The U.S. Army has exercise an option to buy an additional 44 STARLite wide area surveillance radars for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle.
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Category: Army
YouTube: Chinook airlifts Blackhawk
A California National Guard Black Hawk helicopter was airlifted by a Chinook after it got grounded while fighting a fire northwest of Lakeport, California.
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Four German Tigers delivered for Afghanistan deployment
The first four German Tiger helicopters upgraded for deployment to Afghanistan have been delivered. The modifications includes a sand filter, additional defense weaponry, a mission data recorder and enhanced communications equipment for multinational missions.
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Taiwan to take delivery of 4 Black Hawks in 2014
The first four of 60 UH-60M Black Hawks ordered by Taiwan will be delivered by sea in 2014. The last two will arrive in 2019.
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Attack on Bagram air base destroys CH-47
Insurgents attack Bagram air base, Afghanistan and one round hit a NATO CH-47 helicopter. Three Afghans inside the helicopter were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.
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