2011 PARIS AIR SHOW — Here’s Lt. Col. Lee Merkel of Dover AFB, Delaware talking about some the improvements he notices from a pilot’s perspective with regard to the newly renovated Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy. He was talking to me aboard a C-5M on display at this year’s show. This particular jet was built in […]
From the monthly archives:
June 2011
By David Reeder The Investigative Project on Terrorism recently reported that jihadist organizations are establishing a Facebook presence (though it’s more accurate to say they’re increasing their Facebook presence). Groups such as al Qaeda and al Shabaab are using social media to “bypass restrictions on terrorist organizations and to pass on videos, pictures and documents […]
By Kevin Coleman — Defense Tech Cyber Warfare Correspondent You would have to have been totally isolated from the Internet to have missed all the coverage about cyber attacks on U.S. targets that have been attributed to China. Some claim that attacks from the U.S. on China are equal to those the U.S. gets from […]
2011 PARIS AIR SHOW — Here’s a panorama of the glass cockpit of the C-5M Super Galaxy here. You can clearly see the upgraded flight displays and some of the improved navigator’s station on the right side of the flight deck behind the pilots’ seating. Pardon the akward angles as I shot the rear of […]
2011 PARIS AIR SHOW — Check out this panoramic shot of the 2011 Paris Air Show Static display that I took yesterday from the roof hatch of one of only five Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxys in existence. Needless to say, it was an awesome experience. Notice how small that C-17 Globemaster III looks. The airplane […]
