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Americans, British and French officials would be working on a UNSCR draft text to enforce a possible no-fly zone over Libya. This United Nations Security Resolution, if it were to be voted upon, would face the opposition of China, and Russia, which are both permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that NATO has no immediate intention to intervene in Libya. However, his staff would be planning such operations if needed.
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The Harrier entered in service 41 years ago. Then, the Harrier II (GR5, GR7, and GR9) took off in 1985 for the first time. The F-35 Lightning II or JSF – 5th-generation Joint Strike Fighter – should replace these V/STOL (Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing) fighter aircraft.
Sixteen RAF Harriers conducted a farewell flypast yesterday while the last four Harriers left HMS Ark Royal forever. Both the Ark Royal and the Harriers are to be decommissioned under cost-saving plans. Click on the video below:
Su-35 “Super Flanker” multirole fighter aircraft aerobatics – DOUBLE SOMERSAULT maneuver: 720° turn!
Dec 9
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WWI REMEMBRANCE DAY
Nov 11
Flanders Fields Poem, John McCrae - Photo © Wikipedia user: Lx_121
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae (1872-1918) – Ypres battlefield 1915. Photo: Lx 121, Wikipedia courtesy
The WWI armistice came into effect at the eleventh hour (Paris time) of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The War to End All Wars left 37,000,000 casualties – 16 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The Allies lost 5.7 million soldiers. May their souls rest in peace
