By RIA Novosti on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Two of the Royal Air Force’s leading officers have hailed the performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet during its first decade of flying and because deliveries were made to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) in 2003. With the addition of latest technology developments over the past 10 years, the aircraft is now the world’s only truly ‘swing’ role jet, capable of switch from air-to-air to air-to-surface attack capabilities within the same mission. Praise indeed Air Vice-Marshal Edward Stringer, the RAF’s Assistant Chief of Air Staff, praised the performance of ‘Team Typhoon’ and said the aircraft had produced a “level... Read More »

By Agence France-Presse on Wednesday, August 21st, 2013

Rotary Wing Group – Eight (RWG-8), the Australian Army Aviation Detachment, has completed its mission in Afghanistan. RWG-8 marked the tip of Mission during a ceremony at Kandahar Airfield (KAF) on Saturday (14 September 2013). The KAF-based RWG consisted of 2 CH-47D Chinook Medium Lift Helicopters operating within the Afghan summer months as a part of the yank-led Regional Command South Aviation Task Force. Australian Army Aviation Task Groups have completed 11 tours in Afghanistan starting in 2006 because the Aviation Support Element. It was renamed Rotary Wing Group in 2008 and went directly to complete eight rotations between 2008... Read More »

European aerospace consortium EADS have been eliminated from a bid to offer fighter jets worth $7.3 billion to South Korea by using a failure to satisfy some requirements, a report said Sunday. The Eurofighter was dropped from the bid also sought by US company Boeing after the South’s military found that the EADS proposal didn’t meet its key demands, Yonhap news agency said. It cited an unidentified official on the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). A spokesman for DAPA was not immediately available for comment. “A problem was present in the proposal document of 1 of 2 final bidders,” Yonhap... Read More »