Aviation News
The 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, recently completed their combined combat aerial gunnery exercise with two German Tiger Attack helicopters from 4th Battalion, Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36.
The first of two C-130Ts (# 5011) for the Philippine Air Force has arrived home on Apr. 5.
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Photo: PAF
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Transcripts from a meeting between Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) commander General Gatot Nurmantyo and the Indonesian House of Representatives commission on defence, intelligence, and foreign affairs (Komisi I) reveals that the Indonesian Air Force is preparing to deploy its newly-acquired Skyshield air defense system to Natuna Islands in the South China Sea.
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Photo: PT Alam Indomesin Utama
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The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 2,950 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs to Australia for up to $386 million.
By USAF (http://www.eglin.af.mil/agmsw/mm/1.html) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
One of the companies behind Europrop, Safran, says fixing the two issues affecting the TP400 could take several weeks or several months.
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