Cardington Alumni Hall of Fame to induct five (photos)
Morrow County Sentinel
His training at multiple air bases qualified him first for primary pilot training, then jet training and gunnery training. He was part of the active duty fighter squadron in a combat ready status and flew jets ranging first from the F86, fighter jet ...

Dream Job Becomes a Reality for Local Photographer
KTVN
A McLaren, a Mercedes SLS and a 1980 L-39 military training jet. Take those three and give him a camera and Gil Folk is in seventh heaven. After all, he's just turned 21. "I've always loved the way cars look, I've always been into the high-end ...

Romanian Army to start fighter jets procurement this year
ACTmedia
... Dusa declared on Friday in Alba Iulia (northwest of Bucharest) that he is resolved to accomplish the goal set for the Romanian Army this year, to start the procurement of fighter jets, because the flight resource of the current MIG 21 Lancers only ...

Somaliland Sun
Somaliland: Military Displays Human and Equipment Might
Somaliland Sun
As a reminder of the atrocities committed by former Somalia ruler, Mohamed Siyad Barre, a downed MIG-21 fighter jet was mounted in the middle of Hargeisa town. By international standards, the Somaliland military can be considered as a rudimentary ...

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Dassault Aviation Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Aviation International News
The company he formed celebrates a special 50th anniversary this year, marking the date of the first flight of what became the patriarch of the Falcon business jet line–the Mystère 20–on May 4, 1963. In the five decades since then, more than 2,250 ...

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MURPHY'S LAW: A Melancholy Milestone For MiG
Strategy Page
May 19, 2013: Last month the Indian Air Force celebrated the 50th anniversary of receiving its first MiG-21 jet fighter. While the celebration was upbeat, masking the fact that India is rapidly getting rid of its MiG-21s, and not just because they are ...

UN panel: Sanctions delaying NKorea nuke program
Lake Wylie Pilot
In 2011, it said North Korea attempted to procure missile technology, sophisticated computer tools, and parts for MiG-21 jets in violation of sanctions. In 2010, arms-related material bound for Syria was seized and in 2008 rocket fuses bound for Iran ...

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Libyan air force jets on air surveillance along southern, eastern borders
Afrique en Ligue
'The Mig 21 combat planes and other types of aircraft involved in the campaign took off from the military airport in Sheba (south) to monitor border movements,' he said . 'Those which took off from the military base in Tobruk, monitored the border with ...

This is Leicestershire
Cold War jets on display
This is Leicestershire
... Nimrod, Comet, Lightning, Canberra, Jet Provost, Hunter and Iskra. Visitors will also get the chance to see Buccaneers taxying in close formation, and there will be an appearance by Warsaw Pact Cold War jet the L29 Delphin. Main image for myprint ...

UN Panel: Sanctions Delaying NKorea Nuke Program
ABC News
In 2011, it said North Korea attempted to procure missile technology, sophisticated computer tools, and parts for MiG-21 jets in violation of sanctions. In 2010, arms-related material bound for Syria was seized and in 2008 rocket fuses bound for Iran ...

UN panel: Sanctions delaying NKorea nuke program
Boston.com
In 2011, it said North Korea attempted to procure missile technology, sophisticated computer tools, and parts for MiG-21 jets in violation of sanctions. In 2010, arms-related material bound for Syria was seized and in 2008 rocket fuses bound for Iran ...

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India commissions first MiG-29K fighters
UPI.com
India also is in the process of phasing out its dreaded MiG-21 fighter jets -- nicknamed "the flying coffin" -- by next year. Pilots, former pilots and families of pilots who have died in MiG-21 crashes had been pressing the government for years to ...

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A Spectacular Fail For North Korea - StrategyPage
Strategy Page
Turns out that back in 2011, Dashdeleg had made a secret deal to deliver twenty surplus MiG-21 jet fighters to North Korea, by sending them to China as scrap. Dashdeleg's associates would work with Chinese contacts to see that the aircraft components ...

Agroplast manager acquitted of arms smuggling
Prague Daily Monitor
The U.S. Administration imposed sanctions on Agroplast in 1999 due to the suspicion of its sale of 40 MiG-21 fighter jets to North Korea. Witnesses said the six planes seized in Azerbaijan in 1999 had headed for North Korea. Svejnoha was on board the ...

Top Gun-ge: Oven cleaner tackles jet engines
Sutton Guardian
“I've been asked to clean car parts before but I doubt there'll be too many times when I'm asked to clean jet engines.” Mr Azim bought the Czech-built jet plane for £6,995, using money he and his wife had saved for a Porsche. The MiG 15 — part of ...

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