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Royla Dutch AF MMF51 Airbus A330
169230 USAF C-130 Hercules
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Royal Australian AF BONDI72 C-17
RCH844 and RCH432 USAF C-17 Globemasters-432 going on descent to Al Dhafra
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RCH817 USAF C-17 Globemaster
MOOSE99 USAF C-17 Globemaster
Spanish AF AME3157 A400M Airbus
Departing Gulf area
French AF CTM1607 departed Al Dhafra AB nw
SAM922 USAF G5west from JBA depart wif CLUBB22 USAF E-4B Nightwatch on final at Wright-Patterson AFB after a trip east from Lincoln Muni, NE
>>85801 pb Upstart Holdings,Inc. sold by Anna Counselman: $122.72m-Aug 19
Upstart Holdings, Inc. sold by Third Point, LLC: $198.23m-Aug 20,23,24
Sale by largest shareholder-cap #2
DANIEL S. LOEB-Founder & CEO
Daniel S. Loeb is CEO of Third Point LLC, a New York-based asset management firm founded in 1995. Third Point invests in equity and credit securities in U.S. and international markets. The firm often engages with company management and boards to improve performance and will also take passive stakes in companies with a long-term view of value creation. In addition to offering behind-the-scenes advice to numerous companies, Daniel has served on five publicly traded company boards: Ligand Pharmaceuticals; POGO Producing Co.; Massey Energy; Yahoo!; and Sotheby’s, where he helped oversee the successful sale of the company. He is a strong supporter of Jewish and Israel causes. Mr. Loeb is a trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System, where he established the Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease in memory of his late father. He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of Success Academy Charter Schools, where he also served as board Chairman from 2014-2019.
https://www.thirdpoint.com/executive-team/daniel-s-loeb/
https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1300345&tc=7&b=2
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BOXER47 USAF C-40C departed Kyiv, Ukraine earlier today and had a ground stop at Shannon for refuel
Inbound to JBA from dat.
Kurt Volker former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine negotiations** setting the details for a visit here by Zelensky with Not AF1 Joe on August 31
**served as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership.
Volker on Zelensky’s visit to U.S.: Kyiv, Washington should establish they are “on the same side of the table”
The most important part of the U.S. visit of President Volodymyr Zelensky will be to try to establish the United States and Ukraine operating as genuine strategic partners, looking at issues and dealing with issues together. That’s according to former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine negotiations, Kurt Volker, who gave a comment to Ukrinform. “First off, I think the most important about the Zelensky trip will be to try to establish the United States and Ukraine operating as genuine strategic partners, on the same side of the table, looking at issues and dealing with issues together.” The former diplomat added that “too often we have seen us complaining about Ukrainians – ‘you need to do this, you need to do that’ – and Ukrainians being unhappy with the U.S. for one reason or another, whether it’s Nord Stream (2 – ed.) or its ships turning around in the Black Sea, or too much finger-wagging and not enough support.” “So I hope we get over this,” the former U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations stressed. If both parties are able to do that, Volker added, an honest conversation ought to follow on how the U.S. could “advance Ukraine’s NATO aspirations.”
In this context, the NATO Membership Action Plan, Volker believes, has become “an obstacle rather than a pathway” as certain countries exploit the MAP, saying Ukraine must have it but yet it can’t. Asked what agreements he believes could be signed during Zelensky’s trip, including on security and defense, Volker said preparations must be still underway. At the same time, he suggested some agreements might be sealed on reform and governance, as well as on energy, noting that “on security there really needs to be something.” “I think it’s a principled issue here in Ukraine. Whether it’s physical security or energy security, and even developing the economy is a matter of security for Ukraine,” said Kurt Volker.
So this is the ground, he believes, where the U.S. could meet Ukraine and talk about advancing Ukraine’s security as this is “in our interest as well,” underlined Volker. As reported earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky will be visiting the U.S. late August, on the invitation of U.S. President Joe Biden.
The visit will kick off on August 30, while the summit of the two presidents was rescheduled for August 31 due to its format being extended to include a one-on-one meeting, as reported by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3303202-volker-on-zelenskys-visit-to-us-kyiv-washington-should-establish-they-are-on-the-same-side-of-the-table.html
MOOSE67 and RCH835 USAF C-17 out and back to Al Udeid
RAF NAG94XT C-17 out with 169230 USAF C-130 Hercules behind them
Royal Canadian AF RACER26 C-17 ahead of those two
RAF NAG97XT C-17 heading in with 63-7995 USAF KC-135 tanker making the left turn for Paki infornt on them
Up ahead is RCH817 USAF C-17 and will drop from screen shortly
Moving to the west we habs RCH844 USAF C-17 out from Paki and on a holding pattern in southern Qatar
Royal Dutch AF MMF51 continues nw from it's Paki exit and heading to Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport
>>85743 pb Door Dash, Inc. sold by Softbank: $ 2.06B-Aug 19
In you couldn't make this shit up even if you tried news
This was sort of announced in July in an advisory role..nao full on retard
SoftBank enlists ex-Mossad chief as investment adviser
Yossi Cohen brings Vision Fund his connections to Israel's tech scene.
As SoftBank Group's Vision Fund looks to invest in Israel's cybersecurity startups run by military veterans, it has turned to a former chief of the country's legendary spy agency to navigate the scene.
Yossi Cohen, who had retired as director of the Mossad, joined the fund in July in an advisory role. The Vision Fund is counting on Cohen's extensive connections cultivated through his years leading the intelligence agency to identify promising technology companies, many of which have links to Israel's military. The world's top venture capital fund is turning its sights to Israel's booming tech industry as the value of its holdings in Chinese companies plunge amid Beijing's crackdown on tech companies. The fund is also counting on Cohen's intel on the Middle East as it looks for more investors. In particular, Tokyo-based SoftBank seeks to expand its cybersecurity portfolio. Securing online connections has become crucial with the rise of the Internet of Things and self-driving technology.
SoftBank is already ramping up investments in Israel. IoT startup Wiliot said in late July that it received $200 million in a Series C funding round led by the Vision Fund 2. Wiliot's sensor tags run on radio frequency energy from their surroundings instead of batteries. The tags can collect such data as temperature and humidity, and they have already been shipped for use in pharmaceutical and retail logistics chains. AnyVision, a developer of artificial-intelligence-based facial recognition technology, has raised $235 million in a funding round co-led by the Vision Fund 2. The fund is also set to buy into online investment platform eToro when the Israeli company lists on Nasdaq this year via a special-purpose acquisition company.
Israel is a hotbed of technology startups. Veterans launch new businesses based on technology developed by the military, cultivating fertile ground for the semiconductor and software industries. The high number of auto-related enterprises such as autonomous-driving company Mobileye, which was acquired by Intel in 2017 has spurred Japanese and European automakers to establish a presence there.
CB Insights' list of unicorns, or privately held startups valued at $1 billion or more, includes 18 Israeli entries -- triple Japan's tally. Among these are cybersecurity companies Transmit Security and Orca Security, respectively worth $2.74 billion and $1.75 billion. The Vision Fund rush into Israel has been driven by not only the merits of that market, but also uncertainty surrounding existing investments, particularly in China. SoftBank's initial $100 billion Vision Fund turned heads with big, splashy investments in the likes of top U.S. ride-hailing company Uber, where it was for a time the top shareholder. It has also targeted fast-growing companies in China, such as leading ride-hailer Didi Global and freight platform Full Truck Alliance. This came after the WeWork debacle of 2019 that led to SoftBank's largest-ever loss. Mitigating risk by diversifying into markets beyond the U.S. and China has become more important than ever for the company. But the Chinese government moved in July to tighten restrictions on U.S. listings of Chinese companies. Didi shares plunged that month after regulators ordered app stores to remove its apps, and the Vision Fund racked up $4 billion in paper losses on its Didi bet, according to the Financial Times.
There may be more to Cohen's appointment than tapping Israel's startup scene. While the Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth funds that invested in the first Vision Fund have not joined the sequel, which is funded with SoftBank capital alone, the possibility of future involvement has not been ruled out. Relations between Israel and the UAE have been improving, with Israel opening an embassy in Abu Dhabi. Having a former Mossad chief on board could help SoftBank keep tabs on the Middle East situation while feeling out the potential for future investment in its funds.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/SoftBank2/Most-wanted-SoftBank-enlists-ex-Mossad-chief-as-investment-adviser
from Aug 16
Police open probe against ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen over tycoon’s cash gift
https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-open-probe-against-ex-mossad-chief-yossi-cohen-over-tycoons-cash-gift/