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Military Aviation News March 19, 2011

French Air Force Rafales attack Libya

A French Rafale Â plane fired the first shot in Libya at 1645 GMT Saturday 19 March 2011 and destroyed its target, a military vehicle. Around…

Military Aviation News March 18, 2011

Lockheed Martin Support Enables High-Tempo F-22 Deployments Worldwide

MARIETTA, Georgia, March 17th, 2011 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-22 Raptor is logging a deployment-intensive pace in early 2011 following a busy 2010,…

Military Aviation News March 18, 2011

Northrop T-38 Talon completes 50 years of service

3/18/2011Â -Â RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS)Â –Â Officials commemorated the T-38 Talon supersonic jet trainer’s 50th service anniversary in a ceremony here March 17. The T-38 was…

Military Aviation News March 17, 2011

First flight for Thai Gripen

The Royal Thai Air Force has now commenced flights from the new Gripen base in Surat Thani in southern Thailand. The first flight on the…

Military Aviation News March 17, 2011

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Complete Second, Third Flights of X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System

Less than a month after completing the first flight of the U.S. Navy’s X-47B UCAS-Demonstration aircraft, flight test engineers from Northrop Grumman CorporationÂ and the Navy…

Military Aviation News March 17, 2011

U.S. Air Force officials use Global Hawk to support Japan relief efforts

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS)Â –Â Pacific Air Forces officialsÂ are using an RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to assist Japan responders in…

Military Aviation News March 16, 2011

AV-8 T-Up Program Ends

On Aug. 30, 2001, TAV-8B BUNO 163196 was inducted at Fleet Readiness Center East for the first T-Up modification. The TAV-8Bâ€™s were originally built in…

Military Aviation News March 16, 2011

First Airbus Military A330 MRTT for Royal Saudi Air Force makes maiden flight

The first Airbus Military A330 MRTT for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has successfully completed its maiden flight lasting 4hr 15min. The crew reported…

Military Aviation News March 14, 2011

Northrop Grumman Completes Structural Proof Testing of Second X-47B Aircraft

Tests Prove That Tailless, Unmanned Jet Can Operate Safely in All Planned Flight Test Environments The U.S. Navy’s second X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS)…

Military Aviation News March 14, 2011

Bell Helicopter AH-1Z Earns Navy Initial Operating Capability designation ahead of schedule

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra, achieved Initial Operating Capability…

Military Aviation News March 14, 2011

BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation Sign MOU to develop UAS proposal

BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate exclusively on the preparation and submission of a joint proposal to…

Military Aviation News March 13, 2011

Enstrom Helicopter Corp. Begins Royal Thai Army Aircraft Production

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation would like to announce that the first three, of a contracted sixteen, 480B advanced turbine training helicopters for the Royal Thai Army…

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