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A German P-3C and its crew has flown from Nordholz to Djibouti to join Operation Atalanta. Operation Atalanta is a current counter-piracy military operation at sea off the Horn of Africa and in the Western Indian Ocean.
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Photo: EUNAVFOR
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Lockheed Martin expects to receive a contract next year to start low-rate production of a new turret for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system on the AH-64D/E.
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By Clemens Vasters from Viersen, Germany (Boeing AH-64 ApacheUploaded by russavia) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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An administrative error resulted in the British Ministry of Defense paying an extra £829,000 in salary to around 200 serving and retired Army helicopter crew over the last decade. The move by the Ministry to recover back the money has resulted in at least 15 pilots tendering in their resignation letters.
By Arpingstone (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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If you haven’t heard, Bill Sweetman is leaving Aviation Week today for a new job at Northrop Grumman. He’s also quitting journalism after 42 years. We wish him all the best. Onwards and upwards!
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This person claims to have cycled to the China Flight Test Establishment at Yanliang airbase in Xi’an and no one there stopped him from taking pictures.
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