“the missing link”: Pacific Ring of Fire, September 2019

Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, September 2019.

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How Amateur Video Is Helping Us Understand Deadly Tsunamis

New study says even if oil industry fracking stops the damage is done, and earthquakes […] Continue Reading…

Germany rocked by major earthquake?

“The normal infrastructure was completely down and therefore our team came in to do our quick assessment. The Bundeswehr came out and they’re getting assessed on what they do on their medical side.”-Specialist Christopher Wise, U.S. Army Europe

On 14SEP2019 Wackernheim, Germany, was rocked by a 6.2 earthquake.  U.S. and German Soldiers rescued casualties from […] Continue Reading…

Bare Metal Bombers: B-1B & B-52H

Quick look at naked B-1Bs at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, on 29APR2020, U.S. Air Force video by Second Lieutenant Danny Rangel:

U.S. Air Force photo by Greg L. Davis, 14FEB2018.

Waiting for new clothes at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

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The owl had a blue umbrella!: How LANTIRN killed the N/AW-10, and, what’s wrong with the Trumpeter/Hobby Boss kits?

The N/AW-10 over what looks like the beginning development of California City, near Edwards Air Force Base, 04MAY1979. Photographer not known.

The two seat A-10 had a very short service life, brought to an end by rapid advances in technology, specifically the LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared Night) pod system.

It […] Continue Reading…

124th militia A-10 shootin’ & scootin’ thru Idaho Nevada California

Idaho National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing has been real busy this summer.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds, 19AUG2019.

19AUG2019, the ‘hawgs’ shot-up the Orchard Combat Training Center (back when I was ‘in’ it was called the Orchard Training Area) south of Boise.

Idaho Air […] Continue Reading…

Retrograde an A-10 into a P-51?

At the end of August 2019, the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, began repainting an A-10 Thunderbolt-2.  They claim it’s going to look like a World War-2 P-51 Mustang!

It’s part of preparations for the USAF 2020 air show season.

But wait, this isn’t the first A-10 to […] Continue Reading…

‘Family Unit Removal’: Immigrant Invasion U.S.A., August 2019

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main-stream-news links about global immigrant/border operations affecting the United States taxpayers, August 2019.

Following Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida, both in 2017, more than 800 applicants were denied loans because they were “not a qualified alien.” 

Mexico’s crackdown on illegal immigrants has trapped hundreds of illegals from African countries […] Continue Reading…

Red Bank & South Fire helicopter ops

During the second week of September, 2019, California National Guard flew at least 290 firefighters to the Red Bank Fire and the South Fire, which are burning in rugged terrain.

Video California National Guard CH-47 Chinook ferries fire fighters to the Red Bank Fire in Tehama County:

Official video explainer of UH-60 and […] Continue Reading…

Blade folding Army Black Hawks

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Sharon Matthias, 10SEP2019. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Sharon Matthias, 10SEP2019. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Sharon Matthias, 10SEP2019. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Sharon Matthias, 10SEP2019.

Video, folding UH-60 blades for loading […] Continue Reading…

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