Boola, boola … Successful Missile Defense test
Oh, and gthe best part? Don’t have to go in to work on the weekend now…
Two RFIs actually. Looking for someone w/experience in dealing with the following to provide advice/lessons learned: Establishing a .com blog (who best to buy name through, hosting services, posting software, etc.) and transferring archives from blogspot; Drafting and submitting a book proposal (OK, two book proposals) to Naval Institute Press. Drop me a note offline…
The W2F-1 Hawkeye (later re-designated YE-2) first took flight on 21 October 1960. We’ve come a long way to this (E-2C Hawkeye 2000) And the future looks bright: Northrop Grumman has completed assembly of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and battle management test aircraft fuselage. System components are now being added into…
YHS’ take – as long as there are destroyers in the Navy, one should be named Spruance… Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter has announced the names for the U.S. Navy’s two newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers to honor two American heroes famous for their naval service. DDG hull number 110 will be named…
Back out to the front range of the Rockies this week and again, most of it to be spent in a windowless building for a major conference. Ergo – limited posting this week. Flightdeck Friday will be a bit different and in preparation for that, would like for all to think about what they would…
From strategypage.com comes this story of life imitating art: Snakes on a Plane Bring F-16 Down Apparently, a poisonous insect or snake in the cockpit brought down a Dutch F-16 in Afghanistan last August. After a 11 month investigation, that ended up as the only plausible explanation for the loss. The dead pilot did not…
What they want you to think: “The IRGC’s smart ballistic missiles are now in mass-production and this type of missiles can hit and destroy targets with high-precision,” Jafari told reporters in a news conference here in Tehran on Monday. “These new missiles enjoys supersonic speed and cannot be tracked or intercepted by enemy,” the commander…