Aviation News
It was good news for the families of late Lt. Col. John Brow and Maj. Brooks Gruber after Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work stated officially that the two men were incorrectly blamed as the primary cause of a V-22 crash in April 2000 that killed them and 17 other Marines.
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By Cpl Christopher Q. Stone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy Reserve’s sole Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron recently relocated to Naval Air Station Jacksonville after having spent 15 years at Naval Station Mayport.
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At Heli-Expo 2016, owner of MD Helicopters, Lynn Tilton, said the company is working on a clean-sheet light attack helicopter dubbed 6XX.
By Staff Sgt. Perry Aston (USAF) (dvidshub.net) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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In a statement to Congress on Mar. 2, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said the JSTARS replacement could be flying by 2021 and achieve initial operational capability in 2023.
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Xinhua News Agency interviewed Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo and the military official said China is building aircraft carriers not just to protect its interests in South China Seas but other offshore areas as well.
By Simon YANG [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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