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The Saudi Press Agency says two Saudi pilots were killed when their AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during bad weather in the Yemeni region of Marib.
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By Eagleamn (Self-photographed) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The investigation into the crash of a South Korean Army UH-1H crash in Chuncheon on Feb. 15 found that the rotor-craft’s hydraulic servo valve had failed while the aircraft was in a hover.
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Two U.S. Army AH-64Ds assigned to the 2-6 Cavalry Squadron, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade launch eight AGM-114Ls during a sinking exercise (SINKEX) with the decommissioned Pearl Harbor frigate USS Crommelin (FFG-37) on Jul. 19.
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A research report by RAND has suggested that the U.S. Army “start a rigorous operational analysis of the potential military value that conventional land-based theater ballistic missiles (TBMs) could add to the U.S. portfolio of strike capabilities.”
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By United States Army (United States Army) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The United Nations has been informed by the Dutch military that it will withdraw four AH-64s and three utility helicopters from the peacekeeping mission in Mali.
“Dutch Air Force Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow Geerlings-1” by Martijn Geerlings – http://www.airliners.net/photo/Netherlands—Air/Boeing-AH-64D-Apache/1960850/L/. Licensed under GFDL via Wikimedia Commons.
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