NATO: Sweden’s Archer pounds Finland!

In March 2024, Sweden became a full member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

I edited down a U.S. Army video (recorded on 18NOV2024, via Sergeant First Class Kyle Larsen) of Swedish made autoloading Archer SPG (Self Propelled Gun) during NATO’s Dynamic Front wargame in Finland (wargames also in Estonia, Germany, Poland, and Romania).

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Tennessee Air Guard boasts about a year of Reaper drone ops!

Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Wing shows-off some of its military accomplishments, during 2024.

MQ-9 Reaper combat UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle):

Cyber Security:

Targeting Group:

Medical Group:

Mission Support Group:

There was more video, but it was getting pretentious.

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National Guard, older than the United States itself! Tools of the British empire?

The first militia units of the British empire’s Massachusetts Bay Colony were formed on 13DEC1636, three hundred and eighty eight years ago! Today, such militia units are known as National Guard. Air National Guard video by Master Sergeant Amber Monio:

Michigan Air Guard: A year of deployments & vaccinations.

Return to the Empire: […] Continue Reading…

Michigan Air Guard: A year of deployments & vaccinations.

Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing reminds you what they were up to with your tax dollars, in 2024. Video report/interview by Technical Sergeant Andrew Schumann, released on 04DEC2024:

January 2024: Arizona National Guard attacked in Jordan?!

Birthday P-47D Thunderbolt: Family connection, and made in U.S.A. Monogram -vs- made in China Revell!

In April 2024, I decided to build a birthday present, for somebody whose B-day had already come-n-gone!  It was finally finished by mid-November 2024!

Shenanigans part-1:

Shenanigans part-2:

Shenanigans part-3:

Can I use original made in U.S.A. parts to fix the made in China parts, how about some pancakes?:

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Joker’s wild neon Gotham City cop car!

In February 2024, I joined a group build for the 1949 Mercury, also known as the third generation of the Mercury Eight series of vehicles.  Typical; it took me until August to decide which of my stash-kits to build:

A simple snap-together?:

Glass & Lights:

Lights & seats:

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Smoke ’em if you got ’em: First ever (legal) Drift Car event, at the Mall!

The Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, hosted three SCCA autocross events this year, and for an encore hosted an Inaugural Drift Car event.

Work began on the evening of 04OCT2024, establishing the area of the parking lot that would be used.  Formula Drift-Rudy Hansen, Apex Idaho, Pocatello Car Club, and a host of others, helped […] Continue Reading…

Early Halloween, Trunk or Treat at the Mall!

While they were busy trying to setup the parking lot for the inaugural Southeast Idaho drift car event, during the evening of 04OCT2024, a handful of cars were sneaking into the Pine Ridge Mall (in Chubbuck, Idaho):

Don’t be a Public Nuisance:

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