Female attacker at Indonesian police headquarters an ISIS follower, say police

JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Indonesian police shot dead a woman who had opened fire at officers at the national police headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday (March 31) in an attack inspired by militant force Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the police chief said.

The 25-year-old woman, identified only by her initials ZA, had fired six times at officers near an entrance post to the headquarters before being taken down, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo said.

She was a college dropout who lived in Jakarta and she had posted a photo of the ISIS flag on her Instagram account hours before the shooting, Gen Listyo said.

"From the profiling of the person in question, that person was a suspect or a lone wolf with the ideology of radical ISIS," Gen Listyo told a news conference, adding that she had left a note for her parents bidding farewell.

Footage shown by local television stations showed a person in a blue veil and long black clothing entering the grounds of the police complex as gunshots were heard.

She was later seen falling to the ground amid more gunshots.

The incident came three days after a husband and wife carried out a suicide bombing at a cathedral on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Palm Sunday, wounding 20 people and killing themselves.

At least 13 people have been arrested by police in Jakarta, Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara provinces following the Sulawesi attack.

Terrorism analyst Al Chaidar said Wednesday’s attempted attack was likely intended as revenge for a sweep of police arrests of suspected religious extremists in recent days.

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Fixed-Wing US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force order 11 Boeing P-8A Poseidons

By Garrett Reim2 April 2021

The US Navy (USN) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have ordered 11 more Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, for $1.6 billion. The RAAF ordered two of those jets, bringing its number of P-8As under contract to 14, while the USN ordered nine, bumping its number of P-8s under agreement to 128, Boeing says on 31 March.

Airbus A330 MRTT cleared to pursue Canadian tanker deal

By Craig Hoyle2 April 2021

Canada has notified Airbus Defence & Space that its A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) has been qualified to bid in a process to replace its air force fleet of A310s. A rival offer of the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus was rejected by Ottawa.

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Senegalese CN235 arrives home

Written by Guy Martin - 6th Apr 2021


A Senegalese CN235 MPA.

The Senegalese Air Force’s newest CN235 has arrived home after flying from the PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) factory in Indonesia.

The aircraft arrived in Dakar on 30 March after stopovers in India, Qatar, Sudan, Chad and Niger. It was welcomed by the Chief of Staff of the Senegalese Air Force, Air Brigadier General Papa Souleymane Sarr, and the Indonesian Ambassador to Senegal, Dindin Wahyudin.

“This cooperation shows the strong relationship between Indonesia and Senegal, which has been built since the Asia-Africa Conference 65 years ago,” said Ambassador Dindin.

With ten crew on board, the aircraft spent 12 days flying from PTDI’s base in Bandung to Dakar after being handed over on 19 March. It was due to be delivered last year but this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Indonesia Window.

For the maritime patrol role, the CN235-220 is equipped with a 360 degree search radar with a range of up to 200 nautical miles, Automatic Identification System (AIS) and forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor for day/night operations.

The aircraft (AX-2348, expected to become 6W-TTD) performed its maiden flight in December last year. Senegal will be receiving another CN235 (expected to become 6W-TTE). In May 2020 the Indonesian Embassy in Senegal announced that the Senegalese government had agreed to purchase a CN235 configured for maritime patrol. It was acquired through AD Trade Belgium and is expected to be delivered sometime in 2021.

The most recent acquisition will bring Senegal’s order tally to five CN235s (two second hand and three new, and of those three new, two in maritime patrol and one in transport configuration).