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A report by United Daily News says it was Taiwan’s newly elected Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wanted to buy the AV-8B from the United States.
By Staff Sgt. Matthew Orr, via Wikimedia Commons
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A British WAH-64 instructor pilot with the Attack Helicopter (AH) Force recently clocked a total of 7,000 flying hours over his 29-year flying career.
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The current rotor blades fitted on the V-22 are too labor-intensive to manufacture and Bell Helicopter will test a blade under the manufacturer’s Advanced Technology Tiltrotor (ATTR) program.
By U.S. Federal Government employee (U.S. Federal Government) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A typical combat mission by the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron ‘Black Widows’ at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
U.S. Air Force photos/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys
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The Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft from Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) was selected by NASA last week to deliver material to the International Space Station (ISS) from 2019. The mini-shuttle with its slated wing configuration was an idea borrowed from the Soviet BOR lifting bodies.
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