Aviation News
Last week, we reported that a AV-8B was badly damaged during takeoff from USS Kearsarge on Mar. 8. A spokesman from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has provided more details on the incident.
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In a release filed on Mar. 11, the U.S. Navy has placed an order for 12 UH-1Ys and 16 AH-1Zs for the Marine Corps. The contract is worth $461 million.
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Czech daily Lidove noviny says Prague is in talks to Hungary to form a joint Gripen squadron after similar talks with Slovak last year went nowhere.
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On Mar. 15, two Russian Tu-95 bombers took off from Engels airbase and flew for 11 hours to Ayni range in Tajikistan for a joint exercise.
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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) was so impressed by the MV-22’s capability to fight fires during a demonstration at Hemet-Ryan Airfield on Feb. 11 that it has decided to call up the tiltrotor for fire fighting duties starting from May this year.
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