Sea King HC4 helicopters operated by the British Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have been cleared to fly with the new FN Herstal M3M .50-inch-calibre door-mounted machine gun.
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Another warbird on sale in New Zealand
Another warbird has been put up for sale in New Zealand. Toby Reid is selling his F-86 Sabre and he hoped to raise more than $40,000.
Israel Finance Ministry voiced concern over F-35 purchase
Israel Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the decision to buy the F-35 should not be decided by the Defense Minister alone.
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Rockwell’s super duper flight controls to be operational
Still remember the Rockwell Collins video which shows its Automatic Supervisory Adaptive Control (ASAC) system recovering a scale model F-18 with 60-percent of one wing blown off in flight? Rockwell now has a contract to put it on an operational UAV.
Saudi pilot killed in Spanish Eurofighter crash
A Royal Saudi Air Force Lt. Col. was killed in a Spanish Eurofighter on Tuesday.
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