Aviation News
The helicopter static display at Hunter Army Airfield now contains a OH-58D and this aircraft has been dedicated to Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Groves III who died when his Kiowa crashed near Kandahar, Afghanistan on Mar. 16, 2013.
The U.S. State Department has confirmed that a U.S. Army Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle company will be deployed permanently at kunsan Air Base in South Korea.
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Budgetary pressure has forced the Israeli Artillery Corps to deactivate its elite Meitar special forces unit. The outfit was tasked with striking the enemy using the Tammuz anti-tank missile.
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The Brazilian Army has placed an follow-on order with Saab for more RBS 70 air defense missile system. Saab says the systems will be delivered in 2017 and 2018.
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Capt. Tomohiro Sato of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is currently undergoing conversion training at VMMT-204. Sato will be the first Japanese MV-22 Osprey instructor pilot when the aircraft is introduced to the Japanese military next year.
