A close aide of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Eurofighter consortium is still talking to India on the MMRCA contest and the matter “is not a closed book yet.”
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Day: August 23, 2012
Indonesia requests 18 AGM-65K2s
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a potential sale of 18 AGM-65K2 missiles to Indonesia.
Kazakh Mi-17 crashed
Four people on board a Kazakh Mi-17 were killed when the helicopter crashed near Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana on Wednesday.
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MH-53 damaged during hard landing in Bahrain
A MH-53E Sea Dragon from HM-15 suffered damage to the tail section when it made a hard landing Aug. 22 following an engine malfunction.
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HMLA-269 transitions to UH-1Y
HMLA-269 is the latest USMC squadron to swap the UH-1N for the new UH-1Y.
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