The Sukhoi 22M4 is the export version of the Sukhoi 17M4. The NATO reporting name for both is Fitter-K. Poland began using Su-22s in August 1984, when it was a member of the Cold War era Warsaw Pact. Poland joined NATO in 1997. Polish officials want to phase-out the Su-22 by 2026.
The first time the Afghan military used the NATO-reporting-name Hind was during the Soviet occupation (1979-1989). It was during that occupation that Mujaheddin on the receiving end of the Mi-24D nicknamed it Satan’s Chariot. After the Soviets left, Afghanistan managed to operate a few Mi-24s (NATO reporting-name Hind-D), some sources say right up until […] Continue Reading…
Polish modified ZSU-23-4, known as ZSU-23-4MP Biała, July 2016.
Very quick video of Polish ZSU-23-4MP, a mine throwing TRI-Kroton (aka Opal, modified MTLB) and some 2S1 SP guns, in Romania for NATO wargames in 2017:
USA photo by […] Continue Reading…
Since the end of March 2020, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been conducting a taxpayer funded global ‘Project Air Bridge’ in response to pathogen CoViD-19.
FEMA photo by Alexis Hall, 29APR2020.China Cargo’s Boeing 777F arrives at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, 29APR2020.
FEMA photo, 28APR2020.U.S. Customs […] Continue Reading…
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FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) ordered Engineers from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Honolulu District, Naval Facilities Engineering Command-Marianas, Homeland Security, the territorial government of Guam, Guam Air National Guard and Guam Fire Department to find suitable locations for ‘Alternate Care […] Continue Reading…
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“The hospitals are packed. We still have flu season, we still have everyone else that goes to a hospital with a medical or an emergency surgical problem. That doesn’t go away during a crisis.”-Judith Persichilli, New Jersey Department of Health […] Continue Reading…
Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau’s BTR-4 is a private venture that can be configured in many ways. The BTR-4 in this article is armed with a gun system similar to the BTR-3DA (30mm gun, 7.62mm gun, anti-tank missiles).
Yavoriv, Ukraine, a BTR-4E fires its 30mm gun. New York Army […] Continue Reading…
CoViD-19=CoronaVirus Disease-2019
A U.S. Navy sailor conducts weather observations aboard USS Makin Island (LHD 8), 16APR2020, somewhere in the Eastern Pacific.
Incomplete list of links to academic/scientific studies or reports about the connection between diseases and weather:
U.S. EPA; Climate Change affecting people with existing health problems
A Sudden Change in Weather Affects Your Health
Could warmer weather help contain […] Continue Reading…
“This thing is so different from anything that we’ve ever done before that nobody’s going to touch it with a ten foot pole without somebody going out and flying it.”-Larry Loftin, NASA’s Langley Research Center
NASA photo, 1971.F-8A Bureau Number 141353/NASA tail number 810 with SuperCritical Wing (SCW) flies in its […] Continue Reading…
17MAR1996 rollout of Tu-144LL at Zhukovsky Air Development Center near Moscow, Russia. A joint project between Russian Aeronautics Establishment, NASA, Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas, Rockwell, and others.
NASA photo, 17MAR1996.LL stands for Letayuschaya Laboratoriya, which means Flying Laboratory. The intent was […] Continue Reading…