TT-1 Pinto

Imminente scioglimento di due squadroni di Tornado .... Fonte .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/la-royal-air-force-va-dissoudre-deux-escadrons-de-tornado-en-2014-2.html

Ma .... quando diventerà operativo? Fonte .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/quand-le-f-35-sera-t-il-operationnel.html Il Capitano di Vascello Paul Overstreet ....

Ulteriori dettagli sulla consegna alla Marina Militare del primo NH90 "Step B" .... Fonte .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/nhi-livre-un-premier-nh90-step-b-a-la-marine-italienne.html

Ultime da Israele .... Nuovo sistema di simulazione incorporato per gli F-16I "Sufa" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/embedded-simulation-helps-train-israeli-f-16i-pilots-392975/ Intensa attività addestrativa in vista dell'imminente esercitazione internazionale "Blue Flag" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israeli-air-force-gets-ready-to-host-blue-flag-exercise-392969/

A proposito dei Tu-160 tuttora in servizio .... e della loro reale efficienza .... Fonte .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/f9bc593f6846

Beechcraft .... alla ricerca di un ruolo .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/beechcraft-seeks-role-in-usaf-t-38-replacement-deal-392960/

Una questione di pochi minuti .... se non di secondi .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ariel-view/2013/11/minutes-react-seconds-decide/

Raytheon e Lockheed Martin al contrattacco .... Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_11_13_2013_p0-636417.xml

AW&ST .... "Norway Opts For AgustaWestland AW101 For Search And Rescue" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_11_13_2013_p03-01-636171.xml ....

Settant'anni di duro lavoro .... Daily Report .... "Longest-serving Air Force Civilian Retires" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/November%202013/November%2013%202013/Longest-serving-Air-Force-Civilian-Retires.aspx Air Force Times ...."Longest-serving civilian to retire after 70 years" .... http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20131103/NEWS/311030008/ Chissà perché .... stavo per scrivere .... "Quarant'anni di duro lavoro in mezzo a queste quattro mura ...."

Può darsi che la sua assenza alla cerimonia sia stata dettata dal fatto che fosse molto provata a causa del ritorno alla gravità terrestre .... Karen, stretching out during the helicopter ride to the airport in Karaganda, Kazakhstan ....

A protezione dello spazio aereo islandese .... Daily Report .... "Airmen Deploy to Iceland to Protect NATO Airspace" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/November%202013/November%2012%202013/Airmen-Deploy-to-Iceland-to-Protect-NATO-Airspace.aspx

Il loro "ultimo brindisi" .... Fonte .... http://www.airforcemag.com/Features/Pages/2013/November%202013/box111213doolittle.aspx ....

Ultime dalla Cina .... FlightGlobal.com .... "Chinese aircraft carrier expands capabilities" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/chinese-aircraft-carrier-expands-capabilities-392913/ DefenseNews .... "US Report: 1st Sub-launched Nuke Missile Among China's Recent Strides" .... http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131111/DEFREG03/311110015

Aggiornamenti in vista per gli F-16 del Bahrain .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bahrain-to-launch-f-16-upgrade-in-2014-392887/

Ancora a proposito dell'India .... della corruzione .... e dei programmi di acquisizione messi in frigorifero .... compreso quello degli AW101 VVIP .... Fonte .... http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?shop=dae&modele=feature&prod=149351&cat=5

A proposito dei futuri sviluppi della flotta subacquea russa .... Fonte .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/782ec5c4e847

Guardate un pò cosa gli tocca fare .... E .... la biondona della NASA .... che fine ha fatto? Expedition 37 NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg gives the thumbs up as she is carried to the inflatable medical tent after her landing in the Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Nov. 11, 2013, Kazakh time. Image Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi

NH Industries annuncia la consegna alla Marina Militare del primo NH90 nella configurazione "Step B" .... Fonte .... http://www.nhindustries.com/site/en/ref/News_58.html

Il primo "Rivet Joint" della RAF .... Flightglobal.com .... "First RAF Rivet Joint aircraft arrives in UK" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-first-raf-rivet-joint-aircraft-arrives-in-uk-392875/ AW&ST .... "U.K. Takes Delivery Of First RC-135 Rivet Joint" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_11_12_2013_p0-635893.xml Royal Air Force .... "First British Rivet Joint Aircraft Delivered To The UK" .... http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/first-british-rivet-joint-aircraft-delivered-to-the-uk-12112013 RAF Waddington .... "FIRST BRITISH RIVET JOINT AIRCRAFT DELIVERED TO THE UK".... http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwaddington/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=FD465341-5056-A318-A827AF466DF5593F Tutti contenti .... a quanto pare .... però, soltanto pochi giorni prima, qualche problema era stato evidenziato .... Fonte .... http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2013-10-30/rivet-joint-airworthiness-questioned-uk

Grande Luca .... come altrettanto grande è il suo sorriso di felicità per il ritorno a casa .... Fonte .... http://spaceinimages.esa.int/Images/2013/11/Luca_back_on_Earth2 Un commento .... "L'ultimo verso dell'astronuta poeta" .... http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/966625.html

Виталий Копылов .... all'atterraggio ....

"Le Forze aeree svizzere si allenano nel volo notturno in Norvegia" .... http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/vbs/it/home/documentation/news/news_detail.50887.nsb.html

Flightglobal.com ...."AgustaWestland closes on Norway SAR deal" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/agustawestland-closes-on-norway-sar-deal-392810/

Consegnato alla Francia il secondo A400M .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/france-accepts-second-a400m-atlas-392836/ Air & Cosmos .... "Airbus Military livre un deuxième A400M à la France" .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/airbus-military-livre-un-deuxieme-a400m-a-la-france.html