(This report has been updated) In June 2022, the U.S. Navy (USN) announced a replacement for the expensive Mark VI(6) patrol boat; the 40PB Defiant.
As of January 2022, Ukraine placed an order for 12 Mark-6 patrol boats. This was part of a U.S. Department of State subsidized deal for 16 boats, announced back in June […] Continue Reading…
The Boeing and Saab (of Sweden) T-7A Red Hawk is the new advanced trainer for the U.S. Air Force (USAF).
Boeing photo.In September 2018, it was announced that a contract worth $9.2-billion was given to Boeing-Saab for their T-X (Boeing-T-X) training aircraft (first flying in December 2016), to replace the vintage […] Continue Reading…
The first completed T-38 Talon from the Pacer Classic III program was unveiled 31JUL2015, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Stormy Archer, 31JUL2015.Pacer Classic III (PC-3), the largest single structural modification […] Continue Reading…
Towards the end of 2019, the 25th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, painted one of their T-38 Talons in the pre-World War Two colors of the U.S. Army Air Corps.
U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Octavius Thompson.
Video by Senior Airman Octavius Thompson, flight over Enid, Oklahoma, 09DEC2019:
Incomplete list of main stream news links announcing United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of February, 2021:
Winter storms result in truck stops across the U.S. shutting down their restaurants
Mid-West farms have lost most of their fertile soil (completely gone for one third of farms)!
Pandemic restaurant shutdowns create market for used […] Continue Reading…
2020 was the 60th Anniversary of the official alliance between the United States and Japan.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Rebeckah Medeiros.On 30JUN2020, the U.S. Air Force’s 67th Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘Fighting Cocks’ flew an F-15C Eagle painted to represent the colors of an F-100 Super Sabre flown […] Continue Reading…
24 February 2021 (10:52-UTC-07 Tango 06) 06 Esfand 1399/12 Rajab 1442/14 Geng-Yin 4719
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has many sub-programs for helping provide food for their National School Lunch Program. One of those sub-programs is in coordination with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), it’s called the USDA DoD Fresh Fruit & Vegetable […] Continue Reading…
Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, incomplete list of links to main stream news reports as of 24 February 2021:
U.S. shelters for migrant children near maximum capacity as border crossings increase.
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CALIFORNIA: Mexican government notifies U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection that human smugglers have abandoned at least three people on Otay Mountain.
Suspected Smuggler […] Continue Reading…
This war-time advertisement shows a NA-73/NA-83, Mustang Mark 1, built for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force. The Mustang Mark 1 was put into production, supposedly in 1941, with first deliveries to the British in February 1942. The name Mustang was […] Continue Reading…
From 1953 to 1963 the Wyoming Air National Guard used the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star to train-up pilots for the F-80 Shooting Star and North American F-86 Sabre.
Wyoming Air National Guard photo, 23OCT2016. Wyoming Air National Guard photo, 24OCT2016.In […] Continue Reading…