The J-15 belongs to the 4th generation of conventional shipboard aircraft, which also includes the U.S. navy’s F/A-18C/D “Hornet” and F/A-18E/F “Super Hornet”, the French “Rafale M”, and the Russian Mig-29K that’s extensively utilized by the Indian navy. According to Zheng Wenhao, military expert of Xinhua News Agency, the J-15 has the precise supersonic performance a number of the fighters mentioned above, and is particularly strong in air control and air-to-air intercept; its low-altitude and occasional-speed performances are slightly not as good as those of the “Hornet” family, but are better than those of the opposite models. With its roots... Read More »
Countries through the Asia-Pacific region are “excited by our increased participation here,” said the military component commander for that area. “We intend to place into motion a pathway of activity (for the military) into multiple countries for extended periods of time, linking a chain of events and exercises on various topics, said Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander, U.S. Army Pacific, called USARPAC. Brooks spoke today at a press engagement on the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2013 Annual Meeting and Exposition, on the Washington, D.C., Convention Center. The activity of which Brooks spoke includes disaster relief, humanitarian and army-to-military training... Read More »
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Boeing, has successfully completed an initial test of the V-22 Osprey performing as an aerial refueling tanker. Adding this capability to the tiltrotor aircraft would further advance its versatility in combat, humanitarian and ship-based operations. In the August demonstration over north Texas, a V-22 equipped with a prototype aerial refueling system safely deployed, held stable, and retracted the refueling drogue as an F/A-18C and an F/A-18D Hornet flew just behind and to the side of the aircraft. “Adding aerial refueling tanker capability to the V-22 will... Read More »