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New Photos Surface of Secretive X-37B Space Plane in Orbit on Classified Mission.

Dutch Astronomer Photographs Rarely Seen Military Space Plane from Earth. Noted astronomer and satellite expert Ralf Vandebergh of Nijswiller, Limburg, Netherlands, spent months searching the skies for one of the…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
July 8, 2019
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U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Drones Move Closer to the Black Sea

The drones relocated to Romania because of construction works in Miroslawiec AB, Poland. The 52nd Expeditionary Operations Group Detachment 2, the unit operating MQ-9 Reaper drones in Europe, relocated from…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 8, 2019
Military Aviation

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake evacuated following last week’s earthquakes

The facility is not mission capable but there are no details yet on the damage caused by the earthquake. Following last week’s earthquakes up to 7.1 magnitude in the Ridgecrest…

Stefano D'Urso Stefano D'Urso
July 8, 2019
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Swiss Air Force Display Team “Patrouille Suisse” Performs Flyover At The Wrong Place

The F-5E Tigers of the aerobatic display team missed their target by about 6 km. A rather unusual as well as bit embarrassing "incident" occurred to the the Swiss Air…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 7, 2019
Military Aviation

Trump’s Fourth of July “Salute to America” Flyover

Let's see what flew over DC on Fourth of July event. After being inspired by France’s Bastille Day parade, American President Donald Trump had longed to hold a similar military…

Randy Jennings Randy Jennings
July 5, 2019
Military Aviation

Italian Air Force AMX Jets Provide IR Imagery Of Stromboli Volcano After Eruption

Take a look at the volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli through the eye of a RecceLite reconnaissance pod. A hiker was killed when the volcano erupted on the…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
July 5, 2019
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