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In California, the most modern fighter aircraft crashed U.S. Air Force

March 26, 2009

F-22 Raptor. Фото с сайта fas.org In Southern California, crashed the fifth generation fighter F-22 Raptor U.S. Air Force, reported Agence France-Presse, referring to the official representative of the U.S. Air Force, Richard Johnson (Richard Johnson). Read more

North Korea withdrew ballistic missile on launching pad

March 26, 2009

Запуск ракеты "Тхэпходонг-2". Фото ©AFP, архив North Korea withdrew ballistic missiles Thephodong-2 "(Taepodong-2) on the launching pad. That was reported by the Japanese agency Kyodo, with reference to the informed source. Read more

The crew of an American frigate Klakring afraid to step on the coast of Crimea

March 25, 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

The crew of the frigate Navy U.S. Klakring, oshvartovavshegosya this morning near the pier marine station of Sevastopol, yet in no hurry to go ashore. Apparently, the U.S. military and seamen do not particularly seek to dismiss, despite the fact that the visit of the frigate officially called "friendly." "Certainly, - said deputy Andrei Merkulov Sevastopol City Council, - the command of the ship has information about last year's incident occurred during a call to our city an American frigate Dallas, seamen whose firm was taken in September of sevastopoltsev, perturbed liberty Yankee, openly supported the aggression against Georgia Southern Ossetia. The Americans have concluded, and when two months later paid a visit to Sevastopol Staff USS Mount Whitney, the crew had not decided to go to shore on the official version, "in order to avoid provocations and accidents."

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Air India canceled a tender for the purchase of 22 attack helicopters

March 25, 2009

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India lifted the tender for the purchase abroad 22 attack helicopters for its air force. In the refusal of New Delhi went up, according to information circulated today, compulsively, as all three received offers from foreign manufacturers did not meet the quality parameters. " Along with last year's cancellation of the tender, it was announced that soon there will be retrying to contact potential suppliers.

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The volcano has forced the U.S. Air Force to cease flights over Alaska

March 25, 2009

Авиабаза Elmendorf. Фото ВВС США. Guide Elmendorf Air Force base, located in Alaska near the town of Anchorage, the largest in the region, was forced to cease operations due to increased volcanic informs The Airforce Times. Vulcan Redaut began to belch ash on March 22 because of what the military had suspended flights and put equipment in hangars. Partly to resume operation of the aircraft, they were able to only two days. Read more

Poland secured its first military transport aircraft from U.S.

March 25, 2009

C-130E Hercules на авиабазе Powidz. Фото ВВС США. U.S. taken to Poland, the first of five second-hand military transport aircraft C-130E Hercules, the press service of the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. Transferred to Air Transport Powidz, which is located in the central part of the country. Before sending the plane to Poland has been the maintenance and repair work, and some elements of its avionics have been upgraded. Read more

Radar in Lehtusi passed all the tests

March 25, 2009

Space forces are planning to soon put to the ground alert system, radar warning in the Leningrad region. "In 2008, the government completed the test sample of the radar head at the village Lehtusi - ARMS-TASS reported in the service of information and public relations of the Space Forces. - Are currently under trial operation. Production of the radar station on combat duty planned for 2009."

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Australians have begun to supply armored vehicles to Afghanistan, Bushmaster

March 25, 2009

Bushmaster. Фото с сайта aviationweek.com The Australian division of Thales started deliveries of modified vehicles Bushmaster Dutch contingent in Afghanistan, the press service of Thales Australia. Under the agreement the Netherlands will receive the Army nine pieces of equipment, advanced to the neutralization of improvised explosive devices. Read more

Kadyrov called the date of the operation in Chechnya

March 25, 2009

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Counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya, held for several years, will be officially finished in late March 2009. This was in an interview with reporters said President Ramzan Kadyrov. According to him, the fight against terrorists in Chechnya has long been completed, and the official document on completion of the operation to sign March 30-31, RIA Novosti.

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Military part of Russia acquired the status of legal persons

March 25, 2009

Казарма на территории воинской части. Кадр телеканала НТВ Members of the Russian Federation State Duma adopted in the third reading amendments to the law "On Defense", which will register the control of the military compounds and the Armed Forces as legal entities. They will be awarded the status of federal budget agencies, reports RIA Novosti. Read more

Defense Ministry reform classify structures RB

March 25, 2009

Учения российских десантников. Фото Минобороны РФ. As part of the reform of the General Intelligence Department General Staff of the Russian army may be a new kind of troops - special forces operations. However, the military department of Russia it has not officially confirmed. As noted in an interview to "Interfax" the Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov, "it is a confidential matter and I will not comment on it in the law." Read more

The record plan at the urging of troubled Soldiers' Mothers

March 25, 2009

Валентина Мельникова. Фото с сайта sps.ru Plans Department of Defense spring raised concern among human rights advocates, who feel that recruitment will have to send in the army unfit to serve men of military age, as well as students. This was in an interview with the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, said chairman of the Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia Valentina Melnikova. Read more

Pentagon offered to host the Air Force airbase in Poland

March 25, 2009

Авиабаза Aviano в Италии. Фото ВВС США. A senior U.S. Air Force in the Pentagon, Lieutenant Chris Seydzh advised the American leadership of NATO and to move at Aviano airbase in Italy, F-16 fighter jets to the territory of Poland, the Stars and Stripes. Previously published in the journal Seydzh Air and Space Power article with a justification for this decision. He explained that the paper prepared them for more than a year ago while studying in college as a science. Read more

Russia will put on combat duty in the Leningrad area radar

March 25, 2009

РЛС в поселке Лехтуси. Фото с сайта www.rtisystems.ru The radar station warning Lehtusi in the Leningrad region in 2009 will be placed on alert status. It was reported March 25, Interfax assistant commander of the Space Forces Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin. The parties noted that in 2008 completed a new state testing radar. At the present time is its pilot operation. After this station will be placed on alert status. Read more

A reason for the explosion at the British submarine «Tayless»

March 25, 2009

АПЛ "Тайлесс". Фото ВМС Великобритании. The cause of the explosion at the British submarine "Tayless" that occurred in March 2007 and claimed the lives of two sailors, was the failure of a stand-alone oxygen SCOG (Self Contained Oxygen Generator), reports The Telegraph. According to the investigation, the 2006 batch of thousands of such generators has been left in storage in inappropriate conditions and then transferred to the Navy. Generator "Tayless also able to include in their number, although it is set exactly the investigators were unable to because of poor accounting of these components. Read more

U.S. Air Force moved its F-16 to the borders of Russia

March 24, 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

An informal body of U.S. Armed Forces Journal Star and Stripes announced plans lift F-16 fighter aircraft, currently deployed in the Air "Air" in Italy, on the territory of Poland. According to Staff, Lieutenant-Colonel United States Air Force Chris Seydzheka, an author, the relocation will enhance the grouping of NATO forces in the forward direction. Previously, "flat" in the Italian fighters were used for raids on Yugoslavia, but now the operators of the North Atlantic Alliance are beginning probably interested in other theaters.

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German Air Force Fighter overturned at an emergency landing

March 24, 2009

Фото с сайта www.izvestia.ru

Yesterday evening at the Büchel, located in the German Länder of Rhineland-Palatinate, was already committed emergency landing fighter-bomber Tornado vykatilsya suddenly out of the runway and overturned. The two pilots 33rd bombing fighter-aviation military aircraft of Germany was able to shoot, but they nevertheless were serious injuries and were taken to Central Hospital Bundeswehr in Koblenz. The representative of the press center of the Air Force in Cologne oberstleytenant (lieutenant), Hartmut Baylmann reported that the aircraft is not subject to recovery.

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India lifted the tender for the purchase of attack helicopters

March 24, 2009

Eurocopter Tiger. Фото с сайта www.guncopter.com India lifted the large tender for the purchase of 22 attack helicopters, reports March 24, Agence France-Presse. According to the agency, the decision was taken last week, as the proposals from three companies, claiming multimillion-dollar contract, could not meet the requirements of the Indian military. The representative of the defense departments of the country reported that in the near future will be declared the new tender. Read more

The Pentagon has handed over Poland first used C-130E Hercules

March 24, 2009

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The first U.S. military transport plane C-130E Hercules landed at the airport today Povidz in western Poland. Presumably, he will join the Air Transport Brigade, established in the Polish army in 2007. The plane is already in operation for about 40 years and will serve as Poland, have almost 20 years. It was expected that in the air it will hold 600 hours a year, carrying cargo and troops in foreign military missions, the Polish army.

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Belarusian army are trying to infuse buffet

March 24, 2009

A Belarusian army soldiers appeared at dinner a choice of dishes. As reported today   deputy head of the journalists the Ministry of Defense of Belarus on the home front - the chief of the Armed Forces Rear Services, Major-General Alexander Boligatov, two military units organized an experiment to introduce the system power supply soldiers of "smorgasbord."

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