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Kit Bashing

Nebraska KC-135 Teenaged Nose Art

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Nebraska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mary Thach, 08AUG2015.

“I consider myself an artist. I’ve been taking art ever since elementary school and into high school. I’ve been doing a lot of shows, school conferences, art districts and open theater.”-Mariah Harm

In 2015, then Stapleton (population just over 300) High School senior Mariah Harm designed artwork for the Nebraska Air National Guard’s Community Nose Art Program, which ended up on a KC-135R Stratotanker of the 155th Air Refueling Wing.

“That is to represent how business and agriculture come together. In Stapleton, that’s a big deal. Agriculture and business are a big part of our little town. I chose the silhouette of the horses in the background because we do a lot of horse work and cattle work. One of the main parts of my design was a handshake, because the symbolism of a handshake is equality, trust, it’s a fair deal. It shows everybody that you’re working to do (some) good.”

Of course it doesn’t hurt that Mariah’s father started the Nebraska Community Nose Art Program, 11 years prior.

Nebraska Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Mary Thach, 08AUG2015.

Nebraska Air National Guard video, from 2011, explaining the Community Nose Art Program:

Nose Art: TENNESSEE KC-135 NOSE ART

Kit Bashing, Technology

Snoopy RC-135S Cobra Ball Nose Art

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“The ball represents the Earth, the purple part with the star is the missile coming up from the earth and the snake, which represents the aircraft, is protecting the Earth.”-Rick Brown, retired U.S. Air Force

Jerrica Skipper, from Mississippi, designed The Ball. U.S. Air Force photo by Delanie Stafford, 23JAN2018.

RC-135S Cobra Ball, invasion of Iraq, April 2003. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Stan Parker.

C-17 NOSE ART

USAF WINS FEMALE RECRUITS WITH BABY C-17

Technology

Vehicle I-D: 60 years, the KC-135 flies through the Cold War & beyond!

09 August 2016 (13:15 UTC-07 Tango 01) 19 Mordad 1395/05 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/07 Bing-Shen 4714

60 years ago Boeing created the cargo hauler/airborne fueler for the U.S. Air Force, called the KC-135 (it is not a 707, its development was actually started before the 707).  

Here’s a USAF ‘remember when’ and current operations video about the KC-135:

45 YEARS OF C-130 MAFFS OPS. WHO WOULD’VE KNOWN WILDFIRES WOULD BECOME SUCH A PROBLEM?

International

QZ8501 proof that MH370 was False Flag op!

30 December 2014 (14:15 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Rab al’Awwal 1436/09 Dey 1393/09 Bing-Zi (11th month) 4712

The discovery of bodies and debris, just days after AirAsia (Airbus 320-216)  QZ8501 disappeared, is more proof that Malaysia Airlines (Boeing 777-200) MH370 didn’t crash into the ocean.

Administrators in charge of the search for QZ8501 confirm that at least ten pieces of the plane have been found along with luggage and bodies.  So far no debris, luggage or bodies have been found in connection to MH370, which disappeared in March 2014.  Taxpayers in dozens of countries are still paying for the ongoing search for MH370.

crash of new expensive U.S. Air Traffic Control computers revealed to be False Flag op!

Obama first to say where MH370 went, last to offer condolences!

if there ain’t no wreckage then the plane ain’t there!

Idaho, Technology, U.S.

Proof the A-10 Thunderbolt was to remain a USAF mainstay until 2040: Taxpayers spent more than $2-billion on upgrades!

16 May 2014 (13:31 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Rajab 1435/26 Ordibehesht 1393/18 Ji-Si 4712

In February 2014, USAF officials suddenly announced they wanted to kill off the venerable A-10 Thunderbolt 2 (unofficially called Warthog).  Since then many politicians, veterans, current personnel of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, and even state National Guard units (who operate the majority of A-10s) have criticized the decision as foolhardy to say the least.

U.S. Air Force weenie head bean counters claim it will save taxpayers money to get rid of the cost effective aircraft, but wait, isn’t that what they said about keeping the Tank Buster when they pushed for more than $1.1-billion USD of upgrades for the A-10, back in 2007?

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, Pocatello Airport, September 2012.

In June 2007, Boeing was awarded a contract to build 233 new wings for the American Stuka (unAmerican Boeing then outsourced some of the work to Korean companies).  According to USAF officials back then, the upgrade would allow the A-10 to fly on until 2040, and save taxpayers about $1.3-billion in maintenance costs.

It took until February 2012 for Boeing to actually begin replacing the wings.  In September 2013, the USAF paid for another 56 wings, for a grand total of $1.2-billion (some news sources say it was $2-billion).  So why at the beginning of 2014 did the USAF decide to get rid of the A-10 after spending $1.2 to 2-billion to keep it airworthy until 2040?

But wait there’s more!  In September 2009, Boeing was paid another $4.2-million under the Thunderbolt Life-cycle Program Support (TLPS) contracts.  There are other upgrade programs being handled by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, and other contractors.

All these upgrade programs are supposed to be ongoing at least until 2018.

Arizona Daily Star, March 2014: Retiring the Air Force’s A-10C is a mistake

OBAMA REGIME TO STEAL ALL OF IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S AIR ASSETS!

IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD A-10C THUNDERBOLT 2

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3, Iran: Obama regime allows Boeing & GE to avoid sanctions! Direct flights to resume after 35 years of sanctions?

30 April 2014 (12:31 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada t-Tania 1435/10 Ordibehesht 1393/02 Wu-Chen(4th month) 4712

“Iranian airlines will be ready to buy 40 jets a year.”-Ali Reza Jahangirian, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization

Despite tough talk against Iran, the Obama regime is allowing some U.S. companies to violate the Obama regime’s own sanctions against Iran.

Today it’s been revealed that Boeing and GE will be allowed, by the Obama regime, to sell aircraft to Iranian airlines, and airlines will be able to resume direct flights between the U.S. and Iran!  Direct flights have been on hold (by the U.S. government) since the successful 1979 revolution against the U.S. puppet government in Iran.

The Iranian Civil Aviation Organization hopes direct commercial flights can begin by 2025.

At the beginning of April it was quietly revealed that the U.S. Department of Treasury is allowing Boeing and General Electric (GE) to sell aircraft parts to Iran, under the guise of ensuring “safety” of international flights.  Some government officials even used the mysterious disappearance of MH370/CZ748 as an excuse for letting big U.S. corporations avoid Obama regime sanctions.

U.S. made aircraft parts have been blocked from being sold to Iran ever since the U.S. Reagan regime imposed sanctions in the early 1980s (and then Rumsfeld paid Iraq to invade Iran).

If you’ve been following the economic news you’d be able to figure out that the real reason for allowing Boeing and GE to do business with Iran is because they are losing their asses financially.  It looks like the crony U.S. capitalist system is such a failure that the U.S. government has to back off it’s tough rhetoric against ‘enemy’ countries.

Iranian airlines say they want to buy at least 400 Boeing made airliners, which could save the faltering company’s ass.

International

False Flag MH370 update: It’s official, the plane was hijacked! Kazakhstan or Indian Ocean?

15 March 2014 (06:23 UTC-07 Tango)/13 Jumada l-Ula 1435/24 Esfand 1392/15 Ding-Mao 4712

“Early this morning I was briefed by the investigation team, which includes the [U.S.] FAA, NTSB and [U.K.] AAIB……..on new information….Based on new satellite communication we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communication Addressing and Reporting System, or ACARS, was disabled just before the aircraft reached the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia.  Shortly afterwards near the border between Malaysian and Vietnamese air traffic control the aircraft’s transponder was switched off…….radar data showed that from this point onwards an aircraft which was believed, but not confirmed, to be MH370 did indeed turn back.  It then flew in a westerly direction…….before turning north west……….these movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. Today, based on raw satellite data, which was obtained from the satellite data service provider, we can confirm that the aircraft shown in the primary radar data was flight MH370……the last communication between the plane and the satellite was at 08:11 Malaysian time [seven hours after disappearing from radar]…..“-Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Razak went on to say two possible routes were deduced from the last satellite communication: One ending on the  Kazakhstan/Turkmenistan border in Central Asia, or the other ending in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

My question is why does it seem the Obama regime/U.S. officials and news media (and the U.K. officials/news media) seemed to push this “hijacking” scenario from the beginning?  Did they know something, and failed to share the intel with Malaysia?

Pings

International

False Flag(?) MH370 update: ‘Pings’ did not come from Radar! Earthquake? More oil slicks! Beware Malware!

14 March 2014 (11:51 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Jumada l-Ula 1435/23 Esfand 1392/14 Ding-Mao 4712

“….a source says satellites continued to receive pings from the plane’s communication addressing and reporting system throughout the night.”-Frank Langfitt, National Public Radio

“Routine, automated signals were registered on the Inmarsat network from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 during its flight from Kuala Lumpur.”–Inmarsat statement

For awhile main streamer news media have been reporting the mysterious pings as “radar pings”,  but could they have been satellite pings?  This would explain the confusion with Malaysian officials who insisted they lost radar contact supposedly hours before the satellites lost ping contact: “As is standard procedure, the investigation team will not publicly release information until it has been properly verified and corroborated with the relevant authorities. Nor do we want to be drawn into specific remarks that unnamed officials have reportedly made the media.”-Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Malaysian Defence Minister and acting Transportation Minister

Hussein is getting tired of the BS about engine data coming from the U.S. news media: “Yesterday, we rejected a media report in which unnamed officials said that engine data showed the plane had kept flying for hours after last contact. We checked with Boeing and Rolls Royce, who said the reports were not true. Today, Rolls Royce released a statement saying, and I quote, ‘Rolls Royce continues to provide its full support to the authorities and Malaysia Airlines.  Rolls Royce concurs with the statement made on Thursday 13th March by Malaysia s Transport Minister regarding engine health monitoring data received from the aircraft.’“

Hussein explained the sighting of two more oil slicks: “Yesterday, authorities sighted two oil slicks in the South China Sea, 60 nautical miles south of the last point of contact with MH370.  The first slick was investigated and analysed and found to contain tiny traces of jet fuel. No debris was found in the vicinity. We do not believe the slick is linked to MH370.  Samples from the second slick were investigated and analyzed and did not contain jet fuel.”

The Indian Navy is searching more than 500 islands across the  archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar: “This operation is like finding a needle in a haystack.”-Harmeet Singh, Indian Armed Forces

Scientist with the University of Science and Technology of China report hat there was a “seafloor event” 116km (72 miles) from the last known position of MH370/CZ748.  The area is considered “non-seismic”, meaning there shouldn’t be any earthquakes.   However, the small quake was detected more than one hour after airline officials lost contact with the plane.

There are reports of a Facebook page that claims MH370/CZ748 was found.  It even shows a boat approaching a crashed plane.  Reports say when you click on it your computer gets hit with malware.  The pic is of a plane that went into the ocean after overrunning the runway in Bali, last year.

Reuters claims sabotage!

International

False Flag(?) MH 370 update: Chinese satellite finds plane? Boeing issued warning last June! RMAF continues to backtrack off their statements!

12 March 2014 (16:32 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Jumada l-Ula 1435/21 Esfand 1392/12 Ding-Mao 4712

“I believe I saw the Malaysian Airlines plane come down. The timing is right. I tried to contact the Malaysian and Vietnam officials several days ago. But I do not know if the message has been received. From when I first saw the burning until the flames went out was 10 to 15 seconds.”-Mike McKay, oil rig worker from New Zealand

“Cracks in the fuselage skin that are not found and repaired can propagate to the point where the fuselage skin structure cannot sustain limit load. When the fuselage skin cannot sustain limit load, this can result in possible rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity.”-Boeing safety warning, June 2013

Chinese news media have published pics taken by a satellite, on 09 March 2014, showing large debris on the ocean.  Location 105.63 east longitude, 6.7 north latitude, northeast of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“I’m not saying this is MH370. We are still corroborating this….There is a possibility of the aircraft making a come back. It remains as a possibility….It is very difficult to say for sure it is the aircraft.”-General Rodzali bin Daud, Royal Malaysian Air Force

Because the RMAF’s is now questioning their own claim that MH370/CZ748 made it to Malacca Straight, Vietnam is now resuming full search operation in South China Sea.   Earlier, Vietnam announced they would cut back on searching, based on the RMAF’s claim the plane made it west to Malacca Straight.

The Express, in United Kingdom, reports that families of MH370/CZ748 passengers are so upset they’re attacking Chinese and Malaysian officials: “….furious relatives of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 threw water bottles at officials in Beijing and accused them of withholding information……..Others shouted ‘tell us the truth’ and demanded the Malaysian military reveal what they knew about the missing plane.”

RMAF now denies it had the plane on radar