AFP: Taiwan says China now has edge in air power

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Taiwan, Afp, Air China, Air Force, China Air, Chinese Aircraft, Defence Ministry, Fighter Jets, Liberty Times, Military Report, Taiwan China, United States

China now has better fighter jets than Taiwan, according to a military report by the island’s defence ministry as the air force Monday renewed its bid to obtain new F-16s from the United States.
Of the three types of fighter jets in Taiwan’s air force, only the F-16A/Bs have a slight edge over the Chinese aircraft, [...]

Israel Unveils Drones Able to Hit Iran – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Air Force, Boeing, Boeing 737, Drones, Fleet, Fly, Heron, Iran Air, Israel, Israel Military, Jetliner, New Aircraft, Nytimes, Persian Gulf, Persian Iran, Pilotless Planes, Tp, Unmanned Aircraft, Wingspan

Israel’s Air Force on Sunday introduced a fleet of huge pilotless planes that can remain in the air for a full day and fly as far as the Persian Gulf, putting Iran within their range.
The new aircraft, called the Heron TP, has a wingspan of 86 feet, making it the size of a Boeing 737 [...]

Lasers Creates New Forms of Metal and Enhances Aircraft Performance

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Air Force, Aircraft Performance, Black Metal, Creating Technology, Creation, Lasers, New Aircraft, New Horizon, Radiation

Dr. Guo and his team have been working on creating technology that may enable the Air Force to create an additional kind of metal. The black metal they created absorbs all radiation that shines upon it. With the creation of the black metal, the researchers opened up a whole new horizon for various applications in [...]

China, Iran Prompt U.S. Air-Sea Battle Plan in Strategy Review – BusinessWeek

Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Military, Air Force, Air Sea, Aircraft Carriers, Bombers, Businessweek, China Air, Cruise Missile, Drones, Iran Air, Iran Prompt, Navy Plan, New Generation, Sea Battle, Strikes, U S Air, Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

The joint Air Force-Navy plan would combine the strengths of each service to conduct long-range strikes that could utilize a new generation of bombers, a new cruise missile and drones launched from aircraft carriers. The Navy also is increasing funding to develop an unmanned underwater vehicle, according to the report.
China, Iran Prompt U.S. Air-Sea Battle [...]

There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in December 26th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Air Force, American Military, Anti-Americanism, Bombings, Contributor, Dirty Work, Eagerness, Enriching Uranium, Global Reach, Hawks, Iran, Islamic World, Israel, Nytimes, Op Ed, Pentagon, Retaliation, United States, weapons

The final question is, who should launch the air strikes? Israel has shown an eagerness to do so if Iran does not stop enriching uranium, and some hawks in Washington favor letting Israel do the dirty work to avoid fueling anti-Americanism in the Islamic world.
But there are three compelling reasons that the United States itself [...]

The Folly Of A `Drone War’ – CBS News

Posted by Matt in December 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Air Force, Bones, Cbs, Cbs News, Chill, Drone, Drones, Folly, Freaks, Hot, Names, predators, Reapers, Sci Fi, Sky S The Limit, Surveillance Capabilities, Surveillance Drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, War News

For drone freaks (and these days Washington seems full of them), here’s the good news: Drones are hot! Not long ago — 2006 to be exact — the Air Force could barely get a few armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the air at once; now, the number is 38; by 2011, it will reputedly [...]

DEBKAfile – Erdogan promises Iran Turkish intelligence aid against Israel

Posted by Matt in November 11th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Turkey, Air Force, Debkafile, Iran Air, Iran Military, Iranian President Mahmoud, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Israeli Attack, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Military Cooperation, Military Intelligence, Military Sources, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Recep Erdogan, tehran, Turkish Prime Minister

In the secret part of their talks in Tehran on Oct. 28, DEBKAfile’s military sources reveal that Turkish prime minister Tayyep Recep Erdogan and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck military cooperation deals which promised Iran Turkish military intelligence and air force assistance against a possible Israeli attack on its nuclear sites.
DEBKAfile – Erdogan promises [...]

Air Force Predator Drone Pilots: A New Kind of ‘Top Gun’ – TIME

Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military, Afghanistan, Air Force, Battlefield, Eyes In The Sky, Fleet, Flight Hours, Ground Troops, iraq, Manned Aircraft, Missiles, Orbits, Pairs, Predator Drone, predators, Real Time Video, Real Video, Reconnaissance, Top Gun, Value Targets

But the huge demand for the Predators’ eyes in the sky over the battlefield — reconnaissance that can’t be provided by manned aircraft — has muted such criticism. While it took 12 years, from 1995 to 2007, for the Predator fleet to rack up 250,000 flight hours, it reached the 500,000-hour mark just 20 months [...]

UAE aircraft carrying Harpoons to China? – The Times of India

Posted by Matt in September 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Middle East, Military, Air Force, Bound, C 130 Hercules, China Air, China News, Government China, harpoon, Harpoons, Hercules Aircraft, India News, Indian Authorities, Intelligence, News India, Silence, Sleuths, Times Of India, Uae, Uae Government, Weapons System

What is the mysterious weapons cargo in the China-bound UAE Air Force’s C-130 Hercules aircraft detained at Kolkata airport since Sunday?
Defence and intelligence sleuths say it could be a sophisticated US-made weapons system, which explains the unconcealed concern of the Indian authorities and the silence on the part of the UAE government.
UAE aircraft carrying [...]

India rising, and flexing military muscles

Posted by Matt in July 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in India, Air Force, Aircraft Carrier, Army, Aspiration, Australia, Carrier Battle Groups, Constructive Role, Fleet, Global Arena, India Military, Indian Ocean, Military Capacity, Military Power, Muscles, No Doubt, Nuclear Submarines, Ranjan, Research Foundation, Weapon Systems

As its military capacity swells, India’s potential to project its growing military might in the Indian Ocean – a region of great strategic importance to Australia – could be relatively unimpeded.
Deba Ranjan Mohanty, a strategic analyst at Delhi’s Observer Research Foundation, says that by about 2025 India is likely to have three to four aircraft [...]