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Media Releases / Statements

Media Release 05/02/2007
The Gap in Australia's Fighter Capability Will Not Be Solved By Buying Super Hornets
Media Release 08/02/2007 US Air Force Joint Strike Fighter Production Reduced by More Than 50 Percent
Media Release 14/02/2007 Is the Gordon England Letter on F-22 Export to Australia Fair Dinkum?
Media Release 22/02/2007 Australia Must Formally Request an F-22 Export Assessment
Media Release 21/03/2007 Minister for Defence Media Release on the GAO JSF Report
Media Release 03/04/2007 Facts or Fantasies?
Media Release 05/11/2007 Analysing “The ADF Air Combat Capability- On the Record”

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F-22A Raptors of the 1st FW deployed to Kadena, Okinawa (Japan), in February, 2007. There is a strong  US national interest case that Pacrim allies such as Australia should be operating the F-22A rather than less capable or older fighter types (US Air Force image).


APA NOTAMS

Air Power Australia NOTAMS

APA NOTAM #1 16/04/2007
Peter Goon The Biggest Loser
APA NOTAM #2 04/07/2007 Col Grigoriy Medved (Retd)
How to Destroy the Australian  Defence Force
APA NOTAM #3 10/07/2007 Air Cdre E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd) Initial Problems in Defence Give Lasting Problems for Australia
APA NOTAM #4 16/07/2007 Peter Goon Open Sourced, Closed Minds
APA NOTAM #5 23/07/2007 Air Cdre E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd) The Proust Defence Management Review - Symptoms or Solutions?
APA NOTAM #6 30/07/2007 WgCdr Peter Larard, RAAF (Retd)
The Nation's Air Strategy - a 2007 View
APA NOTAM #7 30/07/2007 Air Cdre E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd) The Critical Gap Between Government Policy and Department of Defence Implementation Planning
APA NOTAM #8 06/08/2007 Col Grigoriy Medved (Retd) Pesticide for Super Hornets
APA NOTAM #9 19/08/2007 Dr Carlo Kopp, MIEEE, SMAIAA, PEng Destroying Australia's Defence Industrial Base
APA NOTAM #10 03/09/2007 Col Grigoriy Medved (Retd) Sukhoi's Lightning Strikes the F-35 JSF
APA NOTAM #11 05/11/2007 Dr Carlo Kopp, Peter Goon,
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Analysing “The ADF Air Combat Capability- On the Record”
APA NOTAM #12 12/11/2007 Air Cdre E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd) THERE’S THAT ‘M’ WORD AGAIN! With Particular Reference to the RAAF
APA NOTAM #13 20/11/2007
WgCdr Chris Mills, RAAF (Retd) AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE: Air Dominance Capability
APA NOTAM #14 21/11/2007 Dr Carlo Kopp, MIEEE, SMAIAA, PEng
APA NOTAM #15 06/01/2008 Air Cdre E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd) The Changing Tide in Australia's Air Power
APA NOTAM #16 06/01/2008 Peter Goon Revisiting “A Farewell to Arms - Revisited”
APA NOTAM #17 15/02/2008
Peter Goon Why F-22A Raptor instead of F-35A Joint Strike Fighter?
APA NOTAM #18 13/03/2008 Dr Carlo Kopp, Peter Goon Ministerial Submission:  Strategic Needs and Force Structure Analysis:  The Thinking Behind the F-22A and Evolved F-111 Force Mix Option
APA NOTAM #19 13/04/2008 Col Grigoriy Medved (Retd) Grisha's Radar «Fry-Off»
APA NOTAM #20 20/04/2008 Col Grigoriy Medved (Retd) Grisha's Missile «Shoot-Off»
APA NOTAM #21 23/04/2008 Col Grigoriy Medved (Retd) Grisha's Stealth «Pidgeon Shoot»

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The centrepiece of the Canberra bureaucracy's arguments against the F-22 is a claim that the aircraft is not an effective bomber, despite the F-22 being the planned replacement for the F-117A Nighthawk bomber since 1999, and the primary element of the planned US Global Strike Task Force. The F-22 now carries the GBU-32 JDAM and is being fitted to carry the latest GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (above). Like most other claims made by the Canberra bureaucracy to justify the Joint Strike Fighter, Super Hornet and early F-111 retirement, the claim that the F-22 is not viable as a bomber is simply fiction (US Air Force image).




Current News Reports


Stephen Trimble - Flight International - 10/05/08 - Lockheed looks for export benefits from USAF JASSM decision
Lee Chi-dong - Yonhap News - 10/05/08 - U.S. team fetches N. Korea's key nuclear data
Andrei Chang - UPI - 10/05/08 - More Chinese submarines in South China Sea
News Report - News Post India - 10/05/08 - Indian Navy To Order Another Aircraft Carrier
News Report - Economic Times - 10/05/08 - India to acquire six more submarines: Naval Chief
Al Pessin - VOA - 09/05/08 - US Pacific Commander Calls on China Not to Seek 'High-End' Military, Says US Will Remain Dominant Asian Power
Brahma Chellaney - Hindustan Times - 09/05/08 - Up, up and frittered away
T.S. Subramanian - The Hindu - 09/05/08 - DRDO developing hypersonic missile 
News Report - ABC - 09/05/08 - Pakistan test fires cruise missile
News Report - Reuters - 09/05/08 - Putin vows more cash for Russia's nuclear defences
News Report - Sydney Morning Herald - 09/05/08 - Seahawk copters may replace Seasprites
News Report - KITV.com - 08/05/08 - Report Points To Rudders In F-15 Crash
Nicholas Stuart - Canberra Times - 08/05/08 - Late take-off, but Japan accelerates to boost air-defence potency
News Report - ITAR-Tass - 08/05/08 - NKorea has ten plutonium war charges - SKorean official
News Report - AFP - 08/05/08 - Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile: military
News Report - Press TV - 08/05/08 - Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile 
Robert Burns - AP - 07/05/08 - Top US commando says strain of war limits forces elsewhere
News Report - Trading Markets - 07/05/08 - Crash landing for IAF 
News Report - Zee News - 07/05/08 - India successfully test-fires long range Agni III ballistic missile
News Report - AFP - 07/05/08 - India tests ballistic missile capable of reaching China: official
News Report - Georgian Times - 07/05/08 - SA-11 'Gadfly' used to down Georgian drones
Siva Govindasamy - Flight International - 07/05/08 - Flight Interview: Malaysian air force chief sets strategic focus
News Report - Domain-B - 07/05/08 - Raytheon to transfer AESA radar technology to India up to the level permitted by US government
News Report - Sify.com - 06/05/08 - India wont get technology transfer for new jet radar'
News Report - Kuwait Times - 06/05/08 - Georgia withdraws from air defense accord with Russia
David Nowak and Vladimir Isachenkov- AP - 06/05/08 - Experts say Red Square parade masks weakened Russia military
Kerri Houston - Investor's Daily - 06/05/08 - America's Fading Military-Industrial Base
Tayyab Siddiqui - The Post - 06/05/08 - India's Missile Programme
News Report - Newind Press - 06/05/08 - Agni-III to be tested for third time 
News Report - Red Orbit - 06/05/08 - France Could Purchase Mil Mi-26 Heavy Russian Helicopters
Gerard Voland - Journal Gazette - 06/05/08 - Lofty goals for armed spy craft
Glenn Kessler - Washington Post - 05/05/08 - N. Korea agrees to blow up tower at its nuclear facility
Bruce Rolfsen - Air Force Times - 05/05/08 - Senate panel vote doesn’t stop drawdown
News Report - BBC - 05/05/08 - RAF 'intercepted Russian planes'
Vijay Mohan - The Tribune - 05/05/08 - Pilotless aircraft off target 
News Report - Examiner.com - 05/05/08 -  Aircraft and Ground Operations for the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force Gain New Intelligence and Surveillance Capability With Lockheed Martin's F-22
Bob Cox - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 05/05/08 - Lockheed looks to partners to give F-35 sales a big lift
News Report - RIA Novosti - 04/05/08 - Turkey may use Russian S-300 systems to build missile shield
News Report - The Hindu - 04/05/08 - India, Malaysia hold naval exercise 
Rajat Pandit - The Times of India - 03/05/08 - China's deep sea plans alarm India 
Hamish McDonald - Sydney Morning Herald - 03/05/08 - Rudd seems to be shying away from necessary battles over defence
Patrick Walters - The Australian - 03/05/08 - Out of our depth
Atul Aneja - Tehran Times - 03/05/08 - India and Iran - looking beyond energy
Jim Wolf - UPI - 03/05/08 - Pentagon OK's revamped Lockheed missile program
News Report - Times Now - 03/05/08 - Worries over China's nuclear sub base
Dana Hedgpeth - Washington Post - 02/05/08 - Security of F-35 Jet Secrets Questioned
Gayle S. Putrich - Air Force Times - 02/05/08 - DoD approves JASSM
Andrea Chang - UPI - 02/05/08 - China to receive lastest SAMs from Russia
Joelle Tessler - AP - 02/05/08 - Fighter jet program may have compromised secret technology
Jung Sung-ki - The Korea Times - 01/05/08 - S. Korea May Give Up Purchase of Spy Planes
News Report - ABC - 01/05/08 - Australia's future defence policy
News Report - ABC - 01/05/08 - Second stage of fighter plane review complete
Brendan Nicholson - The Age - 01/05/08 - Victoria to land $5bn fighter deal
News Report - The West Australian - 01/05/08 - JSF 'at risk' from new Russian radars
News Report - The Age - 01/05/08 - JSF 'at risk' from new Russian radars
John Doyle - Aviation Week - 01/05/08 - Senate Bill Drops C-17s, Funds F-22s
Eric L. Palmer - ELP's War Pigs - 01/05/08 - The fix is in

April 2008

Gurmeet Kanwal - Rediff News - 29/04/08 - India should fear China's defence spending
Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 29/04/08 - Iraq,cost issues sap US military readiness-lawmaker
Thomas Donnelly - American Enterprise Institute - 29/04/08 - Defense Issues for the Next Administration
Megan Scully - Government Executive - 29/04/08 - Boeing presses Congress to have Navy buy more Super Hornets
News Report - Thaindian News - 29/04/08 - Technical bids for 126 fighter jets submitted
Cameron Stewart - The Australian - 27/04/08 - A $16 billion gamble
News Report - The Economic Times - 27/04/08 - Boeing to outsource US fighter jet components to India
Stephen Trimble - Flight Global - 25/04/08 - South Korea buys 21 more F-15Ks, but switches engines
News Report - MSN - 25/04/08 - India makes a breakthrough in LCA
News Report - Easybourse.com - 24/04/08 - India Invited To Join Eurofighter Makers' Consortium - EADS
Ilya Kramnik - United Press International - 23/04/08 - Outside View: Su-34 strategy -- Part 2
Michael Cary - Seguin Gazette-Enterprise - 23/04/08 - General talks about future defense to Rotary
Peter Hartcher - Sydney Morning Herald - 23/04/08 - Smith calls for more overseas clout
News Report - Russia Info-Center - 22/04/08 - Libya to spend $3 billion on Russian weapons
Georganne E. Schultz - F-16.net - 22/04/08 - Langley earns "excellent" in ORI
Laura London - Alamogordo Daily News - 22/04/08 - Stealth given first class send-off;End of era marked with honors, flyover
Karen Maeshiro - The Daily News - 22/04/08 - Jet that ruled night flies into military history
News Report - San Francisco Chronicle - 22/04/08 - Thousands attend Palmdale sendoff for last F-117s
News Report - Business Trust - 22/04/08 -  Russia may sue China over pirated fighter
News Report - Pravda - 22/04/08 - Russia infuriated with Chinese export copies of Su-27 jet fighters
Ilya Kramnik - United Press International - 22/04/08 - Outside View: Su-34 strategy -- Part 1
News Report - Los Angeles Times - 22/04/08 - Recent Pentagon-Air Force disputes
Editorial - Heritage Foundation - 22/04/08 - Congress, Not Air Force, Is the Problem
Mark Dodd - The Australian - 22/04/08 - New boats under fire
Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 21/04/08 - Boeing, Northrop CEOS met with Air Force on tanker
Defense Secretary Robert Gates - MSNBC - 21/04/08 - Text of Gates' comments about Air Force
Eric L. Palmer - ELP's War Pigs - 18/04/08 - Defence perception, minus reality
News Report - Antara News - 18/04/08 - Air forces Makassar base ready to accomodate Sukhoi
Ilya Kramnik - RIA Novosti  -17/04/08 - Su-34: new aircraft for Air Forces new concept
Aimee Turner - Flight Global - 17/04/08 -  USAF to start synthetic fuel trials with F-15
News Report - RedOrbit.com - 17/04/08 - Brazil, Russia Sign Agreement on Fighter Jets, Space Launch Vehicles
Bruce Haigh - ABC News Opinion - 17/04/08 - When the cat's away
News Report - Kommersant Daily -16/04/08 -  Vladimir Putin Found Substitute for Algeria // Russia invades Northern Africa via Libya
Ted LaBorde - The Republican - 16/04/08 - Guard in line for new fighters
Mark Dodd -The Australian - 16/04/08 - Alarm at China's influence in Timor
Justine Judge - CBS3 Springfield - 15/04/08 - F-22s May Find a Home in Westfield
Lynne Roberts - ArabianBusiness.com - 15/04/08 - Israel rattled by Saudi jets deal
Mark Dodd - The Australian - 15/04/08 - 'Invisible' JSF not ready until 2018
News Report - Reuters - 14/04/08 - Rivals in Norway warjet tender say to meet deadline
Capt. Larry van der Oord - Air Force News - 14/04/08 - Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment underway
Erik Holmes - Air Force Times - 10/04/08 - Officials: Fighter gap could reach 800 planes
News Report - RIA Novosti (Moscow) - 10/04/08 - Indonesia expects 3 new Russian Flanker fighters by October
Mark Bannermann - ABC 7:30 Report - 10/04/08 - Biggest defence purchase in Australia's history (Peter Goon interviewed)
News Report - Trend News - 09/04/08 - Indonesia to acquire three Russian-made jet fighters
News Report - UPI - 08/04/08 - India doesn't rule out threat from China
David Crane - Defense Review - 08/04/08 - U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Vulnerable to SS-N-27 Sizzler Anti-Ship Missile?  
Richard Burnett - Orlando Sentinel - 08/04/08 - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter costs could hit home
Jim Kozubek - Union Leader - 08/04/08 - F-22 set for legislative showdown
Dominic Gates - Seattle Times - 08/04/08 - Role of military planes declines in Boeing's defense business
Vargo Muradian - Defense News - 08/04/08 - Navy Struggles With 'Fighter Gap'
Andrei Chang - UPI - 07/04/08 - China's nuclear warhead stockpile rising
Stephen Trimble - Flight Global - 07/04/08 - B-1B bomber catches fire on runway in Qatar
News Report - AFP - 07/04/08 - US general says SKorea needs to bolster missile defense
News Report - RIA Novosti - 07/04/08 - Russian Air Force preparing to deploy second S-400 regiment
Stephen Trimble - Flight Global - 07/04/08 - USAF reveals C-17 cracks and dispute on production future
Sean Parnell - The Australian - 07/04/08 - Defence exercises focus on sea lanes
Kent Harris and Jennifer Svan - Stars and Stripes - 07/04/08 - War puts strain on Air Force’s aging fleet
K.P. Nayar - The Telegraph - 07/04/08 - Aussie veto looms on N-deal
News Report - RIA Novosti - 07/04/08 - Russia to have 5-6 aircraft carriers by 2060 - Navy commander
News Report - Sydney Morning Herald - 07/04/08 - How a sheep paddock was turned into a $360m nerve centre for our troops
Peter Eisler - USA Today - 04/04/08 - Today's spies find secrets in plain sight
News Report - Reuters via International Herald Tribune - 04/04/08 - Delays and overruns plague U.S. arms development
News Report - RIA Novosti - 04/04/08 - Russia to start flight tests of fifth-generation fighter in 2009
News Report - China View - 04/04/08 - China, Pakistan vow to boost military cooperation
News Report - Naval Open Source Intelligence - 04/04/08 - Secret U.S. ASAT?
News Report - The Times of India - 04/04/08 - India, Israel developing unmanned helicopter 
Tariq Iqbal - Pakistan Defence - 04/04/08 - Pakistan Air Force totals eight JF-17 Thunder aircrafts
News Report - India Defence - 03/04/08 - DRDO To Test Agni 3 Later In April 2008
News Report - Network World - 02/04/08 - Software engineering: a Defense Department bugaboo
Rick Nelson - Test and Measurement World - 02/04/08 - Putting teamwork on the radar
Simon Montlake - Christian Science Monitor - 02/04/08 - Former Pentagon official pleads guilty in China spy case
Dana Hedgpeth - Washington Post - 02/04/08 - GAO Blasts Weapons Budget
Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters via The Guardian - 02/04/08 - Lockheed F-35 costs about unchanged over past year
Scott Canon - Kansas City Star - 02/04/08 - B-2 bomber fleet not flying, but not grounded, either
Paul Holtom - RIA Novosti - 02/04/08 - The beginning of the end for deliveries of Russian major conventional weapons to China
David Robertson - Times Online - 02/04/08 - MoD hands over Royal Navy project to BAE to bypass £700m tax
David Hopper - Air Force - 02/04/08 - Upgraded B-52 still on cutting edge

March 2008

News Report - Prensa Latina - 31/03/08 - Russia to Hold Strategic Aviation Exercise
News Report - RF Design - 31/03/08 - Russia to begin taking delivery of SU-32/34 fighter aircraft
Richard Halloran - Washington Times - 31/03/08 - U.S. sees more Bejing missiles aimed at Taiwan
Sikat Datta - Outlook India - 31/03/08 - Burning Rubber
Mari Yamaguchi - AP - 31/03/08 - Tokyo Missile Defense Now Complete
Tim Hepher and Golnar Motevalli - NineMSN - 31/03/08 - UPDATE 3-Britain signs $26 bln air tanker deal
News Report - Sydney Morning Herald - 31/03/08 - Aussie defence bungle may benefit NZ
News Report - Sydney Morning Herald - 31/03/08 - RAAF says new fighters more than a match
Max Blenkin - Sunshine Coast Daily - 31/03/08 - RAAF fighters could be outgunned: expert
News Report - The West Australian - 31/03/08 - RAAF fighters could be outgunned: expert
News Report - Sydney Morning Herald - 31/03/08 - RAAF fighters could be outgunned: expert
News Report - Brisbane Times - 31/03/08 - RAAF fighters could be outgunned: expert
Andrei Chang - UPI - 31/03/08 - China ships more advanced weapons to Sudan
Press Release - Government of India Press Information Bureau - 31/03/08 - India-Singpore  Maritime Bilateral Exercises (SIMBEX - 2008)
News Report - AFP - 31/03/08 - NKorea raises stakes in nuke dispute with missile launches
News Report - RIA Novosti - 31/03/08 - Russia to display Su-35 fighter at Chile air show
News Report - Thompson Financial via Forbes - 31/03/08 - Russia suspends fighter jet delivery to Algeria worth 1.5 bln usd - report
Air Force might retire fewer B-52 bombers than planned
News Report - Mathaba.net - 28/03/08 - Russia delivers fighter jets to Malaysia
Press Release - Northrop Grumman - 28/03/08 - Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Sets 33-Hour Flight Endurance Record
News Report - UPI - 28/03/08 - Electronic warfare analysis released
Erik Holmes - Air Force Times - 28/03/08 - Elmendorf F-15s intercept Russian bombers
Erik Holmes - Air Force Times - 28/03/08 - Report predicts fewer next-gen bombers
News Report - The Age - 28/03/08 - RAAF fighters could be outgunned: expert
Press Release - PR News Wire - 28/03/08 - New AMRAAM Variant Destroys Target During Recent Test
Robert Fox - Guardian UK - 28/03/08 - Carriers advice
News Report - AP - 27/03/08 - Pilot Sues Over F-15 Crash
News Report - RIA Novosti - 27/03/08 - MiG-31 interceptors to hold live firing exercises in Siberia
News Report - AP - 27/03/08 - Reports: Russian investigators say combat jet shot down accidentally by another military plane
Ron Fraser - The Trumpet - 27/03/08 - Australia’s Defense Gap
News Report - Portfolio.com - 27/03/08 - Pentagon to look at plans for Lockheed plane: WSJ
August Cole - Wall Street Journal - 27/03/08 - Lockheed Plane To Be Reviewed By The Pentagon
Jacab Greber - Bloomberg - 27/03/08 - Australia Air Force May Double Super Hornet Order, Review Says
Sylvia Pfeifer - FT.com - 26/03/08 - Fighter aircraft to miss the boat
News Report - Scopical News - 26/03/08 - Fitzgibbon stays upbeat on Raptor jets
News Report - The Times of India - 26/03/08 - Russian military chief quits after row with defence minister
Silva Govindasamy - Flight International - 26/03/08 - India inks C-130J deal with the USA
News Report - AP - 26/03/08 - India Tests Nuclear Capable Missile
Brendan Nicholson - The Age - 26/03/08 - Australia to push US on supply of Raptor fighter
News Report - ABC - 26/03/08 - Fitzgibbon keeps Raptor hope alive
News Report - Herald Sun - 26/03/08 - Fitzgibbon to press US for F-22 Raptor
News Report - ABC - 26/03/08 - Fitzgibbon keen on US F-22 Raptors
News Report - AFP - 25/03/08 - US engineer gets 24 years for exporting military data to China
Waren Wilkens - Threat Watch - 25/03/08 - Pondering China's Military Buildup
John Andrew Prime - Shreveport Times - 25/03/08 - Updated: Barksdale airplanes often have unsung histories
Bill Sweetman - Aviation Week - 25/03/08 - There's still life in the old girl yetF-16IN product brochure proposal to India (PDF)
Pramit Pal Chauhuri - Manufacturing Business Technology - 25/03/08 - Boeing seeks to make India its global partner
News Report - The Age - 25/03/08 - ADF may need 'arm ripping' capability
Mark Dodd - News.com.au - 25/-3/08 - Labor wants US to sell secret F-22 fighter
P. Parameswaran - AFP - 25/03/08 - U.S., Russia, China competing to sell fighter jets in Asia
Eric L. Palmer - F-16.net - 25/03/08 - Navy's future with the F-35
Ian McPhedran - News.com.au - 25/03/08 - Aircraft carrier on secret navy wish list
Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - Government Executive - 21/03/08 - On the sea and in the air, military bills come due
News Report - Defense News - 21/03/08 - Russia, India To Sign Transport Aircraft Deal: Report
News Report - World Tribune - 21/03/08 - U.S. aircraft carriers vulnerable to China's Russian-made Sizzler missiles
Siva Govandasamy - Flight Global - 21/03/08 - Australia, Kaman reach agreement on Seasprites cancellation
Walter Jayawardhana - Lankaweb - 20/03/08 - Russia announces the concluded sales talks of 5 MiG 29s to Sri Lanka Navy
News Report - The Hindu - 20/03/08 - BrahMos underwater test firing this year 
News Report - ABC - 20/03/08 - Transcript, Fitzgibbon details Super Hornets plan--video
News Report - Defense Industry Daily - 20/03/08 - The Australian Debate: Abandon F-35, Buy F-22?
Emma Kelly - Flight Global - 19/03/08 - Boeing's Phantom Works Australia starts work
Tim Hepher and Matthias Blamont - Reuters - 19/03/08 - Aviation boss sees bankruptcies from $1.60 euro
Ashlee Vance - The Register - 19/03/08 - Ambitious China firms military and commercial R&D ties
Tom Vanden Brook - Honolulu Advisor -19/03/08 - Air Force hopes to boost fleet of lethal fighter drones 
News Report - Yonhap News - 19/03/08 - Korea's JCS gives ideas on U.S. missile system: report
Huma Siddiqui - Financial Express - 19/03/08 - Boeing set to bag order on 8  patrol aircraft
David Fulgham - Aviation Week - 19/03/08 - USN Hornet Shortfall Poised to Triple
David Axe and Bryan William Jones - World Politics Review - 18/03/08 - Are Unmanned Airplanes the U.S. Air Force's Salvation?
News Report - AP - 18/03/08 - Tucson-based Air Force command seeks aircraft for Central America
Chris Red - High Performance Composites - 18/03/08 - Composites in rotorcraft reach new altitudes
David A. Fulghum and Michael Bruno - Aviation Week - 18/03/08 - USAF Eyes Spaceborne Optics
Bruce Haige - Web Diary - 17/03/08 - We need to know
Amy Butler - Aviation Week - 17/03/08 - USAF Eyes Counter-ASAT System in 2011
Andrei Chang - UPI - 17/03/08 - Analysis: China arms Myanmar military
Mohammad Mar'i - Arab News - 17/03/08 - Tel Aviv seeks F-22 jet fighters
Monotapash Mukherjee - 17/03/08 - Global Politician - India's Missile Revolution
News Report - RIA Novosti - 17/03/08 - S-400 air defense systems to participate in live firing drills
Craig Hoyle - Flight Global - 17/03/08 - PICTURES: Guided firing success clears way for pre-production of MBDA's Meteor BVRAAM
Tanya Bryan - USAF News - 17/03/08 - RC-135 surpasses 50,000 flying-hour mark
Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. - National Journal - 17/03/08 - Aging Aircraft
News Report - AFP - 17/03/08 - Russia offers India aviation secrets in fighter contract bid
Mitchell Schnerman - Fort Worth Star Telegram - 17/03/08 - Let's Take a Hard Look at Defense Spending
Tom Allard - Sydney Morning Herald - 17/03/08 - Super jets likely to stay
News Report - AP - 17/03/08 - Rocket Lifts Off With Secret Satellite
News Report - RIA Novosti - 14/03/08 - Indian Navy chief to inspect MiG-29K assembly in Russia
News Report - The Financial Express - 14/03/08 - 94 countries to take part in wargame
News Report - Reuters - 14/03/08 - 14/03/08 - Israel vulnerable to cruise missiles -newspaper
Press Release - PR News Wire - 14/03/08 - Raytheon Unveils New Bunker-Busting Technology
Mark Dodd - The Australian - 14/03/08 - Defence 'must trim wish list'
Jason Mick - Daily Tech - 13/03/08 - Cyber Tensions Flare Amongst U.S., Chinese Military
News Report - Russia Info-Centre - 13/03/08 - Air Force Academy to Open in Russia
Greg Grant - Government Executive - 13/03/08 - Rising Joint Strike Fighter costs could put pressure on Defense budget
Martin Sieff - UPI - 13/03/08 - BMD Focus: BrahMos for Israel?
Tony Capaccio - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - 13/03/08 - Joint Strike Fighter's price tag going up, auditors say
Tom Allard - Sydney Morning Herald - 13/03/08 - Fighter price taking off, US report says
News Report - RIA Novosti - 13/03/08 - Russia must use nuclear deterrent to protect allies - analyst
Richard Lardner - AP - 12/03/08 - Jet Fighter Costs to Hit $1 Trillion
News Report - UPI - 12/03/08 - NORAD scrambles for Russian bombers
David Morgan - Reuters - 12/03/08 - Top U.S. military officer concerned about China
Joe Pappalardo - Military.com - 12/03/08 - Radar Tech Could Shift Military Might
News Report - Naval Open Source Intelligence - 12/03/08 - Indian AWACS project to be completed by 2011
Caitlin Harrington - Janes.com - 12/03/08 - Blackswift paves the way for US hypersonic aircraft development
Patrick Walters - The Australian - 12/03/08 - Ex-RAAF chiefs doubt JSF case
Eric L. Palmer - F-16.net - 12/03/08 - GAO Report Card on the F-35 JSF
Alexander Golts - The Moscow Times - 11/03/08 - An Army With No Troops
News Report - The Times of India - 11/03/08 - China must aim to enhance its military prowess: Hu Jintao
Martin Sieff - UPI - 11/03/08 - BMD Focus: BrahMos progress -- Part 3
Sujan Dutta - The Telegraph - 11/03/08 - Aircraft carrier without aircraft
Gregg K. Kakesako - Star Bulletin - 11/03/08 - Navy maps air squad update
News Report - WTOL.com - 11/03/08 - Ohio base bidding farewell to stealth fighter 
Allan Behm - The Australian - 11/03/08 - Defence lacks solutions
Editorial - Geelong Advisor - 11/03/08 - MAX BLENKIN: Super Hornet dogfight
Asif Shamim - F-16.net - 10/03/08 - Air National Guard lobbies to fly F-22 fleet
Editorial - LiveMint.com - 10/03/08 - China’s big military spend
Martin Sieff - UPI - 10/03/08 - BMD Focus: BrahMos progress -- Part 2
News Report - Domain-B - 10/03/08 - India to upgrade MiG-29 fleet
Ashok Parthasarathi and Raman Puri - The Hindu - 10/03/08 - The case to support the indigenous LCA programme 
Amy Butler, Robert Wall - Aviation Week -  10/03/08 - U.S. Navy: Unmanned Combat Squadron by 2025
Andrea Shalal-Esa - Reuters - 7/03/08 - Pentagon says does not need more Boeing C-17s
News Report - Lancashire Evening Post - 7/03/08 - Doubts remain despite minister's JSF pledge
Michael Bruno - Aviation Week - 7/03/08 - USAF Leaders Prefer More F-22 Raptors
News Report - RIA Novosti - 7/03/08 - Russia test flies '4++ generation' Su-35 strike fighter
Bob Brewin - Government Executive - 7/03/08 - U.S. unprepared for ongoing cyberwar, say top military and intelligence officials
Hyung Jin-Kim - Brisbane Times - 7/03/08 - Russian aircraft approaches US aircraft carrier
News Report - China View - 7/03/08 - Military leaders: Chinese troops ordered to be combat-ready
News Report - Security Focus - 7/03/08 - U.S. military flags China cyber threat
Philip Ewing - Air Force Times - 7/03/08 - Fearing fighter gap, Navy mulls new jet buy
Nandini Lakshman - Business Week - 7/03/08 - Why India Talked Up a U.S. Carrier Deal
News Report - UPI - 6/03/08 - RQ-4 Global Hawk logs 20,000 flight hours
News Report - The Times of India - 6/03/08 - Sea-to-land BrahMos test-fired successfully 
Yuri Zaitsev - RIA Novosti - 6/03/08 - Nuclear missile train at its final destination
Wendell Minnick - Defense News - 6/03/08 - Indonesia Wants F-16 Fighters
Derek Kaufman - USAF - 6/03/08 - Air Force plans retirement ceremony to commemorate F-117
Rob Taylor - Reuters - 6/03/08 - Australia scraps military helicopter contract
Caitlan Harrington - Janes Defence Weekly - 5/03/08 - U.S. general announces publication of air combat forces 'masterplan'
News Report - Flight International - 5/03/08 - DARPA pushes limits of unmanned aircraft capability to extremes
News Report - Taipei Times - 5/03/08 - Taiwan keeping up on defense: report
News Report - Yonhap News Agency - 5/03/08 - N.K. still trying to sell missiles: US report
Bob Brewin - Government Executive - 5/03/08 - Pentagon: Cyberattacks appear to come from China
Adam J. Hebert - AFA - 4/03/08 - The "2018 Bomber" Controversy 
News Report - AFP - 4/03/08 - US launches missile strike in Somalia: US military official
Richard Halloran - AFA - 4/03/08 - Protracted Nuclear War 
Vivek Raghuvanshi - Defense News - 4/03/08 - Sea Harrier Shortage Continues for Indian Navy
Bill Gertz - Washington Times - 4/03/08 - China speeds pace of military buildup
Fred W. Baker III - American Forces Press Service - 4/03/08 - China Military Expansion Could Have Global Implications (PDF file)
John A. Tirpak - AFA - 4/03/08 - The Raptor chronicles; F-22 questions; The F-15 mystery; Bomber prep ... 
News Report - UPI - 4/03/08 - Pentagon: China's military improving
Robert Burns - AP - 4/03/08 - China may try to limit opponents’ satellites
Robert S. Dudney - AFA - 4/03/08 - Beyond the F-22 problem
News Report - RIA Novosti - 4/03/08 - Belarus plans to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems
News Report - RIA Novosti - 4/03/08 - Russia's Sukhoi delivers new batch of Su-30 fighters to Malaysia
David Lague - International Herald Tribune - 3/03/08 - Russia and China rethink arms deals
News Report - Red Orbit - 3/03/08 - Russian TV Hails Resumption of Long-Range Aviation Flights
News Report - The Age - 3/03/08 - ALP govt breaking defence promise: Libs
News Report - Aero-News net - 2/03/08 - USAF Pushes For Extension To C-130J Production
Jason Sherman - Inside the Air Force - 2/03/08 - USAF chief joins push for linking DOD budget to size of U.S. economy
Michael Bruno - Aviation Week - 2/03/08 - Navy Facing ISR Deficit After P-3 Groundings
News Report - The Age - 2/03/08 - Aussies can be trusted with F-22: Gates
News Report - Taipei Times - 2/03/08 - EDITORIAL: The F-22 for the friend Down Under?
News Report - Seattle PI - 2/03/08 - At Boeing, shock -- and then anger
News Report - Prensa Latina - 1/03/08 - Russian Ultramodern Radar Operational
News Report - AFP - 1/03/08 - India hikes defence budget to $26.40 bln
Press Release - Boeing - 1/03/08 - Boeing Celebrates Small Diameter Bomb Delivery Milestones
News Report - Reuters - 1/03/08 - Dutch govt to join F-35 fighter test programme
Joelle Tesler - AP - 1/03/08 - Northrop, EADS Win $35B Air Force Tanker Deal
Jen DiMascio - Defense Daily - 1/03/08 - Air Force chief open to discussion of selling F-22s abroad



  1. F-22 Raptor News Archive @ Air-Attack.com
  2. United States Government Accountability Office - March 2007 - GAO-07-360 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER Progress Made and Challenges Remain
  3. United States Government Accountability Office - March 2007 - GAO-07-360 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER - Highlights
  4. Defense Industry Daily - Australian Air Power Controversy: F-35 and Super Hornets Under Fire (continuously updated)
  5. Robert  Kress and Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.) -  Flight Journal - Russian fighters for the USAF/USN? The ultimate irony …
  6. Robert  Kress and Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.) -  Flight Journal - Battle of the SuperFighters - F-14D Tomcat vs. F/A18 E/F Super Hornet [Editor's Note: The Su-30/35 Flankers are comparable to the F-14D in size, weight and performance, making this a useful comparison for analytical purposes. The Soviets were strongly influenced by the F-14 when they designed the T-10 Flanker.]
  7. William S Cohen - Air Force Magazine - January 2000 - Cohen on Air Power [SecDef public statement describing planning for the replacement of the F-117A with the F-22A]
  8. Dr Rebecca Grant - IRIS Independent Research - The Radar Game: Understanding Stealth and Aircraft Survivability [Highly Recommended - Refer Page 27]
  9. Matthew H. Molloy Lt Col, USAF, SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR SALE: CRAFTING AN F-22 EXPORT POLICY
  10. President Clinton promises F-22 to Israel (2001)
  11. David A Fulghum and Michael J Fabey - Aviation Week & Space Technology - F-22 Road Show (Compendium)
  12. Don Middleton - ADA Defender - Summer 2006/2007 - Are the F-111s Really Stuffed?
  13. ANAO Audit Report No.27 2006–07 Management of Air Combat Fleet In-Service Support
  14. US Air Force White Paper on Long Range Bombers
  15. Dr Rebecca Grant -AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION SPECIAL REPORT - Feb 2007 - RETURN OF THE BOMBER -  THE FUTURE OF LONG-RANGE STRIKE
  16. Monitoring the Procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter (Netherlands Court of Audit)
  17. Lieutenant Colonel Neil James - REFORM OF THE DEFENCE MANAGEMENT PARADIGM: A FRESH VIEW - WORKING PAPER NO. 59, Australian Defence Studies Centre, May 2000.

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