OV means Operational View, and OV-1 sounds like Obi-Wan. The OV-1 entered production in October 1959 and served in United States, Europe, Korea, Israel, VietNam, Central and South America, and during Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the Middle East. The Mohawk retired from U.S. service in September 1996. At least 133 OV-1Cs were built (sources […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2019 (15:40 UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Aban 1398/10 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1441/12 Yi-Hai 4717
NASA-Armstrong DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory sits on the east ramp of the 124th Fighter Wing, Boise, Idaho, 23JUL2019. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.NASA’s aged and heavily modified DC-8 airliner is […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2019 (03:37 UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Aban 1398/10 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1441/12 Yi-Hai 4717
NASA pilot suits-up for an ER-2 AVIRIS-NG mission high over Hawaii, February 2018. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Luke Kuennen.Six decades after California set the first global standards for industrial anti-air-pollution laws the National […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main-stream-news links about global immigrant/border operations affecting the United States taxpayers, October 2019.
Mexico deports 311 illegals from India! Indian news media reveal that last year as many as 9-thousand South Asians tried to enter the United States illegally through Mexico (in an attempt to escape increased persecution by Hindus)!
More and […] Continue Reading…
06 November 2019 / 18:57 UTC-07 Tango 06 (16 Aban 1398/09 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1441/11 Yi-Hai 4717)
“We will search as much as the crew duty day, gas and conditions allow us until we find our brother in arms.”-Lieutenant Colonel Chad Senior, 920th Deputy Group Commander/Combat Rescue Officer
The U.S. Air Force reports that a Special Tactics […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, October 2019.
AIR Reinsurer revealed that past disaster prediction models have been lacking for Asian countries, when compared to North America and Europe, is warning “Re/insurers have to be prepared for that new norm and adjust pricing and all the other conditions they […] Continue Reading…
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Real short thermal image video of 27OCT2019 X-37B landing:
“The sky is no longer the limit for the Air Force and, if Congress approves, the U.S. Space Force.”-General David L. Goldfein, U.S. Air Force
After two years in orbit, the […] Continue Reading…
On 02OCT2019, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, unveiled a KC-135 Stratotanker with nose art commemorating 150 years of the City of Derby.
D-DAY KC-135, ‘HUNDRED PROOF’ & OTHER NOSE ARTS
TENNESSEE KC-135 NOSE ART
NEBRASKA KC-135 TEENAGED NOSE ART
27 October 2019 (03:03 UTC-07 Tango 06) 05 Aban 1398/27 Safar 1441/29 Jia-Xu 4717
In preparation for more flooding disasters, the Indiana National Guard expanded In-HART (Indiana Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team) operations. In-HART is a joint operation that includes civilian rescue technicians and Indiana National Guard personnel.
On 24OCT2019, the South Bend Swift Water Rescue Team […] Continue Reading…
27 October 2019 (02:27 UTC-07 Tango 06) 05 Aban 1398/27 Safar 1441/29 Jia-Xu 4717
New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen.On 23OCT2019, the National Guard’s 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) Talon-4 robot was deployed in response to a potential WMD crime scene.
New […] Continue Reading…