Aviation News
The U.S. government will soon inform Congress on the sale of $1 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan, including a AH-64E to replace one that was lost earlier.
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Moscow has ordered the guided missile cruiser Moskva to operate off the coast of Latakia, Syria and provide air defense cover to the Russian military contingent there.
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Six U.S. Marines died when their UH-1Y helicopter crashed on May 12 in Nepal during a flight to evacuate wounded Nepalese to a hospital. Here are the photos from that final mission, extracted from a camera retrieved from the crash site.
Lt. Col Alexander Haddad, 44th Fighter Squadron pilot, reached the 2,000 hours of flying the F-15 on Nov. 19 at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Corey M. Pettis
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The final contract to sell 36 Rafale fighters to India will be signed on the eve of French President François Hollande’s visit to India for the Republic Day celebrations.
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