar systems in 2004. The first [...]
U.K. Soldiers Die as U.S. Troops Fight from Afar
Guardian | By Mark Townsend | 20 June 2010 Death rate of UK soldiers in Afghanistan 'four times higher' than US Rate is also twice that which qualifies as 'major conflict', according to analysis by Medical Research Council The rate at which British soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan is almost four times that of their US counterparts, [...]
Afghanistan finally has an air force
AW: Ares | By Robert Wall | 14 June Up to now, the service operating assets such as the Mi-17s and C-27s has been called the Afghan National Army Air Corps. But U.S. Air Forces Central now points out that a name change has taken place under which the service is now the air force. It is still the Afghan National Army Air Force, so there is [...]
NextGen UAVs: Toward Self-Guided Nano-Drones
The Daily Mail | By Niall Firth | 10 June 2010 The mini flying robot drones that join forces before takeoff - all without human help It conjures up a rather frightening vision of a future where intelligent robots work in packs without the need for human intervention. But scientists are developing robots which can 'dock' with each other and [...]
More on Task Force ODIN’s Work on the Af/Pak Border
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | By Mark Brunswick | 5 June 2010 Guard pilots back from a mission with altitude: Five Minnesota Guard pilots are home after taking part in a surveillance program along the Afghan-Pakistani border The group was instrumental in setting up in Afghanistan what U.S. Army officials call Task Force ODIN -- the acronym [...]
India-France Joint Military Exercises
Times of India | 1 June 2010 India, France to hold joint air combat exercise next month NEW DELHI: Six Indian Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, two IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft and a IL-78 mid-air refueller will be leaving for France for a joint air combat exercise with the French Air Force next month. The exercise, Garuda-IV, will be held at the [...]
Sukhoi’s T-50: Russia’s Answer to USA’s F-22 Raptor
Pravda.ru | 11 February 2010 Sukhoi's T-50 Ready To Fight with USA's F-22 Raptor Last week, Russia’s answer to USA’s F-22 Raptor, the PAK FA T-50, performed its first-ever test flight. The maiden flight marked the new era in the aviation industry of Russia – the era of the 5th generation fighter jet. The jet has been awaited since [...]
Sikorsky Working on Unmanned Black Hawk Helicopter
Star Tribune | By Stephen Singer | 1 February 2010 Sikorsky to invest $1B to develop unmanned Black Hawk, other next-generation maneuvers HARTFORD, Conn. - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced a billion-dollar venture Monday that it hopes will respond to military demand for technology to fight two wars, including Black Hawk helicopters that can [...]
The Drone Surge: Today, Tomorrow, and 2047
TomDispatch | By Nick Turse | 24 January 2010 The Drone Surge Today, Tomorrow, and 2047 Jump to: Introductory Remarks by Tom Engelhardt One moment there was the hum of a motor in the sky above. The next, on a recent morning in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a missile blasted a home, killing 13 people. Days later, the same [...]
