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The Argentine Navy received two of a lot of six UH-3H Sea King helicopters, four of them refurbished in Maryland and two for spares, following an agreement signed last year by the Argentine Defence Ministry and the US Navy. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=311 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:36:00 GMT French industry is pinning its hopes for reviving the flagging export fortunes of the Dassault Rafale fighter on the entry into production this month of Europe's first active electronically scanned array radar. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=310 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:35:00 GMT Availability of Canada's CH-149 Cormorant search-and-rescue helicopters is less than 50 percent, and minimum operational requirements can only be met by buying more aircraft or reducing maintenance inspections, says an official report. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=309 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:33:00 GMT The Finnish Air Force is keen on Anglo-American stealth strike fighter F-35 as a potential replacement of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18, the FAF's current mainstay, Finnish national daily Helsingin Sanomat and the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) reported on Wednesday. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=308 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:32:00 GMT Lockheed Martin Delivers First Of Four C-130J Airlifters Marietta, Ga., November 12th, 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the first of four C 130Js to the Royal Norwegian Air Force at a ceremony today with U.S. and Norwegian officials at the company's Marietta, Ga, facility. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=307 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:30:00 GMT F-35A Lightning II notched its 50th flight last week in preparation for testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., while the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant began a planned modification interval that will lead to STOVL-mode flight early next year. In preparation for its deployment to Edwards, the F-35A is conducting a final series of in-flight refueling tests from its Fort Worth base, having taken on 12,000 pounds of fuel during a three-hour flight on Thursday, Sept. 25. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=306 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:32:00 GMT ROME - Boeing has confirmed what Italian Air Force officials predicted in July: Italy will take final delivery of its first 767 tanker in early 2009, four years after the planned initial delivery date of 2005. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=301 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT Boeing is well placed to pick up another small C-17 order after South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Committee approved a plan to buy “large transport aircraft” for about 700 billion won ($620 million). http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=300 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:39:00 GMT US F-35 can strike air and ground targets The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency has approved the $15.2 billion sale of 25 F-35 Strike Fighters for Israel with an option for another 50, saying it is vital to US national security interests to assist Israel develop "a strong and ready self-defense capability." http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=305 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:31:00 GMT WASHINGTON -- The Iraqi government is seeking to buy 36 advanced F-16 fighters from the U.S., say American military officials familiar with the request, a move that could help reduce its reliance on U.S. air power and potentially allow more American forces to withdraw from the country than had been proposed. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=299 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:35:00 GMT The first C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft was delivered to the Pentagon on Thursday, on time and on budget, according to officials at L-3 Communications, the lead contractor on the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) contract. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=304 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:26:00 GMT The Pentagon has awarded Alenia North America a $287 million contract to refurbish and deliver 18 former Italian air force G-222s tactical transport aircraft for the Afghan National Army Air Corps. The deliveries are to start mid-2009 and be completed by 2011, according to Alenia officials. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=303 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:22:00 GMT The first EC-635 to assembly in Alpnach and deliver to Swiss Air Force Berne, Switzerland - Part of a 20 light and training helicopters' order (WAPA) - Swiss Air Force received the first EC-635 light cargo and training helicopter, which final assembly will be carried out in Switzerland by Ruag Aerospace of Alpnach as sub-contractor of Eurocopter. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=298 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:26:00 GMT The Iranian Air Force announced the first Saeqeh (Lightning) fighter-jets capable of conducting long-range air missions would be delivered in 2009. Officials said the indigenous Lighting featured an operational range of 3,000 kilometers. They said the aircraft was modeled partly on the US Navy's F-14 and F/A-18 fighters. "They will arrive within a few months," Iranian Army commander General Ataollah Salehi said. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=297 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:21:00 GMT Born from a helicopter designed to pluck aircrews out of the jungles of Vietnam, the MH-53 Pave Low will die just like it was born — in combat. The storied heavy-lift helicopter was to fly its last mission Sept. 30 in Iraq. The Air Force has gradually phased out the Pave Low after Air Force leaders decided to replace it with the CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor. http://aviamagazine.xs4all.nl/news/readnews.aspx?id=302 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:20:00 GMT