ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), September 2020:
However, to prove that the super computer can be wrong, Fugaku also stated that non-N95 cloth masks would work, or at least that is what your fear inducing leaders wanted you to think!
Then, in 2021, Fugaku issued a warning about mask wearing, that actually backed up the 2006 U.S. military study; wearing more layers of masks doesn’t work!
The point I’m trying to make is, even when using a super-computer, globalist-woke-progressive-leaders will still pick-and-choose, and even twist, the so-called evidence they use to support their Orwellian agenda.
NATO says its close relationship with Japan is not only about Russia, but is also about the People’s Republic of China, and creating a New World Order dominated by NATO: “The Secretary General and Prime Minister Kishida discussed growing challenges, ranging from China’s coercive behaviour to military provocations by North Korea. They agreed that Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine is not just a European crisis, but a challenge to the international order.”-NATO press release, 31JAN2023
Kawasaki C-2 on Iruma Air Base, photo via NATO, 31JAN2023.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s first stop in Japan was on Iruma Air Base, where he learned that Japan has been making ‘aid’ deliveries to Ukraine with its latest cargo plane, the Kawasaki C-2:
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gets an inside look at the Kawasaki C-2, 31JAN2023.
NATO video, 31JAN2023, note that the so-called international-rules-based-order is code for NATO World Order, Stoltenberg also gave a classic ‘domino effect’ justification for NATO’s global expansion saying what is happening in Europe could happen in the Pacific, NATO also supports Japan’s return to being an imperial military power:
On 01JAN2023, NATO issued a statement saying “As we face a new era of strategic competition, with Russia and China deepening their partnership and challenging global stability, NATO is strengthening its ties with partner countries around the globe that share our values, and stand with us to preserve the rules-based international order. Global challenges demand global solutions, so NATO is stepping up cooperation with our partners Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand, to tackle cross-regional challenges and shared security interests. Together, we are helping to support Ukraine’s right to self-defence and we are stepping up our cooperation in various other areas, including cyber defences, new technologies, maritime security, joint exercises and the security impact of climate change.”
Official NATO ‘World Order’ video, 01JAN2023:
NATO used to stand for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but since the end of the non-official Cold War NATO has not only expanded to surround Russia in Europe and in Central Asia, but in the Pacific as well. NATO calls it the Indo-Pacific region, and justifies its empirical expansion by saying “Cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region contributes to stability beyond our borders and enhances our security at home.” Yet more proof to me that NATO is a paranoid-schizoid.
Please notice that NATO uses British/King’s English grammar/spelling in its press releases, not U.S. English, which is proof to me that NATO is a tool of the British empire (Commonwealth of Nations)!
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Is this the real reason they didn’t want to cancel the Olympics? Yet more proof The Olympics is nothing more than a scam-job to steal from taxpayers: Government cost of Tokyo Olympics proven to be several billions of U.S. dollars more than officially reported!
The accounting ‘error’ was discovered by Japan’s Board of Audit, which concluded that the government of Japan spent US$3.5-billion on the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, about two-and-a-half times more than what the Tokyo Games Committee reported in June.
And that was for the national government’s costs, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government itself spent US$4.5 billion! Japan’s Board of Audit says total overall cost to conduct the Tokyo (Pandemic) Olympics is currently at US$12.9 billion!
The Japan Sports Agency claims it is working with the national government to come up with a better way of reporting event expenses!
Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).
Raytheon began developing what would become the MIM (Mobile Interceptor Missile)-23 HAWK (Homing All-the Way Killer) in the early 1950s. Northrop developed the launcher system. The U.S. Army (USA) began using it in 1959, the U.S. Marine Crops (USMC) in 1960.
First-gen HAWK being launched by U.S. Marines from Chu Lai, Viet Nam, 1965.
Between 1971 and 1978, HAWK missiles got improved radar systems, so that they could engage low-altitude aircraft. But that was just the beginning, there were many other HAWK improvement projects that continued up until 1996.
U.S. Army (USA) M727 self-propelled HAWK surface-to-air missile system, somewhere in NATO-West Germany. USA photo, 1973.
A HAWK missile launcher, on Cherry Point, North Carolina. USMC photo by Sergeant Rozalyn Dorsey, 20JUN1979.
A HAWK transporter-loader, on Cherry Point, North Carolina. USMC photo by Sergeant Rozalyn Dorsey, 20JUN1979.
A HAWK High-Power Illuminating Radar (HPIR) unit, on Cherry Point, North Carolina. USMC photo by Sergeant Rozalyn Dorsey, 20JUN1979.
Inside a HAWK Battery Control Central (BCC) unit, a Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS). USA photo by Staff Sergeant William B. Belcher, 04AUG1980.
A HAWK battery control console, on Fort Bliss, Texas. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Robert C. Simons, 10NOV1982.
HAWK BCC units (containing the JTIDS), Onslow Beach, North Carolina. USMC photo by Corporal C. Cope, 22FEB1986.
BCC units also contain the Information Control Center (ICC) and the Platoon Command Post (PCP), all using the same trailered containers making them visually identical.
HAWK BCC units can be loaded onto 5-ton trucks, creating mobile control vans. USMC photo by Corporal C. Cope, 22FEB1986.
Operation Desert Storm, 17JAN1991–28FEB1991.
According to the information released with this photo, these U.S. HAWKs are based in Al Salman, Iraq, shortly after the end of Desert Storm. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Dean Wagner, 03MAR1991.
In 1994, the USA decided to replace their HAWKS with Patriot missiles, due to the success of the Patriots during Desert Storm. In 2002, the USMC decided to replace their HAWKS with the FIM-92 Stinger.
Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers prep their Hawk for launch over the McGregor Range Complex, New Mexico, 17NOV2012. USA photo by Specialist Adam Garlington.
JGSDF HAWK PAR. USA photo by Specialist Adam Garlington, 17NOV2012.
JGSDF HAWK launch. USA photo by Specialist Adam Garlington, 17NOV2012.
Ukraine Crisis, February 2014 (NATO backed coup) to present.
USA video report, 15OCT2015, South Korean HAWK launches during wargame:
NATO Romania launches HAWK missiles towards the Black Sea, 19JUL2017. USA photo by Private First Class Nicholas Vidro.
USA video by Sergeant Mark Brejcha, NATO-Romania HAWK launch, 19JUL2017:
On 20OCT2018, Japanese army personnel launched ‘Improved’ HAWK missiles from Fort Bliss, Texas. USA-Reserve photo by Sergeant Christopher A. Hernandez.
AN/MPQ-50 Pulse Acquisition Radar (PAR) for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) ‘Improved’ HAWK. USA-Reserve photo by Sergeant Christopher A. Hernandez, 20OCT2018.
NATO-Spain HAWK HIPR unit during war game held in NATO-Norway, 02NOV2018. USMC photo by Lance Corporal Menelik Collins.
Loading NATO-Spain HAWKs during war game held in NATO-Norway, 02NOV2018. USMC photo by Lance Corporal Menelik Collins.
The Iranians call their reversed engineered HAWK PAR system the Kavosh.
In 2019, photos published by the Iranian news media revealed that Iran was still using the AN/MPQ-50 Pulse Acquisition Radar originally designed for the HAWK, but this time Iran is using it for their own homemade anti-aircraft missile known as the Sayyad-2.
G20 (Group of 20)=Argentina, Australia (Commonwealth of Nations, a NATO partner), Brazil, Canada (Commonwealth of Nations, NATO member), People’s Republic of China (Communist China), Japan (NATO partner), India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea (South Korea, a NATO partner), Mexico, Russia (formerly a NATO ‘Partnership for Peace’ participant, suspended as of 2021), South Africa (Commonwealth of Nations), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Turkey (NATO member), United Kingdom (Commonwealth of Nations, NATO member), United States of America (NATO member), plus the leading member countries of the European Union (which are also NATO members)
G20 Fostering Stronger Recovery and Building Resilience:“…is committed to working towards achieving the global agenda of vaccinating 70% of the world’s population…
…addressing the continuity of [global] health services beyond COVID-19…”
'If you have been vaccinated or tested properly, you can move around.. 'We will sub [this digital certificate using WHO standard] into the next World Health Assembly.. as the revision to intl health regulation': Indonesia MoH Budi Sadikin, ex-banker #B20Summit#B20#DigitalIDpic.twitter.com/mt2XugRhiC
G20 Health Working Group:“…the operationalization of the Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund). The PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund is hosted by the World Bank, and has been established in close collaboration with the WHO [United Nations’ World Health Organization] which, as the lead international technical agency responsible for PPR and custodian of the IHR (2005), will play a central role in the PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund. The PPR FIF/Pandemic Fund complements the work of existing institutions and provides additional international financing for PPR, especially to support increased PPR capacities for eligible countries.
…enhance cooperation in genomic surveillance… …welcome the establishment of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence.
…facilitate seamless international travel, interoperability, and recognizing digital and non-digital solutions… …used for COVID-19 proof of vaccination or verification of tests… [UN-WHO’s Digital documentation of COVID-19 certificates]
…support continued international dialogue and collaboration on the establishment of trusted global digital health networks as part of efforts to strengthen prevention and response to future pandemics. Further steps should capitalize and build on the success of the existing standards and digital COVID19 certificates.”
F-15A number one rolled out of the Saint Louis, Missouri, factory. Notice it does not yet have the DayGlo orange paint applied. McDonnell-Douglas photo, 26JUN1972.
McDonnell-Douglas F-15A number one gets packed aboard a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, for its trip to Edwards Air Force Base, California.
McDonnell-Douglas photo of the first flight of F-15 number one, 27JUL1972. DayGlo paint not yet applied. Notice the shape of the wings and stabilators.
The first F-15A, #71-280, unveiled publicly after its first flight, July 1972, it now has the DayGlo paint applied. It was never called the YF-15 as several interweb sites say. From the beginning it was F-15 Eagle.
USAF promotional video, by Airman First Class Moses Taylor:
71-280 F-15A number one is now serving museum duty on Lackland AFB, Texas. However, it is painted to represent a different F-15.
This B-52 is carrying a 3/8th-scale F-15A drone, back then called a Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle (RPRV), 23OCT1973. This was done to test the possibility of stall-spins, before the real F-15A Eagles began their test flights.
The 12 contractor F-15As were used in Category I pre-production T&E, the eight USAF F-15As were used in Category IIpre-production T&E. They were never officially designated as prototypes or even called YF-15 (as some online sites say), they were officially called McAir F-1 (for the F-15A single seaters) and McAir F-2 (for the TF-15 two seaters). The Category I phase was later re-named Contractor Development, Test & Evaluation, the Category II phase was renamed Air Force Development, Test & Evaluation.
Installing a F-15 style intake on a J85 nacelle. NASA photo, 1975.
Photo via Edwards AFB photo shop. NASA’s F-15A 71-287 in 1976, testing the FMD version of Pratt & Whitney’s F-100. 287 would go on to test the HIDEC system, in the early 1990s.
I took this photo with a crappy little fixed focus 110 camera, in 1977.
This photo shows a T&E Eagle (possibly number one) with the straight edged stabilators. McDonnell-Douglas photo.
This photo shows the smaller speed/dive brake of pre-production aircraft F-15A number five (71-284). It was apparently the first F-15 to get the 20mm Vulcan gun, obviously not at the time this photo was made (due to lack of gun port). McDonnell-Douglas photo.
The pre-production T&E Eagles can be distinguished from later production Eagles by the shape of the wing tips, the shape of the elevators (officially called ‘snag stabilators’) and the size of the speed/dive brake. T&E F-15As had squared-off wing tips, stabilators that did not have a ‘dog tooth’, and had a smaller more rectangular speed/dive brake. However, several T&E F-15 Eagles were quickly updated with the snag stabilators, yet retained the original wing tips and small speed brake.
This photo shows one of the T&E Eagles updated with the snaggle toothed stabilators. USAF photo via the Edwards AFB photo shop, I got it in the mid-’70s but exact date it was made is unknown.
One of the T&E F-15s transferred to NASA, with original configuration wing tips and stabilators.
For kit builders, the first issue 1:72 scale Hasegawa, Revell U.S.A. and Monogram kits were based on the Category I McAir F-1 Eagles.
They were quickly revised once the final changes were established for the production F-15s.
The same T&E F-15, with the squared-off wing tips, but it has been updated with the dog-tooth elevators. NASA photo, 24FEB1978.
Development of the F-15A actually started in the late 1960s, it was designed as a pure dog-fighter, intended to replace the F-4 Phantom-2 in that role. The design was based on U.S. air combat experience over Viet Nam, and on incorrect assumptions about Soviet fighter development, especially the MiG-25 Foxbat.
The defected MiG 25P. This is the photo that inspired the artwork on Minicraft/Hasegawa’s black bordered box issue of their MiG 25 kit, in the late-1970s.
Before the defection of a Soviet pilot in a MiG-25P, to Japan in 1976, the ‘experts’ in the U.S. Department of Defense thought the Foxbat was a dog-fighter. The MiG-25 was actually a straight line Mach 3 bomber interceptor, it carried four long range anti-bomber missiles, and had no guns. Fortunately, the incorrect assumptions resulted in a still potent modern day dog-fighter (proven by the Israeli Air Force) that has also proved it excels at other forms of aerial combat.
TF-15A #71-290. Photo via the Edwards AFB photo shop. 290’s final mission would be as the NF-15B ACTIVE in the late 1990s.
I got this photo from the Edwards AFB photo shop in the mid-1970s. It is TF-15A/F-15B 71-291, which would go on to become the ‘demonstrator’ (mock-up) of the F-15E concept.
71-291 all gussied-up for the Bicentennial in July 1976, and flying over its birthplace of Saint Louis, Missouri. McDonnell-Douglas photo by Pat McManus.
Also in 1972, a combat capable trainer version was created called the TF-15A, but it was soon re-designated F-15B. The improved F-15C single seater, and the improved F-15D two seater, were created in 1979. Visually they all look the same as the improvements are internal.
Bare metal Streak Eagle, named because it was naked, not fast. In the 1970s there was a fad called streaking, which meant you got naked and ran as fast as you could through a public gathering. The insignia on the vertical tail was removed for the high speed runs.
Between 16JAN1975 and 01FEB1975, a bare metal F-15A nicknamed Streak Eagle, broke eight time-to-climb world records. It was then donated to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in 1980, where it was painted to protect from corrosion:
The F-15 is used by Israel, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea and the United States.
The second F-15A Eagle (71-0281) was turned over to NASA in February 1976. It was used in no less than 25 experiments which not only benefitted the USAF and NASA, but also the civilian airliner industry.
NASA F-15A #281 over the Mojave Desert, California, 03MAR1978.
This NASA F-15A Eagle was used to compare actual in-flight aerodynamic data to data collected from models in wind tunnels, 17MAY1978.
This is a NASA image showing what their proposed F-15-2D/STOL/MTD would look like, using NASA’s F-15B Eagle. The project would morph into the NF-15B ACTIVE program in the late 1990s.
Somewhere over NATO Norway, the Sun is setting on an F-4E Phantom-2, while its replacement, an F-15B Eagle flies in formation. USAF photo by Master Sergeant Edward Condon, 08MAR1982.
Potential satellite killer. An F-15 armed with the ASAT missile, sometime in 1983. USAF photo.
On Bitburg AFB, West Germany, an F-15D Eagle blows off steam, at full throttle in a ‘Baker Sound Suppressor Unit’. USAF photo by Jose Lopez Junior, November 1984.
An F-15A Eagle gets armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder anti-aircraft missile, while taking part in wargames over Australia, 01OCT1985. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Marvin D. Lynchard.
An F-15B Eagle taxis past the then new air traffic control tower on Edwards AFB, sometime in the mid 1980s (1987?).
A pole dancing F-15C Eagle? It is mounted upside down on a pedestal at the Rome Air Development Center’s (aka USAF Super Lab) Newport, New York, test site. An external radar warning system pod mounted on the fuselage is being compared to the onboard radar warning system, 06OCT1988.
The ground attack F-15E Strike Eagle began service in 1989, however, the first production F-15E (86-183) came off the assembly line in 1986.
86-183, the first production F-15E.
At first it was just called the F-15E Dual Role Fighter, no Strike Eagle. They stenciled on the nose F-15E No. 1, to be clear that it is the first F-15E.
F-15E Strike Eagles, and a F-15C Eagle, are flanked by F-16s as they fly over burning oil wells, during Desert Storm in early 1991.
Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).
NASA’s HIDEC (Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control) F-15A (NASA #835, USAF #71-287), Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, February 1993.
A 53rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle returns to Aviano Air Base, Italy, after a No-Fly-Zone mission over Bosnia-Herzegovina. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant David Mcleod, 12APR1993.
A 10% scale wind tunnel model of the F-15E Strike Eagle, used to test the viability of ‘pneumatic forebody controls’, September 1994.
Size comparison between USAF F-15C Eagle & E Strike Eagle, and a Slovak MiG-29 Fulcrum. According to the USAF, this was the first time F-15 Eagles and MiG-29s flew together. Photo by Technical Sergeant Brad Fallin, 25MAY1996.
USAF video, by Staff Sergeant Esteban Esquivel, of Israeli F-15I Ra’am operations on Uvda Air Base, Israel, May 2017:
A Ukrainian flag behind the windshield of a California Air National Guard (CANG) F-15D Eagle, 26OCT2017. A Ukrainian General is in the front seat while a CANG Lieutenant Colonel is in the back seat, it was a flight promoting the military partnership of California and Ukraine. CANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Chris Drudge.
Somewhere in the Middle East (South West Asia), September 2017 USAF video report about F-15E Strike Eagle operations against so-called Islamic State:
California Air National Guard (CANG) video, by Staff Sergeant Christian Jadot, of historical moment when for the first time California’s 144th Fighter Wing lands their F-15C & D Eagles on Starokostiantyniv Air Base, Ukraine, 06OCT2018 (it should be noted that it was not the first time for California to send aircraft to Ukraine, in 2011 the CANG sent F-16 Falcons):
On 04MAY2021, U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles, based on the United Kingdom, conducted an “Independence Flyover” of the tiny NATO country of Latvia. Short video of F-15E getting refueled enroute to Latvia by Technical Sergeant Emerson Nuñez:
USAF video, by Staff Sergeant Danielle Sukhlall, of Japanese F-15J Eagles operating from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 07JUN2021:
A November 2021 USAF promo video, by Staff Sergeant River Bruce, states the F-15 series of aircraft has a long way to go before retirement:
In January 2022, at least six F-15E Strike Eagles (from Seymour Johnson Air Base, North Carolina) were deployed to NATO Belgium, for so-called air policing missions against Russia. Video via NATO:
February 2022:
Ämari Air Base, Estonia, U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Megan M. Beatty, 01FEB2022.
Between July 22nd and 26th, 2022, the Austin-class amphibious transport dock-ship USS Denver (LPD 9) was slowly executed by U.S. and Japanese air and ground launched ‘firing squads’, more than 50 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii, during wargame RimPac (Rim of the Pacific) 2022. Dramatic U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Andre T. Richard:
The ground forces of the United States and Japan used Type 12 anti-ship missiles, as well as missiles launched by HIMARS.
F/A-18 Hornet takes off from Marine Corps Base Hawaii, armed with a Harpoon anti-ship missile. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Haley Fourmet Gustavsen, 22JUL2022.
The U.S. Navy (USN) used Hornets and Super Hornets to launch a variety of missiles while the U.S. Army used AH-64 Apache gunships to launch Hellfire anti-tank missiles, and the Marines used their AH-1Z Viper (Cobra) gunships.
AH-1Z leaves Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe, Hawaii. USMC photo by Lance Corporal Tyler Andrews, 22JUL2022.
USS Chafee (DDG 90) fires upon LPD-9 with its Mark 45 gun, the night of 22JUL2022. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda.
The USN’s guided-missile destroyer USS Chaffee (DDG 90) joined in by making pot-shots with its Mark 45, 5-inch gun. The violent end to a long serving ship was part of something called a Sinking Exercise (SinkEx), and was overseen by officers of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
LPD 9 illuminated by flares fired by DDG 90, 22JUL2022. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda.
LPD 9 being towed to its execution, 20JUL2022. U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Quentin Todd.
U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Quentin Todd, LPD 9 towed out to sea to serve as a target, 20JUL2022:
LPD 9 was the second USN ship sunk during this year’s RimPac:
Good Bye Japan, final voyage for LPD 9 as it heads back home to Hawaii, for decommissioning. USN photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Cameron McCulloch, 23JUL2014.
LPD 9 was decommissioned on 14AUG2014. There were reports that the ship would be sold to Malaysia, but that obviously did not happen. U.S. Navy video/interviews, by Petty Officer Second Class Jerome Johnson, of decommissioning:
Department of Defense report:
Final wargame for LPD 9, off the coast of Korea, as part of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 27MAR2014. photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Michael Achterling.
In 2014, LPD 9 was the oldest ship in the U.S. Navy inventory. USN video, by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Bradley J. Gee, of an old World War Two era LCU backing out of the ‘well deck’ of LPD 9, March 2014:
02AUG2013, USNS Yukon (T-AO 202), resupplies LPD 9. In July 2000, Yukon and LPD 9 collided, causing major damage but no injuries to the crew. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Edward Guttierrez the Third.
Automatic boiler control. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Joshua Hammond, 26JUL2013.
Throttle control. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Joshua Hammond, 26JUL2013.
Somewhere in the Philippine Sea, 23SEP2012. LPD 9 was part of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) ARG. USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Lacordrick Wilson.
West Army Pier in Okinawa, Japan. USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Spencer Mickler, 23SEP2011.
Somewhere in the East China Sea, while part of the USS Essex (LHD 2) ARG. USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Andrew Ryan Smith, 08SEP2010.
2010 USN video report, LPD 9 suffered rudder damage:
U.S. Marines return to LPD 9, during their humanitarian response mission after the Sumatran earthquakes, 16OCT2009. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Rodolfo Toro.
MH-53E Sea Dragon lands on LPD 9, during humanitarian response to Typhoon Morakot, 19AUG2009.
Somewhere off the coast of California, 24JUN1997. USN photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class Jeff Viano.
A CH-46 Sea Knight lands aboard LPD 9, for more humanitarian supplies destine for Somalia, 14FEB1994. USN photo by Journalist Chief Petty Officer Millie J. Tamberg.
A UH-1N Iroquois (Huey) prepares to take-off from LPD 9 during humanitarian mission in Somalia, 14FEB1994. USN photo by Journalist Chief Petty Officer Millie J. Tamberg.
RimPac 1990.
Somewhere off the coast of California, 31MAY1986. USN photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class Grzezdzinski.
31MAY1986, USN photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class Grzezdzinski.
31MAY1986, USN photo by Photographer’s Mate Second Class Grzezdzinski.
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, 27JUN1985.
LPD 9 was reportedly the last USN ship to serve in Viet Nam, during the U.S. involvement in that Cold War conflict, helping to evacuate Vietnamese, and Cambodians, who did not want to be part of the communist system (called Operation Frequent Wind/Eagle Pull/New Life/Helping Hand). Very short piece of film of Operation Frequent Wind, which took place from April to May 1975:
“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 the past few years, I’ve posted many examples of how Japan’s anti-gun and anti-knife laws are massive failures. On 08JUL2022, former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo (in Japan the family name comes first, then the ‘given’ name) was shot twice in the neck during a Liberal Democratic Party political campaign event, he died about four hours later in the Nara Medical University.
At a press conference doctors revealed that Abe Shinzo was probably killed instantly, claims that he was shot in the neck with the bullets ending up in the heart (sniper attack from above?), admit that despite invasive surgery they could not find any bullets:
The United States continues acting as the World’s oil police force, at taxpayer expense of course. On 17APR2022, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (based in The Middle East) established a new international naval task force to “enhance” oil shipping lane security in the Red Sea area.
The Red Sea is the route taken by most petroleum tanker ships heading to NATO Europe. Remember, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior promised NATO European countries that the U.S. would guarantee oil/natural gas shipments from The Middle East, to replace shipments from now sanctioned Russia!
Since 2001, the U.S. led naval oil protection force is known as Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), and claims to have onboard 34 countries. The new Red Sea oil protection police operation is called Combined Task Force (CTF) 153, it is the fourth such ‘Force’ to be created by the CMF (CTF 150, 151 & 152): “This is a tangible and meaningful demonstration of our commitment to ensuring regional maritime security and stability through international cooperation.”-Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and CMF
USS Mount Whitney, Aqaba, Jordan, 17APR2022. U.S. Army photo by Corporal DeAndre Dawkins.
