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Military History

Historic WWII Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet Located 17,000 Feet Deep in Pacific.

Late Billionaire Paul Allen’s Expedition Ship Makes Remarkable Discovery. In a sensational story that seems torn from a Clive Cussler fiction novel, the private research vessel funded by late billionaire…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
February 13, 2019
Military Aviation

USAF’s First Female F-16 Demo Pilot Relieved of Command After Only Two Weeks

Capt. Zoe Kotnik, the Air Force’s First Female Single-ship Tactical Demonstration Pilot, Relieved for “Loss of Confidence”. USAF Capt. Zoe Kotnik has been relieved of her command position as the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
February 12, 2019
Military Aviation

A U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet Has Been Painted In Russian Su-30SM Flanker-style Color Scheme

A "Legacy Hornet" with the NAWDC (Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center) sports a paint job clearly inspired by the Russian Su-30SM multirole Flanker-derivative. As already explained, although the U.S. Navy…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 12, 2019
Italian Air Force

Flying With The Tornado Attack Jets At The Bombing Range

As the Tornado completes its final days of service with the Royal Air Force, which is about to become the first operator to retire the type, we have looked at…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 11, 2019
F-35

The Italian Air Force Has Deployed Six F-35A Jets To Sardinia For Advanced “Omnirole” Training

The Italian Lightning II are involved in their third deployment to Decimomannu airbase. Six ItAF F-35As out of the eight currently in Italy (two more ones are at Luke Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 8, 2019
Aviation Safety

Basically, Carrier Strike Group 4 Is Jamming GPS Across U.S. Southeast Coast

"AOPA estimates that more than 2,000 airports—home bases to more than 28,600 aircraft—are located within the area’s lowest airspace contour." GPS has become increasingly important to our lives. Not only…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
February 8, 2019
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