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Caeciri was a Roman–Berber civitas (town) and ancient diocese in Africa Proconsularis. Its exact location is unknown, though it must have been in the Sahel, Tunisia region south of Algiers in modern Algeria.

History
Caeciri must have been of some size as it was the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric, which survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Only one bishop is known from antiquity, Quobolo, who took part in the Council of Carthage (646). The current bishop of Caeciri is Antonio Arcari, who succeeded Miklós Beer. Other bishops include José Domínguez Rodríguez of Cuba and Eduardo Francisca Pironio.

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Former populated places in Algeria
Roman towns and cities in Africa (Roman province)

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Discussion in 'Eastern Europe' started by LJAd, Mar 14, 2011.
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It is honorable duty to defend own doorstep, own family, own home, own people, own soil, own country. Only dishonest man refuses to fulfill these duties.
I know, Nazis called them "Banditen" but that's just propaganda. They were patriots.
Tamino, Feb 13, 2013
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I make a difference between those who were truly engaged and risked their lives on a daily basis (and who I highly respect) and those who joined at the last moment when the dice were cast and who who got a kick getting a "revenge" on girls or bartenders who served beer to a German .
Skipper, Feb 13, 2013
lwd Ace
Tamino said:
.... They were the first who have opposed Nazis in the entire Europe. They fought for the right causes against merciless enemy. ...
That's a pretty significnat exageration. There were Germans who opposed the Nazis before the war even started. Once it did the Poles have a pretty good claim on being first with the British and French following close behind. The Norwegans, Danes, Dutch, and Belgiums were all in it before the Soviets and indeed in it at a time when for all intents and purposes the Soviets were a Nazi ally.
lwd, Feb 13, 2013
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But isn't that a stereotype about the French waitresses? Vicky :smooch: , top left on photo below, is so cute, a real candy. Isn't she? Our partisans had more important business to accomplish: to restore law and order after more than four years of havoc created by Gestapo and SS.
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Nordwind511 said:
Hello Sloniksp -
which sources do you use for this statement? I guess you use Glantz, right? I know some books of Glantz too - I know that he used material from russian archives for his books. Some of his books are really good - but I guess it´s necessary to analyse sources of both sides. Then we would get more informations for a realistic assessment ... After the "withdraw" of for example Armored Division 1 and 36 Infantrydivision (mot.) naturally the Armygroup NORD losses very important forces for a further attack on Leningrad ...
Some questions about the statement that "Leeb couldn´tbreak through" - Which date do you mean? If you´re talking about the time october and later - you´re right.
When I said that the Germans already break through - break through the inner defence-lines of Leningrad, I am talking about early september ... before the Armygroup North have to leave important units for an assault. For example on 7 September 1941, the 36. infantrydivision (mot.) broke through the fortifications at Leningrad and then stormed Duderhof that Duderhof Hills and Nikolaevka. I guess you know the meaning of the Dudenhoffer Hills for the defence of Leningrad ...
Hello Norwind,
The source is "Before Stalingrad" by David Glantz. The major reason for the stiffening of Leningrads defenses was
Zhukov, who flew from Moscow to replace Veroshilov. Things began to change quickly after he began working. I am under the impression that the point being made is how difficult the German advance became as they were inching closer and closer. Reflecting on Stalingrad and considering the size, garrison and importance of Leningrad I do not see
it falling; I don't think the Germans had enough men. Even had Leningrad been captured it might have very well came with the cost of Army Group North.
As for the two sides, the German version has been available since the end of WW2 the same can't be said for the
Russians. Glantz, is popular because he is able to bring the Soviet archival version to the West which shows a much different picture from what the Germans painted (regarding the East).
The war against Russia will be such that it cannot be conducted in a knightly fashion. This struggle is one of ideologies and racial differences and will have to be conducted with unprecedented, unmerciful and unrelenting harshness. -Adolf Hitler
Sloniksp, Feb 14, 2013
Karjala said:
I agree that the truth about the Eastern front is often horrible. Over 40 % of the Finnish POW's were starved to death on soviet hands despite of the quite short, half a year average prison time mainly in 1944. Almost all of the earlier POW's died.
How many is 40%? How many Russians died at the hands of the Finns?
The celebrated and decorated soviet partisans concentrated on attacks against remote and defenceless small Finnish civilian villages killing and raping women, babies and elderly. Back home they reported of "great victories" against "military garrisons", were they claimed to have killed "vast numbers" of "Finnish and German officers and soldiers".
When speaking of the "partisan wars" its almost always referred to the Eastern Front not Finland. Hundreds of
thousands took up arms against Germany. It has been stated that the Germans suffered 600,000 casualties as a result. IMO, 600,000 is a pretty vast number... No Finnish or German civilians were killed in Belarus or Ukraine.
Sloniksp, by all accounts, the Finnish treatment of Russian prisoners was quite humane. The Russian prisoners themselves were suprised that their own propaganda was so innaccurate.
You can't tar the Finns with the same brush as your Soviet masters. The causes of the 'Winter War' come directly from the paranoia of Joseph Stalin, nothing else. He succeeded in driving an essentially neutral country into the arms of the Axis, for no better reason than occupation of the port of Hango, and pushing the frontier back, particularly on the Karelian Isthmus.
You are always so ready to defend the actions of those criminals in Party uniform. They deserved to stay on the Axis side....we would have beaten you anyway, had Churchill had his way and gone to war with Russia over the finns.
Churchill wasn't scared. Neither were the Finns.
And only for the fact that Mr. Hitler was a rabid anti-communist, the Soviets would have ended up fighting for the Axis, or concurrent with them, until hitler put into action a stab in the back, as it was always going to be.
Nothing more than they deserved, really.
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Thx Sloniksp for your explanations. I read that Zhukov was very important for the stiffening of Leningrads defenses. Zhukov had to accomplish three tasks when he was made the commander of Leningrad:
Stop the offensive before it entered Leningrad city proper
Protect the civilians that were fleeing the besieged city and its suburbs
Reorganize the joint command and civilian resistance to prepare for a lengthy siege. And he did a really good job. But you have to consider that the Germans break through the defenses of Leningrad on 7th of September when 36. Infantry-division captured the Dudenhoeffer Highs and till 4th of September the Germans were able to take Leningrad under artillery fire. On September 8, 1941 the German troops had already completed their encirclement of the city. As his blitzkrieg rushed towards Moscow, Hitler made the strategic decision to bypass Leningrad and strangle the city into submission rather than commit valuable resources to attacking it directly. I will look if I find out when the decision of stopping the further attack was made exactly ... I also know that Zhukov launched a series of attacks and counterattacks during the period September through October with the purpose of harassing and wearing out the German and Finnish forces who held the siege perimeter to the north and south. One of these counteroffensives stopped the German forces after they had penetrated the defense lines near the seaport of Leningrad, just two miles from the Kirov Plant which was building heavy tanks.
Like I said I already read some of Glantz books (especially about the battle of Kursk) and some detailed informations are very interesting. Although sometimes it´s hard to decide which description of a special event is correct- the russian or the german version ... what the heck
Nordwind511, Feb 14, 2013
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Well your in a colorful mood.
What actions am I defending?
When you say "we would have beaten you", you are speaking of?
Had Churchill had his way? You are under the impression that he would have rather preferred Stalin over Hitler?
Who are you speaking of when stating "Nothing more than they deserved, really"?
Your question...How many Russians died at the hands of the Finns"...well, plenty in action, but from what I understand, very very few of the ones they captured.
We would have beaten you.....Thats the Western Allies ol son, and we would have beaten the Soviet Union hands down, if we had gone to war with them. Finland had that potential, to drive Britain into conflict with the soviets, and the americans would have helped them clean you lot up in goodly fashion. Why do I say this? Because of the performance of the Red Army in 1941. Hitler's policies were putting the Germans on a collision course with the Russians from the very first speech that he ever made in the thirties stating this very thing. By all accounts, it would not have taken a whole lot to suspend operations against the Germans, with a compromise Cease fire giving them a free hand in Russia.
If that happened, Operations like Barbarossa would have been much harder to bring to a halt. Zukov only managed it by the skin of his teeth anyhow, so a tougher barbarossa spells doom for the Paradise of workers and Peasants.
And Doom is nothing more than this sordid regime deserved. Hitler halted his advance at dunkirk, then made peace offers to the Brits, so an historical 'cease fire' between the two Western europe powers was quite on the cards. And Finland was just the issue that churchill needed.
My God, Slonik, I admire the staunch and tough Red Army soldier.......but I really detest the incredible profligacy of human lives that Soviet commanders practiced. To me, the Soviet Union was simply Germany without all the superfluous flummery. No KZ Camps for Jewish people, but many camps for slave labourers, and their own people too, with many being sent to these camps for 15, 20 or even 25 years, all to provide a pool of expendable labour to open up the Steppe country to exploitation. I make no bones about my contempt for Soviet generals, and the severe butchery they practiced. If the soviet Union was not a dictatrship, they would not have gotten away with treating their own people like that.
... No Finnish or German civilians were killed in Belarus or Ukraine.
That seems like an awfully strong statement to make. Indeed I would expect that a number of German civilians were indeed killed in Belarus and the Ukraine. Not large numbers certainly but I suspect there were some.
lwd said:
Any Finns or Germans who moved to these countries once conflict began were no longer civilians.
Wishful thinking Volga. Peace offers to Britain? A ceace fire in order to fight with Russia??? MYTH.
We Western Allies you say? Arent you Ukranian....?
That is hardly correct realistically or under international law. Civiians could come as business people or officials or even family of military or the preceding. Technically the Gestapo were civilians for instance (although I certainly wouldn't waste any tears on them), railroad workers would likely be a significant source of German civilians though.
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I don't know much about guerilla actions in Kareliya but I know lot about our partisans. All of those I know are honourable and honest people who resisted Nazis. They were the first who have opposed Nazis in the entire Europe. They fought for the right causes against merciless enemy.
Please, don't blame partisans because they are the victims too. Many of them have lost entire families or escaped death. They had no other choice except to live in forests, starved in cold and wet, deprived from the right for normal life. Sometimes even good people feel the need for revenge. Uncommon injustice may cause enormous rage. But real perpetrators were the Nazi aggressors who have suspended the laws wherever they came.
Have you ever thought that Nazis are those who have made injustice to your countrymen who died from partisans' hand?
The attacks on civilians happened in Northern Finland (proper), not in Karelia, where partisans could not operate succesfully. Abt 10-20 % of the partisans operating in Finland were common criminals straight from prisons.
Some of those partisans have confessed their atrocities but most have not. Those partisans operating in Finland had not "lost entire families or escaped death" - at least not by the Finns.
The real perpetrator was the communist aggressor - the USSR - which had attacked Finland twice (actually thrice: 1918, 1939 and 1941). I need not to say anything about the laws in the soviet heaven...
No, it was the communists who did the injustice to the Finns - in the Winter War helped by the Nazies, the then allies of the soviets.
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"The idea of a concentration camp is excellent" -Stalin
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Karjala, Feb 19, 2013
So what did the soviets do in Finland - and still do in 12 % of the country - where they or their families had/have never lived?!
Recent additions in Italic.
Actually abt 43 % of Finnish POW's died - in only few months! Total of 3.402 Finns were captured in Continuation War (1941-44) and 1.938 returned. Abt 2.500 of them were captured in summer 1944 and only 500 in 1941, so the average time of captivity was much less than a year.
Of the 64.000 soviet POW's in Finland in the Continuation War 87,5 % were captured "until December 1941". Average captivity time was thus abt 3 years! Abt 30 %, 19.000 of them died. The mortality was great between November 1941 to September 1942 mainly due to severe shortage of food in hole Finland. Finland was also not ready for such a great number of POW's, the war was expected to be a short one, there were not enough personel at the POW camps, the guards were often not fit for the task etc. After the harvest 1942 and the reorganization of the POW camp system the mortality dropped dramatically and normalized. Abt 80.000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden (and some to Denmark) to be properly fed. (For many children this unfortunately caused long-lasting mental problems...) Many of the POW's were sent to work in the small farms, were they often were treated like family members, eating the same food at the same table as the family. It has been even estimated, that the soviet POW's left some 200 babies behind...
Conclusions: the mortality of the Finnish POW' s was abt 5 times higher than that of the soviet POW's, when the time of captivity is taken into the account - like it should. Also the conditions of the soviet POW's in Finland were greatly improved and the mortality dropped after the first war year - or more precisely, after the half a year of high mortality. The conditions of the Finnish POW's on the other hand were not improved even as late in the war as 1944, with all the experience gained so far and all the US food aid received, and their mortality remaind extremely high.
In the Winter War there were abt 5.700 soviet POW's in Finland and 900-1100 Finnish POW's in the USSR. The war was short and the mortality of the POW's was relatively low on both sides, although the USSR managed to execute and kill some Finnish civilians for starvation in their concentration camps in only few months.
The criminals murdering for the USSR in Finland were officially called partisans by themselves and by the soviet authorities. There were Finnish civilians - women, babies and elderly - raped and murdered in Finland by the partisans. There are some very graphic photos of those atrocities...
AFAIK there were no Finnish civilians neither in Belarus nor Ukraine - except for maybe a handful of individuals. On the other hand there were plenty of Finnish civilians in Finland!
Your comment reminds me of an earlier discussion where I stated, that a civilian actively and willingly helping the partisans was no longer a civilian...
... a civilian actively and willingly helping the partisans was no longer a civilian...
PHEW!!!
The Nazis used this excuse to kill anyone they wanted. For example, SS Prinz Eugen have executed the whole class of primary school children. The only who are more disguisting than Nazis are those who still support killing civilians as retaliation for defending own doorstep, own children, own families own soil and own country.
and, now, imagine: the Red Army crossing the German border and declaring: everyone who ever supported Nazis is no longer civilian. But this hasn't happened. Think!


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Ecuador authorities had activated emergency protocols when a transport barge sank in a port on San Cristobal Island, spilling 600 gallons of diesel fuel into the water
Ecuador officials announced Sunday that a fuel spill in the Galapagos Islands, caused when a barge sank carrying 600 gallons of diesel fuel, was "under control."
Authorities had activated emergency protocols earlier Sunday to contain the environmental impact of the spill in the Galapagos archipelago, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is home to one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet.
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The accident, in which one person was injured, occurred in a port on San Cristobal Island, the easternmost island in the chain, when a crane collapsed while loading a container holding an electric generator onto a barge.
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The generator and the loading crane were also submerged.
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It's been a quiet month on this blog, but busy on the discovery front. Between extra classes at work, a family wedding, family visiting from out of state and from out of the country, I was able to experiment a bit with the TDM/7300 Temporal Displacement Modulation tuner. If you recall, with a 1960s transistor radio, I could briefly tune in transmissions that seemed to range from the 1930s to the 1960s. I have since been experimenting with a 1960s television receiver, modified to accept inputs from the TDM tuner. While I have yet to find the radio broadcasts that Christina asked me to locate, I discovered that the TDM will tune into text-based non-transmitted archives. This is perhaps more exciting than the original thought of tuning in radio from the past.
The following is a partial transcript of dialog between ScottLo (who involved me in the TDM/7300 project), Christina Hendricks (who expressed interest in finding her college radio dj broadcasts), and myself.
[Bill says] Scott, wonderful news! Dr. Nakamatsu was more of a visionary than we thought; his TDM methods can tune in non-broadcast information, as well as broadcast material. The trick is tuning the wobbulator depth and modulation rates accordingly.
In the search for Radio Moscow, KUOI, there have been mixed results. I misapplied the spatial and temporal coordinates and ended up with Radio Moscow from the USSR days! But the results came closer when I interrogated for text-based modulations. I found Christina in a newspaper photo! I'm unsure of the date, but it seems to be late 1980s. Pardon the odd-looking fit of the image, but I used an old iconoscope and the cathode ray tube didn't fit properly in the case.
Well, I am enjoying the rest of Thanksgiving weekend here in Virginia. Pretty soon I will start focusing on the elusive Radio Moscow transmissions from the dj known as INA. Unless the TDM/7300 teaches me more about some other tunable intelligence. Do any of you ds106 folk have a special request for what the TDM/7300 could tune to next?


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Categories: English Literature
To find out how many parts a literature has is the main point of beginning to study. In general division, English Literature has ten parts, Old English, Medieval English, Renaissance and Reformation, Restoration Literature, 18th century, Romantic literature, Victorian Literature, and modernism, but recent epoch postmodernism joined to the literature. Let's give a little briefing about Eras of English Literature
Old English Literature; this period continues from 450 AD to 1066 Norman Conquest and among these periods, both written and oral works emerged, and there are also poetic and prose narratives.
Medieval English Literature; The local language used as a spoken and written language in England during the period of about 1100-1500 and also it is the ancestor of the Old period. With the help of Geoffrey Chaucer, Old English become much modern.
Surviving works include: 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and other shorter poems. His plays are translated in every living language and have been performed more often than any other playwright.
Renaissance and Reformation Literature; it also called Elizabethan period is the golden age of English drama, where Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Ben Johnson have joined to literature world and also the most productive ages of playwrights.
Restoration period from 1660 to 1700 began when Charles II returned to England as king. The classical tendencies of the most famous literary man of the age, John Dryden (1631-1700), led the new classicism to spread back to England after France.
The 18th century is a period with a different place, especially in English Literature. It is a period of time in which techniques used in different literary genres and going back to the classical periods are revived. In other words, a similarity between the 18th century and the Classical Age was attempted to be established in this period.
Romantic literature; all rules concerning the style and the essence of classical literature have been rejected. The mind, the logic and the common sense have taken place, individual feelings, dreams, and excitement. They described the outside world as colorful, exaggerated descriptions of nature, and considered nature as a source of inspiration for the artist.
Romantic Period in English Literature 1789 – 1832
Victorian literature, it is a period when people are two-faced to look respectable and carries many politics features in the literary works.
Modernism; the age called modernism for English literature has emerged from an awakening movement against the deficiency of the Victorian contemporary literature.
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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals

import logging
from builtins import object, str

from twitter.common.collections import OrderedSet

from pants.base.build_environment import get_buildroot, get_scm
from pants.base.cmd_line_spec_parser import CmdLineSpecParser
from pants.base.specs import SingleAddress, Specs
from pants.base.target_roots import TargetRoots
from pants.engine.addressable import BuildFileAddresses
from pants.engine.legacy.graph import OwnersRequest
from pants.goal.workspace import ScmWorkspace
from pants.scm.subsystems.changed import ChangedRequest

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

class InvalidSpecConstraint(Exception):
  """Raised when invalid constraints are given via target specs and arguments like --changed*."""

class TargetRootsCalculator(object):
  """Determines the target roots for a given pants run."""

  @classmethod
  def parse_specs(cls, target_specs, build_root=None, exclude_patterns=None, tags=None):
    """Parse string specs into unique `Spec` objects.

    :param iterable target_specs: An iterable of string specs.
    :param string build_root: The path to the build root.
    :returns: A `Specs` object.
    """
    build_root = build_root or get_buildroot()
    spec_parser = CmdLineSpecParser(build_root)

    dependencies = tuple(OrderedSet(spec_parser.parse_spec(spec_str) for spec_str in target_specs))
    return Specs(
      dependencies=dependencies,
      exclude_patterns=exclude_patterns if exclude_patterns else tuple(),
      tags=tags)

  @classmethod
  def changed_files(cls, scm, changes_since=None, diffspec=None):
    """Determines the files changed according to SCM/workspace and options."""
    workspace = ScmWorkspace(scm)
    if diffspec:
      return workspace.changes_in(diffspec)

    changes_since = changes_since or scm.current_rev_identifier()
    return workspace.touched_files(changes_since)

  @classmethod
  def create(cls, options, session, build_root=None, exclude_patterns=None, tags=None):
    """
    :param Options options: An `Options` instance to use.
    :param session: The Scheduler session
    :param string build_root: The build root.
    """
    # Determine the literal target roots.
    spec_roots = cls.parse_specs(
      target_specs=options.target_specs,
      build_root=build_root,
      exclude_patterns=exclude_patterns,
      tags=tags)

    # Determine `Changed` arguments directly from options to support pre-`Subsystem`
    # initialization paths.
    changed_options = options.for_scope('changed')
    changed_request = ChangedRequest.from_options(changed_options)

    # Determine the `--owner-of=` arguments provided from the global options
    owned_files = options.for_global_scope().owner_of

    logger.debug('spec_roots are: %s', spec_roots)
    logger.debug('changed_request is: %s', changed_request)
    logger.debug('owned_files are: %s', owned_files)
    targets_specified = sum(1 for item
                         in (changed_request.is_actionable(), owned_files, spec_roots.dependencies)
                         if item)

    if targets_specified > 1:
      # We've been provided more than one of: a change request, an owner request, or spec roots.
      raise InvalidSpecConstraint(
        'Multiple target selection methods provided. Please use only one of '
        '--changed-*, --owner-of, or target specs'
      )

    if changed_request.is_actionable():
      scm = get_scm()
      if not scm:
        raise InvalidSpecConstraint(
          'The --changed-* options are not available without a recognized SCM (usually git).'
        )
      changed_files = cls.changed_files(
          scm,
          changes_since=changed_request.changes_since,
          diffspec=changed_request.diffspec)
      # We've been provided no spec roots (e.g. `./pants list`) AND a changed request. Compute
      # alternate target roots.
      request = OwnersRequest(sources=tuple(changed_files),
                              include_dependees=str(changed_request.include_dependees))
      changed_addresses, = session.product_request(BuildFileAddresses, [request])
      logger.debug('changed addresses: %s', changed_addresses)
      dependencies = tuple(SingleAddress(a.spec_path, a.target_name) for a in changed_addresses)
      return TargetRoots(Specs(dependencies=dependencies, exclude_patterns=exclude_patterns, tags=tags))

    if owned_files:
      # We've been provided no spec roots (e.g. `./pants list`) AND a owner request. Compute
      # alternate target roots.
      request = OwnersRequest(sources=tuple(owned_files), include_dependees=str('none'))
      owner_addresses, = session.product_request(BuildFileAddresses, [request])
      logger.debug('owner addresses: %s', owner_addresses)
      dependencies = tuple(SingleAddress(a.spec_path, a.target_name) for a in owner_addresses)
      return TargetRoots(Specs(dependencies=dependencies, exclude_patterns=exclude_patterns, tags=tags))

    return TargetRoots(spec_roots)

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If you're an aviation enthusiast and you've been to Tucson, Ariz., there's a good chance you've visited the Pima Air & Space Museum, one of the country's best collections of mothballed and vintage airplanes.
But unless you've been in the last week, you haven't seen the exhibition of planes in the collection that have been re-imagined by a group of contemporary artists. Until May 31, the "Round Trip: Art from the Boneyard Project" exhibition is on display at the museum, and if you have a chance, you might well want to make the trip.
As part of the exhibit, artist painted five of the collection's planes, as well as two partial cockpits. And, the show also includes a much broader set of nose cones and tails from a previous exhibition.
This is "Warning Shot," by Retna. It is a DC3 that has been painted with ink and latex.
This is "Time Flies," by How & Nosm. It is a spray-painted DC3 in the "Round Trip: Art from the Boneyard Project" exhibition on now through May 31 at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz.
This is Andrew Schoultz's "Spy Tiger," a Lockheed V140 painted with acrylic.
This is Nunca's "Phoenix of Metal," a spray-painted DC3.
This is "Naughty Angels," by Faile. It is a Beechcraft C45 painted with acrylic.
This is artist Bast's Jerky Jermel, a DC3 cockpit painted with acrylic and spray paint.
Artist Saner painted this C-97 cockpit with acrylic. It is called "Warriors of Peace."
This is Randy Slack's "Enos," a C54 propeller painted with enamel, spray paint, and collage.
This is "10 Years of War," by Trustocorp. It is a P3 horizontal stabilizer done with mixed media.
This is "Untitled," by artist Crash. It is a spray painted C130 tail.


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Since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down in 2013, Manchester United has constantly been seduced by big-name players who command extravagant transfer fees and exorbitant wages. And there's been little end return in these investments. Sports enthusiasts from around the world can purchase Premier League Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.
Angel Di Maria lasted just one season after United paid £59.7million to Real Madrid for the Argentine. As did Radamel Falcao, who arrived at Old Trafford on a loan deal from Monaco which cost the Red Devils £6million plus the striker's £265,000-a-week wage.
United should not repeat mistakes of the past with Zaha pursuit
The £80million it cost to bring Paul Pogba back from Juventus has not yet been repaid by the French star. Romelu Lukaku meanwhile moved on to Inter this summer two years after he signed from Everton for £75million. And of course, let's not forget Alexis Sanchez who the Red Devils are paying £300,000 a week to play for Inter this season.
This summer, however, United finally appeared to realize the error of their ways in the transfer market. Perhaps it was Ole Gunnar who has influence. Or maybe Ed Woodward had been burned once too often. But the club's strategy seemed to shift.
No more megastars. Instead, the United signed undoubted potential in Daniel James and Aaron Wan Bissaka. Harry Maguire, who admittedly did not come at all cheap at £85million, also arrived from Leicester City.
All three were sensible, well-thought-out transfers. James and Wan-Bissaka filled problem positions. Maguire was the Centre-back to build a defense around. The Manchester club was back on track even if their final destination was well in the distance.
Then came a report in the national newspapers that United was interested in re-signing Wilfried Zaha and that his £70million price tag was not a deterrent. The club and the winger have history. Zaha was Ferguson's final signing before his retirement but the move didn't work out and he returned to Crystal Palace in 2014 ready to rebuild his career.
The 27-year-old, to his credit, has done so. He is regarded as one of the best players outside of the Premier League's traditional top-six clubs and can win matches singlehandedly when in the mood. He was also courted by Arsenal in the summer and has been linked previously with moves to Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. So United being linked is certainly believable.
Yet Zaha is a player Manchester United don't need and their supposed interest makes little sense. The primary reason for this is Marcus Rashford. The England international has often been played through the middle this season but with Anthony Martial back from injury, he is expected to move back out to the left flank.
Solskjær has got Martial to crowbar into the starting XI and it's very likely he'd be used wide on the left. So, again, no space for Zaha. It's a position the Palace man has been used in on several occasions this season. Well, at United that role has predominately been occupied by James, who has impressed since his move from Swansea City.
The one forward position that is open at United is the No.10 role. Andreas Pereira has filled it on several occasions this term, while Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata are also options. The Ivory Coast international has always done his best work with the ball at his feet 4.88 dribbles completed per 90 in the Premier League this season can only be bettered by three other attackers.
He needs space to operate in – as shown in the touch map above. Time to collect the ball, get up to speed and run at a defender. In the Centre of the pitch, he will simply not get that and his effectiveness would quickly be blunted.
There is no doubting Zaha's talent: he has the quality to play for Manchester United. It's just the club that doesn't have a clear opening for the winger and, given he'd cost £70million, his signing would be a mistake, especially as there are other areas that need urgent surgery. It's time United prove they have learned from their past mistakes once and for all.
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While the team focused on using AI to tweak electrical properties, they stress that it could also be used for optical and thermal traits. The challenge is to implement the strain, especially at the complexity levels needed for chips. Even smartphone processors have billions of transistors — it could be a long time before your handset enjoys a diamond-derived speed boost. It's a start, though, and it indicates that strain engineering might be a solution to limits on solar energy and computing power.


The holidays are eagerly awaited all year long. Most folks have a blast right from Halloween all the way to Christmas. Making the necessary preparations for these holidays make them more fun and exciting.
Halloween has been celebrated in America and other parts of the world for a while now. This is a fun time particularly for children because of all the sweet stuff. Discussed below are four tips you need to consider if you want to prepare an excellent Halloween.
Other than candy, costumes are also a huge part of Halloween. It is always fun to see what type of costume your family members or friends will wear on this day. A costume might be necessary for a party you have been invited to during Halloween.
It is always good to have the right costume early enough so that you do not go through any humiliation. However, you must keep it in mind that it is never that serious. The purpose of Halloween is to enjoy yourself.
If you have no idea what to go as, you can use the internet to find what is trending. You can buy and find a variety of costumes online. Using the web, you can find all sorts of superhero costumes and even Halloween couples costumes.
For you to enjoy this holiday you need to find some spooky stuff to watch. If you just want to invite a few friends over for a small party, you need to have the type of movie that says it is Halloween. The movie doesn't have to scare you to death. However, you should at least find something that gives you the heebie-jeebies for the fun of the holiday.
Apart from movies you can also make sure that you get some great Halloween music to set the mood.
Decoration is a huge part of what makes Halloween special. By the time its Halloween, you should have already prepared your pumpkins and staged them. Additionally, you can use some Halloween lights and other spooky, ghostly stuff. You do not need to go crazy with it. However, if you are a huge fan of decorations you can get a bunch of great DIY ideas on Pinterest. Additionally, you can also visit your local dollar store and pick up some cool Halloween decorations at a cheap price.
You need to ensure you have enough candy for those who come to trick or treat. You ought to ensure you have various kinds of candy; you should also ensure that the candy is bought on time. It is also important to buy candy that will not choke the smaller children who come to trick or treat.
Halloween is fun if you prepare early. Do not forget to maintain safety and exercise caution during Halloween to avoid any injuries or losses.


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Bowling Township is located in Rock Island County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,414 and it contained 1,455 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

References

External links
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Design your own jumpers or bomber jacket to give these staple garments a fashionable twist. Handmade using the finest fabrics, your own jumper design or jacket comes to life with Contrado.
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History of Jackets; Late Blooming Trend to Modern Staple
Imagine life without the jacket as we know it today – okay so maybe it wouldn't be unimaginably different, but a jacket is that perfect go-to between the chilly Winter months and the warmer Summer season. An easy and stylish way to layer up when the sun sets or keep the rain at bay on a damp day. As fashion has developed over the years, this versatile garment has evolved with it, albeit much more slowly than other garments. Jackets only began changing with the eras since the 1700's, and with it came an endless array of styles, such as bombers, tailored, blazers, macs, puffer, gilet, dinner jacket and so much more. Read on to discover the history of jackets, and what led to the wardrobe staple we all know and love today.
Early Jackets; For Men's Eyes Only?
The history of jackets seem to date as far back as the Middle Ages, as what was known as a jerkin – a men's close-fitting jacket often made from light leather, sometimes without sleeves. A jacket became standard clothing for the working class by the early 18th century, for anyone working in agriculture as well as servants in city homes. Because of the working-class association, jackets didn't become popular with other classes until about 1790.
Jackets developed from being loosely cut to fitted lounge jackets and became very popular with middle-class men in the 1830s. Smart, double-breasted jackets were a fashion staple for sporting activities in the countryside, soon developing into evening ware as a dinner jacket – which later became known as a tuxedo jacket. Jackets are one of the few garments in history which have been worn in the same style for the last two centuries but have also evolved into a range of other styles.
Coats Take it Up a Notch
As with men's jackets, women's jackets developed from more formal outerwear. Modern fashion trends, generally set in motion in the Renaissance, didn't affect outerwear until much later. Significant outerwear changes only really took place in the 18th and 19th centuries, where sleeved coats and jackets became the primary choice of outerwear for both genders.
Back in the early 19th century, coats were divided into overcoats and under-coats. An overcoat is what we'd refer to now as a coat – a thicker, sturdier and longer garment to protect against the elements. An under-coat was known as a 'jacket' - a specific type of shorter under-coat. This still applies to this day, where jackets are typically shorter (around waist length) and lighter than a heavier Winter coat.
Women's Outerwear; to Sleeve, or Not to Sleeve?
Cloth wraps and capes were worn as outerwear in the Greek, Middle Eastern and Roman civilisations, and although the length and styles developed over time, this remained the popular choice for outerwear through to the 1600's. It was only around this time that sleeved garments began being worn, and we saw the development of the coat and jacket.
Women's coats and jackets originally developed when they adopted parts of male dress for horse-riding. In the late 1600s-early 1700s, the style of men's waistcoats and suit jackets were taken directly and applied to women's riding coats, although women's coats were designed to fit over full skirts. The riding coats shortened over time – at the start of the 1700s they were just above knee length, and by the middle of the century they had shortened to hip length and had become more fitted.
In the 1850's shorter jackets became a trend, worn for fashion rather than simply horse-riding. Women's magazine Correiere Delle Dame announced in 1857 that the arrival of a new 'jacket' – the shortened version of a formal day coat – would soon be a staple for both men and women's wardrobes.
Despite this, capes and shawls persisted as the top choice for women's outerwear and continued to be worn throughout the 19th century. Capes were simply more accommodating to changes in dresses and other garments – the loose nature of the garment meant it could easily sit on top of other clothing, no matter the shape or style. Fur also soared in popularity in the late 19th century and 20th century and was soon used to accessorise other outerwear. Fur was originally a luxury item, but due to the mass-production of cheaper furs it became much more affordable. However, escalating material costs and labour decreased the popularity by the late 20th century.
The Macintosh Makes a Splash
Both women's and men's jackets were originally cut in wool, tweed or cotton, and later for women, fur. Although these provided protection from the elements for centuries, they weren't quite suitable for the rain.
Technological advances by Charles Macintosh, A Scottish chemist, meant that waterproof fabric was finally produced in 1823. There were some drawbacks to his original idea of piecing wool together with rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha, as it would become sticky in warm weather and too stiff in cooler climates. However, these problems no longer mattered in 1839 when vulcanized rubber was invented, and Macintosh created the first ever real raincoats (hence the name, 'Rain Mac') which are still hugely popular today.
The Functions of Jackets
Although jackets are now worn whenever it's a bit cold or drizzly outside, various modern jacket styles were originally designed with very specific ideas in mind.
Anorak – Waterproof jacket, inspired by jackets from Polar regions.
Bolero – a short, tailored jacket, originally worn by matadors.
Bomber Jacket – Also known as a flight jacket, designed after similar jackets worn by flight crew of the US air force.
Biker Jacket – Inspired by motorcycle riders.
Camel Coat – originally made from the hair of a double-humped Bactrian camel.
Car Coat – A coat short and square in style, made to be worn whilst driving a car.
Duster – A loose fitting jacket, originally worn by horsemen to protect their clothing from dust trail.
Field Jacket – This jacket was originally designed for members of the military, also known as an M65 jacket.
Trench coat – a light, belted jacket inspired by those worn by soldiers.
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Iraqi Bell 407s to get EFIS upgrade
8-Dec-2022Source: HeliHub.com
The US Military has issued a single-source tender to Bell which will see the OEM carry out an avionics upgrade on the Bell 407 fleet operated by the Iraqi Army. Each helicopter is to be fitted with a the IDU-450 EFIS system from Genesys Aerospace, with the work to be completed in Iraq within a... Read more
Possible Foreign Military Sale of 5 Armed B407GX
8-Oct-2018Source: DSCA
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of five (5) Armed Bell 407GX helicopters configured with M240 7.62mm Machine Guns for an estimated cost of $82.5 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on October 3, 2018. The... Read more
Bell awarded $22M contract for Foreign Military Sales of 407GX to Iraq
11-Jul-2017Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a $22,050,000 modification (P00022) to foreign military sales (Iraq) contract W58RGZ-15-C-0070 for one additional year of contractor logistics support (CLS) and adding Iraq's Bell 407GX helicopters to the fleet being covered by that CLS, as well as procuring 407GX spare parts for repair efforts to those aircraft.... Read more
Iraq Ministry of Oil receives four EC145s
30-Jun-2017Source: Airbus Helicopters
Last month, Airbus delivered the final two of four H145 helicopters ordered by the Iraq Ministry of Oil. The contract with the South Oil Company, a government owned company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, was signed in June 2014. The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has selected Airbus as its helicopter provider for its aviation... Read more
13-May-17 Bell 407 Mosul, Iraq
Helicopter shot down from ground fire. Reports do not agree as to whether the two occupants were fatally injured or not. In one report, a Bell 407 is shown with holes in the front windscreen... Read more
US Apache join counter-ISIL fight, says US Dept of Defense
15-Jun-2016Source: US DoD
U.S. Apache helicopters have entered the fight in Iraq against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters. "Commanders have used the Apache capability that we positioned there and that [President Barack Obama] authorized them to use some months ago," Carter said as he traveled to Brussels for meetings... Read more
Iraqi EC635 armament upgrade completed
5-Aug-2015Source: Defence Web
The Iraqi Army Air Corps' EC635 light helicopters are now armed with machineguns, cannons, rockets and Ingwe missiles provided by South Africa and Airbus Helicopters.See Full Story... Read more
Bell award $55M for support of Iraq helicopters
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a $55,600,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee foreign military sales contract (Iraq) for technical advice and maintenance and logistics support for maintenance and logistics for Bell aircraft. Work will be performed in Iraq with an estimated completion date of Aug. 7, 2016. One bid was solicited with one received. Fiscal 2015... Read more
Bell delivers sixteen 407GXs to Iraq
26-Feb-2015Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today the sale and delivery of 16 new Bell 407GXs to BBM Inc. of Reno, Nevada. The aircraft will be operated in the Middle East, and configured to suit a changing variety of urgent mission profiles, ranging from casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) to reconnaissance. The aircraft were... Read more
12-Dec-14 Eurocopter EC635T2+ Samarra, Iraq (2F)
Reported shot down by Islamic State group militants... Read more
08-Oct-14 Bell 407 Beiji, Iraq (2F)
The helicopter was allegedly downed by IS with a shoulder fired missile. One report says three fatalities... Read more
27-Aug-14 Mil Mi-8 Tikrit, Iraq
A helicopter from the Iraqi Air Force was allegedly shot down north of Tikrit by ISIS insurgents... Read more
12-Aug-14 Mil Mi-17 Sinjar, Iraq (1F)
Helicopter was involved in evacuating people in a humanitarian emergency situation in northern Iraq. Crashed – killing the pilot (reported as "Majed") – possibly due to overloading. Those on board included Yazidi member of parliament, Vian Dakheel New York Times reporter Alissa Rubin – see story Australian photographer Adam Ferguson, freelancing for the New York... Read more
Iraq – $500M contract for Helicopter Sustainment Support
30-Jul-2014Source: DSCA
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for aviation sustainment support, on-the-job maintenance training and maintenance advice and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $500 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale... Read more
26-Jun-14 Mil MI-35 Tikrit, Iraq (5F)
Shot down by insurgents. All 5 POB killed. The link given is reported to be the subject helicopter, but we have not been able to corroborate that. Similarly one source quotes registration YI-352 but no supporting evidence... Read more
22-Feb-14 Karma, Iraq (4F)
Shot down by militants while on reconnaissance flight... Read more
Iraq files $4.8 billion request for 24 AH-64E Apache helicopters
28-Jan-2014Source: DSCA
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for AH-64E APACHE LONGBOW Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $4.8 billion. The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 24 AH-64E APACHE LONGBOW Attack Helicopters, 56 T700-GE-701D... Read more
Second Iraq request worth $1.37B covers lease and associated equipment
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq for support for APACHE lease and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.37 billion. The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 8 AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System, 3 T-700-GE-701D engines,... Read more
Bell get another $18.5M to support Iraq-based helicopters
8-Jan-2014Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc, Hurst, Texas, was awarded an $18,556,810 modification (P00010) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0030 to procure six additional months of contractor logistics support for Bell 407, Huey, Jet Ranger, and OH-58A&C helicopters. Fiscal 2014 funds in the amount of $18,556,810 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Aug. 8,... Read more
Bell awarded $18M six month contract extension for Iraq support
19-Dec-2013Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded an $18,556,810 modification (P00009) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0030 for an undefined contract action for six additional months of contractor logistics support for the Bell 407, Huey, Jet Ranger, and OH-58A&C helicopters in Al Taji, Iraq, in accordance with foreign military sales case IQ-B-UDZ. Fiscal 2014 other procurement funds... Read more
Bell settles with family of Tennessee Guardsman killed in Iraq OH-58D crash
5-Dec-2013Source: Amarillo Globe News
Lawyers have reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of a Tennessee National Guard soldier who died in a helicopter crash in Iraq. See full story... Read more
02-Oct-13 Baiji, Iraq (4F)
Unidentified militants shot down a military helicopter in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing all four crew members, police sources said.... Read more
RAF Merlin Force returns from 10 years of continual operational deployments
27-Sep-2013Source: RAF
The RAF Merlin Force is celebrating its return from 10 years of continual operational deployments following the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The RAF Merlins, which are based at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire first deployed to Bosnia in 2003 and have since provided essential helicopter lift for land forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the first Merlin helicopters... Read more
Iraq requests twelve Bell 412EP for SAR
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 12 Bell 412 EP helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $300 million. The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 12 Bell 412 EP helicopters equipped with Star... Read more
Iraqi Army receives last of 24 Bell 407s
23-May-2013Source: US Army
The Army completed a significant milestone in helping to maintain stability in Iraq now that the U.S. military have departed from that theater of operations. The Project Office for Armed Scout Helicopters, along with several representatives from different organizations on Redstone Arsenal, made the eighth delivery of the Iraqi Armed-407 Bell helicopters to Iraq. Three... Read more
Bell awarded $85M contract for FMS work in Iraq and Taiwan
15-May-2013Source: US DoD
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, Texas, was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, foreign military sales (FMS) contract with a maximum value of $85,400,000 for engineering and technical support services. This FMS contract is in support of Iraq and Taiwan. Performance location and type of appropriation will be determined with each order. The bid was solicited through the... Read more
19-Apr-13 Habaniya, Iraq
All four on board seriously injured... Read more
Three more 407s delivered to Iraqi military
25-Jan-2013Source: US Army
The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command with U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command and Program Executive Office Aviation facilitated and delivered three Bell 407 Scout helicopters to Iraqi Army Aviation today. This marks the sixth completed delivery of Iraqi Armed 407 Scout helicopter through Foreign Military Sales that began in 2010. "Many of the organizations... Read more
Famous Lynx retires to Fleet Air Arm Museum
Lynx XZ720 shot up or sank five Iraqi warships in three days in January 1991 – and also came through machine-gun fire in the Falklands. The five tallies painted on the cabin door show that this Lynx has seen some action. It is, for this is one of the most battle-hardened helicopters in recent Royal... Read more
Bell awarded support agreement for Iraqi Bell 407s
15-Apr-2012Source: Bell
NOTE – We are running the Bell press release verbatim below. Bell issued their press release on 13th April, but HeliHub.com had already run the story on 9th April…. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), was awarded a contract by US Army Contracting Command, Redstone Alabama for the procurement of contractor logistics support... Read more
US State Dept orders three more S61T taking total to 29
9-Nov-2011Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced that the U.S. Department of State (DoS) has ordered three additional upgraded S-61 utility helicopters, bringing the total number purchased by DoS to 29 aircraft to date. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. "The S-61 helicopter is known... Read more
640th ASB wraps up its mission for Operation New Dawn
27-Oct-2011Source: US Army
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – The 640th Aviation Support Battalion, a California National Guard unit deployed here in support of Operation New Dawn, is preparing to split its operations between Iraq and Kuwait before finally heading home. The 640th ASB, the only aviation support battalion remaining in Iraq, has provided aviation support to all the Army... Read more
Massachusetts and Vermont Army Guard medevac crew awarded Air Medals
An "all-pro" medical evacuation crew from the 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment received Air Medals for conducting two urgent air evacuations on a single day during "red weather" conditions that had grounded aircraft across Iraq. The Air Medal is awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. Army Lt. Gen. Frank... Read more
ARINC completes modification of 22 Mi-17s for Iraq ahead of schedule
8-Aug-2011Source: ARINC
ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, today announced it has completed the modification of 22 Russian Mi-17 Helicopters for use by the Air Force of Iraq, under a 2007 U.S. Army contract. The final two aircraft were handed over to Iraqi representatives in Taji, Iraq on June 15, six weeks ahead of schedule. Last year, ARINC Engineering Services... Read more
L-3 Wescam awarded $21M contract for FLIR installation on Iraqi Bell 407s
L-3 Communications EO/IR, Inc., Santa Rosa, Calif., was awarded on May 27 a $21,211,282 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of 22 MX-15Di forward looking infrared radar sensors with laser designator for installation on Iraqi Armed 407 helicopters. Work will be performed in Santa Rosa, Calif., and Burlington, Ontario, Canada, with an... Read more
American and Iraqi pilots fly together: MEDEVAC training mission builds partnerships
7-Jun-2011Source: US Army
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters flew in formation with two Iraqi Air Force helicopters during May on a joint medical evacuation training mission, serving to build rapport and partnerships between the two militaries. The mission allowed the pilots and crews from the two militaries to better understand each... Read more
Sikorsky buys Danish Sea King fleet for S61T Iraq contract
7-Jun-2011Source: HeliHub.com
It is a comprehensive process to sell military helicopters, but the Danish Defence Logistics Organization has now successfully sold its Sea King fleet, having already replaced them operationally by AgustaWestland AW101 Merlins in the last few years. In total, seven S-61 helicopters and accompanying spare parts and accessory packs have been sold, realising approx 40... Read more
640th ASB finds helicopter parts, saves big money
9-May-2011Source: US Army
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – With the discovery of thousands of helicopter parts, ranging from helicopter tires all the way up to transmissions and rotary blades, the technical supply section of the 640th Aviation Support Battalion has identified and inventoried millions of dollars worth of unused parts, returning them to the supply system for use. After... Read more
US Huey advisors step back, Iraqi instructors take lead
16-Apr-2011Source: US Air Force
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – After more than five years training side-by-side with their Iraqi counterparts in the skies, U.S. Air Force UH-1 Huey instructor pilots have taken a step back as Iraqi instructor pilots take over responsibility for training their own junior pilots. Last month, the 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron's two Huey instructor pilots,... Read more
Alabama National Guard's 131st Aviation Regiment to deploy to Iraq
15-Apr-2011Source: AL.com
The Alabama National Guard's 131st Aviation Regiment, a Black Hawk helicopter outfit based beside Mobile Regional Airport, is set to deploy to Iraq on Sunday.... Read more
Donaldson inlet barrier filters help improve Iraqi B407 performance and reliability
8-Apr-2011Source: Donaldson
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), will provide Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) systems and avionics bay filtration for new Bell 407 Trainers and Armed Scout Helicopters. The rotorcraft are being deployed to help increase the effectiveness of Iraq's Security Forces. A significant aspect of the transition to full Iraqi... Read more
Iraq Mi-171 advisor pilots provide training – day or night
20-Mar-2011Source: NATO Training Mission
A dozen Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air helicopter pilots are working day and night to ensure their Iraqi counterparts are trained and equipped to conduct missions that will ensure safety and security within the country. At home, most of the American advisors provide security, passenger airlift and helicopter training on UH-1N and UH-1H Huey helicopters.... Read more
FADEC alleged in legal case over fatal OH-58D Kiowa Warrior accident
11-Mar-2011Source: Knox News
The suit alleges the failure of the FADEC system in an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter was a direct and proximate cause of two deaths when it crashed near Mosul, Iraq in February 2010. HeliHub.com accident page – 21-Feb-10 Bell OH-58D at Qayyarah Airfield West, Northern Iraq (2F)... Read more
ARINC awarded $41M contract for Mi-17 work in Iraq
6-Mar-2011Source: US DoD
ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Annapolis, Md., was awarded on Feb. 28 a $41,722,209 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for one year of contractor logistics services option for the MI-17 aircraft. Work will be performed in Iraq, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2012. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The... Read more
Westar Aerospace & Defense awarded $10M contract for nine OH-58s and five B206 in Iraq
WESTAR Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., was awarded on Feb. 25 a $10,294,818 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for several logistic services for nine OH-58 and five 206B3 helicopters belonging to the government of Iraq. Work will be performed in Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, with an estimated completion date of March... Read more
15-Feb-11 Nasiryah, Iraq
A US helicopter belonging to the US civil support team in Iraq made an emergency landing in the northeast of Nasiryah in southern Baghdad.  The helicopter had taken off from Imam Ali base west of Nasriyah. No one was hurt in the accident... Read more
Boeing wins the Joseph P Cribbins Aviation Product Symposium Project Manager Award
11-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Sit down. Take a deep breath. The US Army's Joseph P. Cribbins Aviation Product Symposium Project Manager Award is upon us and the winner has been announced! The award from the US Army Cargo Helicopters Project Office was presented this week at a symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. Boeing's Aircraft Modificatin Center team based out of... Read more
Defense Technology Inc may protest Russian helicopter deal
6-Feb-2011Source: Reuters
A small Alabama-based firm is gearing up to protest the Army's plan to hand an exclusive helicopter contract to a Russian government agency, saying it can do the job quicker and cheaper if it is allowed to compete.... Read more
New heli hangar opens – largest free-span building in Middle East
30-Jan-2011Source: US Forces
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi Army Aviation Command celebrated the construction of a 15-meter tall and 76-meter long Mi-17 helicopter hangar and maintenance facility Jan. 17 with a dedication ceremony at Camp Taji. The Mi-17 hangar, the largest free-span building in the Middle East, will provide all the space that the Iraqi Army Aviation Command needs... Read more
FLIR Systems announces order for $15.8M from US Army
27-Jan-2011Source: FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has been awarded a delivery order totaling $15.8 million for its Star SAFIRE® II stabilized multi-sensor systems to support the U.S. Army MEDEVAC program. The units delivered under this order will be employed on the Army MEDEVAC UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Work under... Read more
Iraq Army adds four Mi-171E helicopters to inventory
25-Jan-2011Source: US Air Force
The Iraq Army Aviation Command accepted delivery of four new Mi-171E helicopters at its headquarters in Taji, as two were delivered Jan. 16 followed two more Jan. 23. This latest delivery brings Iraq Army Aviation Command's total inventory of Mi-171E helicopters to 14, as part of a foreign-military-sales purchase made by the Iraqi Ministry of... Read more
Iraqi emergency units complete EMT training
6-Jan-2011Source: US Army
Iraqis with the Iraqi Emergency Security Unit completed emergency medical technician training, Dec. 28, after five weeks of coursework with U.S. Army medics. Provided by the "Thunderhorse" medics of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, the training began in late November. Instruction was provided to Iraqi Police, the Emergency Security Unit and... Read more
721st AEAS airmen continue Iraqi mentoring
5-Jan-2011Source: US Forces - Iraq
TAJI — As part of American efforts in Iraq to continue strengthening a long-term partnership, Airmen assigned to the 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron train, advise and assist the Iraqi Army Aviation Command with all helicopter operations here. "The air advisors are applying their technical skill and knowledge in a whole new way, and it's... Read more
Vermont National Guard testing HH-60M in Iraq
5-Jan-2011Source: Burlington Free Press
The Guard's C Company of the 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment deployed in November with a dozen HH-60M helicopters, the latest medical variant of the Army's Black Hawk, the military said in a report... Read more
Iraqi Army takes delivery of three Bell 407s
21-Dec-2010Source: US Army
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi Army Aviation Command showcased the arrival of three new Bell T-407 training helicopters with a ceremony and aerial display at Camp Taji Dec. 15. "This is a landmark occasion for the Government of Iraq," said U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Hanson, director of Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force, and... Read more
Russia denies US reports of slip in Iraq helicopter deal
29-Nov-2010Source: RIA Novosti
Russian helicopter deliveries to Iraq are proceeding as planned, a source in the Russian aircraft industry said on Thursday, in response to American claims that deliveries are over-budget and late.... Read more
Iraq orders seven AS350B3s for agricultural missions
1-Nov-2010Source: Eurocopter
Marignane, France, October 31, 2010: Eurocopter today signed an agreement for the supply of seven AS350 B3 Ecureuil helicopters to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture for crop spraying missions over vast fields of date palm trees – which provide a major source of agricultural revenue for the country. Deliveries of these single-engine workhorse rotary-wing aircraft... Read more
The Global War against Terrorism drives the US military helicopter market, says Frost & Sullivan
12-Oct-2010Source: Frost & Sullivan
Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have laid a strong foundation for significant growth in the U.S. military helicopter market. The U.S. military continues to acquire new helicopters and implement major upgrades to its existing fleet. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the U. S. Army's aviation command may require a sum of $61 billion... Read more
11 more US State Dept S61s for Iraq and Afghanistan
21-Sep-2010Source: Sikorsky
SHELTON, Conn.– Sikorsky Aerospace Services today announced the U.S. State Department has ordered 11 additional upgraded S-61TM utility helicopters for use in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) is the aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Earlier this year, the State Department entered into a five-year indefinite... Read more
ITAM-AF supports Iraqis after Mi-17 crash
9-Sep-2010Source: ITAM-AF
When an Iraqi Mi-17 helicopter crashed last month in Taji, killing five Iraqi Airmen, personnel from the Iraq Training and Advising Mission-Air Force moved quickly to provide a Critical Incident Stress Management team to support to the students and cadre at the joint training base. ITAM-AF has been training the Iraqi air force's aircrews on... Read more
Iraq requests $152M of logistical support for Mi-17s via US FMS program
7-Aug-2010Source: DSCA
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of contractor logistics support for various helicopters for an estimated cost of $152 million. The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of two years of contractor logistics support for Mi-17 Helicopters and two years of logistics support... Read more
US military builds largest clear-span building in Middle East – a helicopter hangar
5-Aug-2010Source: US Forces, Iraq
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region District (GRD) is managing the construction of the largest clear-span building in the Middle East, here at Taji Air Force Base. This MI-17 helicopter hangar spans 76 meters long (more than 240 ft.) without any intermediate supports and stands at 15 meters tall (50 ft.). It will... Read more
28-Jul-10 Serial TBA Mil Mi-17 Karbala, Iraq (5F)
DynCorp sued for $10M by injured US Army helicopter pilots
28-May-2010Source: Bloomberg Business Week
Special Ops unit members Gary Linfoot and Gregory Cooper were flying the helicopter south of Baghdad when its main rotor driveshaft failed and the aircraft crashed, according to a complaint filed in Wilmington, Delaware.... Read more
Pentagon pleased with Osprey performance
The U.S. military is pleased with the performance of the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, but is still working hard to improve its readiness, the Pentagon's program manager said on Tuesday.... Read more
17-Apr-10 95-26648 Sikorsky UH-60L 12 miles north of Tikrit, Iraq (1F)
21-Feb-10 Bell OH-58D at Qayyarah Airfield West, Northern Iraq (2F)
Multi National Force – West sees the last of the CH-47 Chinook
9-Dec-2009Source: US Marine Corps
The soldiers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, took their last flight from Al Asad, Dec. 1, 2009. The eight Chinooks have moved to Talil, Iraq, in support of operations for Multi-National Division – South, where Company B, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, will put the aircraft to use.... Read more
Deputy commandant for aviation visits Marines in Iraq, discusses future
7-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub
There are many questions within the Marine Corps aviation community these days, including airframe transitions, future deployments and combat zone developments.... Read more
Iraq request 15 Light and 12 Medium Utility Helicopters
21-Nov-2009Source: DSCA
The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of up to 15 AgustaWestland AW109s, or alternatively, 15 Bell Model 429s, or 15 EADS UH-72A Lakotas; and, up to 12 AgustaWestland AW139s, or alternatively, 12 Bell 4122, or 12 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks... Read more
09-Nov-09 (Serial TBA) Bell OH-58D Tikrit, Salah ad-Din Province, Iraq (2F)
Iraqi Air Force Expands Deployment of Guardian Mobility Tracking Services
22-Sep-2009Source: Guardian Mobility
At Helitech today, in booth FTE 1717, Guardian Mobility announced the Iraqi Air Force has expanded its deployment of Guardian aircraft tracking solutions for its air fleet. It added an additional 60 aircraft, for a total of more than 125 aircraft – both fixed wing and helicopters... Read more
19-Sep-09 Sikorsky UH-60 Joint Base Balad, Iraq (1F)
17-Jul-09 N974BW MD Helicopters MD530F nr Baghdad, Iraq (2F)
17-Jul-09 N974BW MD Helicopters MD530F nr Baghdad, Iraq... Read more
Indiana Guard helicopter unit leaving for Iraq
6-Jul-2009Source: Herald Bulletin


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