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Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central Samsung is no stranger to Windows laptops, although it does have a tough time sticking with one product line or naming scheme. I first fell for its unusually light designs back in 2017, when I bought and reviewed the Samsung Notebook 9 15 Ext, and since then, the company has consistently created fun and unique ultra-mobile PCs. For 2021, Samsung finally finds focus with its new Galaxy Book Pro line, which comes in a traditional laptop design or a converti...

The Troy University Board of Trustees has elected retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward F. Crowell as the board’s Vice-President Pro Tempore. Crowell fills the leadership position left vacant by the death of Trustee Lamar P. Higgins, who passed away in April following an extended illness. Crowell and Dothan-area businessman Charles Nailen, who were both...Read More

General John Kerry Davis Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery Photo By Lance Cpl. Tanner Lambert | Body Bearers with Bravo Company, Marine Barracks Washington, fold a flag during a full honors funeral for Gen. John K. Davis at Arlington National Cemetery, May 6, 2021. General Davis, who served as the 20th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born March 14, 1927 and died on July 31, 2019. General Davis was a highly accomplished aviator, flying more than 30...

News From Antiwar.com The annual exercise is run under the name of Tiger Meet. (All the aircraft involved have tiger emblems.) This year it includes nine squadrons with fifty aircraft and 1,000 personnel from eight nations. NATO Tiger Meet 2021 drills are being run from the Beja Air Base in Portugal and include squadrons from NATO member states and from partner states as well. Switzerland is in the latter category. The Swiss aircraft flew to Portugal from their base at Meiringen. They are part ...

Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, 185th Air Refueling Wing The National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa revealed a remarkable heritage paint scheme which they completed this week on an Idaho Air National Guard (ANG) A-10 Thunderbolt II. The 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho ANG conceived this new livery for their A-10 in ...

The men who reinvented warfare Malcolm Gladwell’s new book The Bomber Mafia and the visionaries who wanted to make conflict “clean”. When Curtis LeMay was five years old, standing in his family’s backyard in Columbus, Ohio, in about 1912, the future Air Force general saw his first aeroplane. He would recall in his memoir: “Suddenly, in the air above me, appeared a flying machine. It came from nowhere. There it was, and I wanted to catch it.” The boy was enchanted by the “wonde...

F-35 makes Baltic air policing debut 04 May 2021 by Gareth Jennings Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana: AMI) Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) have begun the type’s first rotation in support of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission. One of the four Italian Air Force F-35As that recently arrived at Amari Air Base in Estonia, alongside some of the service personnel that will conduct the type’s first operation in support of the NATO Baltic Air P...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - New SAAF Chief, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo, seen here as a major general. When he takes up the post of SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief on 1 June, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo becomes the fifth commander of the airborne service of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) since its establishment on 27 April 1994. In what is, in some circles, seen as a break with tradition Mbambo is the first CAF in the democratic era not to wear pilot’s wings. His predeces...

RAF Typhoon detachment to begin Nato enhanced Air Policing mission 30 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 30th, 2021 12:24) The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon detachment in Romania is set to start conducting Nato enhanced Air Policing (eAP) patrols. Share Article British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon detachment in Romania. Credit: Royal Air Force / UK Crown Copyright. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon detachment in Romania is set to start ...

To err is human, to forgive is not Strategic Air Command policy. (U.S. Air Force) For as destructive as the world’s combined nuclear arsenals could be, it sure seems like both the United States and Soviet Union were pretty cavalier about using them. The U.S. alone had 32 different nuclear weapons incidents, which includes straight-up losing six of them, none of which was ever found. The Soviets, of course, had a far-from-perfect nuclear record. The USSR may have lost upward of a hundred weapo...