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Idaho, Technology

U.S. Wildfire 2021: K-Max & 10 Tanker, waiting for the call

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When the wildfire season officially starts in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, little used Pocatello Regional Airport becomes Pocatello Airtanker Base.

Idaho Wildfires 2012:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, 2012.

CANADAIR CL 215

This year (despite the hype by main-stream national news), and the past few years, Pocatello Airtanker Base hasn’t been as busy as it was between the years 2012 and 2017. We had a plethora of water bombers, various types of fixed wing and rotary wing, some even coming from Canada.

A couple of BAEs and an ancient Neptune, September 2012. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Pocatello Tanker Base 2012:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, 2012.

SIKORSKY & USMC IN TOWN

The area is still getting smoked-out by regional fires, but nothing like the amount of smoke during the 2012-2018 years.  In 2018 the smoke from record setting California fires was bad enough that I taped furnace filters to my windows (I don’t have central air conditioning).  So since about 2019, most of what you see on Pocatello Airtanker Base are a DC-10, a helicopter or two, and the always present Air Tractors.

On 23JUL2021, I just happened to be checking out the airport and caught the crew of a Mountain West Helicopters K-Max, waiting for a call to action, sitting near the tarmac in 90+ Fahrenheit temperatures.

Video from 2008, Mountainwest Helicopters K-Max using Bambi Bucket during Piute Mountain wildfire:

Lockheed Martin video showing a K-Max drone (remote control, no pilot) dropping water on a fire:

And I was lucky enough to just catch a glimpse of a DC-10 returning from a water-drop mission.

Kit builders should note the noticeable gap between the water tank and the fuselage.

Also notice that 10 Tanker has given their DC-10s a new livery.

2020 video of 10 Tanker #911 bombing a fire near homes in California:

2016 video of 10 Tanker training in New Mexico, note that the big water bombers are led-in by smaller FAC aircraft:

U.S. Wildfires 2021: Wyoming governor waves federal pandemic restrictions to ease aviation fuel shortage for water bombers

FOR FIRST TIME, IDAHO MOBILIZES MILITIA FOR FIRE DUTY!

Idaho Wildfires 2019:

DC-10, IDAHO’S 911

U.S. Forest Service FAC (Forward Air Controller) taking off from Pocatello Airtanker Base. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

MD-87 WATER BOMBER, NEW KING AIR F-A-C

Pocatello Airtanker Base 2017:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, August 2017.

SMOKE ’EM IF YOU GOT ’EM! THE FIRE BOMBERS ARE BACK!

U.S. Wildfires 2016: DC-10 POCATELLO AIRPORT

Pocatello Air Tanker Base, September 2012:  MORE AIR TANKERS ARRIVE AT POCATELLO TANKER BASE. EVACUATIONS IN EFFECT!

MORE CANADIAN AIRCRAFT ARRIVE AT POCATELLO

CONAIR’s Convair, notice the retardant stains, from the day before, have been cleaned off. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

CANADA JOINS THE FIGHT 

Pocatello Air Tanker Base, August 2012:

MAFFS 5 gets airborne! Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

MAFFS C-130s RETURN TO POCATELLO AIRPORT, IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD JOINS BATTLE!

12 July 2012:

Comin’ down! Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

BUSY 30 MINUTES AT POCATELLO AIRPORT, AS A VARIETY OF FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT FLY INTO ACTION

Technology

‘Restored’ F-4C gets new Home

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Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

On 20JUL2021, an old F-4C Phantom-2 found a new home in front of the headquarters of the 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), Georgia Air National Guard, on Robins Air Force Base (AFB).

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Maintenance personnel, who normally maintain Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft, ‘restored’ the old F-4C.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Note the bird spikes. Photo by Rodney Speed.

The 116th ACW used to be known as the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), which flew the Phantom-2 from 1983-1986.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

The 116th used to be based on Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and this F-4C used to be a gate guard on Dobbins.  The 116th is now based on Robins AFB.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

2015: GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS FIND A NEW HOME FOR AN OLD F-4D PHANTOM-2

Influenza

Operation Jupiter: CoViD ‘Bubble Boy’ Box? Project was started before the Pandemic & you paid for it!

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Photo via Olifant Medical.

“As we were developing our enclosure, we realized there was likely the need to tailor it to military specifications, such as being able to attach it to a gurney and to develop portable vacuum pump. The need to adapt our technology to DoD needs aligned with the SBIR program. Our adaptations have led to a dual-use, civilian and military technology that is even more robust than our original ideation.”-Justin Rice, Olifant Medical

Photo courtesy of Olifant Medical.

On 22JUL2021, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program unveiled a medical device designed to prevent people from getting infected with coronavirus.

It’s called a STAT Enclosure and was originally presented by a San Antonio, Texas, doctor back in June 2020.  It is meant for healthcare workers.  It fits over the head and shoulders of the infected victim,  it has ports to allow healthcare worker’s hands inside to treat the patient.  It also has an air hose that can be used to create a pressure environment inside the box.

Photo courtesy of Olifant Medical.

The designers with Olifant Medical claim that while it looks simple, it was very difficult to develop.  Its development was paid for by the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX program.  I found a news article which not only revealed that the AFWERX funded STAT Enclosure cost U.S. taxpayers a minimum of $1-million, but that AFWERX actually began its relationship with Olifant Medical back in February/March 2019 when AFWERX paid Olifant Medical $50-thousand in ‘seed funding’!

AFWERX Vehicle I-D: SAY HELLO TO YOUR TAXPAYER/USAF FUNDED ‘CIVILIAN’ HELICOPTER-CAR!

ChikRisk 2021: U.S. ARMY CONTINUES TO WARN OF NEW PANDEMIC

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

Operation Jupiter, 2020: OPERATION COVID-19 IS FOR REAL

Operation Jupiter, 2019:  MEASLES PANDEMIC SPREAD BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, OR EVIL BILDERBERG VACCINE PROGRAM?

Operation Jupiter, 2015: J-U-P-I-T-R  A-T-D, A SMALL PART OF A LARGER MILITARY OPERATION SPREADING DISEASE AT A HOSPITAL NEAR YOU!

Technology, U.S.

Hurricane prep 2021: ‘Near Shore Experiment’ proves scientists still don’t have a clue!

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“To better protect our coastal communities we need to better model, understand and predict the complex and dynamic nearshore environment.”-Brittany Bruder, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Duck, North Carolina, where a major weather research project has been ongoing since 2019.

It has been more than 130 years since modern weather science started, yet even after decades of collecting hurricane data within the United States, scientists still don’t understand the weather!

An ancient U.S. Army Corps of Engineers LARC-V is used to carry a remote control boat (oceanographic research drone) for the DuNEx.

An attempt to rectify that will officially begin in Autumn 2021, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It is called the During Nearshore Event Experiment (DuNEx), or DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX), being conducted by the U.S. Coastal Research Program.  It would’ve happened sooner but there was a “…delay in their planning and preparation for the upcoming… …DUNEX field experiment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.” 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo.

Preparations for DuNEx 2021 have been ongoing since 2019, and the whole thing is not expected to conclude until Winter 2022!  The goal is to be better able to predict what a storm will do, and to advise coastal communities on short-term and long-term plans of action.

June 2021: SPCMSC scientists travel to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to conduct DUNEX

Hurricane prep 2021: GEORGIA MILITIA WARMS-UP THE D-R-M-K-T

September 2020: ERDC researchers participate in the DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment 

LARC-V:  U.S. NAVY KEEPS OLD U.S. ARMY BOAT-TRUCK AFLOAT

U.S.

Typhoon prep 2021: U.S. forces scramble on Guam!

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U.S. Army photo by Specialist Richard Carlisi.

On 20-21 July 2021, U.S. Army soldiers taking part in wargame Forager 2021 on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, scrambled but not for a possible enemy attack, for a possible typhoon/cyclone.

USA photo by Specialist Richard Carlisi.

Turned out it was just a ‘typhoon mitigation rehearsal’.  Basically the soldiers just grabbed their shit and ran for the nearest secure shelter.

WFO Guam’s Tropical Cyclone Area of Responsibility

Typhoon 2021: Southern Japan was hit by Typhoon In-Fa, in Philippines is was called Typhoon Fabian, whatever you call it the U.S. Marines say ‘Secure your trash’!

Hi-Tech Fail: CLIMATE CHANGE is BIGGEST THREAT TO BILLION DOLLAR WEAPON SYSTEMS!

Hurricane Dorian: HOW TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS OF U.S. MARINES

International

Typhoon 2021: Secure your Trash!

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On 21-22 July 2021, Southern Japan was hit by Typhoon In-Fa, in Philippines is was called Typhoon Fabian, whatever you call it the U.S. Marines in Southern Japan were ready.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Alex Fairchild.

On Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, U.S. Marines dug in for the 2021 Typhoon season: “Today we handed out upwards of 3-thousand-5-hundred MRE’s. We have been preparing all week, and it has been a daunting task, but as Marines we are and have to be prepared for anything that comes our way.”-Private First Class Anthony Prophet, Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Alex Fairchild.

Marines on Camp Foster filled sandbags, boarded up buildings, tied down anything that could blow away, secured sources of water, protected anything electronic, and even collected trash: “When it comes to bulk refuse [re-fuuss, as in trash, not ree-fyuse as in reject], we keep our typhoon cage open through Tropical Typhoon Condition of Readiness 2 so that any trash that isn’t contracted for pickup can be disposed of.”-Sergeant Shane Holum, Camp Services

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Alex Fairchild.

USMC video report, by Corporal Brennan J. Beauton, explaining that Camp Lester and Plaza Housing were also prepped:

U.S. Navy SeaBees and USMC Engineers actually practiced boarding up buildings on 08JUL2021. USMC video report by Corporal Ryan H. Pulliam:

Typhoon prep 2021: What is T-C-C-O-R?

International, Technology

A Banshee heralds the coming global war: New Ghostrider in the skies over New Mexico!

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“The arrival of Cannon’s first AC-130J Ghostrider represents a significant expansion of force generation capacity as AFSOC structures for the reemergence of great power competition, tightening fiscal constraints, and the accelerating rate of technological change, demanding significant transformation to ensure Air Commandos are ready to successfully operate in this new environment.”-27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs, 19JUL2021

A banshee is a female ghost that forewarns of the death of the living by wailing or shrieking.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eboni Reece.

In May 2015, the last of the 27th Special Operations Wing (SOW) AC-130H Specters made its final flight into retirement.

Video report by Senior Airman Elizabeth Taranto:

One of these AC-130Js belongs to the 27th SOW, the other belongs to 4th Special Operations Squadron. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Peter Reft.

On 19JUL2021, the 27th SOW (Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico) got a brand new AC-130J Ghostrider: “The lethality has increased exponentially.”-Major Ryan Whitehead, 27th Special Operations Group (SOG)

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Peter Reft.

The AC-130J is a fifth generation gunship: “The AC-130J has been built on the backs of giants, evolving from four variants of the AC-130 to the AC-119 and AC-47. The Air Commands who fly, maintain, and support the AC-130J are committed to continuing that proud heritage by developing into a force that presents challenges to our nation’s adversaries in new ways and places.”-Lieutenant Colonel Drew Saylor, 27th SOG Detachment-2

USAF photo by Senior Airman Marcel Williams.

Video report by Airman First Class Drew Cyburt:

 

2017: “NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?

Vehicle I-D: LAST ‘SPOOKY’ DAYS OF THE AC-130U GUNSHIP?

Weapon I-D:

U.S. Air Force photo.

THE HAPPY MINIGUNNER

Operation CoViD-19: USCG MAKES 1ST ‘BILL & MELINDA GATES’ VACCINE DELIVERY TO HAITI

International, Technology

Terminator: British Empire & U.S. Space Force, ‘Allied by Design’?

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Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Danielle McBride, 07JUL2021.

“We are shifting to a mindset of ‘Allied by Design’ as we look at how we acquire future space systems to build out a robust and resilient space architecture. We know our commercial partners are moving at the speed of innovation and by working together through endeavors like our joint ISPD, both nations were able to develop a common set of requirements then seek the most cutting-edge technology from all across the globe.”-Deanna Ryals, U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center

Graphic by Justin Weisbarth.

On 15JUL2021, the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) on Los Angeles Air Force Base, in California, hosted officials from the United Kingdom (the lead member of the British Empire known as Commonwealth of Nations) for a presentation (called a Space Pitch Day) designed to reinforce the U.K.’s role in the United States Space Force (USSF).

U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sergeant Luke Kitterman, 15JUL2021.

“…my main role is to identify, establish and enhance partnerships between the U.K. Ministry of Defence and SMC.”-Wing Commander Ian Pamplin, U.K. Royal Air Force

U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sergeant Luke Kitterman, 15JUL2021.

“The U.S. and the U.K. have collaborated together in multiple capability areas and initiatives. From the International Space Pitch Day held last November to efforts across satellite communication, Space Domain Awareness, and Space Command and Control, we have had some big wins, and I’m confident we have many more to come.”-Lieutenant General John F. Thompson, SMC

U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha, 08JUL2021.

On 08JUL2021, officials from the Kingdom of the Netherlands also attended a USSF meeting at the SMC. The official press info openly stated that the USSF was part of a NATO plan “…to ensure space superiority.”

Graphic by Justin Weisbarth.

Trident of Poseidon: NATO’S NEW U.S. HQ NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL!

Terminator: U.S. ARMY SPACE FORCE LAUNCHES 3 GUNSMOKE-JACOB’S LADDER SATELLITES

Vehicle I-D: U.S. M109A7 PALADIN, ANOTHER ‘TOOL’ OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE!

2017: OBAMA TURNS BENEDICT ARNOLD, IS TOOL OF PRINCE OF EVIL BRITISH EMPIRE

2016: USAF REMINDS YOU THAT OUR MORTAL ENEMY IS THE BRITISH EMPIRE!

BRITISH POLITICIAN SAYS OBAMA IS A LOSER, ORDERED FALSE FLAG “PROJECT FEAR”!

International

Trident of Poseidon: NATO’s new U.S. HQ fully operational!

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“The survival of NATO and the success or failure in combat in a future war in Europe, will largely depend on the success or failure of this command.”-General Mark Milley, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (sounding a little paranoid)

In 2018, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, which has become a global military since the end of the Cold War) announced that it would establish a new headquarters (HQ) in Norfolk, Virginia.  On 15JUL2021, NATO declared that HQ fully operational (Full Operational Capability).

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Video, opening ceremonies where it’s admitted that NATO is more than just a military organization:

Essentially, NATO felt threatened by Russia and decided to create new ‘secondary’ military HQs outside of Europe, far away from Russia.   NATO’s Atlantic and European operations can now be directed from Virginia.

In this DoD video it becomes obvious that NATO considers itself a ‘christian’ organization:

In September 2020, NATO announced Initial Operational Capacity for its Norfolk HQ.  It is officially known as Joint Force Command (JFC) Norfolk, and is one of three JFCs around the world, it is the only JFC in North America.  All the JFCs report to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in Casteau, Belgium.  In other words, a military HQ commanded by officials based in Europe is now located in the United States.

DoD video, U.S. Army General Mark Milley admits the seven-decades old U.S.-NATO alliance is about maintaining global dominance (“established international order”) by the ‘West’ under the guise of preventing a Third World War:

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Joshua M. Tolbert, 23JUN2021.

JFC Norfolk hosts military personnel from 19 ‘allied’ nations and two ‘partner’ nations.  In June 2021, NATO’s Theater Component Commanders, and leaders from national headquarters around the Atlantic Rim, converged on JFC Norfolk to discuss ways to coordinate military activities: “The security environment has changed; it is more critical than ever that we, the military leaders within NATO, continue to reinforce our commitment achieving our shared visions. The strength of our nations is inherently linked and the security and stability of the Alliance depends on it.”-Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, JFC Norfolk (sounding a little paranoid)

USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Joshua M. Tolbert, 23JUN2021.

Terminator: ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL, GLOBAL INFORMATION DOMINANCE ‘EXPERIMENT’

NATO: APACHES & HINDS, FOR THE FIRST TIME?

Control through Chaos: USING THE BIBLE AS YOUR GUIDE TO DESTROY SOCIETY!

Technology

Old skool Talon tests new-tech Global Information Dominance Experiment

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The first flight of a T-38 Talon was in 1959, it is still in use, and even testing the latest in military artificial intelligence designed to control all electronic systems, globally.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Hill, 15JUL2021.

During the first half of July 2021, U.S. Northern Command (NorthCom) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (aka Nor-ad) conducted what they call a Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE-3), part of an Architecture Demonstration and Evaluation (ADE-5).

USAF photo by Tom Hill.

The GIDE-3 included T-38 Talons flown by the 586th Flight Test Squadron.  The GIDE-3/ADE-5 flights were launched from Alpena Combat Training Center, Michigan.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh.

U.S. Air Force (USAF) video by Technical Sergeant Amy Picard and Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh:

USAF photo by Tom Hill.

USAF video by Tom Hill:

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.

USAF video by Senior Airman Frank Rohrig, T-38 take-off:

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.

Vehicle I-D:

T-38 PACER CLASSIC-3

RED HAWK REPLACES TALON

T-38 25TH FTS HERITAGE

Gate Guard: REPAIRING 1/1 SCALE T-38 TALON

Hi-tech fail: USAF USES WW2 AIRCRAFT TO DEVELOP MODERN DRONE TECH!

GERMANY STILL TRAINS UP OLD-SKOOL CAVALRY!

CLIMATE CHANGE is the BIGGEST THREAT TO BILLION DOLLAR WEAPON SYSTEMS!

USN ADMITS HI-TECH MILITARY GEAR DEFEATED BY MOTHER EARTH’S TINY SEA CREATURES!