Five Chinese women selected to undergo attack helicopter training with the People’s Liberation Army Aviation Corps are now ready for combat, Chinese media reported.
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South Korean Army colonel in trouble for this photo op
A South Korean Army colonel has been criticized for standing on top of the FLIR sensor of a U.S. Navy MH-60S helicopter during a tour of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan last month.
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Boeing keen to offer KC-46A to India
Boeing told visiting Indian journalists in Seattle that it is wiling to offer the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker to New Delhi.
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By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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China “lost” a Z-8 helicopter during exercise in Thailand
Update: The exercise was a simulation.
China’s Ministry of National Defense disclosed that a burning helicopter was pushed off the deck of Type 071 LPD Changbai Shan during the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Military Medicine (MM) / Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise in September.
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By Rob Schleiffert from Holland (Z8J Chinese Navy) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Australia’s P-8A arrives home
The first of 15 Boeing P-8As ordered by Australia has arrived home in Canberra on Nov. 16. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was on hand to welcome the aircraft and its crew.