Nato build-up gives tribesmen the jitters in Pakistan

There is widespread panic undergoing in the borders areas of Pakistan after heavy deployment of NATO forces. Now local tribesmen are terrified for military actions against them.  "After deployment along the...

Military choppers fly over Denver during top secret drill

The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. ยง 1385) passed on June 16, 1878 after the end of Reconstruction. The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (the Army, Air...

Military choppers fly over Denver during top secret drill

" Military choppers fly over Denver during top secret drill David Edwards Raw Story Tuesday, June 17, 2008 A half-dozen military helicopters flew low over parts of Denver Monday night as part of a security drill...

IATA wins $50 million contract to lease three choppers

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed PT Indonesia Air Transport Tbk (IATA) has won a US$50 million contract for the leasing of three helicopters to the West Natuna Consortium consisting of Conoco Philips, Premier Oil and Star Energy for five years. The contract was signed...

Air Force urges PT DI to finish construction of ordered choppers

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Air Force (TNI AU) Headquarters urged state-owned aircraft maker PT DI to soon finish construction of seven Super Puma helicopters it had ordered based on a contract both sides had signed in 1996. "We want the procurement of the helicopters to be...

MI-17 choppers case to be consulted with president, says minister

"On the occasion Director General of Means of Defense at the Ministry of Defense Rear Mashal Slamet Prihantino said the process of the procurement of the Mi-17-IV choppers had been going on for five years now because of the alleged corruption involved in the contract worth...

American Xmas Operation - by Wisam

Wisam was a friend of an Alive in Baghdad correspondent, and now has been working primarily in the translation department of Alive in Baghdad.Unfortunately, when an American operation destroyed Saleh Mutlaq's...

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