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COBRA51 USAF RC-135S Cobra Ball north from Offutt AFB, Omaha-NE and a change of direction over Spirit Lake Reservation
A little snow this morning
Mission flight crew: (minimum) Three electronic warfare officers, two airborne systems engineers, and two airborne mission specialists The RC-135S Cobra Ball flies Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed missions of national priority to collect optical and electronic data on ballistic targets. This data is intended to support arms treaty compliance verification, and development of U.S. strategic defense and theater missile defense concepts. The RC-135S is a militarized Boeing 707 civilian airliner and is equipped with a sophisticated array of optical and electronic sensors, recording media, and communications equipment, is a national asset uniquely suited to provide America's leaders and defense community with vital information that cannot be obtained by any other source. Crew composition includes a minimum of two pilots, one navigator, three electronic warfare officers, two airborne systems engineers, and two or more airborne mission specialists.
https://www.military.com/equipment/rc-135s-cobra-ball
UAE AF UAF1230 C-17 Globemaster inbound from Prestwick Airport, Glasgow-Scotland
98-0001 USAF C-32A departing JBA to the southwest
AZAZ0909 US Army C-560 departed Newport News Int'l west
VENUS62 USAF G5 out of JBA heading east now over NC/VA border
98-0001 USAF C-32A continues sw
Honda to quit Formula One racing after 2021 season
Honda Motor is ending its participation in the FIA Formula One World Championship after competing in the 2021 season, the company announced on Friday. Honda cited its focus on efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 as the reason, through technologies such as electric and fuel-cell vehicles.
"Honda needs to funnel its corporate resources in research and development into the areas of future power unit and energy technologies," the Japanese carmaker said in a statement. Honda returned to F1 racing in 2015, in its fourth foray into the sport providing power units including engines to the McLaren team. Through the end of the 2021 F1 season, it will be working with the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri racing teams.
Honda reported a net loss of 80.8 billion yen ($770 million) in the April-June quarter, as the economic effects of the global coronavirus pandemic took hold. "Although many inside the company believed we should continue to race, we decided that we should use the resources of our engineers on the environment," President and CEO Takahiro Hachigo said in an online news conference. The auto industry faces headwinds due in part to stronger emissions rules being introduced around the world. The U.K. and France plan to ban sales of new vehicles with internal combustion engines, such as those that run on gasoline or diesel, by 2035 and 2040, respectively. The U.S. state of California will require that all new cars sold be zero-emission vehicles by 2035, according to a plan announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September. Honda aims to have electrified vehicles such as hybrids account for two-thirds of its global sales by around 2030. When it announced its exit from F1 racing on Friday, it also unveiled a new target to achieve carbon neutrality having a net zero carbon footprint in 2050.
In electric vehicles, Honda has fallen behind major overseas players such as Tesla, which holds a roughly 20% market share. It hopes to make strides in this field through such steps as its strategic partnership with General Motors announced in September, but it remains to be seen whether it can fully tap the resources freed from its withdrawal from F1.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Honda-to-quit-Formula-One-racing-after-2021-season