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Commanding Officer of the Harrier squadron decimated at Camp Bastion among the Marines killed in the Taliban attack

The Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 211 "Avengers" that was decimated on Friday Sept. 14, when a force of insurgents attacked Camp Bastion, in Helmand, has not only lost two Marines…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 17, 2012
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Photo: Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller marks ground target for a Navy Hornet under starry sky. In Kuwait.

Taken on Sept. 11, 2012, the following picture shows U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Drew Parks, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, as he communicates…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 17, 2012

Pakistan Test fires Stealth Cruise missile with 700 km range

The Pakistan Inter Service Public relations department released a Press Release on Sept. 17. Sept that announced that Pakistan has test fired a Stealth Cruise missile. Here's what is said:…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
September 17, 2012

Italian Coast Guard base Catania Fontanarossa unveiled

On Aug. 31, 2012, the 2° Nucleo Aereo (Flight Group) of the Guardia Costiera (Coast Guard), based at the Catania-Fontanarossa airport (next to the famous trans-Mediterranean international hub), changed his…

Carlo D. Carlo D.
September 17, 2012
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Marine Attack Squadron loses eight Harrier jets in worst U.S. air loss in one day since Vietnam War

Taliban's attack on Camp Bastion killed two U.S. Marines and destroyed or severely damaged eight U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers and a United States Air Force C-130. On Friday Sept.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 16, 2012

China unveils its brand new stealth fighter: the J-31 “Falcon Eagle”. But it’s a copy of the F-22 Raptor

Pictures of a previously unknown brand new fighter jet have started to appear online over the weekend. Built by the Shenyang company, the new aircraft, could be the answer of…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 16, 2012
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