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Latest newsLITHUANIA OPENS ITS AIR SPACE TO US MILITARY PLANES
LITHUANIA, Lithuania's Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that the country has granted to United States the permission to use its air space in the anti-terrorism campaign if required. more
Latest newsISRAEL SENDS MILITARY PLANES TO TURKEY
TURKEY, Turkish government has sent military aircrafts to Turkey fearing a missile attack to Israel by Iraq, said Jane's Foreign Report. In case of attacks, Israel premier Sharon would order raids to Iraq.... more
Latest newsBOEING DELIVERS FIRST FULL-RATE PRODUCTION SUPER HORNET
ST. LOUIS, "The U.S. Navy Friday accepted its first full-rate production F/A-18E/F Super Hornet from The Boeing Company. The two-seat F model Super Hornet is bound for Naval Air Station Patuxent River,... more
Latest newsPRESIDENT BUSH RECALLS ON DUTY FURTHER 5100 RESERVE SPECIALISTS
USA, President Bush tapped the reserves for about 5,100 more troops on September 22, bringing to more than 10,000 the number of Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members called to active... more
Latest newsBUSH RECALLS OVER 5000 RESERVISTS
USA, According to plans for general mobilitation, over 5000 reservists, pilots and ATC controllers have been recalled in service by Pentagon. Among them, the most are from Aeronautical Corps of National... more
Latest newsUKRAINE ALLOWS UNITED STATES TO FLY OVER ITS AIR SPACE
KIEV, The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (SNBO) authorized the Usa to use its air space for anti-terrorist operations. The decision will be confirmed by a presidential decree, said the... more
Latest newsUSA ASKS AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER UKRAINE'S AIR SPACE
KIEV, The first deputy parliamentary speaker of Ukraine said the USA has asked Ukraine to give an air corridor for its cargo planes. The secretary of the National Security, Defence Council and parliamentary... more
Latest newsPENTAGON CONFIRMS SPY PLANE LOST OVER AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. Pentagon has confirmed that an American spy plane has been lost over Afghanistan, but has not been confirmed that it has shoot down, as the Taleban authorities said. The aircraft,... more
Latest newsU.S. AIR FORCE COULD NEED THE PAKISTANI AIR BASES
WASHINGTON, USA, According to a Pentagon source, the US Air Forces could want to make a "limited" use of Pakistan Air Force bases in Peshawar and Quetta either for combat, transport and surveillance aircrafts... more
Latest newsBUSH SENDS OVER 100 COMBAT AIRCRAFT IN ''HOT'' AREAS
WASHINGTON D.C., The Pentagon, under orders of President George W. Bush, ordered over 100 combat aircraft sent to the Persian Gulf area. The President will address today Congress and the nation to brace... more
Latest newsU.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DRAFTS MANY FUEL SUPPLY CONTRACTS FOR AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS
WASHINGTON, USA, The U.S. defense department drafted many contracts in order to buy great quantities of military airctafts and ships fuels, propbably to have the necessaries reserves for its forces that... more
Latest newsIRAQ SAYS IT SHOOTS DOWN A U.S. SPY PLANE
BAGHDAD, Iraq said its anti-aircraft artillery shot down a U.S. reconnaisance plane near the city of Bassora this morning. "A second U.S. spy plane has been brought down by Iraqi air defenses in the south... more
Latest newsHUNGARY TO PURCHASE JAS-GRIPEN MILITARY AIRCRAFTS
BUDAPEST, Hungary will purchase an unspecifed number of JAS-Gripen military aircrafts, said today Hungarian Defense minister Janos Szabo. JAS-Gripen fighters are manufactured by swedish Saab and BAe. Terms... more
Latest newsUK AND USA AIRCRAFTS ATTACK THREE ANTIAIRCRAFT IRAQI SITES
IRAQ, Three air raid have been effectuated by U.S. and UK aircraft in order to destroy three anti-aircraft missile sites of the Iraqi army in the south of raq, near town of Al Kut, Tallil and Al Numinayah.... more
Latest newsISRAEL TO PURCHASE 52 F-16 FIGHTERS
JERUSALEM, Israel has signed yesterday a deal for the purchase of 52 F-16 military aircrafts from Lockheed Martin. The $2 bn deal includes aircraft, logistics support, training, and other services. Deliveries... more
Latest newsUS AND BRITISH PLANES STRIKE IRAQ AGAIN
IRAQ, US and British F-16s and F-18s yesterday bombed air defense sites in northern and southern Iraq, in response to hostile fire and radar activity, the Pentagon said. Missiles were fired at an Iraqi... more
Latest newsKOREAN AIR FORCE UNDECIDED BETWEEN F-15 AND RAFALE FIGHTERS
SEOUL, Korean government is to order 40 fighters, the paper La Tribune said. The contenders for the order actually are Dassault Aviation with its Rafale fighter and Boeing Co with its F15 fighter. Korea... more
Latest newsUNKNOWN FIGHTER VIOLATES RUSSIAN AIRSPACE
MOSCOW, An unknown aircraft entered Russian airspace without authorization over the past 24 hours, in an area about 700 kilometers far from Novosibirsk, at a junction of Russian, Kazakh, Mongol and Chinese... more
Latest newsUS AIRCRAFT ATTACK AGAINST BASSORA RADAR
BASSORA, IRAQ, Some U.S. aircraft launched an attack against a radar installed in the Bassora airport, in Iraq, destroying it. Pentagon sources declared that the attack was effectuated as that radar was... more
Latest newsMILITARY EXERCISES IN CASPIAN SEA
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Four former soviet countries air forces, Russia, Bielorussia, Armenia and Tagikistan are conducting a large exercise in the Caspian Sea, to test a common antiaircraft and antimissile... more
Latest newsPOLONIA TO ORDER C-295 AIRCRAFTS TO CASA
POLAND, Poland has signed a contract with spanish CASA to acquire eight of the medium range transports C-295 aircrafts. The planes will replace the aging An-26s and can haul up to 69 passengers with twin... more
Latest newsAIR FORCE ONE 707 TO BE RETIRED
WACO, TEXAS, The Air Force One Boeing 707 yesterday took its last flight to San ANtonio. The aircraft enntered into service in 1972, during the Nixon administration and transported seven Presidents of... more
Latest newsBULGARIA TO UPGRADE MIG-29'S FLEET
SOFIA, Bulgarian government said it will repair and refurbish its 21 Russian MiG-29 jet fighters scrapping the plan to replace them with U:S: F-16 fighters. The upgrading will be conducted in order to... more
Latest newsMALAYSIA CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN PLANES
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysian government is considering the purchase of Su-30 fighter planes made by the Irkutsk Aircraft Manufacturing Association (IAMO), russian agency Interfax reported today. Malaysia may... more
Latest newsHUNGARY RENTS F-16
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, According to Hungarian newspaper Nepszabadsag, Budapest government decided to rent a 24-aircraft package composed of Lockheed Martin F-16 from United States, starting September 1st and... more
Latest newsISRAELI HELICOPTER KILLS PALESTINIAN LEADER
JERUSALEM, Abu Ali Mustafa one of the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Front has been killed by an Israeli helicopter missile which hit his house in Ramallah which has been completely destroyed. According... more
Latest newsPENTAGON SAYS AN UNMANNED PLANE IS LOST OVER IRAQ
WASHINGTON, Pentagon sources reported that a Predator military unmanned aircraft is lost over Iraq's southern no-fly zone. The sources also said that the plane may have been shot down, as iraqi sources... more
Latest newsIRAQ SAYS IT SHOOTS DOWN US PLANE
IRAQ, An iraqi news agency, quoting military sources, said iraqi air defenses shot down a US recoinassance plane. "The air defenses in the Basra area shot down the plane when it was flying a spy mission... more
Latest newsBOEING DELIVERS FINAL C-17 TO UNITED KINGDOM ROYAL AIR FORCE
LONG BEACH, The Boeing Company delivered the fourth and final C-17 Globemaster III military cargo aircraft to the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) during ceremonies at the company's production facility... more
Latest newsUS SECOND WORLD WAR AIRCRAFT UNCOVERED BY THE FLOOD IN CHINESE RIVER
PEKING, The wreckage of a US airplane from the Second World War has been uncovered by flood waters in the river Tuojiang. The plane is believed to have dipped in the river in 1943, a chinese paper reports.... more
Latest newsINDONESIA MULLS BUYING RUSSIAN FIGHTERS
JAKARTA, Indonesia is considering purchasing an unspecified number of Sukhoi Su-30 military aircrafts to modernise its fleet, Atara news agency reported quoting military sources. Su-30 Flankers cost about... more
Latest newsMOLDOVA TO SELL MILITARY AIRCRAFTS
MOLDOVA, Moldova's parliament today approved the sale of six MiG-29 warplanes and 13 ground-to-ground missile launchers due to the lack of funds to maintain them. Moldova already sold 21 MiG-29 warplanes... more
Latest newsIRAQI MISSILE ALMOST HITS US SPY PLANE FLYING OVER THE NO FLY ZONE
IRAQ, A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane which was patrolling the no-fly zone over southern Iraq on Tuesday was almost hit by an iraqi missile. The reconnaissance plane was flying at about 60,000 feet and... more
Latest newsCHINA TO BUY 38 RUSSIAN FIGHTERS
MOSCOW, China ordered 38 Su-30 MKK military jets to Russia, Itar-Tass news agency reported. China already owns almost 100 Su-27 russian fighters. China's military modernization is geared toward threatening... more
Latest newsISRAELI HELICOPTERS ATTACK TO A HAMAS OFFICIAL HOME
JENIN, JORDAN, Some Israeli AH-64 Apache helicopters attacked and destroyed the house of a Palestinian Hamas official, Ibraihm Jaber, who was not at home and thus saved life. This action is related to... more
Latest newsUS SPY PLANE: CHINA WON'T HAVE ANY PAYOUT
WASHINGTON, The US House of Representatives yesterday voted against remboursing China for the 11 days the plane was grounded there and for repatriating costs. Republican congressman Tom DeLay said "this... more
Latest newsRUSSIA GROUNDS SU-33 FIGHTERS
MOSCOW, Russian government has decided to halt Su-33 flights temporarily pending yesterday's crash investigation. A Su-33 yesterday crashed in Ostrov in Pskov Region, during an airshow. Actually, about... more
Latest newsISRAELI HELICOPTER ATTACK KILLS FOUR
ISRAEL, Two Israeli Apache helicopters yesterday fired four rockets at palestinian civilians in Betlem, killing four Hanmas leaders accused of planning a terrorist act. "Regrettably, the Palestinian Authority... more
Latest newsCHINA TO BUY RUSSIAN PLANES
BEIJING, China would be close to buy russian military aircrafts, the Wall Street Journal and Russian daily Vedomosti reported. The deal would be signed in the next days during chinese president Jiang Zemin's... more
Latest newsUSA HANDS OVER RAPE SUSPECT TO JAPAN
OKINAWA, The United States decided to hand over to Japan Timothy Woodland, the sergeant suspected of raping a Japanese woman on the southern island of Okinawa, Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka said this... more
Latest newsAMERICAN SPY PLANE FLOWN BACK TO USA
PEARL HARBOUR, HAWAII, The EP-3 U.S. spy plane has finally returned home. The dissembled aircraft, carried by a cargo plane Antonov 124, landed yesterday at Hawaii’s Hickam Air Force Base. It was a "totally r... more
Latest newsIRAQ LAUNCHES MISSILES AGAINST ALLIED AIRCRAFTS
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, According to Iraqi press agency Ina, sveral missiles were launched by Iraqi army agaist the U.S. and British aircrafts patrolling the no fly zone in the south of the Middle East country.... more
Latest newsBOEING JSF X-32B COMPLETES GOVERNMENT FLIGHT-TEST REQUIREMENTS
USA, The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter program has successfully accomplished all of its government-defined flight-test requirements. The program reached the final milestone Sunday by making a series of short... more
Latest newsSPY PLANE PARTS FLOWN TO OKINAWA
OKINAWA, Parts of the EP-3E Usa spy plane were flown on sunday aboard an Antonov 124 cargo plane to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa Island, in Japan. The stripped fuselage is expected to reach the other parts... more
Latest newsISRAELI WARPLANES DESTROY RADAR IN SYRIA
JERUSALEM, Few israeli fighter-bombers yesterday destroyed a Syrian Army radar base in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Two Syrian soldiers and a Lebanese soldier were wounded. Syria is allowing the accelerated... more
Latest newsRUSSIA TO DELIVER INDIA FIRST BATCH OF MILITITARY PLANES BY THE END OF THE YEAR
MOSCOW, Russia, in line with the contract, will deliver India a first batch of Su-30MKI within the end of this year, said russian agency Itar-Tass quoting the press secretary of the Sukhoi aircraft military-industrial... more
Latest newsUSA: RUMSFELD WANTS TO CUT B-1 BOMBERS FLEET
WASHINGTON, According to sourcer from Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is to propose Congress to cut B-1 bombers fleet of one third. Moreover, Rumsfeld would like to ground the fleet of Bombers... more
Latest newsUS SPY PLANE WILL LEAVE CHINA IN MID-JULY
WASHINGTON, Navy officials at the Pentagon said that the dissembled sections of the EP-3 reconnaisance plane should return to Usa in "the week of July 9". The plane will leave the island after Lockheed... more
Latest newsMACEDONIAN AIR FORCE RECEIVES ITS FOUR SUKHOI
MACEDONIA, Three days ago, Macedonian Air force received the four Sukhoi 25 aircrafts ordered to Ukraina, which will be probably used against guerrillas bases in the city on Aracinovo, at about 10 Km from... more
Latest newsLOCKHEED MARTIN DELIVERS 25TH C-130J TO ROYAL AIR FORCE
MARIETTA, USA, Lockheed Martin today delivered the 25th C-130J airlifter to the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force. This completes deliveries under the current production contract. The first aircraft was... more