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…
I calls it a zombie tank because it’s six decades old and refuses to die.
People’s Republic of China, 2021:
CHINA’S TYPE 59D, UPDATED COLD WAR T-54/55, TO LIVE-ON AS A ROBOT TANK?
CHINA STILL USES THE NATO GUNNED TYPE 88 WARSAW PACT BASED T-54/55 TANK
Lost your hull? No problem, mount your turret on a truck […] Continue Reading…
“In accordance with the combat training plan, the crews of MiG-31BM high-altitude fighters of the Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation based in Kamchatka held a training exercise to intercept a simulated intruder of Russia’s airspace in the stratosphere. For the first time ever, new upgraded MiG-31BM high-altitude interceptor-fighters took part in a dogfight at their […] Continue Reading…
19 August 2019 (05:28 UTC-07 Tango 06) 28 Mordad 1398/17 Dhu l-Hijja 1440/19 Ren-Shen 4717
A struggling pet shelter in Doha, Qatar, has only three full-time staff members and more than 130 dogs and cats! It’s looks more like a farm.
Staff Sergeant Lia Carter, New Jersey National Guard.“We started out just […] Continue Reading…