Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, November 2019.
Any body remember the Gilligan’s Island episode where the underwater telecom line washes ashore? New study says old underwater phone lines make great earthquake detectors
AUSTRALIA: 71% increase in drowning deaths in Victoria
4.8 quake Queensland, 29NOV2019
CANADA: South Okanagan quake
Trio of quakes hit […] Continue Reading…
For the second time a FEMA disaster event hit Guam. During the last half of November 2019, Hawaii National Guard’s 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team deployed to assist Guam’s National Guard in responding to a Mass Destruction event.
In this video, emergency responders inspect a school hit by WMD, dramatic medivac of […] Continue Reading…
The above World War Two photo is considered to depict the third In The Mood, a M4A1 76(w). Note that the gun tube has no muzzle break. The current restored In The Mood does. Apparently all three In The Moods had extremely short lives. There’s more info about the confusion over the various In […] Continue Reading…
At the beginning of November 2019, the Illinois State Military Museum held its Great War Encampment event and two 1917 Ford Model Ts showed up.
The Ford Model T gun truck is owned by John Krug, he also brought his 1917 Model T Ambulance.
In May 2018, Oregon’s Military Museum held its 22nd Annual Living History […] Continue Reading…
Between August and November 1995, an experimental McDonnell Douglas MD-11 conducted landings under engine power only.
It happened at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and it was the first time a transport aircraft landed with normal controls switched off.
It was part of a NASA project to […] Continue Reading…
The Air Force Armament Museum (Near Eglin Air Force Base in Florida) recently repainted its TP-51 Mustang, for the first time in more than 30 years. But this time it was ‘painted’ with vinyl decals.
Photo via Fried Color […] Continue Reading…
July 2019, Ohio National Guard C-130H2 gets new tail markings.
Video from 2018, Dobbins Air Reserve, Georgia, explains how they picked the nose art for their C-130s:
Wyoming National Guard photo by Sergeant First […] Continue Reading…
All jacked-up!
The following official USAF pics were taken at Warner Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 13NOV2019.
Thrust reverser doors waiting to be re-installed.
Video explaining the C-17 thrust reversers:
Those turbines are hungry.
New door hinges.
New leading edge slat seals.
Trailing edge panels.
Prepping for new fuel tank seals.
BARE METAL BOMBERS: B-1B & B-52H
An A-10C flying formation with a TF-51D Mustang at the Moody Air Force Base air show, 03NOV2019.
USAF photo by Airman Azaria E. Foster, 02NOV2019.Formate-ing with an TF-51D and a F-22 Raptor.
The A-10C got its new stripes […] Continue Reading…
On 28OCT2019 the 64th Aggressor Squadron (Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada) revealed their new ‘Wraith’ paint-job for the F-16.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Bryan Guthrie, 16NOV2019.The paint scheme resembles the late World War Two/Korean conflict […] Continue Reading…