DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US DoD Has Awarded Contracts To Lockheed Martin For F-35 JSF Aircrafts

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: US DoD Has Awarded Contracts To Lockheed Martin For F-35 JSF Aircrafts

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 28, 2013: The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin signed two F-35 contracts today, valued at $7.8 billion, for a total of 71 F-35 Lightning II aircraft to be produced in the sixth and seventh Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) lots. These agreements are a significant milestone for the F-35 Program, and reflect cost reduction initiatives shared by government and industry.

The LRIP 6 contract, valued at $4.4 billion ($3.7 billion awarded through a December 2012 undefinitized contract action; ref: N00019-11-C-0083, and $0.7 billion awarded through today’s contract) funds production of 36 aircraft, with average aircraft unit cost approximately 2.5 percent lower than LRIP 5 aircraft. LRIP 6 per variant unit prices (not including engine cost) follow:

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IT'S SATURDAY

IT'S SATURDAY

GOOD MORNING

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

Have a Great Saturday To All

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2nd October Gandhi Jayanti

2nd October Gandhi Jayanti

For 2nd October collecting Gandhi ji's Photos.  Make your contribution such as it is required

Toh Ghar mein jitne bi 50/100/500/1000

keh notes ho, sab bhej do.

WE JUST LOVE BAPU ~ Have a blessed day.

*Courtesy Sonika Jain - Joke for a laugh

IT'S TUESDAY

IT'S TUESDAY

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

TUESDAY

Have a Great Tuesday To All

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The Bees

The Bees

If the Bee Disappeared 

Off the Face of the Earth, 

Man Would Only 

Have Four Years 

Left To Live

Albert Einstein

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IT'S MONDAY

IT'S MONDAY

MONDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY
MONDAY

Have a Great Monday To All

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IT'S SUNDAY

IT'S SUNDAY

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

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Our World

Our World

Everyone Wants To Change The World But First We Have To change Ourselves

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DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Syrian Soldier Loyal To President Bashar al-Assad

DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Syrian Soldier Loyal To President Bashar al-Assad

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 18, 2013: One of the soldiers shows a tattoo on his chest, closely resembling former president and father of current incumbent president Bashar al-Assad. 

Photographs: ITAR-TASS/Barcroft Media

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DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Syrian Soldier At A Checkpoint

DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Syrian Soldier At A Checkpoint 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 18, 2013: An armed soldier behind a concrete barrier at the checkpoint.

Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) & DTN News / otherwise source stated

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DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Syrian Soldiers At A Checkpoint on The Outskirts of Damascus

DTN News - SYRIA UNREST: Syrian Soldiers At A Checkpoint on The Outskirts of Damascus

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 18, 2013: Soldiers inspect vehicles at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria.

Photograph: IPF (International Pool of Friends) & DTN News / otherwise source stated

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DTN News - VIRGIN NEWS: Sir Richard Branson At Press Launch By French Telecom Company Virgin Mobile

DTN News - VIRGIN NEWS:  Sir Richard Branson At Press Launch By French Telecom Company Virgin Mobile

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 18, 2013: Power to the people. Never one to miss a photo opportunity to dress up, Sir Richard Branson looking like Wolfie Smith arrives aboard a jeep to attend a press launch by French telecom company Virgin Mobile. 

Photograph: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images

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DTN News - AUSTRALIAN NEWS: Australia's New Prime Minister Tony Abbott Poses For A Picture With His Family in Canberra

DTN News - AUSTRALIAN NEWS: Australia's New Prime Minister Tony Abbott Poses For A Picture With His Family in Canberra

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 18, 2013: Here Australia's new Prime Minister Tony Abbott poses for a group picture with his lovely family after his swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Canberra. 

Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

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DTN News - HELITECH INTERNATIONAL 2013: Russian Helicopters To Display Ka-32, Ka-62 At Helitech

DTN News - HELITECH INTERNATIONAL 2013: Russian Helicopters To Display Ka-32, Ka-62 At Helitech

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 16, 2013: The Ka-32A11BC’s coaxial rotor system has number of advantages in hover accuracy and maneuverability, allowing it to perform complex installation and construction tasks, the company emphasizes, along with a wide variety of other demanding specialized tasks such as “horizontal” firefighting using a water cannon against blazes high up in tall buildings.

The Ka-62 has a single five-bladed main rotor, with an enclosed tail rotor and more than 50 percent of its airframe structure and its rotor blades made from composite materials. 

Powered by two Turbomeca Ardiden 3G turboshafts, the Ka-62 will also feature a glass cockpit and wheeled landing gear. The Ka-62 is designed for missions including cargo transportation, medevac and SAR, and is also aimed at the oil/gas and corporate sectors.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Taliban Strike U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan - Killing At Least 4

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Taliban Strike U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan - Killing At Least 4

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 15, 2013: The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.

 

The attack in the city of Herat underscored concerns about an insurgency that shows no signs of letting up as U.S.-led troops reduce their presence ahead of a full withdrawal next year.

Within hours of the assault, the U.S. temporarily evacuated many of its consular personnel to the embassy in Kabul, 650 kilometres (400 miles) to the east Herat lies near Afghanistan's border with Iran and is considered one of the safer cities in the country, with a strong Iranian influence. Friday's attack highlighted the Taliban's reach: The militants once concentrated their activities in the east and the south, but in recent years have demonstrated an ability to strike with more frequency in the once-peaceful north and west.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Taliban Strike U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan - Killing At Least 4

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Taliban Strike U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan - Killing At Least 4

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 15, 2013: The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.

 

The attack in the city of Herat underscored concerns about an insurgency that shows no signs of letting up as U.S.-led troops reduce their presence ahead of a full withdrawal next year.

Within hours of the assault, the U.S. temporarily evacuated many of its consular personnel to the embassy in Kabul, 650 kilometres (400 miles) to the east Herat lies near Afghanistan's border with Iran and is considered one of the safer cities in the country, with a strong Iranian influence. Friday's attack highlighted the Taliban's reach: The militants once concentrated their activities in the east and the south, but in recent years have demonstrated an ability to strike with more frequency in the once-peaceful north and west.

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Taliban Strike U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan - Killing At Least 4

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Taliban Strike U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan - Killing At Least 4

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 15, 2013: The Taliban attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan with car bombs and guns on Friday, killing at least four Afghans but failing to enter the compound or hurt any Americans.

 

The attack in the city of Herat underscored concerns about an insurgency that shows no signs of letting up as U.S.-led troops reduce their presence ahead of a full withdrawal next year.

Within hours of the assault, the U.S. temporarily evacuated many of its consular personnel to the embassy in Kabul, 650 kilometres (400 miles) to the east Herat lies near Afghanistan's border with Iran and is considered one of the safer cities in the country, with a strong Iranian influence. Friday's attack highlighted the Taliban's reach: The militants once concentrated their activities in the east and the south, but in recent years have demonstrated an ability to strike with more frequency in the once-peaceful north and west.

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DTN News - WORLD OF TODAY: Philippines News ~ No Ceasefire With MNLF

DTN News - WORLD OF TODAY: Philippines News ~ No Ceasefire With MNLF

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 12, 2013:  Government troopers fire their weapons as they continue their assault on Muslim rebels in Zamboanga city in the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Fulfills US Air Force C-17 Production Contract With 223rd Delivery

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Boeing Fulfills US Air Force C-17 Production Contract With 223rd Delivery

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 12, 2013: Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the 223rd and last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter today, fulfilling the production contract more than 20 years after the first delivery.

The aircraft left Boeing’s Long Beach facility to fly to its assignment at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., where a ceremony will mark its arrival.

The Air Force was the C-17's launch customer. Since the aircraft's first flight Sept. 15, 1991, it has been the world's only strategic airlifter with tactical capabilities that allow it to fly between continents, land on short, austere runways, and airdrop supplies precisely where they are needed.

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DTN News - WW2: Germany's Most Productive StuG III Assault Gun During World War 2

DTN News - WW2: Germany's Most Productive StuG III Assault Gun During World War 2

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 11, 2013: The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany's most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. It was built on the chassis of the proven Panzer III tank. 

Initially intended as a mobile, armoured light gun for infantry support, the StuG was continually modified and was widely employed as a tank destroyer.

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DTN News - WW2: Indian Troops During Operation Battleaxe on August 6 1941

DTN News - WW2: Indian Troops During Operation Battleaxe on August 6 1941

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 11, 2013:  Indian troops, during Operation Battleaxe on August 6, 1941. An Indian infantry division was involved in the first attempt to remove Reverend Major Bachs' forces out of Halfaya Pass - an important position between the Egypt and Libyan border. 

The latter was then an Italian colony. Bachs was a German priest and therefore had a religious title, as well a military rank.

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DTN News - 9/11 ANNIVERSARY: Obama Observes Moment of Silence on 9/11 Anniversary

DTN News - 9/11 ANNIVERSARY: Obama Observes Moment of Silence on 9/11 Anniversary

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 11, 2013:  US President Barack Obama temporarily set aside his Syrian agenda to lead the US in a moment of silence to observe the 12th anniversary of 9/11, the worst terrorist attack on American soil.

Families and friends of victims are also gathering near Ground Zero to remember those who died .

The US has heightened security of facilities abroad for the anniversary, the White House said citing the attack that killed four US government employees in Benghazi, Libya, last year.

Mr Obama, joined by first lady Michelle Obama and vice president Joe Biden and his wife Jill gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, where flags were at half-staff.

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China’s Most Beautiful Military Training Instructor

DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China’s Most Beautiful Military Training Instructor

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2013: It’s back-to-school time again. Many students don’t want to school because of military training under the scorching sunshine. Many students cannot bear the hard training, even some hate military training. However, recently, China’s most beautiful female military training instructor hits the Internets.

Seeing her photo, many netizens said, “Isn’t it said that military training makes people tan?” Some netizens said they were willing to accept military training if they have such a beautiful military training instructor. Some netizens even said that having such a beautiful female instructor, we are not fear of any kind of military training.

This female instructor is Zhang Yihan, who is a junior student of College of Art Design in Dalian Polytechnic University (DPU) in China. This university has the tradition that  junior students take charge of military training instructors. These students instructors have been trained strictly in summer holiday.

If she’s in your school, would you like to go back to school to receive the military training again?

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China’s Most Beautiful Military Training Instructor

DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China’s Most Beautiful Military Training Instructor

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2013: It’s back-to-school time again. Many students don’t want to school because of military training under the scorching sunshine. Many students cannot bear the hard training, even some hate military training. However, recently, China’s most beautiful female military training instructor hits the Internets.

Seeing her photo, many netizens said, “Isn’t it said that military training makes people tan?” Some netizens said they were willing to accept military training if they have such a beautiful military training instructor. Some netizens even said that having such a beautiful female instructor, we are not fear of any kind of military training.

This female instructor is Zhang Yihan, who is a junior student of College of Art Design in Dalian Polytechnic University (DPU) in China. This university has the tradition that  junior students take charge of military training instructors. These students instructors have been trained strictly in summer holiday.

If she’s in your school, would you like to go back to school to receive the military training again?

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DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China’s Most Beautiful Military Training Instructor

DTN News - CHINA NEWS: China’s Most Beautiful Military Training Instructor

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2013: It’s back-to-school time again. Many students don’t want to school because of military training under the scorching sunshine. Many students cannot bear the hard training, even some hate military training. However, recently, China’s most beautiful female military training instructor hits the Internets.

Seeing her photo, many netizens said, “Isn’t it said that military training makes people tan?” Some netizens said they were willing to accept military training if they have such a beautiful military training instructor. Some netizens even said that having such a beautiful female instructor, we are not fear of any kind of military training.

This female instructor is Zhang Yihan, who is a junior student of College of Art Design in Dalian Polytechnic University (DPU) in China. This university has the tradition that  junior students take charge of military training instructors. These students instructors have been trained strictly in summer holiday.

If she’s in your school, would you like to go back to school to receive the military training again?

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2013: Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout:

Officials from the United States and China met Sept. 9, 2013 in Beijing for the 14th annual Defense Consultative Talks. Dr. James Miller, undersecretary of defense for policy, and Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of the People’s Liberation Army General Staff, led their respective country’s delegations. The U.S. delegation included representatives from the Joint Staff, U.S. Pacific Command, the National Security Staff and the State Department.

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DTN News - FRENCH DEFENSE NEWS: French Army Nexter Aravis - MRAP

DTN News - FRENCH DEFENSE NEWS: French Army Nexter Aravis - MRAP

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 10, 2013:  The French Procurement Agency DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) has announced having taken delivery on last 19 January 2010 of the first four Nexter Aravis mine resistant ambush protected vehicles earmarked for the French Army. 

A total of fifteen such vehicles, dubbed VBHP — for Véhicule blindé hautement protégé –, was ordered in April 2009 for a sum of about €20 million. This specific procurement, made under a French Army crash programme (UOR), is aimed at providing the Armée de Terre’s Engineer Detachment on duty with ISAF in Afghanistan with a highly protected road reconnaissance vehicle likely to defeat and resist any standard IED explosion.

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DTN News - MRAP NEWS: Dakota County Sheriff's Office Acquires Decommissioned Military-grade, Mine-resistant Vehicle

DTN News - MRAP NEWS: Dakota County Sheriff's Office Acquires Decommissioned Military-grade, Mine-resistant Vehicle

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 8, 2013: The heavy vehicles were designed specifically to deflect blasts from roadside bombs in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.

This week, the Dakota County Sheriff's Office took possession of a Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected armored vehicle, more commonly known as an MRAP.

The MRAP vehicles are military vehicles used in Iraq and Afghanistan to combat roadside bombs, or Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The MRAP delivered to Dakota County weighs over 40,000 pounds, Sheriff Dave Bellows writes in his weekly newsletter. 

"While they were designed with heavy armor to protect soldiers from the impact of IEDs, they will provide equal protection for law enforcement officers. After getting some refurbishment, we will assign the vehicle to the MAAG (SWAT) team," Bellows writes.

According to an article in the Washington Post, the U.S. military had about 24,000 of MRAPs at the start of this year, some of which have been scrapped as the war winds down. Each originally cost $1 million, the Post writes. 

Some of them have been decommissioned by the military for use by civilian authorities, however. The MRAP delivered to the DCSO is just the first of 18 such vehicles, which will soon arrive in Minnesota for use by local law enforcement agencies. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety will distribute the vehicles over the next few months. 

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DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News - AEW&C Aircraft

DTN News  ~ Defense-Technology News  - AEW&C Aircraft 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 7, 2013: AEW&C Aircraft - An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar system designed to detect aircraft, ships and vehicles at long ranges and perform control and command of the battle space in an air engagement by directing fighter and attack aircraft strikes. AEW&C units are also used to carry out surveillance, including over ground targets and frequently perform C2BM (command and control, battle management) functions similar to an Airport Traffic Controller given military command over other forces. Used at a high altitude, the radars on the aircraft allow the operators to distinguish between friendly and hostile aircraft hundreds of miles away.

AEW&C aircraft are used for both defensive and offensive air operations, and are to the NATO and USA forces trained or integrated Air Forces what the Command Information Center is to a Navy Warship, plus a highly mobile and powerful radar platform. The system is used offensively to direct fighters to their target locations, and defensively, directing counterattacks on enemy forces, both air and ground. So useful is the advantage of command and control from a high altitude, the United States Navy operates AEW&C aircraft off its Supercarriers to augment and protect its carrier Command Information Centers (CICs)

AEW&C aircraft are used for both defensive and offensive air operations, and are to the NATO and USA forces trained or integrated Air Forces what the Command Information Center is to a Navy Warship, plus a highly mobile and powerful radar platform. AEW&C is also known by the older terms "airborne early warning" (AEW) and "airborne warning and control system" (AWACS).

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DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News - AEW&C Aircraft

DTN News  ~ Defense-Technology News  - AEW&C Aircraft 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - September 7, 2013: AEW&C Aircraft - An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar system designed to detect aircraft, ships and vehicles at long ranges and perform control and command of the battle space in an air engagement by directing fighter and attack aircraft strikes. AEW&C units are also used to carry out surveillance, including over ground targets and frequently perform C2BM (command and control, battle management) functions similar to an Airport Traffic Controller given military command over other forces. Used at a high altitude, the radars on the aircraft allow the operators to distinguish between friendly and hostile aircraft hundreds of miles away.

AEW&C aircraft are used for both defensive and offensive air operations, and are to the NATO and USA forces trained or integrated Air Forces what the Command Information Center is to a Navy Warship, plus a highly mobile and powerful radar platform. The system is used offensively to direct fighters to their target locations, and defensively, directing counterattacks on enemy forces, both air and ground. So useful is the advantage of command and control from a high altitude, the United States Navy operates AEW&C aircraft off its Supercarriers to augment and protect its carrier Command Information Centers (CICs)

AEW&C aircraft are used for both defensive and offensive air operations, and are to the NATO and USA forces trained or integrated Air Forces what the Command Information Center is to a Navy Warship, plus a highly mobile and powerful radar platform. AEW&C is also known by the older terms "airborne early warning" (AEW) and "airborne warning and control system" (AWACS).

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KANGAROO SWEET TALKS WOMAN

KANGAROO SWEET TALKS WOMAN

That kangaroo really knows how to win over the ladies. He's really got some charm!

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LION KEEPER MASSAGING HIS PET

LION KEEPER MASSAGING HIS PET

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Incredible Hulk, The African Version

Incredible Hulk, The African Version

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Russian Mikoyan MiG-29 Multirole Fighter Jet

DTN News - MAKS 2013:  Russian Mikoyan MiG-29 Multirole Fighter Jet

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 31, 2013: A MiG-29 jet fighter performs during the MAKS-2013 international aviation and space show in the city of Zhukovsky near Moscow, Russia.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Sukhoi Su-35 Multirole Fighter Jet

DTN News - MAKS 2013: Sukhoi Su-35 Multirole Fighter Jet

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 31, 2013: A Russian SU-35 performs during the MAKS-2013 international aviation and space show in the city of Zhukovsky near Moscow, Russia.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Russian Mikoyan MiG-29M2 Multirole Fighter Jet

DTN News - MAKS 2013:  Russian Mikoyan MiG-29M2 Multirole Fighter Jet

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 31, 2013: Russian Mig-29М2 Fighter Jet Rehearsing For MAKS-2013 Airshow.

The Mikoyan MiG-29M2  is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new American fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG-29 entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Sukhoi Su-30SM Multirole Fighter Jet

DTN News - MAKS 2013:  Sukhoi Su-30SM Multirole Fighter Jet

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 31, 2013: Pilots of Russia’s famed Russkiye Vityazi (the Russian Knights) aerobatic display team on Friday tested new Su-30SM multirole fighter jets, the aircraft’s manufacturer said.

“During the flights, pilots of the famed aerobatics team performed a series of aerial stunts and familiarized themselves with unique super-maneuverable capacities of the Su-30SM fighter jet. They spoke highly of the plane’s performance,” said Alexander Uvarov, a spokesman for the plane’s manufacturer, the Irkut Corporation.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: MiG-29 Jet Fighters & Sukhoi Su-27 Jet Fighters

DTN News - MAKS 2013:  MiG-29 Jet Fighters & Sukhoi Su-27 Jet Fighters

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 30, 2013:  MiG-29 jet fighters of the Strizhi and Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighters of the Russkiye Vityazi aerobatic teams perform during a demonstration flight at the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Sukhoi Su-35 Supermaneuverable Multirole Fighter

DTN News - MAKS 2013:  Sukhoi Su-35 Supermaneuverable Multirole Fighter

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 30, 2013:  Russia hosted an airshow of some of the most advanced fighter planes of the world. Russia’s MAKS-2013 airshow showcased the best, including Russia’s new T-50 Fifth Generation Fighter plane. 

The airshow displayed splendid acrobatics of Sukhoi Su-35S and T-50 fighter plane. T-50 is undergoing test in prototype form and is expected to be battle ready before 2014.

 

It also included a display by Russia’s famed Strizhi (Swifts) and Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic teams, as well as the Berkuty (Golden Eagles) helicopter display team.

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DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN: Family Tells of Last Moments of The World's Most Wanted Man

DTN News - OSAMA BIN LADEN: Family Tells of Last Moments of The World's Most Wanted Man

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 30, 2013: For the first time the voices of Osama's wives and children can be heard amid pages and pages of eyewitness accounts.

The sound of footsteps and gunfire was coming closer, up the stairs towards the third floor where Osama bin Laden, his youngest wife Amal and one of his daughters must have known their life on the run was reaching its end.

On the landing outside their refuge, Amal saw the dark form of an American Navy Seal steady his weapon, a red laser ray trained on her husband's chest. She flung herself at the commando, in a desperate attempt to snatch the rifle away.

A bullet pierced her knee and more shots followed. As she lay injured on the bed, Amal heard the American accents of soldiers asking two of bin Laden's daughters the name of the man they just killed.

This is not another gung-ho account of the raid on bin Laden's hideaway told by the Navy Seals who mounted the assault, nor is it the gripping climax of Zero Dark Thirty, Hollywood's version of the story.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Mi-28 military Helicopters of The Berkuty Aerobatic Team

DTN News - MAKS 2013:  Mi-28 Military Helicopters of The Berkuty Aerobatic Team 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 29, 2013:  Mi-28 military helicopters of the Berkuty aerobatic team perform during a demonstration flight at the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Russian Fifth Generation Fighter T-50 Takes To The Sky

DTN News - MAKS 2013: Russian Fifth Generation Fighter T-50 Takes To The Sky

 (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 29, 2013:  Russia hosted an airshow of some of the most advanced fighter planes of the world. Russia’s MAKS-2013 airshow showcased the best, including Russia’s new T-50 Fifth Generation Fighter plane. 

The airshow displayed splendid acrobatics of Sukhoi Su-35S and T-50 fighter plane. T-50 is undergoing test in prototype form and is expected to be battle ready before 2014.

 

It also included a display by Russia’s famed Strizhi (Swifts) and Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic teams, as well as the Berkuty (Golden Eagles) helicopter display team.

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DTN News - MAKS 2013: Chinese Air Force ~ J-10 Aerobatic Planes In Moscow

DTN News - MAKS 2013: Chinese Air Force ~ J-10 Aerobatic Planes In Moscow

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - August 29, 2013:  For the first time in Russia, “August 1st”, an air demonstration team of the Chinese Air Force, named after the date of creation of the people’s liberation army of China. They will perform on Chinese-made high-speed 4th generation J-10 jet fighters.

The aircraft is shaped according to the aerodynamic design “duck” with triangular mid wing,

arrow-type horizontal canard closely-spaced to the wing and single-fin vertical tail unit.

Baltic Bees is the first and only private civil aerobatic demonstration team in the Baltic states.

Its calling card is the art of group flying at extremely minimum distances and smooth performance of aerobatic maneuvers.

Demonstration flights of Swiss planes – McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet – will take place at MAKS 2013 for the first time too.

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