A Rhino of a Roundup for Dec 7...

We have many potential topics, but first the only correct login info for MS Teams…

With that, here goes… and if this looks like one of Isaac’s old call lists, good. I admit I got most of these topics from my X feed.

• How an AEGIS Cruiser shot down a Super Hornet… and the link has the investigation report.

• There was the Thunderbirds crash… but not much to talk about. Yet.

• Will there or won’t there be F/A-XX for the US Navy? Looks good but when.

• Boeing just delivered the first T-7A Red Hawk to USAF Air Education & Training Command. Also the 16th F-15EX Eagle II/Phoenix.

• Northrop Grumman has a new CCA offering.

• Ukraine is now making drone interceptors work against jet-powered Shaheds… and also using cutting edge tech to upgrade hand-me-down F-16s to hunt drones. A far cry from the days when the F-16 was created to be a lightweight air-to-air fighter intended to aid the F-15 in air superiority.

I figure six points is enough. We could always revisit Dec. 7, 1941 & Pearl Harbor or the JAS-39 Gripen vs. F-35 Lightning II debate for our Canadian neighbours. Here’s a new take… from arguably the best US defense pundit out there.

See you at 5:30 PM Pacific tonight please!