Boeing is now a verb synonym for worthless.   The K46 also leaks fuel.   It's a refueler bird.   It leaks fuel.   If you Boeing something, things are really fucked up. https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission Did I mention the cracks that have grounded the fleet? https://www.newsweek.com/air-force-kc-46-cracks-fleet-grounds-2038195

I have been retrofitting and improving the sound to my podcasts WarNotes episodes are done with the Podsworth app upgrade. Chasing Ghosts upgrades to episodes 1-3, 6, 8-26 and 58-67 are now complete (updated on RSS, Substack and the Libertarian Institute). I know it seems rather chaotic but when I went back to reprocess, some things were missing or needed attention. Finished uploading the remainder this morning for processing and then when the dust settles, I will see what I missed. If I missed something you identify or any feedback, let me know. As always, I am indebted to your...

This is a prestigious and widely admired quarterly in the military and defense intelligentsia milieu. https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/80/  

Today is Juneteenth.   I celebrate the lethal electrocution of two communist spies on this day in 1953; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, an American couple, were executed for their espionage service to Stalin and the USSR   They became good communists on that day.

***Have been out of pocket for conference attendance*** The US Navy and the Pentagon continue the grand sclerotic and arthritic three ring circus of staggering inabilities to deliver any exquisite platforms on time, on budget and within scope. The sterling track record of bumbling an incompetence at the galactic level continues to amaze observers around eh world. For decades, mountains of red tape have stifled innovation and slowed the defense industrial base’s ability to respond to emerging global threats and even basic requirements. The new Air Force One is now five years behind schedule,...