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The article highlights the importance of tactical transportation in Latin America for the region's armed forces. It mentions the Embraer KC-390 aircraft and its role in the modernization of transport fleets in Argentina and Brazil. The tactical transport fleets in Bolivia, Colombia, and Brazil are also mentioned, as well as the different aircraft used in each country. The cargo capacity and operational capabilities of the Embraer KC-390 are emphasized compared to other competitors. Additionally, it reports on the acquisitions and updates of transport aircraft in different air forces in Latin America, such as the Brazilian Air Force and the Chilean Air Force. The transport fleets of the air forces of Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, and Uruguay are also mentioned. [Extracted from the article]

South Korea's Safeguard Obtaining Project Organization (DAPA) has chosen Embraer's C-390 Millennium as the winner of the Large Vehicle Aircraft (LTA) II public tender to provide the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) with new military transport aircraft. South Korea will be the C-390 Millennium's first client in Asia. Under the agreement, Embraer will provide an undisclosed number of specially designed C-390 Millennium aircraft, as well as services and support, to meet ROKAF's requirements. The agreement also includes a consortium and offset package for local manufacturing and maintenance. South Korea is the seventh country to select the C-390 Millennium, which offers advanced capabilities and versatility in military airlift. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on airlift operations of the U.S. Air Force for the possible war with Iraq. Use of carrier aircrafts for carrying soldiers and supplies to various U.S. Air Force bases; Aircrafts which are being used for transportation; Difficulties faced during airlift operations.

The article discusses the use of U.S. Air Force cargo airplanes for aeromedical evacuation operations. Particular focus is given to the history of aeromedical evacuation in the 20th and early 21st centuries. According to the author, improved evacuation logistics and a high quality of in-flight medical care have significantly improved the survival rate of injured military personnel. Details on the aircraft used to transport wounded personnel are also presented.

The article focuses on the tactical transport aircraft. It mentions that military planners have always made mobility as their basic priority. It notes that mobility is focused on airlift particularly tactical airlift which is influenced by the development of tactical airlift roles and missions. Also discussed is the self-protection and survivability of modern tactical transport aircraft.

The article highlights several developments in military cargo aircrafts as of October 2009. The 31.8-tonne Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan which was chosen as the U.S. Army/Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) in 2007 is a twin-turboprop. The Airbus Military series feature a 23.2-tonne C-295, a six underwing hardpoints and the longest cabin in its class. Also mentioned is the development of a 21.5-tonne An-140-100T with rear loading ramp by Antonov in collaboration with the Iranian Aviation.

The article features Richard Schley Boutelle, president of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. Boutelle, from being vice-president in charge of the aircraft division, was elected president of the company after a new board of directors was chosen. Upon taking the position, the company's annual sales increased and its Flying Boxcars transport planes played an important part in the combat airlifts of the U.S. Army and Air Force.

The article reports that U.S. President John F. Kennedy has ordered Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to step up the deterrent and airlift capability in the U.S. Defense set up. It notes that McNamara has produced a full reappraisal and suggests to cut on foreign annual spending, to change the Polaris submarine program, and to increase the airlift capability. McNamara has revealed that Defense will add 53 troop-transport planes to boost its airlift capability program.

The article focuses on the story of the 60th Troop Carrier Group, the first in a series of stories on the officials who made the Berlin Airlift work during World War II in Germany. No one seemed to know the war record of the 60th; at least it isn't on file in this theatre. But it is a fact that the Group did an outstanding cargo-carrying job in the European, African and Middle Eastern theatres of operation during the war and that it won battle streamers for participating in the Algerian, French Moroccan, Sicilian, Air Combat Balkans, North Appenines and Po Valley campaigns. Naturally, when the war came to a close, there was that period of deactivation; but on the last day of September in 1946 three Troop Carrier Squadrons-the 10th, 11th, and 12th-were reactivated and combined under a newly formed 60th Troop Carrier Group.

The article considers the fate of the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. A wholesale termination of the aircraft is possible after March 31, 2009, since the aircraft program will have failed to fly by then. A termination decision would have to be made unanimously by the partner countries. The fate of the transport plane could shape the face of European airlift fleets in the medium term.

Features the A400M transport aircraft being developed by Airbus Military. Countries in Europe involved in the development of the airlifter; Capabilities of the military aircraft; Information on the altitude advantage of A400M; Benefits of using the aircraft.

This article reports that the U.S. Air Force is battling internally as planners struggle to draft a request for information (RFI) that will determine several key requirements for a new tanker. Critics contend that decisions to make the new tanker a part-time cargo, communications-relay, intelligence-gathering node or command-and-control element too early in its life could inflate requirements and cost. They say similarly ambitious plans overloaded requirements and derailed the Aerial Common Sensor, the E-10 multi-sensor command-and-control aircraft, the SBRS-High satellite system, the Future Combat System and the B-52 Stand-Off Jammer programs during this year's budget battles. Air Force planners have broken into at least two camps over tanker size. Advocates of large tankers say they could be used as cargo aircraft to help address the airlift shortfall resulting from a recent decision to cap C-17 airlifter production at 180 aircraft. Both industry and Air Force officials expect the tanker RFI to be released in the next 90 days.

U.S. military airlift operations are running at top speed adding impetus to the U.S. Pentagon's drive to field more transport aircraft in the coming years. The Pentagon is in the middle of a study to assess lift needs, which is expected to validate a higher requirement for airlift. The U.S. Transportation Command is scheduling an average of 400 sorties a day, with spikes of up to 450 to 500 missions. Funding for the airlifter has presented the Air Force with problems in recent years and driven it to an unorthodox incremental funding approach that reduces the amount of money it has to budget up front.

The article presents information on the logistics military transport aircraft C-5 Galaxy. C-5 is designed to provide worldwide massive strategic airlift for the U.S. Army. It can takeoff and land in short distances and taxi on substandard surfaces during emergency operations. C-5 has 73 passenger seats in rear upper deck and 8 passenger seats in forward upper deck.

The article reports on the deployment of Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III. The Air Force transport fleet marked its one millionth flying hour en route to Ramstein Air Base, Germany on March 20, 2006. The aircraft had been on a mission transporting medical team and airlifting wounded combatants in Iraq.

Discloses the observation made by a consortium of German companies involved in a proposal to develop an airlifter based on the Russian-Ukrainian Antonov An-70 that a German Ministry of Defense evaluation considered the aircraft An-7X to be superior to the A400M proposed by Airbus.

Opinion. Focuses on world strategic airlift procurement. The need to rapidly transport available units; Shrinking force structures in the United States, Europe, and Russia entailing lack of funding for strategic mobility; Types of aircraft receiving funding; The US as having the only strategic airlift procurement program; Number of C-17s the US Air Force will probably procure; Breakdown of the European market for medium transports.

Airbus Group NV instructed operators of A400M military-transport planes like the one that crashed in Spain on May 9, killing four people, to carry out checks on the model's engine-control system before making further flights. Airbus shares pared gains following the announcement and were priced 2.4 percent higher at 62.97 euros as of 4:45 p.m. in Paris after earlier trading as much as 3.5 percent higher. [Extracted from the article]

El artículo informa sobre la entrega que la compañía Boeing de tres aviones Globemaster III al NATO Air Lift Organization (NAMMO), que dará apoyo a 12 países en la campana Strategic Airlft Capacity. Con la entrega de las naves, que estarán estacionadas y serán operadas en un aeródromo en Hungría, se buscar reducir la falta de medios de transportes que aqueja a OTAN.

The article reports that the 172nd Airlift Wing celebrated its highest recorded mission-capable rates in the worldwide C-17 fleet for three years. It states that celebration took place at the Jackson Air National Guard Base in Mississippi on January 23, 2009. It also notes that the monthly mission-capable rates have reached more than 90%. Moreover, Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) program team supports 182 C-17s for the U.S. Air Force and 14 for U.S. allies.

The article reports on the certification of the C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) for 49 additional aircraft in the U.S. The C-5s approved include 47 C-5Bs for inter-theater airlift and two C-5Cs for domestic missions supporting the space program. It states that the C-5B RERP will allow Air Force people to modify aircraft with better, newer structures and defensive systems. RERP aims to improve C-5 fleet reliability and aircraft performance.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force is expanding its C-5 Galaxy self-protection system program. The Large Aircraft Infra-Red Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system of Northrop Grumman is being fitted to five C-5 in 2008, followed by another three in 2009, to increase protection against heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles.

The article offers information about airline pilots. Airline pilots fly not only passenger and cargo jets but also smaller craft for firefighting, police work, military missions, crop and forest management and transporting people and goods to remote areas. Extensive training is required when it comes to piloting an aircraft.

The article looks at the possibility that the U.S. Congress will award the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program to the Air Force. The Senate Armed and Services Committee wants the Air Force to have the operational control and funding for the JCA. An Air Force official said that the service can manage all intra-theater airlift in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. General Duncan McNabb told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Air Force can meet the needs of the Army.

The article reports on the arrival of the new aircraft of the 932nd Airlift Wing of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Accordingly, the Boeing-built C-40C aircraft is designed to transport distinguished visitors of the command. The aircraft was received by the Airmen of the 932nd Airlift Wing during a ceremony at Scott Air Base.

The article provides information on the Coast Guard Fairchild C-123B Provider transport plane used during the Vietnam war. The C-123B was also used as a spray plane that dumped the Agent Orange defoliant over the rain forests in Vietnam during the war. The transport plane has been developed from the gliders designed by Michael Stroukoff of Chase Aircraft Co. The C0123Bs were flown by U.S. Coast Guardsmen to support Operation Tight Reign.

The article reports on the launching of a strategic airlift program by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based in Germany. Some of the participating nations are Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, and Italy. As part of its program, the organization has released a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the purchase of Boeing C-17 GLOBE-MASTER III transport aircraft. Furthermore, the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) has negotiated with Boeing for the transport aircraft.

Focuses on the light cargo aircraft designed and contracted out by the U.S. Army and the Air Force for manufacture by the end of 2006. Potential of the Joint Cargo Aircraft to be an ideal fit to the total force of the Air Force; Estimate of the number of aircraft to be received by the services; Speculation about the cost of the military aircraft program.

The article reflects on the need for a collaboration between the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army in developing a cargo airplane for airlift missions. There is a possibility that the Army will acquire 140 cargo planes for its front-line cargo delivery needs. Former Air Force Chief of Staff General John Jumper counters the plan of the Army. Army Lieutenant General Steve Blum raised an idea about the establishment of joint light cargo aircraft units that would perform the capabilities of the Army and Air Guard.

The article features the C-130J Super Hercules air transport aircraft for combat operations. It can flew 21 straight days of delivery operations, returning Code One every day until being stood down for a routine maintenance check. Its power advantage has become more obvious especially during the hot season in Southwest Asia.

Deals with the rescue efforts of the C-141 Starlifter aircrew of the U.S. Air Force who saved the lives of the crew of a civilian cargo aircraft off the coast of New Zealand. Information on the problem encountered by the cargo aircraft; Discussion of how the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command crew directed the cargo plane to Gisborne, New Zealand.

Focuses on the importance of the U.S. military transport plane C-5 Galaxy to a possible war against Iraq. Advantages of the C-5 over the C-17 transport plane; Role of the C-5 in the victory of Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973; Details of the Nickel Grass airlift that saved Israel.

Reports on the United States Air Force's lack of cargo planes or airlift fleet. Use of cargo planes; Advantage of the Air Force's practice of making two cargo planes available for every mission; Problem of the Air Force's C-5 cargo planes; Comments from Air Force Major General Charles Coolidge.

The article offers a look at the programs planned by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps to modernize their medium-heavy cargo helicopters. The military agencies decided to improve their cargo helicopters since like many military assets, choppers and fixed-wing aircraft is wearing down quicker than expected. Both departments prefer airlift as a way of moving cargo because it keeps trucks off bomb-infested roadways and reduces the likelihood of armed confrontations at checkpoints.

Reports on the purchase of several McDonnel Douglas DC-10 transport by the Dutch air force to meet its increasing demand for long-range airlift. Information on the decision of the Netherlands government to purchase DC-10-30CF convertible freighter; Details of the first operational flight of the aircraft in 2006; Statement issued by Dutch Secretary of Defense Cees van der Knaap regarding the plan to purchase several Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules tactical transport.