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November 04, 2023

Military Aviation Museum to Premier WWII Bomber Jacket Exhibit

Beauty Begotten of War’s Horrors

On Saturday, 18 November 2023, Virginia Beach, Virginia’s Military Aviation Museum will proudly open a new exhibit titled Bomber Jackets: The Painted Jacket Art of World War II. Aspiring to catalog surviving hand-painted bomber jackets of the WWII era, photographer John Slemp traveled the United States, visiting museums’ reliquaries and veterans’ attics, snapping photos and archiving memories otherwise lost among the specters haunting the shadowlands between the limits of human memory and time’s eternal vastness.

Faire Trembler le Sabre Français

Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group, in collaboration with the French Armament General Directorate, DGA (Direction Génerale de l’Armement), and the French Navy, have tested the SDAM demonstrator (Système de Drone Aérien Marine) Naval Aerial Drone System from a multi-mission frigate (FREMM). The trials spanned 02 through 09 October 2023 and were conducted on board the French Navy frigate, Provence as it plied the azure waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Subject vessel had previously been adapted to operate the SDAM.