F-14 Aircraft Iranian Air Force Fall, Two Pilots Killed

F-14 Tomcat Iran's Air Force crashed in the province of Bushehr on the Persian Gulf coast region, Iran, Thursday (1/26/2012) morning. Two pilots were killed when US-made plane that crashed minutes after takeoff.

"The pilot and copilot F-14 aircraft that crashed this morning had (died) as a martyr," said officials of Bushehr Province, Jafar Pourkabgani, told Fars news agency. According to Jafar, the plane crashed due to "technical failure" and the investigation is still underway to find the exact cause of the crash.

Iran still operates a fleet of Tomcat aircraft purchased from the United States in the era of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's pro-West before the Iranian Revolution occurred in 1979. F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine aircraft and tandem seater, which was the backbone of the U.S. Navy air forces operating from aircraft carriers.

In the world of pop, the aircraft was popularized through the movie Top Gun (1986), starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and Kelly McGillis.

Economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program has seriously affected the state's ability to care for the fighter fleet. According to news agency AFP, in the last decade, a series of serious air accident in Iran has led to more than 900 people were killed.

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Russia Develops Unmanned Aircraft

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Russia was determined to catch up in terms of technology unmanned aircraft (drone) from the U.S.. Russian helicopter manufacturer, Russian Helicopters, receive allocations from the federal government $ 5 billion Russian rubles (USD 1.4 trillion) for the development of three types of drones at once.

Russia's Defense Ministry wants the company is developing an unmanned helicopter weighs light, medium, and heavy, which can be enabled for reconnaissance missions, transport, and invasion. In the first stage, the company has finished creating the prototype target drone melee Ka-135, which can carry a payload weighing 100 kilograms, at the latest by 2015.

The second unmanned helicopters, Albatros, which weighs most heavily, is expected to be finished by 2017. These drones will function as a transport and attack helicopters. While all three drones, medium-weight, being designed to have traveled up to 300 kilometers.

Company that is comprised of three leading Russian helicopter manufacturers, namely Helicopters Mil, Kazan Helicopters, and Kamov Helicopters, drones are believed to develop after Kemenhan Russia disillusioned with domestic firms smaller first awarded the contract development of unmanned helicopters. These companies are accused of wasting state money.

If the program is the development of three types of drones are successful, the Russian Helicopters promised to get additional funding to develop two types of drones again to run the military and police missions.

Three Killed in Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan

Three people were killed when a civilian helicopter contracted by NATO troops crashed and burned in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on Monday (1/16/2012), officials said.

The helicopter was "no longer exists due to engine trouble", said Daud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial government.

"Three people were killed when a civilian helicopter crashed and burned in the Nad Ali district near Shora," said a security official who did not want to be named told AFP - Between monitored in Jakarta, Tuesday (01/17/2012) morning.

Afghan police have previously reported a "helicopter of foreign troops" have fallen, and Taliban insurgents claimed they had shot the helicopter.

But a spokesman for the International Assistance Force (ISAF), NATO leaders, said the helicopter was owned by a civilian company, which he mentioned the name AAR Airlift - based in the United States.

Chris Mason, AAR spokesman, confirmed that the helicopter owned by the company he works, which operated for the U.S. Department of Defense. The helicopter has crashed and Mason said all American casualties.

The chopper was carrying "personal supply" when it crashed, said Mason told AFP.

Airbus Relocate Wing Production to South Korea

Airbus decided to move some of the production process of the aircraft wings factory in Broughton, north Wales, England, to the aerospace companies of South Korea (ROK), Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI), Tuesday (01/10/2012).

According to a statement the EADS subsidiary, KAI believed to create panels of the wing to wing medium-range passenger jet Airbus A320. Final assembly of all parts of the wing is still being done in Broughton, which assembles artificial wings for all Airbus aircraft, including the A380 superjumbo.

A total of 200 staff affected by the transfer of this production, will be employed again in other parts factory in Broughton.

However, this decision immediately drew criticism from the British union.

"We have a lot of British companies who are ready, willing, and able to carry out the work for Airbus, but did not get a contract job. England is the largest manufacturer of aircraft wings in the world, but this contract melemahkah British position and provide our global competitors with advantages that are not needs to happen, "said Ian Waddell of the trade union Unite.