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October 23rd, 2005  
tomtom22
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Great Idea. Here is another good source:
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/

The Italo-Turkish war saw numerous technological advances used in warfare; notably the aeroplane. On October 23, 1911, an Italian pilot flew over Turkish lines on a reconnaissance mission, and in 1912, the first ever bomb dropped from the air landed on Turkish troops in Libya.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo-Turkish_War
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