MoD sorts out 'turkey' helicopters for Xmas
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That's Xmas 2009, sadly One of the sorriest British defence procurement stories of recent times - which means a very sorry story indeed - finally approached resolution this week. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that it will modify eight large helicopters it has had since 2001 so that they can actually be used.â¦
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One of the latest tools being deployed in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan seems to be old-fashioned. Think weather balloons or blimps.
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The Sea Knight crash Wednesday is the fifth chopper lost in Iraq in just over two weeks
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British air force officials ordered the images of a pair of models removed from the nose cones of two fighter jets because they were deemed offensive, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Tracking with a soupcon of fast... The Telegraph reveals that the UK government is plotting fingerprinting of air passengers as a matter of routine, to check the identity of departing passengers and to tighten up border controls for incoming. Which, given the firmness of the regime's plans for ID cards, is scarcely news in the long term - but in the interim, turkeys are apparently being asked to volunteer for Christmas, now.â¦
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The British Prime Minister announces the withdrawal of some British troops from Iraq; Denmark follows suit
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LONDON - A British military pilot who used an army helicopter to deliver a pizza to his girlfriend has been disciplined, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.  The Lynx helicopter was on a map-reading training exercise in eastern England on Jan.
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Lt Dunn is laid to rest at Barnhill Cemetery this morning. The funerals of two Royal Navy airmen, who died when their Lynx helicopter crashed into the English Channel on December 8, took place in Dundee today.
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Carriers in Indonesia, Russia and Africa on no-fly list in crackdown on 'flying coffins'.
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The defence ministry has said that the majority of RAF Hercules planes will have protective foam added to their wings by the end of the year, after a hearing into a Hercules crash outside Baghdad more than two years ago.
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The MoD grounds Nimrod MR2 aircraft as checks are carried out on possible fuel pipe problems.
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The UK force in Afghanistan needs helicopters, a top commander says, after Tony Blair offers more resources.
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The holidays may be the season of giving, but Lockheed Martin has decided that itâs also a good time to take certain things away. Sort of.
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A rescue operation to remove hundreds of Britons from the troubled West African state of Ivory Coast continues on Saturday. Two RAF Hercules planes flew around 200 people to safety in neighbouring Ghana on Friday, the MoD said.
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The military shows its love for unmanned aerial vehicles.
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The Food Standards Agency clears some Bernard Matthews turkey products for sale following the Suffolk bird flu outbreak.