Articles by W.J. Hennigan

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[Nobel Peace Laureate] President Obama, Who Promised to Sow Peace, Instead Led the Nation in War
Christi Parsons and W.J. Hennigan | Los Angeles Times - TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Nov 2020

Before he took office in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to end America’s military invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, but he left a very different legacy. U.S. military have been at war for all eight years of Obama’s tenure, the first two-term president with that distinction. He launched airstrikes or military raids in at least seven countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan.

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Construction Is Complete on Behemoth Airship; First Flight Planned
W.J. Hennigan – Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan 2013

A massive cargo-carrying airship has taken shape inside one of the 17-story wooden blimp hangars at the former military base in Tustin. According to aircraft maker Worldwide Aeros Corp., construction is complete on a 36,000-pound blimp-like aircraft designed for the military to carry tons of cargo to remote areas around the world.

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New Generation of Unmanned Spy Planes: Faster, Deadlier Military Drones Getting Flight Tests in Mojave Desert
W.J. Hennigan - Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan 2011

Three drones being flown in the coming weeks are speedier, stealthier and higher-flying. An experimental spy plane with a wingspan almost the size of a Boeing 747’s took to the skies over the Mojave Desert last week in a secret test flight that may herald a new era in modern warfare with robotic planes flying higher, faster and with more firepower.

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