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Retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles, a Medal of Honor recipient and UH-1D pilot during the Vietnam War, has passed away.
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Greek aviation magazine Flight & Space says the ex-U.S. Army Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters that the Hellenic Army ordered will be delivered in March.
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News reports says the U.S. Army is asking Congress for $373 million to buy the two Iron Dome missile interceptor batteries.
Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני (see also https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Flickr-IDF-IronDome-in-action001.jpg ) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The South Korean army has lifted the grounding of its KUH-1 helicopter on the eve of Christmas.
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The Pentagon has given Orbital Sciences Corp a $46 million contract for 15 full-rate production Lot 13 GQM-163A Coyote supersonic sea skimming target base vehicles.
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