Last Friday’s crash of an F-5 fighter in Chai Badan district of Lop Buri province was caused by a collision with a large bird, according to Royal Thai Air Force spokesman Air Vice Marshal Prapas Sornchaidee.
82 percent of Canada’s CH-148 fleet grounded due to cracks
Cracks have been found on the tails of Canada’s CH-148 fleet, the problem affects 19 out of the 23 helicopters.
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Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada / CC BY-SA
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India could scale down Ka-226T order
News reports from India suggest India will likely scale down its order for the Ka-226T light utility helicopter.
By Vitaliy Ragulin (Пожар на Белорусской.) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
CH-53K conducted first over-the-horizon heavy lift and troop transport ship-to-shore ops
In a test over the Atlantic Ocean last month, the CH-53K conducted over-the-horizon heavy lift and troop transport ship-to-shore operations for the first time from USS Iwo Jima.
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Watch JGSDF Apaches carrying out 30mm gunnery firing in U.S.
Four AH-64Ds assigned to the 1st Battle Helicopter Unit, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, are in Yakima Training Center, Washington for a combined arms training exercise with units from the 7th Infantry Division as part of Exercise Rising Thunder 21.