To All,
Good Wednesday morning December 28. A bit of history and some tidbits
Warm regards
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Update on Faith Campbell's service and Celebration of Life
To All,
I received this from Admiral Campbell. This should give enough time for folks to let him know if they can attend and make plans if you need to travel a distance to get here on time. The Miramar National Cemetery is very well organized and runs on a strict time schedule so get there in plenty of time.
"Arrangements are confirmed for those Bubbas who may be able to attend the Memorial Service and Celebration of Life for Faith on January 6, 2023. The Memorial Service will take place at 12:00 (please arrive to queue up at 11:30) at the Miramar National Cemetery, 5795 Nobel Drive, San Diego, CA 92122. The Celebration of Life, immediately following, will be held at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla, 4240 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92037, just west of the cemetery, with a buffet-style lunch and open bar. Self-parking tokens will be provided for all guests attending the Celebration.
To help with a "head count," those planning to attend are requested to confirm by email to: jacrabbit@cox.net."
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This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History
December 28
1905—The dry dock Dewey leaves Solomon's Island, MD, en route through the Suez Canal to the Philippines to serve as repair base. It is the longest towing job accomplished at the time, guided by the tug Potomac, a pair of colliers Brutus and Caesar, and the store ship Glacier, arriving at its destination nearly six months later, July 10, 1906.
1941—Rear Adm. Ben Moreell, chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks, requests construction battalions be recruited.
1944—USS Dace (SS 247) attacks a Japanese convoy off Cape Varella, French Indochina and sinks supply ship Nozaki and damages Chefoo Maru.
1982—USS New Jersey (BB 62), the first of four Iowa-class battleships, is recommissioned for the third time after her original 1943 commissioning.
1990—USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS America (CV 66) Carrier Battle Groups deploy from Norfolk, VA, for the Middle East to join Operation Desert Shield.
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This Day in History: December 28
1688 William of Orange makes a triumphant march into London as James II flees.
1694 George I of England gets divorced.
1846 Iowa is admitted as the 29th State of the Union.
1872 A U.S. Army force defeats a group of Apache warriors at Salt River Canyon, Arizona Territory, with 57 Indians killed but only one soldier.
1904 Farmers in Georgia burn two million bales of cotton to prop up falling prices.
1920 The United States resumes the deportation of communists and suspected communists.
1927 U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg suggests a worldwide pact renouncing war.
1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt states, "The definite policy of the United States, from now on, is one opposed to armed intervention."
1936 Benito Mussolini sends planes to Spain to support Francisco Franco's forces.
1938 France orders the doubling of forces in Somaliland; two warships are sent.
1946 The French declare martial law in Vietnam as a full-scale war appears inevitable.
1948 Premier Nokrashy Pasha of Egypt is assassinated by a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood because of his failure to achieve victory in the war against Israel.
1951 The United States pays $120,000 to free four fliers convicted of espionage in Hungary.
1965 The United States bars oil sales to Rhodesia.
1968 Israel attacks an airport in Beirut, destroying 13 planes.
1971 The U.S. Justice Department sues Mississippi officials for ignoring the voting ballots of blacks in that state.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
… For The List for Wednesday, 28 December 2022… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 28 December 1967… The tragic flight of Combat Talon Special Operations S-01…
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War . Listed by last name and has other info https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
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THIS IS A GREAT REPEAT BUT MINE IS STILL ON BACK ORDER
One Hundred Million of these Remotes are on Back Order!
This is a great one cowboy could only find this one You can skip the add and don't worry about the language it is universal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo_KdWFRRiI
Awesome video. Hilarious
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Today's Interesting Fact
Chocolate chips were invented after chocolate chip cookies.
Ruth Wakefield was no cookie-cutter baker. In fact, she is widely credited with developing the world's first recipe for chocolate chip cookies. In 1937, Wakefield and her husband, Kenneth, owned the popular Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. While mulling new desserts to serve at the inn's restaurant, she decided to make a batch of Butter Drop Do pecan cookies (a thin butterscotch treat) with an alteration, using semi-sweet chocolate instead of baker's chocolate. Rather than melting in the baker's chocolate, she used an icepick to cut the semi-sweet chocolate into tiny pieces. Upon removing the cookies from the oven, Wakefield found that the semi-sweet chocolate had held its shape much better than baker's chocolate, which tended to spread throughout the dough during baking to create a chocolate-flavored cookie. These cookies, instead, had sweet little nuggets of chocolate studded throughout. The recipe for the treats — known as Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies — was included in a late 1930s edition of her cookbook, Ruth Wakefield's Tried and True Recipes.
The cookies were a huge success, and Nestlé hired Wakefield as a recipe consultant in 1939, the same year they bought the rights to print her recipe on packages of their semi-sweet chocolate bars. To help customers create their own bits of chocolate, the bars came pre-scored in 160 segments, with an enclosed cutting tool. Around 1940 — three years after that first batch of chocolate chip cookies appeared fresh out of the oven — Nestlé began selling bags of Toll House Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, which some dubbed "chocolate chips." By 1941, "chocolate chip cookies" was the universally recognized name for the delicious treat. An updated version of Wakefield's recipe, called Original Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies, still appears on every bag of morsels. For her contributions to Nestlé, Wakefield reportedly received a lifetime supply of chocolate.
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Thanks to Carl
'From the archives
Navy SEAL Team 6 founder Richard Marcinko dead at 81
(A REAL Rogue Warrior!! In one of his books, he called TAD "traveling around drunk"! It is actually Temporary Additional Duty. Interesting that McRaven was PC as a JO. My NSA boss enjoyed Marcinko's books too, and we often talked about how he used Operational Security in his ops. Very few leaders at the time were aware of OPSEC. I do not remember his side of the story about the defrauding charge, but I would bet that instead of using the slow procurement BS to obtain special hand grenades, he just did it on his own. Then the PC crowd wanted to set an example of his "culture of wrecklessness". Highly recommend his books! Again, a REAL warrior!!)
How SEAL Team 6 founder Richard Marcinko shaped America's modern-day special operations forces
Richard Marcinko, founding commander of the storied Navy SEAL Team 6, set the stage for special operations forces as we know them today.
BY MAX HAUPTMAN | PUBLISHED DEC 27, 2021 1:41 PM
Richard Marcinko, the rough and tumble first commander of the Navy's storied SEAL Team 6, passed away Saturday at his home in Virginia, the National Navy SEAL Museum announced on social media. He was 81 years old.
Already a highly decorated officer with more than a decade of service in the SEALs, in 1979 Marcinko was one of two Navy representatives on a Joint Chiefs of Staff task force assembled to help develop a rescue plan during the Iranian hostage crisis. The subsequent mission, Operation Eagle Claw, was disastrous, leaving 12 casualties and seven aircraft and helicopters destroyed or abandoned in Iran. It's aftermath, however, would see Marcinko at the forefront of an emerging mission for America's special operations personnel.
In 1980, Marcinko was selected by the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, to build a new SEAL unit dedicated to rapid response, hostage rescue, and counter-terrorism operations.
While special operations have grown immensely in the decades since, at the time it was an underutilized and undermanned aspect of the military.
The now iconic name – SEAL Team 6 – started as a bit of Cold War-era deception. At the time, there were only two active SEAL Teams. Marcinko designated his new unit "six," hoping that the Soviet Union and other nations would greatly overestimate the size of the Navy's special operations community.
Marcinko led the unit from 1980-1983, hand picking new members from across the Navy's existing SEAL Teams and Underwater Demolition Teams. As commander, Marcinko helped establish the aggressive, hard-charging culture of his new unit, and made little effort to conceal its maverick nature, openly flaunting rules and regulations. In his autobiography, "Rogue Warrior," Marcinko wrote of the importance of drinking together and often as a fixture in building Team 6's solidarity.
Marcinko's personality and the nature of the unit weren't for everyone. Adm. William McRaven, who would later go on to lead Special Operations Command and oversee SEAL Team 6 during its famous raid against Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, was drummed out of the unit after disagreeing with Marcinko over what he perceived as a culture of recklessness.
Over the ensuing decades, SEAL Team 6, nowadays known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, or DEVGRU, would continue to live up to Marcinko's rogue reputation, taking on some of the nation's most dangerous and secretive missions. From Operation Anaconda, to the MV Maersk Alabama hijacking, to the aforementioned bin Laden raid, the unit's exploits have been recounted again and again, and made the focus of dozens of movies and books.
Marcinko retired from the Navy as a commander in 1989, going on to become a best-selling author and motivational speaker and military consultant. His 1992 autobiography "Rogue Warrior," as well as its subsequent sequel "Rogue Warrior: Green Team" sold millions of copies and are filled with countless exploits from a lifetime spent at the forefront of the special operations fight. Marcinko later used the Rogue Warrior brand for a series of eight bestselling novels, co-written with Jonathan Weisman, according to Marcinko's Amazon author profile.
Marcinko's career was also not without its troubles. In 1990, he was convicted of defrauding the government over acquisition prices for hand grenades and sentenced to 21 months in prison, eventually serving 15.
Marcinko was born on Nov. 21, 1940, in the small, eastern Pennsylvania town of Lansford. Enlisting in the Navy in 1958, he would rise through the ranks and eventually make his way to a SEAL team in 1966.
In 1967, Marcinko deployed to Vietnam with SEAL Team 2, participating in a raid at Ilo Ilo Island which the Navy described as one of its most successful operations in the Mekong Delta. During a second deployment, which came during the Tet Offensive in 1968, Marcinko led his SEAL platoon in house-to-house fighting, later rescuing several American nurses and schoolteachers trapped in a nearby hospital. Marcinko would go on to be awarded four Bronze Stars, a Silver Star and a Vietnamese Cross for Gallantry, according to the National Navy SEAL Museum.
On Sunday, Marcinko's son wrote on Twitter that, "his legacy will live forever. The man has died a true legend."
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Thanks to Felix ...
The next time you're on the highway and behind a semi take notice of the horizontal bar that is in the rear of the trailer. It's called "The Mansfield Bar''.
Here's why it has the strange and dubious name.
Jayne Mansfield (left), photoshopped in this picture beside her daughter Miriska Hargitay (the TV actress who plays the tough detective on Law and Order SVU), was arguably the most beautiful actress in Hollywood at the time of her untimely death in 1967 on a dark highway outside of New Orleans.
Mansfield, three other adults and her three-year-old daughter who was asleep on the rear seat were coming into the city from a promotional appearance she had earlier that day in Mississippi.
They encountered a mosquito fogging truck ahead emitting a thick white fog that obscured the highway and caused other traffic to slow. The driver of Mansfield's car swerved into another lane without slowing down where a slower moving semi was also masked by the fog.
With no time to slow down the '66 Buick Electra ran under the rear of the trailer, decapitating all four adults in the car. Jayne's daughter Miriska survived with nothing but a scar on her forehead which she carries to this day (makeup must cover it for the TV cameras).
Because of the popularity of Mansfield at the time, equal to, or greater than Marilyn Monroe, and the gruesome and horrific severity of the crash that made all the news for months. The ICC soon after mandated that all trailer manufacturers building semi trailers for operation in the U.S. would have a rear bumper to prevent similar deaths. The technical name is the Rear Underrun Protection System, but to this day it's called the "Mansfield Bar '' in the trucking industry and her namesake bar has undoubtedly saved many lives since.
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Thanks to Barrell I am one of this group and remember everything on this list….skip
This special group was born between 1930 & 1947 = 16 years.
In 2022, the age range is between 75 & 92!
Are you, or do you know, someone "still here?"
Interesting Facts For You:
You are the smallest group of children born since the early 1900s.
You are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war that rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.
You are the last to remember ration books for everything from gas to sugar to shoes to stoves.
You saved tin foil and poured fried meat fat into tin cans.
You saw cars up on blocks because tires weren't available
You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the morning and placed in the "milk box" on the porch. The Good Humor ice cream truck coming through the neighborhood.
You are the last to see the gold stars in the front windows of grieving neighbors whose sons died in the War.
You saw the 'boys' home from the war, build their little houses that they were so happy with.
You are the last generation who spent childhood without television; instead, you "imagined" what you heard on the radio and you read library books.
With no TV until the 1950s, you spent your childhood "playing outside" There was no Little League. Many kids walked to school.
There was no city playground for kids. You organized neighborhood baseball and football games on vacant lots. You rode your bike everywhere.
The lack of television in your early years meant that you had little real understanding of what the world was like.
On Saturday mornings and afternoons, the movies gave you newsreels sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons.
Telephones were one to a house, often shared (party lines), and hung on the wall in the kitchen (no cares about privacy).
Computers were called calculators; they were hand-cranked.
Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage, and changing the ribbon.
'INTERNET' and 'GOOGLE' were words that did not exist.
Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and the news was broadcast on your radio in the evening. Kids read comic books.
The Government gave returning Veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow.
Loans fanned a housing boom.
Pent-up demand, coupled with new installment payment plans opened many factories for work.
New highways would bring jobs and mobility
The veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics.
The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands.
Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war, and they threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had never imagined.
You weren't neglected, but you weren't today's all-consuming family focus.
They were glad you played by yourselves until the street lights came on.
They were busy discovering the postwar world.
You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves and felt secure in your future although the depression poverty was deeply remembered.
Polio was still a crippler.
You came of age in the '50s and '60s.
You are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to our homeland.
The second world war was over and the cold war, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with unease.
Only your generation can remember both a time of great war and a time when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty.
You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better...
You are "The Last Ones."
More than 99 % of you are either retired or deceased, and you feel privileged to have "lived in the best of times!"
Amen! It's great being part of the 1% ….Special Group!
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This Day in U S Military History December 28
1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army. On December 23, 1835 two companies of US troops, totaling 110 men, left Fort Brooke under the command of Maj. Francis L. Dade. Seminoles shadowed the marching soldiers for five days. On December 28 the Seminoles ambushed the soldiers, and killed all but three of the command, which became known as the Dade Massacre. Only three white men survived; Edwin De Courcey, was hunted down and killed by a Seminole the next day. The two survivors, Ransome Clarke and Joseph Sprague, returned to Fort Brooke. Only Clarke, who died of his wounds a few years later, left any account of the battle from the Army's perspective. Joseph Sprague was unharmed and lived quite a while longer, but was not able to give an account of the battle as he had sought immediate refuge in a nearby pond. The Seminoles lost just three men, with five wounded. On the same day as the Dade Massacre, Osceola and his followers shot and killed Wiley Thompson and six others outside of Fort King.
1867 – U.S. claims Midway Island, first territory annexed outside Continental limits. The atoll was sighted on July 5, 1859, by Captain N.C. Middlebrooks, though he was most commonly known as Captain Brooks, of the sealing ship Gambia. The islands were named the "Middlebrook Islands" or the "Brook Islands". Brooks claimed Midway for the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, which authorized Americans to occupy uninhabited islands temporarily to obtain guano. On August 28, 1867, Captain William Reynolds of the USS Lackawanna formally took possession of the atoll for the United States; the name changed to "Midway" some time after this. The atoll became the first Pacific island annexed by the U.S. government, as the Unincorporated Territory of Midway Island, and administered by the United States Navy. Midway is the only island in the entire Hawaiian archipelago that was not later part of the State of Hawaii.
1941 – Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks requests that construction battalions be recruited. The need for a militarized Naval Construction Force to build advance bases in the war zone was self-evident. Therefore, Rear Admiral Ben Moreell determined to activate, organize, and man Navy construction units. On 28 December 1941, he requested specific authority to carry out this decision, and on 5 January 1942, he gained authority from the Bureau of Navigation to recruit men from the construction trades for assignment to a Naval Construction Regiment composed of three Naval Construction Battalions. This is the actual beginning of the renowned Seabees, who obtained their designation from the initial letters of Construction Battalion. Admiral Moreell personally furnished them with their official motto: Construimus, Batuimus — "We Build, We Fight."
1972 – After 11 days of round-the-clock bombing (with the exception of a 36-hour break for Christmas), North Vietnamese officials agree to return to the peace negotiations in Paris. The Linebacker II bombing was initiated on December 18 by President Richard Nixon when the North Vietnamese, who walked out of the peace negotiations in Paris, refused his ultimatum to return to the talks. During the course of the bombing, 700 B-52 sorties and more than 1,000 fighter-bomber sorties dropped an estimated 20,000 tons of bombs, mostly over the densely populated area between Hanoi and Haiphong. During the ensuing battle, the North Vietnamese launched their entire stock of more than 1,200 surface-to-air missiles against the U.S. planes. Fifteen B-52s and 11 other U.S. aircraft were lost, along with 93 flyers downed, killed, missing or captured. Hanoi claimed heavy damage and destruction of densely populated civilian areas in Hanoi, Haiphong, and their suburbs. The bombing resulted in the deaths of 1,318 in Hanoi. While some news reporters alleged that the U.S. was guilty of "carpet bombing" the area (deliberately targeting civilian areas with intensive bombing to "carpet" a city with bombs), the bombing was intended to focus on specific military targets. The Linebacker II bombing was effective in bringing the North Vietnamese back to the negotiating table. When they returned to Paris, the peace talks moved along quickly. On January 23, 1973, the United States, North Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, and the Viet Cong signed a cease-fire agreement that took effect five days later.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
None this Day but here is one that is memorable
Thanks to George
Foley interview URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp1Q-2hGO_A&list=PLykQsswYygf_301ysGp7miirFcLC14IIT&index=10&t=164s
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for December 28, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
28 December
1942: Capt Robert O. D. Sullivan, first aviator to fly 100 times across the Atlantic Ocean, completed his 100th trip by flying from New York to Portugal. He made his first flight on 28-29 January 1938 from New York to Marseilles, France. (24)
1943: VIII Bomber Command formed a "Radio Countermeasure Unit," with 24 specially-equipped heavy bombers to support bombing missions. (4)
1952: KOREAN WAR. An SA-16 crew of the 3d Air Rescue Squadron picked up a downed pilot in the Yellow Sea north of Cho-do. He was in the water less than three minutes. (28)
1957: Capt James E. Bowman (U. S. Army) set a 30,335-foot world altitude record for helicopters in a Cessna YH41 Seneca at Wichita. (24)
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World News for 28 December thanks to Military Periscope
World news is back from holidays
General Atomics Tests NATO Sensor Pod
Source: General Atomics
December 28 2022
USA
General Atomics says it has performed the first flight test for the new NATO Pod jointly developed with Sener Aeroespacial of Spain, reports the company.
The flight test at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., employed a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) owned MQ-9A aircraft. The pod was equipped with a payload built by Arpege in France.
The pod is designed to meet NATO airworthiness standards and provide users with a customizable, multi-use pod to carry sovereign, cross-domain intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors.
It is intended to increase configuration and payload options for the MQ-9A and MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft produced by GA-SI.
L3Harris Receives Approval To Acquire Link 16
Source: L3Harris
December 28 2022
USA
L3Harris says it has received regulatory approval for the acquisition of Viasat's Tactical Data Link product line, Link 16.
L3Harris plans to modernize the technology by adding advanced tactical data links to the existing Link 16 network, improving its resiliency and meeting evolving electronic warfare environments and Joint All-Domain Command-and-Control (JADC2) requirements.
The company announced the acquisition deal on Oct. 3. The acquisition was originally scheduled to be completed in the first half of 2023, but with regulatory and allied partner approvals obtained, the deal is now expected to close as early as Jan. 3, 2023, said L3Harris.
NASA Selects SpaceX Launch Services For Sentinel 6B Mission
Source: NASA
December 28 2022
USA
NASA has chosen SpaceX to provide launch services for the Sentinel 6B mission, reports the agency.
The partnership includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.
The US$94 million contract covers launch services and other mission-related costs for the Sentinel 6B mission, which will continue long-term global sea level monitoring, which began in 1992 with the Topex/Poseidon mission, followed by Jason 1,2,3 and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich.
Launch is slated for November 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The mission will use a radar altimeter to bounce signals off the ocean's surface with continuity of its topography measurements. It will also collect high-resolution temperature data to improve weather prediction models and conduct other related missions.
Navy Aviation Students Receive New Simulation Training System
Source: Naval Air Systems Command
December 28 2022
USA
The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va., has received a new Maintenance Integrated Flight Control Trainer (IFCT), reports Naval Air Systems Command.
The IFCT provides a simulated environment for maintainers to learn hands-on work, such as removing and replacing components, without the need for an actual aircraft.
The trainer incorporates real aircraft components and allows students to view and work on them in a controlled setting before performing maintenance on an operational aircraft.
The IFCT offers more space and visibility for training than is available on a real aircraft. Instructors can observe training in real-time.
Raytheon Conducts 1st Engine Run Of Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator
Source: Raytheon
December 28 2022
USA
Raytheon has completed the first successful run of its regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator, reports the company.
The test demonstrated the successful integration of a 1 MW electric motor developed by Collins Aerospace with a Pratt & Whitney fuel-burning engine. The test run took place at the Pratt & Whitney's innovation facility in Longueuil, Quebec.
The Flight Test Center of Excellence will employ a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 aircraft as a platform for future flight demonstrations.
The hybrid-electric power plant is expected to increase engine performance during takeoff, climb and cruise, and reduce fuel burn and CO2 emissions by up to 30 percent, Raytheon said.
Plans call for beginning flight testing in 2024.
Putin Announces Ban On Oil Export To Western Countries Imposing Price Cap
Source: Office of the Russian President
December 28 2022
Russia
President Vladimir Putin has announced the cessation of oil and oil product exports to the U.S. and those allies who recently agreed to impose a price cap on Russian energy exports, reports the Office of the Russian President.
On Tuesday, Russia banned the sale of oil and oil products to foreign companies and individuals tied to the G7 and European Union price cap and oil transport embargo.
The US$60 per barrel price cap was imposed earlier this month in response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
The ban will be in effect from Feb. 1 to July 1, 2023.
Russian oil can still be sold to nations imposing the price cap if Putin issues a special order.
4 Militants Killed In Jammu Clash
Source: India TV News
December 28 2022
India
Indian soldiers have killed four militants in the Sidhra area of the Jammu region, reports India TV News.
On Wedmesday morning, Indian security forces stopped a truck at a checkpoint, setting off a firefight with the suspected terrorists, killing four, officials said.
The truck caught fire during the gunfight.
Two or three terrorists are believed to have escaped. A search operation has been launched, said the officials.
A number of weapons were recovered following the skirmish, including seven AK-47 rifles, three pistols and ammunition.
Joint Air Drills Canceled Due To Bad Weather
Source: Yonhap News Agency
December 28 2022
South Korea
USA
Joint air drills scheduled to take place between South Korea and the U.S. have been canceled due to adverse weather conditions, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).
U.S. F-22 stealth fighters arrived at Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, 170 miles (275 km) south of Seoul, last week ahead of the Dec. 22 exercise. The jets returned to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa when the training was canceled.
The F-22s took part in combined drills with U.S. B-52H strategic bombers and South Korean F-35A and F-15K fighters near the Jeju islands prior to returning home.
This was the first time in four years that F-22 jets had participated in joint drills with South Korea.
Military Base Near Taiwan To Be Expanded
Source: Japan Times
December 28 2022
Japan
Japan has announced plans to expand its military presence on a remote island near Taiwan, reports the Japan Times.
As part of plans to expand the Camp Yonaguni military base, Japan will deploy a surface-to-air guided missile unit on the remote Yonaguni Island in Okinawa prefecture, 68 miles (110 km) from Taiwan.
The expanded 2023 military budget includes the costs of purchasing a 193,750 sq ft (180,000 sq m) plot of land west of the existing base for the missile unit.
Established in 2016, Camp Yonaguni currently houses around 200 Ground Self-Defense Force and Air Self-Defense Force personnel, who monitor maritime and air traffic in the region.
The expanded base will also include an electronic warfare unit capable of disrupting enemy communications and radar.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said the deployment costs for the missile unit were earmarked suddenly without prior explanation to the prefecture.
President Lambasts Failure To Detect N. Korean Drones
Source: Yonhap News Agency
December 28 2022
South Korea
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has criticized the military for failing to intercept the North Korean drones that entered South Korean airspace earlier this week, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).
On Monday, five surveillance drones flew over the Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas. One of the drones reportedly flew as far as northern Seoul without being intercepted.
President Yoon, at a meeting with national security figures, berated Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup over the failure.
The military issued a public apology on Tuesday for the mishandling of the situation.
Yoon has vowed to improve South Korea's anti-drone capabilities as well as strengthen surveillance and reconnaissance abilities, including the procurement of advanced stealth drones.
2 More Officers Arrested In Connection With Coup Attempt
Source: Africa News
December 28 2022
Gambia
Two army officers have been arrested in Gambia in connection with a failed coup attempt last week, reports Africa News.
On Monday, a government spokesman announced that a second lieutenant in the Gambian infantry and a captain in the military intelligence and security unit had been arrested over the weekend.
The government arrested a group of soldiers involved in a plot to overthrow the government on Dec. 21.
Seven people, including two officers and five soldiers have now been arrested in relation to the coup plot.
Ethnic Clashes Kill 56 In Jonglei State
Source: Reuters
December 28 2022
South Sudan
At least 56 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in South Sudan's central Jonglei state, reports Reuters.
On Dec. 24, youth from the Nuer ethnic group attacked members of the Murle community in Gumuruk and Likuangole counties, government officials said.
The fatalities included 51 Nuer attackers and five Murle defenders.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported last week that armed Nuer youth were planning a potential raid against the Murle.
The international body said it is monitoring the escalation and has intensified peacekeeping patrols in affected areas.
More Carl Gustaf Anti-Tank Systems, Ammo Ordered
Source: Saab
December 28 2022
Latvia
The Latvian Ministry of Defense has placed a new order for anti-tank weapons and ammunition, reports Saab, the Swedish manufacturer.
The order is part of a framework agreement between Saab and the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV), which allows Latvia to order M4 Carl Gustaf weapons and ammunition over a 10-year period.
The contract was valued at US$17.7 million.
New Base To Bolster Security On Border With Mali
Source: Agence de Presse Africaine
December 28 2022
Senegal
Senegal has set up new military bases near its eastern border with Mali, reports Agence de Presse Africaine.
The base is located on the strategic N1 highway, which connects the capital of Dakar to Mali.
Work on the base, which is 384 miles (618 km) east of Dakar, began in July 2020.
The facility will serve as a base for the 4th Infantry Battalion of the Senegalese armed forces.
Analysts say the projects reflect growing concerns about the spillover of jihadist violence in Mali.
Pair Of Observation Satellites Ordered From France
Source: Reuters
December 28 2022
France
Poland
France and Poland have signed a deal for two observation satellites, reports Reuters.
French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu signed the deal during a recent trip to Warsaw.
Poland's Armament Agency said the satellites will be produced by Airbus Defence & Space and will be completed by 2027.
The deal is valued at approximately 575 million euros (US$612 million).
Taliban Bans Women From Universities
Source: BBC News
December 28 2022
Afghanistan
Taliban officials have banned women from attending universities, reports the BBC News.
In response to last week's announcement, some women in Kabul have held protests, which were quickly shut down by Taliban officials.
The United Nations and various countries, including the U.S. have condemned the ban. The U.N.'s Special Reporter to Afghanistan called the ban "a new low further violating the right to equal education and deepens the erasure of women from Afghan society."
The decision follows a series of government restrictions for woman, including the banning of women from parks, gyms and public baths in Kabul in November.
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