Author: Michael

Nearly two decades after Adolphus Greely was wounded three times during the Civil War, he accepted a much more perilous mission. In 1881, the United States partnered with 10 other countries to develop a series of circumpolar stations to study the Arctic. Part of the first International Polar Year, the expeditions sought to learn more about a region of the world widely considered a “sheer blank” at the time. Greely was placed in charge of the northernmost station off Lake Franklin Bay in Greenland, roughly 500 miles from the North Pole.

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The Shenyang Aircraft Corporation has conducted the first known joint flight of two newly produced J-35 fifth generation fighter aircraft, following the type’s confirmed entry into frontline service in 2025. The flight took place near the corporation’s production complex in Liaoning Province, with dual-aircraft operational testing providing further confirmation that serial production is underway.

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