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Highly anticipated Rafale jets crash in test-flight
Paris :: France | 2 months ago
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about 30 kilometers east of the coastal city of Perpignan during a test flight in which the two aircraft were taking part, the navy statement said. The high-tech fighters were flying from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
Tags: fighters jets, jets crashed, Rafale, France, Paris
Russia opens criminal case over 'substandard' MiG fighter jets
Moscow :: Russia | 2 months ago
Credibility Musail Ismailov, chief of the Aviaremsnab Company and his deputy Alexander Kutumov were convicted after investigators concluded that the company used forged certificates and tags on old equipment and sold it as new to the MiG Company. Under the $14.3...
Tags: Russian, fighters jets, Algeria, Russia, Moscow
Brazil says negotiating for French fighter jets
Brasília :: Brazil | 2 months ago
Credibility Brazil's president said Monday his country is negotiating with France for the purchase of 36 Rafale combat jets, a sign that Dassault SA is the clear favorite over U.S. and Swedish companies to win the $2 billion-plus contract. The announcement by President...
Tags: Brazil, fighters jets, Nicolas Sarkozy, Rafale, Boeing Co.
France, Brazil in negotiations on military planes
Brasília :: Brazil | 2 months ago
Credibility B razil has entered into final negotiations with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets, the two countries said on Monday during a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In exchange France has agreed to buy around a dozen KC-390 military cargo planes,...
Tags: Brazilian, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, presidency nicolas, Rafales, fighters jets, rafales fighters, inacio lula, Mr Lula da Silva, presidency luiz
Russia reportedly confirms fighter jet sale to Syria
Moscow :: Russia | 2 months ago
Credibility A Russian newspaper is reporting that Russia has a contract to provide Syria with powerful MiG fighter jets but has not begun delivering the planes. Kommersant cited the head of Russia's state-run United Aircraft Corporation, Alexei Fyodorov, as saying...
Tags: Syria, Russian, fighters jets, Kommersant
Russian fighter jets collide, pilot killed
Moscow :: Russia | 3 months ago
Credibility Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets collided Sunday during a training exercise in southeastern Moscow killing one pilot, the defence ministry said...The pilot has been identified as Igor Tkachenko, commander of the aerobatic team, Russkiye Vityazi.
Tags: jets collide, fighters jets, Moscow, Russian, pilot died, near moscow, annual air, Interfax China, air force
Senate backs Obama, defunds jet fighter engine
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The Senate has decided to stop funding for a second engine for the Pentagon's next-generation jet fighter, a program that President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say should end. The vote on engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter comes...
Tags: Senate, Barack Obama, Obama Wins Big Victory, fighters jets, president barack, senate voting, jets fighters, 22s fighters, Pentagon, jets engines
Obama wins fight to limit fighter jets
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Navy shows an Air Force F-22 Raptor executing a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C...The Senate voted to terminate further production of the Air Force's topline F-22 fighter jets Tuesday, giving President Barack Obama...
Tags: Barack Obama, Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Blocks, Congress, rated agency, senate votes, fighters jets, Air Force, credit rated, 22s raptor
Lockheed Martin 2Q down 17 percent
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Lockheed Martin Corp. says it's second-quarter earnings fell nearly 17 percent, as large pension expenses created by the financial crisis continued to dig into the defense contractor's bottom line. The Bethesda, Md.-based maker of fighter jets earned...
Tags: Obama Applauds Senate Vote, Senate Votes, senate voting, Barack Obama, Mr. Obama, 22s fighters, 22s raptors, Pentagon, presidency barack, fighters jets
Gates taunts Congress over cuts
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility Going into a key Senate vote next week, the battle lines over Pentagon spending drew sharper Thursday, as Defense Secretary Robert Gates took aim at lawmakers in a toughly worded speech in Chicago and the House Appropriations Committee rolled out a budget...
Tags: Barack Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, 22s fighters, Robert Gates, U.S, fighters jets, Iran, British
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