Twelve brand new CH-47Fs are making a 3,4000 nautical mile journey from the Boeing production facility in Philadelphia to Alaska.
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Day: May 24, 2012
Indian Army helicopter crashed
A Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed while taking off from the Siachen Glacier on Wednesday killing the pilot.
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Russian An-30 skidded off runway and caught fire in Czech Republic
A Russian An-30 skidded off the runway at Czech air force base in Caslav after the front landing gear broke during landing.
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Royal Saudi Air Force places order for 102 training aircraft
The Royal Saudi Air Force has confirmed that it will place an order for 22 BAE Systems Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT), 55 PC-21 advanced turboprop trainers, 25 primary training aircraft.
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Q&A with the first military test pilot to fly the X-35 and F-35
NAVAIR did a Q&A session with U.S. Marine Col. Art Tomassetti, the only military test pilot to fly both the X-35 and F-35.
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