Steeljaw Scribe

Twin engines generating over 14,000 lb of total thrust powering the aircraft to a max speed of 710 mph at low altitudes and a service ceiling of 55,000 ft; provisions for a crew of two – one of whom was dedicated to work the powerful air intercept radar that was integrated into a weapons system [...]

(Breaking)  UPDATED - Full Transcript Here.

Tanker Contract Award Announcement

Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Duncan J. McNabb will announce the KC-X contract award winner at 5 p.m. EST, Feb. 29, in the DoD Briefing Studio, Pentagon 2E579.
Assistant Secretary of the Air [...]

 
Comes word via ‘Phib that the undertaker’s list is out - and it is a long and grim one indeed.  When the Ensign and commissioning pennant are hauled down for the last time and the final crewmember walks off the brow, the countdown clock begins - to a museum, the breaker’s torch or the embrace [...]

YHS: Open a new post, Blog. 
Blog:  "Just what do you think you’re doing, Scribe? Scribe, I really think I’m entitled to an answer to that question. I know everything hasn’t been quite right with me, but I can assure you now, very confidently, that it’s going to be all right again. I feel much better now. [...]

…and a peak into the Scribe’s household…

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Next week - something old, something new, something borrowed and definitely blue…  In the meantime we offer something with a lighter touch this week, a little old school and a tip of the fedora to the plastic jet set too.

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OK, so trying to get back to some semblance of normalcy around these parts now that the rogue satellite has been dispatched.  We’re hoping the powers-that-be relent in their parsimonious attitude towards releasing video of the event, but given some of the organizations involved, doubt that will happen anytime soon.  Likewise being able to tell [...]

At the end of a very long day/night for YHS (that has stretched into the bright new dawn…):

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2008 - A network of land-, air-, sea- and spaced-based sensors confirms that the U.S. military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits before entering [...]

UPDATE: 20 Feb (21 Feb UTC) MARK INDIA - all indications intercept successful.  More to follow…
In the 24 hours since the press conference announcing the decision to use a special modification of the Aegis BMD/SM-3 system to mitigate risk from the failed NRO satellite, reaction across the ‘verse (net) has been, well, predictable:
“It’s really an [...]

This is an Aegis Destroyer:

This is an Aegis Cruiser:

This is an SM-3, launched from an Aegis Cruiser or Destroyer:

This is a Delta, used to launch satellites.  From land.  Not ships.

Class over, back to your regularly scheduled programming…
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