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Just observed what appeared to be 3 or 4 jet aircraft, (military type fighter aircraft), following a commercial airliner, westbound into LAX about 2 minutes ago. From the OC area. My first thought was possibly AF-1 but I don't think POTUS is in the region.

June 2, 2005 — Nine French fighter jets and a French weather plane had to make emergency landings at Atlantic City International Airport. Bad weather prevented them from flying back to their aircraft carrier, which is off the east coast. They landed because they were running light on fuel. Now the problem is everyone is waiting for officials from the French embassy to show up with money to buy more gas. The French planes are here for the air show at McGuire this Nine French fighter jets and A French weather plane had to make emergency landings at Atlantic City...

Ten French fighter jets were forced to land at Atlantic City International Airport after weather problems prevented them from returning to their aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean off the New Jersey coast, authorities said Friday. One of the jets was apparently disabled, and the U.S. State Department was contacted by French officials after one of the pilots tried to buy fuel and couldn't because he didn't have the available funds on his credit card, Philadelphia television station WPVI-TV reported. "I think they were all part of a squadron that was in formation," said Jim Peters, a spokesman for the...

Fighter jets among security measures Trade centre, Pier 21, airport likely sites for president's speech By AMY SMITH and JOHN GILLIS / Staff Reporters November 26, 2004 Fighter planes and guards with guns will protect U.S. President George W. Bush when he is in Halifax next week, a security expert says. The U.S. president will be joined by Prime Minister Paul Martin. Pier 21, the airport and the World Trade and Convention Centre are the venues being considered for Mr. Bush and an announcement is expected today. One source said it's likely between Pier 21 and the trade centre. Security...

Taiwan leader's plane targeted by Chinese fighter jets: report TAIPEI (AFP) Nov 11, 2004 Fighter jets from China locked on to a plane carrying Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian during a trip over the Taiwan Strait, it was reported here Tuesday. Chen's Air Force One official plane had been heading for Penghu, an island group in the strait, when it was targeted by the warplanes from China, the United Daily News said, quoting unidentified Chinese defense sources. Vice President Annette Lu's plane was also targeted by Chinese fighter jets when she was flying to Penghu on October 2, the paper said....

Mainland China's ambassador to South Africa has denied that his government has sold 12 fighter jets to Zimbabwe. Ambassador Liu Guijin said both China's ambassador to Zimbabwe and his government in Beijing had said the original report in Zimbabwe's Mirror newspaper was "baseless". Liu was speaking at a joint press briefing with Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad on this week's visit to South Africa by Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong. Asked earlier if South Africa intended to raise the issue of the jets with Zeng, Pahad said he knew nothing about the reported sale, but South Africa would, in any case,...

Three fighter jets jsut flew directly over my house in Los Angeles. Anyone else jump out of their chairs and run to the backyard? I never heard anything so loud.

April 2, 2004: For a long time is was said, only half in jest, that you built a new warplane by finding the most powerful engine you could and then building an airplane around it. That has changed in the last two decades. The engine and the airframe are now easy, the software to make everything work together is the hard part. The F-22 software comprises some two million lines of source code (the text and numbers that are converted, or "compiled', into computer readable instructions). This code is complex, and it must work reliably for long periods of time,...

<p>The ear-blasting takeoffs of military fighter jets at suburban Scottsdale Airport have residents buzzing and city officials flying off.</p> <p>Six fighter jets in three formations of two and another pair of fighters have roared into the general aviation airport in recent weeks for refueling stops.</p>

The German government swiftly rejected a proposal from Warsaw to contribute troops to a Polish occupation zone in Iraq, saying it would not consider any economic or military role in the defeated country without a clear United Nations mandate for reconstruction. This seemed to dash hopes in Washington that Germany would break with France on their mutual insistence upon a major role for the UN in Iraq. Defense Minister Peter Struck told the Bundestag parliament that Germany would not send troops to Iraq as part of a larger unit comprising Danish and Polish troops, government spokesman Bela Anda said on...

Turkish war jets harass U.S. air-transport east SE of Rhodes 18/04/2003 23:31:46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two Turkish F-16 fighter jets on Friday morning harassed a U.S. airforce C-130 transport plane, flying 30 miles southeast of Rhodes, according to press reports. Greek fighter jets rushed to the area to recognize and intercept the Turkish fighters, which, however, departed right after their approach to the C-130, the same sources said.

More than 50 fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missiles and guns and huge amounts of ammunition have been found buried and hidden at a base in western Iraq. The aircraft, many in good condition, included three Russian-made Mig 25s, one of the fastest fighters in the world. Some were buried, while others were concealed in buildings and under camouflage netting. The find by Australian forces represents as much as half of Iraqi air combat power, and came as a fourth Iraqi from America's "most-wanted" list was handed over to US special forces by Kurdish fighters. Australian Special Forces soldiers stand guard by...

NEW GREEK AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS BY TURKISH JETS Athens, 28 March 2003 (20:51 UTC+2) Eighteen Turkish F-16 fighter jets violated international air traffic regulations ten times today, while two violations of the Greek airspace were also recorded over the Aegean. The Turkish fighter jets flew in seven formations over the sea region between the Aegean islands of Lesvos and Limnos and east of the island of Rhodes. Four of the formations were armed and Greek Air Force aircraft engaged in eight dogfights.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. bombers, fighter jets and warships have been alerted for possible deployment to the western Pacific to deter any aggression by North Korea in case of a war in Iraq, U.S. defense officials said on Monday. The officials told Reuters that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had not issued any final orders to move B-52 bombers, F-16 fighter jets or naval units closer to the tense Korean peninsula, now gripped in a nuclear crisis. The additional forces have been requested by Adm. Thomas Fargo, based in Hawaii as head of U.S. forces in the Pacific and Asia...

This question arises elsewhere and I'd be most grateful for good information. What's the fuel burning rate for a modern fighter jet? I suppose we'd need a couple of figures, for maximum power and for cruising. I'm just looking for ballpark figures so don't much care which U.S. fighter or which branch of service -- but pick one that's operational right now, e.g., ready for Iraq. P.S. I've heard some figures I cannot believe, so I'll be the more interested in a correction. Thanks in advance.

MOSCOW: Russia has started the deliveries of the final modification of multirole Su-30 MKI fighters to India. First two Sukhoi Su-30 MKI were shipped to India on board a Russian cargo plane on Saturday by the Irkutsk-based IAPO aircraft corporation, according to a news report. Russia will dispatch 10 fighters this year, while another 22 are to be delivered next year. Under the deal for 50 aircraft signed in November 1998, Russia has already delivered 18 Su-30k fighters which would be upgraded to MKI in 2004 with the simultaneous production of 140 fighters by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited under license. The...