Aviation News
Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, told the media on Apr. 14 that two Mi-35M attack helicopters have been delivered and will be inducted into operations soon.
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The Spanish Air Force’s Patrulla Águila aerobatic team now has its first female team member, Capt. Rosa María García-Malea.
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Photo: Spanish Air Force
French Air Force aerobatic team Patrouille de France flew a photo flight over San Francisco Bay on Apr. 16 and many residents were concern with the overflight.
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Twenty-years ago on Apr. 2, 1997, Capt. Craig D. Button was killed when his A-10 jet flew off course by 800 miles and crashed into Gold Dust Peak in Colorado. Till this day, the exact cause of the crash remains a mystery.
By USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Korea Herald reports that South Korea will decide next month whether to declare that the testing of its M-SAM has been completed and the air defense missile system is operational.
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