Aviation News
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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Lockheed Martin has completed delivery of all hardware and components associated with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system’s first U.S. Army Battery.
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The U.S. Army gave Raytheon a $79.2 million contract to develop a system that will detect and destroy incoming rockets.
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