Showing posts with label Venezuelan Air Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venezuelan Air Force. Show all posts

November 30, 2017

Venezuela Nov. 27, 1992, F-16 pilot, Lt. Beltran Vielma shot down an OV-10 Bronco with his M61A1 canon





May 18, 2017

Venezuela is on brink of Civil War. Riots leave 37 dead, 700 wounded, 1800 imprisoned


Socialism/Communism gift to the Venezuela





August 13, 2016

Venezuela In Chaos With Work Camps and 1000% Inflation


This is what happens when you hand over your country

to socialists and communists


Communist govts miss allocate capital to non productive sectors ruining economy.It happened in USSR, now in Venezuela



June 12, 2016

April 10, 2016

Venezuelan Air Force inducts nine Hongdu K-8W into service

At a ceremony officiated by Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, the Venezuelan Air Force inducted nine Hongdu K-8W into service on Apr. 6.




March 16, 2016

China delivered six K-8Ws to Venezuela






The Venezuelan Air Force (Aviación Militar Bolivariana de Venezuela) in late February received six Hongdu K-8W jet trainers for its Grupo Aéreo de Operaciones Especiales N 15 based at Maracaibo, IHS Jane's has learned.

The aircraft are to replace three lost in accidents and are part of a batch of nine purchased in 2013, with the other three expected to arrive soon in Venezuela, sources told IHS Jane's on 14 March.

Originally, Venezuela received 18 K-8Ws from January 2010 for N 15 and the Grupo Aéreo de Caza N 12 at Barquisimeto. For Grupo 12 the K-8Ws replaced the Northrop VF-5A Freedom Fighter and for Grupo 15 they replaced the Boeing (Rockwell) OV-10 Bronco, performing advanced training, light attack, and operations against illegal flights.


September 21, 2015

Venezuelan Air Force Su-30MKV pilots confirm killed in crash





Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed Friday the deaths of two air force personnel and offered condolences to their families.Captain Ronald Ramirez and Captain Jackson Garcia died when their Sukhoi-30 fighter crashed near the Colombian border.Describing the pair as “heroes of the youth military of the nation,” Maduro issued condolences while praising the work of the air force.

“Honor and glory to these worthy, valiant warriors … the country continues in the civil-military struggle,” he tweeted.In a separate statement, Minister for Defense Vladimir Padrino lamented the loss of the two personnel.“Our military institution greatly regrets the abrupt loss of two of its members – officers of virtue with an immense sense of patriotism, fulfilling the sacred honor to protect and uphold their oath to Venezuela,” he said.

Padrino continued, “they gave their lives in defense of the most noble interests of the nation and its citizens.”

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