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U.S. Launches Another Deadly Drone Strike in Pakistan

A report in Pakistan indicates top civil and military leadership will shoot down any drone entering into Pakistani airspace.

(SALEM) - After a gap of nearly two months, American CIA drones have resumed operations in Pakistan and during the past 72 hours, two such attacks in North Waziristan have claimed nine lives.

The Thursday raid in Dogga area of NWA claimed five lives, while earlier on Tuesday, a similar attack had killed four innocent civilians.

Mysteries of Unseen Force: Racetrack Playa`s Sliding Rocks & River-Curved Rifles in France

Geophysics rendezvous with aerodynamics in Death Valley, possibly solving the 'traveling rock' mystery; while recovered war relics in France defy explanation...

(SALEM) - What elements of nature move solid objects with invisible force?

These questions and a possible answer to the first, are the nature of this article about seemingly unnatural occurrences, at least one of which, may not be such a mystery after all.

Video Explores Suspected Murder of Marine Colonel James Sabow

Jim Sabow was a career Marine, a Harrier pilot, third in command of El Toro, and he wasn't going to allow the illegal drug running to keep taking place on his base.

(EL TORO, Calif.) - In early 1991, something happened at the El Toro Marine air base that was so bad, so shameful, that it will not go away.

It's the highly controversial death of Marine Colonel James Sabow. A fighter pilot, a hero of the Vietnam War, a man considered by those who knew him, to be 'general material'.

US fear and loathing over spy drone

Iran says that it has no intention of returning the drone and that Washington should compensate Tehran for violating the country's airspace.

(TEHRAN) - In what seems to be nothing but US-style barefaced arrogance, President Barack Obama has demanded the return of a spy drone which violated the airspace of the Islamic Republic but which was to the humiliation of the US officials downed by the Iranian army.

The top-secret RQ-170 Sentinel drone, which was used by Washington as part of the covert operations the US officials have already vowed to conduct inside Iran, was hunted down by an electronic ambush and landed with a minimal degree of damage over the city of Kashmar about 140 miles inside Iran.

Libya: Can We Have the `Lady Be Good` Back Now Please?

Do the spoils of war include this? If so is there enough left to worry about?

(SALEM) - I don't think it's easy to take a single story from the pages of aviation history and call it the 'best' or 'most interesting' because the competition is fierce, but the doomed crew of the World War Two B24 Liberator 'Lady Be Good' ranks for the title if any do.

The crew became hopelessly lost and because they were flying at night, they ultimately came to believe they were over the ocean, just about to run out of fuel, and this is what led to their decision to bail out.

Is Rwanda`s Cut-Throat Leader About to Leave Power?

The wary blur of President Kagame’s 2017 promise to relinquish power.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A Rwandan newspaper, the Chronicles, reported that the former rebel leader and all-powerful iron-handed leader of Rwanda said, “I will not be around as president come 2017”.

On the issue of whether or not President Kagame will amend the constitution allowing him to remain in power, the Chronicles quoted President Kagame saying, “...on this issue, I am almost taking it personal with people who keep asking...

Helicopter Tour Flight Near Las Vegas Crashes: Five Dead

At this point, there is no known cause for the crash and few details.

(SALEM) - A helicopter pilot and five passengers were killed in a crash out of Las Vegas Wednesday around 5:00 p.m. Andrew Munoz with the National Park Service, says the aircraft was operated by Sundance Helicopters. It crashed about four miles west of the edge of Lake Mead, in the River Mountains.

Agent Orange (Dioxin) Second Generation: Effects on children of Vietnam Veterans

The children of Vietnam Veterans are the innocent victims of Agent Orange Dioxin.

(MEDIA, Pa.) - Some Vietnam veterans who have had or now has diseases brought on by Presumptive Exposure to Agent Orange Dioxin are not alone. Many children of Vietnam Veterans conceived during and after the War are also infected by Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the second generation. Will there be a third generation?

Some members of the Armed Forces are recognized by the Veterans Administration (VA).

Group Needs Help Locating C-123 Veterans

Please get the word out to any former C-123 crew and their families to go to the web site and engage on the issue.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Through a coincidence of timing and chance I recently met a retired USAF officer who has never forgotten the aviators’ duty to take care of one’s aircrew.

Iran military downs US spy drone

A senior Iranian military official says Iran's Army has downed a remote-controlled reconnaissance drone operated by the US military in the eastern part of the country.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - The informed source said on Sunday that the Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit successfully targeted the US-built RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft after it crossed into Iranian airspace over the border with neighboring Afghanistan.

He added that the US reconnaissance drone has been seized with minimum damage.