Two South Carolina National Guard pilots from Detachment 2, F Company, 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion, were forced to make an autorotation on their Black Hawk helicopter after the aircraft suffered a main rotor failure.
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Bangladesh inducts K-8W into service
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inducted the K-8W trainer into service with the Bangladesh Air Force at Bangabandhu Kurmitola Air Base on Dec. 10.
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81st Fighter Squadron to reactivate next month to train pilots, maintainers of A-29
The U.S. Air Force will reactivate the 81st Fighter Squadron on Jan. 15, 2015, at Columbus Air Force Base. The unit will be tasked with training international pilots and maintainers on the A-29 aircraft.
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Indian Navy expected to exercise option for 4 more P-8Is next year
India will take delivery of its last 2 of eight P-8Is on order and its navy chief has hinted that he will exercise the option for four more aircraft next year.
Two RoK P-3s operating out of JBER to search for missing fishermen
South Korea has deployed two of its P-3s to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska to search for the missing crew members from a South Korean fishing boat that sank in the Bering Sea on Nov. 30.
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