An Air Florida jet crashed into the Potomac in 1982. A look at the tragedy and airline
The deadly crash in the Potomac after an American Eagle jet collided with a military helicopter has stirred memories of a long-ago tragedy in Washington, D.C. An Air Florida flight taking off en route ...
Southwest Is Reining In Expansion Plans in Exchange for a More Segmented Product Offering
In our opinion, Southwest has the best balance sheet of all the US-based carriers. As the pandemic has wreaked havoc on air travel demand and airlines’ business model, liquidity became more paramount ...
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The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis
The U.S. military’s recruiting troubles came just as it was attempting a fundamental shift in its mission. For decades, the ...
USS Gerald R. Ford Was Still Struggling With Its Dual Band Radar Prior To Deployment
The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, ...
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Adam Silver raises possibility of NBA moving to 10-minute quarters
Silver said that one thing he'd been thinking about was the possibility of dropping from 12-minute quarters to 10-minute quarters. "I am a fan of four 10-minute quarters. I'm not sure that many ...
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver 'a fan' of 10-minute quarters
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that he likes the idea of shortening games to 40 minutes by going from 12-minute quarters to 10. "As we get more involved in global basketball ...
How Life Aboard A Navy Aircraft Carrier Changed When High-Speed Internet Arrived
As it battled Houthi threats around the Red Sea last year, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) also served as a testbed for ...
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NATO Aircraft Carrier Watched by China Reaches Pacific Waters
According to the French Embassy in Indonesia, the Charles de Gaulle-led carrier strike group reached two islands in Indonesia, Lombok and Bali, on Tuesday. The French aircraft carrier itself ...
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Home-grown aircraft carrier Fujian will be the tip of China’s blue-water spear
In the latest of a series on Chinese weapon systems, Seong Hyeon Choi investigates the role of its aircraft carriers. China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier the Fujian represents the ...
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The U.S. Navy Once Used Planes to Help Dock an Aircraft Carrier
Robbins and his crew called the plan “Operation Pinwheel” because of the circular motion the planes would create when pushing the massive carrier in its desired direction.
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Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1975 and has a life cycle of approximately 50 years. Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz while underway in the Eastern Pacific ...
The Flying Potato & 10 More Of The Oddest Food-Related Military Aircraft Nicknames
Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...