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December 8, 2023 No Cracks Reported On Italian Air Force C-27J Spartan Fleet Aviation Safety / Air Crashes
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December 6, 2023 NATO Tactical Leadership Programme Course 2023-4 Military Aviation
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December 5, 2023 The U.S. Air Force Failed To Manage B-52 Parts, DoD Inspector General Report Says Military Aviation

“Operation Mikado”: A one way mission to wipe out Argentine Exocet Missiles during the Falklands War

July 21, 2012 Richard Clements

The sinking of HMS Sheffield had made the Exocet missile a fatal threat to the Royal Navy… During the Falklands conflict (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the Argentine Navy became the first in the world […]

OTD in 1982, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long range surprise attack to the Falklands

April 30, 2012 Richard Clements

Operation Black Buck. At 22.30LT, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one of the RAF’s greatest missions […]