So many crazy stories, so little time. We’ll take a closer look at some noteworthy items in our news roundup. Send me anything we may have missed on twitter at @BKactual. Good stories about public nudity/drug use/insane people receive special consideration. Deserter Bowe Bergdahl Facing Article 32: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who slipped […]
In response to the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, the team at Fighter Sweep is providing excellent and thoughtful coverage of the tragedy from the perspective of the military aviator and civilian airlines pilot.
I speculated yesterday on the possible causes for the horrific tragedy of the Germanwings crash. As a throwaway concept, I included the possibility that the plane could have been brought down deliberately, like the EgyptAir 990 crash in 1999. In light of new information released today, it now seems clear that this is, in fact, […]
It is organic to the culture of aviation to discuss a mishap. It is part of the natural process of grieving and shock. This is our work place. The most sensible reason to discuss these tragedies is to try to glean something from them that can prevent further catastrophes. To gain insight and learn; to […]
At 0940Z this morning, contact was lost with a Germanwings Airbus A320 enroute from Barcelona to Düsseldorf in the Alps in southern France.
Washington D.C. politics just about has our fun meter pegged.
An Air National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk crashed offshore near the Navarre Beach campground in the vicinity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida on Tuesday, March 10. According to Captain Barry Morris, spokesman for MARSOC at Camp Lejeune, the Marines from 2nd Raider Battalion and aircrew from 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the Louisiana National Guard were conducting […]
Inexplicably, ISIS holds an allure to impressionable European and American youth. How do we prevent these disillusioned kids from joining them?
TMZ has obtained audio from today’s incident involving Harrison Ford’s Ryan PT-22 at a Golf Course near the Santa Monica Municipal Airport this afternoon. According to the audio, the pilot declares an engine failure and requests an immediate return to the airport. The aircraft came down on the Penmar Golf Course, just a couple blocks […]
A small plane owned by Harrison Ford has crashed on a golf course near Venice, California. The pilot, described as the “single male occupant,” suffered cuts on his head is is reportedly in critical condition at a local hospital. The aircraft came down on Penmar Golf Course, in the vicinity of both Venice and the […]
Misfortune has struck the Royal Thai Air Force during it’s joint Thai-U.S. led, multinational exercise known as Cobra Gold. This morning a RTAF F-16 from 1 Wing crashed, sadly killing the pilot, Lieutenant Noppanon Niwasanon. The crash occurred at 2:40 PM in the Chai Badan district. According to Air Vice Marshall Monthon Satchukorn, spokesman for […]
Brian Williams is just a symptom of the problem. Big News has long shown a willingness to bend the truth to get attention. It’s time that got fixed.
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