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Boeing 737 MAX Gets New Orders

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Boeing easily beat rival Airbus in orders for new planes last month, but Chicago-based Boeing trailed its European rival in delivering planes to airline customers. Boeing said that it took orders for 31 planes in July while 17 others were canceled, resulting in a net gain of 14. That compared with two orders for Airbus. It was Boeing’s sixth straight month of positive net orders after seeing cancellations exceed orders for most of 2020. Boeing has reported 270 net orders so far in 2021. Brazil’s Gol ordered nine 737 Max jets last month and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines ordered six. Boeing delivered 28 planes in July, including nine 737 Max jets sent to Irish airline Ryanair. That fell short of Airbus, which delivered 47 planes last month. For the year, Boeing has delivered 184 planes, more than all of 2020. This despite the halt in shipping its 787 jet because of production flaws in the fuselage and nose. Last month, the company said it will cut production of 787s. Deliveries are cri...
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Worlds Fastest Fighter Jet MiG-31BM Goes Mach 2.3

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The currently world’s fastest interceptor now enters service with Russia’s Aerospace Forces It was on November 30, 2016 that three squadrons of MiG-31BM fighter-interceptors landed at Tsentralnaya Uglovaya air base near Vladivostok to enter service with the Russian military. This new aircraft will be replacing the Sukhoi Su-27SM and previous modifications of MiG-31 fighters. The first 24 modernized MiG-31BM fighter jets were delivered to the Russian military back in April earlier this year. MiG-31BM Foxhound Supersonic Long-Range Interceptor Fighter Jet The Russian Air Space Forces plan is to finally have around 130 MiG-31BM aircraft in service. With 12-13 fighter jets to undergo modernization into the BM version each year. According to Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov, after the modernization the plane can remain in active service for 40-50 years. The MiG-31 (Foxhound) is a long range, two-seat, high-speed, high-altitude fighter aircraft developed on the basis ...
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Russian Fighter Jet Encounters US Spy Plane

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Sukhoi Su-27 US military officials said that an US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft encountered with a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea last month. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told CNN on Thursday that the two aircraft came within 10 feet of each other on May 30. US Boeing RC 135 Rivet Joint Reconnaissance Aircraft According to the officials, the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet, flying at high speed, flew alongside the US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft at the same altitude, broke off, and shadowed the plane before leaving the area. ABC News reported that a top defense official described the encounter as "an unsafe intercept" by Russia. The two superpowers are engaged in series of military encounters during the past months. In another similar incident in April, the United States announced that US RC-135U was intercepted by a Russian SU-27 Flanker in an "unsafe and unprofessional manner." Meanwhile, the Pentagon relea...
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Chinese SU-27 Barrel Roll Over US Navy Recon Plane

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Chinese SU-27   It was this Monday Aug 18, 2014 that an Chinese SU-27 Interceptor Fighter Jet did a barrel roll "very, very close" over an American Navy P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft in International Airspace Near Japan about 135 miles east of China's Hainan Island. The rather reckless maneuver by the Chinese Su-27 pilot was to show that the SU-27 fighter jet was armed with missiles. Chinese Su-27M Interceptor Jet Fighter Armed Missiles The US has lodged a formal protest with Beijing after the Chinese fighter jet conducted the barrel roll over the American Navy plane this week, the Pentagon has said. Rear Admiral John Kirby said the Chinese plane exposed its undercarriage to show that it was armed to the P-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft during the Monday's incident in international airspace near Japan. He said the Chinese aircraft came within 30ft (9 metres) of the American plane, while the wing tips of the two aircraft were just 20ft apart. Ad...
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