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Il primo C-17 ad entrare in servizio è stato anche il primo a raggiungere il traguardo delle 20.000 ore di volo .... "Airlift milestone: JB Charleston C-17 reaches 20,000 flight hours" .... http://www.dvidshub.net/news/118439/airlift-milestone-jb-charleston-c-17-reaches-20000-flight-hours#.Uraiqf2A2M9

A Gennaio la IOC (Initial Operational Capability) del C-5M .... "Super Galaxy IOC Is Nigh" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/December%202013/December%2020%202013/Super-Galaxy-IOC-Is-Nigh.aspx Il 15° C-5M ....

1962 .... i Sovietici a Cuba e .... il retroscena .... Fonte .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/5fe82f02b5aa

Le forze armate USA si preparano a dire addio alla Beretta M9 .... Fonte .... http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20130727/NEWS04/307270003/Testing-M9-replacement-start-next-year Finché non riusciranno ad avere in dotazione un'arma da fianco che possa sparare proiettili in grado di fermare un elefante .... non saranno contenti ....

Opere di restauro ..... Retired Maj. Gen. Rick Goddard, former commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, is helping restore the F-100 Super Sabre he flew in Vietnam 45 years ago. In the left photo, Goddard, on the left, and museum volunteer Aaron Robinson, work to restore the F-100. On the right, the F-100 as it looked at Vietnam in 1968. Museum of Aviation photo. Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

Apollo 8 .... 45 anni dopo .... "NASA Releases New Earthrise Simulation Video" .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-releases-new-earthrise-simulation-video/

"NASA Transforms Access to Low-Earth Orbit, Touches Interstellar Space, Makes Unprecedented Discoveries and Develops Cutting-Edge Technologies in 2013" .... .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/year-in-review-2013-feature/

Imminente l'accordo per la modernizzazione dei "Merlin" della RAF .... in attesa del loro trasferimento alla RN .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/agustawestland-close-to-merlin-hc3-upgrade-deal-with-uk-394353/

Stop al ritiro .... per ora .... Fonte .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/696b42c15ce0

Nonostante gli sforzi del premier britannico Cameron .... "UAE decides against Typhoon" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uae-decides-against-typhoon-394328/ "David Cameron's Typhoon debacle a sign of Britain's declining Arabian influence" .... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/10529382/David-Camerons-Typhoon-debacle-a-sign-of-Britains-declining-Arabian-influence.html E la Francia .... dopo le lacrime versate soltanto poche ore prima in Sud America .... ora ha un buon motivo per sogghignare .... "L'Eurofighter Typhoon recalé aux Emirats Arabes Unis" .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/l-eurofighter-typhoon-recale-aux-emirats-arabes-unis.html

Qualche ulteriore dettaglio .... "UAE Backs out of Typhoon Discussions" .... http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131219/DEFREG04/312190025

Collaborazione .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ariel-view/2013/12/israeli-rocket-defence-technology-u-s-service-small-step-ahead/

Ultime da Israele .... "The Israeli “Air Force One” – a hot potato" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ariel-view/2013/12/israeli-air-force-one-hot-potato/ "Many more “Blue Flags” on the horizon" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/ariel-view/2013/12/many-blue-flags-horizon/

La lista della spesa .... "Ospreys and F-35s on Japan’s $240B Shopping List" .... http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/12/18/ospreys-and-f-35s-on-japans-240b-shopping-list/

In volo il primo C-27J destinato alla RAAF .... nonchè altre notizie .... "Australia's first C-27J gets airborne" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-australias-first-c-27j-gets-airborne-394316/ "AUS: Maiden flight of the first Australia C-27J Battlefield Airlifter" .... http://pacificsentinel.blogspot.it/2013/12/aus-maiden-flight-of-first-australia-c.html

La Norvegia ha firmato .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/norway-and-agustawestland-finalise-deal-for-sar-aw101s-394315/ Ministry of Justice and Public Security .... http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/jd/press-center/pressemeldinger/20131/government-signs-search-and-rescue-helic.html?id=748343 AgustaWestland .... http://www.agustawestland.com/news/agustawestland-signs-norwegian-all-weather-sar-helicopter-contract-16-aw101-helicopters

La JASDF (Japan Air Self Defence Force) privilegiata .... Fonte .... "Japan's defence budget places premium on airpower" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/japans-defence-budget-places-premium-on-airpower-394296/

Smantellato l'ultimo B-52G .... Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

Buon compleanno .... B-2 .... Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

Arrivano i quattrini .... "Senate Approves Budget Compromise" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/December%202013/December%2019%202013/Senate-Approves-Budget-Compromise.aspx .... ma .... avverte un generale .... prima di darci alla pazza gioia .... ASPETTIAMO .... "Keep the Champagne Corked For Now" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/December%202013/December%2019%202013/Keep-the-Champagne-Corked-For-Now.aspx Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

La notizia .... così come viene riportata dalle principali fonti specializzate in Europa e al di là dell'oceano .... Francia .... "Le Gripen de Saab s'impose au Brésil face au Rafale" .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/le-gripen-de-saab-s-impose-au-bresil-face-au-rafale.html Regno Unito .... "Saab wins Brazil's F-X2 fighter contest with Gripen NG" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saab-wins-brazils-f-x2-fighter-contest-with-gripen-ng-394289/ Stati Uniti .... "Brazil Selects Gripen For F-X2 Requirement" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_18_2013_p0-648720.xml

Il Giappone allarga i cordoni .... della borsa .... Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_17_2013_p0-648057.xml

Saab autorizzata alla conversione in versione "E" dei Gripen C già in servizio .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saab-gets-e-model-contract-to-convert-swedish-gripens-394280/ La versione "E", dunque, a breve .... esisterà .... Per quanto riguarda la Confederazione Elvetica .... al popolo l'ardua sentenza ....

E vediamolo. allora .... questo articolo .... "Após mais de dez anos, Dilma escolhe caças suecos para a FAB" .... http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2013/12/1387333-dilma-decidiu-pela-aquisicao-de-cacas-suecos-para-a-fab.shtml Nell'articolo viene evidenziato come le azioni di spionaggio messe in opera anche in Brasile da parte della NSA statunitense abbiano in pratica danneggiato in modo irrevocabile la proposta di Boeing. Lo smacco, dunque, non è solo francese .... Inoltre .... "President Dilma Rousseff Announces Brazil Is Buying Sweden's Saab Gripen Jet Fighters" .... http://www.ibtimes.com/president-dilma-rousseff-announces-brazil-buying-swedens-saab-gripen-jet-fighters-1514060

Nel 2013 .... scarsità di lavoro per i "Cacciatori di Uragani" .... .... e meno male .... Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA .... 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "HURRICANE HUNTERS" .... http://www.403wg.afrc.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=7483