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...Besides the F-22, other casualties will be a new search-and-rescue helicopter and the Army's Future Combat Systems program - a $160 billion fleet of high-tech vehicles and aircraft that is ideal for waging war against a powerfully armed nation-state but is of far less use for the kinds of counterinsurgency wars currently being waged. And the Navy's shipbuilding program, which has been shoddily run for years, will see some cuts. Gates also plans to cut spending on missile defense by $1.4 billion next year, while new satellite communications programs are trimmed. And the Marines...
...getting at least one thing right: SITA, an air transport communications firm, reports a 20% drop in mishandled bags in 2008 - that's 10 million more bags finding their rightful owners. According to the report, most lost, delayed, damaged or pilfered bags are due to the transfer from one aircraft to another; 49% of lost luggage were pieces that were checked through on connecting flights and never made it to the luggage carousel. Other problems included bags failing to make it on the plane in the first place (16%) and ticketing errors or security problems (13%). One reason...
...reason to steel your patience: Robert McDonald, a Scottish traveler who was stuck aboard a Delta flight for more than two-and-half hours at New York City's JFK airport on March 31, had apparently lost his cool. In an attempt to deplane, McDonald allegedly yanked open the aircraft's emergency exit door while the plane was on the tarmac. The crew says it stopped him from opening the door fully and deploying the emergency chute, but, in the end, McDonald got his wish. He got off the plane - albeit with a police escort. He now faces...
...that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) might use Google's operating system in some of its netbooks instead of Microsoft Windows. The important word in that report is "might." The news that Google is adding thousands of employees a quarter and that the founders have bought a 747 or an aircraft carrier probably hit a high point two years...
...fighter-bombers carried out two runs on the convoy, while F-15 fighter planes circled overhead in case hostile aircraft were scrambled from Khartoum or a nearby country. After the first bombing run, drones mounted with high-resolution cameras passed over the burning trucks. The video showed that the convoy had been only partially damaged, so the Israelis ordered a second pass with the F-16s. During the 1,750-mile (2,800 km) journey to Sudan and back, the Israeli aircraft refueled in midair over the Red Sea. (See pictures of violence in Sudan...