FRANCE 24 travels to Mali to meet French Mirage 2000 pilots running the air campaign out of Airbase 101, located around 10km from the Malian capital of Bamako.
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RNZAF pilot charged for Anzac Day 2010 helicopter crash
A Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot will be charged with negligence that caused a UH-1 to crash on Anzac Day in 2010.
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DARPA wants Predator-class UAV on LCS
DARPA has started a Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program to get the industry to come up with a Predator-class medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV that can fly and recover back from small ships such as the Littoral Combat Ship.
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10 QW-1M MANPADS seized off Yemeni coast
An Iranian dhow seized off the Yemeni coast in January was carrying 10 QW-1M Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS).
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PAK-FA going for customer assessment and weapons release trials
Russian air force commander Gen. Victor Bondarev said by end of the year, he expects eight PAK-FAs to be Akhtubinsk in Southern Russia for customer assessment and weapons release trials.
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