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PHOTOS: The RIANG Open House and Airshow

The 2016 installment of the Rhode Island National Guard Open House and Airshow was a bittersweet and unique weekend of aerial entertainment that overcame numerous challenges from Mother Nature and the performance schedule durin...
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Osama bin Laden is marked as "deceased" on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List web page following the US raid that left him dead.

VIDEO: Navy Seal Mark Owen Credits Army Pilots for Success of Bin Laden Raid

We thought we had a pretty good idea of the Army's helicopter badassery during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. We now know even more.
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On This Day in Aviation History
British Island Airways BAC One-Eleven (G-AXBB "Island Entente") seen at Basle, France. (Photo by Eduard Marmet, via Wikipedia)

First Flight of the BAC One-Eleven: August 20 in Aviation History

First successful skydive from a plane, first scheduled airship service, launch of the Voyager 2 spacecraft, first flight test of the GE-36 propfan engine and more...
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On This Day in Aviation History
Cover of the New York Daily News featuring death of Thurman Munson.

Thurman Munson Plane Crash, Army Buys First Wright Flyer: August 2 in Aviation History

The US Army takes delivery of its first airplane, Delta Flight 191 crashes in Dallas, Thurman Munson dies in a plane crash, and more...
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Military News
A Virginia Guard Blackhawk helicopter on a training mission near Fort Hood, Texas. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Va. Department of Military Affairs)

Army Helicopter Accidentally Drops Missile Over Texas

A US Army helicopter accidentally dropped a missile over central Texas Tuesday evening, forcing 100 homes to be evacuated.
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