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good morning
CLUB25 USAF E-4B Nightwatch departed Wright-Patterson AFB ws
SAM867 USAF C-32A (used as AF2 and by State Dept) west from JBA
BOXER85 USAF C-40C ws and BOXR022 sw from JBA Depart
BOXR739 USAF C-40C doin' a few go arounds at JBA
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of corruption and sentenced to one year in prison
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption and influence peddling by a Paris court Monday and was sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year suspended sentence. Sarkozy served as president from 2007 to 2012 and was convicted over attempts to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate regarding a lawsuit involving the former leader. The 66-year-old politician was told he would be entitled to request being detained in-home with an electronic bracelet.
Last year, Sarkozy denied any allegations against him during a 10-day trial over his charges. He stands as the first former president in France's modern history to have gone to trial for corruption. Sarkozy will endure an additional trial later this month, with 13 others, facing charges of illegal financing his 2012 presidential campaign. Sarkozy's conservative party is suspected by prosecutors of spending 42.8 million euros ($50.7 million) to finance his campaign, reportedly nearly twice the authorized spending amount. A separate investigation opened accuses the former president of taking millions from the late-Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to finance his 2007 campaign. He was detained by police over the matter in 2018.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-french-president-sentenced-to-prison
habs sumthing for ya later
Nope
Fauxtus is still in Delaware and will be departing New Castle Cty Airport shortly.
The last time I saw 82-8000 was friday heading back from Houston.
I think if that was truly there many moar would have seen it.
Not like Orlando Int'l is a small airport
No timestamp on it it either
BOXR022 USAF C-40C departed Bragg after quick ground stop
morning
not off top of muh head
The Navy Brass AC's use VV and usually a G5.
That may be an Osprey
Not AF1
09-0016 USAF C-32A departed New Castle Cty Airport, DL for JBA
Also home of Delaware ANG
09-0017 USAF C-32A departed JBA on a hold waiting (for quite a long time too) for Fauxtus in 09-0016 C-32A from New Castle Cty Airport
60-0315 USAF KC 135 tanker as the mobile filling station
00-9001 USAFSOC C-32B departed McGuire AFB, NJ sw and heading to JBA
TALKY01 US Navy E-6B Mercury sw from Pax River Depart just west of Richmond, VA
09-0016 USAF C-32A on final approach for JBA
Japanese AF JF171 KC-767 tanker on descent for Dover AFB-departed Travis AFB earlier this morning
00-9001 USAFSOC C-32B headed off-shore from a hold pattern waiting for 09-0016 to clear the airspace
CLUB25 USAF E-4B Nightwatch on descent for Dyess AFB, Abilene TX from Wright-Patterson AFB
Sec. of Defense AC
BOXER85 USAF C-40 C heading for Ardmore Regional Airport, TX from JBA
CREED16 USAF E-4B Nightwatch departed Edwards AFB ne after an extended stay
DoorDash discloses early expiration of lockup agreements on about 114 million shares
DoorDash Inc. DASH, 2.13% disclosed Monday that the underwriters of its initial public offering have agreed to an early expiration of some of lock-up agreements, which could make more than 110 million shares available for sale. The stock, which went public on Dec. 9, rose 1.9% in morning trading. The food-delivery platform the shares will become eligible for sales on March 9, or about three months before the expiration of the original 180-day lock-up agreement. The company had said that in the case of an early expiration of some of the lock-up agreements, 95,709,974 Class A shares held by former holders of convertible preferred stock, 6,262,890 of Class A shares held by board members and management and 11,889,744 shares of Class A shares held by all other holders a total of about 113.9 million shares would be eligible for sale. That represents about 35.8% of the total shares outstanding, and could effectively more than double the public float.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/doordash-discloses-early-expiration-of-lockup-agreements-on-about-114-million-shares-2021-03-01
SAM867 USAF C-32A on approach at Peterson AFB
>>64308 Japanese AF JF171 KC-767 tanker on descent for Dover AFB-departed Travis AFB earlier this morning
hmmm…
Ghosn’s Accused Smugglers Sent to Japan From U.S. to Face Charges
Two Americans accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. executive Carlos Ghosn out of Tokyo have been transferred by the American authorities to Japanese custody after losing a months-long extradition fight to remain in the U.S. Michael Taylor and his son Peter were handed over to Japanese custody on Monday morning, according to another son, Rudy Taylor. The Taylors face a possible prison sentence of three years on charges they engineered the audacious December 2019 escape in which Ghosn hid inside a black box that was loaded onto a charter jet. The auto executive remains a fugitive.
For months, the Taylors battled extradition in court, arguing the allegations against them did not constitute a crime under Japan’s penal code and that conditions in the country’s prisons amounted to torture. They also hired lobbyists in Washington to press their case with the Trump administration. But none of those efforts paid off. In recent weeks, the federal appeals court in Massachusetts and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt the extradition, and the State Department authorized the transfer. Michael Taylor, a security contractor and former Green Beret, has never denied helping Ghosn escape and even described the operation in an interview with Vanity Fair. At the time he fled Japan, Ghosn was free on bail while facing trial on charges of financial misconduct. The Japanese authorities alleged that Peter Taylor met with Ghosn several times before the escape. The Taylors have maintained that Peter played no role in the operation.
The Taylors were arrested in May 2020 at Japan’s request and were held in a jail outside Boston as they fought extradition. If convicted in Tokyo, it’s not clear if they’ll get credit for time served in the U.S. In a letter to the Taylors’ lawyers on Feb. 22, the State Department said it will “inform the Government of Japan of the amount of time they have been detained,” according to a copy reviewed by Bloomberg News, “so this can be factored into any sentence that may ultimately be imposed under Japanese law, if appropriate.” Ghosn, who has denied the allegations of financial crimes, is living in Beirut. Lebanon does not have an extradition agreement with Japan.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ghosn-s-accused-smugglers-sent-to-japan-from-u-s-to-face-charges-1.1570468
>>63990, >>63991 pb Moderna, Inc. sold by co-founder/Chair: $986.44m-Feb. 22,23,24
AstraZeneca sold out of vaccine maker Moderna last year
AstraZeneca sold a stake it held in rival COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna over the course of last year, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker’s latest annual report shows. London-listed AstraZeneca did not specify how much it sold the stake for, but said that “a large proportion” of the $1.38 billion it recorded in equity portfolio sales last year came from the Moderna disposal.
Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine was cleared for U.S. emergency use in December, last week said it was expecting $18.4 billion in sales from the vaccine this year, putting it on track for its first profit since its founding in 2010.
AstraZeneca initially invested in Moderna in 2013, paying it $240 million upfront and later building up its stake as it bet on newer technologies to offset losses from patent expiries Shares in Texas-based Moderna, which listed in 2018, surged more than five times in value last year after starting development of its COVID-19 vaccine and receiving its first approval within the span of a few months. Moderna’s shot uses a new technology called mRNA, which relies on synthetic genes to send a message to the body’s immune system to build immunity and can be produced at scale more rapidly than conventional vaccines like AstraZeneca’s.
Cambridge, England-based AstraZeneca’s vaccine being developed with Oxford University uses a weakened version of a chimpanzee common cold virus to deliver immunity-building proteins to the body.
https://www.reuters.com/article/astrazeneca-moderna-stake/update-4-astrazeneca-sells-stake-in-vaccine-maker-moderna-for-nearly-1-billion-idUSL2N2KY0N6
June 6th, 2020
Bill Gates' Foundation Promise $750M For COVID-19 Vaccine Developed By Oxford Scientists
Bill Gates has one again stepped up to help the world fight against COVID-19, this time through his philanthropic venture Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The tech billionaire has poured in $750 million to ensure the global supply of a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by British drug maker AstraZeneca.
AstraZeneca is working with researchers from Oxford University for the potential vaccine. Although the vaccine is still in the development stage, the company has already committed to its mass production and availability. The idea is to shorten the long timeline of vaccine production.
The new funds will be used to increase the supply of the vaccine globally. With this, the total units of the vaccine available for dispense (once developed) will be more than 2 billion.
https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/bill-gates-backed-foundations-promise-750m-for-covid-19-vaccine-developed-by-oxford-scientists-515032.html
GTMO845 US Navy Beech Huron departed NAS Key West after a ground stop-prior stop at Ft. Lauderdale Int'l
GORDO11 USAF E-4B Nightwatch west from Wright-Patterson AFB to Lincoln Muni Airport, NE
Ops being transferred to Lincoln
SAM679 USAF G5 departed Kona Int'l Airport after an overnight
Cap#2 arrival yesterday
'Roaring Kitty' no longer has financial broker license
The Massachusetts financial professional who gained notoriety as GameStop bull “Roaring Kitty” is no longer a broker registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, according to the organization’s online records.
Keith Gill, known as Roaring Kitty on YouTube and DeepF***ingValue on Reddit, is no longer a registered financial broker as of Feb. 26, the FINRA records show. Gill became a central figure in a January trading frenzy in which shares of the ailing videogame retailer surged more than 1,000% in two weeks, driven by interest among retail investors in online forums.
Gill, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, is no longer licensed to act as a broker buying and selling securities on behalf of clients or as an investor adviser providing advice about securities to clients. He had been registered as an agent for MML Investors Services LLC, the broker-dealer arm of MassMutual.
MML Investor Services filed the termination request for Gill with FINRA on Friday, stating that an internal review of his “outside activities” was ongoing. A spokesperson for MassMutual did not respond immediately to a request for comment. Gill’s last date of employment with the firm was Jan. 28. A FINRA spokeswoman said a person’s registration is terminated when he or she is no longer employed by a registered firm. She declined to comment on specific individuals.
Last month, Gill was sued for allegedly violating securities laws and causing “huge losses” for investors. He has rebutted claims he violated any laws in testimony to lawmakers. His online broker profile now flags the pending litigation, as well as an ongoing investigation by Massachusetts financial regulators.
Gill is expected to appear before Massachusetts regulators later this week.
https://www.reuters.com/article/retail-trading-roaringkitty/roaring-kitty-no-longer-has-financial-broker-license-filing-idUSL2N2KZ2GX
SAM867 USAF C-32A departed Peterson AFB after a ground stop east
AAAAAAA US Navy F-16 east from Fallon, AFB NV and starting a descent
Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center located at Fallon
Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC) at Naval Air Station Fallon is the center of excellence for naval aviation training and tactics development. NAWDC provides service to aircrews, squadrons and air wings throughout the United States Navy through flight training, academic instructional classes, and direct operational and intelligence support. The command consists of more than 120 officers, 140 enlisted and 50 contract personnel. NAWDC flies and maintains F/A-18C/D Hornets, F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, E/A-18G Growlers, F-16 Fighting Falcons and MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.
moar
https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrsw/installations/nas_fallon/about/nawdc.html