Link to photos showing a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N that made an emergency landing on a field after suffering an in-flight port-side engine fire.
Israel looking at V-22 again
Israel is having second thoughts on acquiring the V-22 for special forces insertion and medical evacuation.
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Public museums won’t get RAAF F-111s
Five Australian military bases will be getting the retired RAAF F-111 for display, three of the jets might be preserved for “defense heritage” while two could go back to the U.S. for the Air Force museum. No public aviation museums are allowed to have one.
A.K. Antony snubs Clinton’s MMRCA advances
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled her trip to India after defense minister A.K. Antony refused to be swayed by her advances to sell the American fighters to India.
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North Korea may have nukes small enough to fit into missiles
Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that North Korea may have shrunk its nuclear bombs to fit into missiles or carried by aircraft.