TEL AVIV — The Israel Air Force has returned to service its F-16
multi-role fighter fleet.
The Israel Defense Forces said the air force’s more than 200 F-16s have
resumed normal operations after an investigation of technical flaws. The
military said the probe focused on the malfunction of the engines of two
F-16s in June.
Israeli Air Force F-16s. /Ofer Zidon/Flash90
“As of now, all of the F-16s have returned to the skies with full
operational capability, including strikes, sorties, training flights, and
air-to-air simulations,” the military said on Sept. 29.
The military said many in the F-16 fleet were grounded in mid-2012. The Air Force investigation was said to have detected the malfunction in the peeling of the coating of the air intake inlet, which damaged the aircraft engines.
“Following the discovery, the majority of the IAF’s F-16s were grounded from training exercises, although they remained on standby alert,” the military said.
The military did not identify the models of the two F-16s whose engines
malfunctioned. About half of the fleet was comprised of the advanced F-16I,
a variant of the Block 50 aircraft and acquired from 2000 through 2004.
During the F-16 restoration effort, the Air Force stripped away the old
coatings of the air intake inlets. Officers said the engine components were
then reassembled with a new and more durable coating.
“The challenge was to complete the process as quickly as possible so as
many airplanes were available for training as possible,” Maj. Shlomi
Palanitski, a commander in the project, said. “Air bases have coped with the
crisis by continuing their training as best they could. We focused on doing
everything in the safest way possible.”
World Tribune
By Paul McGuire
October 3, 2012
NewsWithViews.com
We have now reached one of the most critical points in the history of mankind and it revolves around Israel, Iran and the Middle East. This crisis point was predicted over 2,500 years ago, by the ancient Biblical prophets. In addition, the general nature and date of this crisis was predicted by the Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce and the Fatima prophecies. Although, 2012 is the general time period predicted by some of these prophets, 2012 is basically is a convergence for many point apocalyptic events.
Some people are quick to say that the world thought the apocalypse was at hand during the Black Plague, World War I and World War II. That may be true, but there are a number of reasons why this crisis is different than any other crisis in human history. The primary reason is advanced technology. For example, the crisis between Israel and Iran, could involve nuclear weapons, which could be used in a conflict that would set off a regional thermonuclear war. Strategic military analysis tells us that a regional thermonuclear war can become a global thermonuclear war in about one hour and a half. At this point, you are talking about the potential loss of hundreds of millions of lives. Using today’s technology, one single U.S. Or Russian nuclear submarine has the nuclear fire power to destroy the entire world!
Secondly, unlike previous conflicts with nations like Nazi, Germany and the former Soviet Union, we are dealing with an apocalyptic sect known as the "Twelvers," a radical Shiite Muslim sect that believes an Islamic new world order will come with the return of their Messiah, the Mahdi. This Islamic new world order would be ushered in by the destruction of Israel and a global apocalypse ignited by Iran. Iranian analysts believe that, Ahmadinejab is building up its nuclear-weapon capabilities in order to attack Israel, which will be the key apocalyptic event that will cause the Mahdi to return. The key factor here is that Iran will soon have the nuclear weapons to cause an apocalypse.
Ahmadinejab is a "Twelver," and at his recent speech at the United Nations, on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Ahmadinejab gave a fiery apocalyptic speech in which he reiterated his total commitment to this apocalyptic belief system. Ahmadinejab believes he is on a mission from God to destroy Israel and start a global apocalypse that will bring in the Mahdi.
Also speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a "clear red line" to be drawn on Iran’s development of nuclear weapons. Netanyahu, also explained that Iran’s belief in destroying Israel and starting an apocalypse was their ultimate game plan. This is an entirely different enemy than the former Soviet Union and Nazi, Germany, who at the end of the day wanted to live and enjoy their lives.
Never before in the history of mankind have we had the technology to destroy the population of Earth in a matter of hours or weeks with nuclear and biological weapons. In the U.S. Alone there could be nuclear strikes in many U.S. Cities which would include military installations and all areas of economic, political and military importance. The sophistication of computer guided nuclear missiles is so accurate, that our enemies have pre-programmed nuclear missiles capable of hitting specific highway intersections in major cities. This will block the citizen’s from exiting a targeted city. Just looking at Google Earth Search will give you a minor hint of how accurately a nuclear missile strike could be. In fact, a missile can be launched from outer space to detonate a specific house! Through biological warfare, the CDC is preparing for a "Zombie Apocalypse" which could involve a biological agent that attacks the central nervous system and turns people into flesh eating zombies, like in the movies, "I Am Legend," and "28 Days Later." This is not science fiction; this is cutting edge of biological warfare. This also fits in with the prediction of the, "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," predicted in the book of Revelation.
The fact of the matter is that the human race has now entered the time that many prophets have predicted. It is not an accident that word Revelation, in the Book of Revelation, is from the Greek word, apokaplypsis, which is an unveiling or disclosing of reality that has not been previously perceived, especially events in the future.
Never before has mankind had to face the prospect of an Extinction Level Event with the push of a button. In addition to global thermonuclear and biological war, mankind must now face the potential of cataclysmic events like an asteroid, or comet hitting the earth. Many military experts speculate that one of the secondary reasons that the Mars rover, "Curiosity," is on Mars, is to be able to give us a better view of comets and asteroids that may be moving dangerously close to earth. Added to that, large numbers of people have heard strange groaning coming from under the earth and huge piles of dead fish are washing onto the shore in places like Finland.
I have had the privilege of being asked by several notable Hollywood producers, to be the writer and on-screen prophecy expert, for a cutting edge film called, "Chaos Reaction Basic Extinction." This film will be viewed by millions of people across the world and uncover information about coming prophetic events from a diverse spectrum of sources. After over 30 years of intensive research into this field, I believe the human race is entering a convergence point of predicted and apocalyptic events. However, the purpose of some of these ancient prophecies was to warn us so that we could make the changes necessary in order to give mankind hope for the future. Many people in America and the world are in great despair over the statistical facts regarding the U.S. debt of over $16 trillion dollars and a global economic system which is on the verge of collapse.
Through our technology we have essentially created a cashless society that is global. As we uncover the hidden meaning of these prophecies that we will expose in the film, it is evident that there has been a secret plan since ancient Babylon to build a new world order. This plan was at work through Sir Francis Bacon, who planned for America to be the head of the new world order and the New Atlantis.
Many of the evidences for the fulfillment of these ancient prophecies are hidden out in the open with occult symbolism that goes back to Nimrod and his wife Semiramis at the Tower of Babel, which was the world’s first one world government, one world economic system and one world religion. While doing research on this film, I was able to uncover research that shows why U.S. troops are guarding ancient Babylon in Iraq and why there are secret plans to rebuild a high-tech Babylon. When you begin to put these cosmic puzzle pieces together, with the help of the latest scientific research, you begin to see a digital and holographic map of the future of mankind. But, what is the most amazing thing of all, is that this map of the future of mankind was predicted in precise detail over 3,500 years ago.
ANZ bank is investigating the potential for fingerprint scans at ATMs to fight card skimmers and other crime.
The bank has revealed it will explore introducing controversial technology that stores biometric data, replacing the need for PINs, after research suggested customers were willing to embrace it.
ANZ will today announce a mass upgrade to establish "intelligent" ATMs at 800 locations nationwide over the next two years.
The ATMs quickly credit cash and cheque deposits but the bank has pledged the changes would not result in branch closures or staff cuts.
Newspoll research commissioned by ANZ suggests 79 per cent of people would be comfortable using fingerprint scans to verify identity.
ANZ CEO Philip Chronican told The Daily Telegraph the apparent support for fingerprint scans was surprising.
The Telegraph Australia
