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Mystery Drone exposed by satellite imagery at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works update: it was already there in 2009…

Do you remember the mysterious UAV quitely sitting open-air at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Program Facility at Palmdale airport, California? Unveiled by satellite imagery dated Dec. 4, 2011, the "new"…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 24, 2012
Helicopters

First MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft arrive in Japan

The top picture is particularly interesting as it shows a still "packaged" MV-22 Osprey belonging to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 as it is unloaded from the cargo ship…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 23, 2012
Syria

HMS Illustrious is preparing mass evacuation of Britons from Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.

The British helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious (nicknamed "Lusty")  along with the amphibious assault ship HMS Bulwark are part of contingency plans drawn up by the Royal Navy  for a possible…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
July 23, 2012
Military Aviation

F-22 Raptor kill markings shown off by German Eurofighter Typhoons

"The F-22 is not invincible" saga continues. As the majority of our readers already know, there are very different opinions as to the outcomes of the dogfights between the U.S.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 23, 2012

Video: The C-17 Globemaster that made an "unscheduled stop" at Tampa's Peter O. Knight departs from the small regional airport

The U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III belonging to the 305th Air Mobility Wing that mistakenly landed at Tampa's Peter O. Knight Airport in, Florida at the end of a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 21, 2012
Falklands War

“Operation Mikado”: A one way mission to wipe out Argentine Exocet Missiles during the Falklands War

The sinking of HMS Sheffield had made the Exocet missile a fatal threat to the Royal Navy...During the Falklands conflict (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the Argentine Navy became the…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
July 21, 2012
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