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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“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…
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…
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.
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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…
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…
T-55 Bagram Air Base, 03NOV2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff […] Continue Reading…
According to a 2007 Reuters report, the neighboring country of Jordan donated their old UH-1H helicopters to Iraq, but the U.S. taxpayers paid to rebuild the Hueys at a cost of $3.5-million, each!
U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Randy Redman, 18APR2011.April 2011, Exercise Lion.
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In early May 2011, one of the U.S. taxpayer funded Russian built Afghan Mil 17B(V)-5 crashed in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. Nine people onboard were slightly injured.
The Hip was part of the first deliveries of U.S. taxpayer funded Russian made helicopters between 2009 and 2010. NATO/ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) reported the Mil-17s sent to […] Continue Reading…
The Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo-5 tons capacity (LARC-V) was developed by the U.S. Army in the 1950s. Just short of 1-thousand of the aluminum hulled boat-trucks were made, almost half being intentionally destroyed as the United States ended its occupation of Vietnam. About 1-hundred are now privately owned. Perhaps in response to concerns about […] Continue Reading…