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For his conspicuous gallantry during Operation Malheur, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Charles Kettles, U.S. Army, will be awarded the Medal of Honor by U.S. President Obama on Jul. 18.
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Image: U.S. Army
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A press release from Lockheed Martin says Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has “activated contractual agreements under the Turkish Utility Helicopter Program (TUHP) to produce the T70 utility helicopter.”
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Three Myanmar airmen were killed when their Mi-2 helicopter went down in a valley near the Yangon-Mandalay highway on Jun. 14.
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Photo: Myanmar Highway Police
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The UAE military lost two of its helicopters on Jun. 12 and 13. The first crash occurred while flying over international waters, the General Command of the Armed Forces said in a statement.
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The Latvian parliament has amended the country’s aviation laws so that soldiers at Army bases can now shoot down any suspicious drone flying overhead.
By Mike1979 Russia (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons