Vehicle I-D: Afghan 8/17 Mils
NATO reporting name Hip.
The primary identifying feature between Mil 8 and 17 versions is; the Mil 8 has the tail rotor on the pilot’s right side, the Mil 17 has the tail rotor on the pilot’s left side. All other details are subject to change.
Video by Bob Ditchey, Hip door gunner live-fire, 13MAY2018:
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River Gun Boat: România, guardians of the Danube
NATO Romania’s armored river gunboats are operated by a unit called Division 88. Romania has been operating river gunboats on the Danube River since 1860, making Romania the oldest ‘modern’ navy to do so.
Photo via Naval Forces Romania, October 2021.This Shield of Dobrogea video, posted in March 2021, shows gunboat ops […] Continue Reading…
Vehicle I-D: Armură România
Former Soviet Bloc member Romania became a member of NATO in 2004.
One of the first operations as a member of NATO was to deploy troops to Iraq in 2007. Video of Romanian TAB-B33 Zimbru (Romanian built BTR-80) heading out for patrol in Iraq, April 2007:
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Vaccine Fail: California
There’s an old saying; as California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. I hope not. List of links to news reports showing the vaccination campaign in leftist-liberal democrat controlled California is a failure, as of 20JAN2021:
Report that restaurant lockdowns might have actually spread CoViD!
New California-Los Angeles CoViD variant renders vaccine useless?
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“season of paradoxes”: Hypocrite Democrats now say Economy more important than Pandemic!
Here’s an incomplete list of links to news media reports on the latest virus shenanigans: United Nations admits pandemic is slowing global illegal immigration!
Global industries blame pandemic on lack of computer chips to build those products they trick you into buying, resulting in massive layoffs!
For some reason millions of people are not properly throwing […] Continue Reading…
Cancel Culture: Welcome to the new hell under the new ‘president’
35% of Tokyo metro area residents want Tokyo Olympic Games cancelled
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Incomplete list of links to new reports about the new trend of cancel culture within the United States, as of 15JAN2021:
Will ‘cancel culture’ come for us all?
Actor Macaulay Culkin applauds editing out Trump’s Home Alone 2 cameo.
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KC-135: The last ISO for the 916th
Photos by Staff Sergeant Mary McKnight.
In October 2019, on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, the 916th Maintenance Squadron (of the 916th Air Refueling Wing) completed their last isochronal (ISO) inspection of a KC-135 Stratotanker.
The KC-135 has been replaced by the KC-46 Pegasus.
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Vehicle I-D: KDC-10 Koninklijke Luchtmacht
Photo by Staff Sergeant Dana Cable.
In September 2019, A Royal Netherlands Air Force KDC-10 paid a visit to Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, for Exercise Mobility Guardian.
Fairchild AFB, Washington, 2019. Photo by First Lieutenant Jessica Cicchetto.2019: Texas airborne fueler company buys Dutch KDC-10s
DC-8: Pandemic Samaritan
Photo via Samaritan’s Purse.
Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 arrives at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, 11JAN2021.
Photo by Giancarlo Casem.The aircraft delivered supplies for a 50+ beds Emergency Field Hospital being constructed at Antelope Valley Hospital in nearby Lancaster.
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