Aviation News
Taiwan’s National Ministry of Defense has refuted a report that the island will buy AV-8Bs that are sold as Excess Defense Articles once they are retired from the Marine Corps.
By DoD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Chad Kiehl, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Plans for a PAC-3 air defense missile base at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taiwan has been posted online in a government tender.
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The U.S. Army’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade returned to the Middle East four months ago but this time without the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopters.
Photo: Staff Sgt. Ian M. Kummer
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India’s plan to produce 100 Ka-226T helicopters locally has encountered turbulence as Russian Helicopters is only willing to be responsible for its own systems and components in the “Make in India” helicopter.
By Allocer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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The new Mina Salman Support Facility in Bahrain will not allow the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier to berth due to draught constraints.
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