SP's MAI Issue No. 1-2 | January 1-31, 2017 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
Leading from the front
By Air Marshal B.K. pandey (Retd)The positive results of the solo flight on MiG-21 Type 96 by Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff, IAF, are immense and cannot be quantified or measured
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AEROSPACE / SPOTLIGHT
Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force of Oman Chiefs review Exercise Eastern Bridge-IV at JamnagarThe CAS, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa and Commander of RAFO Air Vice Marshal Matar Ali Matar Al-Qbaidani reviewed the progress of fourth joint Indo-Oman Air Exercise...
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AEROSPACE
Air Marshal S.B. Deo takes over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff of IAFAir Marshal S.B. Deo has taken over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) at Air HQ. He was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the IAF on June 15, 1979. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.
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AEROSPACE
Air Marshal C. Harikumar takes over as AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandAir Marshal C Harikumar took over as AOC-in-C, Western Air Command (WAC), on January 1, 2017. Air Marshal Harikumar was commissioned in the IAF in the year 1979. A Qualified Flying Instructor and a Fighter Combat Leader, he has over 3,300 hours of flying.
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AEROSPACE
Air Marshal Anil Khosla takes over as AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandAir Marshal Anil Khosla took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command on January 1, 2017. Air Marshal Khosla, an alumni of the National Defence Academy, was commissioned in the fighter stream of IAF in December 1979.
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AEROSPACE
Air Marshal Sanjay Sharma takes over as Air Officer-in-Charge MaintenanceAir Marshal Sanjay Sharma assumed the responsibilities of Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Air Headquarters, New Delhi, on January 1, 2017.
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AEROSPACE
Hawk AJT clocks 1,00,000 hours with Indian Air ForceThe Hawk advanced jet trainer (AJT) has clocked 1,00,000 hours of flying hours with the Indian Air Force (IAF). BAE Systems, the makers of Hawk Mk132 AJT, termed the achievement as an “important milestone” and a compelling story of success.
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AEROSPACE
First production conforming Scorpion jet completes successful first flightTextron AirLand LLC announced the successful maiden flight of the first production-conforming Scorpion jet. This programme milestone closely follows the recent successful weapons capability exercise on the prototype Scorpion completed in early October.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Reaper drones: Delivery of the second system and order of the fourthThe French Direction Générale pour l’Armement (DGA) ordered a fourth MALE (medium altitude, long endurance) Reaper unmanned aircraft system.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Thales to equip the French Forces with Spy’Ranger mini-reconnaissance UAVsThales’s latest-generation Spy’Ranger mini-surveillance and reconnaissance UAV...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Six times more Kochav UAVs next yearThe Israeli Air Force (IAF) UAV squadron that operates the Kochav (Hermes 900) UAV will multiply the number of Hermes 900 UAVs that it operates by six during the coming year.
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AEROSPACE
DRDO successfully flight tests Smart Anti-Airfield WeaponThe Defence and Research Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW), from an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft.
