Aviation Intelligence

Can AI be trusted and is safe to fly commercial aircraft The algorithm flies. What happens next depends on whether the humans who built it, certified it, deployed it, operate alongside it, and trust their lives to it choose to do the difficult work that its safe integration requires. That work is not glamorous. It does not make for compelling product launches or impressive demonstration videos. It looks like data validation tables and simulator protocols and liability insurance schedules and regulatory dockets and training records. It is, in every sense that matters, the most important work...

In fiction, the spy is a glamorous figure whose secrets make or break peace, but, historically, has intelligence really been a vital step to military victories? In this breakthrough study, the preeminent war historian John Keegan goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts to develop a...

…Ben Het has tanks in the wire! “Hawk Claw is engaging,” the pilot reports firing the first TOW missile ever from a helicopter in combat. Fire Base Delta had already been over run and Fire Base Charlie was fighting for its life. How much would fall before the North Vietnamese army was knocking on the doors of the key city of Kontum? This was the third phase of the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive Campaign of 1972. Standing across the country between them and the fall of Saigon was a poorly led South Vietnamese Army, brave South Vietnamese soldiers, and US Advisors. How much ground ...

CIA Wizards of Aerial Reconnaissance: The CIA's Trailblazing Tech Evolution (CIA Area 51 Chronicles – Book 7) By TD Barnes The CIA’s secret aviation pioneers. The evolution of intelligence technology. The hidden history of aerial reconnaissance. For decades, the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology pushed the boundaries of what was possible in intelligence gathering, transforming aerial reconnaissance and surveillance technology. From the covert flights of Air America to the groundbreaking U-2 and A-12 Archangel programs at Area 51, the CIA pioneered a new era of intelligence ...

Two fleets, one datum, and nobody willing to be the one who blinks. On Halloween morning a Soviet destroyer shoulders an American destroyer hull to hull, steel screaming, firehoses across the rails. Above them fighters and bombers trade radar locks like currency, each snap of a fire-control set a sentence in a language both navies read fluently. Below them, in the middle of all of it, a North Korean diesel boat runs at two knots and thirty-eight meters, conned by ear beneath the mutual roar of two carrier groups. It is the quietest hour of the loudest day of the Cold War. Then the hunter ...

Decorated current CIA analyst Mark Henshaw continues the “authentic, compelling, and revealing” (Jason Matthews) Red Cell series following agent Kyra Stryker who must work to save the CIA from being torn apart by a mole at the highest echelons, with the help of recently retired analyst...

Beyond the Horizon: The Declassified History of the CIA’s Office of Special Activities (CIA Area 51 Chronicles – Book 10) By TD Barnes The CIA’s most secretive division. The covert missions that shaped modern intelligence. The untold story of Area 51’s black operations. For decades, the CIA’s Office of Special Activities (OSA) operated in the shadows, overseeing some of the most classified projects in intelligence history. From the secret testing of high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft to the development of stealth technology and satellite surveillance, this elite division played...

What if the most secret place on Earth wasn’t about aliens at all, but about us? For more than seventy years, a barren stretch of Nevada desert has captured the world’s imagination. “Beyond the Fence: The Untold Story of Espionage, Innovation, and the Myths Born in Nevada’s Hidden Skies” pulls back the curtain on the true history of Area 51, an intersection of secrecy, science, and the human need to believe. From the silent flights of the U-2 and the supersonic shadows of the A-12 to the birth of stealth and the rise of unmanned intelligence, this book traces the hidden evolution ...

The manifest said 172. He counted 173. Now the system that got it wrong wants him to believe he can't count. Captain Rohan Sena is the kind of pilot who checks everything twice. Pitot tubes by touch. Fuel state by hand. Passenger count, verified, filed, closed. When a bomb tears through the rear cabin of his Boeing 777 over Turkey, he lands the aircraft, saves 289 lives, and does what pilots do: follows procedure. Then the numbers stop adding up. One passenger over the manifest. A man in seat 38F, observed, served orange juice, independently documented by three crew members, who does not ...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Michael O'Leary by Matt Cooper, read by Stephen Hogan. September 2017. Ryanair cancels over 700,000 bookings and its powerful PR juggernaut comes shuddering to a halt. For once, the airline's aggressive and flamboyant CEO, Michael O'Leary, is contrite...

Patrick Robinson, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Lone Survivor and “preeminent writer of modern naval fiction” (The Florida Times Union) shares the gripping untold story of Mohammed Gulab, the Afghani warrior who defied the Taliban and saved the life of American hero and Navy...

In fiction, the spy is a glamorous figure whose secrets make or break peace, but, historically, has intelligence really been a vital step to military victories? In this breakthrough study, the preeminent war historian John Keegan goes to the heart of a series of important conflicts to develop a...

For six years, Connie Reeves was a UH-1 helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army, one of the first female Army Aviators. In Don't Cry in the Cockpit, she amuses and educates on her various decisions--joining the Army, going to flight school, getting married, becoming a mother. She was a typical young woman of her era, having come of age in the seventies, and boldly believed that there was nothing she couldn't do.

How does a scrawny child from a poor family cope with incessant bullying? What support is needed to rise above it and soar to heroic heights? How does a beautiful, yet quiet girl spur him on? How do Delbert and Sylvia each survive tragic events and persevere when driven apart with both lives shattered? This emotion packed story will have you pulling for them through heart-wrenching ordeals to the very end. Along the way, you will live life in the 1950’s and see what Canada lost in the infamous Avro Arrow supersonic fighter program cancellation.

From the simple plaything of hobbyists to the high-tech guardians of national security, the story of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a thrilling flight into the frontier of technological innovation. "Eyes in the Sky" charts this breathtaking ascent, offering readers an inside look at the machines and systems shaping the modern world, both in the air and on the ground. Embark on a journey that spans continents, delving deep into the extraordinary uses of UAVs across military, civilian, and commercial sectors. Learn how these devices gather intelligence, conduct surveillance, and even wage...

That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days: sports glory. But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of “cool”...

ASVAB LINE SCORE SUCCESS SYSTEM Your AFQT Isn't Enough — Here's What Recruiters Won't Tell You You crushed your ASVAB. 75, 78, 80… solid score. Now you think: “I can pick any job I want.” Think again. Nobody tells you this, but your AFQT score is only half the battle. LINE SCORES are what actually unlock specific military jobs — and 90% of recruits don't find out until MEPS. Here's What Really Happens You show up confident. The recruiter offers you an admin job. You say: “That's not what I studied for.” He says: “Your line scores don't qualify you for IT support.” You're ...

‘If you loved The Twilight Zone, this is for you. It's a mind-blower.’ STEPHEN KING "The future of warfare – if not humanity – changed on a hot August day on the grounds of a naval base more than 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean. The discovery involved a single scientist and a model...

CODE NAME SWAN 53 The 45th Book in the Popular GMJ Series A denied truce. A controversial foreign policy. And a secret war being fought in the shadows of South Africa. Since the publication of the first GMJ novel, Code Name VFO56, the author has explored the mysterious phenomenon he calls the “Muslim Truce”—an alleged understanding between the post-apartheid South African Government and radical Islamic groups that has never been officially acknowledged. What could have caused radical Islamist terrorism to apparently disappear from South Africa during the late 1990s while other African...

HABU PATCH It's the year 1992, the end of the Cold War. Yet danger rides the skies over Russian airspace as a last-ditch military action takes place below. The stakes have never been higher as reactionary forces, led by a powerful rogue general, prepare a counter-coup to oust President Boris Yeltsin from power and make the red flag, emblazoned with hammer and sickle, again fly above the Kremlin. War and peace hinge upon the successful completion of a reconnaissance mission conducted by a veteran US pilot and a legendary spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird. Both plane and pilot have been taken ...