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US officials considered a covert raid to either destroy or recover the wreckage of a stealth RQ-170 unmanned aircraft that crashed in the rugged terrain of Eastern Iran last week, but decided that a military operation of that nature might spark a declaration of war from that country’s
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The unmanned surveillance aircraft lost by the United States in Iran was indeed a stealth aircraft being used for secret missions by the CIA, US officials admitted on Monday. US officials told NBC that CIA operators were flying the unmanned aircraft when it suddenly veered out of control and headed
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A US official said that Washington had no indication that an unmanned aircraft that had crashed in Iran had actually been shot down. In Tehran, state television quoted a military source as saying that Iran's military had shot down a US reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran. "
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Two US unmanned aircraft have crashed separately in southern Somalia near the border with Kenya, according to Iran's Press TV.One went down on the outskirts of Dhoobley town, situated 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Kenyan border and about 500 kilometers (312 miles) southwest of the Somali
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An unmanned aircraft once hailed by police as the future of crime-fighting has been declared 'lost at sea' after crashing in to the River Mersey. And police chiefs have decided to abandon the use of the technology - as they can no longer afford to replace it. The
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The Indian Air Force located the site of the MiG-29 aircraft that crashed in Lahaul and Spiti valley area a week ago. The site was located by aerial search and imageries received from the remotely piloted aircraft conducting photo reconnaissance of the area. Till Wednesday, the IAF flew 149
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Colonel Aden Dheere, a Somali military official, told Iran’s Press TV that the remote-controlled aircraft went down on the outskirts of Dhoobley town on Wednesday morning.Dhoobley is situated 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Kenyan border and about 500 kilometers (312 miles) southwest of the Somali capital
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A Somali military official told Iran's Press TV that two US operated unmanned aircraft went down in close proximity to Bilis Qooqaani town, which is located 448 kilometers (278 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, late on Saturday. He added that he heard massive explosions after the aircraft crashed and
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Officials with the 49th Wing announced a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper crashed on final approach at Holloman Air Force Base at approximately 6:45 p.m. October 7th.The aircraft is assigned to the 29th Attack Squadron, which is a remotely piloted aircraft flying training unit. The accident occurred
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An American surveillance UAS apparently has crashed in the Somali port town of Kismayo, about 500 kilometers south of Mogadishu,which is controlled by the militant group al-Shabab.Witnesses in Kismayo said that the unmanned aircraft crashed on Sunday near the airport of the southern Somali city. An al-
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Folks at two beaches in Wilmington, North Carolina, had quite a surprise one morning. They found what appear to be military target gliders on the beach. Jerry and Barbara Kennedy in Oak Island sent in two photos of the plane they ran across on the strand, which is larger than
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Two NATO unmanned aircraft have crashed in eastern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, ISAF's Regional Command-East confirmed in a statement this morning. "Two unmanned aircraft crashed in the Pul-E-Alam District of Logar Province and the Behsud District of Nangarhar Province because of mechanical