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Both platforms are slated to fly for decades into the future. Here's What You Need to Know: Upgrades are needed to stay competitive with China and Russia. Pacific Air Force Commander Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach believes an aggressive and accelerated multi-faceted effort will be needed to ensure the U.S. Air Force can succeed against enemy Surface to Air Missiles.  Speaking to reporters at the 2021 Air Force Association Symposium Wilsbach made a point to emphasize a two-fold approach, meaning that defeating a new generation of SAMS presents a pressing need to sustain and upgrade current air-supe...

Four stars Rating: PG, for dramatic intensity, and sequences of violence and peril Available via: Apple TV+ By Derrick Bang The best animation houses have their own distinctive appearance, pacing and storytelling approach. Classic 1940s and ’50s Warner Bros. cartoons looked nothing like their Disney cousins, and nobody would confuse one of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli efforts with a Pixar entry. The same is true of Ireland’s Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, who — as artists, writers or directors under the Cartoon Saloon banner — have previously brought us 2009’s “The Secret of Kel...

B-2s head to Portugal as surprise bomber flights spread 4 days ago Air Force Senior Airman Tony Nogales, left, and Airman 1st Class Byron Humphrey, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, conclude preflight checks in support of a bomber task force at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., March 16. (Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert/Air Force) Air Force B-2 Spirit bombers arrived at Portugal’s Lajes Field Tuesday, the service said this week, joining the B-1 Lancer bombers that are flying short-notice missions to project a strong front out of Europe. An undisclosed number of B-2s from the 509th...

Ho 229: The Story Behind Nazi Germany's 'Stealth' Fighter (See the Pic) The Ho 229 might have been a formidable adversary - if they had got in in the air by the war’s end. Here's What You Need to Remember: Flying wing designs were not an entirely new idea and had been used before in both gliders and powered aircraft. During World War II, Northrop developed its own high-performing XB-35 flying wing bomber for the U.S. military, though it failed to enter mass production. Despite the aerodynamic advantages, the lack of a tail tended to make fly wing aircraft prone to uncontrolled yaws and stal...

Panel approves six zoning requests Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — Six zoning requests were approved by the Madison County Zoning Board of Appeals at a March 9 meeting. The requests will go on to the Building and Zoning Committee, then to the full Madison County Board for final approval. They include: • A request for a variance allowing an attached garage about 9 feet from the property line, rather than the required 50 feet, was approved for John and Amy Mullane at 3545 Boomerang Drive, Marine. The property is in an A Agricultural District in ...