Moroccan news outlet Le360 has an update on Morocco’s bid to buy the AH-64 attack helicopter. The report says the African state will acquire the helicopters within the next two years.
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China may develop maritime patrol variant of MA60
The Xian MA60 turboprop airliner might be developed into a maritime patrol variant, Global Times reports.
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Gundam and Char’s Zaku to orbit Earth
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Tokyo University Graduate School of Engineering’s Aerospace Engineering department will be working together to send models of the original Gundam and Char’s Zaku from the Mobile Suit Gundam anime into space.
Former F-15C demo pilot will be acting U.S. Air Force Secretary
The U.S. Air Force’s Under Secretary Matthew P. Donovan will be acting secretary of the Air Force from Jun. 1 after the incumbent Secretary Heather Wilson resigns to become the president of the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Vought F4U-7 damaged after failed takeoff
A Vought F4U-7 that once participated in the NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep was damaged after it failed to takeoff at Jerome County Airport on May 14.
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