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…
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…