In 2001 the U.S. Congress created National Airborne Day, which is every 16th of August:
VEHICLE I-D: C-17 DUMPS HMMWVS ON SOUTH CAROLINA, AWESOME VID!
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 82ND AIRBORNE HITS THE GROUND?
45 YEARS OF C-130 MAFFS OPS. WHO WOULD’VE KNOWN WILDFIRES WOULD BECOME SUCH A PROBLEM?
16 August 2016 /21:17 UTC-07 Tango 01 (27 Mordad 1395/13 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/15 Bing-Shen 4714)
Since 762mm (30 inches) of rain fell on 12 August 2016 more than 3-thousand 3-hundred Louisiana National Guard personnel are conducting rescues, security, aid and confort missions in response to the record flooding in The Pelican State. Neighboring Mississippi has also sent state militia to help out.
Mississippi National Guard CH-47 lifting giant sand bags for use against the Louisiana flood
In one 24 hours period the National Guard rescued 5-hundred people and 61 pets, using 66 trucks, 20 boats and five helicopters! Here’s video of rescues by militia Black Hawks, and aerials of the record level flood:
U.S. highway 190 through Denham Springs
Here’s video of Louisiana militia conducting rescues by truck:
SIGN OF THINGS TO COME: KENTUCKY MILITIA TRAINS FOR WATER RESCUES IN INDIANA!
U.S. Army 3rd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade:
AH-64D LONGBOW APACHE, GRAFENWOEHR
116TH SNAKE RIVER’S 2015 NTC ROTATION
60 YEARS ON THE KC-135 FLYS ON!
On 04 August 2016 the U.S. Coast Guard turned 226 years old:
You’d be surprised how many rescues the U.S. Coast Guard conducts each month, stay tuned.
COOL U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUE VID SHOWS YOU WHAT TO EXPECT ONCE YOU’RE PULLED IN!
U.S. Army 52nd Signal Battalion, Boeblingen, Germany
14 August 2016 (00:52 UTC-07 Tango 01) 24 Mordad 1395/10 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/12 Bing-Shen 4714
13 August 2016 /19:35 UTC-07 Tango 01 (24 Mordad 1395/10 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/12 Bing-Shen 4714)
Some long time attendees of the annual Chubbuck Days at Cotant Park were wondering where the Chubbuck Fire Department was, after all it’s tradition for the Fire Department to cool down the crowd with some artificial rain. Just like the cavalry, the Fire Department showed up at the last minute, to the excitement of all the children present (click the pics to make bigger, photos by AAron B. Hutchins):
CHUBBUCK DAYS COTANT PARK 2016: CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING
13 August 2016 /18:55 UTC-07 Tango 01 (24 Mordad 1395/10 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/12 Bing-Shen 4714)
The highlight at Cotant Park was when the helicopter ride force landed, twice, and looking very much like it would crash into neighboring Chase Park playground, due to passenger overloading. However, the main attraction had arrived and most people were thus busy getting baptized by the Chubbuck Fire Department, so they missed the ‘copter excitement. (I try not to include repeat offenders, I mean cars that were in previous Chubbuck Days), Clicks the pics to make bigger, photos by AAron B. Hutchins:
The job I had in 2013 caused me to miss Chubbuck Days.
6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, 2012 CHUBBUCK DAYS (PART 1)
6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, 2012 CHUBBUCK DAYS (PART 2)
11 AUGUST 2012: BUSIEST CHUBBUCK DAYS EVER!
I was out-o-town for 2011 Chubbuck Days.
2010 (when I started taking pics of the cars) CHUBBUCK DAYS CAR SHOW IN IDAHO
12 August 2016 (15:03 UTC-07 Tango 01) 22 Mordad 1395/08 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/10 Bing-Shen 4714
I warned back in February that Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were going to cancel their funding for their students attending cash strapped Idaho State University (ISU). Back then it was due to falling oil prices, but then Arab students began reporting increased cases of harassment and discrimination by Idahoans (a couple months ago at least 50 Arab ‘students’ reported their residences being burglarized). By June Kuwait and KSA suspended scholarships for their 1-thousand 2-hundred students at ISU.
The 1,200 Kuwaiti & Saudi students made up about 90% of the foeriegn students at ISU, going by this ISU generated graph
At the beginning of August administrators at the Pocatello based university revealed that the loss of the Arab students will cause ISU to lose $5-million USD for the 2016-17 school year! Coupled with ongoing ‘domestic’ student exodus ISU will start the new school year with less than 9-thousand 5-hundred students.
The local news media are being careful not to bring religion into their reporting of this issue, but I guarantee you the average ‘christian’ Idahoan says it’s totally about the foreign students being ‘muslims’ from the biggest sponsor of terrorism (U.S. ALLY SAUDI ARABIA, NOT IRAN, IS THE MAIN SPONSOR OF “ISLAMIC EXTREMIST TERRORISM”!).
But this exodus of students (both foreign and domestic) is being downplayed, maybe even covered up by the failing University. A July article in the Idaho State Journal revelaed that the actual crash in enrollment is about 56%! Not the 38% reported by administrators. Apparently administrators were doubling up on students known as ‘dual enrollment’ (one student that on paper is enrolled twice).
The National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA: Association of International Educators) economic analysis shows the struggling Gem State made $110-million in tuition/fees and living expenses from foreign college students during the 2013-14 school year! NAFSA says 882 jobs were created as well.
A few months ago ISU announced that for Idahoans who want to attend they can now get a four year “tuition lock”, but this week a local TV news program stated that when they spoke to ISU students the overwheming response was that the cost of education needs to drop, not be ‘locked in’.
RECORD NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS ATTEND IDAHO STATE! IT CAN’T STOP THE ENROLLMENT BLOODLETTING!