Air Force grounds more than 100 C-130 Hercules cargo planes over defective propeller barrels that could CRACK

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11268967/Air-Force-grounds-100-cargo-planes-defective-propeller-barrels-CRACK.html

• The Air Force Mobility Command has confirmed it grounded a large number of its C-130 Hercules cargo planes

• It is investigating how many were affected by faulty propeller barrels that could crack and leak fluid, which were installed on 100 C-130Hs

• They were also installed on the entire inventories of eight MC-130H Combat Talons, seven EC 130H Compass Calls and one TC-130H

• The groundings will affect the Air Force Reserves and the Air National Guard

• It is unclear how long it will take the Air Force to fix the defective barrels

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Overly Optimus-tic, Elon? Musk unveils new $20K humanoid robot… as AI experts call the Optimus bot a 'complete and utter scam' and 'next level cringeworthy‘

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11268973/Elon-Musk-unveils-20K-humanoid-Optimus-robot-Teslas-AI-Day-presentation.html

• The robot - teased at last year's event by a person in a spandex costume - was the star for the tech giant

• Musk claimed it would 'be a fundamental transformation for civilization as we know it'

• In a video from the AI Day, 'Optimus' is unveiled before moving its hands and then taking its first steps to rabid applause from those watching

• The bot then waved to the crowd - which by this time was in raptures - and then lifts up both hands to 'raise the roof'

• Musk told the crowd that this was the first time the bot - which they hope to sell for under $20,000 - walked without a tether

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>fundamental transformation

Now where have we heard that phrase before?

Kamala is box office poison - so to speak