The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program have emerged as an early political brawl in a brewing fight over next year’s defense budget.
The NTSB’s preliminary report on the crash said Croman Corp. was using the helicopter to retrieve inert training torpedoes from the Pacific Ocean at the time.
For all of the planning and positioning, the four-star acknowledged the changing conditions on the ground — there is a different threat in Europe now than what many saw even 18 months ago, he said.
A civilian contractor working for the Navy on Wednesday disclosed the names of four employees killed when their helicopter crashed on the Hawaii island of Kauai.