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Ethiopia invades Korea?

“We knew there was going to be sacrifice. But this sacrifice was not for nothing. It was for peace and liberty. My friends, they gave their lives for history and for the freedom of human beings…. In America, young people are going to forget the Korean War…”-Melesse Tessema, Kagnew Battalions veteran

Back when the Horn of Africa country of Ethiopia was still ruled by a monarchy, and having survived the Italian occupation during the Second World War, they decided it would be fun to join the new United Nations (UN) in its ‘police action’ in the divided East Asian country of Korea.

U.S. Army photo, 1951.

The Ethiopian troops sent to Korea were called the Kagnew Battalions.  It was the first time Ethiopians were involved in combat outside of their country.  It was also the first time Ethiopian soldiers encountered snow and ice: “I remember the snow and the cold. We were really suffering in the war because of the cold.”-Asfaw Abebe, Kagnew Battalions veteran

Apparently, of all the UN allied nations volunteering to go to Korea, Ethiopia was the first (besides the U.S.) to send complete battalion sized elements.  However, they were equipped with ‘new’ U.S. (World War Two surplus) weapons and vehicles: “We went with Americans to the front line and fought together. From that, we helped a great nation, Korea, to survive…. When you went on patrol, you depended on (U.S.) support for artillery and air support…. The longest fight I saw was Triangle Hill, almost a month we were fighting on that one, you could see bodies rolling down to the bottom. A great fight was done there. We fought continuously day and night.”-Yilma Belachew, Kagnew Battalions veteran

During that ‘police action’ all UN allied vehicles were marked with white stars, U.S. style.  U.S. Army silent film, by Sergeant T. Lau, showing Kagnew Battalions inspecting their U.S. taxpayer funded jeeps, August 1951:

According to United Kingdom sources, more than 3-thousand Ethiopians went to Korea, more than 120 were killed, more than 5-hundred were wounded.

This Arirang News video report says the actual number of Ethiopians who fought in Korea is 6-thousand (despite the official number being accepted as 3,520), and that South Korea is sending taxpayer funding to help build infrastructure projects in Ethiopia:

Even communist North Korea does business with Ethiopia, yearly exports hit 15-million U.S. dollars worth in 2012!

U.S. Army silent film, by Sergeant T. Lau, showing Kagnew Battalions moving-out after getting their U.S. taxpayer funded .30 cal M1 Carbines, M1 Garands, BARs, jeeps and Deuce-n-a-Half (2-n-a-half ton) trucks, August 1951:

Korean news sources say the Ethiopians began arriving in April 1951. They took part in 236 battles and claimed victory in every one. They ended the war without one Ethiopian becoming a PoW (prisoner of war).

U.S. Army photo, 1951.

U.S. Army silent film, by Sergeant T. Lau, showing Kagnew Battalions occupying their first battle positions in the hills of Korea, August 1951:

South Korean Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs: Ethiopian Battalion

NATO Vehicle I-D: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

World War 3: NORTH KOREA HALTS COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA AFTER ARREST OF Korean GENERAL BY RUSSIA!

IDAHO TRAINS KOREAN ANTI-NUCLEAR COMBAT TEAMS!

Pandemic 2020/Operation Jupiter: Both KOREAN GOVERNMENTS IMPLY COVID-19 IS CHRISTIAN CULT CONSPIRACY, A WEAPON AGAINST ECONOMIES?

Government Corruption, 2020:  U.S. TAXPAYERS TO RESCUE taxpayer “DONATED” Ethiopian C-130

2007: North Korea arms Ethiopia!

God is Evil: ISRAEL SNEAKS IN ‘WHITE’ INDIAN JEWS WHILE KICKING OUT ‘BLACK’ ETHIOPIAN JEWS!

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: China makes surprise(?) delivery of military aid to Russian ally, using new Y-20!

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Paratroopers jump from a perfectly good Y20, 17FEB2022. People’s Liberation Army photo by Liu Bingbing.

Video report, dated 03MAR2022, showing Y-20 airborne operations:

South China Morning Post/Associated Press reports that on 10APR2022, the People’s Liberation Army-Air Force flew six of their relatively new Y20 transport aircraft, through NATO airspace (Turkey and Bulgaria), packed with military equipment, to the traditional ally of Russia; Serbia.

PLA photo by Su Feng, 26APR2021.

The report claims the six Y-20s delivered Chinese made HQ-22/FK-3 antiaircraft missile systems.  Communist China’s Y-20s landed at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade. Associated Press says Serbian officials refused to comment.

PLA photo by Liu Shu, 04JAN2021.

The Serbian government purchased the HQ-22/FK-3 missile system in 2019, the United States government protested the purchase in 2020.

PLA photo by Liu Shu, 04JAN2021.

China claims the shipment of the HQ-22/FK-3 system, using six fuel guzzling air-transports, was just about delivering “regular military supplies”.

Interestingly, in the past day Serbia has announced intentions to buy fighter-jets from NATO France and drones from NATO Turkey.

In this video report, dated 07MAR2022, a Y-20 pilot states that civilian airports in China must be ‘upgraded’ to support military aircraft, in the name of disaster response:

The Y-20 made its first flight in 2013 and reported for duty with the PLA-Air Force on 06JUL2016. Video report dated 26JAN2022, about the 9th Anniversary of the Y-20’s first flight:

The Y-20 has also made global deliveries of China’s anti-Pandemic vaccine, as well as other Pandemic “prevention and control materials”.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo, 23JAN2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo, 23JAN2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo, 23JAN2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo by Deng Liang, 18JAN2018.

World War 3-False Flag: CHINA WARNS UKRAINE CRISIS IS A DIVERSION, TRUE GOAL OF AUKUS IS WAR WITH CHINA!

U.S. WORLD WAR TWO DOCUMENTARY SAYS UKRAINE & CRIMEA ARE RUSSIAN!

CHINA OFFICIALLY BLAMES WAR IN EUROPE ON BIDEN & NATO!

World War 3, 2014: CHINA SUES NEW OBAMA REGIME STOOGES IN UKRAINE FOR $3-BILLION!

Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S ‘FINBACK’, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

U.S. World War Two documentary says Ukraine & Crimea are Russian!

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During World War Two, the United States government commissioned the creation of an anti-German/Japanese documentary called Why We Fight, supervised by Hollywood legend Frank Capra.  The first episode focused on explaining the military history of Russia leading up to the Second World War.  This included the Battle of Poltava, Poltava is a major city in Ukraine. It also mentions the Russian state of Ukraine and the Crimea during the First World War, saying “And only the ultimate collapse of Imperial Germany saved Russia from losing the Ukraine and Crimea.”

Here is an excerpt from the first episode of Why We Fight, up to the Battle of Poltava:

Here is an excerpt from the first episode of Why We Fight, including the part where it is stated that Ukraine and Crimea are Russian, and ends by saying “Yes, for seven hundred years Russian people have had to fight, to defend their land against would be conquerors. Why? Why have all these attempts been made to conquer Russia?”:

In this excerpt, Why We Fight explains the true reason why Russia is the target of global control freaks; natural resources:

Why We Fight also focuses on the people of Russia, referencing Ukraine and its residents as “Little Russians”:

The Why We Fight documentary series was the result of the U.S. Congress voting to force men into the military by drafting them (yes, despite what we are told, at least half the people of the U.S. were anti-war).  Through their own surveys, the U.S. War Department knew that even with a draft they would have a hard time building their forces, so they commissioned Hollywood to create a propaganda film series called Why We Fight.

Today, why do they still fight over Russia/Ukraine?

GERMANY DESTROYS U.S. BOMBERS IN Poltava, UKRAINE (I mean Russia)! 

NATO Response Force:  “THIS EFFORT IS AMERICA’S EFFORT.” ‘INTERNATIONAL LAW’ REVEALED TO BE ABOUT NATO? FUEL SANCTIONS BLOW-BACK ON USAF!

JUST THE BEGINNING? UKRAINE REALIZES IT’S A CONSPIRACY, PART OF AN EVIL JOINT NATO-RUSSIAN PLAN TO BRING BACK THE IRON CURTAIN!!!

Biden’s War: ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS, DoD CALLS IT “STRATEGIC COMPETITION”, USAF WANTS YOU TO LEARN RUSSIAN!

CHINA OFFICIALLY BLAMES WAR IN EUROPE ON BIDEN & NATO!

Cold War & Beyond: China’s ‘Finback’

Cold War, approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union):

Shenyang J-8, NATO reporting name Finback.  The ‘J’ means Jianjiji, which is the equivalent of the word fighter in English.

People’s Liberation Army-Eastern Theater Command photo, 30AUG2020.

PLA-Eastern Theater Command photo, 30AUG2020.

J-8DF. Photo by Yang Pan, 18APR2018.

Photo by Yang Pan, 18APR2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo by Wang Xiaofei, March 2018.

Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution display. Photo by Max Smith, August 2007.

The first J-8 looked like a twin engined Sukhoi 9 (NATO reporting name Fishpot), and first flew in 1969.

Beihang (Beijing) Air & Space Museum.

J-8II01

The J-8II (J-8B) radically changed the forward fuselage in order to house a new bigger radar system. It first flew in 1984.

This J-8II has the U.S. English F-8II on the opposite side of the fuselage.

Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S JH-7A, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

U.S. Disaster 2022: Hurricane Hunters going ‘Back to the Future’

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Just in time for another early/busy hurricane season?

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jessica Kendziorek, 05APR2022.

The Hurricane Hunters (53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron) based on Keesler Air Force Base, in Mississippi, decided to ‘go back to the future’ by painting their new WC-130J Super Hercules in retro Cold War through early 2000s style.

WC-130 Hercules, July 1977. USAF photo by Master Sergeant Curt Eddings.

A USAF WC-130 Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, ‘Hurricane Hunters’, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. USAF photo dated 1995.

About to drop a DropSonde during the 1995-96 Hurricane Season. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John K. Mcdowell, December 1995.

On the right you can see a bare metal WC-130J waiting for its new retro ’90s look, on Robins AFB, Georgia. USAF photo by Kisha Foster Johnson, 05APR2022.

The 53rd WX Recon Squadron WC-130Js are undergoing depot level maintenance on Robins AFB, Georgia, and are being painted in the retro 1990s look before being sent back to Keesler AFB.

USAF photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jessica Kendziorek, 05APR2022.

USAF photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jessica Kendziorek, 05APR2022.

You can compare the current paint scheme to the new retro look. USAF photo by Joseph Mather, 05APR2022.

In the background, the first WC-130J with the retro paint-job about to land at Keesler AFB. In the foreground, the modern Hurricane Hunters’ tail colors. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Kristen Pittman, 05APR2022.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Kristen Pittman, 05APR2022.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Kristen Pittman, 05APR2022.

This light grey Hurricane Hunter is being used as a MedEvac during a Homeland Security ‘Life Saver’ training event, in May 2004. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Ramon Reynaldo.

Light grey WC-130J about to hunt down Hurricane Katrina, 04OCT2005. FEMA photo by John Fleck.

Hurricane 2021: WC-130J WX HUNTERS DEPLOY

Hurricane 2020: ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS EARLY, AGAIN,1ST WC-130J HURRICANE HUNTER LAUNCHED!

Bare Metal: C-130 PAINT PREP, OR THE EMPEROR GETS SOME NEW CLOTHES

Hurricane Dorian: WC-130J & WP-3D

Hurricane Harvey: WHAT IS A DROPSONDE?

Cold War Battle Damage: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLY YOUR C-130E THROUGH A HAILSTORM?

AIRBORNE HURRICANE HUNTERS, WHEN DID IT ALL START?

Disaster Warnings: TORNADO FORECASTING, IT STARTED WITH THE USAF IN 1948!

Disaster Prep Idaho: 1989 7.3IDI DIESEL AMBULANCE COLD START

Pandēmus Totalitarian: More Pandemic Deployments ended to focus on Russia?

Incomplete list of photos and videos of the latest U.S. military operations inside private sector hospitals, under the guise of fighting the Pandemic (so called Whole-of-Government Covid Response, run by U.S. Army Northern Command, beginning on August 2021), for March 2022:

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Jan David De Luna Mercado, 28MAR2022.

On the the British (United Kingdom) Indian Ocean Territory known as Diego Garcia, U.S. Navy medics issued Pandemic booster shots to silly-vilian (civilian) contractors, 28MAR2022.

CALIFORNIA:

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Froylan Grimaldo, 03MAR2022.

On 03MAR2022, an inspection of ongoing military Pandemic operations at the Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital, in West Covina, was conducted.

CONNECTICUT:

Connecticut Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Matthew Lucibello, 08MAR2022.

Connecticut National Guard continues to provide taxpayer funded labor in the form of Personal Protective Equipment deliveries to both individual citizens and the private healthcare sector.  The PPE are stored at the State Commodity Warehouse in New Britain.

GEORGIA:

Georgia Army National Guard photo by Captain Bryant Wine, 11MAR2022.

Georgia National Guard personnel ended their Pandemic Deployment to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, in Gainesville, on 11MAR2022.

LOUISIANA:

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Lumagui, 09MAR2022.

Military medics ended their Pandemic Deployment to Saint Francis Medical Center, in Monroe, on 09MAR2022.

MASSACHUSETTS:

Massachusetts National Guard photo by Timothy Sandland, 17MAR2022.

Almost 1-thousand Massachusetts National Guard personnel ended their two years Pandemic Deployment, known as Task Force Powderhorn, on 17MAR2022.

USA photo by Specialist Daniel Thompson, 11MAR2022.

On 11MAR2022, U.S. Air Force medics ended their Pandemic Deployment to Signature Healthcare Hospital in Brockton.  The hospital also ended mask requirements in ‘non-medical’ areas of the hospital.

MICHIGAN: U.S. Army video by Sergeant Kaden D. Pitt, of U.S. Army medics working in Sparrow Hospital, in Lansing, 02MAR2022:

USA photo by Specialist Raekwon Jenkins. 08MAR2022.

Six days after the above video was made, U.S. Northern Command/Army North suddenly ended the Pandemic Deployment to Sparrow Hospital.

MINNESOTA:

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Michael H. Lehman, 15MAR2022.

15MAR2022 was the last day of U.S. Army Pandemic Deployment to Abbott Northwestern Hospital, in Minneapolis.

NEW HAMPSHIRE:

USA photo by Major Joe Bisso, 07MAR2022.

Military medics, including New Hampshire National Guard, ended their Pandemic Deployment to Elliot Hospital, in Manchester, on 07MAR2022.

NEW YORK:

USA photo by Specialist Khalan Moore, 14MAR2022.

Military medics ended their Pandemic Deployment to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, 14MAR2022.

OREGON:

Oregon Air National Guard photo by John Hughel, 08MAR2022.

During the first week of March, The Beaver State of Oregon ended its National Guard Pandemic Deployment.  During the Omnicom version of The Pandemic, Oregon National Guard deployed more than 1-thousand-2-hundred personnel to provide taxpayer funded labor to the private sector.

PENNSYLVANIA:

USA photo by Specialist Khalan Moore, 04MAR2022.

USAF medics ended their Pandemic Deployment to  WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital, in York, 04MAR2022.

UTAH:

USA photo by Major Geoffrey Carmichael, 30MAR2022.

On 30MAR2022, U.S. Navy medics ended their Pandemic Deployment to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City.

Utah National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jordan Hack, 02MAR2022.

At the beginning of March, Utah National Guard’s Brigadier General Darwin Craig met with military medics working at Southgate Senior Living, in Saint George.  The General also met with administrators of the Saint George Regional Hospital.

WEST VIRGINIA:

West Virginia Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Tim Sencindiver, 07MAR2022.

West Virginia National Guard personnel continue to provide taxpayer funded labor to private sector hospitals (since January 2022), this photo was taken at  Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, on 07MAR2022.

 

Pandēmus Totalitarian: U.S. MILITARY PANDEMIC DEPLOYMENTS SUDDENLY HALTED TO FOCUS ON WAR WITH RUSSIA?

PARLIAMENT SUSPENDED, BLAMED ON POLICE OPS! OIL COMPANIES UNDER ATTACK!

Biden’s War: Idaho about to deploy hundreds of troops, yet again! First time use of Javelin missiles!

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Idaho’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team/2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion training on the Orchard Combat Training Center, 30MAR2022. Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

On 05NOV2021 KLIX News Radio reported that even more 116th Cav militia personnel will be sent to relieve other military units in Southwest Asia, in Summer of 2022, now we have more details.

An Idaho M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, 30MAR2022. Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

According to Idaho Army National Guard’s Major Robert Taylor, Idaho’s 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion recently completed M1A2 Abrams and M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Table-6 crew qualifications, and will be heading to Fort Bliss, Texas, for deployment training.

Idaho M1A2 SEPv2, 24MAR2022. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Their destination is probably Kuwait/Iraq as they are deploying for Operation Spartan Shield.

Families were invited to watch the training and a live fire on 27MAR2022. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

27MAR2022, Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

That’s more than 7-hundred 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team National Guard personnel to deploy later in 2022! They are to relieve hundreds of fellow 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team personnel from Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Oregon, as well as National Guard troops from Florida, who deployed to The Middle East in 2021.

Pre-deployment training also included the use of Javelin anti-tank missiles, for the first time in Idaho! 27MAR2022, Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Javelin homing in on target. 27MAR2022, Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Target! First time use of Javelin in Idaho, 27MAR2022, Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

MedEvac training, 30MAR2022. Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Cavalry is pronounced Cav-All-Rie, not Cal-Va-Rie.

Idaho Army National Guard Aviation Group deployment, 23FEB2022. Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Don’t forget, Idaho deployed C-12 Huron crews to an undisclosed location in Africa on 23FEB2022!  Also, more than 4-hundred Idaho Air National Guard personnel deployed to The Middle East in Summer of 2020!

In 2017, Idaho National Guard might have set a record for yearly deployments!  In 2016, I discovered that Idaho was one of only 11 states supplying the most cannon fodder (people), per capita, for combat deployments!

Biden’s War, November 2021: ‘REBELLIOUS’ SNAKE RIVER (IDAHO, OREGON) DEPLOYS! POLITICIAN BEGS IDAHOANS TO RESIST THE WILL OF BIDEN!

Mother of all Money Pits, 2022: YOUR TAXES BRIBE IRAQI ARABS & KURDS TO PLAY NICE TOGETHER! NEW IRAN VS ISRAEL PROXY WAR OVER NATURAL GAS!

Pandēmus Totalitarian, 2022: IDAHO DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD INTO PRISONS!

ALARM BLACK! IDAHO OFFICE WORKERS REPORT TO WORK IN FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR! IS IT THE PANDEMIC, OR WAR?

Cyber Dome, 2022: IDAHO JOINS ISRAEL IN NEW GLOBAL CYBER DOMINANCE OPERATION?

New Cold War, 2022: IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD TRAINS WITH USMC F-35!

Vehicle I-D, 2022:  IDAHO GETS NEW UH-60M

U.S. ARMY GETS NEW VERSIONS OF ABRAMS AND BRADLEY

Battle Damage, 2016: TURKEY DEPLOYMENT REVEALS IDAHO A-10S ARE A BUNCH OF DIRTY PIGS!

Deployment Hell, 2012: IDAHO SUICIDE RATE 4TH HIGHEST IN UNITED STATES! IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD DEMANDS SUICIDE HOTLINE!!!

NATO vehicle I-D: Poland’s Krab (half British, half Korean?)

U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 20JUL2022.

Update 2022: Poland’s 2nd Battalion, 5th Artillery Brigade, conduct live-fire on Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, 20JUL2022.  U.S. Army video by Markus Rauchenberger:

USA photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 20JUL2022.

Quick U.S. Army video by Christoph Koppers, 19JUL2022:

USA photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 20JUL2022.

Photo via Poland Ministry of Defense.

U.S. Army video, by Master Sergeant Ryan Matson and Grzegorz Czaplicki, near Torun, Poland, 19MAY2021:

NATO Poland took two self propelled artillery gun systems, one from NATO United Kingdom and the other from Korea (South) and put them together, and called it the Krab.

April 2021 video by Bogusław Politowski / ZbrojnaTV (Polska Zbronjna-Poland Armed), giving you an ‘inside’ look at the Krab:

Photo by Arkadiusz Dwulatek/Combat Camera Poland, June 2020.

Photo by Waldemar Młynarczyk/Combat Camera Poland, June 2020.

Presidenski Range in Trzebian, Poland. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 29NOV2017.

It has the turret and gun system of the British AS-90 Braveheart, and the hull of Korea’s K9 Thunder.  Some are armed with a French gun, while others have a German gun.

Photo via Poland Ministry of Defense, 04SEP2017.

Photo via Poland Ministry of Defense, 04SEP2017.

Poland got Krabs in 2012, this video posted in December 2012 shows the public display of the Krabs, along with a rocket artillery launch. Pay attention, the hulls on these 2012 Krabs are different than the newer Krabs:

Vehicle I-D:  KOREAN 대한민국 K9 THUNDER

TURKISH TEMPEST, NATO Turkey’s modified K9

Puolustusvoimat / Finnish Defense Forces photo.

Finland’s K9

Soviet era weapons now in use by NATO:

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

DANA AND THE NEW ZUZANA

Mother of all Money Pits: Your taxes bribe Iraqi Arabs & Kurds to play nice together! New Iran vs Israel proxy war!

Why are oil prices so high? Iraq claims its oil exports are at 50 year-highs, the most oil exported since 1972!

There are claims that Iranian backed attacks, on a NATO Turkey base inside Iraq, are escalating!

There are now claims that Iran is attacking Kurdish areas of Iraq, apparently because Iraqi Kurds have made a Natural Gas deal with Israel!

Approximately 29 pallets of U.S. taxpayer funded body armor plates, weapons and various vehicle parts ‘divested’ to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, on Al Asad Air Base, 24MAR2022. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Nathan Smith.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Bree-Ann Ramos-Clifton, 27MAR2022.

On 27MAR2022, a NATO United Kingdom Royal Army (British Army) Brigadier oversaw the second military cooperation meeting between Iraqi and Peshmerga forces, at Union-3 forward operating base (FOB) in Baghdad.  U.S. NATO officials consider the meeting ‘historic’.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Bree-Ann Ramos-Clifton, 23MAR2022.

For proof that other NATO countries are still involved in Iraq, on 23MAR2022 military inspectors from several NATO countries toured the Union-3 FOB in Baghdad.

Peshmerga soldiers load-up on U.S. taxpayer funded ammunition crates, Erbil Air Base, Iraq, 16MAR2022. USA photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.

Approximately 59 pallets of repair parts, medical equipment, and uniform items were ‘divested’ to Iraq’s Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency, 14MAR2022. USA photo by Specialist Nathan Smith.

A Peshmerga Major counts the crates of ammo on Erbil Air Base, Iraq, 08MAR2022. U.S. Army photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.

Erbil Air Base, Iraq. U.S. taxpayer funded contractors load a Conex container onto a Peshmerga truck, 08MAR2022. USA photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.

Peshmerga trucks loaded and ready to go on Erbil Air Base, Iraq, 08MAR2022. USA photo by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer.

U.S. Army (USA) video by Corporal Tommy L. Spitzer, 07MAR2022, Peshmerga female soldiers explain why they need U.S. taxpayer funding:

Kurdish security forces (Asayish Directorate in al-Sulaymaniyah) get help from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook during assault training exercise, 02MAR2022. USA Photo by Staff Sergeant Gregory T. Summers.

(Peshmerga forces receive U.S. funded combat vehicle and helicopter assault training)

(Asayish Directorate in al-Sulaymaniyah capture two terrorists)

Pallets of containers full of 120mm ‘illumination’ rounds, ‘divested’ to Peshmerga on 23FEB 2022, Erbil, Iraq. USA photo by Specialist Nathan Smith.

On 23FEB2022, U.S. taxpayer funded, Israeli designed, 120mm mortar illumination rounds were given to Peshmerga.  The U.S. Army switched to the Israeli designed rounds in the 1990s.  They were tested on U.S. Army bases in Arizona and Utah.  Illumination rounds typically contain minerals like phosphorus, which burn when exposed to air. All militaries around the world use such illumination rounds, as long as they are not intentionally used as ‘weapons’ they can avoid the international ban on phosphorus weapons.

U.S. Air Force (USAF) video by Staff Sergeant Frank Rohrig, 15FEB2022, on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, a USAF C-17 is loaded with gear then flies to Erbil Air Base in Iraq, where the gear is off-loaded for the Peshmerga:

More than 30 trucks transported masses of razor wire to Iraqi Border Security units as part of the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) program, 12FEB2022. USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman.

Got razor wire? Why do U.S./NATO leaders think Iraq needs so much razor wire? USA photo by Major Alexa Carlo-Hickman, 12FEB2022.

USA video by Specialist Nathan Smith, on 02FEB2022, brand new U.S. taxpayer funded construction vehicles were ‘divested’ to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, on Al Asad Air Base:

Mother of all Money Pits:  KURDS TAKE THE FIGHT TO ‘ISLAMIC STATE’, WHILE U.S. TAXPAYERS FUND DINNER PARTIES!

Destroy U.S. Dollar: RUSSIA DEMANDS RUBLE FOR EVERYTHING! NATO GERMANY & NATO BULGARIA CONTINUE BUYING RUSSIAN GAS!

Oil Prices: DON’T BLAME RUSSIA, BLAME U.S./SAUDI PROXY WAR AGAINST IRAN IN YEMEN!

Biden’s War: WAR IN UKRAINE TO START IN MARCH? U.S. ARMY OFFERS BIG BONUS TO RECRUITS WHO CAN SHIP-OUT QUICK! IT’S ALL ABOUT THE NATURAL GAS!

 

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: DANA and the new Zuzana

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak ShKH vz. 77. Photo via Czech Ministry of Defense.

The ShKH vz. 77 DANA began service with Warsaw Pact Czechoslovakia in 1981. New versions are continually being created, and currently is in use by at least six countries.

Polish DANA lets one rip while deployed to Afghanistan, November 2010. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Gunner’s position inside the DANA. Photo by Polish Warrant Officer-2 Adam Roik.

Forward Operating Base Arian, Afghanistan, 11JAN2012. In the background a Polish DANA. California Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Adam Carrington.

Cold War era Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak designed/built Soviet 152mm gunned Samo-hybná Kanónová Húfnica vzor 77 (ShKH vz. 77, or self-propelled cannon howitzer model 77), also known as DANA (Dělo Automobilní Nabíjené Automaticky, in English means gun vehicle loaded automatically).  In today’s NATO Czech Republic it is called the SPGH-M77 or Type 77.

NATO Czech DANA on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 25OCT2012. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

25OCT2012, USA photo by Sergeant Kirk Evanoff.

Near Peer Threats and Russo-Ukraine War, 2014 to present. 

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 02SEP2014. USA photo by Sergeant Christina M. Dion.

NATO Czech DANAs on the NATO Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014, USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

04SEP2014. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Randy Florendo.

NATO Czech ShKH-77 Danas in a garage on the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, NATO Germany, 08AUG2015. USA photo by Specialist Tyler Kingsbury.

North Carolina Army National Guard examine a Polish 152mm DANA, 05JUN2016. North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Robert Jordan.

Polish 152mm DANA launches rounds during Exercise Anakonda, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, NATO Poland, 13JUN2016. Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Micah D. Campbell.

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Quick U.S. Army video by Sergeant Austin Majors, wet gap (river) crossing showing Polish DANAs crossing pontoon bridge during NATO’s Saber Strike wargame in June 2017:

NATO’s Battle Group Poland roll towards the border with NATO Lithuania during Saber Strike wargame, 18JUN2017. USA photo by Specialist Stefan English.

Polish DANA, 26SEP2018. USA photo by Sergeant Christopher Case.

What do you call a DANA that has been upgraded with a NATO compatible 155mm gun? The Zuzana.

U.S. paratroopers take photos of Slovakia’s Zuzana, 08MAR2019. USA photo by Specialist Rolyn Kropf.

In 2021, NATO Slovakia began using a new version of the Zuzana, called Zuzana-2.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Official acceptance ceremony for Slovakia’s new Zuzana-2, 22JUL2021. Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

Zuzana-2 uses the latest in automation and has a human crew of only three.

Slovak Zuzana-2 launching a projectile on Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, 30NOV2021. USA photo by Private First Class Jacob Bradford.

U.S. Army video by Specialist Jameson Harris, NATO Slovakia tries out their new Zuzana-2 in NATO Poland, 30NOV2021:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

In NATO Latvia, Forward Operating Site Adazi, NATO Slovak personnel showed-off their new Zuzana-2 to artillery men from Fort Riley, Kansas, on 06MAY2022.

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Eliezer Meléndez, 06MAY2022.

On 09OCT2022, NATO-Slovakia revealed that it had sent a total of ten of the new Zuzana-2 gun systems to Ukraine.

Photo via Slovak Ministry of Defense.

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Soviet era Armor used by NATO: POLAND

Soviet era Aircraft used by NATO: POLAND SUKHOI 22

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