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Fighter jets purchase runs out of steam
Davos :: Switzerland | 12 days ago
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According to Hans-Ulrich Ernst, a former top defence ministry official, the clamour for more jets is about the Swiss air force serving its own interests rather than being based on any realistic requirements for national security. It's a rerun of the controversy...
Tags: air force, Switzerland, fighter jets, air space, Davos
China violates Indian air space; made many incursions in Leh
Leh :: India | 3 months ago
Credibility Two Chinese helicopters have reportedly violated the Indian air space in recent months in Leh area of north Jammu and Kashmir during which they air-dropped some canned food in barren land at Chumar, northeast of this Himalayan town, along the border.
Turkish oil exploration rankles Greeks
Nicosia :: Cyprus | 4 months ago
Credibility An oil exploration plan by Turkey increased tension created when Turkish jets violated Greek air space, officials told the news agency Kathimerini...Greek officials did not react to the news but reports from Athens said the mood was tense in the Foreign...
Tags: Turkish, Athens, greeks air, air space
Taiwan rejects China air route request
Taipei :: Taiwan | 4 months ago
Credibility The Defense Ministry said commercial planes should continue to fly either north or south of the 100-mile (160-kilometer) wide strait, reserving the area to the east of the median line for Taiwanese warplane training. "National security will remain our...
Tags: Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese, China Post, president ma, Hawaii, rejected china, air space, median line, Taipei Prosecutors Office
India denies Pakistani allegation of airspace violation
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 11 months ago
Credibility There has been no violation of Pakistani airspace by Indian fighter planes...Pakistan's Information Minister Sherry Rehman said in Islamabad that Indian air force planes "inadvertently" violated its airspace Saturday. "We have confirmed it. We contacted...
Tags: Indian Air Force, Airspace Pakistani, Attack Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force, Rubbishing Pakistan, Mumbai, IAF, air space, Kashmir, Lahore
Russia warns Nato of blocking air space
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Russia threatened to block Nato from using its air space for operations in Afghanistan if member states did not stop hostile policies towards Moscow, the Kremlins top diplomat in Kabul said. (Russian air space) is still open, but if the Nato countries...
Tags: pakistan, taliban, threaten, Nato, Afghanistan, Russia, air space
MacKay to observe Arctic sovereignty operation in action
Iqaluit :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility CT Defence Minister Peter MacKay is travelling to Iqaluit Tuesday for a first-hand look as Canadian sovereignty exercise Operation Nanook gets underway...David Millar, the military's commander in the North, said Monday. 'Outside the box' thinking put...
Tags: Russian, Peter MacKay, air space
Air traffic controller shortage 'happening frequently'
Canberra :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Pilots and airlines flying from Melbourne to Sydney were told they had to navigate themselves or cancel flights. Qantas says its planes were diverted and there were delays of up to one hour. Peter Gibson says the shortages are happening because of a lack...
Tags: pilot, plane, traffic control, air traffic, Canberra, Airservices Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, air space, risk analysis
Japan Deploys Jets Against Encroaching Russian Bomber
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Russian air force bomber briefly violated Japanese airspace over an uninhabited island just south of Tokyo on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said. The three-minute flyby over Sofugan in the Izu island chain by a Tupolev 95 ended following warnings
Tags: The Russian Air Force, Japanese Air Force, Tokyo, russia denies, Moscow, air space, bombers briefly, Foreign Ministry, Pacific Ocean, Sofugan
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