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UN helicopter shot at in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic extremists shot at a UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) helicopter in northern Nigeria at the weekend reportedly killing two civilians.
President Muhammadu Buhari...
Oryx remains Monusco’s top transport helicopter in the DRC
The UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC (Monusco) has a Composite Helicopter Unit (CHU) based in the eastern DRC city, Goma.
The CHU includes three...
Investigation to follow SAPS helicopter crash landing
A South African Police Service (SAPS) helicopter crash-landed at Virginia Airport on Tuesday and an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of...
Prime Minister of Malaysia acquainted with state-of-the-art Russian helicopters at LIMA 2019
The Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad has visited a stand of Russian Helicopters (part of Russian State Corporation Rostec) at LIMA-2019 exhibition. Russian...
One killed as Cameroon military helicopter crashes in restive North West...
A light helicopter belonging to Cameroon’s military crashed on 13 May in the restive North West region, killing at least one official.
The helicopter, which...
Nigerian Air Force loses Mi-35 helicopter in combat against Boko Haram
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has lost an Mi-35M attack helicopter in combat while providing close air support to soldiers fighting Boko Haram terrorists...
Mechanical failure caused fatal Mali helicopter crash
The fatal crash of a German armed forces helicopter in Mali last year was caused by the failure of mechanics from manufacturer Airbus to...
At least 7 officials killed in Sudan helicopter crash
At least seven local government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan's eastern al-Qadarif state on Sunday, state news agency SUNA reported.
The...
Turkey flies indigenous T625 helicopter
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has carried out the first flight of its T625 multirole helicopter, the company's most ambitious project to date....
Military helicopter crashes in Ethiopia
A military helicopter crashed in Ethiopia's Oromiya region on and all 18 aboard, including 15 soldiers, were killed state-affiliated news agency Fana...
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Coronavirus shows why the SANDF needs to be adequately funded
The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to help fight the COVID-19 novel coronavirus yet again demonstrates the need for a...
