Taiwan’s Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng has said that Taipei will abandon its plan to purchase new US anti-submarine warfare helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin Corp, saying they were excessively pricey. “The price is too high, beyond the scope of our country’s ability,” the island’s defense chief said at a parliamentary …
Read More »Russia says Ukrainian helicopters carried out strikes on its territory
Russia has claimed that two Ukrainian helicopters were responsible for an attack on the border village of Klimovo in Bryansk Region on Thursday, which left seven people injured. The incident had earlier been attributed to the Ukrainian military by the region’s governor. An update on the attack was given by …
Read More »Helicopters, drones, & 100 people search for missing dog
A massive search operation involving officers and volunteers has been underway outside the Australian city of Brisbane after a police dog got lost, while doing its job earlier this week. PD Quizz, a three-year-old Sable German shepherd, got separated from his handler while pursuing an alleged car thief in the …
Read More »California votes to drop 3,000 pounds of poison from helicopters
The vote passed on Thursday evening, giving authorities initial approval to drop the poison onto the islands in a bid to stop the mice, which are threatening rare bird populations. The plan will now have to be approved by the Pacific Southwest regional director of the US Fish and Wildlife …
Read More »‘Manifestly not Saigon’? WATCH US helicopters evacuate Kabul embassy as Blinken defiantly rejects Vietnam pullout comparisons
At least two CH-47 Chinook tandem rotor heavy transport helicopter has been spotted at the compound, making the footage seem eerily similar to that shot in South Vietnam in April 1975, amid the hasty evacuation of US diplomatic staff as the capital city of Saigon fell. Back then, helicopters of …
Read More »Mexico will not purchase helicopters from Russia
Mexico will not purchase helicopters from Russia, although Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on negotiating the transaction. About it the newspaper El Universal, citing sources in the foreign Ministry, the Latin American countries. The publication reports that the U.S. government has threatened that in case of purchase against Mexico …
Read More »Ukrainian border guards have promised dozens of boats and helicopters
The President promised to strengthen the state border service, the border guards day: 24 patrol boats and 22 helicopters. President Petro Poroshenko border guards day on may 3, visited the training centre in Cherkasy region, promising the state border service of 22 patrol boats and 24 patrol helicopter. “This year …
Read More »Britain has deployed helicopters to the border of Russia
Britain threw four multipurpose helicopter AW159 Wildcat at the airbase “Amari” in Estonia, where NATO aircraft regularly intercepts Russian planes. The helicopters arrived at the airport on April 13 and will stay there until the end of may. They will be used to support a battle group of allies who …
Read More »Rare footage: the fall of the Russian helicopters in Syria. Video
ISIL terrorists declared that destroyed the Russian Mi-24 helicopter in Syria. Separate sources reported that the helicopter crashed due to technical problems. Posted by militants from the group “Jabal Sheikh of the Mujahideen”.
Read More »Over the Transcarpathian region circling military helicopters. Video
In addition, on the road is special forces and armored vehicles. In the sky above the Transcarpathian region circling military helicopters and people in uniform the military Prosecutor’s office carried out searches in more than 100 homes. According to the sources, military helicopters were seen this morning over Beregovsky and …
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