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Can you tell the difference between the two The SR-71 Blackbird and The A-12 Oxcart? Most people can’t. Often confused with one another, CIA’s A-12 OXCART and the US Air Force’s SR-71 Blackbird are actually two different aircraft. Few are able to note the differences between the two craft at …

You Can Buy The State Department’s Totally Upgraded Sikorsky S-61T Helicopters That Is Barely Used The State Department plans to sell its remaining fleet of these helicopters, 13 in total, via GSA within six months, according to the Department’s Press Relations Office. The General Services Administration (GSA) is already auctioning …

A world-first drone delivery business has been granted approval to take to the skies over the Australian capital. For the past 18 months, Project Wing, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been trialing drone delivery of food and drinks, medication and locally-made coffee and chocolate. Australian aviation authority …

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a “suicide mission” if Beijing doesn’t “lay off” a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea. Duterte’s speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as …

Three U.S. Marines and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb on Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. On Tuesday evening, the Defense Department identified the three Marines as Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, 25, of Locust Valley, New Yor …

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company is a government contractor based in Newport News, Virginia, USA. With its 63 former French air force Dassault Mirage F.1s, Fort Worth-based ATAC possesses an air force that, in size, rivals that of many countries. It operates Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, Israeli F-21 Kfir, A-4 Skyhawk, and …

on March 21, 2019, The National Reconnaissance Office released declassified documents about D-21 Drones Program Records. In the 1960s, the United States found itself in a unique position: Nuclear programs in both China and the Soviet Union posed a clear threat to American security, and a number of burgeoning technologies promised …

Fresh fighting has flared near the Libyan capital, Tripoli, between pro-government forces and rebel fighters from the east of the country. Reports say clashes between Gen Khalifa Haftar’s rebels and pro-government groups are taking place in three suburbs to the south of the city. Factions of the Libyan National Army …

Saturday marks the seventh year anniversary of the  US Navy F/A 18D Fighter jet crash that became known as the ‘Good Friday Miracle’ because no one was killed or seriously injured. On Good Friday in 2012, an F/A 18D Navy jet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 at Naval …

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft originally designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including …