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At least two of Taiwan’s fleet of AH-64E Apache Guardians have appeared wearing a starting tiger shark-inspired paint scheme.

At least two of Taiwan’s fleet of AH-64E Apache Guardians have appeared wearing a starting tiger shark-inspired paint scheme.

"Unknown saboteurs" have seriously damaged two planes and a helicopter at Chkalovsky Military Air Base in Moscow Oblast, Ukrainian military intelligence reported on Sept. 20.

Capt. Larry Taylor flew his attack helicopter into heavy enemy gunfire until he ran out of ammunition, then led a daring rescue of a small team of soldiers who had been left for dead.

As an Army first lieutenant and Cobra helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, Larry Taylor flew hundreds of missions and saved countless lives. Biden will recognize Taylor at a ceremony next week, the White House announced Friday. On the night of June 18, 1968, Taylor took off in his attack helicopter to rescue four men on a long-range reconnaissance team that had become surrounded and was in danger of being overrun by enemy troops.

In February, Ukraine claimed a one-of-a-kind feat: taking out a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter using artillery. A soldier described how it was done.

Russia's fearsome Ka-52 helicopter gunship, nicknamed "Putin's vulture," has been inflicting a high cost on Ukraine's counteroffensive this summer.

Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, has said that the Russian pilot who cooperated with Ukrainian Defence Intelligence and flew a Mi-8 attack helicopter to Ukraine is feeling "great" and is inclined to stay in Ukraine.

Two AH-1Z Vipers arrived in the Czech Republic this week, marking the first in-country delivery as part of a partnership with the US Marine Corps H-1 Light/Attack Helicopter program office (PMA-276) and industry partner, Bell.

The Czech Republic has taken delivery of its first AH-1Z Vipers as part of a partnership with the USMC H-1 Light/Attack Helicopter programme.