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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has agreed to resuming testing of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), after investigations revealed the cause of last October’s incident.
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Four people aboard a Russian Army Mi-8 helicopter were killed when the rotor-craft went down in Pskov region northwest of Moscow on Feb. 8.
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A Pakistan Army Aviation MFI-17 Mushshak crashed on Feb. 9, killing two on board the aircraft. The aircraft was on a training mission when it went down near Gujranwala.
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Four OH-58Ds that are designated Excess Defense Articles are now at Redstone Arsenal for shipping to a foreign nation.
By Master Sgt. Scott Wagers, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Malaysian Army has bought six MD 530G scout attack helicopters for its Army Aviation branch. The rotor-craft will support the Malaysian Army’s operations in the Eastern Sabah Security Command.
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