News of February 26, 2009
Red Flag 09-3 exercise begins
Posted at: Thu Feb 26th, 2009
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Southern Nevada residents may have notice increased military aircraft activity as the latest Red Flag exercise began Feb. 23. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The e...
Royal Air Force's new tankers take shape
Posted at: Thu Feb 26th, 2009
A major milestone was reached today as the first set of wings for the RAF's advanced new fleet of tanker aircraft left Airbus UK's Broughton plant in North Wales. The wings were loaded onto a giant Beluga aircraft to transport them to the Toulouse-based production facility where the new tanker ai...
Yemen plans to buy more MiG-29 fighters from Russia
Posted at: Thu Feb 26th, 2009MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - The president of Yemen said his country plans to buy a number of MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters and other military equipment from Russia, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
