#Aircraft

TIL (02/07/20) - On 28th Feb 1970, Copenhagen witnessed a concert performed by a rock band named the Nobs. The band was on a tour of Europe, starting with Helsinki
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A notable development with the arrest & indictment of an al-Shabaab operative who was getting flight training as part of a plot to strike the United States. A few aspects
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On December 7, 1941, USCGC Taney was on station in Honolulu, Hawaii at Pier 6. Other Coast Guard vessels in Pearl Harbor were the 190-foot buoy tender Kukui, two 125-foot
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Today in 2009, Captain Sullenberger successfully ditched his aircraft in the Hudson River. US Airways Flight 1549, operated by an Airbus A320, was struck by birds on climbout after taking
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Thread: An injured Luftwaffe Oberleutnant, a Fliegerleitoffizier (Flyer Control Officer), in his Sd.Kfz 251 Funkwagen observing and directing attack aircraft towards Soviet positions, Russia, 1943. Cooperation between the Army and
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A little thread to explain a little of how that other account came about...Several years ago I was bored of seeing certain accounts on Twitter post photos of aircraft (that
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The @LockheedMartin C-130 is the RAF’s primary tactical transport aircraft and in its current http://C.Mk  4 and http://C.Mk  5 has been the backbone of UK operational tactical mobility tasks since
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OP-ED: Problem with military strength ratings: Very innacurate. The problem arises when you realize that it doesn’t not take into account the:1. Age of military technology 2. Counter-technologies(Aircraft carrier is
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OK. Some stuff about "Air Force 1" as the weirdo truthers are out in force, yet again, on Biden stuff. So, here's a bit about Air Force 1, which
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Busy morning over Washington DC with several military transport aircraft shipping troops & equipment into Andrew’s AFB to defend inauguration against violent Trump insurrectionists. This C-17 from Tennessee just passed
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1/10 Following on from previous threads on Air Policing, Radar and Quick Response Aircraft, here's another on the use of tankers as a force multiplier. @BerryCathal @GCraughwell @nealerichmond @CharlieFlanagan @IRLDeptDefence
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S/Sgt Stanton H Mesenbrink (shown on the right) was a Pathfinder with the 508th's 2nd Battalion team, which was led on D-Day by 2nd Lt Lloyd L Polette. I came
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1/14 So picking up on from this thread on air policing, let's start to look at what an air policing package involves.To intercept an aircraft, first you have to know
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My biggest annoyance about watching WW2 films is open voice radio communication over long distance. It's worse than anachronistic marks of Spitfire. Yes I am being serious Also there was
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Lots of talk these days in the #airtaxi crowd about billion-dollar valuations and aircraft progress “milestones.” Whenever this happens I can only think about Virgin Galactic, Icon Aircraft, Eclipse Aviation,
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Commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Gen. Surovikin says NATO reconnaissance aircraft conducted an 'unprecedented operation' over the Black Sea on September 4. According to him, five reconnaissance aircraft and
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