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Airmen prepare an F-15E Strike Eagle for takeoff in Southwest Asia, Dec. 24, 2019.
Month: December 2019
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Poised to Plunge
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Porras prepares to enter the water in Santa Rita, Guam, Dec. 23, 2019, as Seabee divers perform maintenance on a Naval Base Guam wharf.
Tech
US proposes remote ID requirement for drones
US regulators on Thursday unveiled a proposal to require privately operated drones to use remote identification — a kind of electronic license plate — as part of efforts to ensure airspace safety. The Federal Aviation […]
International
Japan to send warship, aircraft to Middle East to protect vessels
Japan will send a warship and patrol planes to protect Japanese ships in the Middle East as the situation in the region, from which it sources nearly 90% of its crude oil imports, remains volatile, […]
International
Netanyahu wins party vote in boost ahead of Israeli election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily won a vote to keep the Likud party helm, the party said on Friday, in a boost ahead of what is likely to be a hard-fought general election in […]
International
Australian wildfires threaten Sydney water supplies
Australian authorities said on Friday they are focused on protecting water plants, pumping stations, pipes and other infrastructure from intense bushfires surrounding Sydney, the country’s largest city. Firefighters battling the blazes for weeks received a […]
International
India deports second European ‘for protesting’
A Norwegian tourist on Friday said authorities had ordered her to leave India after taking part in protests against a new citizenship law, becoming the second European to be ejected over the demonstrations. Janne-Mette Johansson, […]
World
Russia says first hypersonic missiles enter service
Russia’s defence minister told President Vladimir Putin on Friday the first Avangard hypersonic missiles had been put into service, in a move hailed as a major coup for Moscow. Analysts say Russia is the first […]
International
Iran, Russia, China start joint maritime drill in Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman
Iran, China and Russia started four days of joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman on Friday, the commander of Iran’s flotilla announced. The exercise comes at a time of […]
U.S.
11 people injured in explosion at Kansas aircraft plant
A liquid nitrogen explosion at a Textron Aviation plant near Wichita, Kansas, injured 11 people on Friday, potentially setting back the introduction of a new aircraft under development, county and company officials said. Emergency medical […]