Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
Egypt is allowing China to test their planes against Western fighters. This makes China better able to defeat Western countries in war. Egypt is not a good friend to the United States even though the US gives $1.4 to $2 billion in foreign assistance to Egypt each year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjfZUmJu6eE
Trump wants to force a currently constructed carrier that plans on using an electromagnetic launch system back on the old steam system. The new system should have higher up-times, launch planes faster, have the ability to launch heavier planes, have the ability to launch lighter planes, and have simpler support systems. Trump’s decision appears to make no sense on the surface, but, the Navy’s test of the new system has not been released to the public, and while the Navy said good things about the test, they could be misleading or lying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM3uvysz420
DHS said they needed airplanes immediately to deport people, so they bought used planes from a Trump administration donor in a no-bid contract. The planes have hardly been used, but that Trump administration donor made some profit.
Israeli settler violence is out of control.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmemqU-cQ-w
The US Navy is having trouble keeping pilots. They may need to more take pilot morale into consideration when making decisions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW6seidg_r4
The F-35’s Class A flight mishap rate at this point in its history is quite good compared to other aircraft at that point in their history!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLuxM5lg8Jo
US bombers should be renamed missilers because, these days, they tend to drop missiles more than bombs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ-qBf5ufMc
The Navy’s MQ-25 could do WAY MORE than just refuel jets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ydVP4HubQk
Ukraine long-range drone strikes defeat advanced Russian anti-air by flying low, limiting the coverage of radars and confusing them with ground structures, while also using AI to target vulnerable and important targets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRRNlXjHLZc
The A10 is an obsolete aircraft. It has found a role against weaker enemies, but in a peer-to-peer conflict, the aircraft is not survivable. At this point, it’s not worth the costs to keep it around. It shouldn’t be replaced with a one-to-one aircraft. It’s role of close-ground support where the craft flies just 200 feet above the ground is not survivable in modern combat against peer-to-peer competitors.
It may be worth keeping around while the US industrial base takes forever to build new aircraft. It can fight drones in the meantime and even launch long-range missiles from the air. In a fight against China, the US will need all the long-range air missile launchers it can get.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmks2GLGlQ
“That’s Not a Jet, That’s a Virus” — What F-35 Pilots Said After the “Gripen” Hacked Their Data Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bujH0jbvRc