Rotary Wing Group – Eight (RWG-8), the Australian Army Aviation Detachment, has completed its mission in Afghanistan. RWG-8 marked the tip of Mission during a ceremony at Kandahar Airfield (KAF) on Saturday (14 September 2013). The KAF-based RWG consisted of 2 CH-47D Chinook Medium Lift Helicopters operating within the Afghan summer months as a part of the yank-led Regional Command South Aviation Task Force. Australian Army Aviation Task Groups have completed 11 tours in Afghanistan starting in 2006 because the Aviation Support Element. It was renamed Rotary Wing Group in 2008 and went directly to complete eight rotations between 2008... Read More »
European aerospace consortium EADS have been eliminated from a bid to offer fighter jets worth $7.3 billion to South Korea by using a failure to satisfy some requirements, a report said Sunday. The Eurofighter was dropped from the bid also sought by US company Boeing after the South’s military found that the EADS proposal didn’t meet its key demands, Yonhap news agency said. It cited an unidentified official on the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). A spokesman for DAPA was not immediately available for comment. “A problem was present in the proposal document of 1 of 2 final bidders,” Yonhap... Read More »
September is Suicide Prevention Month and the dept of the military joins our nation and the area in observing National Suicide Prevention Week, Sept. 8-14, 2013, within the U.S. and the arena Health Organization’s World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10, as section of efforts to advertise awareness about suicide and empower individuals and communities to intervene and save lives by understanding the danger factors, indications, protective measures, and to take appropriate intervention actions when needed. The Army’s leadership role within the fight to avoid suicide is to extend awareness of the Army’s suicide prevention resources, and continued efforts to coach,... Read More »