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Aviation Safety

Iran Admits to Mistakenly Shooting Down Ukrainian 737 With Anti-Aircraft Missile.

International Pressure and Mounting Intelligence Data Force Iran’s Admission. According to Iran’s state television, the Iranian military has reported accidentally shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 flight PS752 on…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
January 11, 2020
Helicopters

Enjoy These Close Up Shots Of The 160th SOAR’s MH-47G’s New Laser Countermeasures System

The Chinooks of the "Night Stalkers" have received the new AN/AAQ-24 large aircraft infrared countermeasure (LAIRCM) system. The photographs in this post were taken on Jan. 9, 2020, at Portland…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2020
Aviation Safety

A Brief History of Airliner Shoot-Down Incidents (and Hoaxes).

Let’s Examine the Dangerous History of Civil Airliner Shoot-Downs by The Military. As we have reported yesterday, U.S., British and Canadian officials are "confident" that Iran (mistakenly) fired two surface-to-air…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 10, 2020
Aviation Safety

Iran State TV Releases Video of Ballistic Missile Launches on U.S. Targets in Iraq as Airliner Shoot-Down Story Breaks.

Exchange Begins as Competing Stories About Iranian Strikes and Airliner Shoot-Down Reach Media Outlets. Iranian state television has released new video of preparations and launches of the missile strike on…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
January 9, 2020
Aviation Safety

“Iran Likely Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner Near Tehran” US Defense Officials Say

Western officials are confident that Iran fired two surface to air missiles that brought down the Ukrainian B737 aircraft as a new video allegedly showing a missile hitting the airliner…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 9, 2020
Aviation Safety

Ukrainian 737 Crashes Shortly After Take Off From Tehran. Unverified Video Of Airliner Going Down Fuels Speculations.

Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 has crashed in Tehran. The incident occurred few hours after the Iranian strikes on U.S. Forces in Iraq, sparking speculations it was shot down by…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
January 8, 2020
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