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VMA-211 mourns its Commander as it pushes forward to complete deployment in Afghanistan

Although it suffered the worst hit to enemy fire since WWII, enduring not only the loss of eight AV-8B+ Harrier jets in the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion's airfiled, Marine…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 27, 2012

U.S Marine Corps F/A-18A Hornet jets deploying to the Middle East

On Sept. 24, 12 U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18A Hornet jets arrived to Morón airbase, in Spain, coming from Lajes, Azores. Belonging to the VMFA-314 Black Knights, from MCAS Miramar, California,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 27, 2012

Iranian fighter jet seemingly flying over Homs: is Tehran actively taking part to the air war in Syria?

Although the majority of footage, photo appearing on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and so on, some of the images coming from Syria proved to be fake, as those allegedly showing…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 26, 2012
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Photo: This is what remains of a U.S. Marine Corps Harrier jet after the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion

The following picture, sent by a reader of the blog, shows what remains of one of the six Harrier jets in the aftermath of the Taliban attack on Camp Bastion…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 26, 2012

Iran’s new spy drone is an Israeli Hermes 450/Watchkeeper clone. Capable of carrying missiles.

It looks like Iran's new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), disclosed by recent pictures and, more in details, by the footage recently aired by Press TV, has nothing to do with…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 25, 2012

U.S. preparing a strike in Libya, Northern Mali?

The attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, that cost the life of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens on Sept. 11, could be retaliated in the following days.…

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September 25, 2012
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