Mount Whitney Death Trap, SAR Money Pit

14 September 2019 (15:05 UTC-07 Tango 06) 23 Shahrivar 1398/14 Muharram 1441/16 Gui-You 4717

California Army National Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Paul Mantiply, 25AUG2019.

It might look like Afghanistan, but it’s not.

Photo via Inyo County SAR, 25AUG2019.

On 25AUG2019 near Iceberg Lake, California, the National Guard’s […] Continue Reading…

Tremor Event Has Begun: Pacific Ring of Fire, August 2019

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

A Mega-Tsunami on Early Mars

Crack in Pacific seafloor caused volcanic chain to go dormant for 10-million years

What tourists/travelers need to do in after a disaster

AUSTRALIA: Oil industry seismic operations delayed

Hidden ‘Jurassic World’ of Volcanoes Uncovered

KitKat introduces rare volcanic chocolate

CANADA:  Researchers discover why […] Continue Reading…

U.S. military provides taxpayer funded pet care in Appalachia!

08 September 2019 (05:59 UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Shahrivar 1398/08 Muharram 1441/10 Gui-You 4717

Taxpayer funded military veterinarians provide medical services for pets, 28AUG2019. Photo by Major Jeffrey Gruidl.

In August, the U.S. military conducted the now annual Appalachian Care, started under President Obama when it became obvious that ObamaCare/ACA (Affordable Care […] Continue Reading…

Dorian: How to evacuate thousands of U.S. Marines

On 03SEP2019, the threat of Hurricane Dorian forced Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, to start evacuating basic trainees.

Their new temp-home will be Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia.

The trainees packed their rucks, and were handed a box of rations, and told to “Get on the bus!”

  Hundreds of contracted tour buses […] Continue Reading…

Vehicle I-D: Join the U.S. military get a classic car?

This is a pic-n-vid round-up of some of the car shows across the U.S. involving U.S. military personnel, in 2018-19.

Iron & Ink, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, February:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Isabelo Tabanguil, 24FEB2018. USMC photo by Lance Corporal Isabelo Tabanguil, 24FEB2018.

Also in February, Holloman […] Continue Reading…

Airborne Hurricane Hunters, when did it all start?

The first hurricane (typhoon) hunter was a pilot flying a Second World War T-6 Texan through the eye of a hurricane, on a dare!  Realizing that flying through a hurricane was doable, the U.S. Air Force set upon a long journey of modifying aircraft to collect weather data about hurricanes.

The first data collected, in […] Continue Reading…

Dorian more powerful than U.S. military aircraft?

02SEP2019, U.S. Coast Guard deploys C-130s in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian.

Evacuation of E-8C J-STARS from Warner Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 02SEP2019:

On 01SEP2019, U.S. Customs & Border Protection transferred one of their UH-60 Black Hawks from Puerto Rico to Homestead, Florida, to be used in hurricane rescue […] Continue Reading…

WC-130J & WP-3D: Hunting Dorian

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, U.S. Air Force Reserve out of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, went hunting for a hurricane named Dorian.  Video, WC-130J take-off preps, 31AUG2019:

The crew of the WC-130J Super Hercules gathered data for the National Hurricane Center.  Video, onboard the WC-130J, 31AUG2019:

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Vehicle I-D: F-8 DFBW, or another reason why today’s techie generation owes the military industrial complex!

Anybody who thinks digital is a technology that only recently emerged needs to take a trip in the Way-back Machine.

10JAN1973

Between 1972 and 1985 a modified F-8C Crusader proved the concept of digital fly-by-wire technology, now taken for granted on today’s military and commercial aircraft.

The ‘Apollo’ computer system was jammed into […] Continue Reading…

Vehicle I-D: C-47 Dakota/Skytrain, Douglas Commercial-3, R4D Goonies!

Entex got it right when their model box stated it was “The plane that changed the world.”  It’s my top pick for Zombie Plane, after seven decades it just won’t die, still flying today in both private and commercial use, and apparently some countries are still using it for military purposes.  It even commands […] Continue Reading…

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