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Aviation Safety

U.S. Navy RQ-4A BAMS-D Surveillance Drone Damaged During Takeoff in the Middle East

The Class-A mishap reduced the BAMS-D fleet to just two operational drones remaining. An RQ-4A BAMS-D (Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator) of the U.S. Navy was damaged by unspecified…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
December 14, 2019
Aircraft Carriers

Fire Breaks Out On Russian “Admiral Kuznetsov” Aircraft Carrier at the Barents Sea port of Murmansk.

At least two people unaccounted for. Images show Russia's only aircraft carrier engulfed in smoke. A blaze has broken out aboard Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, that…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 12, 2019
Military Aviation

Newly Released Video Shows Then Col. Chuck Yeager Losing Control and Crashing an NF-104A At Edwards AFB in 1963

Fantastic footage released by Edwards Air Force Base History Office shows the famous Dec. 10, 1963 "Zoom Flight" incident depicted in “The Right Stuff”. It's December 10th, 1963. Col. Chuck…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 11, 2019
Aviation Safety

Antarctic Chilean C-130 Flight With 38 On Board Disappears Over Drake Passage.

Aircraft En Route to Antarctica Over Treacherous Waters When Comms Was Lost. A Chilean military C-130 transport flying from Punta Arenas, Chile to King George Island, Antarctica was reported missing…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
December 10, 2019
Military Aviation

Photos Allegedly Show Greek Mirage 2000 Targeting a Turkish Frigate with Exocet Missile During A Show of Force

The photos emerged on Twitter amid growing tensions between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea, but they’re not recent. On December 8, 2019 some photos emerged on Twitter showing…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
December 9, 2019
Military Aviation

This Video Of The F-117 At Ronald Reagan Library Provides Interesting Details About The Story Of The Iconic Stealth Jet

The video released shows many interesting details about the F-117 program, including the somehow futuristic Identimat biometric hand scanners used at Tonopah Test Range Airport when the Stealth Jet was…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 8, 2019
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