HeyEng

Apparently Diego Garcia has a 1700 curfew due to drone activity. If so that is quite the logistical achievement! I’m assuming they are launching off of ships BVR to maintain enough loiter time over the base.

Possible explosive drone incident at Leipzig airport involving AN-124 and a DHL aircraft.

It’s probably not a credible threat or you could probably be shot down! What a binary choice to make at the end of your last leg for the day!

My suspicion is a runaway pitch trim malfunction based on the location of the crash close to the runway and your description of the video.

Whoever made this is next level!

Apparently Ramstein is so short of drivers they are making Aircrew rent their own vans to get to their hotels. While this might have benefits in allowing more flexibility and freedom for aircrews, it has some pitfalls too. Renting a vehicle in Germany without a German or international drivers license can expose the driver to major liability if you get into an accident. I’m not sure if the Base will accept that liability or not since they are implementing that policy. If you have an extended stay in Ramstein I recommend the two day class they offer to get a German license. It cost €10.00 when I got mine years ago and is good for ten years.

A FOIA request to the NTSB sheds a little more light on the China Eastern 737-800 crash. No big surprise, it looks even more likely it was a Pilot suicide. https://youtu.be/Fuu9JvuI1KY?si=E1c3LpHRX_wA0meR

Man, they didn’t even have the decency to blur out the face of the goat! We need a goat rape victim advocacy group to protect the rights of goats!

The Mover and Gonky Show has a more expansive conversation that dovetails to what Ryan McBeth was saying in his video. Frankly this was all too predictable, I think all the “mystery drones” we were having over Langley, Wright-Patt, and now Barksdale was a dry run to test and evaluate strikes on airlift, tanker, and other aircraft.

From Ryan McBeth https://youtu.be/LUJXlHTFBAI

This is starting to get suspicious, apparently one of his colleagues went missing last year and was never found. She was instrumental in developing a new metal material to replace a proprietary metal found in Russian rocket motors used in commercial rockets.

Good analysis of recent Naval engagements from the “Sub Brief”

Is this the first sinking of an enemy surface ship by a US Navy sub since WWII? Definitely a first for a US Nuke Sub!