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Military Aviation

B-52H Crew from Guam Locates Ocean Canoe Crew Gone Adrift in Pacific In A Bomber’s Rare Maritime SAR Mission

In a Dramatic Open Ocean Search an Air Force Crew Finds Paddlers Missing Six Days. The lost canoe was located by the crew from one of the B-52H after it…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 3, 2018
Aviation Safety

Journalist Risks Decapitation By Azerbaijan’s Mi-24 Gunship Helicopter While Presenting A Promotional Report

Too close for comfort. A reporter with the Russian The Caucasus Post media outlet risked being decapitated while filming a news segment featuring some low-flying Mi-24 helicopters in anticipation of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 1, 2018
Aviation Safety

USAF Light Attack Experiment Halted Following Fatal Crash

Overall Light Attack Acquisition Project Continues Despite Accident. Military.com's Oriana Pawlyk reports that the innovative U.S. Air Force Light Attack Experiment has been halted following last week’s fatal crash of…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 29, 2018
Military Aviation

“Top Gun: Maverick”: Son of “Goose” Arrives, Kenny Loggins Possibly Redoing Theme Song

Hollywood Has Been Rife with Top Gun Rumors. Here Are the Most Recent Ones. Three actors have been tipped by Hollywood insiders as top choices to play the son of…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
June 28, 2018
Drones

VUP-19 DET PM MQ-4C “Triton” Drone Performs First Flight From NBVC Point Mugu

U.S. Navy's MQ-4C "Triton" belonging to the Unmanned Patrol Squadron One Nine (VUP-19) DET Point Mugu conducted first flight from Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu. On Jun. 27,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 28, 2018
Syria

Here Are The First Photographs Of U.S. Air Force C-17 and Marine Corps KC-130J Operating From New U.S. Airfield in Northern Syria

U.S. Air Forces Central Command has just released some photographs from an "undisclosed location": geolocation proves they are the first from a recently-built airbase in northern Syria. CENTCOM has just…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 27, 2018
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