Newsweek Finds Jet's Manifest Conforms to Account of Abduction
in Afghanistan
Newsweek has obtained previously unpublished flight plans
indicating the CIA has been operating a Boeing 737 as part of a
top-secret global charter servicing clandestine interrogation
facilities used in the war on terror. And the 737's flight
information, detailed to the day, seem to confirm the claims of
Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, who says he
was abducted by American operatives and in early 2004 flown to
Afghanistan.
The Marines' new KC-130J, the next generation aerial refueling
tanker aircraft, has successfully passed its' second operational
evaluation. The new aircraft is part of the Marine Corps
transformational efforts to increase speed, persistence, precision,
and reach to project capabilities over longer distances. This
aircrafts' second Op eval concentrated on the on-board electronic
countermeasures equipment.
The US Navy tasted a rare defeat on Friday, not at the hands of
a hostile sea power but at the hands of US District Court Judge
Terrence Boyle in Eastern North Carolina. The Navy and Marines have
been engaged in a bitter conflict with residents of Washington and
Beaufort Counties over airspace issues and a proposed Outlying
Landing Field (OLF) that the services want to build for
carrier-landing practice.
Race week in Daytona is always pretty wild. For some students
this year, it's already time for Spring Break. Then, of course,
there are tens of thousands of NASCAR fans roaming around town,
waiting for a race and looking for some adventure in the
meantime.
It has been called an F-15 Eagle on steroids because of its
advanced technologies. The F/A-22 Raptor, the Air Force's newest
aircraft, has gained recognition as the first stealth supersonic
fighter in the world.
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