Aviation News
The Japanese government has determined that the planned deployment of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) MV-22s at Saga airport, Kyushu in fiscal 2019 is unlikely to be executed on time.
By Pekachu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The CEO of Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd (KAI), Ha Sung-yong, has offered to step down amidst the Surion utility helicopter scandal.
Soldiers manning the fuel pumps at forward refueling points are at risk from enemy targeting and the U.S. Army is testing out a new technology so that it can remove them from harm’s way.
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Photo: U.S. Army photo by Mrs. Kathleen Edwards (AMRDEC)
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UAC President Yury Slyusar said on Jul. 19 that his firm is in talks with the Russian Defense Ministry for delivery of 12 PAK FA fighters in 2019.
A Myanmar Air Force Y-8 transport aircraft crashed into the Andaman Sea on Jun. 7, killing all 122 people on board. The state media has now released the preliminary results of the crash investigation.
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