In the least populated U.S. state of Wyoming, the Air and Army National Guards joined with state and local emergency responders for their first ever Vigilant Guard training. Vigilant Guard is a federal sponsored training event to simulate catastrophic natural disasters and social collapse.
Video report by Wyoming National Guard, 15JUN2023:
June was […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip of the iceberg) list of U.S. state National Guard developments (which should prove that the National Guard has become the ‘crutch’ for the Regular/active duty Army and Air Force), for the month of June 2023:
NATO-Europe is conducting the largest airpower wargame, ever, and multiple U.S. states have deployed their National Guard units […] Continue Reading…
A video was released on an anonymous Ukrainian ‘Telegram’ channel of a firefight involving recently delivered U.S. made M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV). The video was recorded by an onboard camera, on what I believe is probably the platoon commanders Bradley.
The battle happened in Zaporizka Oblast (aka Zaporizhzhia), on 08JUN2023, the platoon of […] Continue Reading…
02 July 2023 (12:40-UTC-07 Tango 06) 11 Tir 1402/13 Dhu l-Hijja 1444/15 Ji-Wei 4721/02 июль 2023 года
U.S. Army photo by Samantha Treadway, 01JAN2023.Every year, units from the Regular Army (active duty U.S. Army [USA]), Army Reserve, and National Guard, spend time on the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas, learning the […] Continue Reading…
30 June 2023 (20:30-UTC-07 Tango 06) 09 Tir 1402/11 Dhu l-Hijja 1444/13 Wu-Wu(5th month) 4721/30 Июнь 2023 года
U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagles from the ‘Bold Tigers’ 391st Fighter Squadron(FS)/366th Fighter Wing(FW), based on Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, arrived on U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, 29JUN2023. They […] Continue Reading…
On 28JUN2023, the first production T-7A Red Hawk trainer took off from Saint Louis, Missouri, after being accepted for service with the U.S. Air Force.
USAF video report by Giancarlo Casem:
Photo by Chase Kohler, 22JUN2023.Taxi testing the first production T-7A, […] Continue Reading…
The Lockheed C-130H Hercules is a Cold War era cargo plane still in use today. The first C-130s began arriving for military service in 1956, the ‘H’ version of the Hercules began service in the mid-1970s.
1971: Prepping for our first ‘Space Available’ C-130E trip, Rhein Main AFB, West Germany. You […] Continue Reading…
27 June 2023 (08:40-UTC-07 Tango 06) 06 Tir 1402/08 Dhu l-Hijja 1444/10 Wu-Wu(5th month) 4721/27 Июнь 2023 года
Since at least 2018, the U.S. Army has been testing autonomous HEMTTs (Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks), to reduce reliance on humans to deliver supplies.
Robot HEMTT waiting to be offloaded onto the Port […] Continue Reading…
Oregon’s 3-116th Combined Arms Battalion (one of three CABs belonging to Idaho based 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team [CBCT], aka Snake River Brigade) is taking part in this year’s African Lion 2023.
Bore-sighting the M1A2 SEP, in Tan-Tan, Morocco. Oregon National Guard video by Staff Sergeant Ariel J. Solomon, 08JUN2023:
African Lion took […] Continue Reading…
African Lion is the largest wargame on the African continent, involving the United States and other NATO members, as well as Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, from 13MAY-18JUN2023.
Tunisia’s old U.S. made M198 towed artillery guns arrive, U.S. Army video by First Sergeant HollyAnn Nicom, 27MAY2023:
Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Charlie Battery/1-107th Field […] Continue Reading…