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Iranian news sources claim Iran has launched attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq!
1944, U.S. sends B-17s to Soviet Ukraine!
The U.S. Army Air Force’s 15th Air Force ‘Frantic Joe’ Task Force used Poltava Air Base, in Soviet Ukraine, to conduct what they called ‘shuttle bombing’ of Germany. It was called Operation Frantic.
The U.S. Army Air Force’s Combat Camera Unit put together this propaganda film showing the first time use of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers from Soviet Ukraine. Prior to that, Consolidated B-24 Liberators had been used. What the film doesn’t show is the 21JUN1944 German attack which destroyed the B-17s on the ground, in fact, the U.S. kept that loss a secret until July 1949!
Part one:
Film also shows North American P-51B Mustangs, Bell Airacobras, Yaks (Yakovlevs) and Douglas C-47s.
Part two:
Part three:
Part four:
Germany bombs the shit outta Poltava: 
Germany destroys U.S. bombers in Ukraine, kept secret until 1949!
While conferring with Russian officials, Iran attacked U.S. forces on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar! Iranian officials say the attack was “successful”. Qatar says they were able to shoot down some of the Iranian missiles because Iran gave early warning. Qatar claims they will retaliate.
In 1976 a warning from U.S. ally Shah of Iran, reported on CBS 60 Minutes, but nobody believed him!
Yemen’s Houti military says it will resume attacks on shipping & the U.S. Navy if Iran is attacked by the United States!
The Resistance (Houti, Hamas, Hezbollah) say Israel’s actions in Gaza & Iran are part of a new ‘Sykes-Picot’ plan. NATO Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that NATO Turkey will not allow a new Eurocentric ‘Sykes-Picot’ division of the region!
What comes around goes around!
Bullets & Rockets, OCTC-Idaho!
Back ‘in the day’ when I spent many Summers, and occasional weekends (as both a 13F and a 19K), on what is now known as Orchard Combat Training Area (OCTC) it was called Orchard Training Area (OTA), and it is not in Boise, it is at least 18 miles south of Boise. Since the name was changed (sometime between 2011 and 2012) to OCTC the area has been greatly expanded and is now part of the larger Orchard Training Complex (OTC).
In March 2025, the U.S. Army’s 17th Field Artillery Brigade (from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington) took part in wargame Rocky Mountain Thunder on Idaho’s Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC, 18 miles south of Boise), which included live fire of their HiMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System). Video interview via Sergeant Rebecca Watkins:
I edited together from videos via Sergeant Shadica T. Price (recorded between 22 & 24 March) of day & night live-fire:
Rocky Mountain Thunder also included base defense training. I edited together from video via Sergeant Shadica T. Price:
Also in March, the Idaho Army National Guard’s 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion conducted joint sling-load training with the 17th Field Artillery Brigade (Joint Base Lewis-McChord).
In April 2025, Montana Army National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion conducted M240 machinegun qualifications/Helicopter Aerial Gunnery (HAG) on Idaho’s OCTC (Orchard Combat Training Center, 18 miles south of Boise).
From 04-09 of May, Idaho’s OCTC hosted the Region-6 Best Warrior Competition.
February 2024: Oregon gets new weapons, shoots-up Idaho?
February 2023: Idaho’s Combat Training Area expanded! Millions spent on fire fighting!
October 2022: IDAHO’s upgraded OCTC INVADED BY APACHES FROM ARIZONA & SINGAPORE?
Idaho now premiere site for War-Fighter training! National Guard the new Quick Reaction Force!
June 2022: California, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington invade Rebel Idaho!?
March 2022: Idaho… First time use of Javelin missiles!
August 2021: SINGAPORE APACHES TEST IDAHO’S NEW OCTC D-A-G-I-R SYSTEM
April 2021: IDAHO’s OCTC HOME TO FIRST EVER NATIONAL GUARD D-A-G-I-R!
March 2021: Idaho shows you how to engine swap a M113 on the OCTC-MATES.
September 2018: United States invades Idaho!
2017: Idaho’s OCTC is part of prepping for “Near Peer Threats”, code for Russia & China and the coming 3rd World War!
September 2014: “This is where armor fights!” Idaho National Guard returns to Cold War era ‘Total Force’ warfare training!
Red Coats invade Montana?
The United Kingdom’s Army is upgrading their Challenger-2 battle tanks with new armor and a new gun, the same gun used on the M1A1/2 Abrams; the German designed 120 millimeter (mm) Rheinmetall smoothbore, which launches various types of combustible cased rounds (various projectiles on a combustible plastic case with a metal base/’af-cap’).
The gun on the current Challenger-2 is also 120mm, but the British designed tube (barrel) is rifled and the ammo consists of a projectile which is loaded separately from the combustible case/bagged propellent.
A Royal Wessex Yeomanry Challenger-2 on Sennelager Training Area, Germany.
To prep the Royal Wessex Yeomanry on how to operate the Rheinmetall gun, Montana’s 1-163rd Combined Arms Battalion (part of the Idaho based 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, aka Snake River Brigade) is training the Red Coat tankers by letting them shoot-up the Montana mountains.
Montana Army National Guard’s video report (recorded 16MAY2025 on the Limestone Hills Training Facility, released 17MAY2025):
The new upgraded Challenger is called the Challenger-3.
A Royal Wessex Yeomanry Challenger-2, on the Sennelager Training Area, Germany.
Cold War to Battle for Ukraine: 
Challenger, a child of Serendipity? (from the Iranian Shir-2 to the Challenger-3)