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Bizarre

Watch this: Mysterious luminous object appears over Lebanon, Turkish-Syrian border. Ballistic missile reentry vehicle or meteor?

Update Jun. 10, 2012 22.20 GMT A mysterious luminous object appeared over north Lebanon, Marjaayoun, the Bekaa and the Syrian-Turkish border, as well as over Iran on Jun. 7 evening.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 7, 2012
Stealth Black Hawk

New theories about the Stealth Black Hawk emerge as the UH-60 turns 40.

The famous Stealth Black Hawk helicopter revealed by the Osama Bin Laden raid is one of the hot topics of this blog. I still receive many comments about readers who…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 7, 2012
Military History

D-Day: An Aerial Armada (Including Troop-Carrying Gliders) To Take Back Occupied Europe

That night, the sight of vast swarms of troop-carrying aircraft must have been impressive. Their overpowering numbers gave the Allied forces the upper hand. At 22.15 on the evening of…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
June 6, 2012
North Korea

North Korean fighters fly dangerously close to South Korean airspace prompting eight F-15 fighter jets to scramble

It took about 24 hours but eventually details about the (almost) close encounter close to the border between North and South Korea emerged. The news that some North Korean fighters…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 6, 2012

[Updated] Diamond Jubilee flypast over London as seen from a four-engined Second World War heavy bomber

Released by the UK's Ministry of Defence, the following footage brings you on board an Avro Lancaster bomber of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight during the Queen Elizabeth II’s…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 6, 2012

This cool video shows what jumping from a flying Hercules looks like: D-Day 2012 from the paratrooper's point of view

On Jun. 3, U.S. paratroopers jumped from a C-130J Hercules at the La Fiere drop zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, to honor the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings during…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 5, 2012
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