Posted by Java Joe on January 12, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The Senate Armed Services Committee is planning a confirmation hearing at 3 pm Jan. 19 for GEN Lloyd Austin, the Biden administration’s choice for secretary of defense. A timeline for any vote has not yet been established.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Arctic, Chad Wolf, Dr. Richard Thomas, Fort Belvoir, helicopter noise, Kenneth Braithwaite, Larry Hogan, Lloyd Austin, Maryland state song, MD RELIEF Act, NATO, space force, Tricare Select, UAE arms sale
Posted by Java Joe on November 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment
NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft launched Sunday night for a trip to the International Space Station. And another first: Victor Glover became first Black astronaut to join a crew on the ISS.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5G, Arctic, Atlas V rockets, BAE Systems, Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, USS Bonhomme Richard, Victor Glover
Posted by Java Joe on October 26, 2020 · Leave a Comment
An instructor pilot and a student aviator aboard a US Navy T-6B Texan II were killed Friday when the two-seat airplane crashed in Alabama.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AH-1W Super Cobra, Arctic, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35, military exchanges, Millie Bailey, murder hornets, rockfish, RQ-4 Global Hawk drone, T-6B Texan II, troops in Germany
Posted by Java Joe on July 22, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Turkey has asked the US to reverse its decision to exclude that country from F-35 fighter jet program.
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A symposium that will focus on the effects of climate change on the US Navy, especially in the Arctic, is being held this month in Washington, DC. The Patuxent Partnership is one of the event’s sponsors.
Category Leader Features, Pax River News · Tags Arctic, Bonnie Green, Bryan Brasher, climate change, Patuxent Partnership, Pax partnership, St. Mary's College of Maryland, The Patuxent Partnership, TPP, US Arctic Research Commission, US National Ice Center, Wilson Center's Polar Institute
The Patuxent Partnership is co-hosting an event in Washington, DC, that will focus on the effects of climate change on the US Navy, especially in the Arctic.
Category Leader Exclusives, Leader Features, Pax River News · Tags Arctic, Bonnie Green, Bryan Brasher, climate change, Patuxent Partnership, Pax partnership, St. Mary's College of Maryland, The Patuxent Partnership, TPP, US Arctic Research Commission, US National Ice Center, Wilson Center's Polar Institute
Posted by Java Joe on January 24, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The St. Mary’s Airport Rules special meeting, postponed from Jan. 14, is rescheduled during the Airport Advisory Board’s regular January meeting, Jan. 28 at 6 pm at the Airport Terminal Building, Hollywood, MD.
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Posted by Java Joe on July 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment
An old Fairchild Swearingen C-26A Metroliner is now the Airborne Systems Training and Research Support, or ASTARS III, and belongs to the Test Pilot School at NAS Pax. The aircraft will serve as a flying classroom.
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Posted by Java Joe on September 16, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon report found the Marine’s trials showed its first six F35s not combat ready, although public reports during May’s trials were positive.
Posted by Publisher on May 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A dozen spending bills are filing out of committees, the Defense authorization bill will carry an array of proposals regarding military sexual assault. VA looks to be an early favorite with legislators.
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