Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Major Watson sounded the call to alert of danger. He was right. We need him back on the job.

I hope his attorney is paying attention. The Major is being ignored and NEGLECTED. Nothing better happen to him. 

Three wholesome and healthy squares a day. Visitors when they arrive. Contact with attorney to prepare and present the case. Regular showers. Clean bedding and clothing. Exercise at will. Recreation with television, music, and computer.

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September 23, 2026
By Gabriel Dominguez

The US Air Force (click here) is shutting down a major research centre dedicated to open-source analysis of the Chinese military’s air, space, cyber and missile capabilities.

The China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) said in a statement on Tuesday that Air University, the US Air Force institution under which it operates, had decided to close the institute, with all of its roles becoming unfunded from October 1.

CASI said its employees would continue to work and get paid for now and that it expected to honour its existing commitments “through at least March of 2027”....


September 21, 2026
By Michael Marrow

WASHINGTON — The Air Force has revealed (click here) that the service will achieve a years-long goal of producing 1,500 pilots annually, a target that officials say is critical to reduce a shortfall of over 2,000 aviators.

But even if the Air Force can keep up that tempo for the foreseeable future, it will be “quite some time” until the service’s pilot shortage is resolved, the Air Force’s top training officer said Sept. 15.

“I can’t erase that pilot deficit in a short period of time,” Lt. Gen. Clark Quinn, the head of Air Education and Training Command, said in a roundtable with reporters on the sidelines of the Air & Space Forces Association conference.

Predicting how long it would take to make up the existing shortage is complicated by unpredictable retention rates driven in large part by fluctuating economic conditions, Quinn reasoned. Additionally, most of the current pilot shortfall is in staff positions, held by people well into their careers. That means replenishing those positions will take a considerable amount of time.

“It’s going to take 15 or 20 years to get those types of people. I can make them today, but those jobs won’t be filled for quite some time,” the general said. “I do know that if we don’t make 1,500, we’re never going to get that number down.”...

The tankers Hegseth sent into battle were NEVER made for combat.

22 September 2026
By Ryan Finnerty

US Air Force acquisitions chief unconvinced by industry proposals for survivable tanker (click here)

The current fleet of KC-46 and KC-135 refuellers lack the stealth characteristics to be considered survivable in hostile airspace.