A former president of NATO-France is now on trial for corruption involving illegal payments from long dead Libyan leader Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi. Interesting as the former president of NATO-France was the first to call […] Continue Reading…
A huge taxpayer funded Upper Ohio River Project as part of Presidential Executive Order 14063 on Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects.
In 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District awarded a nearly $770-million contract to construct a new 110 feet by 6-hundred feet lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam […] Continue Reading…
On the eve of the Julian Christmas/New Years, an inversion suddenly descended upon Cotant Park, in Chubbuck, Idaho.
The air was still, it was eerily quiet, not even the road noise from nearby Interstates 15 and 86 could be heard.
The air temperature was between -4 and -3 degrees Celsius, but it felt warm.
Then suddenly, and […] Continue Reading…
“The arrival of Poland’s first F-35s is a significant milestone for our state, the nation, and our allies who will train on this fifth-generation fighter at Ebbing Air National Guard Base. I’m extremely proud of the whole team in the 188th Wing, and the staffs at Razorback Range and Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training […] Continue Reading…
Of course, this is just a fraction of what happened in December 2024.
The U.S. National Guard Bureau claims the National Guard is older than the United States, tracing its claim back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which organized three permanent militia regiments on 13DEC1636.
ALASKA: Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Troop Command airlifted paratroopers, with […] Continue Reading…
BMP=Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty-Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally Combat Vehicle Infantry
‘Standard’ BMP-2s destroyed in combat.The BMP-2 was first born during the ‘Cold War’, developed from the BMP-1 during the late 1970s, going into service in 1980. It, along with the even older BMP-1, stays in service with never ending upgrades.
At the beginning of November, I thought I had found a kit to build as a Xmas gift, but no!:
At the beginning of December I finally investigated what I had to work with, honestly, I’m not procrastinating:
Always making things more complicated:
Of course, by the middle […] Continue Reading…
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was developed after a 1945 U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) request for an all-weather, radar guided, twin jet powered bomber interceptor. The only competitor was the XP-87 (aka XF-87) Blackhawk, which was nixed for being too slow. The F-89 was first known as the N-24, as development progressed it was […] Continue Reading…
“It’s a historic day for the Belgian air force. Our first jet just landed at Luke Air Force Base, marking the start of our training period. A lot of work has gone into making this moment possible and we are excited to begin flying and complete our training.”-Lieutenant Colonel Pierre-Yves Libert, 312th Fighter Squadron, […] Continue Reading…
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) was a creation of the Cold War, going into service in 1983. It wasn’t until 2005 that the first big upgrade took place, creating the Alpha-1 MLRS (M270A1). In 2019, the Alpha-2 (M270A2) upgrade began.
U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, Grafenwöhr, NATO-Germany.Alpha-2 supposedly has more […] Continue Reading…