USAF admits Reserve Airmen not getting paid!

10 August 2016 /21:12 UTC-07 Tango 01 (21 Mordad 1395/07 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/09 Bing-Shen 4714)

The U.S. Air Force has round-a-boutly admitted that Reserve unit personnel are not getting paid for travel expenses.  The revelation was made as the USAF boasted about a new voucher program that has significantly increased payouts.

The new program is being […] Continue Reading…

China & Mexico join forces! Form anti-GMO anti-Monsanto alliance!

10 August 2016 /20:35 UTC-07 Tango 01 (21 Mordad 1395/07 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/09 Bing-Shen 4714)

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong paid a visit to Mexico, vowing to boost economic relations.  In 2013 China and Mexico declared a ‘strategic’ partnership.

Chinese state news media said China and Mexico will “boost their cooperation in industrial investment, infrastructure, telecommunications, energy […] Continue Reading…

Without warning Subaru dumps Suzuki!

10 August 2016 /19:37 UTC-07 Tango 01 (21 Mordad 1395/07 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/09 Bing-Shen 4714)

In a surprise move Fuji Industries (known in the United States as Subaru) dumped all their shares of Suzuki stock!

Fuji dumped its Suzuki shares for about $182-million USD, making a profit.  Suzuki also stated it was about to dump its shares […] Continue Reading…

3rd self-drive crash for Tesla!

10 August 2016 /19:07 UTC-07 Tango 01 (21 Mordad 1395/07 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/09 Bing-Shen 4714)

For at least the third time a Tesla being operated on autopilot crashed, this time it was in China, and this time the driver lived.

The self-drive ‘Autosteer’ crash happened in Bejing, last week.  For some reason the Tesla sideswiped a […] Continue Reading…

More of your taxes going out-of-country: U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster!

10 August 2016 (09:39 UTC-07 Tango 01) 20 Mordad 1395/06 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/08 Bing-Shen 4714

Near Miami, Florida, there’s a warehouse full of food and even vehicles paid for with your tax dollars, but none of it’s for you!

This is a pic of USAID ops being directed through DoD’s U.S. AfriCom […] Continue Reading…

World War Three: 116th Snake River’s 2015 NTC Rotation

Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne. D Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT), Oregon Army National Guard. Oregon National Guard photo by Major W. Chris Clyne.

In August 2015, the 116th Cavalry (Cav-al-ry, not Cal-vary) Brigade Combat Team (Idaho, Montana & Oregon) […] Continue Reading…

Vehicle I-D: 60 years, the KC-135 flies through the Cold War & beyond!

09 August 2016 (13:15 UTC-07 Tango 01) 19 Mordad 1395/05 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/07 Bing-Shen 4714

60 years ago Boeing created the cargo hauler/airborne fueler for the U.S. Air Force, called the KC-135 (it is not a 707, its development was actually started before the 707).  

Here’s a USAF ‘remember when’ and current operations video about […] Continue Reading…

Republicans block your access to military bases!

09 August 2016 (12:46 UTC-07 Tango 01) 19 Mordad 1395/05 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/07 Bing-Shen 4714

According to a recent U.S. Air Force news report residents of three U.S. states, and one U.S. territory, can no longer use their locally issued drivers licesense as identification to enter a U.S. military base.

It’s because Minnesota, Missouri, Washington and […] Continue Reading…

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