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Private jets at COP27 spark conflicting claims
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
Posts and reports included various estimates for the number of such planes bringing delegates to the gathering in the beach resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Climate A...
China shows off newly approved passenger jet at major airshow
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
The sleek, narrow-body aircraft took to the runway at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, circling through cloudy skies over the southern...
Five dead in Venezuelan military plane crash: ministry
Nov 06, 2022 (AFP)
The C-208B aircraft "fell to the ground" 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the Jose Antonio Paez air base, in Venezuela's southern Amazonas state, Defense Minister ...
Bulgaria buys more F-16 US fighter jets; Norway sell 32 used F-16s to Romania
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
The Balkan country, which has been a NATO member since 2004, has been looking for some years to replace its ageing and dwindling fleet of Soviet-built MiG-29 pl...
Myanmar takes delivery of Russian fighter jets: monitor
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
In 2018 under the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's military purchased six Sukhoi Su-30s from Russia, according to Russian state media reports....
Ex-Marine pilot held in Australia to fight US extradition
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Ex-US Marine Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested in Australia on October 21, the same week the British government issued a rare warning about China's recruitment ...
Northrop Grumman taps Quickstep for Australian-made components to support F-35 program
Nov 03, 2022 (SPX)
"Northrop Grumman has an unwavering commitment to help grow Australia's sovereign defence industry," said Christine Zeitz, general manager, Northrop Grumman Asi...
Myanmar junta diverting civilian jet fuel to military: Amnesty
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military seized power last year and launched a brutal crackdown on dissent. Fighting has flared with ethnic rebel groups a...
US approves $6.35 bn aircraft sale to Australia
Nov 02, 2022 (AFP)
"The proposed sale will improve Australia's capability to meet current and future threats by providing the Royal Australian Air Force with replacements for its ...
Former US Marine who 'trained Chinese crew' to face Australian court
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested in rural New South Wales on October 21, Australia's attorney general's department has confirmed, the same week British intelli...
AIR lofts heavy payload balloon into near-space height
Oct 28, 2022 (SPX)
The flight test was conducted in northwestern China's Qinghai Province on September 30, 2022 by a research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institut...
Seeing no China progress, Boeing eyes other prospective MAX buyers
Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)
Chief Financial Officer Brian West said the company was in "active discussions" with other customers about 138 planes in inventory ordered by Chinese companies....
Former US fighter pilot who worked in China arrested in Australia
Oct 25, 2022 (AFP)
Daniel Edmund Duggan appeared in court in New South Wales on Friday, judicial records show. "An individual was arrested on 21 October 2022 pursuant to a request...
Airbus hands employees extra 1,500 euros as inflation hits
Oct 24, 2022 (AFP)
"The Airbus Executive Committee has decided that an exceptional premium will be paid before the end of 2022 to all Airbus* employees," including senior manageme...
Five Indian soldiers killed in chopper crash near China border
Oct 22, 2022 (AFP)
The Advance Light Helicopter came down on Friday south of Tuting, a remote town near the Line of Actual Control which divides India's northeastern Arunachal Pra...
Russian jet fired missile near British plane in 'malfunction': minister
Oct 20, 2022 (AFP)
Wallace told parliament that the "potentially dangerous" incident on September 29 involved an unarmed RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint plane, a type of aircraft used for ...
Philippines to get US military helicopters after scrapping Russia deal
Oct 20, 2022 (AFP)
The government of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte had signed a deal worth $216 million for 16 Mi-17 helicopters, but backed out in the months following Russia's...
Greenpeace set sights on 'polluting' jetsetters
Oct 19, 2022 (AFP)
The study conducted by Dutch environmental thinktank CE Delft also showed that one out of every three private flights from Schiphol or Rotterdam The Hague Airpo...
Australia probes claims China recruited ex-air force pilots
Oct 19, 2022 (AFP)
The UK government had earlier announced it would take "decisive steps" to stop Beijing from headhunting former pilots after British media reported that over 30 ...
Russian military jet crash leaves 13 dead as search ends
Oct 18, 2022 (AFP)
The ministry of emergency situations said in a statement that rescuers had completed the search of the rubble, and discovered "10 more bodies", after earlier an...
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