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Two killed in Saudi Apache crash

Posted on August 22, 2015August 22, 2015 by alert5

Two Saudi Apache pilots were killed when their helicopter came down near the border with Yemen on Aug. 21.

By Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford and Largs, United Kingdom (AH-64D Apache) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Pakistan has signed contract for four Mi-35s

Posted on August 20, 2015August 20, 2015 by alert5

News reports from Pakistan say the country had signed a contract for four Mi-35 attack helicopters on Aug. 19.

By Angelita Lawrence, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Apache pilot is one of two women to graduate from Ranger Course

Posted on August 20, 2015 by alert5

For the first time, two women will join their male counterparts in graduating from the U.S. Army Ranger Course on Aug. 21. One of them is a Apache pilot from the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Glassey

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Australian Tiger attack helicopters in Papua New Guinea for exercise

Posted on August 19, 2015 by alert5

Australia’s Tiger attack helicopters have deployed to Papua New Guinea for an exercise with the local military’s Air Transport Wing at Jackson’s Airport, Port Moresby from Aug. 16 to Sept. 7.

By Andrew Mercer (www.baldwhiteguy.co.nz) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons