Seen at the 23SEP2023, auto-show in Pocatello, Idaho. Video by me:
September 2023: OLD FORD Cab-Over-Engine U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, Pocatello
Chubbuck Days, Idaho: CARS & CANDY, August 2023!
Seen at the 23SEP2023, auto-show in Pocatello, Idaho. Video by me:
September 2023: OLD FORD Cab-Over-Engine U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, Pocatello
Chubbuck Days, Idaho: CARS & CANDY, August 2023!
This former USPS Ford 1960s though 1980s C (Cargo) series Cab Over Engine (COE) truck has been in use as a static billboard for more than 30 years, by a re-sale store in Pocatello called Westwood Discount. I do not know the exact year of this truck. In Canada, this truck was known as […] Continue Reading…
Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).
NATO reporting name Hip. The Михаил Мил Ми-8 (Mikhail Mil Mi-8) rotary wing began military service in 1968, with the Soviet Union. First production was done in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. The Mi-17 Hip has more powerful turbines than the […] Continue Reading…
As of 11SEP2023, NATO-Slovakia now has six NATO-Germany supplied Leopard 2A4 battle tanks.
Photo via Slovak Defense Ministry.The taxpayers of NATO-Germany should be proud that they are funding 15 rebuilt Cold War era Leopard 2A4 battle tanks for NATO-Slovakia! It is part of a deal Slovakia made to give 30 Cold […] Continue Reading…
“In September 2008, building on the experience of over a decade of working together, the Secretaries General of both NATO and the United Nations (UN) agreed to establish a framework for expanded consultation and cooperation….
The UN is frequently invited to attend NATO ministerial meetings and summits; the NATO Secretary General participates in the UN […] Continue Reading…
This is just the tip of the spear of the long life of what is now the world’s most prolific and oldest battle tank still in use!
This is about the T-34 series battle tank specifically armed with the 85mm gun. The main gun was a modification of the high velocity 85mm anti-aircraft gun. At […] Continue Reading…
India still uses the Cold War era Soviet BMP (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty-Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally Combat Vehicle Infantry), they have a license to build their own BMP-2s. In July 2023, it was reported that the Indian Army wants to upgrade their BMP-2s with modern anti-tank missiles.
U.S. Army photo by Staff […] Continue Reading…
United States (U.S.) ally Indonesia has been buying Russian made BMP-3Fs since 2010. A new order was placed in April 2019.
A U.S. Marine in front of a BMP-3F, 09SEP2023. USMC photo by Corporal Vincent Pham.The BMP-3 is […] Continue Reading…
Ramped-up deportation flight operations by U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, aka Border Patrol). The flights are sometimes referred to as ‘repatriation flights’, or ‘removal flights’, or ‘family unit removal flight’.
In fiscal year 2022, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations sent […] Continue Reading…
This is just a fraction of the fiascos taking place not just on Maui, but through out Hawaii.
Honolulu Star Advertiser, 09SEP2023: Family Assistance Center is moving to new FEMA location in Lahaina.
Will the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declare Lahaina burn area to be a ‘Super Fund’ HazMat site, blamed on Electric Vehicle (EV) […] Continue Reading…