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Vehicle I-D: New KC-46A Pegasus

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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody Dowell, 08FEB2019.

KC-46A Pegasus flies over Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, 08FEB2019.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Cody Dowell, 08FEB2019.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Alan Ricker, 14FEB2019.

U.S. Air Force video, by Staff Sergeant Joshua Crawley, first crew familiarization flight from McConnell AFB, Kansas, 26FEB2019:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Alan Ricker, 25JAN2019.

The first KC-46A Pegasus arrives at McConnell AFB, Kansas, 25JAN2019.

USAF photo by Airman Michaela Slanchik, 25JAN2019.

Video by Staff Sergeant Joshua Crawley, of KC-46As landing at McConnell AFB, 07FEB2019:

USAF illustration by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman.

 

USAF illustration by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman.

Boeing photo, 30OCT2018.

Most testing was conducted at Edwards AFB, California, in 2018.

USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 23OCT2018.

The new KC-46A was also tested on Yokota Air Base in Japan.

South Carolina Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Megan Floyd, 13JUL2016.

The KC-46A is a modified Boeing 767.

KC-46A boom operator explainer video:

USAF photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, 14FEB2019.

KC-135 Stratotanker refuels KC-46A Pegasus.

USAF video by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, KC-46A refueling a C-17 over Washington, 14FEB2029:

USAF photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, 14FEB2019.

VEHICLE I-D: NEBRASKA KC-135 TEENAGED NOSE ART

M1A2-V2-SEP ABRAMS IDAHO LIVE FIRE, FEBRUARY 2019

Idaho, Technology

Vehicle I-D: M1A2-SEP-V2 Abrams Idaho live fire, February 2019

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Alpha Company, 2-116th CBCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

At the Orchard Training Area (OTA, aka Orchard Combat Training Center-OCTC) the Idaho Army National Guard is preparing for the 116th Calvary Brigade Combat Team’s upcoming rotation at the National Training Center (Fort Irwin), California, later this year.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard. I’ve seen a lot of model dioramas with polished metal cases for the 120mm rounds, that is wrong, the case is a clear combustible plastic, the light grey color is the charge inside.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

“Gunner! Sabot, tank!”

“Identified!”

“Fire!”

“On the way!”

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th CBCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

A lot of ‘Metal Case Bases’ (we call them AFCAPs). Anybody experience an AFCAP separation from the case while trying to load it? I have, it sucks, there goes your whole gunnery run!

WORLD WAR 3: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING! 

VEHICLE ID: NTC AND THE BRADLEY

116TH SNAKE RIVER’S 2015 NTC ROTATION

Idaho, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Idaho M2A3 Bradley, January 2019

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Upgraded British empire made (BAE Systems) Idaho National Guard M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) conducting ‘live fire’ exercises at Orchard Training Area (OTA, aka Orchard Combat Training Center-OCTC).

Idaho Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 116 Brigade Engineer Battalion, prepping for ‘rotation’ to National Training Center (Fort Irwin), California, later this year.

VEHICLE I-D: MITSUBISHI F-2, SURE LOOKS LIKE AN F-16

UNITED STATES INVADES IDAHO!

A-10C SNOWBLIND WALKAROUND IN IDAHO!

WORLD WAR 3: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING!

U.S.

Taxes, bad cops & criminal migrants on the rise!: U.S. government shenanigans, September 2018

Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for September 2018:

 U.S. Has Highest Share of Foreign-Born Since 1910

At Camp Foster, Japan, military personnel became U.S. citizens, LEGALLY, 06SEP2018.

ALABAMA: Selma City Council passes $17.4 million budget

ALASKA: Anchorage budget proposal relies on taxes, revenues, cuts

ARKANSAS: 15 migrants arrested

CALIFORNIA: Rape suspect arrested, turns out he’s a ‘Safety Specialists’ at UC Berkeley!

On-duty Kern County deputy arrested for allegedly being on drugs

Court rules San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment rights of students

Deputy arrested for violating probation

Retired cop arrested for grand theft auto and threatening other cops

Stanislaus County Supervisor has DUI arrest record

150 Undocumented Immigrants, Most of Them With Criminal Records, Arrested in 3-Day Operation

Deep in red, Sacramento City school district’s budget rejected 

COLORADO: Denver unveils almost $1.5B budget proposal

FLORIDA: 

U.S. Coast Guard captures 11 migrants and three human traffickers off Boca Raton, 08SEP2018.

Two City of Clearwater employees arrested for stealing from the taxpayers

police lieutenant arrested, accused of molesting little girl

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s  deputy arrested for possessing and sharing child pornography

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s  deputy fired for being drunk (was already in trouble for multiple hazing incidents and assaulting prisoners)

Police Officer arrested for disorderly conduct at restaurant

corrections trainee charged with sexual misconduct

Prison guard arrested for drugs and bribery

“An inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution’s annex was able to strangle and mutilate his cellmate, gouge out his eyeballs, wrap his blood-soaked body in a sheet and walk into the prison’s chow hall wearing the dead inmate’s ear strung around his neck before officers learned anything was amiss…”

Gainesville Regional Utilities jacked-up by 2%

Tampa approves more than $1-billion budget

Bradenton passes record budget. Yes, you will pay more

GEORGIA: deputy kept job despite child cruelty arrest

Deputy arrested for illegally selling guns

ILLINOIS: 63% of registered voters say they’re O-K with immigrants flooding into the state, yet 53% also said they want to get the hell outta Dodge (leave the state)!

Police admit gangs are behind gun violence

Department of Corrections investigating prisoner deaths 

Despite raising property taxes, the City of Evanston still short by $7.5-million, will now increase fees and cut services 

IDAHO: Budget office warns Idahoans may face bigger tax bills

2019 state education budget proposal includes $19.1 million for police-state ‘student safety’

proposed teacher raises revised, after error found in budget

Death, understaffing claims prompt another investigation of taxpayer funded ‘treatment’ center

Nampa asks for volunteers to scare away crows

Taxpayers forced to pay $78000 to national search firm to find next U of I president

INDIANA: Two men, including the Sewer and Maintenance Superintendent of Muncie, arrested for wire fraud, falsification of documents and witness tampering.

Deputy quits job after being arrested for being drunk 

Indianapolis Police & Fire demand more taxpayer funding

IOWA: 2018 budget surplus a higher than expected

LOUISIANA: Five Deputies arrested for beating and raping prisoners!

Opelousas City Council increases taxpayer funded budget

KENTUCKY: 16 U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Knox became U.S. citizens, LEGALLY, 19SEP2018.

MASSACHUSETTS: 

In Boston, 24 military personnel became U.S. citizens, LEGALLY, 20SEP2018.

MINNESOTA: Big budget cuts, layoffs at White Earth reservation, including police force

MISSISSIPPI: 16 prisoners die

Hattiesburg City Council swears residents will be safer due to more cops, despite efforts to reduce a $3.47 million budget shortfall

Pascagoula jacks-up taxes in effort to stop mass layoffs and reduce $14-million deficit

MISSOURI: City of Jefferson to buy new cop cars and rezone 139 properties

NEW HAMPSHIRE: State’s growth dependent upon foreigners as more citizens left the state, than moved in, from 2002-2012.

NEW JERSEY:  Newark Liberty International Airport eliminating 8-hundred jobs due to United Airlines suddenly changing its ground handling contract!

NJ cop arrested on charges of luring underage children for sex

NEW MEXICO: Every month state taxpayers forced to fund secret lawsuit settlements!

deputy arrested outside Santa Fe bar

Border Patrol Agent Arrested in Connection With Murders of 4 Women

NEW YORK: 7 New York Police Officers Arrested

Police sergeant, firefighter, nurse among 24 alleged child predators arrested in sting operation

Male prison guard arrested for having sex with prisoner

Female prison guard arrested for raping prisoner

OHIO: Sandusky cop arrested on felony charges

Mahoning County Sheriff’s Deputy arrests Lisbon City Police Officer

Corrections officers disciplined after prisoner escapes

Prison guard turns whistleblower revealing pics that show dungeon-like conditions of taxpayer funded prison

OKLAHOMA: Colonel Christopher A. Hussin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Tulsa County Drainage District 12 Levee Commissioner signed a Cost Sharing Agreement for the $3-million taxpayer funded Tulsa-West Tulsa Levee System Feasibility Study.  The levee was first built in the 1940s and apparently is in need of updating if it’s to continue as a flood control system.

Thousands of Oklahomans switch political party affiliation

senator convicted of child sex trafficking sentenced

PENNSYLVANIA: Taxpayer funded for-profit prison contractor GEO issued a shutdown WARN (Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification) for its Walker Hall operations, 27 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving.

Corrections officer accused of smuggling drugs

SOUTH CAROLINA: Prison guards arrested for drug smuggling

TENNESSEE: Correctional Officer Accused Of Smuggling 

TEXAS: Arrests of Bexar County cops sets new record in 2018!

Bexar County deputy arrested on drunk driving charge; 17th deputy criminally charged in 2018

Deputy arrested on DWI charge gets fired

Dallas police officer who shot neighbor dead arrested

El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested an El Paso City Police officer for deadly hit-&-run

Wise County deputy arrested for assault

Border agents in South Texas saw increase in migrant families make illegal crossings

San Antonio adopts $2.8-billion budget

Amarillo increases taxes to hire more cops

UTAH: Firefighting group expresses concern over prisoner rape arrest

WASHINGTON: Female prison guard arrested for having sex with prisoner

Seattle unveils $5.9 billion budget proposal

The never ending Hanford nuclear reservation clean-up (proposed) budget is now $15-million higher than last year 

Spokane Public Schools to pay for teacher pay raises by forcing teachers to retire early

Washington DC: Ice arrests more than 40 people trying to sponsor migrant children

Border arrests of migrant families increase 38 percent 

Indians (from India) arrested for illegally entering U.S. nearly triples

New TRAC Report Shows Where ICE Arrests Occur

ObamaCare-ACA death spiral, September 2018: “DANGEROUSLY LOW”

Dumbing Down the U.S.A., September 2018: TEACHERS MORE VIOLENT & CRIMINAL THAN STUDENTS?

Drugs, the American Way, September 2018: “…THE ENTIRE COUNTRY MUST FOCUS ON THIS!” “DRUG DEALERS IN ARMANI SUITS”

U.S. government shenanigans, August 2018: ARE COPS THE NEW #1 ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE? IDAHO RAPES TAXPAYERS!

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Mitsubishi F-2, sure looks like an F-16

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The Mitsubishi F-2 looks like the General Dynamics F-16 because it was developed directly from the F-16, with cooperation from General Dynamics.

F-2As escort a B-1B, 22APR2020

F-2A, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, February 2020

U.S. Air Force video of F-2As over Guam, February 2020:

However, the F-2 is actually larger than the F-16, just the wing area of the F-2 is reportedly 25% larger than that of the F-16.

F-2A arrives Yokota Air Base, September 2019

Refueling over Alaska, June 2019

Video of F-2A being refueled over Alaska during Red Flag 19-2:

Misawa, Japan, 2018

Misawa 2018

Misawa, 2017, F-2 compared to….

…F-16, Misawa, 2017

F-2, Guam 2018

Guam, February 2016

The F-2 canopy is the only obvious visually different thing compared to the F-16

Note the F-16 canopy, Misawa 2017

Koku Jieitai = Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF)

XF-2B prototype, Yokota Air Base, September 2017

Two seater F-2B, Misawa 2018

Two seat F-2B, Iwakuni 2017

2017, MCAS Iwakuni

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, 2017

VEHICLE I-D:

KFIR COA INVADES NEVADA!

Technology

What the hell is a Multi Domain Task Force? You’re paying for it!

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12JAN2019 (08:01 UTC-07 Tango 06) 22 Dey 1397/05 Jumada l-Ula 1440/07 Gui-Chou 4716

On 11JAN2019 the U.S. Army activated its first ever Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space
Detachment, as part of the new Multi Domain Task Force.

Video of official activation ceremony:

The unit is based at Fort Lewis-McChord in Washington state.

This has been discussed for several years now, it’s essentially an evolution of Cyber Command.  In 2013 the evil Rand Corporation published a PDF supporting the creation of Cyber Warfare units.

In Summer 2018 the U.S. Army took part in the biennial RIMPAC (aka Rim of the Pacific Exercise) as a Multi Domain Task Force.  They worked alongside Japanese military forces in conducting ‘live-fire’ missile launches from Hawaii.

Official video, Multi Domain Task Force, Valiant Shield, September 2018:

In September 2018, Multi Domain Task Force took part in Valiant Shield in Guam.   Interestingly, despite being part of Cyber Warfare ops the Multi Domain Task Force has been operating as an artillery unit, so far.

Also in September 2018, the Army Cyber Command conducted Cyber Blitz in New Jersey: “The integration of Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, and Cyber enables a traditional infantry brigade to quickly enter and fight within an adaptive, demanding cyber training environment. Ultimately, Cyber Blitz is elevating the entire Army’s ability to train, fight, and win across all domains.”-Brigadier General Richard E. Angle, Deputy Commanding General for Operations at U.S. Army Cyber Command.

Here’s how the Army is grooming an elite cadre of (electronic) cyber soldiers

Can Army Afford The Electronic Warfare Force It Wants?

OBAMA LEGACY: ILLEGAL CYBER-POLICE OPS SKYROCKET!

IDAHO JOINS DOD’S CYBER SQUADRON OF THE FUTURE

INTERNET MARTIAL LAW: UNITED STATES EXPANDING CYBER ATTACK OPERATIONS, WILL INCLUDE OLD SCHOOL MILITARY STRIKES! UNAMERICAN CORPORATE AMERICA DEMANDS IT!

WORLD WAR 3, ASIA-PACIFIC FRONT: U.S. CYBER ATTACK UNITS DEPLOYING FOR WAR WITH CHINA!

WORLD WAR 3: UNITED STATES BEHIND MOST CYBER ATTACKS!

LESSONS FOR THE REVOLUTION:  CYBERSPACE DOES NOT WIN REVOLUTIONS! OCCUPY THE LAND! KEEP ‘LINES OF COMMUNICATION’ OPEN!

Idaho, U.S.

United States invades Idaho!

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Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 20SEP2018.

It wasn’t reported but the U.S. Army invaded Idaho in September 2018.  They were repelled by Idaho Air Guard A-10C Thunderbolt-2s.

Idaho National Guard photo by Idaho Air National Guard’s Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 20SEP2018.

The Army’s 8th Squadron, 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment M1128 Strykers (based in Washington) were stopped in the Orchard Training Area (OTA, aka Orchard Combat Training Center or OCTC) south of Boise.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Barney, 20SEP2018.

Actually, the U.S. Army was using the OTA for their live fire training.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 21SEP2018.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Robert Barney, 20SEP2018.

But Army Strykers have no true defense against Idaho’s 190th Fighter Squadron A-10Cs.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Barney, 20SEP2018.

 

 

IDAHO Air & Army MILITIA TOP GUNS, again

Idaho, Technology

A-10C snowblind walkaround in Idaho!

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Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 02DEC2018.

A-10C Thunderbolt-2s from the 124th Fighter Wing on Gowen Field, Idaho, got a little snowblind 02DEC2018, but that didn’t stop them.

Idaho National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedee Wilds, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 02DEC2018.

Idaho National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedee Wilds, 02DEC2018.

Idaho National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedee Wilds, 02DEC2018.

Uh oh! Looks like some ‘Idaho’ got removed as well.

Idaho National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedee Wilds, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 02DEC2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Joshua C. Allmaras, 02DEC2018.

Idaho National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Mercedee Wilds, 02DEC2018.

VEHICLE I-D, July 2018: IDAHO A-10C

2012 Pocatello Airport: IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD A-10C THUNDERBOLT 2, ‘walkaround’ photos by me

U.S.

Stop your Bitchin’: Woman now commands Oregon’s sky, says war-fighting ramping-up!

10JAN2019 (04:45 UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Dey 1397/03 Jumada l-Ula 1440/05 Gui-Chou 4716

“I assume this trusted position with enthusiasm, gratitude, eagerness, but most important of all, with great humility. To the men and women of the Oregon Air Guard, let me convey that as your next leader, as an organization, we will continue to stay focused on the future.”-Brigadier General Donna M. Prigmore, first female to become a general in the Oregon Air National Guard

Promotion for Oregon Air National Guard Commander Donna Prigmore, 05AUG2018. Oregon Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant John Hughel.

“What is the future? Without question, state and federal mission requirements are not slowing down and global varsity-level challenges will continue – it is imperative that resilient Airmen continue to be fit, deployable and can establish trusted partnerships with our coalition partners.”

Prigmore also talked about new missions for Oregon’s Air Guard: “Expanding our partnerships with organizations like the FBI, the Oregon Fusion Center, Bonneville Power Administration, and the Oregon Technology Institute…just to name a few.”

Prigmore has made a career of the military since 1982, with more than 12 of those years in command positions.

STOP YOUR BITCHIN’: IDAHO WOMAN COMMANDS 1ST FEMALE COMBAT TEAM!