A Brazilian prosecutor has been assigned to investigate the country’s purchase of 36 Gripen NG fighters.
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By Ministério da Defesa [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The investigation is required as the price of the contract had gone up by $900 million. The Brazilian Air Force explained that it was due to additional requirements such as flight simulators and a wide-area display cockpit panel. Also, currency fluctuations also affected the prices.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has warned that the Pentagon has to make a decision on building the first production models of the KC-46A just three months after the tanker has flown.
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“87-3602 YMAV 20130227 8377 (12497814215)” by Robert Frola – Flickr. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons.
Boeing originally has 13 months to test fly the prototype but the maiden flight of the KC-46A has been repeatedly delayed.
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A Nigerian Air Force Super Puma helicopter taxing to the apron crashed when its hydraulic systems failed.
The incident happened on Apr. 10. No one was hurt in the incident at Lagos.
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A Afghan Air Force MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter demonstrates its fire power to the media on Apr. 9 at a training range outside of Kabul, Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force Photos by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston
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C-130 crews from the U.S. Air Force suffered from physiological problems when the aircraft’s pressurization system failed and could not be controlled effective. The cause remained unknown until recently.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Howard Blair [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
There were many attempts over a decade to discover the root of the problem and the 403rd Wing recently solve the riddle.
They spent two days stripping the pressurization system off one of their C-130Js and discovered a corroded rivet inside an air vale was shedding metal shards into the pressurization system’s air lines.
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India has decided that the operational requirements of the Indian Air Force dictates the need to buy 36 Rafale fighters off-the-shelf while continuing to negotiate the MMRCA contract.
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By Capt. Jason Smith [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Both the Indian and French governments said further negotiations are still underway.
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On Apr. 7, a U.S. RC-135U flying over the Baltic Sea was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 in “an unsafe and unprofessional manner.”
By TSgt Jason Robertson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Not much of the encounter is known except that the fighter came within 20 feet of the spy plane.
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The Royal Australian Air Force will get its seventh and eight C-17 strategic transport.
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By Robert Frola [GFDL or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
Both aircraft will be delivered within sixteen months of placing the order.
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Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) recently completed passing exercises with the Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) off the coast of Casablanca.
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Photo: HQ MARCOM Public Affairs Office
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Troops from Russia’s Eastern Military District will undergo a six-month course at a test range in the southern Astrakhan region in order to handle the Iskander-M ballistic missile system.
A.Savin [CC BY-SA 3.0 or FAL], via Wikimedia Commons
