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Karem Aircraft AR40

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Karem Aircraft is a recent and little-known company in the aerospace industry. But your story deserves attention. Founded in 2004 by Abraham Karem, creator of the MQ-1 Predator, and based in California, the company is one of five competitors in the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program to choose a new attack and scout helicopter. Abraham Karem has…

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The Mainstay

The Beriev A-50 is perhaps the most important system in the Russian military’s airborne inventory, reflected in the type’s intense workload and the importance attached to its upgrading. In early 2011, the Russian Air Force’s (Voyenno- Vozdushniye Sily – VVS) airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) force entered a new…

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THE “GUÉPARD” (“CHEETAH”)

The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has announced that the launch of the Joint Light Helicopter (HĂ©licoptere InterarmĂ©es LĂ©ger; HIL) programme has been brought forward to 2021. The HIL programme, for which the Airbus Helicopters’ H160 was selected in 2017, was initially scheduled for launch in 2022…

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Gazelle Helicopters in service with the French Army

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Junkers Flugzeug-Werke AG

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Tunisian Air-bridge

Palm Sunday Massacre The patrols failed to intercept any formations of transports on the afternoon of the 18 April. In the evening, the Ninth Air Force’s 57th Fighter Group sent out all of its squadrons, including the 314th Squadron of the 324th Fighter Group, under its command. The 57th had…

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