Aviation News
A historic building in downtown Port Huron, Michigan, was damaged in the wee hours of Jun. 8 when downwash from a Black Hawk helicopter caused bricks to fall onto the building’s awning and broke the glass windows.
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For many years, the post of Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) has been rotated amongst the three chief of staff of the services. However, when the current incumbent retires this July, President Joko Widodo might break away with tradition and choose not to nominate Air Force chief of staff Air Chief Marshall Agus Supriatna for the top post.
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The Russian Defense Ministry has grounded all its Tupolev Tu-95 bombers after one aircraft overshot the runway during a practice flight at Ukrainka airfield in the Amur region on Jun. 8.
By Marina Lystseva [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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IAI’s ELTA Systems Group will unveil a new counterstealth Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar at the Paris Airshow.
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Photo: IAI
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As part of the KC-46 development program, the aerial tanker had to be subjected to a series of weapons survivability test. The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Weapons Survivability Laboratory was tasked with the assignment.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
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