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Military Aviation News June 22, 2012

WWII Plane Retrieved from Russian Lake

A World War Two-era Soviet fighter-bomber has been recovered from a lake in northern Russia, the military said on Thursday. The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik was…

Military Aviation News June 22, 2012

Boeing Delivers 100th Modified Chinook to US Army

CH-47F helicopters modified in New Jersey to support advanced requirements MILLVILLE, N.J., June 22, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the 100th modified CH-47F…

Military Aviation News June 21, 2012

Seventh MC-130J Delivered to Cannon

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered its seventh MC-130J Commando II to Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., yesterday. Aircraft 5695 is the seventh of 11 MC-130Js…

Military Aviation News June 21, 2012

First asymmetric weapons load test for F-35B

On June 14, F-35B Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft BF-2 completed the first test flight for the short takeoff and vertical landing variant with an…

Military Aviation News June 21, 2012

Big Brother Is Watching

MARIETTA, Ga., June 21, 2012 – A C-5M Super Galaxy “looks on” as Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered its seventh MC-130J Commando II to Cannon…

Military Aviation News June 21, 2012

RAF Tornado computing power given a boost

A new £16 million contract to provide Tornado GR4 aircraft with new kit. For anyone who is a computer gamer, it’s a familiar story. Advances…

Military Aviation News June 21, 2012

BAE Systems wins £15.5 Million MoD Contract for BAE 146 conversions for The Royal Air Force

Prestwick, Scotland, BAE Systems has been awarded a £15.5 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the conversion of two BAe 146-200QC…

Military Aviation News June 20, 2012

Boeing Delivers UAE Air Force and Air Defence’s 6th C-17

Boeing delivered the sixth United Arab Emirates (UAE) C-17 Globemaster III to the UAE Air Force and Air Defence earlier this month at the company’s…

Military Aviation News June 19, 2012

Polish AF flies in Red Flag for first time

by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf Red Flag-Alaska Public Affairs EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFNS) — They boarded a C-130 Hercules and made the flight…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News June 19, 2012

EMBRAER PERFORMS FIRST FLIGHT OF THE A-1M AND DELIVERS THE LAST A-29 SUPER TUCANO AND F-5M AIRCRAFT TO THE FAB

Embraer successfully performed the first flight of the A-1M prototype at its manufacturing plant in Gavião Peixoto, in outstate São Paulo, during a ceremony attended…

Military Aviation News June 19, 2012

Eurocopter establishes Africas first full motion Helicopter Simulator

Africa’s first full-motion helicopter flight simulator has been commissioned by Eurocopter in Kempton Park, the world’s leading manufacturer of civil and military rotorwing aircraft. The…

Military Aviation News June 19, 2012

Surrogate UAV prepares for maiden flight in UK airspace

A Jetstream aircraft known as ‘The Flying Test Bed’, which can fly as if it were a UAV (Uninhabited Air Vehicle), is undergoing a series…

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