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Helicopters

Leonardo Awarded Contract For U.S. Navy’s New TH-73A Training Helicopter

The helicopter, based on the commercial AW119, will replace the TH-57 Sea Ranger. The U.S. Navy announced on January 13, 2020 the award of the contract for the new TH-73A…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
January 14, 2020
Aviation Safety

Israeli Air Force’s F-16s Damaged By Flooding at Hatzor Airbase

The IAF is now investigating why the Baraks weren’t moved from their underground hangars Last week Israel was hit by heavy rains which caused widespread flooding in several cities. Military…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
January 14, 2020
Military Aviation

Take A Look At This Glorious Footage Of The Last Japanese Kawasaki C-1 Transport Aircraft At Work

The JASDF transport aircraft at work at Iruma Air Base. Developed beginning in 1966 with production started in 1971, the Kawasaki C-1 is a twin-engined short-range military transport aircraft in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 13, 2020
Aviation Safety

Iran Admits to Mistakenly Shooting Down Ukrainian 737 With Anti-Aircraft Missile.

International Pressure and Mounting Intelligence Data Force Iran’s Admission. According to Iran’s state television, the Iranian military has reported accidentally shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 flight PS752 on…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
January 11, 2020
Helicopters

Enjoy These Close Up Shots Of The 160th SOAR’s MH-47G’s New Laser Countermeasures System

The Chinooks of the "Night Stalkers" have received the new AN/AAQ-24 large aircraft infrared countermeasure (LAIRCM) system. The photographs in this post were taken on Jan. 9, 2020, at Portland…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2020
Aviation Safety

A Brief History of Airliner Shoot-Down Incidents (and Hoaxes).

Let’s Examine the Dangerous History of Civil Airliner Shoot-Downs by The Military. As we have reported yesterday, U.S., British and Canadian officials are "confident" that Iran (mistakenly) fired two surface-to-air…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2020
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