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Filtered images from a backscatter body scanner. (Photo by TSA)

TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse

It turns out that more than 90 of the controversial scanners removed from major airports will sit in a Texas warehouse indefinitely.
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica
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Airline News

ANA, Boeing Set Date for First 787 Dreamliner Delivery

Boeing and ANA will celebrate delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner on Sept. 26 in Everett, Wash., after contractual delivery occurs on Sept. 25. Events throughout the day on Sept. 26 will commemorate delivery of this game chang...
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Airline News
 

Southwest Airlines Reports 6.4% August Traffic Boost

Southwest Airlines Co. on Wednesday reported a 2.1 percentage points increase in load factor for the month of August, with a 6.4% rise in traffic compared to the same month last year.
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Aviation News

Boeing Phantom Ray UAV to Fly Atop NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier

Boeing announced today that the Phantom Ray, a stealthy, unmanned combat aircraft, will soon travel on the back of a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, making it the first non-Shuttle to be transported aboard the SCA.
by Phil Derner Jr.
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Military News
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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