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The NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA) has tasked Sogitec Industries to design and produce a full-flight simulator for French Army and Air Force NH90 helicopters.
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Four AH-64s that arrived in Iraq in 2007 were destroyed by a mortar attack after soldiers took their pictures and uploaded them on the Internet. Insurgents were able to extract the geo-tags from the photos and determine the exact location of the Apaches.
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An Australian Army Tiger helicopter had to make an emergency landing after hitting power lines in southeast Queensland on Thursday. Hit the source for picture of the mishap helicopter.
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Four major U.S. military bases in Japan — Yokosuka Naval Base, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Camp Zama and Yokota Air Base — are sitting atop earthquake fault lines.
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Tawian’s Army is searching for a UAV that went missing early Wednesday while on a routine training mission over the seas off eastern Taiwan.
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