tirsdag 1. juli 2025
Wing In Ground Effect - Kina vekker til live russernes Caspian Sea Monster - ZME Science
WIGE: https://tinyurl.com/56ruyreu
China Resurrected an
Abandoned Soviet ‘Sea Monster’ That’s Part Airplane, Part Hovercraft
The Soviet
Union's wildest aircraft just got a second life in China.
Edited and reviewed by Zoe Gordon
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This 4-engined Ekranoplan (Wings in Ground Effect
– WIGE) aircraft was recently spotted in China. The distinctive tail arrangement
is typical of some previous Chinese types. Credit: NavalNews.
A grainy photograph posted to Chinese social media
this month revealed what defense watchers believe to be the most ambitious
ekranoplan built in decades. The aircraft — nicknamed the “Bohai Sea Monster” —
was spotted in the background of an undisclosed Chinese coastal facility.
Analysts say it marks the largest leap in
wing-in-ground effect (WIGE) aircraft design since the Cold War, when the Soviet
Union terrified NATO with monstrous ground-effect warships roaring just meters
above the Caspian Sea.
Now, China appears to have resurrected that phantom.
Ny type bombe lansert i Kina - Tar ut transformatorstasjoner og kommandosentra - South China Morning Post
Dette er en såkalt "Silent bomb", altså uten eksplosjoner slik vi kjenner dem gjennom media.
Sjekk saken her, en sak som er omtalt mange steder i dag: https://tinyurl.com/26cv7a
Ubåt USA - Ny type forsinket - Defense Daily
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Navy Leaders Tell Lawmakers Columbia Sub About 17 Months Late — The Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) is now projected to be ready by early 2029, Navy officials told lawmakers this week. The Navy says its highest priority program is the Columbia-class, starting with the future USS District of Columbia… |
USAF pensjonerer flytyper - AVweb
For A-10`s vedkommende har dette skjedd flere ganger, men den har alltid overlevd. Hegseth kværker den ser det ut til. (Red.)
A-10 Retirement Moved Up Two Years
Air Force is budgeting $57 million to decommission remaining 162 Warthogs
The last flight
of the Air Force’s A-10 Warthog close support aircraft will occur in 2026 as
part of a budget cut. The beloved attack plane was supposed to be in service
through 2028 but the early retirement was included in the Air Force’s 2026
budget request. “The probably key one that most folks will want to be aware of
is the Air Force will divest the remaining 162 A-10 aircraft,” a senior defense
official told reporters last week “They were originally set to divest over a
time period into ’28. We’re set to divest all of those in ’26.” It will cost
$57 million to get rid of the Warthogs.
The Air Force has been trying to retire
the popular aircraft for at least a decade, saying it is outdated and will be a
sitting duck on a modern battlefield. But members of Congress and former
military leaders have launched a nostalgic battle to keep it in the inventory
based on its past successes in combat. Meanwhile, the Air Force has asked for
$10.3 billion for B-21 stealth bombers, 47 F-35s, 21 F-15E Strike Eagles along
with $3.4 billion for development of the F-47 sixth generation fighter. The
F-35s and F-15s are both used as ground attack planes. In addition to retiring
the A-10s, the Air Force will get ride of about 350 old aircraft, including
KC-135s, F-16s and a variety of helicopters.
GA ulykke i USA
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| Date: | Sunday 29 June 2025 |
| Time: | c. 06:54 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 441 Conquest |
| Owner/operator: | Meander Air LLC |
| Registration: | N441LS |
| MSN: | 441-0342 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km W of Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG/KYNG), OH -  United States of America |
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, OH (YNG/KYNG) |
| Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, MT (BZN/KBZN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 441 Conquest crashed into the backyard of a house in Howland Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, shortly after takeoff from Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG/KYNG), Ohio. All six onboard were killed.
ADS-B data show that the aircraft took off from runway 32 at 06:53 local time (10:53 UTC). The aircraft made a left-hand turn and crashed within a minute later, 2 km west of the departure end of runway 32.
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