Aviation News
The U.S. Air Force has begun phasing out one of its oldest and most reliable assets, the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. This move comes as the Air Force’s 55th RQS (Rescue Squadron) has just returned from a successful deployment, during which the Pave Hawk fleet played a crucial role in a variety of missions, including personnel recovery, casualty evacuation and on-call support to joint and coalition forces.
An Iranian lawmaker told Tasni News that Russia will begin delivery of the Su-35 fighters in early Solar Hijri calendar year 1402, which starts from Mar. 21.
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Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Eight people were injured when giant tents collapsed during a National Children’s Day event in Chanthaburi province on Jan. 14. The incident occurred when a Royal Thai Navy H145M helicopter flew directly above three giant tents, sending powerful downdrafts that caused the structures to collapse onto a crowd below.
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The U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) welcomed its third Army commander, Lt. Col. Aaron Kia, during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on January 12th. Kia relieved Cmdr. Jeremy DeBons during an airborne change of command ceremony officiated by Naval Test Wing Atlantic Commodore, Capt. Elizabeth Somerville.
U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Bass
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Japan announced on Jan. 12 that it has started the construction of a field carrier landing practice (FCLP) facility at Mageshima.
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