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RAF 'Sentries' to beef up air traffic control
Lincoln :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
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RAF 'Sentries' to beef up air traffic control Published Date: 09 December 2009 TWO Royal Air Force surveillance planes will be flying over Afghanistan this winter to boost air traffic control in the country. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth yesterday...
Tags: Squadron Royal Air Force, TWO Royal Air Force, traffic control, air traffic, United Kingdom, Lincoln, Royal Air Force, Politics, RAF Waddington, No. 8 Squadron RAF, RAF Geilenkirchen, NATO, Military of Afghanistan, Human Interest, War Conflict, International Security Assistance Force
BAE develops new counter-piracy solution
Bae :: Indonesia | 2 days ago
Credibility British company BAE Systems announced the development of a next-generation early warning pirate threat detection technology. BAE has used its defense industry capabilities to develop a new suite of technologies designed to counter the ongoing threat of...
Tags: BAE Systems, companies bae, Indonesia, Bae, British Aerospace, Royal Air Force, Business Finance, Technology Internet, BAE Hawk, BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions, BVT Surface Fleet, HMS Dauntless, Royal Saudi Air Force, BAE Systems Military Air Solutions, Al Yamamah, Jet aircraft, Type 45 destroyer
Rare Spitfire aircraft damaged
A 2-seater TR9 Spitfire sustained damages during landing in New Zealand – the cost of the aircraft is 3 million dollars!! The Spitfire was the mainstay of the British during the Second World War – the propeller aeroplanes had seen service...
Tags: tr9 spitfire, second world war, propeller blade, travel, Auckland, Supermarine, Supermarine Spitfire operational history, Supermarine Aircraft, Carrier-based aircraft, Royal Air Force, Doug Brooker, Supermarine Spitfire, Disaster Accident, New Zealand
Drone planes may fight drug-smuggling
London :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago
Credibility The pilotless aircraft, known as Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS), have been used by British troops in Afghanistan to pinpoint dangers and monitor enemy actions. But a customised version could be used by UK police by 2012 to boost maritime surveillance...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, UAVs and drones, Coast guard, Unmanned Aircraft System, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Signals intelligence, Royal Air Force, Aerostats, Politics, Unmanned vehicles, BAE Systems, Helicopter, War Conflict, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Edwardian era, Military terminology, Airship
British royal heirlooms fetch $3.4 million at sale
London :: United Kingdom | 17 days ago
Credibility Royal heirlooms from the collection of Prince George Duke of Kent, son of King George V, and his wife Princess Marina, fetched 2.1 million pounds ($3.5 million) at an auction late Friday, nearly double pre-sale estimates. The top price was paid for a...
Tags: Royal Air Force, United Kingdom, London, Christie's, Auction, Duke of Kent, House of Windsor, Knights of the Garter, Prince Michael of Kent, Human Interest
Japan gearing up to acquire F-35 fighters
Tōkyō :: Japan | 17 days ago
Credibility The Defense Ministry is making arrangements to select the F-35 as Japan's next mainstay fighter jet, sources at the ministry and the Self-Defense Forces said Sunday. The ministry will embark on the full acquisition process in December and prepare to...
Tags: Japan, Tōkyō, Carrier-based aircraft, VTOL aircraft, F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed, Business Finance, Stealth aircraft, Jet aircraft, Lockheed Martin, Fighter aircraft, Royal Air Force, Japan Self-Defense Forces
First female helicopter crew takes on Taliban
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 18 days ago
Credibility The four women are expected to fly a number of missions taking troops and supplies to the frontline against the Taliban in Helmand. They will also airlift casualties to the hospital at Camp Bastion. The crew includes Flight-Lieutenant Michelle Goodman,...
Tags: helicopter crew, Afghanistan, RAF, Joanna Watkinson, female helicopter, Michelle Goodman, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Loadmaster, Royal Air Force, War Conflict, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Taliban
'Failures' over £113m jet project
London :: United Kingdom | 18 days ago
Credibility Failures' of scrapped jet repair work that cost �113m A scrapped defence project which cost taxpayers £113m is a lesson in how public sector bodies "should not work together," an assembly committee says. Project Red Dragon at St Athan in the Vale of...
Tags: St Athan, Project Red Dragon, crucial information, jet repairs, public sector, sector bodies, United Kingdom, London, Ministry of Defence, Royal Air Force, Welsh Assembly Government, National Assembly for Wales, Politics of Wales, Economy of Wales, Welsh Development Agency
As deaths in Afghanistan rise, so does the growth of opium
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 19 days ago
Credibility Attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan are at record levels and threaten to derail efforts to rebuild the war-torn country, while an unholy alliance of Taliban drug dealers and corrupt government officials has made a mockery of coalition forces' attempts...
Tags: Afghanistan, Afghans Resist Taliban, Below McCain, exit dates, John McCain, U.S, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Taliban, Politics, Human rights abuses, International Security Assistance Force, Islamic terrorism, Human rights in Afghanistan, Islamism, Iraq War troop surge, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, Royal Air Force, Barack Obama, Stanley A. McChrystal, Helmand province campaign, Military helicopters, Taliban insurgency, Waziristan, Opium production in Afghanistan, British Army, Opium, Ministry of Defence, Mohammed Daud Daud, Hamid Karzai
RAAF Jet Flypast At Welcome Home Parade
Canberra :: Australia | 20 days ago
Credibility Royal Australian Air Force aircraft will conduct a flypast over Canberra as part of the Operation Catalyst Welcome Home Parade. Base Williamtown, will perform a flypast over the Australian War Memorial. The jets will travel at speeds of approximately...
Tags: Iraq, war memorial, operation catalyst, Australia, Canberra, Iraq Medal, Operation Testament, Australian Defence Force, Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Australian campaign medals, War Conflict, Politics, Flypast, Royal Air Force, RAAF Base Williamtown, Current Royal Australian Air Force Aircraft, Port Stephens Council, Royal Australian Air Force, Airshows, Human Interest, Iraq War, Saddam Hussein, Andrew Nikoliￄﾇ, Iraq ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Jacob Kovco, Occupation of Iraq, Politics of Iraq
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