Aviation News
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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Russia wants to switch the missile chassis made by Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant to an indigenous one. Majority of Russia’s air defense systems uses chassis made by the Belarus company.
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The Pentagon’s Defense Acquisition Board met last Friday to review the comprehensive plan for operational testing of the F-35.
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H/T to Eamon for the link to the picture of a UAE A330 MRTT with a detached boom. The aircraft was performing a test flight over Spain when the boom detached at about 7:30 p.m.
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For the fifth time, the RoCAF’s 28th Tactical Fighter Group has been selected as a model military unit. The group flies the IDF fighter from Ching Chuan Kang Air Base.
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