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Obama could send as many as 8 AH-64s back to Iraq

Posted on October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 by alert5

The Pentagon has recommended to the White House that up to eight AH-64 attack helicopters are to be sent to Iraq as part of a package of new assistance programs to counter ISIL.

By SSGT SUZANNE M. JENKINS, USAF (Defense Imagery) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Apparently, AH-64E’s tail rotor gear box is rusting in Taiwan’s climate

Posted on October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 by alert5

Taiwan found out that its new AH-64Es’ tail rotor gearboxes were corroding in the hot and humid climate in March and steps have been taken to solve the problem.

By 玄史生 (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Flight trials of Australian Army CH-47D with HMAS Canberra

Posted on October 23, 2015 by alert5

Australia is using an Army CH-47D Chinook to do First of Class Flight Trial with HMAS Canberra in Jervis Bay.

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27 MGM-52 Lance missiles rediscovered after sitting there at Redstone Arsenal for many years

Posted on October 22, 2015October 21, 2015 by alert5

Sometime after the U.S. Army retired the MGM-52 Lance tactical ballistic missile in 1992, 27 of them ended up at Redstone Arsenal and were forgotten until 2014.

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Russian Mi-24s executing low-level rocket attacks in Homs, Syria

Posted on October 18, 2015October 17, 2015 by alert5