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| 10.08.2008 |
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EADS Moves Production to the U.S.
The company delivered a UH-72A as the "first final assembly line aircraft from the production facility at Columbus, Mississippi." EADS is moving to transition the UH-72A's full production to the American Eurocopter facility in Columbus. The company...
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| 10.08.2008 |
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H-92 Finishes European Tour
The H-92 Superhawk demonstrated its mission capabilities in nine countries throughout Europe during the past...
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| 10.02.2008 |
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Huey's Final Flight
The Georgia Army National Guard retired its last UH-1 Huey. In a ceremony yesterday at the Winder Regional Airport, the Huey was flown from Winder to...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: U.S. Military Aviation Marks Centennial
MILITARY U.S. military services on Sept. 6 hosted a celebration in Washington of the celebration of the centennial of military aviation in the nation. Orville Wright left his home in Dayton, Ohio in mid-August 1908 for Washington, where he would conduct...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: "Fearless in Support Of Brothers in Arms"
MILITARY Medal of Honor recipient Ed Freeman died in Aug. 20. Freeman and fellow U.S. Army aviator Bruce Crandall, years after the fact, were honored with the Medal of Honor for their actions at Landing Zone X-Ray during the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam in...
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Military Spin
Getting Patient Data To the Treatment Center COMMERCIAL | EMS If you’ve flown rescue or medevac, you’ve experienced listening to or parrotting the medic’s patient-condition report to the receiving hospital or command-and-control dispatch...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Helicopters Rush to Hurricane Ike Victims
Air Force helicopters from the 23rd Wing were deployed to Galveston, Texas to assist in the massive search, rescue and recover effort that followed in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which struck the area on the morning of September 13. The...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Canada Wet Leases Mi-8s for Afghan Operations
MILITARY Allied forces have been urging worldwide governments to send more attack and transport helicopters for years. Soldiers are being injured or killed by roadside bombs and without medevac helicopters and their attack escorts, many of the soldiers, who...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Program Updates
Attack- Iraq will spend as much as $2.4 billion to buy helicopters, related munitions and associated equipment and services. Bell Helicopter or Boeing would be the principal contractors. Iraq requested the possible sale of 24 Bell armed Model 407s or 24...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Contracts
Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn., was awarded a $22-million contract for two MH-60S Sea Hawks. Work will be performed in Stratford and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2012. Bristow Academy Inc, Titusville, Fla., was awarded a $5.3-million contract...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Eurowatch
Helicopters Needed, Now! PARIS — Canadian soldiers have a history of being let down by their governments and being left to operate outdated, costly and maintenance-hungry weapons so that their politicians can make whatever point they are hoping to...
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| 08.27.2008 |
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Sikorsky X2 Flies
Sikorsky Aircraft today completed the first flight of its X2 technology demonstrator. Lifting the aircraft off from the Schweizer Aircraft subsidiary in Horseheads, N.Y., Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck maneuvered the...
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| 08.15.2008 |
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Celebrate 100 Years of Military Aviation
On Saturday, September 6, the Army Aviation Assn will be hosting an open house in Fort Myer...
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| 08.13.2008 |
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U.K. Kicks Off Rotor Research Project
The Rotor Embedded Actuator Control Technology, or React, project is a three-year effort to develop active surfaces in helicopter rotor blades and active...
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| 08.04.2008 |
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RAF Will Send Helos to Afghanistan
Military commanders in Afghanistan will soon get some relief that they have been calling for. A fifth of the RAF's search and rescue helicopter crews will be sent to help British troops in...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Rotorcraft Report: Contracts
The Brazilian navy signed a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. government covering the planned purchase of four Sikorsky Aircraft S-70B Seahawks valued at almost $195 million (311 million reais). The letter also covers options for a further two...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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Military Spin
Composites and Combat This article focuses on composite materials and their contribution to survivability in combat aircraft applications. Composite materials, specifically fiber-reinforced polymers, provide manufacturers with amazing improvements producing...
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| 08.01.2008 |
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ADF Votes No on EMS Helo
The Australian Defence Force has decided not to purchase a dedicated medical evacuation helicopter that was to be used in...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Helicopter Heroism
This Friday, August 1, is the deadline to submit your nominations for the Rotor & Wing Helicopter Heroism Awards. Winners...
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| 07.15.2008 |
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Sikorsky Superhawl to Tour Europe
The manufacturer said at the Farnborough Air Show it plans to take its militarized variant of the S-92, dubbed the H-92 Superhawk, to at least nine European countries during the next several weeks to demonstrate its mission...
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