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Indonesian Hawk Jets Crash |
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Two Hawk jets, belonging to the Indonesian Aerobatic team,
crashed during routine practice when they tried to cross
each other. Read more about it here:
Indonesian Hawk
Jets Crash |
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India To Get Israeli 'Aerostat' Radars |
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The Aerostat radars, which basically
include sensors mounted on blimp-like large balloons
tethered to the ground with long cables, are a
long-standing requirement of the IAF. These radars, along
with AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control Systems), will
help bolster India’s air defence capabilities.
India To get Israeli Aerostat Radars |
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Korean Warplane Deal: Russian Hopes Soar |
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The international battle to
win a multibillion-dollar jet-fighter contract from South
Korea's Defense Ministry has taken a new twist, as Seoul
is considering a deal with Russia's arms exporter
Rosoboronexport that would award a license for South Korea
to assemble and produce the Sukhoi-35 fighter-bomber...Korean
Warplane Deal: Russian Hopes Soar |
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US Military Fighter Jet
Crashes |
A U.S. fighter jet crashed
near Trier, a German city by the Luxembourg border,
killing the pilot, the military said Thursday. The F-16
jet can carry a crew of one or two, but the pilot, from
the 52nd Fighter Wing, was the only person aboard, said
Maj. Scott Vadnais, spokesman for the U.S. Air Force
Europe.
The pilot, based at Spangdahlem Air Base, was practicing
"touch-and-go" maneuvers – touching down on the tarmac and
immediately taking off again – when the plane crashed just
short of the runway at 10:08 p.m. Wednesday, said Cmdr.
Rex Totty, spokesman for the U.S. European Command in
Stuttgart, Germany.
Neither the pilot's name nor further details were
immediately available.
The F-16, a single-engine fighter, is a small and speedy
plane with a sharp nose and a single tail fin. It can
cruise at 1,500 mph – twice the speed of sound, or Mach 2
– and maneuver quickly enough to put nine times the force
of gravity on plane and pilot. The $34 million planes can
fight other aircraft or launch missiles against targets on
the ground.
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Top Article |
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Anatoly Kvochur: Perfection is his credo |
Anatoly Kvochur |
Just to introduce him, he was the one to survive
the MiG-29 crash in Paris ejecting at an altitude of
hardly 100ft. Foreign mass media dubbed him "Russian
flying legend". Russian experts call him "pilot by the
grace of God". His real name is Anatoly Kvochur.
Several years ago he was in the world's top ten. Now
he leads the dozen.
Anatoly Kvotchur |
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Cool Stuffs |
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Joke of the
week: Once a
British World War II ace was about to give a lecture on
dog fighting tactics during the national Air Force day
celebrations, where he finally made a reference to one of
his flying incidents with the jerries. He began... "And
then I suddenly noticed that those German Fokkers
were closing in fast!" And obviously following this, there
was a weird expression on the face of the audience, at
which the host quickly came in and explained, "Ladies and
Gentleman, the Fokker was an aircraft used by the German
forces." The ace, continued, "Yeah, that's right, but
these Fokkers were flying Messerschmitt." |
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