March 28, 2024

Search Continued Overnight for Black Hawk Crew

Eleven crew members are presumed dead in a UH-60 Black Hawk crash in dense fog while on a training mission out of Elgin Air Force base.

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Cuts Could Cost the War, Warns Naval Chief

ADM Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, warned a Senate Armed Services Committee of risk & readiness consequences of budget reductions.

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The F/A-18 Hornets Will Not Retire

VADM Mike Shoemaker, head of Naval Air Forces, said the F/A-18 Hornets will continue to be upgraded and remain in service until the F-35C comes on line.

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Dunaway Spreads the Word: Open Architecture

VADM Dunaway makes no secret about NAVAIR’s goal of bringing more work in-house and using open architecture.

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AUV Finds Battleship Musashi 70 Years Later

Sunk Oct. 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea, Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen found the Musashi using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

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50th Anniversary: Op Rolling Thunder

Air Force commemorates 50th anniversary of Operation Rolling Thunder, the massive, B-52-led, first assault of a three-year, sustained campaign over North Vietnamese territory.

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We Fear Russia More than China

Russian Threat

Russia swapped with China and is this year our most feared enemy. North Korea holds steady in second place.

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UAV Commercial Growth Won’t Wait for Government

More likely these industries will will lead the UAV industry: agriculture, energy, utilities, mining, construction, real estate, news media, and film production, according to a Business Insider Intelligence report.

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County Gives State $1M Toward UMd Classroom

St. Mary’s County commissioners tossed $1 million in the pot to further bolster efforts to keep on track the $3.8 million construction of a Univ. of Maryland research classroom at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center.

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US Military Strength is Insufficient to Global Threats

Contractors

The conservative Heritage Foundation’s 2015 Index of US Military Strength concludes it is insufficient given contemporary global threats; . The Navy scores strong for readiness, not capability or capacity.

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