updated Sat. July 20, 2024
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TASS
April 28, 2018
The air show also featured the Ka-52K Katran ship-based reconnaissance and combat helicopters, Ka-27 and Ka-29 antisubmarine warfare helicopters, as well as Mi-8 transport and attack gunships and Mi-24VP attack helicopters. Overall, the naval parade involved about 50 warships and submarines,Ãâà...
The Yucatan Times
April 28, 2018
On Thursday April 19, the Department of State of the United States approved the sale of eight MH-60R helicopters to Mexico, worth 1.2 billion dollars, including spare parts and ammunition, in an operation that according to US State Department release will serve to “improve the safety of a strategic regionalÃâà...
AirForceTimes.com
April 28, 2018
Adversaries in Syria are attempting to use aggressive electronic warfare capabilities to disable AC-130 gunships, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command said at a conference last week. Army Gen. Tony Thomas, commander of SOCOM, said at the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's GEOINTÃâà...
The Drive
April 26, 2018
The head of the U.S. Special Operations Command says unspecified opponents in Syria, almost certainly Russian or Russian-support forces, have reportedly launched electronic warfare attacks against U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunships operating in the country, as well as other communications links. This isÃâà...
The Drive
April 25, 2018
The Ku-band satcom section only mentions the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and MQ-9 Reaper drones, despite many more aircraft, such as AC-130 gunships and MC-130 special operations transports, having this type of connectivity. The RQ-170 is also missing, but this is unsurprising as it is notÃâà...
Pocket Gamer
April 18, 2018
World of Gunships boasts full 3D graphics, detailed helicopter models and some pretty maps to fly around. You'll see the action unfold in third-person, so you won't be staring at the cockpit worrying about what all the switches and buttons do. The head-up display features fuel and speed gauges on the left;Ãâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 15, 2018
Air Force Special Operations Command has been itching to add a frickin' laser beam to the already-brimming arsenal of its AC-130J Ghostrider gunships. But plans for a high-powered add-on to the Air Force's “ultimate battle plane” may have hit a significant obstacle. The program is currently $58 millionÃâà...
Task & Purpose
April 12, 2018
Air Force Special Operations Command has been itching to add a frickin' laser beam to the already-brimming arsenal of its AC-130J Ghostrider gunships. But plans for a high-powered add-on to the Air Force's “ultimate battle plane” may have hit a significant obstacle. The program is currently $58 millionÃâà...
Free Press Kashmir
April 11, 2018
Srinagar: In the ongoing Kulgam gunfight, the army has used helicopter gunships against the militants who are trapped in a house in the area. An eye witness told the Greater Kashmir that helicopter gunships were used to fire at the house where militants are trapped. “Huge blasts were heard afterÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 3, 2018
India has agreed to underwrite the sale of four refurbished Mi-24 helicopters from Belarus to Afghanistan last month, the Afghan Ambassador to India, Shaida Mohammed Abdali, said in an interview with Hindustan Times in late March. “We recently were able to sign a trilateral MoU…India will be paying forÃâà...