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Military Aviation News October 23, 2009

3 SCOTS thwart Taliban to recover US Chinook

Soldiers from Alpha (Grenadier) Company of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS), have fought off Taliban attackers in order…

Military Aviation News October 23, 2009

Boeing Submits Proposals to India for Apache and Chinook Helicopters

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] submitted two proposals to the Indian Air Force this week, offering the AH-64D Apache and the CH-47F Chinook for India’s…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News October 22, 2009

Initial test proves Navyâ€™s F/A-18 Hornet can fly on â€˜green fuelâ€™

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. â€“ The Navy is one step closer to flying the â€œGreen Hornet.â€ Members of the NAVAIR Fuels team…

Military Aviation News October 22, 2009

Defender makes a splash on the Clyde

Glasgow, United Kingdom: Defender, the fifth of the Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyers for the Royal Navy, was successfully launched from BVT Surface Fleet’s shipyard…

Military Aviation News October 22, 2009

Alenia Aeronautica has delivered the last C-27J to the Lithuanian Air Force

10/22/2009Â Â Alenia Aeronautica has delivered on the 21st of October 2009 to the Air Force of the Lithuanian Republic the last out of 3…

Military Aviation News October 22, 2009

LM to Upgrade Anti-Submarine Warfare Systems Aboard P-3C Orion Aircraft

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $17.5 million contract to upgrade existing anti-submarine warfare systems aboard the P-3C Orion aircraft to improve…

Military Aviation News October 22, 2009

Boeing Completes Dutch Apache Industrial Cooperation Program

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed its industrial cooperation program for the AH-64D Apache Armed Helicopter Program for…

Military Aviation News October 20, 2009

BAMS-D completes 1st deployment

BAMS-D completes first deployment The Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator returned to Patuxent River Naval Air Station Oct. 1 after a successful first deployment…

Military Aviation News October 18, 2009

Search for missing F-16 pilot turns from rescue to recovery effort

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFNS)Â –Â The commander of the 20th Fighter Wing, Col. Joe Guastella, issued the following announcement Oct. 17 regarding Capt. Nicolas Giglio,…

Military Aviation News October 17, 2009

Missing F-16 pilot’s crash debris found in ocean

10/16/2009Â -Â WASHINGTON (AFNS) Â –Â Coast Guard searchers found crash debris Oct. 16 in the Atlantic Ocean believed to belong to a missing Air Force pilot’s F-16 Fighting…

Military Aviation News October 16, 2009

Royal Navy Jetstreams’ 30th Anniversary

With the implementation of the UK Military Flying Training System at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, there will be a new aircraft taking over from…

Military Aviation News October 16, 2009

Typhoons on first operational deployment to Falklands

The first Typhoons to be deployed overseas have touched down in the Falkland Islands.Â The aircraft, from RAF Coningsby, flew into the South Atlantic Islands…

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