A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) UH-1J made a hard landing at 9:55 a.m. local time today at Tachikawa.
Category: Army
U.S. Army retrofitting FIM-92s with proximity fuzes
The FIM-92 Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) for the U.S Army is being enhanced with proximity fuzes, Raytheon says.
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U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to buy 2 sets of Iron Dome
Two U.S. lawmakers have introduce the “U.S.-Israel Indirect Fire Protection Act of 2019 (H.R. 3186) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to procure two Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system batteries.”
Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Dutch Apaches grounded
Netherlands has grounded all 28 of its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters after discovering a “defect” in the tail rotor of one aircraft during maintenance.
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U.S. Army confirms KC-390 undergoing military certification testing at Yuma
The U.S. Army has confirmed that a KC-390, along with 70 personnel, are now at Yuma Proving Ground for the military certification of the cargo plane.
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