Former New Zealand fighter pilot Mark Helliwell has been reunited with his A-4K, NZ6209, that he used to fly while on overseas detachments.
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Category: Air Force
UFO buzzed Chilean F-5s at El Bosque Air Base
A video taken by an aircraft engineer shows an unknown object buzzing a formation of Chilean F-5s during a change of command ceremony at El Bosque Air Base in Santiago on Nov. 5, 2010.
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Polish Air Force training in Israel
A small number of F-16s from the Polish Air Force are in Israel for joint training with the Israeli Air Force in the Negev. This is the first joint exercise between both countries’ air forces.
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Afghan interpreter attempted attack on Panetta’s C-17
Fox News reported that the strange incident of stolen pickup truck that crashed at Camp Bastion as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s C-17 was landing was an attack by an Afghan interpreter.
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Seventeen U.S. Senators want Mi-17 deal for Afghanistan canceled
Seventeen U.S. senators have wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urging him to cancel a contract to buy 21 Mi-17 helicopters for the Afghan Air Force.
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