Aviation News
Four former Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force S-80M-1 helicopters that Japan is giving away free to the U.S. Navy is being refurbished by a 47-year-old company out in Portland, Oregon.
By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryan Blair [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan has allocated around $54 million to build helicopter facilities for the army in Taitung and Taichung air force bases.
By 玄史生 [CC0], from Wikimedia Commons
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Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) has put in a request of $88 million in next year’s budget for research into high-speed glide weapon.
Graphic: MOD Japan
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The U.S. Air Force has decided that the UH-1Ns guarding its intercontinental ballistic missile fields will be replaced by the Boeing MH-139.
Photo: Boeing
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The Associated Press is reporting that Germany wants to sell its sole Eurohawk unmanned aerial vehicle to Canada.
Julian Herzog [GFDL or CC BY 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons
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