A TAI Anka UAV crashed while undergoing operational test flights at a military base in Batman, southeastern Turkey on Dec. 6.
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Category: Air Force
It’s time for Operation Christmas Drop again
The U.S. Air Force is carrying out Operation Christmas Drop over remote islands of Micronesia in the Western Pacific this week.
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RAF Chinook forced to land in West Bank
A RAF helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in West Bank on Dec. 8 while traveling from Jordan to Cyprus.
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India to retire MiG-21FL Dec. 11
India will phase out the MiG-21FL on Dec. 11 with a phasing out ceremony at the air force station in Kalaikunda, West Bengal.
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U.S. study recommended slowly shifting Afghan Air Force to U.S. helicopters
A classified 2010 study by the Pentagon had recommended that the Afghan Air Force operate a combined fleet of Mi-17s and CH-47s.
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