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Museum of Flight’s Senior Public Relations Manager Ted Huetter told KIRO 7 that the museum is 99 percent sure that when the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels team switch to the Super Hornet, one of the Hornets retired will go to the museum.
By Capt Raymond Geoffroy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia has gained value experience operating its attack helicopters in Syria and one of the lessons learned was that the metal rotor blades were wearing out faster in the harsh environment in Syria. In future, Russia will be switching to composite rotor blades to mitigate the issues.
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A recent PLA artillery exercise demonstrated the use of the ASN-209 UAV on the battlefield for battle field survey, target location and artillery fire adjustment.
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Kuwait on Aug. 9 to sign an agreement to sell 30 Airbus H225M helicopters to the Gulf State for approximately $1.1 billion.
By Arnaud Lambert (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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