http://news.combataircraft.comNews pertaining to the military aircraft industry.en-usWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=785&s=rssLast year, the U.S. Air Force began issuing special "wings" for operators of UAVs. While the air force now trains non-pilots to operate UAVs, this is not the first time that the air force issued "wings" badges to non-pilots.from.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=785&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=786&s=rssEyebrows were raised when India signed a deal last Friday to buy 29 MiG-29k fighter aircraft worth $1.5 billion (Dh5.5 billion) from Russia during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to the country. This was part of a broader deal to purchase $7 billion worth of military hardware from New Delhi's traditional supplier of arms, including an aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=786&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=787&s=rssRussian arms sales to North Africa have increased significantly, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said, with energy-rich Algeria leading the pack.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=787&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=788&s=rssThe U.S. air force in South Korea has added three advanced ground-attack aircraft to its fleet of combat planes, boosting its capabilities to strike hidden North Korean artillery units with guided smart bombs, a U.S. military paper reported Tuesday, according to Yonhap News.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=788&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=789&s=rssTwo single seat, F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, were involved in a mid-air collision at approximately 10 p.m. last night while on a routine training mission flying in the Fallon Range Training Complex. Neither pilot was injured. Both aircraft are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven (VFA 137) based at NAS Lemoore.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=789&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=790&s=rssThe military helicopter business is booming in the United States, but the industry mostly is making money fixing up and maintaining the Army’s aging fleet. Hardly any Pentagon contracts these days pursue new aircraft designs, industry officials say.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=790&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=791&s=rssThe aircraft program is headed up by Lockheed Martin (LMT) who saw itself stripped of $614 million in performance fees from the development contract. There is no danger Lockheed will lose the contract, though, as the Defense Department and Air Force continued to say that the new aircraft is “critical to modern warfare and are desperately needed to replace tactical fighter fleets in each of the services”. In short, if not the F-35, then what?http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=791&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=778&s=rssThe Boeing A160T Hummingbird has successfully completed a cargo delivery demonstration under a U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory contract, proving the unmanned rotorcraft's ability to resupply frontline troops in rough terrain.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=778&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=779&s=rssAfter years of delays in finalizing a global tender for 197 new helicopters, the Indian Army has recently decided to buy 20 Cheetal helicopters from Bangalore-based military plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), three people familiar with the matter said.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=779&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMThttp://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=780&s=rssEuropean resentment over the loss of a military aircraft contract with the Pentagon is likely to play a role in a meeting this month between President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.http://news.combataircraft.com/readnews.aspx?i=780&s=rssWed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:28 GMT