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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:
Anybody who thinks digital is a technology that only recently emerged needs to take a trip in the Way-back Machine.
10JAN1973Between 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…
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…