Aviation News
Six Apache helicopters with the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade were damaged when a thunderstorm blew through Fort Riley’s Marshall Army Airfield on Wednesday.
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Rosoboronexport has been awarded a $171 million contract to provide 10 more Mi-17 helicopters for Afghanistan. The order was placed by the U.S. Army.
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The Texas Army National Guard has retired its last AH-64A, 90-00451, and the aircraft will return to Boeing and re-manufactured into a D model.
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Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh has aggressively move to secure attack helicopters for his service and is expected to ignite a turf war with the Air Force.
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A Pakistan Army Mi-17 helicopter crashed during a test flight in northern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people on board.
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