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I Servizi Navali reclamizzano i progressi nel programma F-35 .... Fonte .... http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1108

La cerimonia della consegna si è tenuta ieri alla Casa Bianca .... Dal "Daily Report" dell'AFA di questa mattina .... Link .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/April%202013/April%2012%202013/Korean-War-Chaplain-Awarded-Posthumous-Medal-of-Honor.aspx President Barack Obama holds Chaplain (Captain) Emil Kapaun's Easter stole in the Oval Office during a greet with Kapaun's family in the Oval Office, April 11, 2013. The President and First Lady Michelle Obama met with members of Chaplain Kapaun's family before awarding him the Medal of Honor posthumously during a ceremony in the East Room. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Un'altra vittima .... la "Weapons School" della Nellis AFB .... Dal "Daily Report" dell'AFA di questa mattina .... Link .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/April%202013/April%2012%202013/Weapons-School-is-Another-Sequester-Casualty.aspx USAF Weapons School .... http://www.nellis.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=19837

A confronto con lo UH-60 (in verde) .... secondo Bell .... AFGHANISTAN REGION .... Comparable Mission Radius at 6K/95° .... ASIA-PACIFIC REGION .... Comparable Mission Range at Sea Level , ISA .... Fonte .... http://www.scribd.com/doc/135276053/20130409-FVL-AAAA-Media-Brief-Final

Una nuova vittima del "sequestro" .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/f-22-helmet-display-demonstration-casualty-of-sequestration-384575/ LOOK > DESIGNATE > SHOOT .... http://www.gentexcorp.com/default.aspx?pageid=2768

Un "Arpione" per il "Tifone" .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bae-checks-harpoon-fit-for-anti-ship-typhoon-384566/

L'interessamento di Boeing .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/laad-boeing-looks-to-establish-kc-390-logistics-system-384552/

La cassetta degli attrezzi .... A cart full of more than 280 tools and equipment was previously required to complete brake and tire maintenance on a 33rd Fighter Wing F-35A. The new blue box created by the Airmen of the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit's Support Section reduces the amount of tools required by 81 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr. Fonte .... http://www.eglin.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123342857

Il radar RACR (Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar) è stato scelto dalla Corea del Sud per l'aggiornamento dei propri F-16 .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/south-korea-picks-racr-radar-for-f-16-upgrade-384514/

Ecco chi (e come) sta monitorando, secondo il blog "The Aviationist", la Corea del Nord .... Link .... http://theaviationist.com/2013/04/11/spyplanes-nk/#.UWZ3eX5H6M8

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_04_01_2013_p42-562742.xml Inoltre .... http://www.aviationweek.com/blogs.aspx?plckblogid=blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckpostid=blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7post%3Aedc366bc-344f-432d-a03c-0dbaeaf2cd57 http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_01_28_2013_p18-540116.xml Quanto ai prolifici anni 60-70 .... e non solo quelli .... qui c'è che di sbizzarrirsi .... http://www.vstol.org/wheel.htm

La tentazione ....

Bell ha rivelato oggi il concetto di un nuovo "tiltrotor" da combattimento .... definito di terza generazione .... che sarebbe destinato alla sostituzione di Apache e Black Hawk .... AW&ST .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_04_10_2013_p0-567246.xml Blog Ares .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:085f3884-fb49-4997-a479-7cd3a38af7d7 Video ....

Il blog "The Aviationist" ritorna sull'argomento della 'misteriosa' missione 'Dark' effettuata da un certo numero di bombardieri B-1 .... Link .... http://theaviationist.com/2013/04/10/bones-training-mission-dyess/#.UWW_kn5H6M8

Vola il primo NH90 navale belga .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-belgian-maritime-nh90-makes-first-flight-384388/ Nel Gennaio scorso era stato invece accettato il primo NH90 'terrestre' .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-belgium-accepts-first-nh90-transport-helicopter-380647/

MEADS .... ancora finanziamenti per il 2013 .... Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_04_10_2013_p01-02-567075.xml

Respirando .... SSgt. Mitchell Newman and SrA. Daniel Bohn, members of the 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron's fuels facilities section, push a cart filled with liquid oxygen for a B-52H Stratofortress at Barksdale AFB, La., April 4, 2013. A B-52 can hold up to 75 gallons of LOX, which supplies the aircrew with breathable air at high altitudes, according to squadron officials. (Air Force photo by A1C Andrew Moua)

"Il Comando del Pacifico è pronto" .... così afferma il suo comandante .... ammiraglio Samuel Locklear .... Dal "Daily Report" dell'AFA di questa mattina .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/April%202013/April%2010%202013/Locklear-Vows-PACOM-is-Prepared.aspx http://www.pacom.mil/commander/j00-biography-admiral-samuel-j-locklear.shtml

Test operativi completati .... entro l'anno l'entrata in servizio nell' US Navy .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-p-8-testing-complete-set-for-2013-deployment-384441/ Intanto .... proseguono le consegne alla Marina USA .... http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2634 .... e sono cominciate quelle alla Marina indiana .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/india-receives-first-p-8i-neptune-aircraft-380472/

Embraer stima in oltre 700 esemplari il potenziale mercato per il KC-390 .... mentre attende per il prossimo anno i primi ordini definitivi .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/laad-embraer-expects-first-operational-kc-390-buyer-in-2014-384442/ Altre informazioni in questo articolo .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/in-focus-brazil-defence-growth-opens-new-doors-for-embraer-383831/

Installata ad Eilat la quinta batteria di "Iron Dome" .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/israel-deploys-iron-dome-to-counter-sinai-threat-384400/

Si prospetta una battaglia fra Bell-Boeing e Northrop Grumman sulla prevista successione degli ormai obsoleti aerei "COD" della US Navy .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/battle-brews-over-us-navy-c-2a-greyhound-replacement-384445/

Verso una versione "K" del V-22 .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-developing-osprey-aerial-refueling-kit-384446/

Sui laser avio-trasportati puoi pure fare a meno di contarci .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a2cce307f-7e3e-4d24-978c-f7d2adc09212 http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123291308 (From left to right) Lt. Col. Jeff Warmka, the Airborne Laser Test Bed Combined Test Force director; Doug Canning, the ALTB CTF test conductor; Barry St. Germain, a Boeing pilot; and Roc White, the ALTB CTF test conductor, step to the ALTB aircraft Feb. 14, 2012, before starting engines for its final flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rob Densmore)

E l'Olanda lo mette in naftalina .... almeno per ora .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/dutch-government-opts-to-store-f-35-test-aircraft-384394/