In June 2019, a C-130J in Japan was proclaimed to have achieved Black Letter proficiency; no maintenance problems!
In the official video report, USAF 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs explain just how hard it is to get the rare Black Letter:
Here’s official Ramstein Black Letter C-130J video report from May 2018:
VEHICLE I-D: LAST ‘SPOOKY’ DAYS OF THE AC-130U GUNSHIP?
MiG-17 on the left, Fury in the middle, MiG-15UTI on the right. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019.
In July 2019, the state of Montana was invaded by marauding MiG-15UTI and MiG-17, and a lone FJ-4 Fury came to The Big Sky state’s defense.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019
MiG-17. USAF photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019.
It was part of an air show at Malmstrom Air Force Base.
VEHICLE I-D: MIG 17 V U.S. NAVY FERRARI
POCATELLO AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: MIG-15 UTI & MIG-17
POCATELLO AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: FJ-4 FURY
Currently known as Electronic Warfare Tactical Vehicle (EWTV), testing began in September 2018 at Yuma Army Proving Grounds, in Arizona.
In January 2019, testing shifted to Fort Irwin National Training Center, in California.
Testing is being conducted by the U.S. Army 1st Division’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team ‘Greywolf’. The EWTV is based on a MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected) MaxxPro Dash.
The new vehicle allows ground forces to intercept and jam electronic communications (electromagnetic spectrum) from a ‘safe’ distance. It will be a good use for artillery units because it can pin-point the source of electronic sources and then call-for-fire on those sources (the modern version of triangulating radio signals).
It can integrate with existing ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) vehicles like the VROD (Versatile Radio Observation & Direction) and VMAX (VROD Modular Adpative Transmit) systems.
VEHICLE I-D: GIANT R-C TANKS SEEN TEARING-UP WASHINGTON STATE!
Military housing personnel making hasty repairs, 07JUL2019.
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Edwards Air Force Base, were also hit by the 6.4 and 7.1 quakes in California, over the July 4th weekend.
Repairing base water lines damaged by the quakes, 06JUL2019.
Air Force Radio report about Edwards Air Force Base, $1-billion in damages?:
Checking the wires over the Huey and Cobra helicopter ‘gate guards’, 07JUL2019.
Some buildings show signs of major cracks, but it looks like the commissary got shaken-up the most.
Official ‘facts & prep’ video put out by U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Wing in Louisiana, May 2019:
Tornado hit near Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, 27MAY2019.
“Our job could be the difference between people surviving or not.”-Airman First Class Sydney Eleuteri, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron
While parts of Arkansas were hit by floods in June, 2019, Little Rock Air Force Base was hit by an ‘unknown substance’ that sent emergency responders scrambling.
19th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management journeyman, takes a sample of an unknown substance found on Little Rock AFB, 12JUN2019.
Don’t worry (too much) it was all part of monthly CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) training meant to keep their ‘combat edge’: “We train everybody in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive defense to be ready at the drop of a hat…..
I love learning the science behind my job! If I wasn’t in the military, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this….”-Airman 1st Class Candace Carrico, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron
EARTHQUAKE: DID USAF KNOW CALIFORNIA WAS ABOUT TO BE HIT?
OREGON MILITIA RESPONDS TO CONTAMINATION EVENT IN MONTANA!
On 08JUL2019, some of the last AC-130U ‘Spooky’ with the 4th Special Operations Squadron returned from a recent deployment.
AC-130Us have been on constant deployment since 2001, but are supposed to soon be replaced by the new AC-130J Ghostrider.
U.S. Air Force video report by Staff Sergeant Marleah Cabano:
A Spooky sight at Hurlburt Field, Florida, 08JUL2019.
Here’s a cool video of the homecoming:
Welcome home!
Big Daddy AC-130U: 
On 02JUL2019, a ‘Normady’ striped USAF C-130J paid a visit to Belgium, to give some firefighters a ride.
The 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, landed on Chièvres Air Base, to help U.S. Air Force 424th Air Base Squadron firefighters train-up, and asked the Belgians if they wanted to tag-along.
Plastic space ship cockpit of C-130J Super Hercules.
Not sure what the firefighting training was as the USAF didn’t provide any pics of that. I think it was actually a covert joy-ride.
There were several C-130 in Invasion Stripes attending the D-Day Anniversary, like this C-130J from Little Rock, Arkansas.
Back in May 2019, a C-130H got striped, a Kentucky Guard bird scheduled to take part in this year’s D-Day Anniversary.
KENTUCKY DOG TRAINS TO RESCUE ALASKANS FROM A HC-130J!
Over the July 4th, 2019, weekend California’s ‘seismic drought’ came to an end with two 6+ quakes. Interestingly, Vandenberg Air Force Base had just conducted an earthquake drill exactly one month prior.
The scenario was held on 05JUN2019, to test if the base could continue operations during a natural disaster.
Interestingly the observers were made up of personnel from the 30th Space Wing Inspector General judge advocate of military justice, in other word’s Air Force lawyers and legal assistants.
30th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters practiced drilling through concrete to rescue victims.
The 30th Medical Group was tasked to prove it could relocate and continue providing medical care if the base hospital was destroyed.
U.S. Air Force stated that disaster drills at all its bases are ongoing yearly events.
“In a domestic operation situation it don’t matter if it’s the Air or the Army, the public needs us to come as one team with one fight and to help relieve whatever situation is going on.”-Major General Tommy Baker, Deputy Adjutant General of the Tennessee National Guard
Mass-casualty training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
From the end of May 2019, thru the beginning of June 2019, the U.S. military held a multi-state (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee) National Guard/local responder exercise called Shaken Fury, in preps for a major New Madrid Seismic Zone event.
Pulling bodies from the rubble, Millington, Tennessee.
44 Georgia Air Guard medical response personnel drove into Tennessee to lend a hand.
Preparing to fuel a KC-135 transport at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee.
Official video explainer of operation Shaken Fury 2019. What if a 7.7 quake hit the mid-western U.S.? (with overly dramatic music):
One of the things Guard personnel trained for was reacting without any prior notice (called a ‘no-notice’ response). The main purpose of Shaken Fury was to identify potential problem areas for local disaster response.
Missouri Guard personnel trying to break through the rubble of what was once a building at Mozingo Outdoor Education and Recreation Area.
Official video report of Tennessee National Guard mass casualty evac on C-17 Globemaster:
The training involved anything from being able to deploy large transport aircraft to martial law crowd control of ‘zombie’ quake victims.
Armored vehicles prepped for martial law crowd control at Camp McCain, Mississippi.
Official Mississippi National Guard video report explaining their version of martial law crowd control:
Simulated roof-top rescue, obviously they expect homes to fall victims to liquifaction.
It should be noted that the U.S. government, through Department of Homeland Security, pushed for the Shaken Fury training as part of a FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) policy called Emergency Support Function 14-Long-Term Community Recovery: “Understanding how disruptions cascade across infrastructure, and the role of private industry in responding and stabilizing our systems, is particularly important in major disasters such as the one we are exercising in Shaken Fury. This cross-sector understanding is what CISA aims to provide through the newly established Emergency Support Function number 14.”-Brian Harrell, Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Georgia National Guard dealing with ‘zombie’ survivors at the Memphis Fire Department Training Center, Tennessee.
Pacific Ring of Fire, June 2019: “UN DESPICHE TOTAL” (a total wipe-out)
WHY IS DISASTER RELIEF SO SLOW?: FLORIDA MILITIA DISCOVERS A MAJOR CAUSE, NEW PREPS FOR HURRICANES!
IDAHO MILITIA PREPS FIREFIGHTERS FOR COMING NATURAL DISASTERS!