Military / Defense

N71MC — Hudson Mid-Air Collision (08-08-2009)

On August 08, 2009, a midair collision occurred between a sightseeing helicopter and a single-engine plane over the Hudson River. Below…

February 28, 2015

USS Minneapolis St. Paul, Four Sailor Deaths, 12/29/2006

Four crew members were washed overboard by heavy waves on 29 December 2006 in Plymouth Sound, England as the ship…

February 28, 2015

Collision between USS Hartford and the USS New Orleans, March 20, 2009

Background The USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collision was a collision between the United States Navy Los Angeles-class submarine…

February 28, 2015

USS San Francisco (SSN-711) Crash, January 2005

Background On 8 January 2005 at 02:43 GMT, San Francisco collided with an undersea mountain about 675 kilometers (364 Nautical…

February 28, 2015

4,000 tons of shells explode in Central Russia, October 2012

According to RT.com: More than 4,000 tons of shells exploded near a military testing ground some 40 kilometers from the…

February 28, 2015

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska C-17 Crash, 06/28/2010

On 28 July 2010, at approximately 1822 hours local time (L), a C-17A, Tail Number 00-0173, executed a takeoff from…

February 28, 2015

KAL (Korean Air Lines) 007, September 1983

Introduction Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a Korean Air Lines civilian airliner that was shot down by Soviet interceptors…

February 28, 2015

Friendly fire strike in Afghanistan – June 2014

In June of 2014, the mainstream media reported the following story: Five NATO troops and an Afghan soldier were killed…

February 28, 2015

Jessica Lynch Rescue Videos

Background Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is a former Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army…

February 26, 2015

The Iraqi Perspectives Project — Saddam and Terrorism

United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) has released online an unclassified redacted version of the Joint Center for Operational Analysis…

February 26, 2015