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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/germany-airbus-a400m-idUSL6N0JQ41V20131211 Dec 11 (Reuters) - The German army may have to wait another half a year to get its first fully kitted-out Airbus A400M military airlifter, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. While the army will receive a plane...

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2013/december/131210-mst-mh60-lockheed-martin-and-us-navy-strengthen-international-alliance.html OWEGO, N.Y., Dec. 10, 2013 - The Royal Australian Navy accepted the first two MH-60R helicopters from the U.S. Navy in a ceremony today at the Lockhe...

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131208/DEFREG02/312080003/US-Army-Plans-Scrap-Kiowa-Helo-Fleet WASHINGTON — US Army leaders are considering scrapping its entire fleet of Bell Helicopter OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters, while pulling the National Guard’s Boeing AH-64 Apaches into the active-dut...

French aircraft involved in Operation Sangaris (CAR): Bangui M'Poko - Four Alat Pumas from Libreville (including codes DBO and DCL) - Two Gazelle - Two Adla Fennec (codes WD and WJ) N'Djamena - Six Rafale (including Rafale B coded 113-II and Rafale C coded 118-GH) Also seen on the 6th of december at...

http://www.aleniaaermacchi.it/en-US/Media/News/Pages/An-innovative-fire-fighting-system-approved-for-the-C-27J-Spartan.aspx One of the Romanian Air Force’s C-27Js will be the first aircraft in Europe to use an innovative firefighting system. In the several past weeks, Alenia Aermacchi conducted int...

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/541675/4-hurt-as-air-force-chopper-crashes-in-leyte MANILA, Philippines—Eight were injured as a Huey helicopter of the Philippine Air Force crashed off Leyte on Friday afternoon, the military said. Reports reaching the Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Offi...

http://rpdefense.over-blog.com/2013/12/delivery-of-400th-typhoon-aircraft.html The 400th Eurofighter Typhoon, the world’s leading swing role fighter jet, has been delivered to its worldwide customer base The delivery The German Air Force has today taken delivery of the 400th aircraft during special...

http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/467639/last-new-phantom-returns-to-service.aspx TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) -- The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron received the last of the "new" QF-4 aerial targets as the Vietnam-era aircraft landed here Nov. 19. The QF-4, Aircraft 68-05...

http://dailytrust.info/index.php/top-stories/11435-5-aircraft-destroyed-in-maiduguri-attack Armed insurgents launched a ferocious attack in Maiduguri yesterday, pounding an Air Force base, an Army barracks and a police divisional headquarters, in the first such violence in the city for five months....

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/taiwan-military-jets-fly-into-overlapping-zone-with-china-453422 Taipei: Taiwan said on Monday its military planes have made about 30 flights into a part of China's newly declared air defence zone which overlaps a similar Taiwanese zone. China's unilateral announce...

http://idrw.org/?p=30063 India’s plan to acquire at least 15 US-2i amphibious aircraft for its Navy from Japan is expected to fructify when the defence minister of Japan arrives in India next month. Speaking to FE, a senior officer said, “Soon after the Emperor of Japan’s visit is over, Itsunori On...

http://idrw.org/?p=30005 The third Boeing P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for the Indian Navy arrived today in India, on schedule. The aircraft departed Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Station Rajali, where it joined two P-8Is currently undergoing fligh...

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131123/184883575/Russia-to-Deliver-Fighter-Jets-to-South-African-Country.html DUBAI, November 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s state arms export monopoly said Friday that it will deliver 12 Su-30K fighter jets to a nation in southern Africa. In the wake of a visit by a high lev...

http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20131121/184830595/Russias-Baltic-Fleet-to-Receive-New-Transport-Plane.html MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) – A new military transport plane will be put in service with Russia’s Baltic Fleet by the end of this year, a spokesman for the Western Military District said...