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Sling-load recovery of AH-64D by Texas Guardsmen

Posted on September 11, 2016 by alert5

Texas Guardsmen conduct recovery operations of an AH-64D Apache helicopter using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, September 1, 2016, following a precautionary landing in a rice paddy in Wallisville, Texas, near Houston, due to mechanical issues. Maintenance soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment (Attack Reconnaissance) waded through six-inch deep mud and worked in a heat index of more than 100 degrees, to ensure a safe and successful sling load recovery mission. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Martha Nigrelle)

DRDO AEW&CS under scrutiny by U.S. DOJ

Posted on September 11, 2016 by alert5

The media in India reported that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the sale of three Embraer aircraft to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for its Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEWACS) project.

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USN says T-45C crash comment was ‘speculation’

Posted on September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 by alert5

The director of an ambulance company in Mississippi told the local radio that a VT-9 T-45C that crashed last week was caused by someone who “hit the wrong button and were ejected.”

By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK (165471/A-128 T-45C TW-1 / VT-9) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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KC-135 crew earned Hoyt Award for saving crippled A-10 over hostile territory

Posted on September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 by alert5

A KC-135 tanker crew with the Illinois National Guard’s 126th Refueling Wing was honored with the Hoyt Award in August for their role in helping shepherd a crippled A-10 over hostile territory to a safe landing in northern Iraq this April.

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