Targeted Killings

SAN ANTONIO — The U.S. Air Force must pay more than $230 million in damages to survivors and victims’ families of a 2017 Texas church massacre for failing to flag a conviction that might have kept the gunman from legally buying the weapon used in the shooting, a federal judge ruled Monday.…

In defiance of a recent legal standard, the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command allegedly uses a document that effectively denies all requests for religious COVID-19 vaccine exemptions.  Air Education and Training Command is the approval authority for all religious accommodation requests for military members assigned to the 13…

MianAirforce is a blog about the Canadian air force, which focuses on the latest news and updates as well as the heroic sacrifices made by its members in the service of their nation. Toronto, ON, Canada | February 07, 2022 –– Mian Airforce is a blog site highlighting the news…

Canada’s non-lethal aid to Ukraine departed on Thursday night, the federal government has confirmed. Defence Minister Anita Anand tweeted on Friday a photo of a Royal Canadian Air Force C-177 Globemaster departing Canadian Forces Base Trenton, west of Kingston, Ont. Last night, a @RCAF_ARC C-177 Globemaster departed CFB Trenton carrying…

The U.S. Army announced on Wednesday that it will begin “involuntary separation procedures” for all troops who have had ample opportunity to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and have refused, barring medical exemptions. The new policy of get the shot or get out is “effective immediately.” The Associated Press notes the…

LONDON — Britain’s Royal Air Force said Wednesday that it scrambled fighter jets in response to four Russian military aircraft approaching the United Kingdom. The force said four Russian strategic bombers were “intercepted and escorted,” adding that they did not enter U.K. airspace at any point. The Typhoon jets took…

A US official attended a classified Israel Air Force drill simulating a “massive attack” on Iran’s nuclear program that was held two weeks ago, according to a Tuesday report. A US Air Force officer participated in the drill as an observer, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster said. The drill involved dozens…

by Sandra Erwin — February 1, 2022 U.S. Air Force service members set up a satellite communications terminal at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Credit: U.S. Air Force The experiments are part of an Air Force Research Laboratory program known as Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet WASHINGTON — The U.S.…

Israeli jets carried out airstrikes against targets near the Syrian capital of Damascus early Monday morning, Syrian state TV reported. The pro-opposition group, the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights, said the targets of the attack were Hezbollah positions, outposts and weapon depots, northeast of Damascus. The alleged strikes were the…

With its rotors pointed towards the ground, the Heaviside plane by Kitty Hawk looks like an almost-complete hobbyist project. As the rotors spun into action for flight testing in December 2021, the plane lifted off and wobbled, looking not unlike a model of a spacecraft pulled skyward by fishing line…