Aviation News
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.
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U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Glassey
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.
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By Andrew Mercer (www.baldwhiteguy.co.nz) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Pentagon spokesman told reporters that the U.S. military plans to have 90 orbits by unmanned aircraft each day in four years’ time.
By Lance Cheung, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Three refurbished CH-47Ds for Morocco’s army have been shipped home to Tangier. Click on the source for pictures of the helicopters at the port.
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Courtesy Photo
The United States will withdraw its Patriot missile battery deployed in Turkey this October for “critical modernization upgrades,” a joint Turkish-U.S. statement said.
By DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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