HERCULES LINEUP - U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi out for a mission during a seven-ship sortie on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 4, 2010. The C-130 crews are assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, which provides C-130 aircrews to conduct theater airlift, special operations, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, repatriation and humanitarian relief missions. U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe YasuoMILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
NATO Summit Script -- Ares/Aviation Week
Pentagon Readies New Ship-Killers for Pacific Showdown -- The Danger Room
Rusting ships at France's main naval base -- The Telegraph
Security Council finally gets experts report saying NKorea is exporting banned nuke technology -- Canadian Press
North Korea Yearly Selling $100M in Illicit Arms, Report Says -- Global Security Newswire
Japanese Troops Successful In Patriot Test Firings -- Space Daily
Britain’s Future CVF Carriers: the Queen Elizabeth Class -- Defense Industry Daily
Canada's navy shipbuilding program heading into $35B storm -- National Post
How China Mimics US Soft Power -- David Axe, The Diplomat
Nation Build, COIN or War-War? -- DoD Buzz
U.S. Army Continues Equipment Transfer to Iraq -- Defense News
Proposed F-35 Cuts Could Put Program at Risk -- Defense Tech
USAF’s missing (or long gone) air power leaders -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
Air Force Eyeing Microwave ‘E-Ray’ for Stealth Drones? -- The Danger Room
Navy's Next-Gen Network Will Waste Billions Of Dollars To Make It Less Secure -- Defence Professional
Pentagon Intel Budget Deal Hints At More Reform -- Defense News
ACLU challenging half-pay for discharged gays -- AP
Homeless Female Vets Struggle For Support -- Huffington Post
Once homeless vet's mission to save his brothers-in-arms -- CNN
Morale: No Way To Treat Troops In A Combat Zone -- Strategy Page
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama serves food to US air force -- The Telegraph