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Aviation Safety

Mysterious Crash Of A USAF Classified Jet Near Nellis AFB Fuels Speculations Of F-35 Involved

A Second Pilot Was Killed Last Week, The Air Force Isn’t Saying Which Type (Then Says "Definitely not an F-35"). He Was An F-35 Pilot. Following the release of information…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 9, 2017
Drones

SpaceX Successfully Launches The U.S. Air Force’s Secretive X-37B Unmanned Spacecraft Just Before Hurricane Irma Reaches Florida

SpaceX launched the Pentagon's mysterious X-37B orbital space drone just before the Hurricane Irma hit Florida. While people prepared for Hurricane Irma, the 45th Space Wing successfully launched a SpaceX…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 8, 2017
Aviation Safety

Two A-10 Thunderbolt II Jets Crash Near Nellis AFB, Nevada; Both Pilots Eject Safely.

The Two Aircraft of the 57th Wing Were On Routine Training Mission. Early reports and a release from Nellis AFB say two Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, referred…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 7, 2017
Military Aviation

The Massive U.S. Military Response to Hurricane Harvey in Texas; On Alert For Irma In Florida.

Aircraft, Rescue Personnel and Ships Respond to U.S. National Emergency. The U.S. military has fielded a massive rescue and relief operation in the wake of Hurricane Harvey along the Texas…

Tom Demerly Tom Demerly
September 7, 2017
Military Aviation

Up Close And Personal With Textron’s Scorpion Light Attack Jet During Weapons Separation Testing

Textron's Scorpion Aces Weapons Separation Testing. Going five for five in the complex, methodical and engineering-driven military aircraft test regimes is rare. Weather, range logistics, recording equipment, aircraft readiness or…

Todd Miller Todd Miller
September 6, 2017
Military Aviation

These Aircraft Sampled Air For Radioactive Particles To Determine If North Korea Actually Detonated A Hydrogen Bomb

No traces of radioactive materials, including xenon gas, were detected following North Korea's latest nuclear test. Here are the aircraft that helped determining that. On Sunday Aug. 3, North Korea…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
September 6, 2017
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