Aviation News
A Chilean Army officer said his service is looking at adding attack helicopters to its inventory.
Lt. Col. Ricardo Santander said during his tour of Texas Army National Guard. “The walkthrough of helicopters by the Texas Military Forces has been very helpful with this. We have many transport helicopters, but are looking to add attack helicopters.”
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Wu Chengfa, deputy chief designer of WZ-10, told reporters during the CFTC media day on Nov. 6 that the attack helicopter will fill in the ‘weak spot’ of PLA’s equipment.
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A MiG-29 fighter, KB739, of the Indian Air Force crashed on Friday, shortly after take-off from Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat. The pilot ejected to safety.
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Five RMAF Hawks and five RSAF F-16s deployed across each other’s country this week for the first time in fifteen years.
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Iraq has taken delivery of the first fourMi-35 helicopter gunships on Nov. 7.
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