Aviation News
The Royal New Zealand Air Force has restricted its NH90 pilots from flying over water, in the mountains and over populated areas after one of the rotorcraft had an inflight engine failure on Apr. 16.
By CPL Amanda McErlich [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Indonesian Air Force Su-30MK suffered an inflight left engine failure after take off on Apr. 7 and the crew skillfully recovered the aircraft.
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Photo: TNI AU
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The British government has given MBDA a contract for the integration of Meteor air-to-air missile on the F-35B.
Graphic: MBDA
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A F/A-18E from VFA-137 crashed while on final approach to land on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Celebes Sea on Apr. 21.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan P. Idle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was in Jakarta, Indonesia this week and the sale of Lockheed Martin’s Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods were among the 11 commercial and investment agreements announced during the visit.
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