The American reconnaissance aircraft was “chaotically” crossing civilian aviation routes in the area on Friday and ended up approaching an Airbus jet at a dangerously close distance, according to the agency. At some point, “there were less than 20 meters between the two planes in the vertical line,” he insisted. Air …
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“I was fearful of losing my job, which would cause me not to provide for my children,” United Airlines worker Lisa Williams told reporters on Monday. “And I caved under duress and got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That was the single-worst decision of my life.” Williams, who worked for …
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In Saturday tweets, Associated Press reporter Colleen Long said she was on the Southwest flight from Houston, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and claimed she was almost “removed” after trying to ask the pilot about using the phrase. “That feeling when you’re trying to go on vacation and then the …
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The crew of the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft is set to stay on the Tianhe core module for 183 days – the longest in Chinese history – before returning to Earth in April 2022. The taikonauts are 55-year-old Zhai Zhigang, 41-year-old Wang Yaping, and 41-year-old Ye Guangfu. The last crew returned to …
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Following thousands of flight cancellations and a union lawsuit against the company for implementing mandatory Covid-19 vaccination, Kelly insisted during an interview with CNBC’s Squawk on the Street that its mandate had “zero” connection to the chaos, and that they have “no issue” with employees. “We’re urging all of our …
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The free-flight launch for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) was conducted successfully last week and met “all primary test objectives,” the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said in a press release on Monday. It was the first successful test of the system made public by the military. “This …
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“The new situation resulting from the end of Operation Barkhane puts Mali before a fait accompli – abandoning us, mid flight to a certain extent,” Maiga said as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. Operation Barkhane, a France-led military campaign against Islamist insurgents in Mali that started …
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The last C-17 Globemaster transport lifted off from Kabul at 3:29pm East Coast time, General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the CENTCOM officially announced on Monday, calling it “the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan.” With the last US military flight departed, McKenzie said every single US service member had now left …
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Operation Pitting has now come to an end, with British military forces evacuating more than 15,000 British nationals and Afghan allies, including over 2000 children. Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the end of Britain’s 20-year campaign in Afghanistan in a statement released through Twitter. “I want to thank everyone involved …
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The aircraft was scheduled to depart from Britain’s Luton Airport and arrive in the Afghan capital to evacuate Farthing’s team on Friday, but was called off soon after a pair of suicide bombings rocked the Kabul airport and a hotel nearby, the BBC reported. The evacuation attempt would have seen …
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