Targeted Killings

by Sandra Erwin — August 17, 2021 LauncherOne rockets, made by Virgin Orbit, are air-launched from a modified 747-400 carrier aircraft. Credit: Virgin Orbit Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart said Baird will help “design entirely new ways to think about launch and resilient, responsive space" WASHINGTON — Mark Baird, a…

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. CHAT WITH GIBO Former Defense secretary Gilberto ‘Gibo’ Teodoro Jr. (up, left) during a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times President and CEO Dante Francis ‘Klink’ Ang 2nd (up, right) and reporters Catherine Valente and Dempsey Reyes. SCREENGRAB FROM ZOOM Former Defense…

Yesterday, a horrific video from Afghanistan broke the internet. Hundreds of Afghans, in a desperate bid to flee the country, were captured in the footage running after and clinging to the body of a US Air Force plane as it prepared to depart Kabul airport.  Over the weekend, the Taliban…

On 9 April 1945, less than a month before the end of hostilities in Europe, a young Luftwaffe pilot named Hans Guido Mutke put his jet-propelled Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter-bomber into a steep dive, intending to come to the aid of a fellow airman below. As the Messerschmitt accelerated downward,…

A C-17A aircraft coming in to land. (Photo by: Jason Wells/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via ... Getty Images) Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The flight controller seemingly cannot believe what he is hearing from ‘Reach’ RCH871, a flight Sunday involving a U.S. Air Force C-17A cargo jet that…

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A file photo of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao. Photo: The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has approved the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman to enable those outside the service to channel their complaints and grievances against the force or its personnel. In a statement…

Four Royal Malaysian Air Force officers died in a shooting incident at their camp in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak this morning. Sarawak police commissioner Aidi Ismail told reporters today that one of them went on a shooting rampage after taking firearms from the guard station at the Handau Squadron 330 camp.…

Dr. Anne Lee, Raytheon Engineering Fellow and Air Force Association Schriever Fellow was recently chosen to be featured in the Top 50 Fearless Leaders Publication by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). Dr. Anne Lee, Raytheon Engineering Fellow and Air Force Association Schriever Fellow was recently chosen to be…

A full-fledged conventional conflict with the Northern adversary is not possible but still India needs to boost capabilities and enhance its overall strength, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday, referring to China. In an interactive session at a leading think-tank, he also said that…