http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bombers/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:49:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416529/posts The number of strategic bombers performing routine patrols could be doubled if the Russian General Staff makes such a decision, the commander of Russia's strategic aviation said Tuesday. Russia resumed strategic bomber patrol flights over the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans, the Black Sea and along the borders of the Commonwealth of Independent States in August 2007, following an order from then-president Vladimir Putin. "As a rule, up to four strategic bombers perform patrol flights simultaneously. However, under specific circumstances and on orders from the General Staff, their number could be increased to up to eight aircraft," Maj. Gen. Anatoly... RIA Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416529/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416158/posts Cops fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await Internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416158/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:34:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404363/posts U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz says that the service’s forthcoming budget request, though pinched by the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will likely include money for a new bomber and a new space surveillance system. The on-again-off-again Next-Generation Bomber (or NGB, also called Long-Range Strike), could re-emerge with the Pentagon’s fiscal 2011 spending request going to Capitol Hill in February, Schwartz said during a luncheon speech last week at the Credit Suisse/Aviation Week Aerospace & Defense Finance conference here. Defense Secretary Robert Gates put a hold on the NGB program last spring in... Aviation Week and Space Technology http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404363/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382630/posts A Russian Tu-142M3 reconnaissance aircraft recently crashed twenty kilometers off the Pacific coast, during a training mission. The Tu-142 is an unarmed maritime patrol aircraft that, in the last few years, have resumed long range patrols. Such activity had been halted in the early 1990s. The Tu-142, which was introduced in the 1970s, is the patrol version of the Tu-95 heavy bomber. This aircraft entered service 51 years ago, and is expected to remain in service, along with the Tu-142 variant, for another three decades. But these elderly aircraft are increasingly expensive to maintain, and prone to developing unexpected problems.... The Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382630/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376933/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2009 – Iraqi security forces arrested 13 people today during three operations in connection with car-bomb networks between Baghdad and Kirkuk, military officials reported. Working with U.S. advisors, an Iraqi unit arrested a suspected member of a vehicle-bomb network in southern Kirkuk. A warrant accuses the suspect of being linked to network members associated with June 20 bombings in Taza that killed more than 90 people. During the operation, the Iraqi unit arrested a second man based on information found at the scene. In a separate operation about 55 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police arrested two... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376933/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369356/posts PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A mine killed 16 wedding guests in Pakistan's tribal belt on Friday while a suicide bomber targeted an air force base, inflicting another reverse on the military in its war on the Taliban. A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar, wounding 15 and underlining the threat to civilians in a nation where more than 190 people have died during Taliban-linked attacks in 19 days. The explosion ripped through the wedding party minibus in the Sorandara area of Mohmand, where security forces have been pressing an offensive against Islamist rebels for... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369356/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:50:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356251/posts Travellers to Europe face being treated like drug smugglers as security chiefs are expected to recommend new intrusive security measures. French anti-terror chiefs are expected to propose the new measures, such as full body X-rays or handing in all electronic devices, after a terrorist tried to kill a Saudi prince with a bomb he had inserted into his body. Al Qaeda's latest ploy was first pioneered by Abdullah Hassan al Asiri, who blew himself apart in Jeddah in late August in an attack on Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the Saudi anti-terrorism chief. The 23-year-old terrorist blew himself into 70 pieces... Mail Foreign Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356251/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:08:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353975/posts Officials from 8th Air Force here reached a milestone in nuclear enterprise transformation Oct. 1 with the transfer of nonbomber units to 9th Air Force and 12th Air Force. Under this unit reassignment, 12th Air Force officials at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., gains control of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, Calif.; the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Neb.; and the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker AFB, Okla. Officials from 9th Air Force at Shaw AFB, S.C., is now responsible for the 116th Air Control Wing at Robbins AFB, Ga.; and the 819th RED HORSE at Malmstrom... Global Security.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353975/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 05:49:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335074/posts England, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- British aviation regulators say the investigation into the accidental takeoff of a vintage Cold War bomber is closed. upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335074/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:37:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2332587/posts TEL AVIV: An Israeli art exhibition featuring photos of Palestinian suicide bombers pasted on to classic Madonna with Child paintings was cancelled A picture of a suicide bomber depicted as Madonna holding baby Jesus was removed from an exhibition in Tel Aviv. on Thursday amid protests from victims’ families The works, entitled “Ferror (Female Terrorism)” by two Israeli artists, show the faces of seven Palestinian women suicide bombers grafted on to famous paintings of the Virgin Mary. Neither the organisers nor the artists could be reached for comment, but several hours ahead of the planned opening workers were seen removing... news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2332587/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 01:25:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331593/posts Minot Air Force Base is preparing to activate a new B-52 bomber squadron that will send 10 more B-52s to the North Dakota base. The new unit will be the fourth B-52 squadron in the Air Force. Minot base already has one squadron and Barksdale Air Force Base has the other two B-52 units. The Air Force has not said whether the planes will be transferred from Barksdale or taken from backup aircraft. Air Force officials say adding the new squadron at Minot is part of plans to put a stronger emphasis on nuclear mission training for B-52 units. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331593/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227056/posts OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said he has asked the Russian government to start notifying Ottawa before sending bombers on training missions that approach Canada's borders and trigger intercepts by NORAD jets - saying he is puzzled as to what Moscow's ultimate goal is here. "I do sometimes wonder why the Russians would want to spend so much fuel to fly up to our borders," Mr. Cannon told reporters yesterday. "I don't have an answer on that." Arctic security experts say Norway is asking the same questions about other military operations the Russians have resumed in recent years... theglobeandmail. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227056/posts#comment Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:52:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206629/posts MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that the country could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela, the Interfax news agency reported, but a Kremlin official quickly said the military had been speaking only hypothetically. The U.S. and Russia have been trying to reset their relationship, severely strained over U.S. plans to position missile defense elements in Poland and the Czech Republic and by Russia's invasion of U.S. ally Georgia last year. Russia has nothing to gain strategically from basing long-range craft within relatively short range of U.S. shores, independent... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2206629/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164841/posts Obama pick faces questions over bombers' clemencyBy PETE YOST Associated Press Writer Originally published Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:05 PM WASHINGTON — New York police detective Anthony S. Senft's life changed forever when a bomb set by Puerto Rican separatists exploded, blowing him 15 feet in the air and blinding him in one eye. Now, he's angry that Eric Holder, who played a key role in awarding clemency to the bombers, is in line to be attorney general. Holder, as President Bill Clinton's deputy attorney general, worked closely with the Justice Department's pardon attorney to raise the possibility of... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164841/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:20:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114580/posts VIDEO HERE. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114580/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:15:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106101/posts A British Muslim convert who nursed an ambition of becoming a suicide bomber has admitted attempting to blow himself up in a restaurant with a nail bomb. Nicky Reilly, 22, who uses the adopted the Islamic name Mohamed Abdulaziz Rashid Saeed-Alim, pleaded guilty to launching the failed attack in Exeter on May 22. The Old Bailey heard that Reilly considered attacking a naval dockyard and a police station but instead deliberately chose to target civilians at the Giraffe restaurant in the Princesshay shopping centre. Reilly researched how to make a bomb, acquired the components and made three devices using caustic... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106101/posts#comment Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:16:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086858/posts NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) - Groups of Shiite extremists trained in Iran are returning to Iraq with plans to bomb high-profile targets, the chief of Dhi Qar province's police said Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT Brigadier General Sabah al-Fatlawi told AFP "Special Groups" (Shiite extremists) of around 10 fighters each are returning by crossing the border from Amara, the capital of Shiite Maysan province in the south. "The Special Groups are returning from Iran after receiving training in using new tactics. We have seized 20 motorcycle bombs in Nasiriyah. Some groups have arrived in Nasiriyah," Fatlawi said, referring to the capital of Dhi Qar,... afp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086858/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034422/posts BAGHDAD – Coalition forces detained 25 suspected terrorists, including two men wanted for their ties to Baghdad bombing networks, during operations Friday and Saturday targeting al-Qaeda around Iraq. Coalition forces captured two men wanted in connection to car bombing networks and seven alleged associates in Baghdad and Taji. One of the wanted men is also believed to share his bombing expertise with several terrorist cells. Coalition forces detained an additional suspected terrorist while targeting associates of AQI senior leaders in the Southern Belt around Baghdad An operation in Baqouba Friday that resulted in the capture of a wanted man and... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034422/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:28:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029395/posts The United States is seeing a sharp drop in the number of foreigners entering Iraq to become al Qaeda suicide bombers, according to intelligence and Bush administration sources. An administration official and a military adviser to Iraqi commanders attribute the decline to a fairly new phenomenon: Al Qaeda's call for mass killings in the name of Islam is losing some of its appeal with young Arabs in North Africa and Saudi Arabia, where most of the bombers originate. The decline also parallels the battlefield losses al Qaeda has suffered in the past 12 months in Iraq's Anbar province and the... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029395/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:49:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027357/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The mother's voice lacks emotion as she recalls how her daughter became a suicide bomber. art.car.cnn.jpg A woman used this car in a February 13 attack in Iraq. "God willing, she went to heaven," her mother says. "She wanted to die in the name of God," she says on a videotape, her face peering out from under a dark brown head scarf. "She told me she is sick of this life. ... So she spoke about the Americans. I told her, 'Where will you get Americans?' She said she will go after the Americans." CNN and IHT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027357/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:56:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008889/posts WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008 – Coalition and Afghan forces killed two terrorists and detained four in operations April 27 targeting a known suicide-bomb and homemade-bomb handler in the Bati Kowt district ofAfghanistan’s Nangarhar province. One Afghan security force member was killed during the operation. Coalition forces reported no casualties. In other operations the same day, Afghan National Army commandos and Afghan National Police, alongside coalition forces, killed an undisclosed number of insurgents in Galuch village, in Laghman province. (Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.) American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008889/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:51:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000420/posts Glasgow Airport bombers 'planned nightclub terror campaign' By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent Last Updated: 11:23pm BST 11/04/2008 Islamic extremists planned to carry out a series of spectacular terror attacks against British nightclubs, the Old Bailey has heard. Glasgow Airport bomber's email to brother Hundreds of people at one club in London escaped death last June only because two car bombs packed with improvised explosives and gas cylinders failed to go off. Sabeel Ahmed will be deported as soon as he is released One of the devices was left directly outside the Tiger Tiger club in the capital’s Haymarket area and... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000420/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:27:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992392/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two U.S. Air Force F-15s escorted two Russian Bear long-range bombers out of an air exclusion zone off the coast of Alaska, U.S. military officials said Wednesday. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992392/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:28:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991716/posts MOSCOW (Reuters) - NATO forces sent jets to escort two Russian long-range air force bombers patrolling neutral skies near Alaska on Wednesday, Russian news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying. Russia's military has resumed its Cold War practice of flying regular patrols far beyond its borders, and in the last year has also sent turbo-prop Tu-95s over U.S. naval aircraft carriers and the Pacific island of Guam. Accompanied by two Il-78 refueling tankers, the two Tu-95 "Bear" bombers flew for 15 hours over the Arctic and Pacific oceans, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Air Force spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky as... reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991716/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:27:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990325/posts ISLAMIC cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has returned to his hardline rhetoric with a call for followers to beat up Western tourists and for young Muslims to die as martyrs. In the sermon, organised by an Islamic youth organisation and delivered a few kilometres from the home village of convicted Bali bombers Amrozi and Mukhlas, Bashir likened tourists in Bali to "worms, snakes, maggots", and specifically referred to the immorality of Australian infidels. The address was caught on video by an Australian university student. "The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death," said the cleric, who was convicted of... 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