#kc-46

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United States Air Mobility Command.

[nocternalrandomness]

KC-46A Pegasus at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

[usafphantom2]

not ready for prime time player. a 22ARW KC46. (d. rumbaugh)

@kadonkey via X

[boeingboingboing]

I am very much making another Tanker x Airliner couple

[opelman]

Tanker by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Italian KC-130J 46-46 arrives at Fairford to take part in the static display. It fitted with both the Italian Air Force 100th Anniversary and "Skytanker" themes for the 2023 Royal International Air Tattoo. Aircraft: Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules MM62181/46-46 from 46° Brigata Aerea "Silvio Angelucci". Location: RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

[smalltofedsblog]

HOW BOEING HAS ABSORBED A $7 BILLION LOSS ON A FIXED PRICE $ 4.9 BILLION US AIR FORCE PROGRAM

The defense contractor said at contract award that it would use a "low-risk approach".

[timesofocean]

Iran enriches uranium above 60% could trigger strike: Israeli official

New Post has been published on https://www.timesoftehran.com/iran-enriches-uranium-above-60-could-trigger-strike-israeli-official/

Iran enriches uranium above 60% could trigger strike: Israeli official

Washington (The Times Groupe)- Iran would be entering dangerous territory that could trigger an Israeli military strike if it enriches uranium above the 60% level, Israel told the Biden administration and several European countries, Axios has learned.

Israeli officials say that in recent months, the country has escalated its threats of military action against Tehran in an apparent effort to deter it from escalating its nuclear program further as it becomes increasingly concerned about Iranian progress toward a nuclear program.

In late February, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had amassed 87.5 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium. At least one nuclear bomb could be produced if that uranium is enriched to 90% weapons grade.

The IAEA is continuing to investigate Iranian activity in its underground nuclear facility in Fordow, which included enriching at least small amounts of uranium to 84% purity.

Israel, however, doesn’t consider the small amounts of uranium enriched at 84% purity as meaningful because Tehran didn’t amass any of the material at that level, the Israeli official said.

A top U.S. defense official told lawmakers last month that Iran will need only 12 days to enrich enough weapons-grade uranium to build one nuclear bomb, though the U.S. has also said it doesn’t believe Iran has made the decision to resume its weaponization program.

According to a senior Israeli official, Israel is not defining a public “red line” at the moment as Netanyahu did in his UN speech in September 2012.

The official added that Israel didn’t want to set 90% enrichment as a “red line” because officials believe Iran will feel it can begin enriching and amassing uranium at a level just short of weapons grade.

That is why Israel is telling U.S. and European countries that any Iranian progress above 60% enrichment would be a step that could trigger military action against Tehran’s nuclear program, the Israeli official said.

Israeli officials believe that Netanyahu’s message on the issue has been passed on to Iranian officials, according to a second senior Israeli official, who recently spoke to reporters on background. “The Iranians totally internalized our position and they know what our [red] line is,” the official said.

According to Israeli officials, Israel is preparing for a possible military strike on Iran.

Two Israeli officials said Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant asked U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during his recent visit to Israel to expedite the delivery of the four KC-46 tankers that Israel had purchased from the U.S. last year.

The officials said Israel needs the tankers, which are used for air refueling, to prepare for a possible military strike in Iran. Israel wants to get at least some of them by the end of 2024.

During the previous Israeli government’s term, then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz had also asked Austin to expedite the delivery of the tankers.

The officials said Austin told Netanyahu and Gallant that the U.S. will try to deliver the planes earlier but stressed it will be difficult due to U.S. military needs.

The Pentagon declined to comment.

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect Lloyd Austin is the U.S. secretary of defense (not secretary of state).

[planesawesome]

KC-46 and a 336FS F-15 Strike Eagle 🦅

[pozartaa]

23.08.24 UTRZYMANIE WAG1 dzień 540 limit +/- 2100 kc@l.

Wybrane posiłki:

Nie liczę kalori1 od: 46 dni

Dziś dniówka w robocie. Trochę ruchliwy dzień. Jejku jak się cieszę, że już mam czym gryźć. (Wczoraj naprawiam ukruszoną plombę w zębie) Zbiedniałam o 255 zł 😭. Ale nauczona doświadczeniem, nie olewam moich zębów i robię wszystko jak najszybciej się da, i zanim zrobi się gorzej. Później koszty są jeszcze większe.

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To był pracowity dzien ale w taki przyjemny sposób. Jestem po prostu wypoczęta i pracuje mi się inaczej. Czas zapierdzelał jak szalony.

No i natuptałam 18 K kroków do godziny 17:30. Aż sama byłam w szoku. Ale dziś miałam typowo ruchowe zadania w pracy.

A po robocie jeszcze tradycyjnie jak co piątek/sobotę zakupy. S. Po mnie przyszedł i ruszyliśmy do Biedry. ( Więc ostatecznie było duuuzo więcej kroków) Haha to chyba mój rekord ( choć nie do końca wierzę tej opasce 😉)

Dobrej nocy wam życzę!

[agentoffangirling]

I think about how the recent Gray Sisters casting really does prove that the Percy Jackson fandom needs to check their sources

(and in general, please check your sources, but this is specifically about PJO)

I recall it was maybe a month or so ago when the fandom starting erupting due to a bunch of "casting news" from this one site called "Nexus Point News", a site most people probably never heard of. A little over a month before PJO s2 would begin filming, suddenly you have this site churning PJO casting news daily, the big one being about Thalia, Tyson, and "Alison". However, there were also some smaller ones about a Kane Chronicles Disney+ adaptation and a Gray Sisters casting that would apparently mirror the "mother, maiden, crone" sort of thing

I don't know about you, but I highly doubt that Kristen Schaal, the youngest of the bunch at 46, is supposed to be the maiden

And while the KC adaptation was a little more under-the-radar, it was still widespread enough that Becky Riordan answered on the official Riordanverse Threads account that no current adaptation of the Kane Chronicles was underway

With all this being said, I think it is very safe to say that the claims Nexus Point was making were never real (I told y'all!). There is no Alison, there is (currently) no Thalia casting, and I doubt the casting team could've picked Daniel Diemer in under two months before filming. There is no Kane Chronicles adaptation, there is no mother maiden crone symbolism

Please, I beg of you, check your sources before making assumptions, especially if that source is the only one posting the news, and especially so if they're making a string of the same content in a row. This sort of thing is really important, far beyond Percy Jackson; always check your sources

[enriquemzn262]

The might of the United States Air Force tanker fleet.

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, McDonnel Douglas KC-10 Extender, and Boeing KC.46 Pegasus

[nocternalrandomness]

The first delivered Boeing KC-46A Pegasus lands at McConnell AFB - Jan 25 2019

[usafphantom2]

In the event of an emergency during an Air Refueling, I think proximity might be a great motivator and it’s why I think not building a boom pod in the KC-46 was a mistake.

I don’t have an issue with the use of camera’s, on the contrary, I think it’s a good idea for automation, but it should have been in addition to a boom pod, not in replacement of. I wonder how the KC-767 was configured.

@tcamp202 via x

[vortainz]

The IZ comics have 15 extremely cool artists and here's a slight guide on how to identify them :3

Aaron Alexovich

- typically more dynamic and what i would describe as a “scratchy” artstyle

Issues: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 16, "Gir's Big Day", "Holiday Special", "The Dookie Loop Horror"

KC Green

- very silly and colorful style, creator of the “this is fine” comic/meme

Issues: 6, "Bitters and the Witch", 31

Dave Crosland

- more detailed style, similar to Alexovich but a bit cleaner

Issues: 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, "Invasion!"

Sarah Andersen

- another very silly style, though simpler than KC’s, creator of the “Sarah Scribbles” webcomics

Issue: 11

Warren Wucinich

- main artist and letter-er, typically stays fairly true to the original style though is a bit more round and curvier

Issues: 12, 13, 14, "Tales of Bitter", "The Evil Ms.Bitters", "Sweetheart Bitters", 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, "Tales of Stuff What Did Not Happen", 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, "Dib's Dilemma"

Ian Mcginty

- fairly detailed and feels 3d at times, typically a cover artists (see here)

Issue: "Ms.Bitters' Bugs"

Sarah Graley

- ANOTHER silly style :3, this time more chibi than the others with flat colors

Issue: 26

Maddie C.

- i don’t know how to explain it but squishy, similar to the original style but instead of being mostly flat/sharp lines it’s more curvy (dib being the best example)

Issues: 27, 29, 30, 38, 46, 47, 48

Mady G

- sil,,,,ly, everything just flows together really nicely, very stretchy and expressive

Issue: 28

Kate Sherron

- similar to Wuncinich but id say its a bit more 2d

Issues: 32, 34, 35, 37, 39, "Sugar & Spice"

Meg Casey

- very expressive and curvy

Issue: 32, "ZIM No More", 49

Fred C. Stresing

- tastes like mint ???????, i dunno how to explain it but very cool, i like zims faces

Issues: 33, "Warlocker ZIM", 49, "Zim's Greatest Plan"

Tait Howard & Matthew Seely

- uber chibi, very big eyes

Issue: 36

Dean Rankine

- only 2 pages so i cant really say much but cool

Issue: "SuperZIM"

Drew Rausch

- extremely shapely if that makes sense

Issue: 41

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Popularity Ranking: Check out who the most popular folks on your island are.

Here's today's Popularity Ranking!

1. Cider

2. Paris

3. Intern

4. N

5. Sylvan

6. Dave

7. Aster

8. Jaime

9. Rodney

10. Cass

11. Yin

12. Trai

13. Dray

14. Sprite

15. Shallahi

16. Axel

17. Petrichor

18. Nemona

19. Cora

20. Milas

21. Zita

22. Pandoria

23. Tommy

24. Clive

25. Maple

26. Kopi

27. Peridot

28. Win

29. Squid

30. Cynthia

31. Hesper

32. Neri

33. Darrin

34. Elle

35. Connie

36. Roark

37. Blue

38. Toby

39. KC

40. Honey

41. Stars

42. Ren

43. Mart

44. Lily

45. Meta

46. Miku

47. Lime

48. Rogue

49. Blake

50. Luci

51. Dig

52. Chrys

53. Mai

54. Red

55. Vanilla

56. Frosty

57. Anthea