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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The engine blade crack that prompted the U.S. military to ground all 51 F-35 fighter jets was over half an inch long, according to three sources familiar with the matter, but it remained unclear if the crack was caused by a manufacturing anomaly or some larger design issue. Engineers at Pratt & [...]
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Half-inch crack blamed for F-35 fighter jet grounding: sources
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
Russia denies fighter jets breached Japan’s air space
Posted by admin on February 7th, 2013
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia denied its fighter jets had entered Japanese air space on Thursday after Tokyo scrambled combat fighters and lodged a protest over what it said was an intrusion near the northern island of Hokkaido. Russia has been holding military maneuvers around the disputed Kurile islands this week. “Flights of military aircraft are [...]
Iran says unveils new homemade fighter jet
Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2013
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran unveiled what it said was a new, domestically built fighter jet on Saturday, local media reported. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony in Tehran that the Qaher 313 demonstrated Iran’s growing self-reliance in the field of military technology. Iran’s functional air force has been limited to perhaps as few as [...]
U.S. F-16 fighter based in Italy may have crashed in Adriatic
Posted by admin on January 29th, 2013
ROME (Reuters) – A U.S. F-16 fighter jet was feared to have crashed on Monday during a training exercise over the Adriatic Sea, and the U.S. Air Force said the status of its Italy-based pilot was unknown. Search efforts by the U.S. Air Force and the Italian Coast Guard are under way in poor weather [...]
US fighter jet missing on training mission
Posted by admin on January 28th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet has gone missing over the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Italy, during a training mission. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
U.S. budget cuts sharpen battle for fighter jet exports
Posted by admin on September 10th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Competition is heating up in the global fighter jet market, prompting accusations of aggressive tactics as major arms makers jostle for export business to offset domestic spending cuts. Purchase decisions in the coming months from South Korea and Brazil, as well as the finalization of a huge Indian contract tentatively awarded to [...]
Rebels say shot down fighter jet in northern Syria
Posted by admin on September 5th, 2012
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they had shot down a fighter jet in northern Syria as part of their campaign to weaken the army’s overwhelming air power. President Bashar al-Assad, who is struggling to put down a 17-month-old uprising against his rule, has been relying increasingly on aircraft to attack the rebels, [...]
Australia fighter jets first to get hi-tech U.S. jammers
Posted by admin on August 23rd, 2012
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia will upgrade half of its frontline warplanes with sophisticated American jammers to become the first nation outside of the United States to use the system, the country's defense minister said on Thursday. Australia is a close U.S. ally and last year agreed to host 2,500 U.S. Marines in the northern city [...]
Fighter jets intercept two small planes in Obama airspace
Posted by admin on August 7th, 2012
(Reuters) – Two F-15 fighter jets intercepted two small planes that strayed into President Barack Obama’s airspace during a campaign visit to Connecticut on Monday and the planes landed without incident, media reports said. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said the fighter jets intercepted a small plane over Long Island, New York, at 7 [...]
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