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On the morning of Jan. 17, 1991 — the first night of Operation Desert Storm — the U.S. Navy suffered its first loss of the conflict, when Lt. Cmdr Scott Speicher was shot down in his McDonnell F/A-18C Hornet, bureau number 163484, around 100 miles west of Baghdad. Operation Desert Storm, popularly known as …

At least 160 people are dead in an Easter Sunday terrorist attack targeting Christians in Sri Lanka after eight explosions ripped through high-end hotels and churches as suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up. The initial six explosions injured as many as 500 people, including Japanese and British citizens, and 35 …

This month SAAB has delivered three more SAAB 2000 Erieye AEW&C aircraft to Pakistan Airforce raising its fleet to Six. Read details: Link Pakistan Air force operated 4 Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C along with one Saab 2000 in VIP configuration, In 2012, one of the four Erieye AEW&C was written-off, …

On Mar. 21, 1962, a B-58 Hustler from the U.S. Air Force erupted in flames as a large, bright red capsule shot out of it, carrying a passenger to safety. But the passenger wasn’t a pilot, and the plane wasn’t crashing. The event was a test of the B-58’s experimental …

Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan. A photojournalist Ralph Mirebs went to Kazakhstan after reading about the Soviet space exploration programs. Curious, he ventured out there investigate. As you can …

On a normal day, it takes about an hour to warm up a B-52. But not if you use explosive charges to kick-start its engines. A new video released by the U.S. Air Force demonstrates the cartridge start, or “Cart Start” method. Airmen use small controlled explosive charges to get …

According to defensenews.com Turkish defense officials said they likely would pursue Russian fighter jet technology  If U.S. officials were to expel Turkey from the multinational group that builds the F-35 Lightning II, “We cannot afford to leave the F-35 not substituted,”. He declined to comment on the replacement options, as …

An organization comprised of hundreds of retired general officers is once again sounding the alarm on the state of America’s youth. Retired generals and admirals want to ban sugary sodas and snacks from public schools. The kids today, say the former brass, are too fat to fight for their country. …

On 19 April 1989, the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) exploded. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret’s crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. On April 19, 1989, the day of the blast, the …

The last active duty P-3C Orion departed Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on March 29. On March 25th, VP-40’s first P-3C Orion aircraft departed NAS Whidbey to mark the beginning of the last P-3C squadron to deploy in support of US interests worldwide. After finishing a 12-month inter-deployment readiness cycle …