wonder if nato is flying in Ukraine….
If one gets shot down they will just call it a training accident…be on the look out…
that's poison to pepe
Fighter jet crashes on former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's family property; pilots OK
Sofia Sanchez, Karl Puckett , Sam Ogozalek, Kacen Bayless and Rachel Jones - The State (Columbia, S.C.) (TNS) Mar 4, 2022
An F/A-18D Hornet military jet crashed on former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s family property in Beaufort County on Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Marine Corps and witnesses.
The combat jet went down at about 3:15 p.m., according to a Marine Corps news release. The plane crashed on Coosaw Plantation near Halfmoon Island, said Sarah Sanford Rauch, the former governor’s sister.
Two Marine pilots were able to safely eject from the jet and are in stable condition, the Marine Corps said. They were “conducting a routine flight.”
Rauch, who saw the jet take off from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, said one pilot had a “really bloody lip” after the crash, but otherwise was fine.
Sanford, the former governor, said the jet crashed near where his late father is buried on Coosaw Plantation, which is the family’s property. Sanford and his siblings grew up there, said the former governor, who was not at the scene Thursday afternoon.
“It’s been pandemonium,” Sanford said when reached by phone.
Rauch, his sister, in a phone call Thursday provided this account of the crash, which she said caused a “colossal explosion”:
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San Diego — Dozens of U.S. Navy officials have admitted to being bought off by the gregarious, rotund Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who plied them with prostitutes, Cuban cigars and free stays at the Philippines’ Shangri-La hotel, among other things.
Now as the last five of 34 defendants stand trial in federal court in San Diego, what’s more shocking is how little the case has changed the Navy’s way of doing business, according to former military officers and government watchdog advocates.“You would expect that one of the largest corruption scandals in the history of the United States Navy would provoke pretty dramatic changes to prevent something like this from happening again in the future. But sadly, that’s not really the case,” said Dan Grazier, a former Marine who now works as a military analyst at the Project on Government Oversight in Washington.
The case has centered around Leonard Glenn Francis who admitted in 2015 to offering $500,000 in bribes to Navy officers. In exchange, the officers passed him classified information and even went so far as redirecting military vessels to ports that were lucrative for his Singapore-based ship servicing company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, or GDMA.Twenty-nine people, mostly Navy officials, have pleaded guilty to helping Francis including providing classified ship schedules in exchange for extravagant outings in South Asia with prostitutes and meals with tabs totaling more than $20,000.
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/03/02/fat-leonard-bribery-trial-to-expose-pervasive-problem-analysts-say/
The monarch, who is also Queen of Canada, could be seen gesturing to herself as Mr Trudeau laughed with her in the Oak Room sitting room.
Behind her sat a large vase of vibrant blue and yellow flowers, sharing the same colours of the Ukrainian flag.
The flowers - and possibly the Queen's dress of the same colours - appeared to hint at the monarch's support for Ukraine, with a senior royal source telling The Sun "very little tends to be an accident".
Mr Trudeau is in the UK to discuss the war between Russia and Ukraine with Boris Johnson and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
The Queen, who rarely shares political messages, is already said to have made an undisclosed contribution to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to help Ukrainian's in their time of need.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/17870883/queen-secret-message-ukraine-support/