Aviation News - June 2006
Commercial
Alenia, Dassault and Boeing show interest in Sukhoi supersonic business jet
Iranian airliner hits debris while landing at Dubai
Boeing denies Dreamliner delivery delay
Jets for Queen and Blair at £12m a year
Boeing Dreamliner rollout plagued by technical, production glitches
Airbus probes into A380 Delays
Singapore Air buys 20 Boeing 787
Glitch in fuselage not expected to delay Boeing 787
Military
Raytheon Standard Missile-3 intercepts ballistic missile target
India's Navy Adopts New Cruise Missile
Exercise Valiant Shield: A display of strength and numbers
Navy identifies Marine pilot killed in Hornet collision
US steps up new bomber research in next budget
French Air Force Adds Home-Grown Fighter to Its Arsenal
North Korean missile unlikely to be fired
Beazley says Australia should consider buying F-22
Clowns sabotage nuclear missiles
Apache performs in Afghanistan
Missile Chief believes US can hit Korean missile
U-2s boast new, improved cockpits
US returns Okinawa airfield to Japan
Air Force investigates Predator crash
North Korean warns of air clash over US spy flights
74 Year-Old India President fulfils dream in an Su-30MKI
Israeli Air Force to replace F-16s with F-35 JSF
US activates missile shield in response to North Korean missile test
Britain admits to bribing Saudis for arms deal
US threatens to respond appropriately to any North Korean missile launch
US unlikely to allow Iraq to regain airspace control
Russia to Deliver 12 Su-30MKI to India
Taiwan F-5F Trainer crashes, one pilot killed
North Korea accuses US of spying
US asks Russia to reconsider Venezuelan Su-30 Deal
Navy sinks retired destroyers with Air Force help
US Company sold illegal missile parts to China
SAAB buys Ericsson's defense division
Reagan Carrier Strike Group makes stop in Hong Kong
Indian President takes a ride in an Su-30MKI
Navy refutes Iran claim that UAV buzzed Reagan
Space
Space shuttle cleared for Saturday launch in Florida
Shuttle engineer says he's off team
Astronauts running out of space on the International Space Station
Russian ship blasts off for ISS
Turkey joins Pakistan, China in joint efforts for Space Technology
Fragments of Russia’s transport space ship sink in Pacific
NASA to launch shuttle Discovery on July 1
Misc
Ecuador soccer team gets festive welcome and F-1 Mirage escorts home
US World Cup Soccer team moves to Ramstien Air Force Base for safety concerns
