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Space

Air Force mini-Shuttle returns to Earth at the end of clandestine 15-month mission around the globe

On Jun. 16, 2012 at 05.48 AM local (12.48 GMT), 469 days after it was launched, the Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 16, 2012
Weapons

U.S. Navy replenishes its stock of Tomahawk long-range, conventional attack, cruise missiles. Getting ready for new initial air strikes?

All the most recent conflicts have started with a storm of cruise missiles against fixed enemy targets. The war in Libya is just the last of a long series of…

Richard Clements Richard Clements
June 16, 2012
Military Aviation

Red Arrows on the runway, F-16 holding short, some thousand spectators: satellite imagery of Biggin Hill airport taken on airshow day

Seen through the indiscreet eye of the satellite, almost all airports seem quite quiet. Usually, you can spot some aircraft taxiing, other either taking off or landing on the runway,…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 15, 2012
F-35

This is one of the coolest F-35 photos, ever: Carrier Variant first night take off with full afterburner

The following image shows Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matt Taylor as he ascends in F-35C test aircraft CF-2, on Jun. 13. It was taken at NAS Patuxent River…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 15, 2012
Captured Stealth Drone

Possibly unknown/damaged drone spotted at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program Facility (on the same day Iran captured a U.S. stealthy RQ-170)

If you point your Google Earth client towards Palmdale, California, you will find a very interesting imagery signature at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program Facility. Widely known as "Skunk Works"…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 15, 2012

Video: air dropping a humvee from a C-130 Hercules. As seen through the Night Vision Goggles.

The following video was taken during Joint Operations Access Exercise taking place from Jun. 4 to Jun. 11 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A joint operations access exercise is a…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
June 15, 2012
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