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Pentagon Seeks $15.2B Fighter Sale to Israel

US maker Lockheed Martin still developing next-generation jet

Associated Press Associated Press Sep 30, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(AP) - The Defense Department said today it wants to sell up to 75 fighter jets to Israel in a $15.2 billion deal for the aircraft expected to be the mainstay of air power in the US and several other nations for decades. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it notified Congress on Friday that Israel has asked to buy 25 of the F-35s made by Lockheed Martin Corp., with an option to buy an additional 50 at a later date. More »

More about:  Israel • Pentagon • fighter jet • Lockheed Martin

 Russian Bombers 
 Land in Venezuela 

Strategic fighters arrive after Chavez's invitation

CNN CNN Sep 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Russian bombers have landed at an airfield in Venezuela, where the Russian defense ministry says they will conduct a few days of test flights. The mission comes after Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, invited the Russian air force to conduct operations in its territory. A spokesman for the Russian military said that NATO fighter planes followed the bombers all the way across the Atlantic. More »

More about:  Russia • Venezuela • Hugo Chávez • fighter jet • airplanes • stealth bomber

Analysts: Mac Win Likely
to Hit Defense Firms Harder

He's got the clout and the will to slash budgets

MarketWatch MarketWatch Sep 6, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The defense industry is generally wary of Democratic wins, but this time around it's a Republican victory that may give military industries—and their investors—a complex, MarketWatch reports. A President Obama would be unlikely to give critics of his foreign policy cred ammunition by slashing defense spending, analysts say, while John McCain has the clout and the Washington know-how to puncture bloated military budgets. More »

 Iraq Looks to Buy 
 F-16s  From US 

Advanced weaponry could speed American pullout

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Sep 5, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s military wants to buy 36 F-16 fighter planes from the US in an effort to cut its dependence on American air power, the Wall Street Journal reports. The multi-billion-dollar purchase could speed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, but neighboring nations may worry about the presence of such powerful weaponry in a still-shaky country. More »

More about:  Iraq • US military • Iraq pullout • fighter jet • Lockheed Martin

Pakistan Spends US Anti-Terror Aid on Jets

Shift in counter-terrorism funding angers lawmakers

New York Times New York Times Jul 24, 08 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A plan to spend US funds earmarked for anti-terrorism aid to upgrade Pakistan's F-16 jets is angering lawmakers who complain that it's a misuse of the money, the New York Times reports. The Bush administration says the $230 million will boost the jets' ability to strike at insurgents. Critics say Pakistan uses the aircraft to maintain its military rivalry with India rather than to fight terrorism. More »

More about:  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • counterterrorism • tribal areas • fighter jet • Pakistan military

 Fighter Jet Dazzles Airshow 

Overseas audiences meet the F-22 'Raptor'

Reuters Reuters Jul 14, 08 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aviation experts were treated to a display of the world’s most advanced fighter jet at the kickoff of the Farnborough International Airshow today in England, Reuters reports. In its first international exhibition, the Lockheed Martin F-22 “Raptor” executed a dizzying array of flips, dips, and dives as it showed off the dual engines that allow it to achieve twice the speed of sound. More »

More about:  airplane • flight • aviation • US Air Force • fighter jet

US: Israeli Exercise
Was Dry Run for Iran Strike

Israel 'ready' to hit Iran's nuke facilities if talks fail

New York Times New York Times Jun 20, 08 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A recent Israeli exercise looked to US officials very much like a rehearsal for a strike on Iran, the New York Times reports.   The Pentagon also believes the massive exercise in the first week of June, involving over a hundred fighter jets, was a message to the world that Israel is ready to use force if Iran's nuclear program cannot be halted by peaceful means . “There’s a lot of signaling going on at different levels,” one Pentagon official tells the Times. More »

More about:  Iran • Israel • nuclear enrichment • nuclear facilities • fighter jet

Russia Reportedly Strikes Fighter-Jet Deal With Iran

Jerusalem Post (Israel) Jerusalem Post (Israel) Jul 30, 07 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel is investigating reports that Russia will supply Iran with $1 billion in long-range fighter jets and aerial fuel tankers, the Jerusalem Post says. Israeli officials say the pact could be a partial response to a billion-dollar US arms deal with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. More »

More about:  Russia • Iran • Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • fighter jet • arms deal • fuel tankers

Pentagon Destroys
Surplus Goods

Surplus dealers angry at scope of gear purge

Time Time Jul 23, 07 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is scrapping millions of dollars of gear it has traditionally resold to surplus dealers, Time reports. The army claims that sorting passels of helmets, boots, and sleeping bags is too onerous, while suppliers are concerned the move is the vestige of an effort to keep old jet parts out of Iranian hands. More »

More about:  Iraq • Pentagon • US Army • fighter jet • bureaucracy • helmets • surplus • army supplies

Military Shreds Old Fighter Jets

 Parts from "Top Gun" planes were landing in the wrong hands

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 2, 07 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military is paying a contractor to destroy its retired fleet of F-14 fighter jets, after evidence surfaced that Iran had been acquiring the old parts and was intending to rebuild the planes, reports the AP. “There were things getting to the bad guys,” the contractor says. In the 1970s, Iran--then an ally--bought the jets from the US. More »

More about:  Iran • US military • Pentagon • plane • fighter jet

Pilot Killed in S.C. Blue Angel Crash

First crash of elite Navy flyers since 1999

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 22, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis crashed his F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter today during an air show in Beaufort, SC where he and five other members of the Blue Angel demonstration team were flying. The crash took the pilot’s life and also injured eight people on the ground. More »

More about:  accident • plane crash • crash • Navy • fighter jet • air show

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