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The federal government has threatened to sanction foreign airlines in the country over their refusal to accept Naira payment for flight tickets. The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika made this known at a briefing today after the federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Mohammad Abu Hari. He said intelligence reports indicated that some of the airlines refused to sell in Naira but charged ticket fares in dollars instead in violation of Nigerian laws. It is an opportunity to say that some of the airlines reports are reaching us that they are refusing to sell tickets in Naira. That is our violation of our local laws, they will not be allowed. The higher and the mighty amongst them will be sanctioned if they are caught doing that. NCAEA had been directed to swing into action and once we find any airline violating this we will definitely deal with them. Also they blocked the travel agents from access, they also made only available the expensive tickets and so on and so forth. Our regulators are not sleeping, we are very vibrant Nigerians will have initial authority. Once they found any airline guilty that airline will be dealt with because we need to protect our people, it is according to our agreements to what we have signed and this is according to international convention.


There's a couple practices in reasonably short order for you. You don't get an opportunity to get that many in. I mean, what were you guys drilling down on and working on? Yeah, so a little bit of you try and really take advantage of days like this to clean up anything that happened in the game that guys have questions on, whether it could be side out of bounds, out of bounds underneath just to give ourselves a chance, every opportunity, every possession. Looking forward to the Atlanta game, how they defend some situations that can give us some confidence once we play those guys. And so trying to toggle and do a little bit of both on a day like this. Atlanta, you guys have had a tough schedule. You've only played four losing teams, granted you beat them all. But now when you're playing a team like Atlanta, another team that's not in the losing category, a competitive team, what are some of the keys in terms of not just Atlanta, but in being able to get over the hump and be able to close out games against those quality teams? Yeah, it's a discipline, Brian. It is leaning more into always instead of sometimes. And we have been sometimes pretty good in possessions. We need to shift that to always, whether that is always defending and being in our right position, whether that's always kicking the ball ahead and having multiple ballhandlers, whether that's always playing with pace once we get a rebound. So that's our challenge as a group. And when you play the better team, it just gets emphasized even more. Because if you don't do it, you're going to lose. And so for us, we're learning those lessons, especially when you play high-level teams. In terms of injury updates, anything new on Ben or Cam? Let's see. No updates for you. Ben and Dennis and Cam will not travel to Atlanta and will not play in Atlanta. Dennis will get an MRI today, and then we'll see what that looks like. So offense, at least from the game against Philly, did you feel the struggles were more about creating advantages or maintaining them once you saw them? Yes, it's interesting. When you have a big, like, embed at the rim, that's always going to present a problem for us. Just because we have a handful of guys who have historically been able to drive the basketball and punish someone at the rim. We watch some of those clips as a team to see other opportunities where we can at least keep our dribble, drag that big out, and then maybe create some driving kick opportunities from that. We can always get to a midi pull-up. Without a doubt, every dude can do that every single possession, so are we disciplined enough to try to make the defense pay when they have a big at the rim? And then just looking at Atlanta, one of the things that's been different about them this year is they're playing a little faster, and they got guys like Jalen Johnson in the lineup. What have you seen other than, I guess, an increased pace? Yeah, Johnson's playing at high-level, do his average in 15 points, shooting the basketball well from three, playing with an extreme amount of confidence. A guy that can get up and down, and when you have two dynamic guards in Murray and Young, their ability to handle the basketball make you collapse because they can get to the rim also. So definitely a disciplined game where you don't wanna allow like a Johnson to have an extreme impact on the game, a Bogdanovich to have an extreme impact on the game, and then disciplined enough to not foul Trey Young also. So a lot of areas you gotta cover when you're playing high-level teams. Trey beat you, I guess, last year when you guys, when Spencer was afraid to get the foul, that wanted to buzzer. Interesting, I mean, he's right behind him on that play, yeah.   Understanding that every team goes through big injuries, how difficult is it to build chemistry when you have so many big parts of your identity sitting out right now? Yeah, I kinda look at it the other way, it's like we're figuring things out along the way also. Whether that is putting a guy like Trenton Wofford in as our backup point guard and let him figure out how he can impact the game. Whether that is putting Daron and Nick in at the same time for a possession the other day and see if we could be big and get a stop out of bounds underneath. So those opportunities wouldn't present themselves if we had those other guys available. Now I do want them available. That makes us whole and healthy and look forward to that. But I think you just try to figure things out. You stay in this space right here, see how you can get the most out of this group, the potential out of this group and then keep building from there. Do you feel like that knowledge is something that can help you down the stretch? If you embrace it, yes. And so I think we've learned how to, what multiple ball handlers can do for us instead of having the ball in one guy's hand coming back to the basketball, how we can play with pace after makes, after misses, after we get a rebound, why that's so important for us. Those lessons sometimes hard to grab a hold to, but definitely good for us to learn from. For the untrained eye, I mean, Cam's shot looks the same as it always does, but what have you seen in the last five games pretty much since he's gone back?  And so he was also getting his workout in before and after those games and workouts, and then to come back and not get a bunch of playing with us in the pre-season. So just still feeling this game out, where he's gonna get his shots from, the difference in the offense. I'll lean into the historical data. He'll be able to make shots and create for us. The challenge again, how could he impact the whole game for us because of the minutes that he plays, rebound the basketball, being the right spot to help us off the ball defensively. So those things we'll keep challenging with, the offense, it'll come. We talked to Cam after his event last week with Welfare at Marcy Playground, as someone who's been in Brooklyn for longer than, I think, pretty much everyone on this roster, what advice do you have for guys about kind of ingraining themselves in the community? Man, this is an unbelievable community. Dive into it, embrace it, be a part of it. That's the best part of being here in Brooklyn. Reason I always want to live here and to feel the people, to feel the borough appreciative and for Cam to have his time and spend it in a thankful way. Pretty cool. You said that Dennis was getting an MRI. Has he gotten worse since Sunday? Well, in fact, he's not playing. And so, you know, that's kind of our steps a little bit. You let a guy get clinically diagnosed. You hope it is a acute injury and then you see if he can get some treatment and get back on the floor. Well, we had a couple days of treatment. He's not back on the floor. So then we'll take the next step and get an MRI. So, meaning Cam, Thomas, would get re-evaluated when you come back? Yeah, I think we'll... He's re-evaluated in two weeks. That'd be like around... Yeah, I think we'll have something for you. The next day we get together, we'll probably have something for you. Would his re-evaluation, and I know I asked this before, you weren't sure yet, would his re-evaluation require more imaging than other MRI? Or is it just a clinical thing? To my knowledge, he is heading in the right direction and unless we want to be extremely proficient in giving him an MRI to compare to, my knowledge, he won't need another MRI that he's building towards getting back on the floor. Has anybody been able to do it and take a little bit extra in the last couple days? He's just still doing what he was doing as far as off-the-court stuff, but not in practice or anything of that nature. Lack of turnovers, force for you guys, obviously been a hot topic. And you talked about the willingness to gamble and take risks. Is there anything differently schematically that you guys can do to kind of improve yourselves in that area? Yeah, Eric, we've really taken the most risk as a team or put our guys in a position, schematically, to take risks.  And sometimes you get a little on edge, especially when you plan high-quality teams and you're saying, okay, let's put ourselves in a position where my guy that I'm guarding might get an open shot. And so being in that uncomfortable zone, we got to make our guys comfortable being in that zone and being able to still take risks in the gamble. We'll still push that envelope, I think it's important for us. It's huge in our defensive efficiency. While we're not being rewarded for whether how good we're rebounding and not fouling, it's huge in that category. So we'll continue to try to come up with concepts to push our guys towards that direction.


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Welcome to Bird Room Broadcasting, I'm Robin Schepp. And I'm Georgie Gray, and this is your number one resource for parodies, entertainment, and real news. Five African gray parrots in a wildlife park have been removed from public view after multiple complaints from visitors said that they caught the parrots swearing. Martin has the story. Thank you Georgie. I'm here at Lincoln Shaw Wildlife Park with program director Nigel Nightingale. He's actually the first person who discovered the parrot's foul language. That is right. We got five grays in last week and quite a few of them had potty mouths, so we quarantined them and they taught bad language to the other one. So now we've got a whole cage full of potty mouths, or potty beaks as the case may be. Are you sure parrots have foul mouths?  You can floor quite off!  Oh, quite so. That one was Billy. He's the worst of the lot. He's been after me since he got here. Billy has a personal vendetta against you? Yes he does. Every time I walk by he's like, Man, I got Nigel!  I mean, I know you've got a few kilos to drop, right? But I'm working on it! You don't need any rude, comic- Parrot gallery. Yeah, you too! It's a bird. It's a winged serpent. Oh, my God. Oh, my God! Hi. Try results with Tracy. You couldn't go wrong. Second of all, where are all the curson parrots? I came all the way from New York for this. I'm just looking for some entertainment. You know what I mean? The birds in question have been sequestered in order that they may learn more family-friendly vocabulary. Why? Why would you leak something to the news and then not deliver? You know what I'm saying? I want profanity and I want it now. Well, ma'am. Ow! Ow! There is a good percentage of chance that many people will be offended by such language and we must not take any chances. Like who? You know what? Man up.  Consider it free advice. Has anyone complained about the birds? No, they... They love it. That's what I thought. You know what I think? I think that perhaps you should be fired, okay? And may be sued for loss of park income. That's what I think. I think? I would like you to meet Billy's friend Tyson. I would like that. He's almost as gentle as you are. Oh, Tyson! Well, you heard it here, so it's not... No! TV! Guys, I just met Tyson and it was everything.  Oh yeah, and he liked my lips, too. The African Grey has thrown his feather in the ring and officially announced his run for presidency. Well, hopefully his run for presidency won't be as foul-mouthed as Billy and Tyson over there in England, right? Well, from what they're saying here at BRB, his campaign materials, not quite as refined as Leo's. Well, of course not. Nobody could have quite the refinement of Leo. In fact, if you'll notice, in last month's Feathered FunBox, Leo had a beautiful display of campaign materials. The Feathered FunBox, your favorite parrot toy subscription box for not only your parrots, but getting a special gift for you, never hurts. And you know what you also get?  No, you absolutely do not. That's not a thing. Really? Because maybe you could tell me what this penny is? Oh, well, that is the symbolism that Merlin has put in his box for rising up out of being poor and the money that's in his cart, clearly. Really? Symbolism? So, worth your while, what is that symbolic of? A vote or a bribe? That is, what are you doing with a Feathered FunBox anyway because you don't even have a bird, so that's quite relevant. They give you a gift and it's awesome.   So yeah, anyway, why don't we just check out Merlin's campaign video? Hello, everybody. I'm here to talk about your next president, Merlin. That's right. If you're looking for change and more funding for the lower income for the middle class to have a better chance in life, Merlin's your man. Merlin grew up in the slums. He was a little birdie with no chance, but he turned himself around and ended up becoming one of the most successful truckers in Harriet Station history. He has seen every state inside and out and he's willing to represent each one of these states. Now listen here, people. This is a time for change. We need somebody who knows how to run on a budget. Now come election time, there's only one bird to vote for and that's Merlin. Just like Merlin built up his life again, he can do the same for Parrot Station. This just in, a parrot may help put a murderer behind bars. 46-year-old Elizabeth Toledo was murdered in her home. While authorities were outside the crime scene, one officer heard what he thought to be Elizabeth crying for help. However, it turned out to be her parrot mimicking her last words. The parrot's words will now be used as evidence in her trial. That bird must have been heartbroken. Yeah, her last words were I, por favor, soul to me, which translates to No, please let me go. That's so sad. Do you think the bird needs a home? It's in Argentina. You're not going to Argentina. The weather in Argentina is 71 degrees, which is just perfect for a short little trip or even a sporadic vacation. I'm not going to Argentina. I mean, I know that there is a small chance of rain in Argentina, but honestly, I mean, that never scared me because I'm from the East Coast, so actually I really miss the rain.  I mean, honestly, I feel that way now too, but I'm not scared. And now for our celebrity news. Flight House member Vinny has just dropped his first album. His one track Shall We Dance is really gaining some traction. Let's have a listen. Great track. You know that the producer on that was actually Megan Murphy. Megan? Parrot Station Megan? Yeah, she's actually a singer. What a really talented over there. Oh yeah. Parrot Station is quite the group of talented people. What can I say? Vinny even has a few collabs with Box of Beats. Oh, that's really exciting. You know what? I think we should have Vinny on for an interview next week. That would be a lot of fun. That would be amazing. I love going to Parrot Station. You can find the coolest merch, except let me tell you, you might not know when it arrives because I didn't even know when I ordered this mask. I can't even remember. What are you doing over there with the birds? Those are handmade masks. What do you expect? Okay. You know what? Don't even talk to me. Hey, don't talk to me. Fine. I can still talk to you. Yes, we can. Stop, chef. It's on YouTube. Exclusively. It's Marley McCormick's show.  She moved to Argentina. What? She searched the lab names. She searched the rest. She has gloves. She bought a backpack. Yeah. She's wearing scrunchies in her hair. She is. Last station wearing pajamas. Oh, there. I'm watching Tune In next week for another exciting episode of Bird Room Broadcasting. And don't forget to check out Marley McCormick's new show, Rewind, on YouTube. Thank you for watching. I'm Robin Shar. And I'm Jorky Gray. See you next time.


The song that we just sung was once sang in the jungles of Ecuador before five missionaries Made their way to the tribes of the Alcas or the Warani and they were martyred all five of them left their their wife's widowed I Every time I sing that song I imagine in my life a moment where I will sing it myself tasting a lot of danger, but on the flip side A conclusive victory in our king I hope that I'm not the only one in this room that imagines a scene like that where You can imagine yourself laying your life on the line and becoming a martyr for Christ Where you could imagine Proclaiming in any circumstance before any person no blood but our own Are you willing to pursue the sacrifice that Christ calls us to? When he calls us to be peacemakers and promises that we will be sons of God The first time I spoke in front of a a group of what I would I consider and a Baptist was in Ohio and I wanted to Have a connection point with them. So I asked a dear brother. How do I introduce myself? How do I say it's good to be here? He then proceeded to tell me a phrase. He said he said say it's just good for doh sigh Doh without the tee. I proceeded to go up on stage and I said Sis good for doh sigh and Everyone laughed and clapped at me. I did not know till much later that I told everyone. It's good to be dead but I'm trying to say it again. It is truly an honor to be here and I am privileged for the invitation I'm privileged to To make the journey. This is actually my wife's homeland and so every time I come out here I feel like I can I can participate in her youth and her love for this these lands here my entire life I wanted to be a politician so I will Proceed to tell you one of my favorite jokes about politicians and I just want to say as a preface to this I don't agree with a theology in this joke, but I will tell the joke nonetheless a politician and a clergyman died on the same day and They happened to arrive at heaven's gate together What a sight to behold it happened to be Peter's day that day to check The politician and the clergyman into heaven and to show them their quarters And so he said to the clergyman. He said mr.  He said mr. Clergy men. This will be will you be staying in heaven? It was a great room. There was a desk and a nice view out the window and he said Farewell mr. Clergy men mr. Politician may follow me now So the politician followed them and they they walked a little bit more through heaven And it became increasingly beautiful The grass got a little greener the trees got a little older the scene the scenery just got nicer and nicer and they came upon one of the nicest mansions that the politician had ever seen is an entire life and there were servants attending to every detail and Peter looked at the politician. He said this will be your quarters in heaven and the politician looked at Peter and said Mr. Peter, I think you have something wrong How is it that a clergyman just gets one room in a hotel and I get this mansion to myself? Peter looked at him and he said no, I don't think you know the way things are up here Thousands of clergymen have made their way to heaven. You're the first politician ever So I say that joke lightly because I did want to be a politician most of my life It was one of my greatest dreams I was born and raised in Keto Ecuador and I spent 18 years there and I grew up in Rachel Saints house Some of you might know that Rachel Saint is Nate sisters Nate Nate Saint sister and so the story of the five missionaries that saying this song is near and dear to my heart I heard about it almost every single day the summer. I I actually flew out of the at the same airfield that Nate Saint would fly out of and it's So it's very near to do to my heart every 4th of July my family would bring me to the ambassador's house and The ambassador the US ambassador to Ecuador and they would give us American soda candy. There'd be a Platoon of Marines that made the kids lives very very happy and so I said I want to be the ambassador So I chased that dream. I graduated from high school I took an oath of allegiance to the Ecuadorian flag when I was 18 one month later I took the oath of allegiance to join the United States Air Force two months later. I quit the Air Force I went to Mozambique a year later. I rejoined the Air Force two years later I took an oath of commissioning to the United States Air Force to be an officer One year later. I met a man named dr. Kipini Caravilla Four months later. I applied to be a conscious of conscientious objector and Then eight months later. I was let out My mother died. I drove to Boston and started Sattler College. That's the trajectory of my life So I come before you knowing that piece making I've been chasing it my whole life And I want to know what it is And I hope you do too There's a symbol Excuse me. There's a symbol of peace in the Bible. It's called the olive branch Many of you are familiar with the olive branch the olive branch that is displayed on my screen here has Has a set of leaves and I'm gonna read the scripture for what I think the set of leaves should stand for Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven One of the most beautiful sets of teachings that has ever been uttered on planet earth Do you know what it means to be a peacemaker? Are these sets of teachings? Are they a Description of people that Jesus smile upon and says it's nice that you're making peace It's nice that you're poor in spirit or is it a Prescription for the life that we need to chase I Pause it to you that it's not a description that Jesus is not merely saying It is nice of those humans who choose to be peacemakers. He is calling each and every one of you to make peace Actively not passively. I am also a fluent Spanish speaker And if you read through the beatitudes in Spanish, it grinds my heart every time I read it Maybe not because of the translation the verse about peacemaking is translated bien aventurados los pacificadoras the pacifiers Are you an object that you put in a baby's mouth for them to suck on? Are you a peacemaker? Are you willing to shed your own blood and not only your blood, but are you willing to sacrifice your own rights? So that Christ's message can survive Will you demand an apology when you are wronged or will you actively seek to love even your enemies? shockingly your enemies I Don't know but I know what Christ said and I know the calling is great If I had to read one thing every day for the rest of my life, it would easily be the Sermon on the Mount There's a man named Shane Claiborne some of you might might be familiar with some of his writings He wrote a book called Jesus for president one time He was invited to a big conference like this to give a speech and he he pulled he pulled a little trick on them And he just read the Surround on the Mount instead of giving a speech. I thought about doing that I'm not going to I'll read a few more verses from the Sermon on the Mount This is chapter 5 verses 38 You have heard that it was said an eye for an eye in the tooth for a tooth But I tell you not to resist an evil person But whoever slaps you on the right cheek turn to him the other also if anybody wants to sue you and take away your tunic Let him have your cloak also and whoever compels you to go one mile go with him too Give to him who asked of you and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away You have heard that it was said you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy But I say to you love your enemies Bless those who curse you do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you that you may be sons of Your father in heaven for he makes his son rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust I can't say it better My job here today before you is to attempt to put a microphone to what is Jesus is saying and hope that you might Understand it better. Jesus has given us the set of teachings.  I'll introduce you to something called the four quadrants of peace and a term called Facialism it's a new word that I invented for peacemaking. I'm hoping to make it famous I'll make six points and I'll give you four calls to action. I Work at Sattler College. I was previously the dean of students and my favorite thing to do at Sattler's I call I teach a class called peacemaking and a few years ago We set out as a class and we put together an absolutely brilliant research question to spend three months Just reading everything we could read about to try to understand what peacemaking is I'll read you the question What is a life that follows the guiding principles models and metrics of biblical peacemaking grounded in a two kingdoms perspective? Striving for holistic peace and individuals on communities. What a mouthful. All right, I'll simplify it What is peacemaking as basically what we're trying to get at what is what does it mean? What does it mean when Jesus says? Blessed are the peacemakers for they will become called sons of God if if you truly believe That the beatitudes that you will receive the blessing then I hope that this question haunts you as much as it does me At the end of the night But not only haunts you gives you hope and excitement knowing that you're excited to wake up the next day and strive after it and to chase your enemies Not only to chase them, but to love their socks off do whatever you can to bring them into the fold of the kingdom in Our research we read many many books. I had a lot of interviews I Spent two summers down at a institution called the Center for Justice and Peace Building Because I thought that the the Center for Peace Building might night might know a little something about peacemaking They know a little bit But Christ was absent when I try to summarize my research. There's a there's a book that was written by two men called when helping hurts and This book basically looks at the world of poverty alleviation And comes to striking conclusions that most Americans Only know how to give people relief when they need development Basically, we're really good at handing people things But we are really really bad at transforming people's lives and Giving them a holistic piece that God has intended for them when I survey the world of peace making and peace building I find the same need if I were to write a book it would either be called no blood but our own That's what I'm leaning towards, but the opposite would be when loving hurts How often have you bumped into? People who profess to follow Christ or even maybe not and they pretend to be loving their enemies, but they're hurting them deep down inside I feel that we need a reawakening we need to reclaim what Christ meant when he said blessed are the peacemakers So in order to try to hang all the research that we did I'll all position two questions to you And I think that the general world of peacemaking and how people are going about it now Can be put upon two questions, and I'm gonna form a Mathematical quadrant don't be intimidated by it. It's just it's just how to group four things together So the first question that you have to ask is how do you view God? Is God these central relationship in your life, and is it the burning desire of your heart to be close to him and to Lead others to him number one relationship to God The next question that you must ask is how do people view your enemies? It's a very interesting question when you are conversing with somebody and you ask them How is a person supposed to treat their enemies? You'll learn a lot about a person by asking them those two questions and trying to position them on a type of worldview so after doing this I Began to find some common themes among the different models that people will pursue for peace one Quadrant one high view of God and high view of enemies Where you love God with everything you have and you'll sacrifice for your enemies and you will do them no harm You will not use violence against them and the mantra for this the mantra for this quadrant is no blood But our own you will sacrifice you will go out you will lay down your life. I call this sacrificialism if you move over to the left to quadrant two you find a view where God is no longer important and He is a maybe an ambiguous bubble floating than the set of relationships in their priority perhaps people still prioritize him but people are sympathetic to The the love of enemies. They're sympathetic to non-violence. They're sympathetic to getting along They're sympathetic to tolerating each other's differences and in this quadrant I I named the mantra as little blood as possible. I was shocked when I have pursued my studies when we get into some of the statements about self-defense and True enemies even political enemies how often People will drift and say hey peace is good, but my own enemies. They still deserve something very terrible My own political enemies they deserve Suffering and hurt it's very interesting Low view of God high view of enemies and then we'll drift into quadrant three I call this I call this view this quadrant Realism this is a term in international relations So I'm not trying to get too academic But this is a low view of God and a low view of enemies where someone's own Personal security is the most important thing to them your own personal security Security is all that it's about and so you'll see various wars being conducted throughout the ages out of this camp And they scream as much blood as necessary for my security And then lastly we have quadrant four Which has crept into the American Church and Has crept into churches all around the world Where there is a high view of God and a low view of enemies where God is still at the center But enemies deserve death Enemies don't deserve a chance to be reconciled to Christ Maybe in some different instances. I know this isn't a perfect category and their mantra is as much blood as is just So I ask you Where would you put yourself here? If you could map yourself on to these quadrants My thesis is that I'm spending my life to bring people into the top right I'm spending my life Trying to follow Christ trying to pull people out of the military that I left to elevate God and the view of enemies I hope that I can convince you of the same when we look at how to understand these quadrants There's a symbol of resistance that it's spread its way across the globe. Does anybody recognize this? Where have you seen it? Everywhere you saw it two summers ago when a man was murdered in Minneapolis or killed in Minneapolis. They spray painted this all across the walls This is the sign of resistance that in order to change things we must Resist resist the structures in place and then the globalist world has done something clever They've taken resistance and they put up two fingers on it. Has anyone seen this sign before? This is this is peaceful resistance non-resistance This has become a sweeping movement as well There are groups all across the world that have found hope that in order to pursue what they want They resist, but they do it non-violently in a peaceful manner to change the state I've yet to find that symbol for the just war theorists, but what is the symbol for sacrificialism? What image do you have in your mind? My my image that I have in my mind is Christ's hands on the cross You must know that if there was ever a time in all the earth of violence Was needed it was at that moment That was it and what happened? Jesus could have called a legion of people down before him and instead a League of Angels instead he sacrificed himself This is no blood but our own My story I told you my quick testimony has taken me on a wild goose chase around all these all these different All these different world views and perspectives. I went to a high school That was born out of the Nate St. Movement, but but the just war theorists have dominated It's a it's a missionary boarding school when I quit and went to Mozambique my my supervisor under Samaritan's purse was a Quaker and He almost convinced me that God wasn't important and in bond non-violence was was the key and not necessarily God In my years in the Air Force I Teetered along the pursuit of God in the use of violence when you encounter Bad things in the world when you encounter something you hate something. That's evil. You want to use violence There's something that burns in you to solve it my years in the Air Force put me down Where the I thought the enemies needed to be the enemies were the problem When I at my studies that the Air Force sent me to do at Harvard They tried to pull God out of everything God is not the solution. It's the state the state is your hope Put your hope in the state. It doesn't really matter about how you treat eminence. It could go one or the other and Now after discovering Christ I'm convinced of this top right God is at the center and and the love of enemies is the most important No blood but our own This this picture here is a is a picture of my trial to leave the Air Force My dear friend and brother Stood as a witness before my trial in front of a military Jag and the Jag asked him What is it the world view? What world view do you have that explains somebody leaving the military? And it was a very simple answer that was given in my trial We serve a king. His name is Jesus He has a constitution. It is the Sermon on the Mount and he has a nation or a kingdom and it is the church Amen It's been so simple to me to follow that The Christ has a crown and he's given us a mission and he has a set of ways And I'm so convinced that the Sermon on the Mount is the answer to all the world's problems And it's up to us to bring people into it I think most of you can map on different characters throughout history Into different ones of these cautions and I want to say I think they have great intentions When I meet my fellow My fellow warriors in the military, I rarely think that I meet a miss a bad person I really don't it's it's something that I don't necessarily think and there's people that are doing brave things a couple years ago a Documentary was released about a man named Dave you bank with the free Burma Rangers. I Think some of you might have might be familiar with that You watch that documentary and it captures your heart These men are risking their lives to to save physical lives to pull them out of dangerous way in Burma and then in Iraq In the as little blood as possible we have men like Michael Sharp Michael Sharp was a Mennonite that came out of Goshen, Indiana and he joined the UN peacekeepers and He they deployed him to the DRC or the Democratic Republic of Congo and in attempting to stop violence there He was decapitated and his colleague was shot in the head and His body was brought back. He was martyred for a belief that He wanted to build peace Christ wasn't necessarily central in the model he pursued, but he was nonetheless a martyr As much blood is necessary Some of you are old enough to remember In 2001 when the two planes crashed into the two towers in New York This is a man that a story about a name named Pat Tillman Pat Tillman had it set. He was a professional football player in the NFL The planes crash in he quits his career in the NFL the football league and then he joins the army Three months later. He's killed in action a martyr All of these men have something in common. What is it? They died for their belief They risked everything they gave everything. There are stories of Christian martyrs that still inspire me But we need more We need warriors who are willing to risk everything constantly Sacrifice their land sacrifice their family sacrifice their jobs Sacrifice their safety. Is this about your security your physical security here on earth? There's an extreme paradox that those who choose to risk everything will gain everything No blood, but our own Where where are the people that are risking everything for their king? in essence Peacemaking is a radical shift of how you prioritize relationships in your life God at the center as the most important the most important person neighbors the people who live next to you Then after that your enemies and on the very outside yourself Where you have now elevated The destination of your enemy and it's important to that of one which is more important than your own Isn't that shocking? Is this is this something that's biblical or not? There are two peacemaking artists in the Bible and I will read you two passages of scripture that I think demonstrate amazing peacemaking Exodus 32 1 through 32 says this then Moses returned to the Lord and said oh these people have committed a great sin and Have made themselves a god of gold Yet now if you will forgive their sin But if not, I pray blot me out of your book which you have written Do you see that? Do you see Moses putting the sins of his brothers below himself? No, and then saying blot my name out I don't want salvation if it doesn't mean that my my countrymen won't receive it Romans 9 Verse 3 says this for I wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren my countrymen According to the flesh who are Israelites to pertain the adoption the glory the covenants the giving of the law the service of God and The promises of whom are the fathers and from whom according to the flesh Christ came over who is over all The eternally blessed God. Amen. I wish that I myself were accursed From Christ for my brethren Brother Dale came up here and Mentioned that I do introduce my time sometimes as a bridge peddler and When I preach this message, I hope you know I'm preaching as much to myself as I am to you This is something I remind myself of all Every day that as much as peacemaking is to the external conflicts of the world It's even more important internally within the kingdom of God We must know how to find what we have in common and we must know how not to divide Over the ways of our king we cannot let this happen Since leaving the military I have as I mentioned I've been involved in institutions I know that there are a lot of questions about institutions and I don't pretend to have all the answers I Mentioned that I Attended Eastern Mennonite University Center for Justice and Peace Building. They have produced Multiple Nobel Peace Prize winners that receive the the Peace Prize for for their work, and I thought I thought to myself They must know they must know something if they're producing the world's highest accolade for peace. I Counted the number of times that I heard Christ in my classes. I spent two full summers there any guesses how many times and Yet the people leaving these programs are going and being beheaded on the battlefield Does that shake your world? It shakes mine? It shakes mine that there are people who have Beliefs that they are willing to risk and yet my beliefs I sometimes wonder am I really willing to risk everything? I work at Sattler. I in my peacemaking class. I dream of The next Nate St. I dream of the next Jim Elliot. I dream of a wave of warriors Going into all the nations to screaming no blood but our own I'll give everything and I'll fight for unity in the kingdom our own not my own There's like there's a key phrase there. We must do it with the church So after presenting you with the four quadrants of peace. I want to draw out six points here I Review the quadrants quadrant one sacrificial ism. No blood but our own quadrant to Globalism or liberalism as little blood as possible Quadrant three realism as much blood as necessary Quadrant for Christian realism where the just war theory has highly influenced it as much blood as is just Where are you and what are we going to do? Point number one. You cannot make peace without sacrifice and surrender. It will not happen Quadrant one is the only place where people will let go of their rights They'll let go of their dignity and say you will run over me all day long and I will not stop loving you Sacrifice and surrender The men who went into the men who went into the jungles of Ecuador Roger Euderian Pete Fleming Jim Elliot Nate St. Ed McCauley and even more their wives who blessed them to go into the jungle So that they would they raised their families without fathers This is sacrifice This is surrender There's a story in Jim Elliot's journal. I've read through it where they brought a rifle with them to Ecuador. This is amazing They left that rifle behind there are men that have pursued this multiple times throughout history This is a page from Jim Elliot's journal and as I mentioned before He's one of my heroes He wrote he is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose That's one of my favorite sayings outside of the scriptures sacrifice surrender Regarding our enemies no blood but our own This is how we treat our enemies No blood no violence. Do you care for their eternal? Destination and then if Christ calls us to love our enemies, how much more does he call us to love our friends and brothers? No blood but our own Point number three We cannot run away from tradition or Christ yoke Right after I Graduated from College in Colorado Springs. I moved to the city of Boston a Freshly minted second lieutenant in the United States Air Force It was the first time that I had a car for myself and freedom. Oh the freedom of not being in a barracks It's amazing. I Had enough sense in me that I needed to find a church. I Needed to find a church to go to I visited 16 churches and I could not find one that did not have some variable of the enemy creeping in and saying did God really say Did God really say that It is rampant The biblical models of church we must hold on to what was given to us and said in Jude the faith once delivered to the saints This is an unchanging faith It does not change it is not the church of the Latter-day Saints For the LDS church it is unchanging and it is historic When I think about the tradition the different ways to view churches There are three three ways. This is the best way. I've heard it explained to me. There's tradition one Which says that the Bible is infallible authority Amen, but it is not the only authority that when we study the Bible we can look To our spiritual ancestors who lived after Christ and after the disciples. This is where the work of Scroll publishing and David or so we can discover the early Christians and hold on to the faith But there's a danger now there's a danger of something called tradition to churches Who they would agree that the the Bible is an authority, but you can elevate the tradition of men to an equal playing field with the Bible Tradition to there are many examples of this. I will use an example in the Catholic Church Have you ever heard of celibacy? The demand for celibacy in the priesthood is that tradition one or tradition two There you go and then on the other side of the dish. We have traditions traditions zero Where Martin Luther and the reformers? Claimed so last trip to that or only scripture tradition zero Proponents scream solo scriptura or I'm alone with scripture I'm on I'm a free bird able to fly throughout the Bible and decide what it says With we proved to if we pursue models in either side of these ditches We are almost most likely to find ourselves away from Christ another way to put this is that When Christ was preaching to the people he said come to me who are weary to burden and I will take you I will give you rest take my yoke upon you Take my yoke upon you for it is easy easy might not be the best translation Are we willing to take that yoke and Run with it because it's the yoke of a great king as I said before His teachings or his yoke are the Sermon on the Mount and his Sermon on the Mount gives freedom When we pursue peacemaking we cannot abandon the church The church must be a central model To us going who wanting to get in the conflicts do not run away from tradition one do not run away from Christ yoke My fourth point I'm stealing this from her modifying this from a an influencer today who says that discipline equals freedom He's a former seal Obedience equals freedom when I look at the moments That will lead up to these to these moments where we will be singing we rest on thee before maybe our death What are the small moments that lead up to these great these grand moments of glory?   I Mentioned that right after I decided to leave the air for she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and I flew to her I Flew to Minnesota from California to spend time with her on her deathbed and This was at a time where I was wrestling hard with my family about the traditions of the church I'm telling you I brought my Bible in to the dinner table, and I said are we even Christians? It didn't go over well for me They still love me I think on her deathbed Someone sent my mom a prayer shawl and I'll never forget this as a she wrapped it around her head, and she looked at me said Zach Is this how you wear a head covering? Man, those are the moments that lead to glory a woman on her deathbed wearing of the head covering 0.5 peacemaking is an art and peacemakers are poets I'm a logical person, so this one's hard for me. I've never understood paint interpreting painting or poetry. I still enjoy it But peace is not simple. It's complex, but it's also simple I When I've left the military, I often think to myself, what am I gonna do in a violent situation? I have no idea what I'm gonna do There's is a picture of the orange line in Boston. It's a train that rides its way that makes its way into the center of the city and One time I was on the train and two men broke out in a fight in front of me And I was holding a big bag of fleeces big bag big trash bag and in my in my peacemaking self I Have the training to go break their arm But instead I tried to put this bag in between them and and block them from hitting each other They sat down they sat down and laughed at me When I think about the poets of the peacemaking world, I I've been given the opportunity to travel down to Nicaragua where I got to spend a week with Pablo Yoder and that man became my hero in a week You hear stories about men breaking in and they sing with them. They pray with them.  Will it be us?  Will we replace them? He's a a hero of mine and a poet. We need more people like him my six and hopeful point Is that King Jesus is on the move and he will claim his church. He's coming back I promise you if I have a belief in anything. It's that he will return and The other thing is that I want to look at each and every one of you the decisions that you make in your life Influence when he will come back Your life matters Do you want to be a part of it or do you not want to be a part of it? I want to be a part of it in Matthew 24 14 Jesus tells us that this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations And then the end will come It's it's a simple simple theology, but whose job is it to get the gospel to the nations? It's ours. It's our burden the burdens of the world rests on our shoulders Obviously our faith to God is The most important thing and if we remain faithful he will make the difference, but he works through his people He will not magically wave a wand one day and the gospel will reach the nations It is through faithful men faithful women who are willing to proclaim No blood but our own this is a Forgive me for those who can't see it, but King Jesus is on the move this picture comes from a man named Muhammad Bakari After I haven't told brother Martin this story, but after my talk on strength to strength a similar talk on no blood But our own he got a hold of it my talk. He's a Pakistani Muslim steadying Enemy love in the Netherlands funny how that funny how that works, and he he gave me a call and he said this is right I'm becoming a Christian because I know that Jesus's teachings of the love of enemies are real This is moving with or without us God is on the move King Jesus is on the move we can be the catalysts To summarize you cannot make peace without sacrifice and surrender It will cost you blood and It will cost you your rights of dignity You are going to get walked over Most likely you are going to offend somebody you have the humility to offer forgiveness and pursue Peace and reconciliation like you're on a warpath internally Number two regarding our enemies no blood but our own Do no harm do not use violence Point number three don't run away from tradition. We cannot abandon the church Take Christ yoke. It empowers you Point number four obedience equals freedom These daily moments where you are in the secret place with God Pursuing the commandments of Christ these will lead to the moments of glory You will not wake up tomorrow and be ready to be a martyr. You must start now Number five peacemaking is an art and peacemakers are poets Sometimes it just takes a little creativity a little artistry to try to find how to bring peace to a situation And it's not always easy God knows that we've all been in situations where we don't know how to bring peace and Yet are we willing to chase it until we find it? Point number six King Jesus is on the move and he will claim his church. He is coming Will you be part of the army that brings forth his coming? I know I'm ready to be there. I'm ready to hasten his coming So the question what is peacemaking? Oh, it's hard to find a definition of peacemaking, isn't it? There are so many principles behind it, but hopefully behind the scenes you can have a sense that peacemaking is a radical reforming of our relationships that puts God at the center with Christ teaching and the enemy above our own safety I I Taught a class and I thought I would read you the the summary of the research that they did To to put some words to a definition Sorry, though the words are a little little small up there So I'll read them biblical peacemaking is Jesus following and it looks much different than most modern endeavor at peace keeping or peace building While disarming combatants and societal transformations is certainly on Jesus's agenda He did not seek to hijack or develop the political institutions of his day Neither did he use force or coercion rather. He preached the good news of the kingdom of God He instituted the church calling them to obey his teachings in the Sermon on the Mount to bring his peaceable kingdom to earth through loving service Principled non-violence is at the core of peacemaking This can be defined as a way of life modeled after Jesus one that completely rejects violence actively confronts evil and unconditionally loves others by practicing gracious hospitality radical forgiveness and deep compassion in some love in action is peacemaking To imitate Jesus peacemakers confront the evil of conflict with self-sacrificial love and This is from them. We the peacemaking class of 2021 22 Believe that sacrificial love will transform any conflict zone large-scale or personal amen Into a peaceful situation we proclaim no blood but our own So our calls to action here. I Have logos. I want to make this famous. It's a way to talk about peacemaking not the way But if you go to no blood but our own org You can find my logos that I put up download them make stickers pass them around. I'll be developing it You can I'm gonna put these slides up as well after I'm done here so you can visit the slides Most importantly that the call to action remains unchanged Jesus gave the gate commission Not once not twice, but five times between his resurrection and his ascension This is your purpose to make disciples of all nations. You don't have to guess your purpose. It's there make disciples sacrifice point number three replace pacifism with Sacrificialism and reclaim peacemaking and proclaim no blood but our own enough of the pacifism I'm sympathetic to it, but I I get shivers when people call me a pacifist It's not it's not what I'm aiming for. It's not what Christ called us to Maybe under some definitions, but now we're just playing with words Number three pray for laborers martyrs and replacements We have a great man departing the earth in front of us down in Nicaragua Who will replace him? Will it will it be you? Wake up every morning with me in the secret place with God Daily obedience equals freedom and last I'll close with A quote from Charles Spurgeon Examining the question. What is the most important Thing that exists on planet earth? What is it? Is it money? Is it family? Is it friends? Is it land? Is it jobs? Or is it the destiny of one soul? One soul if there existed only one man or woman who did not love the Savior and If that person lived among the wilds of Siberia And if it were necessary that all the millions of believers on the face of the earth should journey there And every one of them plead with him to come to Jesus before he could be converted It would be well worth all the zeal labor and expense If we had to preach to the thousands year after year and never rescued but one soul The one soul would be full reward for all our labor For a soul is of countless price Oh, what a beautiful quote Harder to believe harder to act upon Is a soul worth all your money? All your security all your safety I hope it is And I hope when you pursue peacemaking because I I believe that you will That you learn that somebody's physical security Is important, but it's not as important as their soul security We could we could become doctors all day we can treat cancer It will come death will claim you it's coming Your soul security is much more important than your physical security And somebody's soul security is much more important than you being able to save them from a conflict If you cannot save their if their soul is not saved is it worth it? With that I'm gonna ask that we close once more with the song. We rest on the just the the first and the fourth stanza We rest on the Our shield and our defense This before the moment of your death


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As of March 22, 2020, Sénution has a total of two confirmed cases of COVID-19. On Friday, March 20, 2020, the Rodney Bay Public Health Facility opened to facilitate increasing numbers of passengers requiring quarantine and isolation. Today, Sunday, March 22, 2020, we have over 100 persons in quarantine and three in isolation. Special provision is put in place for the elderly, pregnant women and those with small children. Quarantine conditions include single room boarding, except in the case of families and couples. Quarantine is necessary for persons who are well, who may have been exposed to a communicable disease. It applies to people who may or may not become sick. It restricts the movement of healthy people who may develop a disease after possible exposure to an infectious agent. It requires people to stay in a designated location for a specific period of time. Active monitoring including temperature checks and checking for respiratory symptoms is done. Quarantine centres have been set up using various hotels to facilitate the large numbers of returning nationals or any non-nationals that may arrive from an area of concern. Over the past two days, the Rodney Bay Public Health Facility has been challenged by persons in quarantine attempting to abscond. Persons who went back into communities were successfully returned through the help of the police and the community. The Ministry of Health expresses thanks to the community for their commitment to protecting the health of their neighbours and collaborating with us for the prompt return of the individuals. By communities working with us in our response to COVID-19, we are better strengthened in reducing the possible spread of the virus. If you have information on anyone coming in from an area of restriction in the last 14 days, please notify the public health officials or the police. The public is reminded to focus on the maintenance of standard recommendations to prevent the spread of infection. We continue to advise on social distancing as an effective strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19.


The mission of the Air Force Systems Command is to research, develop, test, evaluate, procure and produce new materials and systems in support of aerospace power. Systems must be of superior quality, yet be affordable and maintainable, and above all, more than equal to the systems of a potential enemy. The A-10 is the first Air Force aircraft to be developed specifically for the close air support role in a combat zone. It can loiter in a combat area for almost two hours and still return to a base 250 miles away. The A-10 can operate on 2,000 foot runways close to the battle area to improve its response to combat conditions. It's also designed for rapid turnaround between missions and sustained operations over a long period of time. Its cruising speed is 340 miles per hour for low altitude and low airspeed operations, where faster aircraft are less effective. This twin-engine single-seat aircraft can carry up to eight tons of mixed ordnance, including conventional bombs, rockets, air-to-surface missiles. Its unique armament, however, is the 30-millimeter Gatling gun, which can fire 2,000 or 4,000 rounds per minute. This gun can defeat heavily armored tanks in a single strafing pass. For survivability, the A-10 combines a backup flight control system and self-sealing fuel tanks, with protective armor enclosing the cockpit area. The armor protects the pilot from both high explosives and 23-millimeter armor-piercing projectiles. The A-10 has advanced avionics, including a head-up display unit, which couples a visual presentation of both combat and flight information with target identification and fire control equipment. The tactical air command received the first A-10 in March of 1976, and eventually, over 700 aircraft will be in service. Cobra Dane is a large radar system on Shemya Island, one of the most remote points in the Aleutian island chain. This phased array radar is 100 feet high and 96 feet across. Its face contains 34,000 elements that can transmit and receive signals. Primarily, this radar gathers intelligence information from Soviet ballistic missile flights. In addition, it provides object warning and tracking in the event of a general missile attack. The Cobra Dane system is operated by the Aerospace Defense Command. The GPU-15 is a modular glide weapon. The planar wing version is launched from high altitudes and the cruciform wing weapon from low altitudes. The baseline kit common to both configurations includes the control module, warhead adapter, and television guidance module. Munitions carried on both include the Mark 84 2000-pound general-purpose bomb and the Su-54 dispenser for cluster munitions. Guidance options include TV data link, imaging infrared, and distance measuring equipment. The planar wing version is effective for high-altitude long-range attack. The B-52 launches the weapon, initiates mid-course corrections, and directs it into a target with extreme accuracy. For low-level short-range attack, the cruciform wing weapon is launched from fighter aircraft. This design is highly maneuverable for mid-course corrections at close range, improving accuracy against ground targets. At low altitudes, the TV guidance system is effective against targets such as missile sites, ground vehicles, and ships. Further development will produce a family of modular glide weapons for use in high-threat areas. While the Minuteman program has been continually improved to increase range, accuracy, and reliability, the Air Force is concerned about improving the survivability of the land-based ICBM force. To fulfill future ICBM requirements, the Air Force has initiated the MX program. Two major tasks are underway. The study and selection of multiple aim point basing options, and the definition of a new and larger ICBM. Several mobile basing options have been selected for more detailed evaluation, the shelter system, and the trench system. The trench concept includes a network of underground trenches that would provide no specific aim point data for enemy missiles. The trench would be strong enough to resist blast pressures, yet still allow breakout for missile launches from unmanned vehicles. The shelter concept involves a random switching of missiles between hardened shelters on mobile transport systems. It would force an enemy to execute a complex and difficult attack to destroy each sheltered missile. A third concept involves missiles moved at random, denying a specific aim point for enemy missiles. This is sometimes called the shell game concept. The missile design itself would result in larger payloads, improved efficiency, and increased accuracy over the Minuteman 3. Current hardware validation is in progress to reduce technological risks and provide reliable development cost estimates. The F-16 is a lightweight fighter aircraft designed to complement the more sophisticated F-15 in the air superiority role, and supplement other aircraft in the ground support role. It combines proven system components with advanced engineering technology to achieve a modern, yet low-cost fighter aircraft. Non-metallic materials are used in certain structures to decrease weight. Borrowed from the space program, a fly-by-wire flight control system improves flight performance and contributes to maneuverability. A 30-degree recline cockpit seat reduces the effect of high G-forces on the pilot. Automatically variable wing leading edges are used to improve lift, directional stability, and buffet characteristics. Other features include a control stick located at one side and a single-piece bubble canopy, giving the pilot much better visibility from the cockpit. The F-16's weapons include a 20-millimeter multi-barrel cannon and heat-seeking missiles mounted on each wing tip. Both are coupled to a head-up display unit which shows flight information as well as combat information for acquisition and tracking of air and ground targets. Five tons of various air-to-ground weapons can be carried on wing stations. The F-16 uses the same advanced technology engine as the F-15. This simplifies logistics, and it's more cost-effective. This improved engine produces more power per pound of engine weight than the best previous fighter engine. It allows a maximum speed of over Mach 2 and a radius of action of over 500 miles. The F-16 was selected by several NATO countries for their air forces. Through a multinational consortium, these countries and the United States will co-produce the F-16s to be used by them. Combining advanced aeronautical designs and proven electronic components, the F-16 offers a high performance and cost-effective addition to the tactical fighter force. The NAFSTAR Global Positioning System will be a worldwide network of satellites transmitting precise, jam-resistant navigational signals. These signals could be deciphered by special receivers to determine longitude, latitude, altitude, speed and time. 24 satellites will orbit the Earth every 12 hours to provide highly accurate and continuous global coverage to the Army, Marines, Air Force and the Navy. With this system, a ship could determine its precise position on any ocean in the world within 30 feet. A tank unit could accurately determine local time for a coordinated attack. Additional applications include precise weapons delivery during inclement weather, improved approaches and poor visibility, accurate aerial refueling rendezvous and more efficient search and rescue operations. Monitor stations around the world would continually gather the satellite signals. During the 1980s, the NAFSTAR system will provide an accurate, cost-effective global positioning capability. The E-4 provides the National Command Authority and Strategic Air Command with a highly survivable airborne command post to replace the EC-135. The E-4 with its advanced equipment offers more effective supervision of strategic forces during a general war. It includes many improved features such as nuclear hardening, an advanced technical control facility, satellite communications equipment and a larger battle staff capacity. Able to carry nearly three times the equipment of the EC-135, the E-4 also has an increased flight endurance of 12 hours. This could be further extended by air-to-air refueling. The E-4s serve as national emergency airborne command posts. The Air Force was selected as the executive agent for the Department of Defense in all NASA space transportation system activities. This includes a space shuttle vehicle to be launched into orbit for space missions during the 1980s and beyond. The Air Force is developing the inertial upper-stage propulsion system. The inertial upper-stage launch support facilities at the Eastern Test Range in Florida and preparing launch and recovery facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Based on NASA estimates, the Air Force projects overall cost reductions for DOD space missions while improving future operational capabilities. The space shuttle will deliver greater payloads at a lower cost per flight than present launch systems. After delivering satellites to orbiting positions, the shuttle could make maintenance visits and eventually retrieve satellites, returning to Earth with up to 16 tons of payload. As part of the testing program, the shuttle was mated to a 747 for tests evaluating the vehicle's flight characteristics. After its mission, the shuttle will glide back and land on a 15,000-foot runway much like conventional aircraft. It could perform more than 100 missions during its lifespan. The shuttle will become a valuable asset for NASA space operations and the Department of Defense. A modified 707 is the basis for the E3A, Airborne Warning and Control System. It serves as a command and control center in both tactical and air defense roles. The E3A's sophisticated electronic equipment can detect, identify and monitor the interception of opposing forces during a conventional war. Its unique radar looks down on a large geographic area from 30,000 feet and detects targets without losing them in ground clutter. At more than 200 miles, the E3A can spot fighters at low altitudes, regardless of terrain or weather. The E3A incorporates a tactical air control system to monitor and direct encounters with enemy aircraft. Computer display screens indicate detailed information on the progress of all aircraft to provide the mission controllers with a display of battle conditions. More flexible than land-based radars, the E3A greatly improves the capability to manage an airspace. The F-15 is a new advanced fighter aircraft capable of gaining and maintaining air superiority against enemy fighters in all types of aerial combat. It's designed specifically to secure the airspace over a battle area to allow tactical missions to operate without threat of an air attack. The F-15 is the first U.S. fighter aircraft whose engines produce thrust greater than the weight of the loaded aircraft. It has even exceeded the speed of sound in a vertical climb. These engines, together with an efficient wing design, allow the F-15 to maneuver very tightly without losing airspeed. This is critical in a medium or low altitude encounter with enemy aircraft. This twin-engine fighter has a fuel capacity for a wide combat radius and can use a variety of aerial weapons. The F-15 has been tested against a modified F5E to compare its combat capability with existing fighters. The F-15 consistently maintained a combat advantage. The sophisticated avionics systems in the F-15 greatly enhance its combat effectiveness. Its versatile radar permits target detection and tracking from point-blank range to beyond visual contact. It can also distinguish targets below the aircraft in spite of ground clutter. The head-up display unit shows separate information for each weapon system, as well as flight information to assist the pilot during combat. Against aircraft like the F-4, the F-15 has achieved an overwhelming win record during combat maneuvering tests. The F-15 can use all the classical maneuvers and use them in a greater variety of situations than any previous aircraft. The F-15's outstanding performance in all types of weather, day or night during complex combat conditions enhances U.S. air superiority into the 1980s and beyond. These are some of the highlights of the Air Force Systems Command research, development, test, evaluation, procurement and production. Only through vigorous and progressive programs can we maintain the edge in aerospace power.