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NBC News has reported that the Pentagon is considering a plan to launch airstrikes against ISIS targets in Philippines using drones.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christian Clausen
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More than 20,000 engineering drawings and diagrams for the de Havilland Mosquito have been found, just days before bulldozers were due to destroy their hiding place.
By British official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Taiwan carried out a night-time Oerlikon GDF-006 35mm anti-aircraft cannon firing drill in Pingtung County on Aug. 4.
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Photo: ROC MND
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The U.S. Army has published a memo on Aug. 2 that bans its soldiers from using commercial drones made by Chinese firm DJI.
By Volatus (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Two days before Christmas, 1944, 2nd Lt. Charles E. Carlson was shot down and killed in his P-47 over Europe. His remains were recovered last year and during his funeral service on Aug. 4 at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, his unit – the 62nd Fighter Squadron – flew a missing man formation fly-over with four F-35As.