Aviation News
Alenia Aermacchi has sold two of the company’s C-27J tactical transport to an unnamed African nation.
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A AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) successfully hit a Mobile Ship Target during Block 1 upgrade test firings at the Point Mugu Sea Range on Aug. 18.
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Photo: Orbital ATK
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The French President’s Office has announced the sale of two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia’s deployment of combat aircraft in Syria appeared to be for defending it own base there.
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The widows of two U.S. Navy MH-60S pilots who were killed when their helicopter was swept overboard by strong waves has filed a suit against the U.S. Navy, asking the court to declare the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as unsafe.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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