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http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=26 ... n=military

Harrier operations will cease by April 2011.

It will be interesting to see how Britain will cope without any long-range maritime patrol aircraft, i.e. Nimrod...

http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=26 ... n=military

Harrier operations will cease by April 2011.

Twelve additional Chinooks to be acquired...

Pumas still to be refurbished...

Rivet Joint RC-135 "safe"
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/ ... joint.html

Carriers:

Second carrier to be built, one in "extended readiness"...

catapults fitted for interoperability, carrier version JSF without STOVL...

JSF to be acquired...

A400M to be acquired

New tanker programme to be retained.

RAF

to retire all Harriers

Tornado to be sustained...

British Army to withdraw from Germany completely, acquisition of new Chinooks...

Nimrod now officially axed/cancelled ! Kinloss to be closed...

Prime Minister's statement has now started...

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/u-k-airliner-strayed-into-israeli-airspace-nearly-collided-with-iaf-fighter-plane-1.319897 Published 00:41 19.10.10 Latest update 00:41 19.10.10 U.K. airliner strayed into Israeli airspace, nearly collided with IAF fighter plane Incident occurred after airli...

Subject title edited because this will probably become the "British Cuts-thread"... Official announcements in the House of Commons this Tuesday the 19th of October at 15.30 hrs CET, see http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/#/calendar/Commons/MainChamber/2010/10/18/week.html for the calendar... Als...

http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=2625&thisSection=military China clarifies Turkey visit China denies sending aircraft to Turkey. 18-Oct-2010 October 18: Various media outlets have been reporting that Chinese Air Force Su-27 Flankers and MiG-29 Fulcrums had been exercising with Turkish Air Force ...

Opblaasbare Sukhoi Flanker:
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?p=448014#p448014 .

Nu ja, in Oekraiense kleuren dan...

Apparently the An-22 now needs a major overhaul, D-check Equivalent...

A pity about the grey-ish weather, but your journey certainly was worth it!

And is that an inflatable Sukhoi ?



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Have you been to that "International Aviation Exhibition" in Kiev that same weekend per chance