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Tyndall AFB .... arrivano i "Raptor" .... "First Combat Raptors Arrive to Tyndall" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2010%202014/First-Combat-Raptors-Arrive-to-Tyndall-.aspx Col. David Graff, 325th Fighter Wing Commander, speaks to a guest audience during the arrival ceremony for five new F-22 Raptors Jan. 6. These jets mark the beginning of a new mission at Tyndall and are the first five of 24 marked to call Tyndall their new home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dustin Mullen)

Lunga vita alla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale .... Fonte .... http://blogs.nasa.gov/bolden/2014/01/08/obama-administration-extends-international-space-station-until-at-least-2024/ International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) .... http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/01/219503.htm

Buon compleanno .... "Rodman sings Happy Birthday to North Korean leader" .... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/08/us-korea-north-rodman-idUSBREA070DN20140108

Il necrologio apparso sull'ultimo numero del settimanale britannico "The Economist" .... Link .... http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21593387-mikhail-timofeyevich-kalashnikov-weapons-inventor-died-december-23rd-aged-94-mikhail

Anatoly Grishchenko .... http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=7746

A proposito di quanto ipotizzavo qualche ora fa .... Dal sito AINonline .... Link .... http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2014-01-09/us-coast-guard-inherits-air-force-c-27j-spartans

Grave incidente in Gran Bretagna a un HH-60G "Pave Hawk" dell'USAF .... "USAF Pave Hawk crashes in UK, killing four" .... http://www.janes.com/article/32132/usaf-pave-hawk-crashes-in-uk-killing-four "Four Killed in Pave Hawk Crash" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2014/January%202014/January%2009%202014/Four%20Killed%20in%20Pave%20Hawk%20Crash.aspx "UK officials investigate fatal USAF helicopter crash" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uk-officials-investigate-fatal-usaf-helicopter-crash-394636/ "PICTURE: Pave Hawk crash investigation continues" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-pave-hawk-crash-investigation-continues-394648/ "Investigation Begins Into U.K. Pave Hawk Crash" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_01_08_2014_p0-652625.xml

Attività di nave Cavour nel Golfo Arabico .... ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 19, 2013) The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), right, and the Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (550) transit the Arabian Gulf. Boxer is the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Veronica Mammina/Released) ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 19, 2013) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter sits on the flight deck of the Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (550) while the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits alongside. Boxer is the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert R. Sanchez/Released) GULF OF OMAN (Jan. 3, 2014) The Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), front, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the French navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91), conduct operations in the Gulf of Oman. Harry S. Truman, flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, is conducting operations with Task Force 473 to enhance levels of cooperation and interoperability, enhance mutual maritime capabilities and promote long-term regional stability in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ethan M. Schumacher/Released) Inoltre .... "The U.S. Navy and Its Friends Just Won the Flattop Photo Contest - THREE allied aircraft carriers appear in same self-portrait" .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/8710bd85f4d8 Di tali attività, stranamente, il "Giornale di Bordo" della MM non fornisce, almeno per ora, alcuna informazione .... soltanto notizie, come si suol dire, "di colore" ....

I C-27J ex-USAF sono stati assegnati, come già segnalato alcuni giorni fa, alla Guardia Costiera degli Stati Uniti .... Interessante, nel comunicato ufficiale di Alenia North America, la battuta sarcastica nei confronti dello "EADS HC-144A Ocean Sentry" (in arte CN-235A) .... Link .... http://www.aleniana.com/14-alenia-aermacchi-c27js-transferred-us-coast-guard Forse non hanno ancora del tutto "elaborato" la sconfitta subita nell'ambito del programma "Deepwater" .... Si tratterà ora di vedere se, alla luce della presente acquisizione, la Guardia costiera continuerà o meno ad introdurre ulteriori HC-144A (ne sarebbero previsti 36) nei propri reparti di volo .... Vedansi, in merito, questi articoli .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-coast-guard-buys-additional-cn235-381944/ http://www.airbus-group.com/airbusgroup/int/en/news/press.U-S--Coast-Guard-s-HC-144A-Program-Earns-Acquisition-Program-of-the-Year-from-the-Department-of-Homeland-Security.html

Meglio tardi .... che mai .... Fonte .... http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/le-mi-28n-bon-pour-le-service-en-russie.html

La qual cosa mi da la netta impressione che negli USA, per ovvi motivi, si stiano affannando a dimostrare, urbi et orbi, che "Tutto va ben .... Madama la Marchesa" ....

"Spirit of Washington" .... i retroscena .... Fonte .... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/4ce54d59124b Inoltre .... "When You’ve Only Got 20 B-2 Bombers …. keeping all of them flying becomes important" .... http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/02/when-youve-only-got-20-b-2-bombers/

Fonte .... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/03/us-military-base-expansion-italy E meno male che si sono dimenticati di citare .... chitarre, mandolini e babà .... Fonte .... http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2013/10/08/sigonella-200-marines_n_4062814.html Se abiti da quelle parti ....

Nella tempesta di neve .... fiocchi che somigliano a traccianti .... An Air Force maintenance team works on an F-16 aircraft during a snow storm on Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2013. (Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Wagner) Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

William Overstreet Jr. .... il pilota americano che, inseguendo un caccia tedesco, passò nel 1944 sotto la Tour Eiffel .... ci ha lasciati .... Fonte .... il "Daily Report dell'AFA .... Inoltre .... "WWII fighter pilot who flew THROUGH the Eiffel Tower to take down a German plane dies in Virginia aged 92" .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2533373/WWII-fighter-pilot-flew-THROUGH-Eiffel-Tower-dies-Virginia-aged-92.html "Seconde Guerre mondiale: le pilote US William Overstreet Jr est décédé" .... http://lhistoireenrafale.blogs.lunion.presse.fr/2014/01/07/seconde-guerre-mondiale-le-pilote-us-william-overstreet-jr-est-decede/

Meglio "toccare legno" .... dalle loro parti si fa così .... Fonte .... il "Daily Report" dell'AFA ....

L'Indonesia cerca un successore per i suoi F-5 .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/indonesia-eyes-f-5e-replacement-options-394632/ Antara .... http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/92116/defense-ministry-looking-to-replace-aging-f-5-tiger-fighter-aircraft

LRSO .... IOC intorno al 2030 .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usas-lrso-missile-may-reach-ioc-around-2030-394622/

Volano gli stracci .... un articolo di Bob Woodward sul Washington Post .... Link .... http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/robert-gates-former-defense-secretary-offers-harsh-critique-of-obamas-leadership-in-duty/2014/01/07/6a6915b2-77cb-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html

FWSAR .... ormai prossima, da parte del Canada, l'emissione della RFP .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/canada-progresses-fixed-wing-sar-procurement-394608/

Airbus vs. Boeing .... il bilancio per il 2013 .... "Airbus outsells Boeing in 2013" .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airbus-outsells-boeing-in-2013-394595/

Alquanto singolare questa notizia .... .... perché trasferire sulla costa orientale, alla portata di tutti i media, operazioni relative ad un programma così segreto, quando la californiana Vandenberg AFB è in grado di offrire un livello di riservatezza maggiormente elevato? La spiegazione potrebbe essere data dal fatto che un senatore della Florida, ex astronauta sulle orme di John Glenn, si sta dando attivamente da fare in merito alla faccenda .... Bill Nelson .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nelson Bill Nelson .... http://www.billnelson.senate.gov/about/biography.cfm Certe manovre .... qui da noi sarebbero chiamate, senza tanti complimenti .... "questioni di bottega" ....

Riporto, dal profondo della Guerra Fredda, un articolo apparso sul numero di Gennaio 1964 dello "Air Force Magazine" dell'AFA .... "SAC'S Kissing Cousins" .... http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/1964/January%201964/0164cousins.aspx

Ridateci i soldi .... questa volta dal quotidiano economico-finanziario "Il Sole - 24 Ore" .... "Finmeccanica: il ministero della Difesa indiano punta a incassare le garanzie" .... http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/impresa-e-territori/2014-01-03/finmeccanica-ministero-difesa-indiano-punta-incassare-garanzie-081915.shtml?uuid=ABmByNn&fromSearch In un articolo che appare questa mattina sullo stesso quotidiano sono evidenziate le contromisure che AW starebbe mettendo in atto per contrastare tale eventualità ....

Lo spot in questione .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fp6UPMvC70