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Cambodia opens $2bn Chinese-built airport
Cambodia (AFP) Sept 9, 2025 A $2 billion Chinese-built airport in Cambodia opened its runways to the first planes on Tuesday, bringing hopes for a tourism revival but beset by accusations of land evictions. Officials hope the facility - which replaces Phnom Penh's old airport as the capital's main aviation transport hub - will boost Cambodia's struggling tourism industry. Built by a major state-owned Chinese construction firm, the Techo International Airport is a 2,600-hectare (10 square mile) behemoth jointly funded by ... read more |
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Ground vibration test validates structural models for UpLift research aircraftCologne, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 The German Aerospace Center has reached a major milestone in its UpLift program, completing a ground vibration test on the D328 UpLift research aircraft. The test precisely mapped the structural dyn ... more 
Estonia slams new Russian airspace violationTallinn (AFP) Sept 8, 2025 Estonia's foreign ministry on Monday said it had summoned the Russian embassy's charge d'affaires to lodge a protest after a Russian helicopter violated its airspace. ... more 
Norway experiments with electric plane in real-life testOslo (AFP) Sept 4, 2025 An electric plane took to the skies between the Norwegian airports Stavanger and Bergen on Thursday, simulating a cargo flight for the first time in real-life conditions, Norwegian airlines operator Avinor announced. ... more 
German defence minister ups pressure on France over jet projectBerlin (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday urged France to break the impasse over the multinational Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter jet project. ... more |
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New Zealand spending $1.6b on sub-hunting helicopters, planesWellington (AFP) Aug 21, 2025 New Zealand will spend US$1.16 billion on a fleet of Sikorsky submarine-hunting helicopters to bolster its military capabilities, it announced Thursday. The purchase of five Sikorsky MH-60R ... more 
Top US Air Force officer to retire before end of termWashington (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 General David Allvin will retire just two years into his four-year term as chief of staff of the US Air Force, the service announced on Monday. The Air Force did not give a reason for Allvin ... more 
Switzerland vows to press on with US fighter jet dealGeneva (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 /> Switzerland vowed Wednesday to continue its attempts to buy F-35A fighter jets from the United States despite spiralling expenses. The US is pushing for Switzerland to bear extra costs for p ... more 
Striking Boeing defense workers turn to US CongressNew York (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 /> Boeing defense industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers' support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the aviation giant to improve its bargaining offer to the uni ... more 
Japan deploys first F-35B stealth fighter jetWashington DC (UPI) Aug 7, 2025 The Japanese Air Self Defense Force on Thursday deployed its first three F-35B stealth fighters in southwestern Japan. ... more |
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Two Ghana ministers killed in helicopter crash
Accra (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 Ghana's defence and environment ministers were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, hours after the armed forces reported a chopper carrying three crew and five passengers dropped off the radar. Television station Joy News broadcast cell phone footage from the crash scene showing smouldering wreckage in a heavily forested area earlier in the day, before it was revealed that ministers Edward Omane Boamah and Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were among the dead. Boamah became Presi ... read more 
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific unveils deal to buy 14 Boeing jetsHong Kong (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday it would place a US$8.1 billion order for 14 Boeing jets, its first with the US aircraft maker for more than a decade. ... more |
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Thailand approves $600 million deal for Swedish fighter jetsBangkok (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 Thailand approved the purchase of four Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets on Tuesday, the air force said, a week after reaching a ceasefire in deadly border clashes with Cambodia. ... more
US Army helicopter in deadly Washington crash had technical issuesNew York (AFP) Aug 2, 2025 An investigative hearing into a deadly mid-air collision of a US Army helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people in Washington has revealed a discrepancy in the chopper's altitude displays. ... more
Heathrow unveils expansion plan for third runwayLondon (AFP) Aug 1, 2025 London's Heathrow Airport on Friday unveiled a GBP49-billion ($65 billion) expansion plan, including the costs of building a long-awaited third runway, approved by the UK government after years of legal wrangling. ... more 
Navy F-35 jet crashes in CaliforniaWashington DC (UPI) Jul 31, 2025 A U.S. Navy F-35 fighter jet crashed following an "aviation incident" in California, authorities and officials said. ... more 
At least two dead in German military helicopter crashBerlin (AFP) July 29, 2025 At least two members of the German air force were killed when their helicopter crashed during a training flight in the east of the country, the defence ministry said Tuesday. ... more |
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