Category Archives: U.S.

Syrian Collapse: North Dakota B-52s and Idaho F-15Es over Syria, Truman strike group arrives!

Video December 19, 2024 Hutchins AAron

On the 16th of December 2024, Pentagon officials announced that airstrikes had been launched against religious extremists in Syria.

F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, launches from Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

Pentagon officials also announced that the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) arrived on a non-disclosed station in the U.S. Central Command (CentCom) ‘area of responsibility’, on 14DEC2024.

Idaho’s 389th Fighter Squadron ‘Thunderbolts’ F-15E somewhere over the Middle East.

Idaho’s Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) 389th Fighter Squadron ‘Thunderbolts’ F-15E Strike Eagles are currently patrolling the Central Command area of responsibility (Middle East).

Idaho’s 389th Fighter Squadron ‘Thunderbolts’ F-15E somewhere over the Middle East.

B-52H somewhere over the Middle East.

Video by Technical Sergeant Philip Bryant, recorded 08DEC2024 (Middle East time, 07DEC2024 U.S. time), showing launch of North Dakota’s Minot AFB 23rd Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortresses (MT tail code, red stripe on tail) from a non-disclosed location in the “CentCom area of responsibility”:

Syrian Collapse: U.S. Bradley IFVs on hi-alert after prisoner release!

Idaho F-15E Strike Eagles, 2023: Bold Tigers invade Japan?

International, Technology, U.S.

Syrian Collapse: U.S. Bradley IFVs on hi-alert after prisoner release!

Video December 19, 2024 Hutchins AAron

“[The prison camp situation] presents a significant security concern in the sense that, were ISIS able to affect some type of breakout of any detention facility, that would be a significant setback and something that would be very concerning. [That’s] why we continue to work very closely with the SDF [Kurds] to ensure that those detainees can continue to be held, [and we’re also] working with the international community to attempt to repatriate many of those detainees; that is something that we’ll continue to communicate very closely with the SDF to ensure…”–Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder, 16DEC2024

These videos are via Master Sergeant Raymond Boyington, recorded on the days of the 12th and 14th of December 2024, at a non-disclosed U.S. base in Northern Syria, showing the activities of Task Force Wolverine:

World War 3, February 2023: Idaho invades Syria!

Technology, U.S.

Tennessee Air Guard boasts about a year of Reaper drone ops!

Video December 13, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Wing shows-off some of its military accomplishments, during 2024.

MQ-9 Reaper combat UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle):

Cyber Security:

Targeting Group:

Medical Group:

Mission Support Group:

There was more video, but it was getting pretentious.

Tools of the British empire?: National Guard, older than the United States itself!

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National Guard, older than the United States itself! Tools of the British empire?

Video December 13, 2024 Hutchins AAron

The first militia units of the British empire’s Massachusetts Bay Colony were formed on 13DEC1636, three hundred and eighty eight years ago! Today, such militia units are known as National Guard. Air National Guard video by Master Sergeant Amber Monio:

Michigan Air Guard: A year of deployments & vaccinations.

Return to the Empire: A-M-P-V making profits off U.S. taxpayers, for the British Empire!

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Michigan Air Guard: A year of deployments & vaccinations.

Video December 12, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing reminds you what they were up to with your tax dollars, in 2024. Video report/interview by Technical Sergeant Andrew Schumann, released on 04DEC2024:

January 2024: Arizona National Guard attacked in Jordan?!

U.S.

Arkansas Landing: Do-328/C-146, C-130H, MC-130J, AC-130J

Video August 17, 2024 Hutchins AAron

On 04AUG2024, the U.S. Air Force (USAF), and the Arkansas Air National Guard, used Highway 63, near Bono, as a runway for transport and special operations aircraft. It was part of the greater Emerald Warrior 24 Field Training eXercise (FTX) II (2).

Arkansas Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Samuel Zang, 04AUG2024.

For the first time, Arkansas Air National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing used Highway 63 as a runway for it’s C-130H Hercules aircraft. Officially it is to “expand the Arkansas Air National Guard’s capabilities that can be used in humanitarian and disaster relief.”

On Hurlburt Field, Florida, Special Operations Airmen board a C-146A, bound for HWY 63. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Joseph Pick, 02AUG2024.

The USAF’s 492d Special Operations Wing (SOW) sent their C-146A Wolfhound (Do-328).

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ty Pilgrim, 04AUG2024.

An MC-130J crewmember preps to fuel an AC-130J. USAF photo by Senior Airman Ty Pilgrim, 04AUG2024.

The 492nd SOW also sent their MC-130J Commando-2 to act as a FARP (Forward Arming Refueling Point) to resupply a 1st SOW AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship.

An AC-130J rolls in for fuel and ammo. USAF photo by Airman First Class Saisha Cornett, 04AUG2024.

Silent video of MC-130J & AC-130J:

MC-130J, 2023: Pennsylvania’s new Commando-2

C-130H, 2023: African Lion

EC-103H, 2022: Compass Call makes its last call?

AC-130U, 2019: Last days of the ‘Spooky’?

Technology, U.S.

Oregon: F-15EX Eagle-2 has landed!

Video July 4, 2024 Hutchins AAron

On 05JUN2024, the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing received its first Boeing F-15EX Eagle-2 (aka Super Eagle).

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Nichole Sanchez, 05JUN2024.

Tail number 008 arrived at Portland Air National Guard Base, just in time for lunch. I edited this together from video recorded by Steven Conklin and Technical Sergeant Kyle Mergeler:

Tail #008 was built in Berkeley, Missouri.

Berkeley, Missouri, 05JUN2024. Oregon National Guard photo by Aaron Perkins.

It is the first of 18 Super Eagles heading to Oregon’s 142nd Wing.

#008 departs Berkeley, Missouri, on its way to Portland, Oregon, 05JUN2024. Oregon National Guard photo by Aaron Perkins.

More about the F-15EX, 2021: F-15EX HAS ARRIVED! COMMANDER SAYS “IT’S AN EX-CITING DAY!”

F-15EX-CITEMENT!

Oregon Eagles in Finland: OREGON KOTKAT LENTÄÄ SUOMEN YLI

Technology, U.S.

Oregon: “Smoke ’em if you got ’em!”

Video June 28, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major Wayne Chris Clyne, 22JUN2024.

On 22JUN2024, the Oregon Army National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, conducted M82 smoke grenade launching with their M1127 Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV) Strykers.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major Wayne Chris Clyne, 22JUN2024.

Apparently, this was the first time for such training since 2016.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major Wayne Chris Clyne, 22JUN2024.

I edited this video together from a couple of Oregon Army National Guard videos (by Major Wayne C. Clyne):

It was part of weekend training on the Biak Training Center, in Powell Butte, east of Redmond, in the center of Oregon.

Oregon Army National Guard photo by Major Wayne Chris Clyne, 21JUN2024.

Oregon National Guard: OREGON GETS NEW WEAPONS, PROOF THE U.S. MILITARY IS OWNED BY FOREIGNERS!

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The deadly difference between Memorial Day & Veterans Day!

Video May 27, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Washington Post cartoon depicting Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia honoring Decoration Day, 30MAY1901.

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day, it was created to honor those who were killed during the War Between the States (U.S. Civil War) and from 1868 to 1970 it was observed on the 30th of May.

Decoration (Memorial) Day observance, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, 30MAY1919.

On 30MAY1943, ‘imprisoned’ Japanese-American boys conducted Decoration (Memorial) Day ceremonies, despite being forced to live in the Granada Relocation Center in Amache, Colorado.

Silent film from 30MAY1946; General George S. Patton is honored with a posthumously awarded medal, as well as Allied officials honoring all the fallen U.S. military personnel buried in the American Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg:

Because many U.S. states, and cities, preferred to say ‘Memorial Day’, in 1967 the U.S. Congress officially changed the name of Decoration Day to Memorial Day.

In 1968, the observance of Memorial Day was changed to the last Monday in the month of May, an intentional move by the U.S. Congress to create a three day weekend holiday, however, the date change did not go into effect until 1971.

2018 U.S. Department of Defense video explaining the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day: