“Summer is the time the program has given us to step outside our normal curriculum and experiment to try out new areas of STEM and develop new lessons we can then possibly submit to our national program for youth and other Starbase programs across the nation. Our Starbase staff were really excited about developing […] Continue Reading…
During the United States’ Operation Highjump (aka Project Highjump), in 1946-47, a Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter (called Dragonfly by the British) crashed into the Antarctic Ocean (aka Southern Ocean).
The silent color film, by U.S. Army Private E. Zinberg, dated 19JAN1947, shows the Dragonfly approaching USS Pine Island (AV-12), the film cuts out for a second […] Continue Reading…
14 July 2022 (10:08-UTC-07 Tango 06) 23 Tir 1401/14 Dhu l-Hijja 1443/16 Ding-Wei 4720
Recently in the U.S. state of Idaho, apparently (supposedly) a City of Pocatello council person inquired about the funding for the Pocatello Arts Council. It sounded very much like she was ‘fishing’ for ways to appropriate some of that funding for […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing unveiled new heritage colors at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, in the United Kingdom.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Austin Salazar, 11JUL2022.75 years of the U.S. Air Force.
12 July 2022 (14:05-UTC-07 Tango 06) 21 Tir 1401/12 Dhu l-Hijja 1443/14 Ding-Wei 4720
M2HB heavy machine gun training,18JUN2022. Pennsylvania National Guard photo.Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 252nd Quartermaster Company has been on Fort Hood, Texas, training for their deployment to somewhere in The Middle East (South West Asia).
11 July 2022 (18:11-UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Tir 1401/11 Dhu l-Hijja 1443/13 Ding-Wei 4720
Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 01JUL2022.“We can live without electricity, we can live without the Internet. One thing you definitely can’t live without is water. And it becomes something that we […] Continue Reading…
AACUS (pronounced Ay-Kus, and not to be confused with the new British empire/Biden alliance known as AUKUS) = Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System
Boeing AH/MH-6 (MD 500) supposedly operated by a robot. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Samuel Ellis, […] Continue Reading…
“No one shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords.”-Japanese law, however, after a long permitting procedure a person can own a single-fire gun designed for hunting or sport-shooting (you must first own a shotgun for ten years without incident before owning a rifle)
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Justice republished an article calling Japan’s […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main stream news links announcing United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for June 2022:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a mysterious outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections, and for some unknown reason the FDA is refusing to name the infected foods!
Protein/energy bars recalled due […] Continue Reading…
In August 2017, the Ohio Air National Guard showed up at the Columbus Clippers’ Aviation Game Day event, with a baby F-16 Falcon.
Ohio Air National Guard photo by Sergeant Andrew Kuhn, 19AUG2017.Ohio Air […] Continue Reading…