Pandemic OverFlight: B-52, bomb the virus back to the stoneage!

Salute to Heroes, Operation American Resolve, America Strong, or whatever is the latest Defense Department name for it, apparently massive flights of military aircraft flying over metro areas makes people feel more secure about fighting the “invisible enemy” of a Pandemic.

U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem, 14MAY2020.

B-52 Stratofortress from […] Continue Reading…

Pandemic OverFlight: KC-135

Salute to Heroes, Operation American Resolve, America Strong, or whatever is the latest Defense Department name for it, apparently massive flights of military aircraft flying over metro areas makes people feel more secure about fighting the “invisible enemy” of a Pandemic.

A KC-135 leads a pack of F-16s and F-35s on a Air Force Salutes […] Continue Reading…

Pandemic OverFlight: C-130 Herks for Heroes

Salute to Heroes, Operation American Resolve, America Strong, or whatever is the latest Defense Department name for it, apparently massive flights of military aircraft flying over metro areas makes people feel more secure about fighting the “invisible enemy” of a Pandemic.

Video of USAF Reserve’s 908th Airlift Wing over Alabama, 12MAY2020:

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Atlantic hurricane season begins early, again,1st WC-130J Hurricane Hunter launched!

“Mother Nature doesn’t operate on a calendar, so this is a reminder to always be prepared.”-Colonel Jeffrey A. Van Dootingh, 403rd Wing USAF Reserve

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Christopher Carranza, 16MAY2020.

Despite the Atlantic Hurricane Season not officially starting until June, on 16MAY2020 the U.S. Air Force Reserve launched […] Continue Reading…

Singapore Sky Pirates & Idaho Gunslingers

In March 2022, Idaho’s Gov’na, Brad Little, poses with Singapore’s Buccaneers. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins, 21MAR2022.

In December 2021, the Buccaneers flew from Idaho to Florida, to take part in the Weapons System Evaluation Program. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant […] Continue Reading…

Idaho militia’s European deployment canceled, suddenly deployed to Middle East

Ostensibly the deployment of Idaho Army National Guard’s ‘Snake River’ 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team to Europe was canceled due to Coronavirus fears. Yet, seemingly without warning, Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing, and 190th Fighter Squadron, was suddenly deployed to ‘somewhere’ in the Middle East.

Idaho Air Guard’s A-10C […] Continue Reading…

Going Viral: The new Task Force 31

The name Task Force 31 isn’t new, in 2008 a U.S. Army Task Force 31 was a medical unit that served in Iraq.  That Task Force 31 (TF-31) was home-based at the 31st Combat Support Hospital on Fort Bliss, Texas.  TF-31’s mission in Iraq was to provide medical care to Iraqis held prisoner by […] Continue Reading…

Going Viral: Lockdowns allow other killer viruses to go wild?

Incomplete list of links to news reports about viral outbreaks from the week leading up to the 13th of the Gregorian month of May 2020.  These outbreaks tell us one thing for sure; no healthcare system anywhere in the world can handle outbreaks of multiple diseases, let alone one pandemic.

Thailand reveals various viral infection numbers as of […] Continue Reading…

Steel Skeletons of Soviet Afghanistan

BRDM-2 somewhere near Kandahar International Airport. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Captain Charles G. Grow, 18JAN2002. T-54B near Bagram Air Base, 29MAY2002. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate First Class Arlo K. Abrahamson.

T-55 Bagram Air Base, 03NOV2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff […] Continue Reading…

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