Aviation News
A second batch of MV-22s are expected to arrive in Japan this July. A total of 24 aircraft will replace the CH-46s in Okinawa by 2014.
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The Pentagon is complaining that Rolls-Royce is on average, 160 days late in delivering parts for the F-35B lift fan.
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The U.S. Marine Corps is getting funds to install infrared position lights on new models of the UH-1 and AH-1 after the investigation into a deadly mid-air collision revealed that the lack of infrared lights might have contributed to the accident.
Continue reading “USMC fixing lights on UH-1Y, AH-1Z after deadly collision”
On Feb. 20, a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter (BuNo 156442) with HMM-262 (Reinforced), crashed north of Phitsanulok, Thailand. This is the story of the rescue mission flown by a Black Hawk helicopter from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade.
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