Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
US military drone 'brought down' after collision with after Russian fighter jet
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA US military drone was 'brought down' in international waters after it was struck by a Russian fighter jet. The US European Command said the MQ-9 drone was flying over the Black Sea and came down in international waters following an 'unsafe intercept' by the SU-27 aircraft.
It has resulted in the 'complete loss' of the drone. The US military in a statement that it was caused by the Russian jet striking the drone's propeller - after having already dumped fuel and flown in front of the MQ-9 in “a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner” prior to the collision. READ MORE: Dad couldn't handle youths playing a prank on him - his rage ended in near-tragedy US forces then had to bring the MQ-9 down in the water.
The US European Command statement added: "This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional." The incident comes amid soaring Russian-US tensions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
U.S. Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa said: "Our MQ-9 aircraft was conducting routine operations in international airspace when it was intercepted and hit by a Russian aircraft, resulting in a crash and complete loss of the MQ-9. "In fact, this unsafe and unprofessional act by the Russians nearly caused both aircraft to crash. “U.S.
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