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MOSCOW, January 21 (Itar-Tass) — A strike group of ships of the Russian Navy has begun exercises in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday with the participation of long-range aviation.

During three-day exercises conducted by ships of the Russian Northern and Black Sea Fleets, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet – Moskva, will make missile launchings by means of its main strike complex Basalt and air defense complex S-300F equipped with “Fort” missiles that are capable to destroy high-speed ballistic targets at high altitudes, a source from the headquarters of the Russian Navy told Tass.

Carrier-based planes Su-33 and Su-25 will make flights from the aircraft carrier Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov.

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The strike group of the Russian naval ships sailing under the colours of Northern Fleet Commander Nikolai Maximov set off on a long campaign in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea on December 5, 2007. The group includes the Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, two big anti- submarine ships Admiral Levchenko and Admiral Chabanenko, and supply ships Sergei Osipov and Nikolai Chiker.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said in a statement in connection with the exercises that Russia is resuming its presence in the World Ocean.

USA airport music

While at the airport I analyze/scan each person in view while standing in line,
(and listen to my mp3 player/radio if sitting). But, I wouldn’t mind PA system
playing “In America” by Charlie Daniels, or “Rock The Casbah” by the Clash.:D

Contact solution

Terrorists repeat their tactics, the Jihad in 1994-1995 planned to blow up a dozen airliners simultaneously over the Pacific Ocean. The plot, code-named “Bojinka,” involved liquid explosives (hydrogen peroxide) smuggled
onto target planes in bottles of contact lens solution.

Airport security equipment that can only detect conventional
explosives on passengers.

Earlier Thursday, carryons were barred from U.S.-bound flights to keep passengers from carrying liquids onto aircraft. Then the ban was extended to all flights between the United States and Britain.

British Airways carries by far the most passengers between the two countries. The airline runs 80 flights daily between Britain and 19 U.S. airports.

Good luck.

The day Japan was nuked

According to interview with Enola Gay pilot, in fall 1944 the plans were to
nuke Europe and the Pacific simultaneously, but Europe nuking got put on
hold, or cancelled. A third nuke was in storage, and was enroute to
Japan when the Japanese finally surrendered (the third nuke was stopped
in California).

The Thomas Ferebee Building, a WWII flight operations structure at old
Morris Field NC, was dedicated at the Carolinas Aviation Museum not long
ago. Ferebee was the Enola Gay bombardier. Crewmate Dutch Van Kirk
(Enola Gay navigator) spoke at the dedication.

In 2005, B-29 FiFi visited the museum.

😀 😀 😀

According to an Air Force power point briefing provided to POGO, earlier this month at 0815 on April 10th, the controls on an F-22A at Langley Air Force Base showed that the aircraft’s canopy wasn’t locking. After several attempts at opening and closing the canopy, on the final try it locked and jammed–trapping the pilot inside.

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One report says the problem was caused by a loose screw. Manufacturer’s
solution: longer screws. 😀