Copter from Fort Bragg missing in S.C. The Associated Press 4/27/2004, 8:22 a.m. ET FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — An Army helicopter with three soldiers aboard vanished during a training flight, and a search was under way Tuesday, authorities said.
The UH-60 Blackhawk was on a flight from Fort Bragg, N.C., when it was reported missing about 9:50 p.m. Monday. It wasn't known if there were injuries or whether the helicopter crashed or made an emergency landing, Lt. Col. Billy Buckner, a spokesman for the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, said Tuesday morning. http://www.nj.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-22/1083068940167260.xml
Oh, dear. Prayers going up for the soldiers.
$500,000 Worth of Property Stolen from Russia’s Nuclear Flagship
Embezzlement of finances and property on the Peter the Great nuclear cruiser amounted to 14 million rubles (almost $500,000) in 2003, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Tuesday citing a source in the financial directorate of the Northern Fleet’s headquarters.
“We are puzzled by the ship command’s inability to control the observation of order on board and lack of responsibility for the hardware commissioned to them. More than that, over the past months of 2004, hardware worth about 400,000 rubles (over $13,000) was embezzled,” the source said.
The Peter the Great has been put into dry dock after the commission of the Main Headquarters of the Russian Navy checked her two weeks ago.
The inspection followed a statement by the top Russian Navy commander who said that the condition of the nuclear cruiser was so poor it could blow up at any moment.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/04/27/cruizer.shtml