Here’s what it took to move a broken-down US special ops aircraft stuck in an Arctic nature preserve just over 50 feet

A US Air Force CV-22 Osprey at the Stongodden nature preserve in northern Norway. Norweigan Armed Forces A US Air Force special operations aircraft has been stuck on a remote island in Norway for weeks.  Norway's military said soldiers have made progress recovering the CV-22 Osprey from a nature preserve. Using wooden planks and gravel, […]

ANA Is Reportedly Close to Deal for 30 Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft

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Army war hero pleads guilty to trying to smuggle over $1 million of cocaine into the US hidden in gutted punching bags on a military aircraft

Reuters/Carlos Jasso An Army Special Forces veteran pleaded guilty to two drug trafficking conspiracy counts, admitting he attempted to smuggle nearly 90 pounds of cocaine from Colombia.  Master Sgt. Daniel Gould was charged in August after officials at the US Embassy in Bogota discovered cocaine in gutted-out punching bags. An X-ray scan revealed the cocaine […]

2 Marine Corps aircraft were involved in a ‘mishap’ over Japan, and a search-and-rescue operation is underway

US Air National Guard/Senior Master Sgt. Roger Parsons Search-and-rescue operations are underway for two US Marine Corps aircraft involved in a “mishap” off the coast of Japan. An F/A-18 fighter and a KC-130 cargo plane taking part in a aerial refueling exercise reportedly collided and crashed. Two crew members have been found so far. Search-and-rescue […]

US Marine aircraft suffer 'mishap' off Japanese coast, search-and-rescue underway

Published time: 5 Dec, 2018 21:58 Edited time: 5 Dec, 2018 22:05 The US Marine Corps says its aircraft were involved in a “mishap” off the coast of Japan, and a search-and-rescue operation is underway. Very few details have been made public in the initial Corps news release. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?)

Aircraft Wrecks That Will Take Your Breath Away

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How Aircraft De-Icing Works

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Boeing Set to Issue Safety Warning for 737 MAX, Aircraft Involved in Lion Air Crash

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2 people killed after light aircraft crashes near E. Yorkshire airfield

Two people were reportedly killed when a light aircraft crashed near an airfield in East Yorkshire. Both the pilot and passenger suffered fatal injuries in the crash reported at about 18:30 GMT on Wednesday, the BBC said, citing Humberside Police. A search was launched in the area to find the plane when it came down […]

Iran releases video supposedly showing a close encounter with a US aircraft carrier

Chad M. Trudeau/US Navy TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV has broadcast footage purporting to show a close encounter between the Revolutionary Guard’s navy and the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, the passageway for nearly one-third of all oil traded by sea. The US Navy said […]