The U.S. Army has signed a contract with Boeing for Chinook Block II test aircraft, the contract is worth $276 million.
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Graphic: Boeing
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Category: Army
2-10 CAB deploys Black Hawks to Romania
Aviators with the 2-10 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade flew UH-60 Blackhawks from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, into Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania on Jul. 24-25.
German Tiger attack helicopter crash in Mali
Two U.N. Peacekeepers from Germany were killed when their Tiger attack helicopter crash 70 km north of Gao, Mali on Jul. 26. The rotorcraft was totally destroyed by fire.
By Alan Lebeda [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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12 American paratroopers injured during night jump in Romania
Twelve U.S. paratroopers participating in the Saber Guardian 17 exercise in Romania were injured during a night jump on Jul. 22.
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Another THAAD test in the works
The Pentagon could be preparing for another test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, according to a U.S. Coast Guard notice.
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Photo: Missile Defense Agency
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