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Latest Military Aircraft News
- EADS Under Pressure to Settle A400M Dispute - Negotiations aimed at rescuing the A400M military transport made incremental progress, but EADS is under increasing pressure to resolve the matter.
- U.S. Drones Said to Strike Along Border in Pakistan - In another exceptionally heavy barrage, eight American drones fired at least 17 missiles at suspected militants along the border with Afghanistan on Tuesday.
- Gates Tries to Get F-35 Program Back on Course - a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03fighter.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/02/03/business/03figherPicC/thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aRather than being the Chevrolet of the skies, the F-35 has turned into the Pentagon?s biggest budget-buster.
- Gates Shakes Up Leadership for F-35 - a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/us/politics/02pentagon.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/02/02/us/02pentagon_CA0/thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he was replacing the general in charge of the Pentagon?s largest weapons program and withholding millions from the contractor.
- No Progress in Talks for Financing of European Military Plane - a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/business/global/23airbus.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/01/23/business/23airbus_CA0/thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aThe seven countries who ordered the Airbus A400M transport plane failed again to agree on how to pay for cost overruns.
- C.I.A. Deaths Prompt Surge in U.S. Drone Strikes - Since a suicide bombing that killed seven Americans in Afghanistan, the Central Intelligence Agency has employed an intensive series of strikes against militants in Pakistan.
- U.S. Offers Pakistan Drones to Urge Cooperation - a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/world/asia/22gates.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/01/22/world/22gates_337-395/thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aThe U.S. will provide a dozen unarmed spy drones to Pakistan to encourage that country?s cooperation in fighting militants on the Afghan border.
- A400M Is Supported, but Money Is at Issue - a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/business/global/16airbus.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/01/16/business/16airbus_CA0/thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aMilitary officials from the countries signed up to buy the Airbus A400M transport plane reaffirmed their commitment to the project but failed to reveal any additional financing.
Introduction to Military Aircraft
Military aircraft designed primarily for attacking strategic enemy targets and to gain air superiority. The bomber is designed to attack ground targets using bombs and air to surface missiles. Fighters in comparison are small, fast, and maneuverable and are the means by which air forces achieve superiority in the air. The term military aircraft also encompasses helicopters, reconnaissance, tankers and supply aircraft.
Key dates
1907: US Army specification far 2 seater military airplane with top speed of 64kph (40mph) and a range of 200km (125 miles).
1910: First demonstration of projectiles being dropped from a military aircraft.
1910: German patent taken out for a device allow fixed machine gun from an airplane.
1912: First British armed aircraft, Vickers FB1 ordered by Admiralty. Royal Flying Corps formed.
1913: First aerial combat takes place in Mexican civil War.
1914: First World War begins heralding a new era in aviation.
1915: Aerial bombardment of London by Zeppelin LZ-38. First flight of the all metal Junkers J1
1916: The emergence of Fighter aces begins
1917: First ever land on a ship under way carried out by E. H. Dunning in a Sopwith Pup.
1921: First sinking of a battle ship by an aircraft.
1922: This aircraft carrier USS Langley enters service.
1930: Frank Whittle a 23 year old RAF officer patents the jet engine.
1935: A prototype Douglas DC3 flies for the first time
1939: The second World War begins. The world's first jet aircraft the prototype Heinkle Hr-178 flies
1941: Carrier launched attack on Pearl Harbor. The He-280 becomes the first operational jet fighter.
1942: Me-262 exceeds 539 mph in test flights.
1944: The first V2 missiles are fired at London. The first Japanese Kamikaze mission are carried out.
1945: The B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
1947: The Bell X-1 flown by Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier.
1950: A Mig-15 and F-80 Shooting Star carry out the first all jet combat.
1953: Scott Crossfield exceeds Mach 2 in a Douglas D-558-2.
1959: Gary Powers flying a U2 is shot down over the USSR.
1965: SR-71 Blackbird exceeds Mach 3.
