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Chief Warrant Officer 3, Tom Wiggins, of the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command made history on Feb. 7 by becoming the first person in his service to fly the Bell V-280.
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The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) current mindset on warfare revolves around the concept of systems confrontation as key to defeating the enemy. RAND has published this guidebook on this emerging topic. Hit the link below for the source.
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A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) AH-64D that crashed in Kanzakion Feb. 5 had its main rotor head replaced just before it went down.
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Flight Global reports that Greece plans to acquire 70 OH-58Ds that are declared as Excess Defense Articles (EDA) by the U.S. government.
Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez
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