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Latest newsISRAELI FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OVERCOME SOUND BARRIER NEAR BEIRUT
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Two Israeli fighter aircrafts overcome the sound barrier near Beirut, Lebanon. It isn't the first time that this occur, as the Lebanian authorities have presented their protests. more
Latest newsCZECH REPUBLIC TO BUY JETS FROM SAAB
PRAGUE, The Czech government announced today it has ordered 36 Gripen jet from swedish Saab in a $2bn contract. Gripen fighters are operated by swedish air force and 28 of these jets were ordered by South... more
Latest newsISRAELI HELICOPTER ATTACK IN THE GAZA STRIP
JERUSALEM, A large number of Apache AH64D Israeli heicopters have carried out a series of attacks, started in the night, against several targets in Gaza Strip, including several Force 17 sites, the Arafat... more
Latest newsU.S. HELICOPTERS CARRY TROOPS AND VEHICLES TO KANDAHAR
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, In an U.S. effort to drive out the remaining Talibans of Al Qaida terroristic organization, Army helicopters carried many troops and vehicles to Kandahar, to cut out any possibilities... more
Latest newsPAKISTANI HELICOPTERS LAUNCH PARAS IN AFGHANI BORDER ZONE
PAKISTAN, To avoid escaping to Pakistan of terroristic components of the Al Qaida organization, among which their commander Osama bin Laden could be hided, the Pakistani Army launched by helicopters... more
Latest newsUS WARPLANES STRIKES TORA BORA
AFGHANISTAN, US bombing raids were focused on the mountains around Tora Bora to hit Al Quaeda fighters. "There is repeated day and night (U.S.) bombing. All of Tora Bora has been taken by our Mujahideen.... more
Latest newsISRAELI F-16 AIRCRAFTS DROP BOMB ON GAZA
PALESTINE, Israeli F16s dropped bombs in Gaza City in a retaliation against the Palestinian territories. Two young men were killed and many others were injured and taken to hospital. The bombs also hit... more
Latest newsAFGHANISTAN: B52 BOMBERS HIT TORA BORA ZONES
AFGHANISTAN, According Afghani sources, several B52 U.S. bomber aircrafts have heavy hit the Tora Bora zone, where is believed to be refuged under a mountain shelter, the terrorists chief Osama Bin Laden.... more
Latest newsPROBABLY WILL BE USED FOR HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS THE KULJIAB AIRBASE
KULJIAB, TAGIKISTAN, According to Italian Air Force sources, the recover of the former-Soviet airbase of Kuljiab, in Tagikistan, under inspection to assure its suitability to Italian Tornado and C-130... more
Latest newsISRAELI HELICOPTERS HIT GAZA AIRPORT
GAZA, The revenge of the Israeli Army at the Palestinian terroristic attacks of the last days has hit the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat general headquarter in the Ramallah city, but the leader is reported... more
Latest newsSTRONG U.S. RAIDS HIT KANDAHAR
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, A large number of U.S. aircraft started since first hours of today to hit the Taliban sites near the Kandahar airport, trying to weaken the resistance of the Talibans who oppose... more
Latest newsFRANCE ASKS KIRKYZSTAN PERMISSION TO USE AIR BASES
FRANCE, Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry press office said that France has demanded permission for using the country's military air bases for operations in the nearby Afghanistan. Parliament would have to approve... more
Latest newsGERMAN MILITARY PLANES FLY TO TURKEY
GERMANY, Three Transall german military transport planes took off to Turkey this morning to reach the air base of Incirlik. The planes, which took off from Usa miilitary base of Ramstein, are to deliver... more
Latest newsRUSSIAN MILITARY PLANES LAND IN AFGHANISTAN
KABUL, Three Ilyushin 76 russian cargo planes landed this morning at Bagram airport, about 20 km far from Kabul. The aircrafts carried some technicians to take part in the russian mission against Taliban.... more
Latest newsUP TO 20 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR AIRPLANE SPOTTERS CAUGHT IN GREECE
ATHENS, GREECE, Yesterday the espionage charge for the 12 Britons and two Dutch tourists, caught to spot and shoot photos to military aircraft in flight near Megara airbase west of Athens, was expanded... more
Latest newsTHE ITALIAN JOURNALIST CORPSE BACK TODAY IN ITALY
ROME, ITALY, This morning the body of the italian journalist Maria Grazia Cutuli of the "Corriere della Sera", killed in a Taliba ambush, has been taken on an Italian Air force aircraft expressly arrived... more
Latest newsGREECE KEEPS IN PRISON THE 14 AIRCRAFT SPOTTERS CHARGED OF SPYING
ATHENS, GREECE, Freedom hopes were dashed today for a group of plane-spotters held in Greece on suspicion of spying, as reported in a former news by Avionews. The 12 Britons and two Dutch tourists, detained... more
Latest newsCIVILIAN SPOTTERS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT CHARGED WITH SPYING BY GREEK AUTHORITIES
ATHENS, GREECE, Greek military authorities have been charged with spying some enthusiasts that were outside a Greek military airbase looking at aircraft flying over them. Literally thousands of plane spotters... more
Latest newsACCORDING TALIBAN, KANDAHAR AIRPORT IS NOT UNDER NORTH ALLIANCE CONTROL
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, According Taliban chiefs, Kandahar airport is not under North Alliance control, as was confirmed previously by the Kandahar Mujaheddin governator Gul Agha spokesman. more
Latest newsAL- JAZEERA KABUL OFFICES HIT BY U.S. AIRCRAFTS
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, According to Al-Jazeera television management, its offices in Kabul have been hit by U.S. aircrafts during a raid on Afghan capital. There are no information about the TV correspondant... more
Latest newsITALY: BRAVO ALERT AT AMENDOLA AIR BASE
FOGGIA, ITALY, Accordine to unofficial sources, Bravo alert was put on at italian air base of Amendola. A huge movement of Amx military aircrafts was reported. The base hosts the 32nd aeronautical formation.... more
Latest newsSPAIN: TORREJON AIR BASE CLOSED TO PERMIT US AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
TORREJON, SPAIN, The spanish military base of Torrejon was closed to permit movements of american fighters and cargo military planes. The base hosts a US F-16 unit. more
Latest newsTALEBAN ANTI AIRCRAFT SITES ALMOST ALL DESTROYED
AFGHANISTAN, According to a Pentagon spokesman, the today's mission of U.S. bombers on Afghanistan have recorded a near zero opposition by the Taleban anti aircraft sites, that seems are almost all destroyed... more
Latest newsU.S. AIRCRAFTS LAND IN AFGHAN AIRPORT
BEGRAM, AFGHANISTAN, According to North Alliance sources, U.S. aircraft landed in the airport of Begram, north of Kabul. This is the first time that an Afghani airport in "conquered" by U.S. aircrafts.... more
Latest newsINDIA TO DEVELOP NEW COMBAT AIRCRAFT WITH RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Russian Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Ilya Klebanov, announced that India will take part in the development of a fighter plane of the fifth generation. The project is to be unveiled... more
Latest newsAIR FORCE TO LAUNCH NEW RECRUITING COMMERCIALS
WASHINGTON, USA, The Air Force announced today that it will launch its third year of paid television advertising with two new, 30-second commercials set to air on network, cable and syndicated programs... more
Latest newsROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE SIGNS CONTRACT FOR 16 FIREFLIES
DAMASCUS, JORDAN, The Royal Jordanian Air Force signes a contract with British aeronautical firm Slingsby Aviation for acquisition of 16 training aircrafts T67M260 Firefly. The Firefly is a two seats,... more
Latest newsU.S. AIR FORCE USES B-52 AGAINST TALIBAN
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. air force eployed today a large B-52 bomber aircraft in a bombing operation on north Taliban position of Kabul. B-52, which is able to carry a large weapons payload, has not, until... more
Latest newsRUSSIA IS LOOKING FOR PRIVATE FUNDS TO BUILD NEW COMBAT PLANE
MOSCOW, Russian deputy premier Ilya Klebanov said today that the government is looking for about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars private fundings to build a fifth generation combat plane. The government is currently... more
Latest newsFINANCIAL TIMES HARSHLY CRITICIZES ITALIAN GOVERNMENT OVER THE A-400M PROGRAMME
LONDON, The Financial Times, in an editorial comment published yesterday evening on the newspaper's site has pointed out all the italian government's failures in the foreign policy, starting from the decision... more
Latest newsU.S. HIT KANDAHAR AGAIN, CIVILIAN VICTIMS REPORTED
AFGHANISTAN, U.S. attacks on the Taliban's southern headquarters of Kandahar hit a bus at the city gates Thursday, killing at least 10 civilians according Taliban sources. Previous night-and-day bombardments... more
Latest newsU.S. FORCES ATTACK THE KABUL TRANSITING ZONES
AFGHANISTAN, The U.S. Air Force operations seem are changing in modes: yesterday two F-18 fighter-bomber aircrafts have operated for near one hour in the zone of the former Soviet airport of Bagram, near... more
Latest newsTALIBAN SAY THEY FOUND WRECKAGE OF A US HELICOPTER
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, Taliban say they have found pieces of a U.S. helicopter near a village 40 kilometers west of the Taliban stronghold Kandahar, reported an afghan agency quoting taliban officials.... more
Latest newsGEORGIA SAYS RUSSIAN FIGHTERS VIOLATED ITS AIR SPACE
MOSCOW, Sources from georgian Defence Ministry said four russian Sukhoi 25 entered the former soviet republic's air space this morning flying over Mestia district. Russian authorities declined any... more
Latest newsUSA TO USE HELICOPTER TASK FORCE IN AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN, A senior official confirmed that United States have used helicopter gunships in special opeartions accomplished in the night and this morning near Kandahar. Those helicopters are utilized... more
Latest newsUSA TO OPERATE AC-130 GUNSHIP ON AIR RAIDS TO KANDAHAR
AFGHANISTAN, Sources from Pentagon announced that United States have started using AC-130 bombers on punishing attacks to Afghanistan. The AC-130, a variant of the military transport aircraft C-130, is... more
Latest newsDOD WARNS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS COMMANDERS FOR ANTHRAX RISKS
USA, The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) warned the commanders of the warships, and particularly the aircraft carriers, engaged in air operation against terrorists, to urge their crew to be "extremely... more
Latest newsTWO AUSTRIAN FIGHTER JETS INTERCEPT AN UNIDENTIFIED CHARTER FLIGHT
WIEN, AUSTRIA, Two Austrian fighter jets intercepted a charter flight travelling from Edinburgh in Scotland to Bodrum, Turkey as the airliner failed to identify itself properly, according to Austrian... more
Latest newsF-18 MISSES INTENDED TARGET AND HIT CIVILIAN AREA
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet missed its intended target and inadvertently dropped a 2000-pound GPS in a residential area near Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The intended target was a... more
Latest newsOPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM UPDATE
WASHINGTON, USA, U.S. military strikes against terrorist and military targets, and humanitarian relief airdrops for the Afghan people, continued for a third day. In military operations, U.S. forces... more
Latest newsAFGHANISTAN (5) ALL ALLIANCE AIRCRAFTS RETURNED SAFELY
WASHINGTON, USA, All U.S. aircraft participating in attacks on Afghanistan Oct. 7 returned to their bases safely, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the day's missions a success. Speaking... more
Latest newsAFGHANISTAN (4) A B-52 SIGNED BY NY POLICE
NEW YORK, USA, One of the B-52 bombers which have hit the Afghanistan territories yeteraday, had on the nose the painting "NYPD - We remember", a clear message to terrorists who have destroyed the twin... more
Latest newsWASHINGTON ASKS FIVE AWACS FOR ''INTERNAL USE''
WASHINGTON, USA, The U.S. defense department asked and obtained by NATO five AWACS radar surveillance aircrafts that will be sent in the States to replace the AWACS sent to Asian zones to maintain... more
Latest newsAFGHANISTAN (2): GB CONFIRMS THAT 30 TARGETS HAVE BEEN HIT
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, According to UK defense ministry Geoff Hoon, the angloamerican joint forces hit 30 targets on Afghanistan territories during yesterday's attack; there was no civil targe... more
Latest newsNEW USA-GB ATTACKS ON AAA IRAQI SITES
WASHINGTON, USA, Allied warplanes attacked two military anti-aircraft artillery installations in southern Iraq yesterday in Shahban, 225 miles southeast of Baghdad, in the southern no-fly zone. All... more
Latest newsFURTHER 619 AIR FORCE RESERVISTS RECALLED ON DUTY
USA, Approximately 619 more Air Force reservists, are being called to active duty. The majority of these forces will provide security forces and intelligence. This brings the total number of Air Force... more
Latest newsSINCE TEN YEARS, A MILITARY U.S. AIRCRAFT REFUELS IN IDIA
NEW DEHLI, INDIA, A U.S. Air Force transport aircraft on its way to Central Asia was refuelled in India, the first time New Delhi has offered such facilities to Washington in a decade. The aircraft, an... more
Latest newsSAUDI ARABIA AND QATAR GIVE PERMISSION TO USE THEIR AIRBASES AGAINST BIN LADEN
WASHINGTON, USA, In a Pentagon press release, has been declard that Saudi Arabia allowed Washington to use air command facilities and air bases in the kingdom to direct any military action against Osama... more
Latest newsLOCKHEED WIL REPAIR THE EP-3E INVOLVED IN THE AIR ACCIDENT WITH A CHINESE FIGHTER
USA, The U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II electronic surveillance aircraft, which crashed on April 1, 2001, against a Chinese F-8 fighter on the Chinese Sea, and then forced to land at Hainan airport where was... more
Latest newsU.S. AND BRITISH AIRCRAFT DESTROY IRAQI ANTI-AIRCRAFT SITES
IRAQ, According declarations of U.S. Air Force spokesman Maj. Brett Morris, U.S. and British warplanes struck two anti-aircraft artillery sites in southern Iraq. From the country, there was no immediate... more