By ESAT, FOLLOWING the impromptu search order given by Ethiopian government’s security officials, a search on the cell phones and emails of many serving Federal Police officers and Air Force instructors were conducted in the past few weeks. Those found with picture of opposition leaders such as Andargachew Tsige or any patriotic songs downloaded from the internet have been […]
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By The Reporter, THE US government has donated a C-130E Hercules military transport aircraft to the Ethiopian Air Force. Reliable sources told The Reporter that the Ethiopian Air Force has acquired the aircraft that was being operated by the US Air Force. Sources said the USAF-130E recently entered service with No 15 squadron at Ethiopian […]
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By Yilma Bekele, NORMALLY regimes do not lose such an important asset just like that. Fighter jets or helicopters just do not fly out of the coop so easily. But we are talking about Ethiopia here and no matter how you look at it, ours is not a normal regime. Six percent of any group […]
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By Sokore Waqo, THE recent defection of Ethiopian Air Force crew with MI-35 helicopter has sent shockwaves to the corridors of power in Addis Ababa. The ruling elites are increasingly displaying pugnacious behavior. They lashed out at the pilot, labeling him a “traitor” and they lambasted Ethiopia’s enemies (which the Defense Ministry statement referred to […]
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ብ ተወልደ ብእምነት፡ ኣብ’ዚ ዝሓለፈ ቕንያት፡ ሰለስተ ኣብረርቲ MI-35 ዝዓይነታ ሆሊኮፕተር ኵናት ሒዞም ፡ ካብ መደበር ሓይሊ ኣየር ድሬዳዋ፡ ንታዓሊም ምስ ተንቀሳቐሱ ብኡ ኣቢሎም ከም እተሰወሩ፡ ሃለዋት ከም ዘጥፍኡ፡ ስርዓት ወያነ ብማዕከናት ዜናኡ ኣቃሊሕዎ ከብቅዕ፤ ጽንሕ ኢሉ ኸኣ … “ኣብ ስሩዕ ልምምዳዊ በረራ እንከለዉ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ብስኣገዳድ ጨውዩዎም” ክብል ከሲሱ፡፡ ሓንቲ ካብ’ተን በቲ ጭፍራ እትምወል […]
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By TesfaNews, ANOTHER wave of defection today hit the troubled Ethiopian Air Force once again as another military aircraft pilot have abandoned the regime and joined one of the armed opposition forces in exile. The Amsterdam based Ethiopian Satellite Television ESAT, however, refrained from mentioning his name for safety reason but promised to report about […]
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By World Bulletin, THE Ethiopian government on Friday denied reports about the defection of four Air Force pilots to neighboring Kenya. “This report is a baseless fabrication,” Ewnetu Blata, State Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office, told The Anadolu Agency.
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By Concerned Ethiopians, THE Ethiopian government has been plagued by several defections of high profile Ethiopian Air Force members and government officials. The latest defection of airmen took place three days ago when four senior Ethiopian Air Force pilots abandon the regime from their base in Dire Dawa, in eastern Ethiopia, to Kenya. This was […]
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