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Posted on January 23, 2013 by aviationintel.com

SAD PHOTOS: SEA SHADOW FINALLY GETS SCRAPPED

Some awesome but sad pics found and sent over by Aviationintel reader Nicolae Sinu depict a horrific scene- one of the most fascinating vessels of the Cold War, the Lockheed Skunk Work’s stealthy Sea Shadow, being scrapped while still cocooned … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on January 4, 2013 by aviationintel.com

MYSTERY SOLVED!: THE UNIDENTIFIED PINT SIZED SUBMARINE IS…

                ORIGINAL POST: http://aviationintel.com/2013/01/02/identify-this-sub-small-mystery-submarine-spotted-at-naval-base-kitsap-in-bremerton-wa/ I have taken a couple week hiatus from posting regularly on the site, I needed a break. Often times when you are away from something you question the need … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on December 24, 2012 by aviationintel.com

PHOTO EVIDENCE: CHINA BUILDING A HEAVY LIFT C-17 LIKE TRANSPORT

                                      The Chinese dragon continues to spread its wings, this time in the form of an indigenous heavy transport aircraft that has … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on December 14, 2012 by aviationintel.com

TAKE THAT SKUNK WORKS!: YOU MAY HAVE A SENTINEL BUT DISNEY HAS A DRAGON!!!

Prepare for my weirdest post ever: As you know I love secret projects, and when I came across this video I was just as wowed as when I see a new stealth drone emerge from the shadows. Disney’s Imagineers have … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on October 24, 2012 by aviationintel.com

IT COULD HAVE BEEN: THE RF-117 RECONNAISSANCE NIGHTHAWK

Shortly after the massive success of the F-117A Nighthawk during the Operation Desert Storm, Congress and Lockheed moved together to support buying 24 more F-117s that would be primarily configured as reconnaissance platforms. The jet would have additional cockpit interfaces … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on September 5, 2012 by aviationintel.com
Posted on August 7, 2012 by aviationintel.com

Stealth Helicopter Or Movie Prop?

                  12/18/12 SEE UPDATE AFTER READING THE CONTENT BELOW!: http://aviationintel.com/2012/12/18/new-footage-and-info-emerges-regarding-stealth-black-hawk-helicopters-used-in-zero-dark-thirty/ David Cenciotti over at the TheAviationist.com has a great piece today on a picture that was randomly put up on the net … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on June 29, 2012 by aviationintel.com

CLUB-K CONTAINER MISSILE SYSTEM IS ON THE MARKET

I reported on the CLUB-K “death in a can” container missile system about a year ago when it was first unveiled to the world (please check that post out for context by clicking here) and the more I learn about … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on June 23, 2012 by aviationintel.com

ISRAELI STEALTH HELICOPTER TRANSPORTS & OTHER THOUGHTS

Over the last few months there has been some talk about the possibility that Israel is using the same low-observable modified H-60 Blackhawks used in to the now infamous raid on the Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan over a … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on June 18, 2012 by aviationintel.com

X-37B RETURNS HOME AFTER 469 DAYS IN ORBIT: SO WHAT WAS IT DOING UP THERE FOR OVER A YEAR?

After a ton of emails requesting a post on this topic and subsequent deep analysis featuring large applications of deductive reasoning and a splash of creativity I have come up with absolutely no definitive answer as what the X-37B has … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on June 5, 2012 by aviationintel.com

NEWS ROUNDUP!: JUNE 5th, 2012

EXCLUSIVE: UPDATE ON NAVAIR’S F-5N WING CRACKING ISSUE Original post: http://aviationintel.com/2012/06/03/exclusive-navairs-f-5n-fleet-grounded-due-to-extensive-wing-cracking/ Apparently the F-5N’s wing cracking issue which resulted in an immediate stand-down of what is the backbone of the USN and USMC aggressor force is caused by cracked LAU-7 … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 30, 2012 by aviationintel.com

ARE SPECIAL FORCES REGULARLY SENT INTO NORTH KOREA ON RECON MISSIONS?

In a piece penned by well-known military reporter David Axe for The Diplomat it is claimed that American special forces and their South Korean counterparts regularly send reconnaissance teams into North Korea to monitor underground installations, such as airbases built … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 2, 2012 by aviationintel.com

INSEPARABLE TO THE END: TWO COLD WAR TREASURES, SEA SHADOW & THE HUGHES MINING BARGE, MAY FACE THE SCRAPPER’S TORCH

I am flabbergasted, stunned really, that an air and space museum, such as the USS Midway in San Diego, has not snapped up the legendary Hughes Mining Barge (HMB-1) and the Lockheed Sea Shadow (IX-529) from the US Navy for … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on April 23, 2012 by aviationintel.com

IRAN CLAIMS TO HAVE CRACKED THE RQ-170 SENTINEL’S MEMORY BANK

Iranian military commanders claim that they have hacked deep enough into the RQ-170 Sentinel’s mission computers that they could find out details about not only the aircraft’s prior missions, one of those allegedly being to fly over Osama Bin Laden’s … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on April 12, 2012 by aviationintel.com

NORTH KOREA’S “UNHA-3″ ROCKET A DUD, BREAKS APART AFTER LAUNCH

It will be interesting to see if the North Koreans blame America for the failure of their clumsy ICBM in disguise. I could easily see them broadcasting stock footage and industry animations of America’s now defunct YABL-1 Airborne Laser on … Read the rest of this entry →

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