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Germany tells China to stop poaching ex-air force pilots
Jun 03, 2023 (AFP)
"I raised the question of Germany air force pilots who have apparently been recruited to train (Chinese) pilots," Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told reporter...
NASA grant funds aeroacoustic research to develop quieter vertical lift air vehicles
Jun 02, 2023 (SPX)
To address key challenges facing the future of air transport, NASA has awarded $5.7 million to a multi-university partnership as part of the agency's University...
Beijing blames US 'provocation' for South China Sea fighter jet incident
May 31, 2023 (AFP)
The incident comes at a time of frayed ties between Washington and Beijing over issues including Taiwan, which China regards as its territory, and the shooting ...
Off Key West, Navy pilot safely ejects after ditching jet in Straits of Florida
May 31, 2023 (UPI)
The pilot, who is part of the Fighter Squadron Composite 111, a Naval reserve squadron, was conducting a routine training exercise when they had to eject. Kent ...
Chinese jet performed risky maneuver near American surveillance plane: US
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
The incident -- which the Pentagon says is part of a pattern of behavior by China -- comes at a time of already heightened tensions between Washington and Beiji...
Finland hosts major air exercise with NATO allies
May 29, 2023 (AFP)
"The exercise has started today. We currently have the first big rotation underway," Colonel Henrik Elo from the Finnish Air Force, which hosts the exercise, to...
China's first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight
May 28, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, though many of its parts are sourced from ...
NASA Successfully Completes Globetrotting SuperBIT Balloon Flight
May 26, 2023 (SPX)
The mission began at 11:42 a.m., Sunday, April 16 (7:42 p.m. April 15 in U.S. Eastern Time) launching from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, which is NASA's long-dur...
NASA's HyTEC Engine Core Project Show Progress
May 25, 2023 (SPX)
"The first six months of the project, we didn't have many people coming into the lab due to the pandemic," said Anthony Nerone, who leads HyTEC from NASA's Glen...
U.S. developing F-16 training program with allies for Ukraine, Austin says
May 25, 2023 (UPI)
"Today, we have committed to do even more to support Ukraine's fight for freedom," Austin said during a live press conference streamed by the Defense Department...
Russia says intercepted two US strategic bombers over Baltic Sea
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
The Russian defence ministry said it had scrambled Su-27 and Su-35 fighter jets, saying it identified "the air targets as two US Air Force B-1B strategic bomber...
Japan says scrambled jets after Russian planes seen off coasts
May 25, 2023 (AFP)
One Russian aircraft travelled from Japan's north down along part of its west coast, while the other took a similar route along the opposite coast and returned ...
How the military could speed helicopter operations on the battlefield
May 24, 2023 (SPX)
"Battlefields are highly dynamic environments, and it is important for military commanders to be able to respond to developments as quickly as possible," says B...
A milestone for parabolic flight
May 24, 2023 (SPX)
"Parabolic flights are an important part of our Research under Space Conditions programme. We bring researchers and their exciting experiments directly into mic...
Swiss fine climate activists after flights disrupted
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
The activists broke into Europe's biggest private jets sales fair on Tuesday, significantly disrupting flights at the adjoining airport. Police arrested 103 peo...
Biden to nominate Air Force general as top US officer
May 24, 2023 (AFP)
Brown would become the second Black officer to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- after Colin Powell from 1989-1993 -- at a time when the Pentago...
French short-haul flight ban comes into force
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
Although the move was included in a 2021 climate law and already applied in practice, some airlines had asked the European Commission to investigate whether it ...
Private jets protest disrupts flights at Geneva Airport
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
Environmentalist groups said around 100 demonstrators from 17 countries were involved in the protest at the three-day European Business Aviation Convention and ...
Qatar Airways boss 'sceptical' on 2050 net zero target
May 23, 2023 (AFP)
Not enough sustainable aviation fuel is being produced, and technological hurdles remain to using hydrogen as a replacement, Akbar Al Baker told the Qatar Econo...
Russia warns against supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets
May 20, 2023 (UPI)
Grushko made his remarks to the Russian state media agency TASS after Western officials said the United States and its allies supported supplying the jets to Uk...
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