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Military Aviation

This Photo Shows The Damage Caused By A Tanker’s Refueling Boom To The Nose Of An A-10 “Warthog” Aircraft

No, that's not a bullet hole. Taken at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, by U.S. Air Force's Staff Sgt. Ryan Callaghan, this photo features the A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft 81-0995…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 11, 2017
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We Have Rented A Cessna 172 And Skirted Area 51 and Nevada Test and Training Range. Here Is How It Went.

We undertook a very unusual trip over Nevada desert. Area 51, a myth in the underworld of conspiracy theories, especially for those who believe in alien spacecrafts, flying saucers, UFOs…

Vincent Vagner Vincent Vagner
May 10, 2017
Military Aviation

Russian Victory Day Rehearsal Flyover In Moscow Produces Spectacular Images

Flyover Cancelled on Parade Day Due to Weather, But Rehearsal was Interesting and Impressive. May 9, 2017 A structural silence cloaks Red Square today. Cold humidity hangs over expansive rows…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 10, 2017
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U.S. Army Rangers Kill ISIS-K Leader in Combined Air/Ground Raid in Afghanistan.

Army Confirms U.S. Raid in Afghanistan Following MOAB Strike Killed ISIS-K Leader. The U.S. military confirmed in a statement on May 7 that the ISIS-K leader in Afghanistan, Sheikh Abdul…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 8, 2017
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Mysterious X-37B Unmanned Space Plane Returns After Long, Secret Mission.

Mission of Secret Space Drone Remains Unknown Following 717-Day Orbit. The secretive U.S. Air Force Boeing X-37B orbital unmanned spacecraft has landed at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
May 8, 2017
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The Hellenic Air Force Has Retired Its Last RF-4E Phantom Jets

The HAF has bid farewell to its last "recce" Phantoms. On May 4, Larissa airbase, Greece, hosted the spotter day for the final flight of the Hellenic Air Force RF-4E,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
May 8, 2017
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