Attack on Bagram air base destroys CH-47

Insurgents attack Bagram air base, Afghanistan and one round hit a NATO CH-47 helicopter. Three Afghans inside the helicopter were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.

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First upgraded CH-53GA handed over to Germany

Eurocopter has handed over the first modernized CH-53GA transport helicopter to the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) at the ILA Berlin Air Show.

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