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Military History

This photo shows the first combat rescue behind enemy lines in Iraq

The image above was taken from an MH-53J from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, piloted by Capt. Thomas Trask, during the first Combat SAR (Search And Rescue) mission behind the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 21, 2014
Military Aviation

On This Day in 1968 A B-52 Crashed in Greenland With Four Hydrogen Bombs

The Thule Air Base Broken Arrow incident. On Jan. 21, 1968, a B-52G Stratofortress belonging to the 380th Strategic Bomb Wing from Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York, crashed in…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 21, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

Fantastic video brings you aboard low-level flying French Navy warplanes

The American aicraft carrier USS Truman is currently closely co-operating with French Carrier Charles De Gaulle in the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet AOR (Area of Responsibility - Persian Gulf and…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 21, 2014
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Iran’s S-300 air defense systems procurement saga

The Iranian regime is once again trying to procure the Russian made S-300 air defense missiles, even after they had claimed that their Islamic revolutionary engineers could manufacture the S-300…

Winston Smith Winston Smith
January 21, 2014
Military Aviation

[Video] Exercise Blue Flag in Israel (as seen from the cockpit of a Greek F-16)

Last year, between Nov. 24 and 28, Israel held Exercise "Blue Flag" which involved about 100 aircraft belonging to the Israeli, Italian, Greek and U.S. air forces. The following video,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 20, 2014
Aircraft Carriers

[Photo] U.S. F/A-18E Hornet operates from French Aircraft Carrier

Do you remember the image of the French Rafale combat planes aboard USS Truman in the Arabian Sea? Well, the Americans returned the visit with an F/A-18E Super Hornet landing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 20, 2014
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