The aircraft carrying 21 people comes down during an exercise with South Korea, just as nuclear tensions are high in the region
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A helicopter crashed in central London today. Emergency services were called to the scene, near the River Thames at Vauxhall, after reports that the aircraft had hit a crane and cartwheeled before bursting into flames.
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The US Army has reported the successfully completion of a two-hour low-level test flight by an automated Black Hawk helicopter dubbed RASCAL, aka the Rotorcraft Aircrew Systems Concept Airborne Laboratory.
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“Heights” is the key word here, since the chopper will only fly up and down. Still, it is an interesting development.
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“Operation Leader Britt Borve at the Oslo Police Department operation HQ on 22/7 had the very highest authority and did not have to ask anyone before sounding the national alarm system, alerting the media and activating the helicopters…All in all I find it very suspicous that the mass media protects her identity, by not naming her in public…”
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The UN and the Congolese army sent MI24 and MI25 helicopters flown by Ukrainian pilots. The gunships, first made by the Soviet Union, strafed hillsides with 30mm rounds and fired rockets, a UN source said.
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George Saitoti was Internal Security Minister and a candidate for a presidential election expected to be held by March next year. He was also the leading government voice against Somali militants, al Shabaab.
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Turkish politicians are debating the necessity of Turkey’s presence in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led peace mission, while Turkish authorities say the mission in Afghanistan is to help restore peace in the war-torn country.
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Death in RAF helicopter and secret prison camp in Iraq desert raises questions about legality of British and US operations
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t is hoped the K-MAX, which conducted its maiden flight with cargo in a combat zone on Saturday, will help save lives by reducing the need for vehicle convoys which are often a target of roadside bombs.
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