23 July 2019-23:43 UTC-07 Tango 06 (02 Mordad 1398/21 Dhu l-Qa’da 1440/22 Xin-Wei 4717)
The fires keep burning in eastern Idaho. Things got so hot today that evacuations of ‘non-essential personnel’ were ordered near the Idaho National Laboratory’s nuclear jet engine and EBR-1 nuclear-disaster-reactor, due to the rapid expansion of the ‘Sheep Fire’ (about 85-thousand […] Continue Reading…
“We lost so many good men, I don’t have many fond memories. My crew almost perished during a mission over the city of Gifu, where we were shot up so badly, bailing out of the plane seemed like the only option. Why we did not die that day, I will never know.”-Rowland Ball
In 2016, […] Continue Reading…
To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day the U.S. Air Force’s 100th Air Refueling Wing (descendant of 100th Bombardment Group [Heavy]) gave some of their Stratotankers full color markings.
Skipper III in honor of retired Master Sergeant Dewey Christopher, a World War II veteran. U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere, […] Continue Reading…
“This heritage project is about the 48th Fighter Wing legacy, and more specifically the wing’s support to the D-Day invasion during World War Two.”-Colonel Will Marshall, 48th Fighter Wing commander
In January 2019, the 48th Fighter Wing unveiled their new D-Day invasion stripe paint job on their F-15E Strike Eagles.
U.S. Air […] Continue Reading…
The M4 Sherman is the iconic U.S. tank from World War 2. It was also used after WW2 by many countries across the world. There are many variants, and to make things […] Continue Reading…
On 11JUL2019, U.S. Army Reserve veterinarians operate on a cat in New York state, as part of a massive Air Force, Army, Navy, Reserves and National Guard mission (Healthy Cortland and Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training) to provide taxpayer funded pet care, as well as healthcare for poor people (so much for ObamaCare), […] Continue Reading…
According to press release there were only four Super Guppies made, only one is still being used by NASA.
On 11JUL2019, NASA Super Guppy 914 made a fuel stop at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas:
The following pics are from February 2019, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina:
The following […] Continue Reading…
Video, Nebraska National Guard UH-72 Lakota joins the fun:
Food insecurity, unemployment, failed national and local governments, and non-stop natural disasters leading to race riots and civil war. It’s July 2019 and Wisconsin is ground zero for Patriot North 2019 DomOps (Domestic Operations).
New Hampshire Air National Guard medic […] Continue Reading…
Kodiak Mace, May 2019, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska.
Getting ready to jump outta perfectly good airplane.Videos of various U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J ops:
BLACK LETTER C-130J; IT’S A BYATCH!
In December 2018, a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J was refueling a F/A-18 over Okinawa, Japan, when they aircraft made contact. Both the F/A-18 and KC-130J went down, only one person survived.
It was not until the end of May of 2019 that the KC-130J’s cockpit voice recorder and digital flight recorder, along with human remains. […] Continue Reading…