In 2012, Columbia took part in its first participation in the USAF’s Red Flag wargames at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Columbia used their Israeli made Kfir COA (Kfir C.12, heavily modified Dassault Mirage).
Video:
Vehicle I-D: 
‘DISSIMILAR’ CONTRACTED F-21 LION (KFIR)
In 2017 and 2016, the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, conducted ‘dissimilar’ air combat training, pitting contracted (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company [ATAC]) Israeli made F-21 Lion (Kfir, modified Dassault Mirage) against the super expensive F-35B.
Taxpayer funded ATAC operated F-21
F-35B Lightning-2
ATAC F-21, June 2016
F-21 Lions used to be operated by the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps.
U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps use an outdated aircraft to simulate Russian aggressors.
Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 24NOV2020. USMC photo by Corporal Jacob Wilson.
Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Third Class Arnesia McIntyre, 23NOV2020.
Key West, Florida. USN photo by Danette Baso Silvers, 09OCT2019.
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric M. Fisher, 14MAY2019.
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. USAF photo by Airman First Class Gerald R. Willis, 07SEP2018.
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. USAF photo by Airman First Class Gerald R. Willis, 07SEP2018.
The U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, conducts ‘dissimilar’ air combat training, pitting contracted Cold War era British empire made Hawker Hunters against the super expensive F-35B Lightning-2.
A Mark 58 Hawker Hunter aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Terry Haynes, 18APR2018.
Two seat Hunter operated by taxpayer funded Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC). USMC photo by Lance Corporal Terry Haynes, 18APR2018.
ATAC Hunter over South China Sea, Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise 33 (PHIBLEX). USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Raymond D. Diaz the Third, 09OCT2016.
Two seater Hunter. USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Dengrier Baez, 26JUN2016.
ATAC Hunter at Boca Chica Field, Florida, USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian Morales 25MAR2015.
In July 2018, Idaho was the site of U.S. Air Force ‘dissimilar’ air combat training hosted by Mountain Home Air Force Base.
Louisiana Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Dane M. St. Pe, 18JUL2018.
Air National Guard units from Indiana (A-10Cs) and Louisiana (F-15Cs), and the Idaho National Guard’s A-10C Thunderbolt-2s, took part and were all based on Gowen Field (part of the Boise airport).
Indiana Air Guard ‘Blacksnakes’ A-10Cs mingle with Idaho A-10Cs on Gowen Field. Louisiana F-15Cs in the background. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.
Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.
Slow Mo video, Bellows, Hawaii, July 2018:
Video assault on Pyramid Rock Beach, July 2018:
Video AAV7 ground ops, Twentynine Palms, California, June 2018:
Video USS Oak Hill recovers AAV7, Baltic Sea, June 2018:
Video USS Ashland AAV7 deployment, Philippine Sea, April 2018:
Video, ocean towing an AAV7, Okinawa, Japan, March 2018:
Video Assault Amphibious Vehicle AAV7-A1, Camp Pendleton, California, October 2014:
The older HMMWV parts are being harvested for use on the brand new Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV).
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Murphy, 01MAY2018.
The U.S. Marines Corps is cannibalizing older High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles in an attempt to save taxpayers millions of dollars, and “increase the JLTV’s survivability.”
Official video explainer for JLTV:
M88A1 Medium-Tracked Recovery Vehicle
The following pics are from Fort McCoy’s Maintenance Tracked Vehicle Recovery Course in July 2018.
Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, began its tracked vehicle recovery training in October 2017.
Vehicle I-D: 
FRENCH CAESAR INVADES GERMANY!
MLRS, BRITISH RED COATS INVADE U.S. ARMY BASE IN GERMANY!
Alaskan UH-60 Black Hawks with skis:
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Sean Evans, 15MAR2018.
Alaska Army National Guard photo by Specialist Michael Risinger, 09FEB2019.
This Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk is wearing just the tail ski. U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 30MAY2018.
The rear portion of the main skis can be lowered for hoisting operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher, 30JUL2016.
U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 21NOV2017.
Alaska Air National Guard photo by David Bedard, 05JUN2018.
Alaska Air National Guard photo by David Bedard, 05JUN2018.
Photo by John Pennell, 28NOV2017.
Video, aerial refueling March 2018:
U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 21NOV2017.
U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña, 29JUL2016.
U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena, 24FEB2015.
Video, Operation Rock and a Hard Place, March 2015:
‘Hang Ten’ was originally a symbol of surfing in late 1950s California, then becoming the logo of a surf-clothing company in the 1960s. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Turner, 20AUG2015.
‘Hang Ten’ video, people jumping out of a perfectly good helicopter with Hang Ten painted skies in the middle of an Alaskan Winter, 2014:
Video report, Arctic Care 2013:
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Burt Traynor, 13JUN2019.
MILITIA UH-60L LOOSES WINDSHIELD AT NTC!
VEHICLE ID: UH-60 BLACK HAWK M240 LIVE FIRE, GRAFENWOEHR
BLACK HAWK DOWN JAPAN: U.S. ARMY TRAINS YOKOHAMA TO RESCUE DOWNED UH-60 CREWS
QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target drones operate out of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Video first sortie, February 2017:
Video QF-4 retirement, replaced by QF-16 December 2016:
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 2015
ALABAMA F-16s DEPLOY TO MIDDLE EAST!
FLORIDA F-16s JOIN ITALY & ISRAEL TO INVADE GREECE!
DRONE WARS: QF-4 TO QF-16
SPECIAL LAS VEGAS SHOOTING EDITION F-16 & F-15
UTAH: PHINAL PHANTOM PHLIGHT, NO MORE USAF F-4 PHANTOMS!
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
