Aviation News
A retired AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter belonging to the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation crashed near the Coolidge Airport Thursday while filming for a South Korea crew. Picture of the wreckage is in the source.
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The Fleet Air Arm Museum has put its newly acquired Harrier GR9A (ZD433) on display from Feb. 22 to May. 21. The museum has nicknamed the jet ‘Dirty Harry’ because of its war worn condition, along with numerous mission markings and dirt and dust from Afghanistan.
Naval Air Station Wildwood Museum invited Lt. Cmdr. Dominic Telenko and his family to revisit the F-14 at the museum. Telenko was the last pilot to fly that Tomcat.
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A private Cessna plane that flew into the same airspace as Marine One was intercepted by F-16s near Los Angeles. The plane was later found to be carrying 40 pounds of marijuana.
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An officer with the Federal Security Service (FSB) has been accused with murdering a former Su-27 designer.
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