Aviation News
A group of Whidbey Island residents are asking the federal court to block the U.S. Navy from using Outlying Landing Field (OLF) Coupeville to train EA-18G pilots due to noise.
By U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Ian C. Anderson, USN [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has invented a new way of making transparent spinel, a mineral that is tougher, stronger, harder than glass.
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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Jamie Hartman
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Nearly a year ago, an AV-8B Harrier crashed and destroyed the home of Jesus and Shady Valenzuela in Imperial Valley, California.
The U.S. Navy currently has only six serviceable MH-53E Sea Dragons, two-months after it ordered a fleet-wide inspection to look for damaged wires and fuel lines.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. John L. Kline [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Italian tax police are probing whether executives with AgustaWestland paid bribes in the sale of helicopters to the Algerian government in 2009-2011.
By Chris Lofting [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons