New Cold War: Exercise Union Courage officially begins

On 10FEB2022, the join Russian-Belarusian wargame known as Union Courage 2022 ‘officially’ began (many activities had been taking place earlier).

Russian Defense Ministry video released on 10FEB2022:

Combat exercises will be carried out at the Domanovsky, Gozhsky, Obuz-Lesnovsky, Brestsky and Osipovichi areas of Belarus.  They are expected to last until 20FEB2022.  Officials say […] Continue Reading…

Pandemic Perfidy: U.S. ramps-up ‘ACTIV 6’ study for IVM!

IVM, aka Ivermectin, Stromectol, Mectazan, MK-933, iver-DT, Scabo 6, Soolantra….

Incomplete list of videos and links to global main-stream reports about ivermectin, as of 09FEB2022:

For the latest studies on IVM, go to Ivermectin for COVID-19: real-time meta analysis.

Results of 2020 study in Brazil, for some reason not published until January 2022, states “…regular use of […] Continue Reading…

New Cold War: Bombers & Fighters in the Sky over Belarus, ‘bombin’ bread for the troops!

On 09FEB2022, TASS reported that Su-35S fighters took part in interceptor training.  Su-25 ground attack aircraft played the role of invaders to be intercepted.

Russian Defense Ministry video, posted 09FEB2022, Eastern Military District S-400 missile system on patrol in the area around Brest, Belarus:

In December 2021, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said that they would continue […] Continue Reading…

Alarm Black! Idaho office workers report to work in full protective gear! Is it the Pandemic, or War?

On the weekend of 04-06 February 2022, Idaho’s Gowen Field was ‘attacked’ (see more in the other stories below), forcing office workers to report for duty wearing full MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Posture)!

Is this Idaho Air National Guard video, by Senior Master Sergeant Joshua Allmaras, a sign of the times, or things to come?  […] Continue Reading…

New Cold War: Idaho Army National Guard MedEvacs wounded from Gowen Field!

MedEvac=Medical Evacuation

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Captain Bonnie Blakely, 05FEB2022.

On the weekend of 04-06 February 2022, Idaho’s Gowen Field (on the south side of Boise Airport) was attacked.  Idaho’s A-10Cs responded with ‘combat turn’ air strike missions, while Air Guard medics responded to the cries of the wounded.

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Cold War 1958: ‘Sons of Lebanon’, U.S. invasion of Lebanon, Plan Blue Bat!

“The Western Powers feared the complete disintegration of
the peace in the Middle East and the possibility of Soviet
exploitation of the crisis. The overt American reaction was
to send U. S. Marines to Lebanon on 15 July 1958….”- Marines in Lebanon 1958, USMC Historical Branch

Between the end of the Second World War and 1958, there was […] Continue Reading…

New Cold War: Idaho’s Gowen Field under gas attack!

Even the 124th FW medics had to done MOPP gear while they tried to fight off attackers, using their M240 machine guns. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Captain Bonnie Blakely, 04-06FEB2022.

Airmen of Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing fighting for their lives after a gas attack on Gowen […] Continue Reading…

New Cold War: Idaho’s 124th preps for Air Strikes! Or, Labor Shortages can give you a case of the Blue Bombs!

“With the multi-capable Airmen concept, we are able to teach others how to do our job. Instead of sending eight ammo troops and eight weapon troops, we are able to send four of each and share the workload.”-Master Sergeant Michael Cabell, 124th Maintenance Squadron

Inert Blue Bombs prepped for Idaho A-10C’s […] Continue Reading…

New Cold War: Russian Su-30SM now patrolling the sky over Belarus, wargames on the ground underway

On 07FEB2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that its Sukhoi 30SMs are now patrolling the sky over Belarus.

Russian Defense Ministry video released on 07FEB2022:

The Su-30SM ‘Irkutsk’ is a two seat multi-role combat aircraft that can trace its lineage back to the older single seat Su-27.

On 02FEB2022, it […] Continue Reading…

Cold War Vehicle I-D: Short lived Chenowth F-A-V, U.S. Army vs U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy SeAL Team 5’s Scorpion Fast Attack Vehicle (FAV, now called Desert Patrol Vehicle or DPV), Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, January 1993. USN photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class Mike Poche.

USN SeAL Team 5’s three seat Scorpion Fast Attack Vehicle (FAV), Naval Amphibious Base […] Continue Reading…

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