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September 21, 2005

Mexican Cop Chopper Comes A Cropper

VIP Helicopter Overdue, Senior Official Missing

A Mexican government VIP helicopter is missing in mountainous country west of Mexico City, and a search is underway. Aboard the aircraft is Mexico's Public Safety Secretary, Ramon Martin Huerta, who is in charge of the famous "Policia Federale Preventiva" or "Federales," Mexico's national police, as well as the country's sprawling prison system.

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Navy S-3B Down At NAS JAX

Two On Board Lost

Two crewmembers were killed Wednesday when their US Navy S-3 Viking crashed on the base at NAS Jacksonville.

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Army Awards Bell/Boeing Contract For A Bigger Tilt-Rotor

What's That Tell You About Pentagon Confidence In The Technology?

It would look a lot like the V-22 -- only there would be so much more of it. Just days before the Pentagon is expected to approve full production of the Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, the US Army has awarded the Bell/Boeing tiltrotor team a $3.45 million contract to develop a bigger, more powerful version of the hybrid vehicle. It will have four wings and four engines, be able to carry a 40,000 pound vehicle 250 miles in temperatures of 95F and has to be developed within 18-months.

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Major Troyanov's Bad Flying Day

Russian Pilot Crashes, Is Briefly Jailed in Lithuania

By Aero-News Senior Correspondent Kevin R.C. O'Brien Think you've ever had a bad flying day? Put yourself in Valery Troyanov's flying boots. He started September 15th briefing-in for a routine training flight in one of the world's most advanced fighter planes. But the exhilarating takeoff was the last thing that went really right for him that day (well, his ejection seat didn't malfunction -- that's good news, I suppose). At the end of the day, he was in a foreign jail.

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Sikorsky Delivers Another Black Hawk Recap -- On Budget, Ahead Of Schedule

Company Teams Up With Army To Reach Delivery Milestone

Sikorsky Aircraft says it's delivered the 26th Black Hawk Recap aircraft to the Army -- two weeks ahead of schedule on August 26, 2005. The Recap or A-to-A program, is recapitalization of the UH-60A model aircraft to a like-new A model condition.

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USAFA Cadets Jump Into Their Work

Wings Of Blue Demo Team Set For Several Major Skydiving Events

Most college students are still sleeping at 5 a.m. Some might be getting up to cram for an exam. At the same time, some students at the nearby US Air Force Academy are preparing for an adrenaline rush only a few people can ever dream about.

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The Big Shuffle

Military Moves Air Fleet Around In Face Of Hurricanes

Just weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast region, Hurricane Ophelia threatened communities along the East Coast, forcing military bases to act fast.

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