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aMERICA sPREAD tHIN: nORTH aMERICA mAY 2018

These are just a few of the U.S. military operations happening across the North American region for the Gregorian month of May, 2018.

ALABAMA: More proof ObamaCare-ACA is a total failure; U.S. Department of Defense deployed hundreds of Active, Guard and Reserve personnel from around the U.S. for the Alabama Wellness Innovative Readiness Training mission.

ALASKA: The National Guard Best Warrior Region VI 2018 competition was held on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.  State militia competitors come from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming. 

Red Flag Alaska 2018 included units from NATO countries

ARKANSAS: 

Arkansas National Guard deployed Lakotas to the New Mexico/Mexico border, as part of Operation Guardian Support

ARIZONA: 

National Guard personnel clear brush as part of Operation Guardian Support in Yuma

Missouri National Guard preps for air patrol of border, in Tucson, as part of Operation Guardian Support

CALIFORNIA:  Why does our government keep insisting the War on Terror isn’t about religion?  In violation of the U.S. Constitution, Travis Air Force Base became the headquarters for Firefighters for Christ, a specifically christian organization using christianity to influence firefighters from Sweden, the Philippines, Germany, Northern Ireland, Canada and Switzerland: “While the experiences of someone who is Muslim or Jewish may differ from our own, we enjoy the opportunity to deepen each other’s spiritual resilience.”-John Speakman, Travis Fire Emergency Services

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan inspected border wall construction efforts in Calexico

National Guard getting briefed on their deployment to border patrol near San Diego, as part of Operation Guardian Support

U.S. Border Patrol at Friendship Park just south of Imperial Beach

Video of Australian’s invading (?) Camp Pendleton (RIMPAC):

Video report Fort Hunter Liggett burned by wildfires:

Cub Scouts help Army Corps of Engineers restore native plants along the Santa Ana River

Army Corps of Engineers declares debris removal, from January’s Santa Barbara County mudslides, complete

CANADA: U.S. Army Reserve units from California and South Dakota took part in Maple Resolve 18-01, Wainwright, Alberta.  

COSTA RICA: 

The USAF spent three weeks training Costa Rican police in anti-drug ops

DELAWARE: 

Attempting to save taxpayer’s money by installing solar panels at Dover Air Force Base

EL SALVADOR: Texas Air National Guard video explainer of what they’re doing in El Salvador:

67th Signal Battalion, from Georgia, video explainer of what they’re doing in El Salvador:

Video report Puerto Rico National Guard serving up food in El Salvador:

Your tax dollars at work building schools in El Salvador:

FLORIDA: 

Your tax dollars at work at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, 23MAY2018

Video report U.S. Special Operations Command  CAPEX in Tampa:

Video report Fleet Week:

Video Coast Guard diver school:

GEORGIA:  More proof ObamaCare-ACA is a total failure; U.S. Department of Defense deployed hundreds of personnel under Operation Empower Health- Greater Savannah, which provided free (taxpayer funded) healthcare to people and their pets!!!

GREENLAND: 

New York Air National Guard attends Kool Skool at Camp Raven

GUATEMALA: 

U.S. military personnel honored by Guatemala with the  Medalla Monja Blanca (Medal of the White Nun), after spending a year training up elite naval special forces in counter-narcotics operations.

HAWAII: Video National Guard responds to volcano: 

HONDURAS: 

USA Sergeant First Class Levon Fernandez awarded the Soldier’s Medal for Heroism for helping two Honduran pilots after their plane crashed

INDIANA: Video report NetWars Operation Cybershield:

Military propaganda at the Indy 500

LOUISIANA:  

Louisiana National Guard deployed Lakotas to the Texas/Mexico border, as part of Operation Guardian Support

MARYLAND: 

Army Corps of Engineers begins jetty project on Rhodes Point Smith Island

NEW MEXICO: 

Region 7 Best Warrior Competition

Red Flag Rescue 18-2

NEW YORK:New York Army National Guard along with State Police, U.S. Health and Human Services, Brookhaven Labs and the Federal Bureau of Investigation took part in a Weapons of Mass Destruction training event at the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Facility.

USN/USMC personnel help renovate a building in Brooklyn-NYC for Habitat for Humanity

Video San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Arlington during Fleet Week:

Video USAF Alpha Warrior Challenge:

New York Army National Guard’s 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion deploys to Kuwait

OKLAHOMA: 

290 Army National Guardsmen from across the nation took part in Air Assault, Pathfinder and Rappel Master Schools in Oklahoma

OREGON: 

Oregon National Guard CH-47 Chinook crews trained for expected ‘domestic missions’, mainly responding to natural disasters

I’m still upset over how many local TV news reporters and anchors still say “Have a happy Memorial Day.”  Only the ‘enemy’ would be happy about that.

Oregon Army National Guard fire their M119 Howitzers at Willamette National Cemetery, for Memorial Day

PANAMA: 

U.S. tax dollars and military personnel help the Panamanian Ministry of Health hand out drugs to silly-vilians

PENNSYLVANIA: 

Pennsylvania National Guard plans for hurricane season

PUERTO RICO: Video of funeral for Major José Ramón:

Army Corps of Engineers and taxpayer funded contractors so far have collected 4-million cubic yards of dead vegetation since Hurricane Maria hit in September 2017!

SOUTH CAROLINA: USMC video prepping for hurricanes: 

TEXAS: 

South Carolina National Guard deployed their Lakotas to Texas as part of Operation Guardian Response

Airmen from Dyess AFB deploy to Afghanistan

Texas Army National Guard 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment deploys to the Horn of Africa

UTAH: 807th Medical Command Deployment Support video explainer:

WASHINGTON: Video 100 years of the Army Chemical Corps:

WASHINGTON DC:  48th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: NORTH AMERICA, APRIL 2018

America Spread Thin: North America, April 2018

These are just a few of the military operations happening across the North American region for the Gregorian month of April, 2018.

Canada: USS Pearl Harbor arrived in Victoria, British Columbia 12APR2018.  Commander Ben Miller stated “This visit helps to demonstrate the continuing commitment the U.S. has to our long-standing and important relationship with Canada……   the port visit gives the crew of Pearl Harbor a chance for some rest and relaxation…”  That taxpayer funded R&R includes visits to the Craigdarroch Castle, British Columbia Parliament buildings, Butchart Gardens, Fisherman’s Warf Park and the Fisgard Lighthouse.

El Salvador: Video previewing operation Beyond the Horizon scheduled for May, in which lots of U.S. tax dollars will be spent on El Salvador. The video shows U.S. taxpayer funded activities from previous Beyond the Horizon operations:

Guatemala: U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet conducting operation Continuing Promise 2018, spending your tax dollars not just on military training engagements, but on medical, dental, and veterinary help for silly-vilians.

Taxpayer funded USAF delivered a fire truck and ambulance to Tecpan, Guatemala, 20APR2018, as part of the evil USAID (United States Agency for International Development) Denton Program.  Supposedly the vehicles were paid for by religious organization Mission of Love Foundation.  As of March 2018, ‘christian’ Mission of Love Foundation, via USAID’s taxpayer funded Denton Program, has conducted 60 ‘missions’ to Guatemala: “We work on five continents with an all-volunteer force….. With a group of volunteers, the Denton Program and the Air Force together are making this possible for those in need. I couldn’t do it alone. I am just a facilitator.”-Kathleen Price, Mission of Love Foundation

Haiti: On 07APR2018, the U.S. Coast Guard captured and repatriated about 50 migrants from Haiti.

Mexico: Leaders of the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional met with U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) as well as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas National Guards, along with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, in Tucson, Arizona: “We not only have the huge responsibility as customs and border protection, we need this to be a team effort with U.S. Army North, Deptartment of Defense, Mexico and other agencies. By coming together we are able to exponentially provide security and safety for citizens in Mexico and the U.S.”-Juventino F. Pacheco, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent, Foreign Operations Branch, Tucson Sector Border Patrol  (THE WALL IS GOING UP, U.S. TAXPAYERS ARE FUNDING IT!)

United States:

So much for ObamaCare, operation Arctic Care involves U.S. regular forces, Alaska National Guard and British empire Canadian military forces providing taxpayer funded medical help to ‘underserved regions’ of Alaska.

Video of USAF C-17 leaving Alaska after delivering taxpayer funded medical supplies:

 Arizona Air National Guard Airmen listen to border deployment briefing, 09APR2018.

Your tax dollars at work as Sesame Street videographers visit Channel Islands Air National Guard station in California, 06APR2018.

Alabama Army National Guard fire mortar rounds at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 07APR2018.

Florida National Guard DISCOVERS MAJOR CAUSE of slow deployment of disaster relief supplies, NEW PREPS FOR HURRICANES!

U.S. Coast Guard delivers the Flame of Hope for Hawaiian Special Olympics, 18APR2018.

U.S. Army off-loads food for climate change victims in Kauai, 17APR2018.

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted local emergency responders in Hanalei Bay area of Kauai, Hawaii, after a thunderstorm caused landslides and flooding.  Video of flooding:

Hawaii Businesses Are Making Billions Off The Military

This is not a CBRN drill, on 11APR2018 several nuke waste drums exploded at the U.S. Navy’s Idaho National Laboratory. Initially it was reported as one drum, but a week later it was revealed that at least three more drums exploded.  The nuke waste is said to have come to Idaho from Rocky Flats Plant in  Colorado, in the 1960s.  Contractor Fluor Idaho stated that the decades old waste had just been re-packed into 55-gallon drums the morning of the explosions. The latest nuke waste explosions are significant because the explosions at New Mexico’s WIPP (in 2014) might have involved nuke waste packaged at the Idaho National Laboratory.

IDAHO MILITIA TOP GUNS

IDAHO MILITIA PREPS FIREFIGHTERS FOR COMING NATURAL DISASTERS!

GREAT RENEGER: IDAHO & NORTH CAROLINA MILITIAS DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN, AGAIN!

Video of Vibrant Response zombie apocalypse preps in Indiana, note the pathetic Fix it Jesus sign at the end:

Maryland Army National Guard takes part in Vibrant Response, CBRN exercise in Indiana, 12APR2018.

Video of Guardian Response 2018, Indiana:

 

U.S. Coast Guard responds to toxic dielectric oil leak in Mystic River, Massachusetts, 14APR2018.

Members of Michigan National Guard and U.S. Virgin Islands National Guard train at Camp McCain, Mississippi, 06APR2018.

Toys used at Camp McCain, Mississippi, for yearly hurricane disaster training.

Water sampling at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, due to possible contamination from Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Perfluorooctane Sulfanate (PFOS), and two compounds found in aqueous film forming foam (AFFF): “We want to test as a precaution, in order to determine if there is need for any further environmental investigation.”-Melanie Brown, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

U.S. Coast Guard underwater drone (ROV) examined damage caused to American Transmission Company hi-voltage cables in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan.  Local news media reported two cables were cut when the anchor of a boat got caught in them.  Electric underwater cables use toxic oil for insulation, the damage caused about 6-hundred gallons of dielectric oil to leak into The Great Lakes.

New Mexico Army National Guard coordinate with U.S. Border Patrol at El Paso Sector Intelligence Operations Center, 07APR2018.

Official New Mexico Air National Guard Red Horse & SOW FTX video:

 

580 personnel from New York and New Jersey National Guard units took part in FEMA Region-2 CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) training in New York and Connecticut, during the second weekend of April.

Active shooter training at the New York State Preparedness Center, in Oriskany, 18APR2018.

Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant (RVAAP) Environmental Restoration team recognized for helping to turn a former ammo factory into the new Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center in Ohio.

Video, USAF A-10C Thunderbolt-2 pulls 540 over Ohio River during Thunder over Louisville, Kentucky, 21APR2018:

Video report, Oklahoma National Guard responds to record level wildfires:

Army National Guard is being used as a guinea pig for the new Human Resources, Pay and Talent Management software system, to be phased in over the next 360 days.  The Pennsylvania Army National Guard will be the first to try it out: “We’re going to be the first organization in the DoD [Department of Defense],  maybe the Federal government, that will have HR on their mobile device. This is going to be the largest HR system in the world … the largest roll-out of Oracle systems for all Soldiers.”-Colonel Darby McNulty, Project Manager for the Integrated Personnel and Pay System

On 21APR2018, the Pennsylvania Army National Guard conducted Safety Stand-down 2018, apparently over growing concerns about the safety and survival of personnel: “What we do is inherently risky and we send our condolences to those personally affected by the recent tragic incidents in our military aviation community.”-Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joe Sandbakken

Georgia Air National Guard’s 202 Engineering Installation Squadron deployed to Puerto Rico‘s Muñiz Air National Guard Base to restore, protect and sustain vital communications equipment.  It’s part of several planned deployments: “I was here working on a project before last year’s hurricanes hit and enjoyed it, so I wanted to come back and help the community get back in order.”-Staff Sergeant Wilson Gardner

Official Army Reserve video report on the never ending hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico (see also MILITARIZATION OF PUERTO RICO & VIRGIN ISLANDS), and Viper Command transition:

Militarizing police as South Carolina Army National Guard and Army Reserve Officers Training Corps conducted terrorist training with South Carolina police at the Moncks Corner Armory in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, 11APR2018: “Ten years ago, we never would have thought to do a mission like this.”-Chief Warrant Officer 3 Will Sirmon, South Carolina Army National Guard’s Aviation Brigade

U.S. Coast Guard captured illegally caught fish, and several Mexican fishermen, off the coast of Texas, 11APR2018.  They were illegally fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Texas National Guard scans the shores of the Rio Grande River in Starr County, Texas, 10APR2018.

National Guard personnel muster to patrol the border at Del Rio Sector, Texas, as part of Operation Guardian Support, 20APR2018.

U.S. Coast Guard responds to oil pipeline fire near Port O’Connor, Texas, 17APR2018:

WEST VIRGINIA National Guard OPERATION CARROT? STATE SPONSORED SURVIVAL-ISM!

Alpine Guard 2018 WYOMING NATIONAL GUARD RESPONDS TO ‘CHEMICAL ATTACK’ IN COLORADO?

MAKING ZOMBIES: USAF SECRET SLEEP DEPRIVATION EXPERIMENT REVEALED!

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: WEST PACIFIC, MARCH 2018

Guardian Response 2017: NUKE ATTACK HITS UNITED STATES, NEARLY 6,000 U.S. PERSONNEL MOBILIZED!

Great Reneger: Idaho & North Carolina militias deploy to Afghanistan, again!

18APR2018 /23:04 UTC-07 Tango 06  (30 Farvardin 1397/03 Sha’ban 1439/04 Bing-Chen 4716)

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

Idaho gov’na Butch Otter says goodbye to personnel of the 1/168 General Support Aviation Battalion, 19APR2018

Just over 30 personnel of Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 168th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) deploying to Afghanistan.  They’ll be joining about a dozen other Idaho militia members that have already deployed.  It’s the eighth deployment for the 1/168 GSAB. (STOP YOUR BITCHIN’: IDAHO WOMAN COMMANDS 1ST FEMALE COMBAT TEAM!)

IDAHO MILITIA TOP GUNS

Almost 3-hundred personnel from North Carolina National Guard’s 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion and Detachment 1-B Company-638th Aviation Support Battalion deploying to train the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.  This crusade has been going on for so long that for some it’s now a family affair: “I’m going with my son, so it will be a unique experience, probably my last big hoo-rah probably. What better way to graduate from the Guard than a deployment with your son.”-Command Sergeant Major J.P. Cole

To prove this a religious war the deployment ceremony was held in the Hope Community Church.

GREAT RENEGER: SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA DEPLOYS TO GERMANY!

Idaho Militia Top Guns

18APR2018 (02:01 UTC-07 Tango 06)  29 Farvardin 1397/02 Sha’ban 1439/03 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4716

The Idaho Air and Army National Guard recognized for top performance, again.

Idaho Army National Guard’s 1-204th Regional Training Institute (Armor) battalion received a score of 100% on its accreditation inspection: “The overall success of the battalion, including the accreditation results, is a direct reflection of the professionalism and dedication of the non-commissioned officers within this organization.”-Lieutenant Colonel Russel Des Jardins

The unit trains personnel from National Guard, Reserve and Regular Army units from across the U.S.  The 1-204th training battalion is experiencing a 20% increase in graduations, compared to last year.

The 124th Fighter Wing at Gowen Field, in Boise, selected to receive the 2016 Meritorious Unit Award, for their deployment to Turkey (TURKEY LOCKS-DOWN U.S. LED NATO BASE! HALTS IDAHO AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE!): “There can be no greater recognition for a combat organization than that given for exceptional performance in direct combat with the enemy for both engaged and supporting warriors.”-Colonel Tim Donnellan

“While deployed the Airmen of the 124th Fighter Wing flawlessly executed more than 1,700 combat sorties providing two of the largest strikes on the enemy’s oil production and transportation resulting in a 50 percent revenue loss. They also led the Qayyarah-West airstrip repair, an estimated 180-day project, which our members were able to complete in only three weeks. Their recovery of this airstrip was key to support the Mosul Offensive. While 50 percent of the wing was deployed, members serving at home provided continuity through flawless execution of financial resources, domestic operations, and trained coalition soldiers through six major joint exercises.”-2016 Meritorious Unit Award

IDAHO MILITIA PREPS FIREFIGHTERS FOR COMING NATURAL DISASTERS!

IDAHO MILITIA RANKED 2ND ONLY TO U.S. ARMY!

U.S. Food Crisis: West Virginia Operation Carrot? State sponsored survivalism!

16APR2018 (13:14 UTC-07 Tango 06)  27 Farvardin 1397/30 Rajab 1439/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4716

You know things are bad when the National Guard starts teaching people how to grow carrots!  That’s what they’re doing in West Virginia.

Apparently there is such a low supply of carrots in the region that West Virginia’s National Guard and Capitol Conservation District are conducting operations Patriot Guard-ens and Farm Roots (in that order).  The first Farm Roots carrot growing course was conducted on 13APR2018, however, Patriot Guardens was started in 2017 (The Journal: “National Guard is transitioning armories into agriculture transition/training hubs”).

It’s not just a low supply of carrots but Director of Patriot Guardens Education and Deputy Director of Economic Development, Melissa Stewart, also says it’s about prepping for survival: “Sharing my knowledge of agricultural production is one way that I hope to help our participants find some peace of mind through working with their hands toward developing a more self-sufficient lifestyle.”

Patriot Guardens op at Recovery Point in Charleston, 22APR2017

One reason for the carrot shortage is that West Virginia’s dirt is not conducive to growing carrots, so the taxpayer/donation funded program is teaching individuals how to use raised beds and better soil.  The National Guard claims they’ve also got buyers waiting in the wings; area restaurants that are having a hard time getting affordable carrots.

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, MARCH 2018: “WE ARE LOSING CUSTOMERS EVERYDAY” MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND JOBS KILLED!

Slow disaster relief: Florida militia discovers a major cause, new preps for Hurricanes!

16APR2018 (12:27 UTC-07 Tango 06)  27 Farvardin 1397/30 Rajab 1439/01 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4716

“I stressed after Hurricane Irma that we have to get our counterparts trained as well, because we’re going to need them. We knew that it was not enough to take on the mission with just the four of us.”-Master Sergeant Abea Balala, Florida Air National Guard

Army National Guard units are the typical bringers of disaster relief aid, unless roads are impassable and then the Air National Guard is used to airlift supplies into affected areas.

During Hurricane Irma relief efforts Florida Air National Guard Master Sergeant Abea Balala, and his four person team, noticed a major problem with the supplies they got from Army Guard units; while the supplies were packaged for transport by ground vehicles they were not in a condition to be shipped by air (or a lot of personnel had to be used to on & off-load one box at a time), meaning everything had to be re-palletized before being loaded on aircraft.  This was a major cause of slow delivery times.

My experience in both the U.S. Air Force and the Army National Guard revealed that Air Force units do not have the manpower to quickly palletize a lot of stuff on short notice, but Army units do.

In this pic of Hurricane Harvey relief notice how National Guard personnel are ‘bucket brigade-ing’ supplies, one box at a time, off the C-130

The ‘higher-ups’ liked the suggestion of Master Sergeant Abea Balala, and last week the Florida National Guard conducted a week-long air transport pallet buildup and cargo preparation course for Army units: “On the Joint Operations side, we’ve been working with the Air side a lot more over the last two years than we ever had. They’re actually part of what is called the ‘Joint Support Group’ … and we work together to coordinate everything throughout hurricane seasons. It means better response, it means better use of our resources. It means if we pack things right and move things right, supplies are going to get to them faster, cheaper, and ultimately may save lives.”-Captain Daniel Munzner, Florida Army National Guard

FOOD CRISIS IRMA: U.S. COAST GUARD

FOOD CRISIS IRMA: ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA MILITIAS DELIVER SUSTENANCE!

Wyoming militia responds to ‘chemical attack’ in Colorado?

During the first week of April, 2018, Wyoming and Colorado National Guard units responded to a possible chemical attack on Buckley Air Force Base.

Video explainer of chemical decontamination, separate tents for military and silly-vilians:

Lakota helicopters invade Fort Morgan High School

It was part of Alpine Guard 2018, which included local and state jurisdictions, government agencies,  the Southern Ute Tribe, and non-governmental agencies (NGOs) preparing for several types of disasters.

Video explainer of tornado response:

Rescue ops in Columbine Elementary School

Fort Morgan Times: Alpine Guard emergency exercise’s first day brings lessons for local leaders

OREGON MILITIA RESPONDS TO CONTAMINATION EVENT IN MONTANA!

AIRBORNE CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEPLOYED OVER UTAH!

OPERATION JUPITER: CASH REGISTER RECEIPTS LACED WITH CHEMICAL WEAPON?

CHEMICAL ATTACK? OKLAHOMA MILITIA RESPONDS!

Idaho shows A-10C Pride with City Nose Art

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, Lewiston-Nez Perce Regional Airport A-10C pride ceremony, 23SEP2015.

During uncertain times when the Obama regime was wanting to kill all A-10C Thunderbolt-2s, the Idaho Air National Guard dedicated A-10s to the cities of Kuna, Lewiston and Eagle.

Pride of Eagle unveiling, 29JAN2016. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 29JAN2016.

29JAN2016, unveiling of the Pride of Kuna. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 29JAN2016.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 29JAN2016.

Unveiling of Lewiston A-10C. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 23SEP2015.

Dedication at Lewiston-Nez Perce Regional Airport. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 23SEP2015.

Even the Lewiston police had to get involved. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 23SEP2015.

Even the firefighters love A-10Cs? Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 23SEP2015.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 23SEP2015.

The city nose art is on the right/starboard side, only.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 23SEP2015.

NATO TURKEY LOCKS-DOWN U.S. LED NATO BASE! HALTS IDAHO A-10C AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE!

PROOF THE A-10 THUNDERBOLT WAS TO REMAIN A USAF MAINSTAY UNTIL 2040: TAXPAYERS SPENT MORE THAN $2-BILLION ON UPGRADES!

Martial Law 2014: OBAMA REGIME TO STEAL WHAT IS LEFT OF IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S AIR ASSETS!

2012 POCATELLO AIRPORT: IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD A-10C THUNDERBOLT 2

Nebraska KC-135 Teenaged Nose Art

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