Month: December 2019

Key point: Non-stealthy F-15s are “unable to survive against the threats of biggest concern in our national-defense strategy.” The debate continues over the Pentagon’s proposal to buy new F-15EX Eagle fighters from Boeing to complement Lockheed Martin-made F-35 stealth fighters. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey As lawmakers weigh the military’s request, Air Force magazine has published…

Key point: NATO comes with more than political commitments. In February 2019, the Polish ministry of defense issued plans to procure thirty-two “fifth-generation [stealth] jets” for its Harpia fighter program to replace the Polish Air Force’s aging Soviet-era MiG-29 and Su-22 jets. As the F-35 Lightning II is currently the only fifth-generation stealth fighter on…

By Brendan Pierson and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Mexican government official responsible for public security has been charged with accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa drug cartel once run by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to help it operate with “impunity” in Mexico, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. Genaro…

LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images Genaro Garcia Luna, who was Mexico’s public-security secretary between 2006 and 2012, was arrested in Texas on Monday. Garcia Luna, the architect of Mexico’s campaign against organized crime in the late 2000s, is the latest Mexican official accused of corruption and involvement in drug trafficking. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for…

NEW YORK (AP) — The bust was a bust, and it could end up costing New York City some serious green. A day after prosecutors dropped criminal charges in a case spotlighting confusion over hemp, marijuana and conflicting laws, the Brooklyn brothers caught in the chaos took the first step toward suing the city and…

(Bloomberg) — The House urged the U.S. Supreme Court to move quickly to let lawmakers see Donald Trump’s financial documents, asking the justices to reject a pair of presidential requests to shield the records. The filings Wednesday set up the Supreme Court to act as soon as Friday on three cases involving subpoenas for Trump…

From Popular Mechanics The B-1B Lancer heavy bomber was originally built in the 1980s. The B-1B was built for low-level flight, flying beneath radars to bomb targets deep behind enemy lines. Wear and tear to the airframes from decades of flight means the Air Force may restrict the B-1s from flying low. The U.S. Air…

By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – The U.S. Army plans to fund construction of rare earths processing facilities, part of an urgent push by Washington to secure domestic supply of the minerals used to make military weapons and electronics, according to a government document seen by Reuters. The move would mark the first financial investment by…

President Donald Trump is leading every top 2020 Democratic candidate in Iowa, according to a WHDH 7 News/Emerson College poll looking at hypothetical presidential election matchups in the Hawkeye State.  The poll found Trump leading former Vice President Joe Biden among registered Iowa voters 49%-45%, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont 50%-43% and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of…