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Sling-load recovery of AH-64D by Texas Guardsmen

Posted on September 11, 2016 by alert5

Texas Guardsmen conduct recovery operations of an AH-64D Apache helicopter using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, September 1, 2016, following a precautionary landing in a rice paddy in Wallisville, Texas, near Houston, due to mechanical issues. Maintenance soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack Reconnaissance) waded through six-inch deep mud and worked in a heat index of more than 100 degrees, to ensure a safe and successful sling load recovery mission. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Martha Nigrelle)

Ukroboronprom ready to deliver 3 modernized Mi-24s

Posted on September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 by alert5

Ukroboronprom says its subsidiary, Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon, is ready to deliver three modernized Mi-24PU1s back to the military.

By http://www.president.gov.ua [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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All PLA Army Aviation units now equipped with Z-10

Posted on September 9, 2016 by alert5

China says all its PLA Army Aviation units are now equipped with the Z-10 attack helicopter, the last unit to receive the rotor-craft is the 13th Group.

By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

160th SOAR’s MH-47 makes hard landing

Posted on September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 by alert5

A MH-47 assigned to 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment made a hard landing on the night of Sept. 7 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

By Sgt. Eric Rutherford [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Military rotary-wing assets at AM-HEx

Posted on September 5, 2016 by alert5

Photos: Royal Thai Armed Forces
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