A team of explorers has found the wreck of a United States Navy submarine that sank more than 60 years ago in deep water near the Hawaiian island of Oahu. USS Stickleback, a Balao-class submarine with the hull number SS-415, sank on May 28, 1958, after an accidental collision with …
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Nellis Air Force Base has now confirmed three new positive COVID-19 cases, bring the total to four. All service members are being treated and entered isolation at the time of symptom onset. The members will remain in isolation in accordance with CDC protocols. The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that …
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The U.S. Air Force successfully conducted the new test of an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, or also know as AMRAAM. On Feb. 26, 2020, an F-15E Strike Eagle from the 40th Flight Test Squadron launched an AMRAAM near Eglin Air Force Base. Capt Brett Hughes and Capt Kevin Tinsley from …
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The Defence Acquisition Council on Wednesday cleared procurement of 83 advanced version of Tejas aircraft, sources said. The defence ministry has given the go-ahead for a Rs. 38,000 cr acquisition of next-generation Light Combat Aircraft that have been developed indigenously, with the production likely to see private sector manufacturing components …
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Taiwan’s air force has again scrambled to warn off approaching Chinese jets, in the latest rise in military tension between Beijing and the island it claims as its own. In the second such incident in two months, Taiwan’s Air Force (officially the Republic of China Air Force) has scrambled F-16 …
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On March 19, Israel’s ImageSat International released satellite images showing the aftermath of the March 11 strikes in the vicinity of the eastern Syrian city of al-Bukamal. The images confirmed that the mysterious strikes targeted the Imam Ali Base, southwest of al-Bukamal. The base, which was reportedly built by Iranian …
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Credits: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin releases a pre-emptive strike video on Russian weaponry. Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp released a video dedicated to “Skunk Works”, the secret Research and development team at the company. It is responsible for a number of aircraft designs, including the U-2, the Lockheed …
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There have been a number of recent incursions into Irish controlled airspace by the Russian air force. Most recently Tupolev TU–95 bomber aircraft, triggered UK Royal Air Force fighter jets to scramble in order to confront the Russian aircraft. According to military experts, Kremlin may be trying to exploit post-Brexit …
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Credits: Russian Defence Ministry On March 14, 2020, a Bloomberg report claims that Indonesia Cancels Deal To Procure Sukhoi Su-35 Fighter Jets Amid U.S. Sanctions Threat. In response to the Bloomberg report, the director of Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) told Rossiya 24 television on Mar. 16 that …
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YF-12A and YF-12C in flight formation at dawn – credits: NASA The Lockheed A-12 family, known as the Blackbirds, were designed by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson. They were constructed mostly of titanium to withstand aerodynamic heating. Fueled by JP-7, the Blackbirds were capable of cruising at Mach 3.2 and attaining altitudes …
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