Well, Croatia is a member of NATO – so do they really have to worry about having a Mach 2 fighter asset listed in their air force inventory? The Baltic States don’t worry about it, or Cyprus, or Iceland.:confused:

Kabul hotel attack leader killed by Nato aircraft

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/30/kabul-hotel-attack-leader-nato

Is that a Polish HIND (the only NATO HINDS in Afghanistan) in the picture of the article, and was it really from a Mi-24 that the snipers fired from?

The excessive noise level, from what is an old design, is probably more a driving factor in any future ban, rather than questions over its safety.

Стоит отметить, что основной претензией к Ту-134 традиционно считается не безопасность лайнера, а уровень шума, который он производит. За этим воздушным судном закрепилась слава одного из самых «громких» в мире самолетов, тогда как уровень шума современных лайнеров вдвое меньше, чем у предыдущего поколения самолетов.

http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/231796/

They were Russian – colonels Oleg Spichka and Alexander Kirzhavin.

http://www.rg.ru/2011/06/23/reg-jugrossii/imena-anons.html

Not forgetting Basler DC-3T:

Edit: Sorry, you meant “military” transport only?

http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dc3_basler_h.jpg

I always thought “that dress” was the little black number with all the safety pins in it, which Liz Hurley famously wore sometime in the 1990s…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1563543/Liz-Hurleys-famous-Versace-dress-on-sale.html

BAe owns 0% in Gripen.

And you’d be quite right – but only since last week…

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6471d438-91e5-11e0-b8c1-00144feab49a.html#axzz1OscmH9oT

70 flights, after nearly 17 months gone by? They’d want to increase the tempo somewhat I should think. How many flight hours are scheduled to complete the entire PAKFA flight test programme, and in how many years?