A round up of all military news in the US and all over the globe this Wednesday.
US Military suspects Pakistan of showing the crashed Osama helicopter to China.
The international business newspaper Financial Times quoted unnamed U.S. officials saying Chinese engineers photographed and took samples of the wreckage from the Black Hawk stealth helicopter that crashed at bin Laden’s compound in the May raid.
The US Military suspects that Pakistan wanted to show the Chinese the US Intelligence’s new aircraft technology in pinning down high-end fugitive like the former Osama Bin Laden.
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Russia shows off its aviation prowess at an international air show.
Lines of sleek combat jets and gleaming airliners filled an air base outside Moscow on Tuesday for Russia’s top air show, as the country aimed to burnish the image of its aviation industries and secure new export contracts.
Boeing, Airbus and other international aircraft makers have sent their latest products to Moscow’s International Aviation and Space Show at Zhukovsky air base, the Russian air force’s top flight test center since Soviet times.
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The Air Force also displayed a batch of planes, including a B-52 strategic bomber. A steady stream of visitors approached the planes, eager to take pictures and speak to their crews.
“We are very excited to be here to help to foster relations with the Russian and U.S governments and for us to meet our Russian counterparts in the air force and to see how everybody does business,” said Capt. T.J. May, a B-52 radar navigator with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.
Organizers hope the show will help Russian aircraft makers sign billions of dollars’ worth of new deals, including contracts for Sukhoi’s Superjet.
Boeing Co. and Airbus used the show to display their latest designs — Dreamliner and A380 — as they wrangle for new orders from Russia’s flag-carrier Aeroflot and other airlines.
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For more good news, US Aviators Volunteer to build a home for their colleague.
Every day for a week, around 400 people volunteered to build a home for Kansas National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Allen Hill, who was injured by a roadside bomb in 2007. Although he has recovered from his physical wounds, Hill has developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
A small army of Aviators volunteered to turn a pile of wood, stone and paint into a home ” and that is exactly what descended on Ottawa, Kan., the second week of August for an “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
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