Thanks Randy! A bit more here at the Aviation Forum
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... d-survivor ...some grousing and grumbling to wade through but there's some info here. I hope its true and its eventually recovered.
A closer look at the Maryland picture shows white (assuming modern) buildings in the background. It may be near an existing military base, but no indication which one. My understanding is that everything East of the capital is controlled by rival militia factions and ISIS. Much of Libya is ungoverned now so its a very dangerous place.
Some conjecture on my part:
Two possibilities: If additional media attention is focused on its recovery, it may become a tempting way for Islamist sympathizers to entice Westerners to a trap. Or alternatively, focusing attention to it, resulting in it being destroyed for being a Western object.
One thing that concerned me was that the pic is the possibility the pic was circulated to entice westerners to Libya to a trap. That's a pretty wild conspiracy idea but western reporters have been enticed only to be captured in the past. Any of these might explain the silence since the photo was published.
There's some indications in the media recently that the US military may be stepping up its special forces in Libya as part of the effort to destroy ISIS. So its about to get hotter.