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Cold War Vehicle I-D: Convair UC-880, the one & only!

UC-880 at a U.S. Navy air show, May 1984. Photo by Don S. Montgomery.

The Convair UC-880 was the only 880-22M converted for use by the U.S. Navy.

Convair UC-880 at an air show, September 1985. Photo by Don S. Montgomery.

UC-880 was a former FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) training aircraft purchased in 1961 (airframe #22-7-3-55).  Flight Systems purchased the FAA 880-22M in 1980, for use at Naval Test Center-Patuxent River, it was used to test refueling of F-14D and F/A-18 aircraft, and other aircraft used during cruise missile testing.

UC-880 refueling a TA-4J Skyhawk, September 1986. USN photo.

Filling-up a F-4 Phantom-2, while an A-6 Intruder waits its turn, September 1986. USN photo.

The UC-880 wore at least two different paint schemes.

UC-880 during an ‘open house’ at the Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center, 16MAY1987. Photo by Don S. Montgomery.

Photo by Don S. Montgomery.

USN photo by Vernon Pugh, sometime in 1989.

Refueling F/A-18 Hornet. USN photo by Vernon Pugh, dated January 1990.

USN photo by Vernon Pugh, dated January 1990.

Refueling F/A-18EPE (Enhanced Performance Engines) Hornet. USN photo by Vernon Pugh, dated November 1991.

USN photo by Vernon Pugh, dated May 1992.

The only Convair UC-880 aircraft refuels the F-14D Tomcat prototype, August 1992. USN photo by Vernon Pugh.

August 1992. USN photo by Vernon Pugh.

The UC-880 was written-off after a cargo hold explosive decompression test, in 1995.

Vehicle I-D: NASA’S TWISTY-BENDY F/A-18A

NASA’S 737, TEST-BED FOR THE CIVILIAN AIRLINER INDUSTRY!

Vaccine Fail: More Proof Vaccines turn you into a Super Spreader! Fully vaccinated public officials getting sick & dying!

More scientific data is being released concerning what is called breakthrough infections and deaths; fully vaccinated people getting sick and even dying.  It’s more than the government/main stream news media will admit too, if at all.  Here’s an incomplete list of videos and links to studies/reports, as of 01NOV2021:

Most of the recent Pandemic deaths in Sweden and United Kingdom involved fully vaccinated people!

Video report, by Doctor John Campbell, expressing amazement that some national governments are not tracking ‘breakthrough’ cases, especially since local governments, like the state of Connecticut, and scientific studies are proving that severe illness is happening after vaccination. Also reveals that healthcare providers are B-S-ing about ‘aspiration’ of needles, still doing vaccinations wrong:

CANADA: Health officials are actually confused by breakthrough infections, even ‘double vaccinated’ people are getting infected:

INDIA: More cases of breakthrough infections, Hyderabad reports 10% of infections are in fully vaccinated people:

https://youtu.be/Ks_6K3vQ88I

KOREA: More than 110 fully vaccinated people in mental ward now infected:

NIGERIA:  Channels Television interview into what breakthrough infections are, and how many are happening around the world.

PHILIPPINES: Government holds off on booster mandate based on breakthrough case data:

https://youtu.be/t1eHaw9Y10g

UNITED KINGDOM: Study says fully vaccinated people can suffer what is called Long COVID symptoms.

Study confirms the vaccines only last two to three months, and that fully vaccinated people become super spreaders: “….fully vaccinated individuals with breakthrough infections have peak viral load similar to unvaccinated cases and can efficiently transmit infection in household settings, including to fully vaccinated contacts.”-Community transmission and viral load kinetics of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B.1.617.2) variant in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals in the UK: a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study

UNITED STATES: Retired Army General, and former Secretary of State, dies from Pandemic despite being fully vaccinated!

22OCT2021, International Antiviral Society–United States of America (ISA-USA) doctors conduct a boring video discussion about their frustrations with the misinformation/confusing information given by the news media, and even government officials, about Pandemic data:

02AUG2021, “Health officials say breakthrough COVID-19 infections are rare”

30JUL2021, “Health officials continue to caution that breakthrough cases were expected”

Arizona, 08OCT2021: Breakthrough case rate rises in September.

California: The state’s public Pandemic tracking website admits that fully vaccinated people are getting ill and dying, however it is reported in a way that promotes vaccination.

Delaware, 16AUG2021: Sharp rise in breakthrough cases.

Illinois: Department of Public Health reports 2552 fully vaccinated people hospitalized, and 818 fully vaccinated people dying, so far this year!

Louisiana, 25AUG2021: More than 14-thousand breakthrough cases in just one week!

Maryland, 19OCT2021: 30% of deaths involve fully vaccinated people!

Massachusetts, 21OCT2021: More than 4-thousand breakthrough infections and 43 deaths in just one week!

Minnesota: Reports more than 51-thousand breakthrough cases, including more than 3-hundred deaths, so far this year!

New Jersey: The gov’na reported that 2766 fully vaccinated people are infected, as of 27OCT2021!

North Carolina: TV station WCNC interviews doctor who says if you already had two doses of vaccine and you get infected anyway, then there is no reason to get a booster shot:

Oregon, 28OCT2021: Oregon Health Authority PDF report, 27.9% of infections are with fully vaccinated people!

Drug addicts more likely to suffer breakthrough infection:

Pennsylvania: Admits that at least 518 people died “post-vaccination”!

Rhode Island: Department of Health reports more than 10-thousand fully vaccinated people have been infected, so far this year!

Texas: Fully vaccinated Mayor of Dallas now infected:

Utah, 28OCT2021: Department of Health admits almost 22% of infections involve fully vaccinated people!

Washington DC: Fully vaccinated White House press secretary now infected!

23JUL2021, White House refuses to release data on breakthrough infections!

West Virginia, 23AUG2021: Breakthrough cases on the rise.

Vaccine Fail, October 2021: ARE YOU A V-I-P (vaccine injured person, an official designation)? ADVERSE REACTIONS FAR WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

Vaccine Fail, August 2021: NEW DATA SAYS VACCINES TURN PEOPLE INTO SUPER INCUBATORS-SUPER SPREADERS!

Operation Jupiter: U.S. ARMY USING PANDEMIC AS EXCUSE TO INJECT YOU WITH NANO ‘TAR BABIES’? AND YOU’RE PAYING FOR IT!

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6): Steel Inferno, one Year later, Sabotage & lack of Leadership=Death of a Ship!

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“The original Bonhomme Richard Sailors gave their all to prevail against seemingly impossible odds, and they won. They taught us that you don’t always save the ship, but you never stop fighting. The reputation of that fighting spirit began to proceed our Navy wherever we sailed and that same spirit persists today.”-Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, 14APR2021

In July of 2020, the Wasp Class assault ship United States Ship (USS) Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 was sabotaged by a disgruntled sailor. The fire burned for days, and not only were U.S. Navy (USN) fire fighters called to action but local San Diego area fire fighters as well.  63 people were slightly wounded.

Removal of the aft mast, 04AUG2020. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffrey F. Yale.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffrey F. Yale.

The aft mast was removed due to structural integrity problems. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffrey F. Yale.

Just last week, the USN released a report concerning the fire, it blames current Standards of Practice (SoP) regarding maintenance practices such as stowage of combustible material and lack of proper training of maintenance crews. The Pacific Fleet Command Investigation also concluded that “a lack of familiarity with requirements and procedural noncompliance at multiple levels of command” made the result of the sabotage/fire much worse.

USN video by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Cosmo Walrath, removal of Traffic Control Tower due to structural instability, 04MAR2021:

LHD-6 is the third USN ship to carry the name Bonhomme Richard, it had a short but busy life.  Commissioned on 15AUG1998, besides the usual training and humanitarian missions, LHD-6 took part in Operations Stabilize, Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Unified Assistance.

On its death bed, the crew celebrates the 22nd ‘birthday’ of LHD-6, on 14AUG2021. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Cosmo Walrath.

The first Bonhomme Richard was the ex-French armed cargo ship Duc de Duras. The French ‘loaned’ it to the newly created United States in 1779, to help with the Revolutionary War against the British Empire. The now famous John Paul Jones changed the name to Bonhomme Richard, which was the pseudonym for Benjamin Franklin. It was this USS Bonhomme Richard that Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck was referring to in the quote from 14APR2021.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Alex Millar.

On 14APR2021, a private decommissioning ceremony for LHD-6 was held at Naval Base San Diego, California (the official date of decommissioning is 15APR2021).  It will be scrapped in Brownsville, Texas. The estimated cost to rebuild the ship is the reason, more than $3-billion, far more than the original build cost and almost as much as a brand new latest technology assault ship.

The USN used the Pandemic as an excuse as to why the decommissioning was not a public event: “Due to public health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the ceremony will be limited in attendance by invitation only.”-U.S. Pacific Fleet statement, 07APR2021

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), July 2020: INTO THE STEEL INFERNO!

Vehicle I-D: THE MANY LIVES OF LST-786

Cold War Battle Damage: USS Tripoli LPH-10 Desert Storm

The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH-10) ships-out of Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines, sailing for Operation Desert Shield/Storm. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Senior Chief Petty Officer McColley.

On 18FEB1991, the United States Ship (USS) Tripoli (aka Tripoli-2) LPH-10 (not to be confused with the new LHA-7 Tripoli) struck an Iraqi mine while sailing the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm.  Four crewmembers were injured, and the Tripoli went into drydock for repairs.

This U.S. Navy photo claims to show the Tripoli being tugged into a dry dock in Bahrain, after the mine incident, however the date on the photo is two weeks prior to the incident. Photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joe Gawlowicz.

Tripoli was sailing (news reports conflict, some say Tripoli was the flagship for a minesweeping operation while others say only specialized minesweepers conduct such operations, USN sources say Tripoli was acting as a “mine clearing platform”) along with USS Princeton, both hit mines.  Tripoli was hit first, early in the morning before dawn (again conflicting times, some reports say 04:36, others say 04:40), two to three hours later Princeton was hit.  The ships were more than 60 miles apart when they hit mines.  Both ships were able to continue under their own power (one report says it took the crew of Tripoli seven hours to restore power).

As the water is drained from the dock, the damage is revealed. USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joe Gawlowicz.

USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joe Gawlowicz.

USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joe Gawlowicz.

Size comparison of damage with puny humans. USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joe Gawlowicz.

USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joe Gawlowicz.

There are photos of the Naval Broadcast Service conducting video interviews about the Tripoli’s repairs, for Navy News This Week,  but unfortunately I couldn’t find the videos.

USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joe Gawlowicz.

Tripoli was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, commissioned on 06AUG1966, and based in San Diego, California. Tripoli served several tours of duty off the coast of Viet Nam from 1967 to 1972. The assault ship had continuous problems with its propulsion system, in the first six months of 1977 Tripoli underwent propulsion system upgrades. Tripoli was decommissioned and stricken from USN records in September 1995. Tripoli got new life with the U.S. Army, from June 1997 to April 2015. Tripoli was scrapped sometime after 2018. For some strange reason, the USN History and Heritage Command does not mention Tripoli’s action during Operation Desert Storm on its official history page for the ship, the only ‘conflict’ they mention is Viet Nam.  However, they do mention Tripoli’s mine incident on its February 1991 chronology page.

Captain Bruce McEwen, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10), removes a symbolic band-aid after the mine damage was repaired. USN photo by Journalist Second Class Petty Officer Hatzakos, photo dated 01APR1991.

The Combat Action Ribbon was awarded to the crew of LPH-10 on 17MAR1991.

USN photo by Journalist Second Class Petty Officer Hatzakos.

USN photo by Journalist Second Class Petty Officer Hatzakos.

Operation Desert Shield/Storm can be considered the last battle of the undeclared/unofficial Cold War.

LPH-10 departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on its way home to San Diego, July 1991. USN photo by Operations Specialist-2 John Bouvia.

Home again, Naval Station San Diego, 08AUG1991, USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joseph F. Lancaster.

08AUG1991, USN photo by Journalist First Class Petty Officer Joseph F. Lancaster.

Robot Wars: SEAHAWK & SEA HUNTER

USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), 2020: INTO THE STEEL INFERNO!

Recovery Ops, 2018: USS/DKM PRINZ EUGEN

Cold War Battle Damage: THE HIND-END OF DESERT STORM

Operation Jupiter: U.S. Army using Pandemic as excuse to inject you with Nano Tar Babies? And you’re paying for it!

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The U.S. Army’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department has joined with University of California San Diego’s (UCSD) Department of NanoEngineering, and with a company called Zhang Lab (led by Liangfang Zhang, professor of nanoengineering at UCSD), to study the use of nanosponges in humans.

The DTRA claims that test tube (invitro) testing showed that nanosponges could capture 90% of viruses invading your body. Nanosponges are biodegradable polymers wrapped by the membrane of ‘target cells’, once released in your body they are expected to trick the invading virus into thinking it is one of your cells and it attempts to infect it but gets stuck. Essentially the nanosponge is a nano-Tar Baby.

It should be noted that the nanosponge development began at the beginning of the Pandemic, and the invitro testing used the Coronavirus! The first scientific publication came out in June 2020.

The DTRA stated that nanosponges will be used for other ’emerging’ diseases “to protect the warfighter.”

But nanosponges aren’t being explored for use as Tar Babies, a June 2021 report stated that nanosponges could also be used to imitate your immune cells, and to deliver powerful drugs.  The study was done by UCSD/Zhang Lab, they injected mice with nanosponges that delivered anti-inflammatory drugs to the lungs of the mice.  The study was funded by U.S. taxpayers through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the DTRA’s Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense.

Vaccine Fail: ARE YOU A V-I-P? ADVERSE REACTIONS FAR WORSE THAN YOU THINK!

Operation Jupiter, September 2021: U.S. MILITARY’S NEW GLOBAL FEVER PROGRAM?

July 2021: COVID ‘BUBBLE BOY’ BOX? PROJECT WAS STARTED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC FOR THE PANDEMIC & YOU PAID FOR IT!

April 2021: U.S. ARMY MAKING ITS OWN COVID NANO-VACCINE!

Biden’s Borderland: New Pandemic travel rules shot full of holes! Immigration just for the vaccines?

Welcome to borderland hell under the new U.S. President, highly incomplete list of videos and links to news/government agency reports as of 26 October 2021:

U.S. ally Taiwan (Republic of China) is angry with Biden’s new vaccination order for non-citizens entering the U.S., says Taiwan’s own Pandemic vaccine is not on the list!  See more about Biden’s new order below under Washington DC.

U.S. ally Japan reveals that Biden’s new vaccination order for ‘non-citizens’ does not apply to people under the age of 18!

Thousands of illegals from Nicaragua flood Honduras for Pandemic vaccines!

As many as 4-thousand illegals heading to U.S. border through Mexico:

Caravan of up to 4-thousand illegals breaks through Mexican National Guard!

Mexico captures ‘coyote’ (human trafficker) who infiltrated the current migrant caravan heading to the U.S.:

Forbes tells ‘non-citizens’ how to open bank accounts in the U.S.!

United Nations says Mexican drug lords now impacting societies on four continents:

22OCT2021, U.S. judicial nominee supports ‘non-citizen’ voting:

ARIZONA: Border businesses say they can’t wait for the border to re-open!

CALIFORNIA: ‘Non-citizens’ one step closer to being able to vote in San Francisco!

FLORIDA: 

U.S Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest.

On 15OCT2021, the crew of USCG Cutter Legare offloads illegal drugs, captured in the Eastern Pacific, in Miami Beach.  Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) is based in Virginia, but was deployed for an eight week drug interdiction operation in the Eastern Pacific.  More than 1-thousand-3-hundred pounds of illegal drugs were captured.

PUERTO RICO: 

USCG photo by Ricardo Castrodad.

On 18OCT2021, the U.S. Coast Guard captured 11 illegals from Dominican Republic.  They were returned to Dominican Republic on 20OCT2021.

TEXAS:  Illegal captured in Brownsville is a violent MS-13 member, one of several captured!

26OCT2021, The Army Times reports that while the Texas National Guard has been mobilized for Operation Lone Star, the state legislature has compensated for the cost of the operation by slashing benefits for National Guard personnel!

In Houston, ‘non-citizen’ charged with three counts of murder is released from jail!

Drug/human trafficking gangs are paying Texas teenagers $1-thousand per trafficked immigrant!

On 21OCT2021, Department of Public Safety officials reported that since March of this year more than 13-thousand pounds of illegal drugs had been captured, as well as more than $5-million dollars in cash and 73-thousand illegal migrants!

U.S. Coast Guard photo.

On 19OCT2021, the U.S. Coast Guard captured four Mexicans illegally fishing in U.S. territorial water. The four fishermen caught nearly 2-hundred pounds of Red Snapper.

Texas Air National Guard photo by Julie Briden-Garcia.

Back in March of 2021, the gov’na announced Operation Lone Star, on 14OCT2021 the Texas National Guard was mobilized to send personnel to ‘high threat areas’!

On 14OCT2021, the Texas gov’na announces more than $36.4-million in funding for Operation Lone Star initiatives!

13OCT2021, migrants arrested as part of Operation Lone Star transferred to Edinburg prison:

UTAH: LDS church (Mormon) major supporter of refugees and immigrants!

Washington DC: Biden ordered a new rule; “Effective November 8, 2021, all non-immigrant, non-citizen air travelers to the United States will be required to be fully vaccinated and to provide proof of vaccination….”, note this does not apply to immigrants!

Biden issues new rule, Russian immigrants must first travel to Poland before coming to the United States!

Biden’s Borderland: CAPTURE OF ILLEGALS IS NOW OFFICIALLY CALLED ‘RESCUES’! IS TEXAS BEING SET UP?

My Immigrant Idaho: MEXICAN DRUG WAR TARGETS SOUTHEAST IDAHO, MORE THAN 200% INCREASE! CONNECTION TO PANDEMIC?

Vaccine Fail: Are you a V-I-P? Adverse Reactions far worse than you think!

Adverse reactions to pandemic vaccines are worse than what the healthcare industry/government is admitting to, people are permanently injured, and even dying from the vaccines! Watch the videos and click on the links, just the tip of the Pandemic perfidy iceberg.

The above image is from a United Nations World Health Organization ‘slide’, part of their Vaccine Safety Basics e-learning course. Can you understand what “Severe reactions include serious reactions but also include other severe reactions” means?  Supposedly this is an attempt by the UN-WHO to clarify the difference between severe and serious reactions, but yet it essentially lumps them all together! 

Are you a Vaccine Injured Person in the United States, then you qualify for the Vaccine Injury Program and need to contact the U.S. government’s National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (beware that the U.S. government is making it harder to qualify, for one they actually have two different websites, here’s the other).

Adverse reactions in the U.S. are so bad, and numerous, that victims, doctors and other scientists have formed a research/activist group called ReAct19.

As of 26OCT2021, Canada reports more than 19-thousand adverse reactions to the Pandemic vaccines! (see below, Canada only recently started collecting Pandemic adverse reaction data)

25OCT2021, Moderna admits its Spikevax causes increased risks of myocarditis and pericarditis, particularly within seven days following the second dose! Warns that medical treatment to manage immediate allergic reactions must be readily available when administering Spikevax! Also, admits that people with immune system problems might not benefit from Spikevax!

22OCT2021, WDIV in Michigan, reports on woman’s death due to J&J vaccine.  The irony is that the woman did not want to get vaccinated, but felt forced to in order to keep her job:

As of 21OCT2021, Australia reports more than 72-thousand ‘adverse events’!

Australia has official Pandemic vaccine adverse reaction compensation plan!

21OCT2021, Doctor John Campbell interviews Idaho pro-mountain biker who is suffering from Pericarditis, POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and other life threatening problems after getting second dose of vaccine, was initially told by Idaho doctors he was literally crazy:

In the United States, if you have had, or suspect you’ve had and adverse reaction to a vaccine it is up to you, not your healthcare provider, to report it.  Contact the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

As of 30SEP2021, European Medicines Agency reports more than 660-thousand adverse reactions to Pandemic vaccines, including thousands of deaths!

27SEP2021, CBS46, in Georgia, reports that thousands of women, including doctors, are suffering a new adverse reaction:

30AUG2021, New Zealand confirms woman died from Pandemic vaccine!

In Singapore, by 17AUG2021 more than 785-thousand Singaporean dollars have been paid to people who became victims of, and to families who lost a relative to, the pandemic vaccine!

11AUG2021, European Union investigating new adverse effects of Pandemic vaccines!

13JUL2021, TV station WXIA, in Georgia, forces the U.S. government to finally reveal vaccine injury data:

28JUN2021, Philippines government insurance PhilHeath begins compensating victims of adverse reactions, admits that people are dying from the Pandemic vaccines:

15JUN2021, India confirms death by vaccination!

In June 2021, Canada finally began its Pandemic vaccine injury program, despite announcing it back in December 2020!

12APR2021, India investigates 180 deaths following vaccinations, 75% within three days of vaccination!

07MAR2021, Austria halts vaccinations after death!

One year ago (08OCT2020) WXIA warned that the government was trying to make it harder to report adverse events, or to qualify for the Vaccine Injury Program:

A year before the Pandemic (03APR2019) Dartmouth college held a one hour discussion about the legal games of the vaccine injured persons reporting system in the United States:

04FEB2015, official video by U.S. Court of Federal Claims about the Vaccine Injury Program:

Vaccine Fail: HEALTHCARE WORKERS DOIN’ IT WRONG, CAUSING ADVERSE REACTIONS & RENDERING VACCINES INEFFECTIVE!

Pandemic Perfidy: AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED KINGDOM

Cold War Vehicle I-D: Tu-95 ‘Bear’

Tupolev 95, NATO reporting name Bear, in the mid-1950s the prototype/early production was called Tupolev 20. From official Soviet silent film, Tu-20s make a quick overfly of a parade in Moscow (the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics did not like publicly displaying their bombers, especially new bombers), 1957:

Bear-As were bombers and did not have refueling probes.  Bear-B/Cs were bombers with refueling probes and could carry early style cruise missiles. Bear Ds were long rang maritime reconnaissance aircraft with radar bulges under chin and belly.  Bear Es were also recon aircraft, with the tail gun replaced by electronic sensors. Bear-G/H carried cruise missiles and had a differently shaped radar bulge under its chin.

Silent U.S. Air Force film, ‘Bear-D’ South East of Iceland, 21NOV1967:

Silent USAF film, ‘Bear D’ East of Iceland, 16JAN1968:

Silent USAF film, ‘Bear B’ (while the film’s slate says Bear B, the shape of the radome indicates a Bear G/H, definitely not a Bear-B) escorted by F-102 Delta Dagger, South East of Iceland, 20FEB1968:

Silent USAF film, ‘Bear-C’ (as above, the shape of the chin radome indicates a Bear-G/H, not a Bear-C) escorted by F-102 Delta Dagger, 20FEB1968:

Silent U.S. Navy film, ‘Bear Ds’ buzz USS Essex (CVS-9), May 1968:

Silent USN film from May 1971, F-4Js ‘escort’ a Tu-95:

‘Bear A’ near Iceland, March 1972.

F-8 Crusader escorts ‘Bear-D’, 25MAY1974, photo by Lieutenant Fessenden.

USN photo dated 15MAY1974.

F-106 Delta Dart escorts Bear-D.

Bicentennial F-4C/D escorts Bear-D.

F-14A escorts ‘Bear-D’, 15OCT1979.

F-4E escorts ‘Bear-A(?)’, 28SEP1980, photo by Master Sergeant Richard Diaz.

Somewhere over the North Atlantic, F-4Es escort ‘Bear-D’, September 1980, photo by Master Sergeant Richard Diaz.

There is also a gun turret under the rear fuselage, September 1980, photo by Master Sergeant Richard Diaz.

Texas Air National Guard F-4C escorts Bear-D, August 1981.

1982, ‘Bear-A’.

‘Bear-D’ over the Mediterranean Sea, May 1983.

U.S. Navy photo, published January 1984.

‘Bear-E’ (notice the fairing where the tail gun would be), August 1985.

Pukin Dogs F-14s escort Bear-D.

‘Bear-E’ with F-14D, August 1985. You can see the tail gun position is faired over, but there is still a gun turret underneath the rear fuselage.

A-7E escorts Bear-D, September/October 1985.

‘Bear E/G/H(?)’, U.S. Navy photo published July 1987.

‘Bear G/H(?)’, USN photo published August 1988.

Cold War Vehicle I-D: B-47 STRATOJET

Modern Vehicle I-D: SUKHOI 24

Cold War Vehicle I-D: B-47 Stratojet

B-47 engine nacelle at the Glenn Research Center Altitude Wind Tunnel, Ohio.

1953, crew of B-47A pose for photo after 1000th test mission.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) B-47A, August 1953.

NACA B-47A, Edwards Air Force Base, August 1953. Nose probe for measuring airspeed, altitude, angle-of-attack and angle-of-sideslip, and an optigraph behind cockpit for measuring the movements of target lights on the wing and tail.

According to Boeing, only the XB-47, B-47A and B-47B had rocket assisted take off (RATO, officially and incorrectly called JATO jet assisted take off, they were rockets not jets).

Silent USAF film of RATO by B-47Bs during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania:

Photo via Boeing.

Silent U.S. Air Force film, glass nosed B-47A gets refueled by KC-97:

Silent USAF film of refuel demonstration by KC-97 during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania:

1000th B-47, an E model.

USAF film explaining how changes made to B-47E elevator trim tabs played a role in a crash, however they still blame the pilot:

Silent USAF film of formation flights during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania. I left in scenes of three B-52s to show similarity of the silhouette:

Silent USAF film of landings by B-47Bs & Es during the National Air Show, from August to September 1955, over Pennsylvania:

RB-47E refuels from KC-97.

Silent USAF film, B-47 loses control while landing, crashes and burns:

YDB-47B carrying GAM-63 Rascal missile.

Pinecastle AFB, City of Winter Park wins Strategic Air Command competition, November 1957.

Old Blue, McKoy AFB, October 1959.

Hunter AFB, WB-47E City of Savannah Hurricane Hunter I, September 1963.

Very quick silent USAF color film of cockpit view from B-47 refueling from KC-135:

Spirit prepares to leave Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on its final flight, 17JUN1986, photo by Technical Sergeant Michael Haggerty.

Final flight B-47E Spirit, 17JUN1986, photo by Technical Sergeant Michael Haggerty.

Spirit inbound to Castle AFB, 17JUN1986, photo by Technical Sergeant Michael Haggerty.

B-47E Spirit, 17JUN1986, photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Gillette.

The show is over for B-47E Spirit, 17JUN1986, photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Gillette.

Davis Monthan AFB, October 1988, photo by Senior Airman Alan R. Wycheck.

2018 USAF video, Little Rock Air Force Base does short history of B-47:

Grissom Air Museum: B-47B

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum: B-47E

Air Force Magazine: The B-47s Deadly Dominance

Vehicle I-D: ROKAF 대한민국 공군 PHANTOMS

XB-70A VALKYRIE

U.S. Pandemic Logistics Perfidy: Yes, California’s Trucking & Employment Laws partially to blame for Supply problems!

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Here’s a big coincidence, California’s Trucking and Bus Regulation went into effect on 01JAN2020, right at the beginning of the pandemic, and the shortages that soon resulted were blamed on the pandemic: “On January 1, 2020 heavy-duty diesel vehicles that are not in compliance with the Truck & Bus regulation will be unable to register their vehicle with DMV.”

The Trucking and Bus Regulation is supposedly about the environmental impact of semi-trucks and busses, but there is another law known as AB5 (aka Gig Worker Law), it is the law that caused so much problems with home delivery service operations, such as Uber and Door Dash.  On 05OCT2021, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear a challenge brought by a shipping company to California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) The shipping company relies on what federal law calls ‘owner-operator’ truck drivers. There is another pending lawsuit by a different shipping company waiting to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Center Square: California Trucking Association petitions U.S. Supreme Court.

12OCT2021: XPO Logistics settles yet another failure to pay drivers at California port lawsuit, this time for a record $30-million!

On 18OCT2021, DTN/Progressive Farmer published an article which reveals that California’s laws are affecting shipping companies outside The Golden State, and that the whole pandemic logistics problem is because corporations (not just shipping companies but retailers such as Walmart as well) have been intentionally operating with fewer employees and work hours, revealed when they agreed to shift to 24/7 operations (gee, I remember when 24/7 was the norm). Analysts blame the pandemic for making the truck driver shortage worse, but how could there be a driver shortage when it turns out that trucking/shipping operations had been drastically cut back (also blamed on the pandemic)?  To prove that it was just labor cost saving shenanigans, all it apparently took was a phone call from Joe Biden and now the entire supply chain industry says ‘oh, no problem, we’ll just go to 24/7 operations and hire more people’!

14OCT2021, there is no truck driver shortage, video shows trucks backed up at California port:

But I can’t blame California totally; New York state imposes new trucking laws, as well as New Jersey considers adopting California trucking laws.

CDLLife: Six Eastern states join forces to conduct Interstate 70 crackdown, greatly slowing down truck traffic under the guise of educating “motorists on safe driving habits”!

19OCT2021, Mid-West truck driver posts video showing huge warehouse with plenty of open loading docks while at the same time truckers are being told they have to wait to unload, the result creates domino effect causing truckers to miss or cancel their next pick-ups, also, trucks are being refused entry for piddly paperwork reasons. Pay attention to the amount of open/not in use loading docks at this massive warehouse/distribution center:

Federal Department of Transportation (DoT) rules governing the trucking industry basically apply to truck drivers who cross state lines (interstate commerce), truck drivers who do not only have to comply with state laws.

Forbes: Unclogging The Ports Will Not Fix The Supply Chain’s Even Bigger Trucking Crisis.

FreightWaves: California’s new law hits warehouse operations in Southern California!

California’s new law targets Amazon.

National Law Review: California’s new law concerning ‘owner-operators’ could increase the cost of shipping.

“California’s meal and rest rules not only pose a safety risk but also lead to a loss in productivity and, ultimately, hurt American consumers.”-Ray Martinez, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Get ready for more in 2022, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) reveals new California laws that go into effect January 2022; a new law that affects warehouse/distribution operations, a new law that concerns pandemic infections in the workplace, and even a new law concerning protective equipment for migrant farm workers during wildfires!

September 2019: California’s contractor law has steep implications for trucking.

Pandemic Perfidy: AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED KINGDOM

U.S. Pandemic Logistics Perfidy: DEBT CEILING vs ARMORED S-U-V! Tax robbing officials say it’s about avoiding supply chain problems caused by the pandemic!

Pandemic Terminator: Pandemic labor shortages in the U.S. actually caused by A-I hiring programs which are blocking 27-million people from employment!

Pandemic Logistics Shenanigans, June 2021: “A SUPPLY/DEMAND MISMATCH” “NEW NORMAL”

Operation CoViD-19, April 2020:  Arizona National Guard using taxpayer funded trucks to transport produce to civilian owned grocery stores!

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/LOGISTICS/MINING LAYOFFS, DECEMBER 2018: “THE YOUNGER GENERATION…THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND”

U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, NOVEMBER 2018: ‘ROUTINE TESTS’ & ‘LOGISTICS HELL’