Collision investigated as search continues - WETM 18 Online

unknown

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:01:01 GM

As many as nine people are believed to be missing after a Coast Guard plane collided with a . military. helicopter off the Southern California coast. ... A Coast Guard Auxiliary . insignia. is seen on the . aircraft. of Cmdr. John Friedlander. ( William Thomas Cain, Getty Images). san diego (AP) The Marine Corps helicopter that went down off the California coast last night, after colliding with a Coast Guard plane, was one of four that were flying in formation to deliver troops ...

Jon Lee Anderson: Through Rio's Favelas, Guns Drawn: News Desk ...

Jon Lee Anderson

ue, 20 Oct 2009 22:46:23 GM

In a piece on the favelas for the magazine last month, I warned that Rio's gangsters controlled large swaths of the city and possessed . military. -issue weaponry, including anti-. aircraft. guns. ... CORE's official . insignia. is a version of the Jolly Roger: a human skull with a dagger driven through it, over crossed assault rifles. Mangueira was said to be a main drugs-distribut​ion point for the Comando Vermelho (Red Command), or CV, the city's oldest and largest narco-gang. ...

early russian aviation

critcalmass

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:29:35 GM

at gatchina, southwest of st. petersburg, hangars were constructed to house the . military's aircraft. . a flight school, to be run by the french-trained russian officers, was also established on the grounds. unfortunately, the site proved ...