“Our job could be the difference between people surviving or not.”-Airman First Class Sydney Eleuteri, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron
While parts of Arkansas were hit by floods in June, 2019, Little Rock Air Force Base was hit by an ‘unknown substance’ that sent emergency responders scrambling.
19th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management journeyman, takes a sample […] Continue Reading…
On 08JUL2019, some of the last AC-130U ‘Spooky’ with the 4th Special Operations Squadron returned from a recent deployment.
AC-130Us have been on constant deployment since 2001, but are supposed to soon be replaced by the new AC-130J Ghostrider.
U.S. Air Force video report by Staff Sergeant Marleah Cabano:
A Spooky […] Continue Reading…
On 02JUL2019, a ‘Normady’ striped USAF C-130J paid a visit to Belgium, to give some firefighters a ride.
The 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, landed on Chièvres Air Base, to help U.S. Air Force 424th Air Base Squadron firefighters train-up, and asked the Belgians if they wanted to tag-along.
Plastic space […] Continue Reading…
Over the July 4th, 2019, weekend California’s ‘seismic drought’ came to an end with two 6+ quakes. Interestingly, Vandenberg Air Force Base had just conducted an earthquake drill exactly one month prior.
The scenario was held on 05JUN2019, to test if the base could continue operations during a natural disaster.
Interestingly the observers were made up […] Continue Reading…
“In a domestic operation situation it don’t matter if it’s the Air or the Army, the public needs us to come as one team with one fight and to help relieve whatever situation is going on.”-Major General Tommy Baker, Deputy Adjutant General of the Tennessee National Guard
Mass-casualty training at Fort […] Continue Reading…
First stop on a whirlwind six day USO (United Service Organizations) tour; Kosovo. Actress and real neuroscientist Mayim Bialik (Big Bang Theory); singer Laura Bryna; comedian Anjelah Johnson; Nia Franklin (2019 Ms. America); actress Toni Trucks (Seal Team); The Voice champ Cassadee Pope; and former UFC champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson are traveling across Europe, […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main-stream-news links about global immigrant/border operations affecting the United States taxpayers, June 2019.
Mexico’s south hit as border tightened
Mexicans don’t want Central American immigrants either
Mexico and El Salvador signed a agreement that includes $30 million for El Salvador, amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of migrants […] Continue Reading…
Idaho’s Air and Army National Guard, as well as a unit from Oregon’s Army National Guard, took part in U.S. Army NTC wargames from the end of May to the middle of June, 2019.
Idaho Air National Guard […] Continue Reading…
Video, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, M1A2 SEP and M2 Bradley live fire (the voice you hear in the video is one of the first female armor platoon leaders in the U.S.):
At the end of May, 2019, the Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (which includes […] Continue Reading…
K9 Callie and her handler, Technical Sergeant Rudy Parsons, a para-rescueman (aka Para-Jumper, PJ) with the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, wait to jump into the icy water off Alaska, 25JUN2019.
Tennessee Air National […] Continue Reading…