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Military Aviation

What Would Happen If Thousands of People Really Did “Storm Area 51”?

The Tongue-In-Cheek Internet Sensation Has Gained Traction, But “What If”?We talked about the crazy "plan" with Deputy Sheriff Murphy of the Nye County Sheriff’s Office near the Area 51 and…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 12, 2019
Maritime Security

Chuck Norris Approved: Elite LEDET Team Member Swash-Buckles Narco Sub.

Coast Guard’s Law Enforcement Detachment Wins Internet with Daring Capture. In only a few hours the remarkable video of a member of the Coast Guard’s elite Law Enforcement Detachment Team…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 12, 2019
Aviation

Virgin Orbit Stages First Launch Vehicle Test Drop from Boeing 747 Over Mojave

Test Drop of LauncherOne Unpowered Test Rocket Verifies Separation Technology. Sir Richard Branson’s company, Virgin Orbit, conducted a successful test drop of an unpowered LauncherOne rocket on Wednesday, July 10,…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 11, 2019
Military Aviation

You Really Have To Watch This 1980 Documentary About Czechoslovak Air Force’s Highway Operations

Awesome footage straight from the Cold War. After WWII and through the Cold War some countries (especially in eastern Europe) developed the concept of highway strips: a section of a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 10, 2019
Military Aviation

German A400M Atlas Deployed For The First Time As Tanker to Support Air War on Daesh

The A400M will replace the A310 tanker already deployed in German Operation “Counter Daesh”. On July 5, 2019, for the first time, the German Air Force deployed an Airbus A400M…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 9, 2019
F-35

Check Out This Photo Of An F-35C Flying Transonic With Visible Schlieren Shock Waves

The photograph was taken in the exact moment when the pilot transitioned from subsonic to supersonic speed. The photograph in this post shows a U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 9, 2019
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