Government stupidity at its finest. If the guy was a sonar tech he needed at least a SECRET security clearance that requires US citizenship.

Former POW senator John McCain (RIP) could run for President but couldn't get a Real ID because he was born overseas. How crazy is that?

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-miami-international-airport-july-fourth.html


Just water with a tracer dye.

 

How Canada’s dream supersonic bomber became a national nightmare


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Perhaps the strongest indication of Canada’s obsession with the Arrow came in 2018, when after a year of searching, sunken Arrow models were recovered from the bottom of Lake Ontario. The models were fired across the lake as part of flight tests in the mid-1950s, and numerous groups had been looking for them before without success.

 

How Canada’s dream supersonic bomber became a national nightmare

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The CF-105 is an interceptor, not a bomber.

It was designed to protect Canada against Soviet bombers.

 

The CF-105 is an interceptor, not a bomber.

It was designed to protect Canada against Soviet bombers.

The article itself makes that clear. Sadly, the person that comes up with the headlines for articles seldom gives more than a passing glance at the first paragraph or two (and, in fairness, they are in a rush to get it published, especially in the case of something like a newspaper or magazine, even if online).

 

...in fairness, they are in a rush to get it published...

I can't imagine how the headline could have been more wrong. Maybe, "How Canada’s dream supersonic submarine became a national nightmare".

If it were my paper, this'd be a firing offense.

 

I can't imagine how the headline could have been more wrong. Maybe, "How Canada’s dream supersonic submarine became a national nightmare".

If it were my paper, this'd be a firing offense.

Oh, I agree it's disgraceful. Especially when many people will only read the headlines of most articles in something like a newspaper and the headlines of a huge fraction of headlines are inaccurate to the point of being very misleading (sometimes intentionally, but mostly through incompetence that is tolerated in the name of production efficiency).

The person that wrote that headline probably has not idea what an "interceptor" is, or what "CF" in "CF-105" stands for. They've heard the term "bomber" enough to recognize the term, but knows to little about air warfare that they probably figure that bombers fight other bombers.

 

...bombers fight other bombers.

I chuckled at that.

 

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/08/boeing-guilty-plea-737-max-crashes

 

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/08/boeing-guilty-plea-737-max-crashes

It's so hard to figure anything out from plea deals. Sometimes some useful information comes out as part of one (but that is the exception rather than the rule). Usually, the decision to plead guilty (whether it be a person or a company) has nothing to do with whether they were actually guilty of they charges they are pleading to -- maybe they were guilty of nothing, maybe they were guilty of a whole lot more -- but rather just the result of a risk/reward evaluation between that and not taking it.

 

I chuckled at that.

The odd duck.

Bombcat. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/blo...er-flown-by-us-navy-f-14-tomcat-fighter-jets/

While heading back home on the mainland, look what I saw on the strip getting ready for RIMPAC games.

 

The odd duck.
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Bombcat. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/blo...er-flown-by-us-navy-f-14-tomcat-fighter-jets/

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F-22s?

 

The odd duck.

Bombcat. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/blo...er-flown-by-us-navy-f-14-tomcat-fighter-jets/

Yeah. But did they take out bombers?

 

F-22s?

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/26/ca...nal-warships-arrive-in-hawaii-for-rimpac-2024

 

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/26/ca...nal-warships-arrive-in-hawaii-for-rimpac-2024

Article says F-35s, but the ones on the tarmac look like 22s.

Note the trapezoidal vertical stabilizers.

 

Article says F-35s, but the ones on the tarmac look like 22s.

Note the trapezoidal vertical stabilizers.

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Your right. I'm not a airplane guy so I didn't know. Saw what looked like F-18's in the back so I though maybe they are all from the ship.

 

https://jalopnik.com/joyriding-car-dealer-totals-97-000-camaro-brought-in-f-1851582714
Joyriding Car Dealer Totals $97,000 Camaro Brought In For Repairs
The owner told the service advisor not to take the car off the lot

That guy's lawyer should own that business.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/09/politics/marshal-shot-teenager-supreme-court-justice-house/index.html

A deputy US marshal shot an 18-year-old who attempted to carjack him while he was on duty near the house of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Washington, DC, according to law enforcement officials.

The attempted carjacking appears to be random, a person familiar with the investigation told CNN, and there is no indication that there was any connection between the alleged crime and Sotomayor’s residence. The deputy marshal was in an unmarked car at the time of the attempted carjacking, according to court documents.

Idiot tried to jack the security detail, LOL.

 

https://jalopnik.com/joyriding-car-dealer-totals-97-000-camaro-brought-in-f-1851582714
Joyriding Car Dealer Totals $97,000 Camaro Brought In For Repairs
The owner told the service advisor not to take the car off the lot

That guy's lawyer should own that business.

As quoted:

Sebastian was also ticked for failing to stay in his lane, according to Automotive News, but that’s probably the least of his worries at this point

seriously funny... though I suspect it's going to take a while before the owner can finally laugh about it ...

 

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/vehicle-recovery-underway-in-yellowstone-road-closed

Vehicle recovered after driving into thermal feature in Yellowstone