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I heartily agree. But I've learned to never say never and never say always with Boeing options.
Anyway, looking at the KC-46 overhead panel in this airshow picture, it does have fuel jettison with a dial-in remaining fuel, unlike the simpler unit my friend Ken Hoke pictures below.
Coast Guard HC-130J out of Elizabeth City was searching lower Lake Michigan early this morning.
Seems odd especially in Summer CG Detroit didn't handle this,course they may have had their choppers up.
Seems odd especially in Summer CG Detroit didn't handle this,course they may have had their choppers up.
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If SPAR 19 with Speaker Pelosi visits Taipei, it will be the first visit to Taiwan by C-40C 09-0540 since Senator Menendez's delegation arrived at Songshan Airport four months ago on April 14, 2022. See the 'family photo' below.
From the geography, I would think the Pelosi Taiwan visit will occur in the next couple of days after Tuesday's Kuala Lumpur visit. Will we cower and kowtow to the Chicom demands to cancel the visit?
From the geography, I would think the Pelosi Taiwan visit will occur in the next couple of days after Tuesday's Kuala Lumpur visit. Will we cower and kowtow to the Chicom demands to cancel the visit?
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Funny Salon online headline.. Nancy,s reckless trip to Taiwan could get us all killed..
Who writes their headlines? LOL
Who writes their headlines? LOL
From White House VOA spokesman Steve Herman:
I've stayed at the Grand Hyatt Taipei several times. There is a nice luxury mall next door in the Taipei 101 Building and a handy grocery store and food court in the 101 basement. As always in Asia, a Lawsons and Starbucks nearby.
22:30 Tuesday evening in Taipei is 10:30 am EDT Tuesday morning.
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Fat Albert just went to Milwaukee to pick up a down plane from the airshow a week ago.
BLUE ANGEL 6 tried to fly home to Pensacola with 'Whiskers' at the controls. There seems to be a failed oil temp probe and Whiskers is diverting to Knoxville TYS right now. Whiskers talking to 'Bert on 305.5.
Fat Albert appears to be diverting to TYS as well. Audio clip below from Indy Center on 293.225 and air to air with Fat Albert on 305.5.
BLUE ANGEL 6 tried to fly home to Pensacola with 'Whiskers' at the controls. There seems to be a failed oil temp probe and Whiskers is diverting to Knoxville TYS right now. Whiskers talking to 'Bert on 305.5.
Fat Albert appears to be diverting to TYS as well. Audio clip below from Indy Center on 293.225 and air to air with Fat Albert on 305.5.
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Was inspection only of Martin-Baker ejection seats for possible defects..
Some of the headlines on inspection of them were way over the top.
Seat worked fine when that RAF F-35B stalled and crashed a while back while departing Carrier
Navy has completed F-35 ejection seat inspections; Marines at 90 percent - Breaking Defense
Earlier on Friday the Air Force announced that the majority of its F-35A jets were grounded to check on the ejection seat issue.
breakingdefense.com
They were also checking everything apparently....
BTW, usually ejections seats use rockets, not "explosives", like some like to report.
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Joel
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VIP Movement Summary 31 Jul
SAM 608 (C-37 # 06-0500) West coast??-ADW-Lexington KY-ADW
SAM 569 (C-37 # 11-0550) Oshkosh WI-ADW
SAM 592 (C-37 # 97-0401) ADW-MacDill-ADW
SAM 608 (C-37 # 06-0500) West coast??-ADW-Lexington KY-ADW
SAM 569 (C-37 # 11-0550) Oshkosh WI-ADW
SAM 592 (C-37 # 97-0401) ADW-MacDill-ADW
Guess they had a ground problem at Andrews this morning.. RCH-8693 with Adws CP 378.100.
1145 local RCH-8693 C-130J #08-5693 says "reason for delay was Fire alarm and evacuation of the Control Tower".
Guess the CP never got word of that course they are probably a ways off in a different building.
RCH-8693 showing as XXXXX inbound Texas area now.
1145 local RCH-8693 C-130J #08-5693 says "reason for delay was Fire alarm and evacuation of the Control Tower".
Guess the CP never got word of that course they are probably a ways off in a different building.
RCH-8693 showing as XXXXX inbound Texas area now.
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1435- Score 47 (MQ-4 # 168458 VX-20) off PAX. Working Bay Watch (270.8). MQ-4 data link (225.1) active.
1440- Ratch 01 (T-38 71st FS) working Giantkiller (249.8) & also working w/Dagger (T-38s 71st FS)
1440- Ratch 01 (T-38 71st FS) working Giantkiller (249.8) & also working w/Dagger (T-38s 71st FS)
Makes me wonder if it was contained only to F-35's seats as none of the local F-16's or A-10's have beenNavy has completed F-35 ejection seat inspections; Marines at 90 percent - Breaking Defense
Earlier on Friday the Air Force announced that the majority of its F-35A jets were grounded to check on the ejection seat issue.
They were also checking everything apparently....
BTW, usually ejections seats use rockets, not "explosives", like some like to report.
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Joel
out and about the last few days around here.Course being mostly Reserves maybe they all got the last weekend of the Month off
Oshkosh Mil departures yesterday. A New Orleans JAZZ F-15C,Sure beats CAP duty here.
A WV C-17 and pair of FA/18F Hornets from VFA-122 NAS Lemoore,prob West Coast Demo team.
I think the F-35A's were also F-35 Demo team from Hill AFB.
Sunday Military Departures - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 - YouTube
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And to add to the Pelosi Taiwan festivities, C-40C SPAR 20 is about to make a fuel stop at Yokota AB, Japan before joining sister plane SPAR 19 in Malaysia.
Is an aircraft shell game coming for the leg to Taipei? President Clinton employed a little subterfuge with two Gulfstreams on a trip to Islamabad in Y2K. I watched that unusual arrival live in the wee hours of the morning at home on CNN.
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High Security Leaves Clinton Hiding in Plane Sight
By Charles Babington and John Harris
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, March 26, 2000; Page A22
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 25—President Clinton's trip to Pakistan today was cloaked in mystery and extraordinary security efforts, including sending a decoy aircraft ahead to Islamabad before the president arrived in an unmarked jet.
The elaborate scheme began in Bombay, when Clinton walked down a red carpet to bid farewell to officials and diplomats who stood near a large U.S. military C-17 transport plane.
Instead of boarding that plane, Clinton walked around the front and headed for two smaller Gulfstream jets parked on the other side. One was emblazoned with the words "United States of America" and an American flag; the other was unmarked and all white.
Clinton headed for the white plane, Secret Service officials boarded the plane with official markings, and both took off for Pakistan. Although the departure ceremony was broadcast live on Indian television, the view of cameras and journalists was somewhat obscured by the C-17, and few people realized Clinton was on the unmarked plane.
In Pakistan, the officially marked plane landed first and taxied to the welcoming spot in front of journalists, and, as cameras clicked and whirred, several men in suits got off. The first, a large man with thick gray hair, bore a resemblance to Clinton but was actually a Secret Service agent.
Suddenly, the unmarked plane approached the airport--from the opposite direction from which the marked plane had come--and made a swift, low landing. Before Clinton disembarked, a large black limousine pulled between him and the platform of journalists.
Clinton's head was visible above the car, but cameras had little success capturing the brief welcoming ceremony in which two Pakistani children gave him some flowers.
When Clinton's motorcade sped away, it contained five similar black limousines. Aides said it was likely the cars switched positions--and the president may have switched cars--once they left the airport.
White House officials said the decoy plane, decoy men and multiple cars were meant to fool any terrorists hoping to take a shot at the president. The measures were not taken in response to a specific threat, officials said, but had been rehearsed for weeks.
One White House official said it is possible that decoy planes have been used before, "but I've never seen it."
Security officials were highly concerned about Clinton's safety because of recent incidents of anti-Western terrorism and violence in Pakistan. In 1995, two American employees of the consulate in Karachi were killed when their vehicle was attacked.
Earlier in Clinton's trip, a visit to a Bangladeshi village was canceled due to what officials described as a "credible" security threat.
Is an aircraft shell game coming for the leg to Taipei? President Clinton employed a little subterfuge with two Gulfstreams on a trip to Islamabad in Y2K. I watched that unusual arrival live in the wee hours of the morning at home on CNN.
__________________________________
High Security Leaves Clinton Hiding in Plane Sight
By Charles Babington and John Harris
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, March 26, 2000; Page A22
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 25—President Clinton's trip to Pakistan today was cloaked in mystery and extraordinary security efforts, including sending a decoy aircraft ahead to Islamabad before the president arrived in an unmarked jet.
The elaborate scheme began in Bombay, when Clinton walked down a red carpet to bid farewell to officials and diplomats who stood near a large U.S. military C-17 transport plane.
Instead of boarding that plane, Clinton walked around the front and headed for two smaller Gulfstream jets parked on the other side. One was emblazoned with the words "United States of America" and an American flag; the other was unmarked and all white.
Clinton headed for the white plane, Secret Service officials boarded the plane with official markings, and both took off for Pakistan. Although the departure ceremony was broadcast live on Indian television, the view of cameras and journalists was somewhat obscured by the C-17, and few people realized Clinton was on the unmarked plane.
In Pakistan, the officially marked plane landed first and taxied to the welcoming spot in front of journalists, and, as cameras clicked and whirred, several men in suits got off. The first, a large man with thick gray hair, bore a resemblance to Clinton but was actually a Secret Service agent.
Suddenly, the unmarked plane approached the airport--from the opposite direction from which the marked plane had come--and made a swift, low landing. Before Clinton disembarked, a large black limousine pulled between him and the platform of journalists.
Clinton's head was visible above the car, but cameras had little success capturing the brief welcoming ceremony in which two Pakistani children gave him some flowers.
When Clinton's motorcade sped away, it contained five similar black limousines. Aides said it was likely the cars switched positions--and the president may have switched cars--once they left the airport.
White House officials said the decoy plane, decoy men and multiple cars were meant to fool any terrorists hoping to take a shot at the president. The measures were not taken in response to a specific threat, officials said, but had been rehearsed for weeks.
One White House official said it is possible that decoy planes have been used before, "but I've never seen it."
Security officials were highly concerned about Clinton's safety because of recent incidents of anti-Western terrorism and violence in Pakistan. In 1995, two American employees of the consulate in Karachi were killed when their vehicle was attacked.
Earlier in Clinton's trip, a visit to a Bangladeshi village was canceled due to what officials described as a "credible" security threat.
IDK if the CP gets alerted to every fire alarm that goes off on the base.
Ok... quick question.... (Without looking it up first), how do you have two evacuation routes out of a tower cab that has only one very steep and narrow stairway?
Thanks
Joel
A big slideIDK if the CP gets alerted to every fire alarm that goes off on the base.
Ok... quick question.... (Without looking it up first), how do you have two evacuation routes out of a tower cab that has only one very steep and narrow stairway?
Thanks
Joel
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ADSB-X has AF2 over Richmond inbound to ADW and an MQ-4 out of PAX at altitude
A new ROMA-12 headed Northeast US tonight from McConnell tail #15-46067 vs yesterday's ROMA-12 #17-46036.
Must have really broke that first KC-46.
Understand only one wave of Vermont F-35's will go home tomorrow.. The others will have to wait a day or so.
I wonder if they draw straws? LoL I'm sure the Wing Commander will be the last F-35 to rtb Vermont.
18:00 local in Kuala Lumpur is 6 am EDT Tuesday morning.
I've landed at both Subang and Sepang airports in K.L. but I don't believe I've ever seen a B-52 and F-16 on ADS-B over Taiwan before. Get ready to rumble...
C-2s PASSWORD 21 and 30 from VRC-30 Det 5 head out to the USS Ronald Reagan steaming in the Philippine Sea. Maverick and Goose are itching to get some green ink in the logbook today.
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