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May 16, 2006

Bell Remains Big On UAVs After Loss Of Eagle-Eye Prototype

Prototype Tiltrotor UAV Crashed April 5

Bell Helicopter may be going back to the drawing board, but it isn’t giving up on its quest to develop unmanned aircraft systems.

The United States Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, performed their 4,000th air show May 13 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The show was the team's 14th of the 2006 season. “We perform about 70 air shows throughout the year, representing the 530,000 men and women in our Air Force,” said Lt. Col. Kevin Robbins, Thunderbirds commander.