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Bell UH-1: The Most Successful Utility Helicopter In Aviation History

October 22, 2022

Before the revered UH-60 Blackhawk, there was Huey, the first turbine-powered helicopter in service with the US military, and pioneered the air cavalry, which delivered a battalion into the hostile View More ›

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The Right Helicopter at the Wrong Time: The Ill-Fated AH-56 Cheyenne

October 10, 2022

Before the unfortunate demise of RAH-66 Comanche, there was AH-56 Cheyenne, and the latter was the epitome of “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” as the aircraft’s rigid-rotor View More ›

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The Unfortune Demise of the Army’s RAH-66 Comanche

September 29, 2022

Oh, the glorious years of “defending spending glut” of the 1980s. With a massive budget allocation, the US Army took the opportunity to develop a new type of helicopter that View More ›

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The Fight Is on to Be the Army’s Newest Badass Attack/Reconnaissance Helicopter

September 27, 2022

Dreams Take Flight Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to fly a helicopter. There’s something magical and visceral about them. You can feel the rotors thumping throughout View More ›

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SOCOM Taps New Combat Cropduster

September 23, 2022

Businesswire reports that US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), as of August 1st, has chosen the L3Harris AT-802U Sky Warden aircraft for its armed overwatch program. The contract is worth up View More ›

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UK Will Send $1.2 Billion more in Weapons to Ukraine

September 6, 2022

During a NATO conference in Madrid, Prime Minister Boris Johnson a Madrid that the United Kingdom will send an additional one billion pounds (or 1.2 billion USD or 1.16 billion View More ›

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Here’s What You Need to Know About Sniper Rifles Used by Ukrainian Ground Forces

September 5, 2022

At the same time as Russia’s military keeps pounding Ukraine with missiles and other destructive weapons, the Ukrainian Forces are firing back with weapons that have been explicitly earmarked to View More ›

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The US Navy is Flunking on its Warfare Training Instructor Program Goals

September 4, 2022

According to a senior officer from the defense forces, the US Navy is having trouble training enough personnel in warfare tactics each year to meet the requirements, which include the View More ›

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US to Send Another $400 Million in Weaponry to Ukraine

August 29, 2022 Then Vice President Joe Biden at a Meeting with Ukrainian Legislators, April 22, 2014. (Source: U.S. Embassy Kyiv Ukraine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US President Joe Biden has approved the shipment of a brand-new type of precision-guided artillery rounds as part of its new tranche of military assistance to Ukraine, according to a senior View More ›

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South Korea Procures 20 More F-35A Fighter Jets

August 29, 2022 RAAF (A35-009) Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II display at the 2019 Australian International Airshow. (Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The South Korean defense agency has authorized the acquisition of additional F-35A fighter jets as part of the country’s F-X program, integrated with the government’s retaliatory strike plan “Kill Chain,” View More ›

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