Aviation News
The U.S. Embassy in Manila announced on Sept. 11 that the MQ-1C Gray Eagle has been deployed to Mindanao “in support of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterterrorism efforts.”
By US Army [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The last four THAAD launchers arrived at a former golf course near Seongju City, South Korea on Sept. 7.
The official YouTube channel for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum recently uploaded the video of President Reagan at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy Graduation on May 30, 1984. It was at that graduation ceremony that William John “Bill” Crawford – then working as a janitor at the academy – was presented his Medal of Honor for gallantry actions in Italy, 1943.
For the first time, the Army, Navy and Air Force of India will be sending personnel and equipment to Russia for war games.
By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Over the skies of South Vietnam, young men in their early twenties risked their lives flying the Hughes OH-6A Cayuse – affectionately known as Loaches – in hunter-killer pairs with Bell AH-1 Cobras, Donald Porter writes in this Air and Space article. Link is below.
By Starry, Donn A Mounted combat in Vietnam. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons