Posts Tagged ‘terrorism’
 

 
An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on final approach to Boston Logan Airport. (Photo by Michael Philip Manheim/NARA)

August 5th in Aviation History: First American DC-10 Flight, Reagan Fires FAA Controllers

On this day in 1964, the Vietnam War's first U.S. air operations take place. Terrorists attack Athens Airport in 1973. In 1981, Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers.
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US Issues World Wide Travel Alert in Wake of Bin Laden’s Death

The US Department of State warned of "enhanced potential for anti-American violence" on Sunday night after President Obama's announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed.
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TSA Forgets to Tell Cops About Bomb Drill at Minneapolis Airport

Police responded to a man carrying a suspected bomb at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport last week, only to learn the TSA had forgotten to tell them they were running bomb detection test.
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Study Reveals Many Afghans Have Never Heard of 9/11 Attacks

A surprisingly high number of people in southern Afghanistan have never heard about the terrorist attacks which struck the United States on September 11, 2001, according to a report from the International Council on Security an...
by BNO News
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Your Role in the Hobby of Plane Spotting

Many people have a preconceived notion that taking photos of airliners is illegal, harmful, or dangerous. They couldn't be any more wrong.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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