Demonstration Team Flew During Annual Fleet Week Celebration

The Navy's Blue Angels precision demonstration team performed over the weekend in San Francisco as part of the city's annual Fleet Week celebration. According to the Fleet Week website, "San Francisco Fleet Week is an annual public event that honors the contributions of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces while advancing cooperation and knowledge among civilian- and military-based Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response personnel." This an event that brings prestige, no small amount of tourist money, and tens of thousands of people to SF ... but at least one city 'official' did not embrace the spirit of the day. As a matter of fact, he got downright nasty about it... and worse... he went o

Will Supply 194 Aircraft To The Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy (IN) And National Cadet Corps (NCC).

Pipistrel has been selected by the government of India to equip the Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy (IN) and National Cadet Corps (NCC) with its modern, carbon-fiber Microlight aircraft Virus SW 80 "Garud", as a result of "Request for Technical and Commercial Proposal (RFP) for Microlight Aircraft". Pipistrel was selected as the winning bidder in the tendering competition among eleven international Original Equipment Manufacturers / Authorized Vendors.

Five Troops Fatally Injured, Five More Hurt

A NATO Puma Mk2 helicopter went down while landing at the headquarters of the Resolute Support Mission that is training security forces in Afghanistan on Sunday. Five NATO troops were fatally injured, according to officials. Five others received lesser injuries.