Aviation News
1st Lt. Chen Pin-fen from the Republic of China Army’s Aviation and Special Forces Command is the first woman from the island qualified to fly the Bell AH-1W attack helicopter.
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A video from the Syrian government shows several types of Russian attack helicopters in action against ISIL forces east of Homs.
Reuters reported that the German government has approved the deployment of eight attack and transport helicopters to Mali as part of a U.N. peacekeeping force there.
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Army Research Laboratory recently demonstrated a 3-D printed On-Demand Small Unmanned Aircraft System (ODSUAS) to the Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Benning, Georgia last month.
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