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Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport. My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front). Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42. Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.
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Biden’s War: Virginia deploys to Kuwait, again

In the middle of June 2021, Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division (ID) completed Operation Spartan Shield training on North Fort Hood, Texas.

Virginia Army National Guard Army photo by Staff Sergeant Marc Heaton.

They will be deploying to Kuwait as part of Task Force Spartan, it is not their first time: “The 29th ID is very familiar with the role they’re about to assume, having mobilized for the same mission a few years ago. More importantly, they’re building on the efforts of the two previous Army National Guard headquarters, who served as Task Force Spartan; the 42nd Infantry Division from the great State of New York, and the 36th ID from the great State of Texas.”-Colonel Jakob B. Larkowich, 188th Infantry Brigade Division East, Chief of Training for the 29th ID Culminating Training Exercise

Biden’s War: ALASKA HURONS FLY TO KUWAIT

U.S.

Biden’s War: Alaska Hurons fly to Kuwait

On 09JUL2021, five Alaska Army National Guard personnel from the 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment, said good bye as they headed for deployment training in Texas.  Their final destination is in Kuwait, as part of Task Force Spartan.

Tennessee National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Timothy Cordeiro.

They will join other C-12 Huron crews with the Tennessee Army National Guard’s Detachment 6, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment, in flying cargo and personnel transport missions.

Biden’s War: TENNESSEE TO SPEND YOUR TAXES IN AFRICA

Biden’s War: ALASKA BLACKHAWKS DEPLOY TO MIDDLE EAST! RETURNING GUARDSMEN NOW IN QUARANTINE!

Idaho, U.S.

Locust Plague 2021: Fat Hopper, and the ghost of its former self

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13 July 2021 / 23:44-UTC-07 Tango 06 (23 Tir 1400/04 Dhu l-Hijja 1442/05 Yi-Wei [5th month] 4719)

Chubbuck, Idaho, 13JUL2021. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

The fattest grasshopper I’ve seen in the 25 years I’ve lived in Southeastern Idaho was trying to get in my back door.

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Despite the extreme dry heat, these grasshoppers are looking well fed. This guy had left behind a little something near my apple tree.

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

A ghost of his former self, his molt.  Apparently he (or she or it?) had just shed its skin.

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

I’ve already written about the Grasshoppers and Mormon Crickets seemingly joining together to wreak havoc upon Pacific Northwest farmers.  Here’s some links to the most recent news about the worsening situation: Grasshoppers Are Descending on the West in Swarms

Plagues of Grasshoppers Hit Western U.S.
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CANADA, Alberta: Farmers battle surge in grasshoppers, “They’ve been really bad”

CANADA, Manitoba: Agricultural emergency declared!

SOUTH AFRICA: Farmers brace for another locust plague

UNITES STATES, Minnesota: Local Farmers turn crickets into protein

U.S., New Mexico: Is there anything grasshoppers won’t eat?

U.S., Oregon: Ranchers plead for help with grasshopper plague

U.S., Utah: Drought brings grasshopper invasion

U.S., Wyoming: Natrona County reports outbreaks of grasshoppers

Mormon Crickets & Grasshoppers: “…A PERFECT TERRIBLE STORM.”

Technology

Indiana Blacksnakes A-10C grows new skin

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09JUN2021, shedding the old grey scales. Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

An Indiana Air National Guard A-10C has shed its old grey skin for new black & dark grey scales (grey 118 and black 038).

09JUN2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

Sometime between May and June 2021, Indiana’s 122nd Fighter Wing (FW) flew an A-10C to the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City, Iowa.

22JUN2021, dark grey scales appear. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

Iowa ANG time-lapse video by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, Blacksnakes A-10C grows a new skin:

The black & dark grey colors are to celebrate Indiana National Guard’s 1-hundred years of aviation, and to honor both the 122nd FW (with a Fort Wayne tail flash) and the 181st Intelligence Wing (Terre Haute checkered tail flash).

29JUN2021, applying the stenciling. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

02JUL2021, resplendent in its new skin. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

02JUL2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

02JUL2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

02JUL2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

07JUL2021, heading home to Indiana. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

07JUL2021, refueling on its way home to Indiana. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

07JUL2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

The Blacksnakes use of green snake eyes symbolizes night-vision capability.  In the 1990s, the 122nd FW was  first unit in the Air Force to receive night-flying systems that enabled aircraft to be fully mission-capable 24 hours a day.

IDAHO’S HERITAGE A-10C ‘8N’

PRIMER BLACK IS THE NEW ZINC-YELLOW?

A-10C South East Asia CAMO

U.S.

U.S. Medical & Food Disaster: This is not a drill! Military drug dealers take over local high schools?

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New Mexico Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.

On 07JUL2021, active duty military, and National Guard medical personnel from across the United States, took over Greenville High School, in Mississippi.

New Mexico ANG photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.

New Mexico ANG photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.

Operations involving food service, dentistry, ambulance service, optometry, psychiatric care, and even drug distribution (pharmacy) were carried out as part of Delta Wellness Mission 2021.  Greenville High School was one of three locations used for the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) operation.

New Mexico ANG photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.

The military uses IRTs as one way to train for disaster response, but Delta Wellness Mission 2021 is not a drill or training exercise, it is a continuation, under a new name, of a program started under the Obama Administration to provide free healthcare and food service to local residents.

New Mexico ANG photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.

The taxpayer funded military medical service for silly-vilians program was started in 2014 (OPERATION APPALACHIAN CARE; PROOF OBAMACARE-ACA FAILED, AND OBAMA KNEW IT DID!).

New Mexico ANG photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.

Greenville High School was not the only school to be taken over under Delta Wellness Mission 2021.

New Mexico ANG photo Senior Master Sergeant Daniel Butterfield.

The General Trass High School, Arkansas, was taken over on 05JUL2021.

Air Force Reserve video report; 24JUN2021 East Central Georgia Medical IRT mission, which included Burke County High School:

Army Reserve promo video; medical personnel from Ohio deployed to Knox and Clay County, Kentucky, to provide free services to humans and animals, 20JUN2021.  The ‘Coal Country’ IRT was requested by local county officials:

South Carolina ANG photo by Lieutenant Colonel Jim Saint Clair.

The South Carolina National Guard deployed for Operation Healthy Delta 2021.  The IRT provided medical and food service to two locations in Missouri, and one in Illinois, from June 14th to the 24th.

South Carolina ANG photo by Lieutenant Colonel Jim Saint Clair.

Army Reserve video report, IRT used as excuse to provide animal and human medical services to Turtle Mountain Reservation, North Dakota, 09MAY2021:

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Karen J. Tomasik.

05MAY2021, IRT Arctic Care Kodiak Island 2021 was conducted to provide medical, dental, optometry, and veterinary care across communities on the island of Kodiak, Alaska.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant Frans Labranche.

On 04MAY2021, military active duty, Reserve and National Guard medical personnel took over Lakeside High School, in Arkansas, apparently the first for the Delta Wellness Mission 2021 IRT.

U.S. Food Crisis 2021: “…A PERFECT TERRIBLE STORM.” CRAWLING MORMON CRICKETS & FLYING GRASSHOPPERS JOIN FORCES?

U.S. Hurricane prep 2021: GEORGIA MILITIA WARMS-UP THE D-R-M-K-T

U.S. Wildfires 2021: FOR FIRST TIME, IDAHO MOBILIZES MILITIA FOR FIRE DUTY!

Cascadia Rising: PREP FOR 2022, “…EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF MASS CASUALTIES…”!

Typhoon 2021: T-C-C-O-R PREP

Idaho, Technology

Hurricane prep 2021: Georgia Militia warms-up the D-R-M-K-T

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Georgia Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Jeff Rice.

The official 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season has begun, and the U.S. state of Georgia warmed-up the latest in emergency field kitchen technologies.

Georgia ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jeff Rice.

It’s known as Disaster Relief Mobilized Kitchen Trailer (DRMKT).  It was set up by the Georgia Air National Guard (ANG) on Robins Air Force Base (AFB), 10JUL2021.

Georgia ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Jeff Rice.

North Carolina ANG photo by Master Sergeant Nathan Clark.

In December 2020, North Carolina’s ANG got a brand new DRMKT: “We developed the Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer to solve many of the inefficiencies we observed in our Nation’s response to Hurricane Katrina.”-Bill Hague, Babington Technology

North Carolina ANG photo by Master Sergeant Nathan Clark.

Idaho ANG photo by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds.

In October 2020, Idaho’s 124th Fighter Wing conducted maintenance on their DRKMT: “This equipment is unique to the Air National Guard because, unlike active duty Air Force, part of our mission is to support local natural disasters.”-Technical Sergeant Audenne Valdez, Idaho ANG

Georgia ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Amber Williams.

Georgia ANG has already deployed their DRMKT, in October 2018.   It was sent to the town of Colquitt, where victims of Hurricane Michael were fed hot meals.

Illinois ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Lealan Buehrer.

In August 2017, the Illinois and Idaho ANGs deployed their DRMKTs to the Crow Reservation in Montana.  Over several weeks, the Illinois and Idaho ANGs fed Montana Guard personnel working to build new housing on the Crow Reservation: “You can do just about anything you can do on base in this kitchen. We’ve got two full ovens, flattop grill, a stockpot station, a three-compartment sink and then a tray ration heater which can also double as making pasta or boiling water, or whatever else you need it for.”-Staff Sergeant Christopher Leigh, Montana ANG

Minnesota ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Lynette Hoke.

The first use of DRMKTs during a real disaster was in 2017.  Members of Ohio and Minnesota Air National Guard units deployed, with their DRMKTs, to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

Ohio ANG photo by First Lieutenant Paul Stennett.

National Guard units using the DRMKT after Hurricane Maria claimed they could serve 8-hundred meals per day.  If there are a mass of people to feed then up to 1-thousand meals per 90 minutes can be achieved, but only by using ‘boil-in-bag’ meals (basically MREs).

Hurricane Maria, Ohio ANG video by First Lieutenant Paul Stennett, how to load your DRMKT on a C-130H:

Hurricane Maria, Arkansas ANG video (with interview at the end), by Senior Airman Matthew Matlock, using a C-17 to deliver DRMKT to U.S. Virgin Islands:

Georgia ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

In January 2017, Air National Guard units from across the U.S. converged their DRMKTs on FedEx Field, Washington DC, to feed security personnel during the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump.

The Georgia ANG first received their DRMKT back in February 2015, delivered via C-130 cargo plane.

Georgia ANG photo by Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia ANG tested the new DRMKT by feeding hungry Robins AFB flightline workers barbecue chicken, macaroni and cheese, baked beans, coleslaw and rolls.

Ohio ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Joseph Harwood.

In August 2014, a DRMKT was delivered to the Ohio Air National Guard  (FEMA Region 5) via C-130 transport aircraft: “The State of Ohio was selected to receive the Disaster Response Mobile Kitchen Trailer due to geographical location within FEMA Region 5, and state leadership selected the 179th Airlift Wing for this mission due to the C-130 cargo planes capability to transport the asset.”-Senior Master Sergeant Dana Togliatti

Ohio ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Joseph Harwood.

The first use of a DRMKT was by Texas and Nebraska Air National Guard, during disaster wargame Patriot Exercise 2013, in Wisconsin.

Wyoming ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Natalie Stanley.

The Guard units trying it out concluded they could feed 4-hundred people per day using one DRMKT.

Wyoming ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Natalie Stanley.

DRMKTs were developed in 2012 (called Mobile Kitchens by Babington Technology), to give National Guard units a faster response time in getting cooked meals to survivors of disasters.  Washington DC ANG video report, by Master Sergeant Gareth Buckland, unveiling of DRMKT:

USAF personnel learn how to maintain the Airtronic Burner on David-Monthan AFB, Arizona, September 2015. USAF photo by Airman First Class Mya M. Crosby.

DRMKTs use Babington Airtronic Burners which can use almost any type of liquid fuel.

Ohio ANG photo by Technical Sergeant Joseph Harwood.

The DRMKT has ‘frigerators, uses fans for ventilation and to keep flying insects out, all computer controlled, and thanks to liquid fuel burning cooking units the DRMKT uses only 2-thousand watts total.

North Carolina ANG photo by Master Sergeant Nathan Clark.

FEMA Regions prep, May 2021: 

South Dakota ANG photo by Senior Airman Taylor Solberg.

SOUTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD GETS NEW D-R-M-K-T

Food Crisis U.S.A.: SOYLENT GREEN PET FOOD? OR, ARE PEOPLE BEING PREPPED TO EAT PET FOOD?

Global Food Crisis: Is OPERATION COVID-19 a COVERT OP TO CONTROL THE GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY?

Technology

Terminator: U.S. Army Space Force launches 3 Gunsmoke-Jacob’s Ladder satellites

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“If the Gunsmoke experiments are successful, then this work could lead to future systems, which would enhance long-range precision fires in support of the warfighter.”-Rebecca Nagurney, Gunsmoke deputy program manager

NASA photo.

On 30JUN2021, Grumman built Cygnus class SS (Space Ship) Katherine Johnson deployed a U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) ‘Gunsmoke’ targeting satellite.

Northrop Grumman photo.

The SS Katherine Johnson is a remote controlled cargo ship, and was deployed to the International Space Station (ISS) in February 2021 (called NG-15 resupply mission).  Normally, the Cygnus class space ship is used to bring supplies to the ISS, and then haul trash away.  This time it launched five ‘CubSats’ as it left the ISS, on 29JUN2021, including the U.S. Army’s Gunsmoke.

NASA video, SS Katherine Johnson deploys from the ISS, 29JUN2021:

In this NASA promo video, the U.S. Army’s Gunsmoke is not mentioned among the other experiments carried by SS Katherine Johnson NG-15:

Photo by Jason Cutshaw.

Gunsmoke-J (‘J’ for Jacob’s Ladder, a type of CubSat) is an APNT (Assured Position Navigation and Timing) satellite.  It is a small satellite designed to provide combat units on planet Earth with location information about possible targets on the ground.  The Gunsmoke program has been in the works for the past fives years.

 

The U.S. Army Space Force has launched three Gunsmoke-Js; one on an Electron rocket at the end of March 2021, a second deployed via SS Katherine Johnson at the end of June (after launching from Earth in February),…..

Virgin Orbit photo.

….and the third was launched off a modified Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 (Operation Tubular Bells: Part One) also at the end of June: “This deployment and same day launch of two separate Gunsmoke-J satellites is a major step toward demonstrating what we believe will be enabling tactical warfighter capability.”-Wheeler ‘Chip’ Hardy, USASMDC Technical Center Space Directorate’s Space Applications Division

https://youtu.be/bgL5pMDktxA

A total of seven Gunsmoke-J CubSats will be deployed in 2021, some launched from New Zealand.

U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Karleshia Gater.

On Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, ‘Space Cross-Functional Team (SCFT)’ soldiers pose in front of one of their ‘sensor tech’ devices during what is called a Sensor-to-Shooter (S2S) exercise, 24MAR2021.  S2S exercises are developing the Earth based component of the APNT system.

TERMINATOR: SPACEX SATELLITES ALL ABOUT A-P-N-T/L-R-P-C-F-T? (with video reports by the military showing you how they can kill with the APNT satellites) 

2020: U.S. Army Selects TriSept to Integrate and Deploy Gunsmoke-J

Idaho, Technology

Idaho’s heritage A-10C ‘8N’

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Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.

P-47D Thunderbolt bubble-top 8N-X.

“It’s more than just history, it’s our heritage, it’s who we are.”-Major Tom Silkowski, Idaho’s 190th Fighter Squadron

P-47D Thunderbolt ‘Black Jack’ code 8N-O, 371st FG-405th FS.

Towards the end of May 2021, the Idaho Air National Guard unveiled their heritage ‘8N’ A-10C Thunderbolt-2.  8N is the squadron code for the U.S. Army 9th Air Force-371st Fighter Group’s 405th Fighter Squadron.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.

It was part of 75th anniversary celebrations for the 190th Fighter Squadron’s(FS) birthday, 24MAY1946.  The old 405th FS logo was added to the nacelles after returning from its heritage paint job in Iowa.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.

The 190th FS evolved out of the 405th FS, which flew P-47 Thunderbolts during World War Two (hence the false tail number 405190). In 1944, P-47s of the 405th carried the code 8N on their fuselages: “Every aspect of that paint job, down to the smallest detail, is deliberate and faithful to how our P-47’s looked in the summer of 1944. We weren’t going for glitz and a superficial ‘wow factor.’ This isn’t a toy airplane; it’s one of our beautiful A-10 Thunderbolt-2s dressed in the same scheme worn by our P-47 Thunderbolts in World War Two. It’s like a little boy wearing his dad’s military uniform. I think that’s what makes it so special.”-Major Tom Silkowski, Idaho’s 190th FS

An ‘8N’ P-47D somewhere in France, 1944.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.

On 07JUL2021, 8N took part in refuel training over Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds.

The refueling was done by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Tinker AFB, out of Oklahoma.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds.

But it is not the first time 8N got refueled mid-flight.  On its way home from the heritage paint job (done at the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City), the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th ARW provided fuel for the flight back to Idaho.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mercedee Wilds.

Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

Iowa Air National Guard video, by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, of 8N (sans 405th FS logo) being pull from the paint shop, 05MAY2021:

Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

1944(?) France, P-47 ‘Mumbling Joe’ 8N-H, 371st FG-405th FS.

March 2021: MORALE BOOSTER A-10C GUN-RUN IN IDAHO!

2012 Pocatello Airport:

The awesome A-10 is the last of Idaho’s Air National Guard air assets. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD A-10C THUNDERBOLT 2 ‘walkaround’

Idaho, U.S.

U.S. Wildfires, 2021: For first time, Idaho mobilizes Militia for fire duty!

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For the first time in Idaho’s history, the governor has mobilized the National Guard specifically for fighting fires:

Snake River Complex Fire, KHQ-TV says residents told to fight the fire themselves!

People told to evacuate areas around John Creek Fire.
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Real time Idaho fire map: idfg.idaho.gov

Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM): Idaho Fires

Idaho Department of Lands: Fire News Feed

Idaho, 2021: COLD CREEK FIRE NEAR AMERICAN FALLS

Idaho 2018, Pocatello’s Snake River Hot Shots:

Idaho 2012, Charlotte Fire:

On Interstate-15 northbound, Tender 1 racing towards Pocatello, Idaho, 28 June 2012.  Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

POCATELLO BURNING! EVACUATIONS! SOUTHEAST IDAHO BURNING! BANNOCK COUNTY BANS FIREWORKS, DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY!

How Idaho’s ‘Big Burn’ fire of 1910 shaped the way wildfires are fought.

U.S.

U.S. Wildfires, 2021: Beckwourth Complex, MAFFS joins the fight

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According to the U.S. National Interagency Fire Center, 57 fires have burned 667-thousand-346 acres across Arizona, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon and Washington, as of 10JUL2021.

08JUL2021. Nevada Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.

In Northern California there is a complex of fires that have been ongoing, and difficult to combat, known as Beckwourth.  It’s so frustrating that the California and Nevada Air National Guards are now involved in that combat.

Nevada Air National Guard C-130, MAFFS 9 out of Reno, near Frenchman Lake 09JUL2021. Nevada ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.

A single C-130 MAFFS from the California ANG, and two C-130 MAFFS from Nevada ANG, began bombing runs in the Frenchman Lake area, on 09JUL2021.

Nevada ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.

California National Guard video report by Master Sergeant David Loeffler, MAFFS joins the fight:

California: MAFFS PREP WILDFIRE 2021

Lone S-64 Skycrane water-dropper, near Frenchman Lake, 08JUL2021. Nevada ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.

Beckwourth Complex Fire Morning Update July 9, 2021

Privately operated DC-10 near Frenchman Lake, 09JUL2021. Nevada ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.

Privately operated BAe 146 near Frenchman Lake, 09JUL2021. Nevada ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.

Privately operated MD-87 near Frenchman Lake, 09JUL2021. Nevada ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Paula Macomber.

U.S. Wildfire Prep, 2021: OREGON MOBILIZES FOR RED CARD!

U.S. Wildfires, 2021: SIERRA FIRE

Idaho, 2019:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

DC-10, IDAHO’S 911

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Erickson MD-87 WATER BOMBER at Pocatello

Idaho, 2012:

Operated by Erickson Air-Crane fire fighting service.

SIKORSKY SKYCRANE LEAVES POCATELLO AIRPORT FOR COX’S WELL FIRE

Ducks in a row. BAe 146-200s and the old Convair CV580, at Pocatello airport during Idaho’s 2012 wildfire outbreaks. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

MORE CANADIAN BAe 146 ARRIVE AT POCATELLO