Aviation News
Two Merlin Mk2 helicopters from the Royal Navy’s 820 Naval Air Squadron will be attached to the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre, Forces Network reports.
Photo: LPhot Caz Davies On Det with 820 NAS/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Mover explains the complex procedures behind the live-shooting of a AIM-9 missile.
Russia’s Central Military District will stand up a new unit – the 21st mixed aviation division. The unit will comprise of MiG-31s and Su-34s.
Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
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India’s lone aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya has completed its second refit and will commence its sea trials next week.
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The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge has been approved to produce the canned subassembly for the B61-12 nuclear bomb.
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