Aviation News
The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) intends to mount a laser weapon on a AH-64 Apache attack helicopter this summer, a SOCOM officer revealed.
By: Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Last week, we revealed that China has deployed unmanned aerial vehicles to South China Sea. Fox News now has a satellite photo confirming the deployment on Woody Island in the Paracel archipelago.
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Source: Fox News
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Two F/A-18F Super Hornets assigned to VFA-211 were involved in a mid-air collision while flying off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on May 26 at approximately 10:40 a.m. local time.
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General Electric’s F414-GE-400 after-burning engine has been selected by South Korea to power its next fighter – the KF-X.
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Source: KAI
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