This video of a CAIC WZ-10 attack helicopter circling a stadium was purportedly taken at China Pharmaceutical University.
Day: February 20, 2012
Status of CF-104D 637
If you are not aware, there is a bid to return former Norwegian F-104 fighter, 637, back in the air. Much progress has been made over the years and the jet has been doing multiple startups and taxi trials. The aim is to fly the aircraft at the Bodo Air Show in June.
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Libyan MANPADS seized in Algeria
Reuters was told that a large cache of shoulder-fired missiles were seized by Algerian authorities near the border with Libya.
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Iron Dome deployed to Tel Aviv for exercise
An Iron Dome anti-missile battery will be deployed in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area for the first time to calibrate the system to that environment.
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VAW-77 to be decommissioned
The U.S. Navy plans to decommission VAW-77 on Sept. 30. The unit is based at Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base New Orleans.
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