Aviation News
The U.S. Navy was roped in by the CIA to recover a film capsule from a KH-9 Hexagon spy satellite that had landed 16,400 feet below the Pacific Ocean in 1972. Details of that salvage operation was recently declassified.
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The Indian Navy has issued a tender to buy 56 naval helicopters to replace its Cheetah and Chetak helicopters.
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The commanding officer of Lackland Air Force Base has lost his post due to the sex scandal at the base.
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A group of airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing visited Engels Air Base in Saratov, Russia, last month. The five are there to assess the airfield in anticipation of the B-52’s visit next year.
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Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that U.S. officials told Israel that Saudi Arabia has warned that it will intercept Israeli fighters that enter its airspace en route to an attack on Iran.
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