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They Want to Use a Crane Grab to Recover Short Stirling From the Lake

Plans to raise a Short Stirling bomber which crashed during World War II have come under criticism. The plane, BK716, was based at RAF Downham…

USS Gabrielle Giffords Still Missing Cruise Missile 9 Months After Firing One

Ian Harvey

Military enthusiasts around the world have been surprised to note that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Gabrielle Giffords is still operating in the South…

‘Barn Finds’, Mosquito, P-51 & Others, The Aviation Equivalent of Aladdin’s Cave

OMAKA AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE WELCOMES RARE WARBIRDS The John Smith Collection, the aviation equivalent of Aladdin’s Cave. We are excited and honoured to announce that…

Air Force Delays Flight Testing of Laser Weapons System Due to Pandemic

Ian Harvey

As COVID-19 continues its plan to disrupt everything in the world, even the US Air Force is finding that it is as powerless before the…

UK Urged to Fund Memorial of French Sailors killed on Churchill’s Orders

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made what he called “the most hateful decision, the most unnatural and painful in which I’ve ever been concerned” on…

U.S. Army Releases a Video of Green Berets Training Alongside Taiwanese Forces in Taiwan

Ian Harvey

The U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group has released rare footage of the famous Green Berets training on the island of Taiwan. The government in…

Hope for New Royal Navy Supply Ships Being Built in Britain

UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace brought hope to British shipbuilders that the £1.5billion deal to produce supply ships for the Royal Navy will stay within…

Satellite Images Give Early Warning of USA Expansion on Wake Island

Ian Harvey

Wake Island is perhaps one of the USA’s most remote Pacific island airbases, located somewhere between Japan and Hawaii, that projects American airpower deep into…

Finnish Air Force Quietly Removes Swastika from Squadron Emblems

Ian Harvey

For nearly a century, the Finnish Air Force’s logo has featured the swastika, but this is now in the process of being quietly phased out…

93 Year Old Camp Guard, Trial in Final Stages

Ian Harvey

Prosecutors presented their closing arguments in the trial of Bruno D. The prosecution requested three years in prison for the former Nazi concentration camp guard.…

At 95 he Walked 23km for Charity, Prince Harry Sends Him a Letter

Ian Harvey

An African war veteran in his 90s marched to victory against Covid-19. And he’s received a special letter from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recognizing…

Royal Marine Commandos Announce New Uniforms

Ian Harvey

The Royal Marines Commandos are modernizing their operations in a program called the Future Commando Force. It is the biggest transformation and rebranding the Comamndos…