Although the first official United States Army (USA) Airborne unit was created in 1943 (82nd Airborne Division), the USA had been experimenting with the idea of having Soldiers jump out of perfectly good aircraft since the end of World War One.
Most of the early Airborne training took place on Fort Benning (recently called Fort […] Continue Reading…
The federal U.S. Army Reserve is having a new training center built on the Utah Army National Guard’s Camp Williams. Army Reserve training personnel will be redeploying from their home on Fort Douglas, Utah, to Camp Williams.
Fort Douglas was one of many locations, during World War One, where German prisoners […] Continue Reading…
To boost lagging recruitment (and apparent lack of desire to deploy to Japan), the U.S. Air Force is promoting its Auto Hobby Shop on Yokota Air Base. It is open seven days per week, with six self-service lift bays, an oil-change pit, and they provide the tools!
U.S. Armed Forces Network video report released 17MAR2025:
On 21MAR2025, U.S. President Donald John Trump announced the purchase of a top secret fighter jet for the U.S. Air Force (USAF), called the F-47. He also revealed that the cost of the aircraft is ‘top secret’, ostensibly claiming that revealing the cost would also reveal the latest and greatest ‘top secret’ technologies used […] Continue Reading…
On 20MAR2025, United States President Donald John Trump issued Executive Order “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities.”
The purpose of the order is to reduce taxpayer funding of a system that has failed to meet even international standards (for decades) by returning direct control of public education to each State (prior to […] Continue Reading…
Finally, an 11 month late birthday bomber build, another ancient Airfix B-24J Liberator is done! But, I now believe both of the old-skool 1/72 scale Airfix Liberators I built have an inherent molding problem, possibly the result of being produced in France:
The old Airfix kit is way outdated, having been first […] Continue Reading…
In 1970 (Cold War), the first in the U.S. fully enclosed colligate sports arena opened; the ASISU (Associated Students of Idaho State University) Minidome.
In 1988 (Cold War), the name was changed to Holt Arena to honor the athletic director who pushed for the creation of the Minidome.
In January 2024 the name was officially changed, again, to ICCU […] Continue Reading…
Again, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, aka Border Patrol) truck, manned by U.S. Army Soldiers, parked behind a sign marking the border between the U.S. and Mexico, near Mount Cristo Ray-Sunland Park, New Mexico, 20FEB2025.Operation Southern Guard; the initial deployment of […] Continue Reading…
Romania retired its last active Cold War era Mikoyan & Gurevich (MiG) 21s on 15MAY2023, officially replacing them with new versions of the Cold War era General Dynamics F-16s: “Decommissioning of the MiG-21 LanceR aircraft and the accelerated transition to the operation of the F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force.”-Forțele Aeriene Române
Romanian Ministerul […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says main stream “woke” news media is lying about Defense Department cuts! Welcomes DOGE inspectors:
The actual physical location of the Pentagon is in Virginia, not Washington DC. Washington DC is the mailing address for the Pentagon.
14FEB2025: United States + NATO-Poland.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Peter Brian Hegseth […] Continue Reading…