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Syrian warplanes strike Lebanese territory
This post has been updated. Please see note below. BEIRUT — Syrian warplanes bombed a remote area of Lebanon along the border with Syria on Monday, just days after the Syrian government warned that its patience was wearing thin with the cross-...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Government, Rebellions, Turkey, National Government
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United Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones
California-based General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc. said Friday it has struck a deal to sell unarmed Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates military. The agreement would mark the first time a non-NATO country has obtained the American-made...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, Military Equipment, U.S. Air Force
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Syrian rebels say they captured military air base near Aleppo
BEIRUT — Syrian opposition forces said Tuesday that they had captured a strategic military air base near the embattled northern city of Aleppo, the latest air facility reportedly overrun by insurgents. The reported capture of the Jarrah air base,...
Tags: Skype, Wars and Interventions, Bashar Assad, Research, Human Rights
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City in Virginia passes anti-drone resolution
Charlottesville, Va., has taken action against the use of police spy drones, ordering a two-year moratorium on the citywide use of unmanned aircraft. It is the first city in the nation to do so, supporters say, and its move may prompt other...
Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Japan
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Israeli airstrike hits truck convoy in Syria
Israel conducted an airstrike inside Syria overnight near the border with Lebanon, hitting a convoy of trucks, U.S. and regional officials said Wednesday. The regional officials said Israel had been planning in the days leading up to the airstrike to hit...
Tags: Israel, Bashar Assad, Weaponry, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pratt Wraps Up Program For F119 Engine That Powered F-22 Raptor
It was April 23, 1991, when Pratt & Whitney's future changed in an instant. The Air Force that day announced that its new advanced tactical fighter jet would be built by Lockheed Martin and powered by Pratt's F119 engine, a decades-long production...
Tags: General Electric Company, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Military Equipment, Marketing
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China-Japan tension over disputed islands takes to the sky
BEIJING -- Chinese and Japanese fighter planes tailed each other over a disputed cluster of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, raising alarm that a miscalculation could set off an armed confrontation. Chinese military authorities ordered two J-...
Tags: Beijing (China), Military Equipment, Aerospace Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Italy
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Iran Says it Took 'Decisive' Action Against U.S. Drone
CNNWASHINGTION -- Iran said it took "decisive" action after a U.S. drone entered Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf last week, a commander said. "Iran will use all its capabilities, including the relevant international agencies, to follow up on this case,...Tags: Iran, Armed Forces, Tehran (Iran), Military Equipment, U.S. Air Force
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Air Force Says F-22 Oxygen Problem is Solved
Channel 2 NewsThe Air Force believes that it's solved the years-long mystery of why F-22 pilots have suffered potentially dangerous, hypoxia-like symptoms aboard the world's most advanced jet fighter. And the answer is so insanely simple, some Congressmen don't...Tags: NASA, Langley Air Force Base, Military Equipment, Air and Space Accidents, U.S. Air Force
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Syrian rebels claim to have shot down warplane, captured pilot
World NowSyrian rebels claimed Monday that they had shot down a government fighter jet and captured its pilot, and videos posted on an exiled opposition website purported to show the Russian-made MiG-23 struck by machine-gun fire and engulfed in flames.... -
Florida air shows abound this fall
One of my most treasured memories from many years of reporting was the chance to ride with the Blue Angels in the early 1990s.
An excursion in a fighter jet — even my truncated media flight — trumps any roller coaster ride on the planet. I'...Tags: Embry-Riddle University, Homestead
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Close call! F-15 fighter jet forces small plane to land
KIAHThis story sounds like a scene out of Top Gun. An F-15 fighter jet was caught on camera buzzing by a small plane near Long Island, New York. Talk about close call! Believe it or not it was actually done on purpose. You see, the fighter jet was...Tags: Military Equipment, Barack Obama, Long Island
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