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Military Aviation News January 25, 2013

USAF KC-135 tankers get a boost from innovative, fuel-saving engines

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) — Some decades-old KC-135 Stratotanker are drinking from the fountain of youth — or at least the engines are….

Military Aviation News January 24, 2013

India to present Dornier aircraft to Seychelles

KANPUR: India will gift a Dornier DO-228 aircraft to Seychelles to carry out surveillance and anti-piracy missions. Defence minister AK Antony will present Hindustan Aironautics…

Military Aviation News January 24, 2013

First Presidential V-22 takes flight

Navair Aircraft 197, the first MV-22 to be assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) 1, hovers over the runway during a test flight at the…

Military Aviation News January 24, 2013

Airbus Military delivers last C212-400 assembled in Spain.

Airbus Military has delivered the last C212-400 assembled in Spain. This delivery marks a moment of Spanish aviation history and the end of more than…

Military Aviation News January 23, 2013

Second F-35A Reaches 500 Flight Hour Milestone

Lockheed Martin The second Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, known as AF-1, joined the 500 flight hour club recently during its…

Military Aviation News January 23, 2013

F-35C Completes First In-Flight Dual Refueling

Lockheed Martin For the first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft refueled together with a Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules in…

Military Aviation News January 23, 2013

Eurofighter to Secure Airspace during World Economic Forum in Davos

Eurofighter Eurofighter belonging to the Austrian Armed Forces will be used to secure the airspace during the World Economic Forum 2013 in Davos. As part…

Military Aviation News January 23, 2013

Eurocopter España’s first-assembled NH90 helicopter takes flight

Eurocopter This morning a ceremony was held for the maiden flight of the first NH90 to be assembled by Eurocopter España at its facility in…

Military Aviation News January 23, 2013

Boeing Delivers Indian Air Force’s 1st C-17 to Flight Test

Boeing Boeing on Jan. 22 delivered — on schedule — the first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters for the Indian Air Force (IAF). India’s…

Military Aviation News January 22, 2013

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group commences work on a three-aircraft maintenance and avionics modification programme for the Austrian Air Force

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has commenced work on the first of three Hercules C-130Ks for the Austrian Air Force; where the work comprises maintenance…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News January 21, 2013

Spitfire TE311 Flies Again

Some 58 years after it last flew, TE311 will be back in the air for the start of the RAF Battle of Britian Memorial Flight…

Military Aviation News January 18, 2013

Pratt & Whitney Delivers Final Production F119 Engine to the U.S. Air Force

Pratt & Whitney Military Engines today delivered the 507th and last production F119 engine to the U.S. Air Force for its F-22 Raptor fleet. The…

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