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A US Marine Corp CH-53D Sea Stallion, similar to the accident aircraft, seen here on the flight line for a flight at Al Asad, Iraq.

Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Kills 6 Marines

Six US Marines were killed late Thursday evening when a helicopter belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force crashed in southern Afghanistan.
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New Military Communications Satellite Launched From Cape Canaveral

A Delta IV rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida on Thursday evening carrying a communications satellite to be used by US and Australian military forces.
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FAA Downgrades Safety Ratings of Curacao and Saint Maarten, Current Flights Not Affected

The US Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday announced that it had downgraded the safety ratings of the Caribbean island nations of Curaçao and Saint Maarten from Category 1 to Category 2.
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Final Call
The retro liveried Garuda Indonesian Airways Boeing 737-800 PK-GFM taxis at Singapore

Final Call: TSA Admits Elderly Strip Search Screw Up, Airbus Finds Cause of A380 Wing Cracks

TSA officials now say procedures were not followed when two elderly women were strip searched, a review of the world's longest economy class flight, Airbus and Boeing both have issues with their largest jets, and more...
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Estelle Getty in Stop or My Mom Will Shoot

Elderly Woman Arrested After Carrying Gun Onto Plane

An elderly woman was arrested at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas on Wednesday after she managed to get through security and board a passenger plane with a gun, federal officials said.
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