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FT: Seoul walked away from second batch of AW159 due to politics
The Financial Times says South Korea decided against buying a second follow-on batch of AW159 naval helicopters due to pressure from the United States. Hit the link below for the article.
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Vympel designing new missile for Tor-M2
A new short-range missile for the Tor-M2 air defense missile system is being design by Vympel, the company has announced.
By Vitaly V. Kuzmin (http://www.vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/600) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Three killed in Idaho Army National Guard Black Hawk crash
Three people on board a UH-60 assigned to the Idaho Army National Guard were killed on Feb. 2 when their rotorcraft went down south of Lucky Peak near Boise shortly after 8 p.m. local time.
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USAF has introduce the C-130H into ACE exercise
The 103rd and 139th Airlift Wings of the U.S. Air National Guard recently participated in an Agile Combat Employment exercise at the Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, Jan. 13. This marks the first time that the C-130H has been used in such an exercise with the F-22.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marcus M. Bullock
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