Drunken Cobra Recovery 2020, what happened to the N95 masks?

Notice that none of these Marines are wearing N95 masks, during the year of The Pandemic.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Julian Elliott-Drouin, 27JUN2020.

AH-1W (Alpha Hotel-One Wiskey) Super-Cobra, during aircraft recovery training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, 27JUN2020. 

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CHIKrisk 2021: U.S. Army continues to warn of new pandemic

29 July 2020 / 02:08 (UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Mordad 1399/08 Dhu l-Hijja 1441/09 Gui-Wei 4718

“A person who has acquired the chikungunya virus is infectious in the first week of illness, which means that the infected person can transmit the virus to another person through a mosquito bite…”-DTRA warning from 27APR2020

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USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6: Into the Steel Inferno!

This is just a fraction of the intense photos and videos captured by U.S. Navy personnel, 12-17 July 2020.

INFERNO

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Austin Haist, 12JUL2020.

On the morning of 12JUL2020, and after two years of extensive retrofitting, USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) became a steel inferno while […] Continue Reading…

Idaho’s 1:1 scale fake news Russian radar tank

Idaho National Guard photos by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds and Master Sergeant Joshua Allmaras

A member of the 266th Range Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, works to off-load a 1:1 scale simulated 1S91 SURN tank at Fort Irwin National Training Center, California, June 2019.

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Knighthawks fight to save LHD 6!

News reports said the fire was inside the ship, for an indication of how big the fire was this pic (by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Austin Haist) clearly shows flames jetting from the island superstructure.

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Final Flight of the Fort Polk Kiowas

“They were great birds to fly. You could land them anywhere, in any type of environment; they were great for what we were using them for here.”-Captain Tyler Smith, Bravo Company commander, 1st Bn, 5th Avn Reg

The U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment OH-58C Kiowas fly over Fort Polk, Louisiana, for the last […] Continue Reading…

Southeast Idaho Pandemic Road-Trip

Washed and waxed and ready to go!

On 23 June 2020, perhaps too much self-restricting pandemic lockdown (I say “self-restricting” as most of us in Eastern Idaho are not adhering to CoViD-19 lockdown, and even the local Sheriff departments refuse to enforce such things) forced me to hit the road for […] Continue Reading…

Pandemic Overflight: The Sandman Enters

California Air National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel David Allamandola, 13MAY2020.

California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing flies their F-15C Eagles over Fresno, in hopes of scaring-off the CoViD-19, 13MAY2020.

Video, launching a few F-15Cs to fight California CoViD-19:

Video, cockpit view F-15C 144th FW flyover, 13MAY2020:

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Triple Engined F-106B Delta Dart; more taxpayer funded support for the airliner industry

Soon to become ‘616’, day of delivery to NASA from USAF, 31OCT1966. NASA photo.

In 1966, NASA took possession of a USAF F-106B that had been used to test ejection seats and radar systems.

NASA photo, 1969. NASA photo.

Something different about this F-106B.

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Helicopters: Egypt مصر

Mil 24V (Mi-35), January 2020.  Apparently purchased from Ukraine.

Egyptian Ministry of Defense promotional video in which you can see AH-64 Apaches, Kamov 52 Nile Crocodile, Hips, Gazelles, Super Sea Sprites, CH-47 Chinooks and Mi-35 Hinds:

Ka-52 Nile Crocodile.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Justin Warren.

Egyptian and Jordanian soldiers secure an […] Continue Reading…

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