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  • US probes engines in Chinese military helicopters

    10/23/2007 9:54:42 PM PDT · by DTAD · 14 replies · 129+ views
    The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it was investigating how engines made by a Canadian subsidiary of United Technologies Corp wound up in prototypes of the Z-10, China's first domestically developed military attack helicopter. State Department spokesman Karl Duckworth said information was being gathered before deciding whether to take any action. "We are reviewing the matter and have no further comments at this time," he said.
  • Ex-police chief and ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ killer Grant Hardin captured after nearly 2 weeks on run in prison break

    06/06/2025 11:16:51 PM PDT · by Libloather · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/06/25 | Caitlin McCormack
    The former police chief, convicted murderer and rapist dubbed the “Devil in the Ozarks,” was nabbed less than two miles from the Arkansas prison he escaped two weeks ago, authorities said Friday. Grant Hardin, 56, has evaded capture since walking out of Calico Rock prison on May 25 — despite searchers employing bloodhounds, officers on horseback, drones, helicopters and an elite US Border Patrol team. “Escapee Grant Hardin was captured this afternoon approximately 1.5 miles west of the prison grounds by law enforcement officials,” the Izard County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook. “His identity was confirmed by fingerprint analysis prior...
  • Army ditches helicopters for new radical air assault planes

    05/11/2025 3:59:20 PM PDT · by Libloather · 91 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/11/25 | Rebecca Grant
    It’s a plane. It’s a helicopter. It’s both. Meet "FLRAA," the Army’s new tiltrotor for Future Long-Range Air Assault. This is how the Army will island hop in the Pacific to fend off China. And by the way, Chinese President Xi Jinping has nothing like it. With a stunning announcement, the Army did more than ax 40 generals and open the door to AI. The Army bet its future on this radical aircraft, whose engines swivel to take off and land like a helicopter, or fly high and fast like an airplane. This aircraft was on pace to enter the...
  • ARMY CHOPPER GOES OFF-SCRIPT—NEARLY COLLIDES WITH TWO PLANES AT REAGAN AIRPORT

    05/04/2025 10:18:31 AM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 36 replies
    X ^ | 05/04/25 | Mario Nawfal
    An Army Black Hawk helicopter decided to take the “scenic route” near the Pentagon—and came way too close to two passenger planes trying to land in D.C. Both jets were forced to pull up at the last second—one was just 450 feet from the ground. This is the same Army brigade involved in a January crash that killed 67 people, the worst U.S. aviation disaster in over 20 years. Officials are fuming, again. And Reagan Airport? Still dealing with controller shortages, near-misses, and—oh yeah—a literal fistfight in the control tower last year. Flying into D.C. is starting to feel like...
  • NYC Council passes bills to crack down on helicopter tours, add new gender option to city documents

    04/25/2025 8:06:47 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/24/2025 | Hannah Fierick
    The City Council passed a slew of bills Thursday — including one that would ban noisy non-essential helicopter flights from city heliports following the horrific crash in the Hudson that killed a family of tourists and another to add a new gender ID to city documents. The two bills easily passed the Democratic-majority council but still need Mayor Eric Adams’ signature to become laws. A proposal aimed at cracking down on tour and commuter helicopters passed near unanimously — just two weeks after a couple and their three young kids visiting from Spain and a Navy veteran pilot all died...
  • Watch moment Ukraine blows 4 Putin choppers worth £68m to bits ‘using US missiles’ near newly invaded Russian territory

    03/24/2025 4:11:32 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 33 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 3/24/2025 | Will Stewart Harvey Geh
    THIS is the dramatic moment Ukrainian forces obliterate four of Mad Vlad's military helicopters inside a hidden Russian airstrip. Extraordinary aerial footage showed four choppers worth £68million combined being decimated by US-made missiles in the Belgorod region. In the tense video footage, Russian choppers are spotted and located by the overhead camera. The enemy vehicles are highlighted, before laser-fast strikes rain down and demolish them. Large explosions can be seen as they are spectacularly obliterated one at a time. Kyiv's military said that they had destroyed two Mi-8 and two Ka-52s helicopters.
  • What are Black Hawk helicopters and how are they used? What to know after the D.C. aircraft crash

    02/03/2025 4:54:33 PM PST · by xxqqzz · 45 replies
    NBC ^ | January 31, 2025 | Tim Stelloh
    The military helicopter that collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in a crash that killed all 67 people aboard both aircraft was a UH-60 Black Hawk, considered the “workhorse” of Army aviation. The helicopter is a “utility tactical transport” aircraft — used for everything from air assault to relief operations — that the Army says it has relied on for every major operation around the world for more than four decades. First introduced in the Army in 1979, the aircraft is generally considered safe and has a strong track record for reliability and survivability in...
  • John Bolton calls Matt Gaetz as AG ‘the worst nomination for a Cabinet position in American history’

    11/14/2024 6:32:40 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 95 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/14/2024 | Emily Crane
    Former national security adviser John Bolton ripped the nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general as the worst “in American history” — while ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is adamant that “everybody knows” Gaetz “won’t get confirmed.” “Well, it must be the worst nomination for a Cabinet position in American history,” Bolton, a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump during his first term in office, told NBC’s “Meet The Press NOW” Wednesday. “Gaetz is not only totally incompetent for this job, he doesn’t have the character,” Bolton added. “He is a person of moral turpitude, and notwithstanding how difficult it...
  • We're Heading for a Recount in PA...and the Dems Want Illegal Ballots Counted.

    11/14/2024 6:00:06 AM PST · by Red Badger · 51 replies
    Townhall ^ | November 14, 2024 | Matt Vespa
    Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) has no path to victory. He’s going to lose to Republican Dave McCormick. Everyone, including Democrats, knows Casey lost. Yet, Casey refuses to concede because attorney Marc Elias is trying to steal the election. Those aren’t my words—The Wall Street Journal editorial board said as much about this fiasco occurring in the Keystone State. “The Associated Press and most other media have called the Senate race in Pennsylvania for Republican Dave McCormick. But never fear, Democrats, lawyer Marc Elias is on the case trying to steal the seat for incumbent Democrat Bob Casey,” they wrote. “Did...
  • Stunned Jake Tapper utters 5 words he ‘never contemplated using’ after Trump taps Matt Gaetz as AG

    11/14/2024 5:56:35 AM PST · by thegagline · 57 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 11/14/2024 | Patrick Reilly
    CNN anchor Jake Tapper could not contain his bewilderment after President-elect Donald Trump announced his shocking nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as his attorney general. “Welcome to ‘The Lead,’ I’m Jake Tapper. And let me begin the show by uttering some words that I never contemplated using together before. And those words are ‘US Attorney General Matt Gaetz,’” the host opened his show on Wednesday night. “Because if you were wondering what Trump without the guardrails looks like, well, we’re getting an idea beyond the theoretical,” he added. *** The 42-year-old Republican firebrand, known for his fierce...
  • Special counsel Jack Smith stands down in Trump classified docs case, asks court to halt appeal

    11/14/2024 2:06:20 AM PST · by Libloather · 18 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/13/24 | Victor Nava
    Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal appellate court on Wednesday to halt his appeal in President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case, citing the results of the 2024 election. “As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, one of the defendants in this case, Donald J. Trump, is expected to be certified as President-elect on January 6, 2025, and inaugurated on January 20, 2025,” Smith wrote to the Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals. “The Government respectfully requests that the Court hold this appeal in abeyance — and stay the deadline for the Government’s reply brief,...
  • J6 Shocker: Phone companies dispute FBI testimony on pipe bombs suspect, key lawmaker reveals

    11/13/2024 10:45:06 PM PST · by CFW · 58 replies
    Just the News ^ | 11/13/24 | By Steven Richards and John Solomon
    Cellular carriers have told Congress they possess intact phone usage data from the vicinity where two pipe bombs were planted during the Jan. 6 incident, directly disputing FBI testimony that agents couldn't identify a suspect because the phone data was corrupted, a key House chairman tells Just the News. The revelations from Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., the chairman of the House Administration oversight subcommittee, adds new intrigue to a debate that has gripped Washington for nearly four years: Why can't the FBI with so much evidence and manpower identify the suspect who planted the explosive devices at the Democrat and...
  • Should Trump’s Prosecutors be Charged?

    11/14/2024 3:53:15 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 45 replies
    AMAC Newsline ^ | 13 Nov, 2024 | Robert B. Charles
    The two patently political, unjust federal cases brought by Jack Smith against Trump, plus two New York and one Georgia cases will likely be dismissed. Trump’s election – God willing – ends that sad, perverse, abusive chapter in American history, election interference by prosecutors. Is that it? Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore | Flickr The question – Is that it? – suggests thinking about how laws, practiced fairly, judiciously, and thoughtfully – are supposed to work. For every wrong, there is meant to be a remedy. These cases may wither, but what of the wrong? The famous judicial philosopher Montesquieu noted,...
  • FEC chairman says DOJ broke federal policies with ‘warning letter’ to Musk

    11/14/2024 1:31:29 AM PST · by blueplum · 16 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 13 Nov 2024 | Emily Hallas
    A top Federal Election Commission official has accused the Department of Justice of violating federal policies and targeting “perceived political opponents” for a letter it sent to Elon Musk. FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey argued that the agency’s actions amounted to efforts “to intimidate and chill private citizens and organizations from campaigning on behalf of President Trump” and tried to influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election... “The underlying motivation behind this stunt is obvious,” Cooksey said after comparing the DOJ’s warning letter to the 1972 Watergate scandal. “Employees of President Biden’s Department of Justice wanted to stop an independent...
  • Air Force’s first Grey Wolf patrol helicopter arrives at Malmstrom

    08/07/2024 5:04:29 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 39 replies
    Shephard News ^ | Aug 6, 2024 | The Shephard News Team in London
    Boeing announced in November last year that it was transitioning towards the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter after delivering the sixth and final test aircraft to the US Air Force (USAF). Boeing delivers first production Grey Wolf to US Air Force Boeing delivers first production Grey Wolf to US Air Force Boeing has delivered the first LRIP MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter to the USAF, marking a major milestone in a US$2.4 billion programme to replace the force’s UH-1N Huey helicopters. In 2024, USAF ordered an additional seven MH-139As from Boeing with six Research, Development, Test...
  • How an NBA sixth man built a $600M empire

    07/26/2024 9:36:34 AM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 24 replies
    Former NBA center Vin Baker lost more than $100 million in career earnings and later became a Starbucks barista. Former NBA guard Kenny Anderson made $63 million and filed for bankruptcy the year he retired. Former NBA MVP Allen Iverson made more than $200 million but said during a 2012 divorce proceeding that he didn't have enough to afford a cheeseburger. Former All-Star Latrell Sprewell lost more than $97 million.
  • Argentina Donates Helicopters to Ukraine, Originally Purchased from Russia

    03/02/2024 2:14:21 PM PST · by USA-FRANCE · 82 replies
    In a gesture of support for Ukraine, Argentina has donated two Mi-171E multipurpose helicopters to the country, originally acquired from Russia, as reported by the Financial Times on February 29. The decision for the transfer was personally endorsed by Argentinian President Javier Milei. President Milei, who has expressed a preference for fostering relationships with nations that prioritize freedom, such as the United States, Israel, and Ukraine, has made a significant move by donating these military helicopters, which were initially manufactured in Russia. The specifics of the agreement between Argentina and Ukraine were not made public.
  • National Guard Announces Safety Stand Down Following Recent Helicopter Crashes

    02/28/2024 5:40:05 PM PST · by george76 · 16 replies
    National Guard ^ | Feb. 27, 2024
    ARLINGTON, Va., — The National Guard Bureau announced today the director of the Army National Guard has ordered an aviation safety stand down of all Army National Guard helicopter units to review safety policies and procedures following two recent helicopter crashes. The stand down went into effect Monday. Two separate crashes of AH-64D Apache helicopters in Utah on February 12 and Mississippi on February 23 drove the decision to ground all helicopters for safety reasons. Mississippi Army National Guard pilots Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bryan Andrew Zemek and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Derek Joshua Abbott died in the February 23...
  • Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has died in helicopter crash, says his office

    02/06/2024 12:23:37 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 25 replies
    cnn ^ | 02/06/2024 | AnneClaire Stapleton and Tara John,
    The helicopter carrying the conservative billionaire crashed in the Los Ríos region of southern Chile, his office said in a statement. Pinera, who was 74 years old, was Chile’s president from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022.
  • Israeli Black Hawk Officially Divided That Area Into Two! Secret Weapon Has End of Hamas!

    10/15/2023 6:48:57 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 6 replies
    Raptor News ^ | 15/10/23
    Major Operation South of Zikim Region! Elite units affiliated with the Israeli army conducted a massive raid using Black Hawk helicopters. Following the operation in the western region of the 4th highway, Israeli forces achieved a significant victory. Tanks were deployed after the assault at the critical point of the front line. After heavy armored vehicles cleared the area, reconnaissance planes identified targets in the region for 10 hours. As a result of these reconnaissance efforts, the large-scale operation officially commenced!