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RAF Chinook Makes Force Landing After Reportedly Striking Powerlines

RAF Chinook Makes Force Landing After Reportedly Striking Powerlines

Credits: WalesOnline RAF Chinook suspected to have had a wire strike (overhead power lines), and force landed in a field near Llangynin, Carmarthenshire at 10:30pm local time on 28 July 2020. The MoD said the incident happened on Tuesday evening near Llangynin, and the twin-engine aircraft crew suffered “minor injuries”. …

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Iran Releases Video Of Firing Missile At Mock U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

Iran Releases Video Of Firing Missile At Mock U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

Iran has released video footage and other details about a major exercise in and around the strategic Strait of Hormuz that involved various types of attacks on a mock U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard employed various air, sea, and ground-launched weapons against the faux flattop, including anti-ship …

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Taliban Shot down Afghan Air Force Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk Helicopter In Helmand

Afghan Army Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes In Helmand province Killing 3

Credits: Pajhwok Afghan News An Afghan Air Force Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk made an emergency landing and caught fire. At least two occupants members were injured. The incident happened about 8:40 am local time in Kajaki district the statement said, adding that “five crew members were wounded slightly.” Afghan media quoted …

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Indonesia Wants To Acquire Austria’s Entire Eurofighter Typhoons Fighter Jet Fleet

Indonesia Considering Buying Second Hand Eurofighter Typhoons To Avoid U.S Sanctions

Austrian Airforce Eurofighter based at Zeltweg -Copyright: Photograph by Geoffrey Lee, Planefocus Ltd Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has written to his Austrian counterpart, Klaudia Tanner, expressing an interest in acquiring Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter aircraft from the latter. The Austrian Air Force operates a fleet of 15 Typhoons, which …

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