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Kuwaiti firm abandons bid to seize Gaddafi’s “Air Force One”

Posted on September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 by alert5

A bid by a Kuwaiti construction company to seize a luxury airliner once used by Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi has ended after a court decided that the jet belongs to the state.

By Ad Meskens (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Petition to award Medal of Honor to F9F MiG killer

Posted on September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 by alert5

Homeland Magazine is running an online petition to have the retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams awarded the Medal of Honor.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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Father of B-1B has passed away

Posted on September 9, 2016 by alert5

Sam Iacobellis, known as the “Father of the B-1B”, has passed away at the age of 83 last week.

By United States Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III ([1], [2]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Saab’s fighter-bomber aircraft over the years

Posted on September 7, 2016 by alert5

40th anniversary of Viktor Belenko’s defection in a MiG-25

Posted on September 6, 2016 by alert5

On this day 40-years ago, Viktor Ivanovich Belenko successfully defected to the West by flying his MiG-25 to Hakodate, Japan.

By CIA photo [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons