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A STRONG OFFENSE FOR THE WORLD OF DEFENSE

September 8, 2026 A handful of aviation photographers got a surprise eyeful of a very sleek and large aircraft silhouette on Thursday night at Long Beach Airport. One of them was Ricky Schol, who saw the mysterious airframe emerge from a hangar, prompting a double take. It was the first time in his 16 years of aviation photography at the historic airport he’d ever seen anything like it. Read the full story, first reported by TWZ, here.

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