Military intercepts of aircraft decrease: “WASHINGTON — The number of times military fighters have been ordered to intercept planes straying into restricted airspace has declined by about 50 percent during the past two years.”
(Via Air Force Times - News.)

Stealthy Rider: “
Northrop Grumman is’kick-starting peparations for’the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the B-2 bomber’s first flight, next July 17. The first step:’ working with Orange County Choppers and The Learning Channel on a custom bike patterned after the B-2. Its construction will be the season premiere of the show American Chopper.

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I shot these this morning while I was out trying to capture some sunrise photos from the balcony of my apartment complex in Amarillo. It was moving very fast and high. No sound or booms were heard and no radio traffic concerning what i called “the whoosh” were recorded.
Whatever it was it was [...]

YouTube War: “
The Israel Defence Forces have taken to YouTube to bolster their claims that they are - as far as possible - targeting military objectives in Gaza, that they are serious about avoiding civilian casualties, and that Hamas has deliberately turned people into human shields by storing weapons in or under inhabited buildings.
This [...]

YouTube War: “
The Israel Defence Forces have taken to YouTube to bolster their claims that they are - as far as possible - targeting military objectives in Gaza, that they are serious about avoiding civilian casualties, and that Hamas has deliberately turned people into human shields by storing weapons in or under inhabited buildings.
This [...]

Chilling last minutes aboard the Columbia: “A NASA report on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia cited problems with the crew’s helmets, spacesuits and restraints, which resulted in ‘lethal trauma’ to the seven astronauts aboard.

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(Via CNN.com - U.S..)

NASA looks for places to retire space shuttles: “If your organization has the right stuff, it could display one of the U.S. shuttles that NASA plans to retire from service in 2010.

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(Via CNN.com - U.S..)

Wraps Come Off U.S. Navy’s First Tailless, Stealthy Unmanned Aircraft: “Navy and Northrop Grumman detail UCAS demo plan and novel X-47B design features”
(Via Aviation Week & Space Technology on AviationWeek.com.)

The Navy’s Fighter-Plane-Size UAV, the X-47B, Is Unveiled in California: “Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System at its Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military.

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(Via PopularMechanics.com - Technology: Military & [...]

F.E. Warren missile wing fails nuke inspection: “The 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., will fail its Nuclear Surety Inspection that is set to end Wednesday because its maintenance group did not properly document tests on its missiles, an Air Force official said.”
(Via Air Force Times - News.)