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NA-3A Skywarrior fitted with an AWG-9 radar launches an XAIM-54A Phoenix air-to-air missile. 1966.

Redrew a photo I took the other day of the Long Ranger picking up massive pipes. I thought it was pretty darn cool! It was especially fun chasing him around by foot, me any my coworker yeeting ourselves off these sand piles to catch up with him, and later zooming off in the company truck trying to get some footage.

Ben Blanchet at HuffPost:

CNN’s aviation correspondent said he couldn’t help but put his “head” in his “hands” on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s bonkers blame game over the midair collision in Washington, D.C. that left 67 people dead. Pete Muntean — in response to the president pointing to diversity hiring at the Federal Aviation Administration as a reason for the disaster — said far-right figures have referred to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as reason for the “degradation of safety” in aviation in the United States. “But, frankly, the president is getting out ahead of his skis here,” Muntean told CNN host Pamela Brown after Trump’s chaotic briefing on the collision between a commercial passenger jet and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport. “What he has said is not only unprofessional, unpresidential, inconsiderate of the status of this investigation, but, frankly, it is just unhinged that he could even say with any sort of certainty that diversity, equity, and inclusion policies had any part to play in this accident.” Muntean, a pilot and flight instructor who once worked as a transportation reporter for D.C.’s CBS affiliate, stressed that 67 people were dead as the president’s comments came “not even 24 hours” and “barely even 12 hours” after the disaster.

[...] Muntean then came to the defense of Pete Buttigieg, former President Joe Biden’s transportation secretary, after Trump claimed he ran his department “right into the ground” with his “bullshit.”

CNN aviation expert Pete Muntean delivering straight facts to Trump’s blame game antics at his presser Thursday.

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MMFA: CNN aviation correspondent Muntean on Trump's plane crash presser: “It is just unhinged that he could even say with any sort of certainty that diversity, equity, and inclusion policies had any part to play”

From the 01.30.2025 edition of CNN's CNN Newsroom:

Gloster Javelin FAW.7 (XH890) of No 25 Squadron in straight and level flight showing its missile complement of De Havilland Firestreak infra-red homing air-to-air missiles.

➤VIDEO: https://youtu.be/c-E4JyDCF6I

De Havilland Mosquito XVI, in SEAC (South East Asia Command) colors, 1945.