The RAF can confirm that Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) William Wales, Search and Rescue Co-pilot, 22 Squadron, RAF Valley will complete a routine deployment to the Falkland Islands as part of a crew of four RAF personnel during the period February – March 2012.
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Spitfire’s Browning MG still firing after 70 years buried in peat
A Browning machine gun recovered from the crash site of a 1941 Spitfire in Ireland has been restored to its original condition and fired again after 70 years.
Has Hezbollah found a way to bring down Israeli drones?
An Israeli UAV mysterously disappeared from the radar scope of the French UNIFIL battalion in south Lebanon on Oct. 29.
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Winners of the second Global Strike Challenge
Here are the list of winners for this year’s Global Strike Challenge organized by the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command.
Joint Base Balad returns to Iraqi control
The U.S. military has handed over Joint Base Balad, its 2nd largest Iraq base, to the Iraqi government.
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