Aero-News has learned the first-ever release of air-to-surface
weapons in the history of the EU Eurofighter program were carried
out by EADS CASA Military Air Systems (MAS) earlier this month.
In a matter of seconds, a search and rescue exercise turned into
a real rescue in Aniva Bay off the Sakhalin Peninsula north of
Japan. A Russian Mil MI-14PS Search and Rescue helicopter with
thirteen souls on board crashed in full sight of -- and while being
filmed by -- a Japanese vessel at 6:46 AM Thursday morning --
Moscow time (0246 Zulu).
It was a long time in coming, but the repair of an F-16 damaged
in an accident at Utah's Hill Air Force Base in December 2000
will ultimately save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
We couldn't begin to guess how the Latin standard "caveat
emptor" translates into Chinese, but one Beijing businessman will
probably be a little more careful the next time he decides to buy
an old Russian fighter jet on eBay.
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