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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.
Idaho

Pocatello Arts Council is not taxpayer funded, but helps bring free public events!

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Recently in the U.S. state of Idaho, apparently (supposedly) a City of Pocatello council person inquired about the funding for the Pocatello Arts Council.  It sounded very much like she was ‘fishing’ for ways to appropriate some of that funding for local government use, not unusual for a city council that has a history of non-transparent, and even non-existent, financial record keeping.  There is one major problem; the Pocatello Arts Council is not a government operation, it is a non-governmental organization (NGO) created and funded totally by donations!

For Summer 2022, the Pocatello Arts Council has teamed-up with many other organizations to bring free-to-the-public Shakespeare performances at the Idaho State University (ISU), in Pocatello.

Idaho State University’s The Quad.

On July 21st, Twelfth Night will be performed on The Quad, starting at 18:30 (6:30PM). Then King Lear makes an appearance on July 23rd, same location.  Food trucks will be staged, but they are not free, bring money or bring your own food.

On this map The Quad is the area marked as #9.

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes conduct sunrise prayer on ISU’s Quad.

For those wanting more academic information about some guy named Shakespeare, on the 20th of July there is a free lecture (with live sample performances) at the Marshall Public Library, in the Old Town part of Pocatello.

The lecture is held before the theatrical plays take place so you’ll get a better understanding of the mind-set of The Bard.

In October 1991, the Pocatello Arts Council was created by a generous grant from an individual.  The council members are not paid a dime, they are volunteering their own time and efforts.  While Pocatello Arts Council is a non-taxpayer funded NGO, they do serve as an ‘advisory council’ to the Mayor of Pocatello.

Pocatello Arts Council also offers very small grants to local people feeling creative, there are deadlines, apply here.

Scandals involving Pocatello & Chubbuck:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, July 2019.

Bridge to Nowhere, and a list of other local taxpayer rip-offs

 

Kit Bashing, Technology

1:1 scale F-15E gets new colors, via vinyl decals.

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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Austin Salazar, 11JUL2022.

The U.S. Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing unveiled new heritage colors at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, in the United Kingdom.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Austin Salazar, 11JUL2022.

75 years of the U.S. Air Force.

USAF photo by Airman Austin Salazar.

USAF photo by Airman Austin Salazar, 11JUL2022.

80 years of U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).

Video, with dramatic music, by Airman Seleena Muhammad-Ali:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Jacob Wood, 14JUL2022.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Jacob Wood, 14JUL2022.

2021: RE-BUILD A 1:1 SCALE F-15 CANOPY

World War 3: 1ST TIME LEGION POD SHOOT-DOWN FOR F-15 EAGLE

Vehicle I-D: The new F-15EX HAS ARRIVED! COMMANDER SAYS “IT’S AN EX-CITING DAY!”

2019: PAINTING A P-51 WITH VINYL DECALS?

U.S.

Biden’s War: Pennsylvania Militia trains in Texas, on way to Middle East.

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M2HB heavy machine gun training,18JUN2022. Pennsylvania National Guard photo.

Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 252nd Quartermaster Company has been on Fort Hood, Texas, training for their deployment to somewhere in The Middle East (South West Asia).

Forklift training, 11JUL2022. Pennsylvania National Guard photo.

Being a ‘Quartermaster’ unit, their main job is logistics, so that is what much of the training focused on.  Don’t want any supply chain shortages for the troops in The Middle East.

On Fort Hood, 08JUL2022. Pennsylvania National Guard photo.

These Conex boxes contain the 252nd’s gear, for shipment to The Middle East.

Approximately 200 Soldiers got on the bus, 05JUN2022. Pennsylvania Army National Guard photo by Private First Class David Thomson.

Leaving for Texas, 05JUN2022. Pennsylvania Army National Guard video by Private First Class David Thomson:

The busses took them to the airport. Pennsylvania Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Zane Craig, 05JUN2022.

Biden’s War:  IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON STUCK IN A DEPLOYMENT LOOP!

Biden-NATO War:  “A NEW SHOW”, MORE DEPLOYMENTS, “VIGILANCE ACTIVITY”!

U.S.

U.S. Food Crisis: Kentucky Militia deployed for Water Shortage, “Bad went to worse!”

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Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

“We can live without electricity, we can live without the Internet. One thing you definitely can’t live without is water. And it becomes something that we sometimes take for granted.”-Adam Ledford, City of Marion

Beginning 24JUN2022, personnel with Kentucky Army National Guard’s 2061st Multi-Role Bridge Company, as well as the 206th Engineer Battalion, 201st Engineer Battalion, and 103rd Chemical Battalion, have been working to bring potable water to the town of Marion.

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

Side note: Despite what dictionaries/word-smiths say is the source of the word potable, people should pronounce potable as pot-able (or pot-a-bul), as in the water is able to be used in a pot for cooking/drinking. Non-potable, of course, is water that is not able to be used in a pot for cooking/drinking.

On 22JUN2022, it was reported that administrators in Crittenden County were scrambling to solve a water shortage problem caused by attempts by City of Marion administrators to drain Lake George.

Lake George was the primary water source for Marion, but in April erosion in the lake’s levee suddenly developed into a sink-hole.  An attempt was made to drain the Lake George, to prevent total failure of the levee and a resulting massive flood of the town.  At first the standard way of draining was not making good progress, so they decided to breech the levee on purpose.

Observing Old City Lake. Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

Marion officials had ordered water collection to be switched to the smaller City Lake (aka Old City Lake, which looks more like a big pond), thinking it held one month’s worth of water, and that surely would be enough, but whoopsie, turns out City Lake held only 18-days worth!  Apparently what was negatively affecting Lake George is also affecting nearby lakes: “Throughout that process, we were able to begin to put together the picture that it looked like what was causing the issue had something to do with our intake system and damage to our intake system that runs underneath the levee and into the bottom of the lake. Bad went to worse, we lost over a week’s water supply just because of new data that was developed on our secondary source, which had now become our primary source. So, in essence, you can argue that we lost not only one water supply, but quite honestly, we lost two-plus water supplies in this process.”-Adam Ledford, City of Marion

There are several options for the City of Marion; rely on other cities and other counties for water, which will greatly jack-up water costs for Marion residents.  Or, have the Governor call in the National Guard and make emergency taxpayer funded water deliveries until a long term solution proves viable.

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.

Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency and initially deployed approximately 20 Army National Guard Combat Engineers.

WSIL video report, three days of potable water left as of 06JUL2022, multiple new leaks:

On 07JUL2022, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced it will attempt to connect Marion with water from the Crittenden-Livingston Water District.  Also, Webster County Water has been suppling water, and, Marion officials approved a plan to build a three miles long system to connect to the Caldwell County Water District in Princeton.  However, all these expensive water connections to other systems will supply only half of the City of Marion’s water needs. Additional efforts are being attempted.

The City of Marion is a rural city with a population of about 3-thousand.

U.S. Food Crisis, 2022: WALMART FEEDS FOR FREEDOM? THE MILITARY CHOWS DOWN ON THE REAL HUNGER GAMES!

U.S. Disaster, 2022: MONTANA MILITIA DEPLOYS AFTER MAJOR FLOODING!

Disaster 2021: IDAHO MILITIA & BOISE FD TRAIN FOR SWIFT WATER RESCUES, WITHOUT WATER!

Technology

Robot Wars, 2025: That’s no FLIR pod, that’s a robot flying that helicopter! Or, whatever happened to AACUS?

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U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams, 11DEC2015.

AACUS (pronounced Ay-Kus, and not to be confused with the new British empire/Biden alliance known as AUKUS) = Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System

Boeing AH/MH-6 (MD 500) supposedly operated by a robot. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Samuel Ellis, 27FEB2014.

On 27FEB2014, a public demonstration was made of a new technology that supposedly would make human pilots for helicopters a thing of the past.  Over U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico, in Virginia, a Boeing AH/MH-6 (aka MD 500) combat (yes, the MD500 is mainly a combat ‘copter, not cargo) rotary wing was supposedly flown by AACUS, a system of software and sensors, which purportedly could be applied to any existing helicopter.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Samuel Ellis, 27FEB2014.

“This is a Navy-Marine Corps team project. We’ve taken a landing system that can autonomously land an unmanned helicopter or aircraft into a very dangerous landing zone, potentially with the touch of a tablet. This is an expeditionary type of capability and there was no better place to test it than Quantico.”-Rear Admiral Matt Klunder

Supposedly this Kaman K-Max is being flown by a robot. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Samuel Ellis, 20MAR2014.

Then on 20MAR2014, over Marine Corps Base Quantico, a Kaman K-Max cargo helicopter was also flown by AACUS, mounted on the belly between the main landing gear.

According to the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps (USN/USMC), as of April 2014, AACUS had  cost taxpayers $98-million, since the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Innovative Naval Prototype program was started in 2012.

Notice the human pilot does not have his hands on the the control stick. U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams, 11DEC2015.

In December 2015, another AACUS demonstration was held using a Bell 206L (aka Kiowa), this time at the Flying Circus Aerodrome located in Bealeton, Virginia.

USN photo by John F. Williams, 11DEC2015.

USN photo by John F. Williams, 25MAY20216.

In May 2016, a different Bell 206 was tested with AACUS.

USMC video report by Corporal Thor Larson, 25MAY2016:

USN photo by John F. Williams, 30NOV2017.

Between February 2017 and November 2017, more public demonstrations, this time with a Viet Nam era Bell UH-1H ‘Huey’, and this time they were really talking-up AACUS: “This is more than just an unmanned helicopter. AACUS is an autonomy kit that can be placed on any rotary-wing platform and provide it with an autonomous capability. Imagine a Marine Corps unit deployed in a remote location, in rough terrain, needing ammunition, water, batteries or even blood. With AACUS, an unmanned helicopter takes the supplies from the base, picks out the optimal route and best landing site closest to the warfighters, lands, and returns to base once the resupply is complete, all with the single touch of a handheld tablet.”-Walter Jones, Executive Director of ONR

USMC natural sound video, by John F. Williams, of final testing of AACUS over Marine Corps Base Quantico, 12DEC2017:

USN photo by John F. Williams, 30NOV2017.

However, Lieutenant General Robert Walsh, of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, admitted they still didn’t know what to do with this latest & greatest technology, saying “…it’s up to us to determine how to use it…”

USN photo by John F. Williams, 15FEB2017.

Officials with the AACUS program also pointed out that the system can also be used to help human pilots in inclement weather: “It can be used as a pilot aid in degraded visual environments…”-Dennis Baker, AACUS program officer

USN photo by John F. Williams, 15FEB2017.

USMC dramatic music video explainer,  by Sergeant Laiqa Hitt, 13DEC20217:

It was also revealed that AACUS is a technology that is part of the Department of Defense’s Force 2025, a modernization program started in 1995 and based on hypotheticals of what future warfare my require.  Each branch of the DoD has their own term for it, the USMC calls theirs Marine Corps Force 2025, and for fiscal year 2017 they claimed that Phase II of Force 2025 was “way ahead”.

Dramatic video report, 13DEC2017, by John F. Williams (for some reason the audio for the last half of the report is silent):

USMC natural sound video, by John F. Williams, of presentation of AACUS to news media on Marine Corps Base Quantico, 15DEC2017:

USMC photo by Matt Lyman, 14MAY2018.

In 2018, AACUS testing was moved to Twenty Nine Palms, California.

Robot Huey refueling at a Forward Area Refueling Point. USMC photo by Matt Lyman, 14MAY2018.

Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 (in May 2018) is considered the first time an AACUS flown rotary wing aircraft flew, and delivered cargo, during a wargame.

Not much has been reported about AACUS since 2018, but in 2021, Vertical Magazine revealed that wildfire fighting contractor Columbia Helicopters was working with Aurora Flight Systems to apply AACUS to be able to conduct aerial fire fighting at night.

ASPNT Huey, photo via Aurora Flight Sciences.

On 10JAN2022, Aurora Flight Sciences revealed they were working on an upgraded AACUS which will use ‘detect & avoid’ systems to prevent midair collisions, and a ‘GPS-Denied’ system (All Source Position, Navigation, and Timing, aka ASPNT) to allow robot aircraft to fly where GPS is not available.

Aurora Flight Sciences is a subsidiary of Boeing, they are also involved with programs to integrate humans and robots, and developing anti-drone systems.

In June 2022, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (aka CAL FIRE) made the first, ever in the U.S., series of night time water bombings on a wildfire called the Electra Fire. The Sikorsky S70i Fire Hawk was modified by United Rotorcraft, there was no indication what type of night flying system was being used.

U.S. Army photo, September 2017.

In September 2017, the U.S. Army conducted a robot helicopter operation using two Bell 206s (officially called RMAX UAS) to lift a 20 pound object and then fly it through an aerial obstacle course over Moffett Federal Airfield, California.  It is part of the Army’s AMRDEC Aviation Development Directorate autonomous program, ongoing since 2002.

U.S. Air Force, 1996: An Operational Analysis for Air Force 2025

U.S. Army, 2015: Force 2025 and Beyond

Royal Canadian Army, 2022: Due to lack of labor (being short 8-thousand personnel), the Force 2025 structure was adopted and is now being implemented.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), 2022: Battle Force 2025, the U.S. plan to defend Taiwan 

Operation Jupiter: COMBONET A-I ROBOT SAYS REMDESIVIR IS THE NEW WONDER DRUG!

Zombie Tank: CHINA’S TYPE 59D TO LIVE-ON AS A ROBOT TANK?

Terminator: U.S. ARMY TRIPLES INVENTORY OF COMBAT ROBOT TANKS!

Robot Wars: BEWARE THE ZOMBIE KIOWA!

Texas Air National Guard hires robots to wash their F-16s!

International

“Oppressive” Gun Ban Fail: Politician sniped from above in Japan?

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“No one shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords.”-Japanese law, however, after a long permitting procedure a person can own a single-fire gun designed for hunting or sport-shooting (you must first own a shotgun for ten years without incident before owning a rifle)

In 1992, the U.S. Department of Justice republished an article calling Japan’s anti-gun laws “Oppressive”, and that “Japan’s strict gun-control laws are unfair and oppressive; although some people assert that Japan’s low crime rate is due to gun control, it is actually due to Japan’s culture.”

In the past few years, I’ve posted many examples of how Japan’s anti-gun and anti-knife laws are massive failures. On 08JUL2022, former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo (in Japan the family name comes first, then the ‘given’ name) was shot twice in the neck during a Liberal Democratic Party political campaign event, he died about four hours later in the Nara Medical University.

Japan’s official government sponsored television broadcaster NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai, Japan Broadcasting Corporation), says police believe the gun was homemade.  The alleged shooter has been arrested, and has served three years with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

At a press conference doctors revealed that Abe Shinzo was probably killed instantly, claims that he was shot in the neck with the bullets ending up in the heart (sniper attack from above?), admit that despite invasive surgery they could not find any bullets:

Gun Ban Fail, 2019: MORE STABBINGS IN JAPAN AS UNITED KINGDOM ADMITS DEATHS-BY-KNIFE ARE SKYROCKETING!

Total Gun Ban, 2018: KNIFE ATTACKS IN JAPAN SKYROCKET?

SCHOOL SHOOTING IN ANTI-GUN JAPAN!

JAPAN, COPS, BULLIES, SUICIDE

Gun Ban Fail, 2017: Anti-gun operation in United States is taking orders from Japan!

Gun Ban Fail, 2016: JAPAN HIT BY ARMY VETERAN KAMIKAZE BOMBER!

Idaho, Influenza, U.S.

U.S. Food Crisis: Walmart Feeds for Freedom? The military chows down on the real Hunger Games!

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Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main stream news links announcing United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for June 2022:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a mysterious outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections, and for some unknown reason the FDA is refusing to name the infected foods!

Protein/energy bars recalled due to E.coli infestation.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 38-million people in the U.S. are food ‘insecure’!

Wegmans grocery chain store recalls Vidalia onions due to Listeria infestation.

Cheese sold across nine states recalled due to Listeria infestation.

As of 29JUN2022, a total of 23 cases of listeriosis, a bacterial infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with listeria, were recorded in 10 states, causing 22 hospitalizations and one death.

U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns against ‘snuggling’ your poultry, due to salmonella infestation.

Dog food recalled due to salmonella infestation.

Is there a salmonella epidemic?

After 40-million dead birds, hot weather might be killing off the bird flu virus.
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Hi-tech indoor farming might cause food prices to go up, certainly too expensive for most mom-n-pop start-ups.

Long explanation how food crisis is second biggest factor behind price inflation (housing is number one). Food price inflation directly linked to fertilizer shortage caused by sanctions and war, yet as a result fertilizer is being stockpiled (farming ops are buying more than what they need out of fear) which will have a long term effect of fertilizer price drops, reducing food prices:

International food analysts (this leftist-liberal report loves to call them ‘experts’) say the food crisis is actually about “…access to food, that people don’t have money to pay for food, that people are jobless.” It is not about a lack of food (I’ve already posted about migrant farm workers in Idaho that say the same thing):

IDAHO: Long term drought is draining farm irrigation canals.

University of Idaho study says there is a correlation between agricultural chemicals and cancer!

Desperate farmers trying different methods in an attempt to save water and money.

INDIANA:

Indiana National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Tackora Farrington, 15JUN2022.

On 15JUN2022, Walmart conducted their yearly Feed ’em for Freedom food fest, on Camp Atterbury, for state National Guard personnel, and their families.  Never mind that taxpayers already pay for the meals of military personnel, Walmart probably gets a tax write-off for providing a free BBQ for them. Is this a covert way for the Department of Defense to save money, by preparing state militia to rely on private sector donations for their meals?

NORTH CAROLINA:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Isaiah Campbell, 29JUN2022.

On 29JUN2022, U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) volunteered to help operate the Unite Way’s Children Healthy Eating on Weekends (CHEW) Center, in Jacksonville.

VIRGINIA: On Fort Lee, the USDA kicked off its 13th annual Feds Feed Families (FFF) campaign.  This means that for the past 13 years federal employees are being encouraged to donate food to silly-vilians, I mean civilians who are going hungry. Isn’t that a sign the country’s economy sucks? After all, a federal job is considered the best paying entry level job now, and I remember when being a federal employee meant you got less than private sector minimum wage (because I was one)!  The FFF program will be collecting food until September 30th.  This year U.S. military officials are blaming the food crisis on The Pandemic, as well as domestic and foreign political intrigues: “The annual Feds Feed Families food drive is one of the best ways for commissaries and military families to give back to the communities which host us around the nation. Unfortunately, with the pandemic and related issues of the last few years, the need is as great as it has been in a long time. The good news is that a little goes a long way.”-Sergeant Major Michael R. Saucedo, U.S. Marine Corps, Director of Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)

Washington DC: Link to hour long video of U. S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior discussing his plans to spend your taxes on supporting, and even expanding, the private sector for-profit corporate baby formula makers!

U.S. Food Crisis, May 2022: BIRD FLU SWARMS THE U.S., CHINA BLAMED! MILITARY PERSONNEL AS FOOD AID DISTRIBUTORS IS NOW S-O-P!

Global Food Crisis, June 2022: WORLD LEADERS FEED YOU MORE LIES! FAMINE AMID PLENTY!

Kit Bashing, Technology

Ohio Air Militia entices little children with their baby F-16, kawaii!

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Ohio Air National Guard photo by Sergeant Andrew Kuhn, 19AUG2017.

In August 2017, the Ohio Air National Guard showed up at the Columbus Clippers’ Aviation Game Day event, with a baby F-16 Falcon.

Ohio Air National Guard photo by Sergeant Andrew Kuhn, 19AUG2017.

Ohio Air National Guard photo by Sergeant Andrew Kuhn, 19AUG2017.

Ohio Air National Guard photo by Sergeant Andrew Kuhn, 19AUG2017.

In May 2015, the Ohio Air Militia also ‘flew’ their baby F-16 in the Memorial Day parade in Springfield.

Ohio Air National Guard photo, 25MAY2015.

Oh course, it had to be ‘bombed-up’ for the solemn occasion (Memorial Day is a solemn holiday about military personnel who got killed, don’t know why the main stream news media always refers to it as a celebration).

Ohio Air National Guard photo, 25MAY2015.

Ohio Air National Guard photo by Airman Rachel Simones, 25MAY2015.

But the baby F-16 also made an appearance in South Carolina, in July 2012, when it was ‘flying’ out of Shaw Air Force Base for the U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Nicole Keim, 04JUL2012.

Kawaii:  NORTH CAROLINA’S BABY C-130 GOBBLES-UP YOUR CHILDREN!

USAF WINS FEMALE RECRUITS WITH BABY C-17!

Kit Bashing

Everything old is new again…and still F-16 Gold

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Iowa Air National Guard photo, published in May 1996.

In 1996, Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Fighter Wing celebrated 50 years by painting an F-16 gold.

Iowa Air National Guard photo, published in May 1996.

Notice that the fake-news wingtip mounted Sidewinders are gloss black with gold fins.  According to 185th FW historians, the proposal to paint an F-16 gold was rejected at first, using the ridiculous excuse that painting a fighter gold would somehow render it non-combat ready!

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 30JUN2022.

Fast forward 26 years and there is a new/old gold F-16 in ‘Siouxland’.

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 30JUN2022.

From mid-May through June 2022, the Iowa Air National Guard painted another F-16 gold, in honor of the first gold F-16.

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 18MAY2022.

This time the F-16 is not a working fighter, it has just been pulling gate guard duty for the past 20 years, on Sioux City Air National Guard Base, and needed a refreshing.

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 30JUN2022.

Iowa Air National Guard video, by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, reveal of new gold F-16 on 30JUN2022:

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 30JUN2022.

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 30JUN2022.

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 30JUN2022.

Between 2001 and 2003, Iowa’s 185th Fighter Wing transitioned an Air Refueling Wing, flying the KC-135:   BATS & BEARS, OH MY!

 

F-16 & F-15: 

SPECIAL LAS VEGAS SHOOTING EDITION

Influenza

Pandemic Perfidy: New York National Guard suddenly halts Pandemic hospital mission?

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On 30JUN2022, the federal taxpayer funded New York National Guard pandemic mission came to an end.  However, 269 National Guard personnel will remain on state funded active duty to assist with logistics, and resolve outstanding financial accounts.

From March 2020 to the end of June 2022, 7-thousand-77 New York Air and Army National Guard personnel served on pandemic duty, and  federal taxpayers funded their paychecks to the tune of $290-million.

New York taxpayers spent more than $260-million.  New York also has its own Naval Militia, which also deployed for pandemic response.  However, since no government official declared the pandemic finished, it is clear now that the true reason for the pandemic deployments was the federal funding, which ended on 30JUN2022.

All the while, other New York Guard units deployed for their usual federally funded military deployments, like to Africa, Antarctica, and Greenland.

Pandēmus Totalitarian:   MORE PANDEMIC hospital DEPLOYMENTS ENDED TO FOCUS ON war with RUSSIA?

Pandemic Perfidy: LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRY & MILITARY REPORT MASSIVE INCREASE IN ‘NON-PANDEMIC’ DEATHS, BLAME THE ‘NEW’ UN-WHO ICD-10-CM CODES?