An A-10 Warthog’s practice bombing run hit a snag and caused planes to be delayed by about 20 minutes at Bradley Airport in Connecticut earlier this week, reports Larry Smith of The Hartford Courant. The A-10 from the Air National Guard’s 103rd Fighter Wing was equipped with a 25-pound practice round that subs for a 500-pound bomb during training, but the dummy bomb would not release during the flight, despite attempts to shake it off. Instead, it fell off as the fighter was landing at Bradley. Air National Guardsmen carefully removed the bomb debris; the bomb contained an unexploded shotgun charge.
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.