Aviation News
The Wall Street Journal reported that the parent company of Sikorsky Aircraft, United Technologies, is talking to possible buyers of the helicopter maker.
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By Andrés Ramírez (provided via email by author) [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Flight testing of the Astra air-to-air missile has been delayed after the Su-30MKI fleet was grounded due to a crash on May 19.
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The U.S. Marine Corps revealed that MV-22Bs were airborne and on their way to rescue a Jordanian F-16 pilot that ejected over Syria last December.
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The U.S. State Department has cleared a massive FMS to Israel for JDAM tail kits; Paveway kits, Hellfire missiles and AIM-120C missiles.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Eric A. Clement. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Two B-52H bombers assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing flew a 30-plus hour, 14,000 mile nonstop mission to Jordan for exercise Eager Lion 2015.
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