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 17/03/2010
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to overhaul its air force fleet.
According to various media reports, the Ministry wants to buy at least 1,500 aircraft, including 350 new warplanes, by 2020. The fleet would include 70% new equipment at that point, [...]
 [2010-03-10 8:10]
Source: SAAB
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) concerning development of the existing Gripen fleet. The order value amounts to SEK 2 billion for Saab, split over a period of [...]
 22nd February 2010
Source: Eurofighter Typhoon
The Spanish Air Force have reached a key milestone as their Eurofighter Typhoon fleet achieved 10,000 flying hours. The event was marked in a ceremony held at Morón Air Base, in Southern Spain, hosted by Base [...]
 Posted 3/10/2010
Source: USAF
by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young
Defense Media Activity-Hawaii
3/10/2010 – UDON THANI ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE BASE, Thailand (AFNS) — C-17 Globemaster III aircrews integrated with multiple aircraft types to complete an airdrop training mission as part of Cope [...]
 02/03/2010
Source: RIA Novosti
India and Russia are negotiating a new contract on the delivery of 42 Su-30MKI to the Indian Air Force, an Indian newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing military sources.
© RIA Novosti.Maja Mashina
According to the Daily News and [...]
 Source: Lockheed Martin
MARIETTA, Ga., March 4th, 2010 — The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] CC-130J Super Hercules for Canada completed its first flight, March 3, 2010. The aircraft is the first of 17 CC-130Js and will be delivered in summer 2010. [...]
Agence France-Presse
Published: 8 Mar 2010 10:44
TAIPEI – China now has better fighter jets than Taiwan, according to a military report by the island’s defense ministry as the air force on Monday renewed its bid to obtain new F-16s from the [...]
Huma Siddiqui
Posted: Thursday, Mar 04, 2010 at 0024 hrs IST
Source: The Financial Express
New Delhi: India’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (Cepa) with South Korea is likely to pave the way for the first deal to have Korean basic trainer aircraft to [...]
By BRUCE ROLFSEN
Published: 6 Mar 2010 16:07
The U.S. Air Force is taking a long look down the road at buying and fielding new airplanes.
Mandated by Congress, the “Aircraft Investment Plan” maps out how many planes the Air Force, U.S. Marine [...]
 AIR FORCE NEWS — BY FORECAST INTERNATIONAL ON MARCH 5, 2010 AT 8:45 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The Malaysian government has announced that it will continue to operate 10 of its 16 MiG-29N interceptors until 2015, reversing plans to decommission the aircraft [...]
 Published: March. 4, 2010 at 6:00 AM
CANBERRA, Australia, March 3 (UPI) — The Australian government earmarked $40.5 million for upgrading electronics on its fleet of C130J Hercules aircraft to meet new global air traffic management systems specifications.
The upgrade is to [...]
 ST. LOUIS, March 4, 2010 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it will offer the Boeing NewGen Tanker in the competition to supply the U.S. Air Force with a multi-mission aerial refueling aircraft that will meet all [...]
 MARIETTA, Ga., , March 2nd, 2010 — The government of Tunisia has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the purchase of two C-130J Super Hercules airlifters with an initial three years of logistics support. Tunisia’s new C-130Js, [...]
 MELBOURNE, Fla., March 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $223.6 million contract for two E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Propulsion Pod System (PPS) shipsets and FAA certification.
Each [...]
![f-16-osan USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0513 from the 36th FS is seen departing from Eielson AFB on April 9th, 2008 during Red Flag-Alaska 08-2. [Photo by Karl Drage]](http://armoredd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/f-16-osan-150x100.jpg) Source: F-16.net
February 26, 2010 (by Stars & Stripes) – An Air Force pilot escaped serious injury Thursday when he ejected before his F-16 fighter crashed while landing, authorities said.
USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0513 from the 36th FS is seen [...]
 DATE:24/02/10
Flight International
Source: Flight Global
By Stephen Trimble
The US Air Force has decided to buy 112 Sikorsky UH-60Ms to recapitalise its ageing combat search and rescue fleet, despite a standing requirement for a larger helicopter.
Sikorsky will modify the M-model aircraft to the [...]
17 February 2010
India will spend $100bn to replace the air force’s ageing fleet of combat and transport aircraft and helicopters over the next 12 years, according to India Strategic defence magazine study.
The $100bn funding for the air force will be [...]
Southampton, PA, February 3, 2010 – Environmental Tectonics Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) (“ETC” or the “Company”) announced today that Holloman Air Force Base, located in New Mexico, trained an additional approximately 1,000 pilots on its G-LAB® Human Centrifuge during [...]
 TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $170 million Foreign Military Sales contract to produce AGM-65D and AGM-65G2 infrared-guided Maverick air-to-surface missiles for the United Arab Emirates.
The AGM-65 Maverick family [...]
 Boeing 737-700 Wedgetail – More free videos are here
By JUNG SUNG-KI
Published: 8 Feb 2010 11:14
SEOUL – Boeing Integrated Defense System (IDS) has delivered the first of four planned 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to South Korea [...]
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