Aviation News
Prince Harry has started his second tour in Afghanistan as a Apache gunner. Capt. Harry Wales arrived on Friday along with his unit, the 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps.
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The Italian Army is operating two NH90 helicopters from its base in Herat, Afghanistan. A total of four aircraft will be deployed there.
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Two U.S. troops died when their OH-58 helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Sept 5.
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India will test its secretive Nirbhay cruise missile from Wheeler Island in October.
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A British solider from 3rd Battalion The Rifles was killed in Afghanistan in December 2009 after U.S. Apaches mistook them for insurgents and fired on them.
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