William Merrill McCormick
Born and raised on the East Side of Providence, RI, Bill was the son of the late Katharine Merrill McCormick and William Best McCormick.
Category Archives: US Military
US Air Force F-15 Eagles from RAF Lakenheath intercept Russian jets above the Baltic region
US Air Force F-15 Eagles from RAF Lakenheath intercept Russian jets over the Baltic region. Picture: 48th Fighter Wing/Tech Sgt Roidan Carlson/ DVIDS These are moments fighter jets from RAF Lakenheath intercepted Russian jets on two separate occasions while deployed to help protect the sovereign skies above the Baltic region.
Search continues for pilot last detected on radar flying over Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Coast Guard planes were continuing to fly over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday morning in search of a missing Oklahoma City pilot, the Coast Guard reports. Kinsinger piloted a small airplane that departed Wednesday evening from Wiley Post Airport.
Sitharaman in Goa for two-day event
Panaji, Jan 8 : Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday arrived at the Indian Naval Base INS Hansa in Goa to participate in the 'Rakshamantri's Day at Sea' programme, an official said. During the two-day event, which began on Monday, she is expected to board several naval ships and witness live naval operations, said an Indian Navy statement.
News | Indian Navy Admiral Kumar Verma to Speak at Prov Committee on Foreign Relations Meeting
The Providence Committee on Foreign Relations has announced that Indian Navy Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma will host a talk field "China Moves Westward." Kumar Verma is a former Indian Navy Admiral who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy, from August 31, 2009, to August 31, 2012.
Vivek Lall joins Lockheed-Martin
Washington, Jan 6 : Distinguished aerospace expert Vivek Lall has joined Lockheed- Martin to look after the companys combat jet programme, specifically the newer generation F-16 Block 70 that the company has offered for production to India. Lall took over his new assignment as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, on on January 2 at the company's aircraft production facility at Fort Worth, where the F-16 Falcon, F-35 Lightning II and other combat and transport aircraft like the F-22 Raptor and C-130J Super Hercules are made.
U.S. Navy locates crashed plane deep on Pacific seabed
TOKYO The U.S. Navy has located a transport aircraft deep on the Pacific Ocean floor where it crashed in November, killing three sailors on board.
US Navy locates crashed plane deep on Pacific seabed
In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a C-2A Greyhound assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron The U.S. Navy has located a transport aircraft deep on the Pacific Ocean floor where it crashed in November, killing three sailors on board. The C-2A "Greyhound" aircraft, which was traveling to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan when it crashed the day before Thanksgiving in the Philippine Sea, rests at a depth of about 18,500 feet , the Japan-based 7th Fleet said in a statement Saturday.
Customs agents make big cocaine arrests over the holidays
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents had a busy holiday season patrolling the Caribbean, intercepting more than 4,700 pounds of cocaine they estimate to have a wholesale value of almost $62 million. The Customs crews are based both in Miami and the Caribbean and used "sophisticated maritime surveillance equipment to detect multiple drug-smuggling vessels as part of multi-agency operations around the holidays," the agency said in a statement.
What Happens If Russia Attacks Undersea Internet Cables
A terrorist organization or nefarious nation state decides to derail the global internet by faulting the undersea fiber optic cables that connect the world. These cables, which run along the ocean floor, carry almost all transoceanic digital communication, allowing you to send a Facebook message to a friend in Dubai, or receive an email from your cousin in Australia.
Coast Guard searching for plane believed to have crashed into Gulf of Mexico
North American Aerospace Defense Command had earlier launched fighter aircraft based in Texas and Louisiana to make visual contact with the single-engine plane that had failed to land in Texas after having taken off from Oklahoma City earlier in the day. "A Cirrus S22T left Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City this afternoon and the pilot filed a flight plan to Georgetown, Texas" the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
Three Toledo-bound lake ships need help fighting Lake Erie ice
A freighter is helped down the Maumee River and through the ice by a pair of tug boats in 2013. Three Toledo-bound lake freighters were among several vessels assisted in recent days by Coast Guard icebreakers operating in western Lake Erie.
Search for missing plane in Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Coast Guard officials are trying to make contact with a Texas-bound, single-engine plane they say is missing.
Probe: Fatal California cop shooting of Navy vet justified
A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident. A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident.
Milwaukee Red Cross reverses visit policy after criticism
The Red Cros... A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident. A 25-year-old Los Angeles has waived extradition proceedings in California and will face a Kansas charge that he made a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of a Wichita resident.
2017 Dispatches “Are You Serious”Awards
Each year Dispatches From the Edge gives awards to individuals, companies and governments that make reading the news a daily adventure. Here are the awards for 2017.
Houthi rebels claim capture of U.S. underwater drone off Yemeni coast
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claim to have seized an U.S. underwater surveillance drone operating off the Yemeni coastline, posting video on Tuesday of rebel fighters pulling the unmanned system from the Gulf of Aden. Rebel forces detected and seized the REMUS 600 autonomous mini-submarine, designed to carry out anti-mine operations and conduct long-range maritime surveillance, on Monday according to reports on Houthi-controlled media outlets in Yemen.
Nick Fury Could not Be Reached for Comment: Air Force Could Test…
We've been watching this particular hush-hush DARPA project for more than two years now. In a nutshell, it calls for the creation of a new class of small, reusable drones that can be launched midair from a C-130 air transport, disperse to surveil targets as much as 300 miles away, then return to their flying airbase to dock for refueling and rearming.
Reader disputes job projections
A slew of letters have been published by The Brownsville Herald stating that liquefied natural gas terminals, to be built at the Port of Brownsville, will bring lots of jobs. We are forgetting that those jobs will be mainly jobs during construction, and then they will need janitors.
Raw: US Coast Guard Rescues Man From Sinking Car
The US Coast Guard says the Coast Guard Cutter Marlin's crew saw an 89-year-old man's car go into the water at a marina in Panama City, Florida on Saturday. The crew immediately launched a rescue boat, broke a car window and pulled the man out.