With the sudden explosion of tweets, Facebook posts, and rumours during the late hours last night, unconfirmed news of Gadhafi's death has became viral and at first, I'm not sure whether I should believe it since there are too many sources has reported the news and that might also mean they haven't confirmed in a journalistic manner. But after awhile after reading the news just an hour later, it is confirmed. Muhammar Gadhafi has been killed during the crossfire while freedom fighters captured his hometown of Sirte.
Libyan TV showed mobile phone footage which showed Gaddafi wounded and bloodied, but still alive. Later it screened pictures showing rebel fighters posing with his bloodied corpse. Other rebels were seen brandishing what they said was Gaddafi's gold-plated pistol.
Leaders from around the world also hail Gadhafi's death as the end of tyranny. The capture of the once ruler of Libya has ended the regime that spanned across 40 years of brutal dictatorship. Now that he's gone, it is interesting to see how the country will progress, whether being handed over to another military group like before, or developed into a democratic country.
RAAF receive final Super Hornets, rare flybys took place in Brisbane [Australian Aviation]
It is a very rare case where the sky of Brisbane was cleared for a formation flight for the latest addition of 4 Boeing F/A-19F Super Hornets into the 24-aircraft fleet, so today I went to Kangaroo Point and have a good look of it.
The four aircraft completed the final leg of their trans-Pacific delivery flight, which originated at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California on October 13. The aircraft were supported by a USAF KC-10 tanker for the journey, and stopped en route at Hickam AFB in Hawaii, Andersen AFB on Guam, and RAAF Base Townsville. For the final leg from Townsville to Amberley, Super Hornet A41-222 was piloted by Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Geoff Brown, while A41-224 was piloted all the way from the US by the outgoing Officer Commanding 82 Wing, GPCAPT Steve Roberton, who was previously head of the Air Combat Transition office (ACTO) which managed the Super Hornet project from inception.
We don't get to see fighter jets flying by Brisbane and the surrounding area so I'm very glad to be one part of the crowd. Although their flyby to the inner city was only a few second's worth of time, the experience of waiting and anticipating is totally worth the case.
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