Fleet Readiness Center East recently completed the first planned maintenance and modification work on an Italian AV-8.
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Klimov to start testing of VK-2500 attack helicopter engine
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday that OAO Klimov will soon start testing an advanced engine for attack helicopters.
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Twenty-five percent of India’s Hawk fleet grounded for lack of spares
India’s Defense Minister A K Antony disclosed in Parliament that twenty-five percent of the Hawk advanced trainer fleet has been grounded due to severe lack of spares.
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India’s Air Force chief says Apache to stay with his service for air-to-air missions
India’s Air Force chief N A K Browne says 22 Apache helicopters which are in the process of being acquired will not be going to the Army.
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C-17 pilot from JBLM found not guilty in airdrop fatality
A C-17 pilot from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was found not guilty of all charges in connection with the 2011 death of an Army paratrooper from the West Virginia National Guard.
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