There was another F-15C crackup in midair (see above), but instead of the pilot walking away with a busted shoulder, this one—Maj. James Duricy—was killed. Editor in Chief Robert Dudney recalls that 2002 fatal accident in his January editorial. In the 2002 event, part of the tail section broke off, forcing Duricy to eject at 900 mph. As Dudney reports, the Air Force has warned about aging aircraft for years, but, “evidently, the warnings haven’t registered.” In Dudney’s view: “Washington’s apathy toward USAF’s geriatric fleet comes close to outright negligence.” (Read more in “Catastrophic Failure.”)
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.