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The Politburo Approved The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan 35 Years Ago Today
The US is ending its 13-year-old combat operation in Afghanistan later this month.But thirty-five years ago today, a small group of key players within the Soviet Union decided to commit the empire to...
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The Untold Story Of One Of The Vietnam War's Bloodiest Battles
Lam Son 719 was one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.In a new book, Invasion of Laos, 1971: Lam Son 719, author Robert Sander notes, “Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 1st Corps, appears to have...
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22 Photos Of The Army's Life-Saving Helicopter Crews That Fly Into Combat To...
Army soldiers count on the elite medics assigned to air ambulance crews to pull them out of combat when they are wounded.These crews, called, “Dustoff,” fly unarmed choppers into combat and provide...
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Here's Who Would Win In An Epic Battle Between An Apache Helicopter And A Dragon
For anyone disappointed by the lack of military-grade helicopters in the recent "Hobbit" movies, a YouTube video has come to the rescue. In a thoroughly entertaining although highly perplexing video...
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Incredible Aerial Photographs Of New York City Taken At An Astounding Height
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet has spent the past 15 year taking daring helicopter rides to capture some of the most incredible aerial images from around the world. But his latest...
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Scientists Have Finally Explained Why Helicopters Are So Loud
It goes without saying that helicopters are really loud. What's trickier is explaining why, and finding a way to make the explanation visible to the naked eye.But researchers from the German Aerospace...
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This Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Could Be The Future Of The US Army's Helicopter Fleet
The US military wants to upgrade its stable of combat choppers.One possible model for future combat aircraft can take off and land vertically, and then fly like a traditional airplane.Bell's V-280,...
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The Uber Of Helicopters Will Offer Rides From NYC To A Casino In Connecticut...
Blade, the app-driven helicopter ride company that's basically Uber for the sky, is partnering with Mohegan Sun casino to offer direct, round-trip transportation from Manhattan.The service began...
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The US military's helicopter fleet is desperately in need of modernization
Current procurement and acquisition plans have left the US Army's helicopter fleet in an increasingly untenable position, Breaking Defense reports. Due to a lack of funding and next-generation...
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Watch Spanish Special Forces drive a boat into a Chinook helicopter in the...
Spanish Special Forces train to carry out quick aquatic evacuations. That can mean driving a boat full of soldiers into the back of a Chinook helicopter idling over water.The Spanish Army's Department...
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Incredible photographs from above Las Vegas make the city look like a giant...
In January, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet released a collection of aerial photographs of New York City taken from an open helicopter door at an astounding 7,500 feet above the...
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Chinese attack helicopters could soon replace American Cobras in Pakistan
Pakistan recently took delivery of three Z-10 attack helicopters, stored at this hangar in the Qasim Army base near Rawalphindi. The helicopters' state of disassembly suggests that Pakistani...
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Norway and Philippines ambassadors killed in Pakistan helicopter crash
Naltar (Pakistan) (AFP) - At least four people were killed Friday, including two pilots and two or three foreigners, when a helicopter crashed on a school in northern Pakistan, the army said, warning...
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Eric Schmidt and other execs back a $25 million Uber-for-helicopters startup...
Getting a helicopter can be a pain. You call an operator, get the tail number, then have to email or call the operator back and forth until you get ushered on your flight. Often, you'd be better off...
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Rare video shows US Special Operations helicopters at work in north Iraq
Although the quality of the footage is pretty bad, the clip in this post, filmed by Iraqi forces north of Baiji, Iraq, is extremely interesting.It shows a formation of four U.S. MH-60 and two MH-47E...
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Here's what it's like to fly in a helicopter during the biggest military...
Italian Blade 2015, the largest military rotary-wing exercise in Europe, underway at Viterbo, Italy.More than 30 helicopters and 1000 military personnel from seven different countries are taking part...
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Russia counters NATO forces with more than 20 attack helicopters along border
Russia is strengthening its forces on the country’s western border, and the Kremlin will further reinforce its army in the region with more than 20 attack helicopters by the end of 2015, Russia’s...
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Prince William is now flying helicopter ambulances and donating his $62,000...
London (AFP) - Prince William started his new job as an air ambulance pilot on Monday and was swiftly in the air on an emergency mission.The Duke of Cambridge, 33, second in line to the throne, said he...
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A new app lets you hail a helicopter that will fly you from NYC to JFK in 6...
Gotham Air CEO Tim Hayes thinks there‘s one big problem with the helicopter industry: a misguided focus on the super rich. And the goal of his company is to break that ethos by making a helicopter ride...
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