First flight of the YQF-100D over Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, was in January 1981. In 1983, just over two hundred F-100 D & F model Super Sabers were pulled from the ‘boneyard’ at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, and converted to QF-100 target drones. The target drones […] Continue Reading…
In researching this helicopter on the inter-web I discovered many sites give conflicting information as to when this helicopter first flew, some say 1943, another says 1946, the Sikorsky S-51 Archives gives no dates. This U.S. Navy photo is dated 05DEC1945, Sikorsky S-51 lands on the deck of […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) HH-60W is based on the U.S. Army’s UH-60M BlackHawk. In 2014, the USAF ordered ten HH-60Ws. Since then a total of 113 HH-60Ws are now on order.
U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Junior.On 06NOV2019, two of the three new […] Continue Reading…
XM196 and M134 (U.S. Army), GAU-2 and GAU-17 (U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy), all General Electric/Dillion Aero/Garwood Industries 7.62mm x 51mm (7.62-NATO, 308 Winchester) miniguns. Minigun pods M18 for U.S. Army(USA), and SUU-11 for U.S. Air Force(USAF), are essentially the same.
In 1964, the USAF units in Viet Nam began experimenting with C-47 Dakotas, […] Continue Reading…
In the past several years, versions of the OH-58 Kiowa have been retired from U.S. Army (USA) service.
U.S. Navy photo.The U.S. Navy plans on retiring their aged fleet of TH-57 Sea Rangers (Kiowas and Sea Rangers both based on the Bell 206 JetRanger) next year, but it turns out that […] Continue Reading…
One of the ‘robot’ ships at the U.S. Navy’s UxS IBP 21 looks like something ‘boat people’ from Cuba would make.
USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Brandon T. Williams-Church.This floating target is based […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of links to reports and studies showing the vaccination campaign is a failure, as of 03MAY2021:
The United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) has not approved a single CoViD vaccine! CoViD shots have only been authorized for emergency use under the UN-WHO’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL), which states “The WHO Emergency Use Listing […] Continue Reading…
On 20APR2021, a couple of composite trimaran hulled robots sailed around San Diego, California. One is called Sea Hunter, the other Seahawk.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Shannon Renfroe.This one is called Seahawk.
USN photo by Chief Petty Officer Shannon Renfroe, 21APR2021.Seahawk.
USN […] Continue Reading…
MTLBs operated by 3rd Amphibious Armored Vehicle Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, acting as opposing forces (OpFor) during wargame Kernel Blitz in June 1997, Camp Pendleton, California.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Ryan Ward.USMC […] Continue Reading…
On 17APR2021, the Maritime Tactical Systems’ ManTAS (Man-Portable Tactical Autonomous Systems) T38 Devil Ray robot boat was demonstrated just prior to the U.S. Navy’s (USN) UxS IBP 21, in San Diego, California.
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Jones, 17APR2021.According to an article published in March 2021, the […] Continue Reading…