SAM541 USAF G5 inbound from Ramstein AFB overnight-origin of Dubai Int'l and ground stop at Doha, Qatar
C-130's sw from JBA arrive and unload led by HAWG12 and on descent for Little Rock, AR
99-6143 USAFSOC C-32B ne from Eglin
BAT13 14 USAF C-130's se from Sioux City, IA
GOFER03 C-130 se from Minneapolis, MN
EU exploring 7-yr, 30-yr bonds for SURE issuance
The European Union is sounding out investors to issue seven- and 30-year bonds for its first debt issuance of the year backing the SURE unemployment scheme, three market sources told Reuters on Monday.
The EU last week sent out a request for proposals, which issuers send out to investment banks signalling their intention to bring a deal to the market, Refinitiv capital markets news service IFR reported.
Spokespeople for the European Commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-recovery-bonds/eu-exploring-7-yr-30-yr-bonds-for-sure-issuance-sources-idUSL8N2JT3HN
“Fire in Navy Yard DC. Smoke pouring out from under the highway.”
“smoke visible from Navy Yard looking NE”
“Looks to be a car fire on 695? Tons of black smoke coming up from North Navy Yard.”
https://www.popville.com/2021/01/fire-in-navy-yard-dc-smoke-pouring-out-from-under-the-highway/
SAM541 USAF G5 on descent for JBA from Ramstein
FUME04 US Navy E-6B down the coast from Pax River
99-6143 USAFSOC C-32B heading west from it's Bragg ground stop
BAT14 USAF KC-135 tanker on approach at JBA with a few C-130's from Minnesota ANG inbound to JBA as well
VV100 US Navy G5 continues ne from Cape Canaveral AF Station depart
yeah they look like organic POTUS supporters /s
German parliament presses Merkel to extend insolvency waiver
Germany’s upper house of parliament called on Monday for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to extend a waiver on insolvency filings for firms hit by the coronavirus crisis. The provision, which is due to expire at the end of the month, has helped reduce the number of bankruptcies in Europe’s largest economy through lockdown, with the Federal Statistics Office last week reporting a 31.9% year-on-year drop in October.
The Bundesrat upper house called unanimously in a resolution for an extension to the waiver, saying that without it healthy but indebted companies would be forced to file for insolvency “through no fault of their own”.
Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht and the parliamentary group of the Social Democrats (SPD), junior partners in the ruling coalition, are also pushing for an extension. They have met resistance from Merkel’s conservatives. Critics say Berlin risks impeding what economic liberals call “creative destruction”, the term popularised in the 1940s by Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter to describe unviable firms folding to make way for more dynamic newcomers.
The issue is knowing how to distinguish the zombies, generally defined as companies which would anyway struggle to cover their interest payments, from essentially healthy firms that have run into temporary trouble. Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, said on Monday the economy is managing to stay afloat but could suffer a “sizeable setback” if coronavirus curbs are extended again.
Merkel wants “very fast action” to counter the spread of COVID-19 mutations and has brought forward a meeting with regional leaders to Tuesday to discuss tougher restrictions.
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-germany-insolvencies/german-parliament-presses-merkel-to-extend-insolvency-waiver-idUSL8N2JT3NK
Don't take the punch bowl away Frau Merkel..we need to show people wut Moral hazard really looks like.
99-6143 USAFSOC C-32B with it's usual freezing on descent at Ft. Campbell
ground stop here then mebby east to NAS Oceana or back to Eglin
Israeli AF 679 G5 Nachshon Eitam and 684 Nachshon Shavit G5
The Gulfstream V 'Nachshon Shavit' is used as an airborne Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) platform and was officially ordered in November 2001. Three 'green' modified airframes were delivered by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. to Israel in June 2005, February 2006 and August 2006 for fit-out by Israel Aerospace industries (IAI) with an Airborne Integrated SIGINT System. Active with the Israeli Air Force during the July/August 2006 Lebanon War, the first delivered aircraft went into action only a very short time after reaching its initial operational capability. When on a mission the Nachshon Shavit searches, intercepts, locates, analyses, classifies and monitors transmissions that originate from air-, land- and sea-based transmitters. The aircraft are based at Nevatim as part of the 122 'The Nachshon' Squadron.
The Gulfstream G550 'Nachshon Aitam' was modified for the Conformal Airborne Early Warning (CAEW) mission by IAI. Ordered in August 2003, the first of two aircraft was delivered 'green' to Israel in September 2006 after which it was locally fitted with the IAI Elta mission equipment. IAI delivered the first mission-configured Nachshon Aitam to the IAF (Nevatim, 122 Squadron) in February 2008 and the second following in May 2008.
https://gulfbiz.jimdo.com/s-pecial-mission/caew-iaf/
that ought to stir 'em up next door d2l
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