One of the jobs of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is to inspect foreign grown produce coming into the United States.
The CoViD-19 (CoronaVirus Disease-2019) response has revealed just how much U.S. grocery stores rely on foreign grown food. One reason for shortages of some food items in your local grocery store is the increased inspections of food coming into the country, which impacts the speed of distribution.
These photos were taken at Penn Terminals in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, 16APR2020. There are dozens of port of entries across the U.S.
These photos were taken at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware, 16APR2020.
14APR2020 video interview, CBP San Diego Director of Field Operations Pete Flores explains inspections of all commercial items coming through Otay Mesa Port of Entry in California:
During the Cold War it was known as Mikoyan & Gurevich, hence MiG.
MiG 21, NATO reporting name Fishbed/Lancer.
BULGARIA:
New Jersey Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew J. Moseley, 16JUL2015.
New Jersey Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew J. Moseley, 16JUL2015.
New Jersey Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew J. Moseley, 17JUL2015.
New Jersey Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Andrew J. Moseley, 17JUL2015.
Apparently 2015 was the last year that Bulgaria operated the MiG-21.
CROATIA:
Minnesota Air National Guard Photo by Technical Sergeant Lynette Hoke, 05APR2019.
Minnesota Air National Guard Photo by Technical Sergeant Lynette Hoke, 05APR2019.
It is smaller than an F-16
Minnesota Air National Guard Photo by Technical Sergeant Lynette Hoke, 05APR2019.
Minnesota Air National Guard Photo by Technical Sergeant Lynette Hoke, 06APR2019.
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Croatia video of MiG 21s flying with French Rafales, 15MAR2022:
Croat MiG 21s with USAF Aviano Air Base F-16s on the Pleso/Zagreb Airport, 27MAR2022. Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Croatia by T. Brandt.
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Croatia, on 17MAY2022 a MiG 21 was assigned ‘Gate Guard’ duty for the 30th Anniversary of a flight by Colonel Ivica Ivandić. This is a controversy in Croatia because there were other MiG 21s involved in that flight and those pilots were seemingly ignored:
ROMANIA, ‘Lancer’:
2014
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant R.J. Biermann, 17APR2014.
2015
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Armando A. Schwier-Morales, 17MAR2015.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Joe W. McFadden, 16APR2015.
U.S. Army photo by Sergeant William A. Tanner, 22MAY2015.
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Bruch, 23OCT2015.
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Bruch, 23OCT2015.
2016
18MAR2016, Canadian Forces photo by Master Seaman (Master Sailor) Steeve Picard.
2017
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Snyder, 29JUL2017.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Snyder, 29JUL2017.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Snyder, 29JUL2017.
26SEP2017, Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Daren Kraus.
2019
Romanian MiG 21s visited Serbia in October 2019. Photo via Ministry of Defence Republic of Serbia.
Ministry of Defence Republic of Serbia, 01OCT2019.
Ministry of Defence Republic of Serbia video, Romanian MiG 21s at the October 2019 International Air Exercise Air Solution meet:
28NOV2019. Canadian Forces photo by Leading Seaman (Sailor First Class) Erica Seymour.
28NOV2019. Canadian Forces photo by Leading Seaman (Sailor First Class) Erica Seymour.
NATO Channel video MiG-21 operations, cockpit view:
2022:
Romanian Ministry of National Defense video report from 04SEP2022, a pilot’s last flight in a MiG 21UB:
This F4U-1 ‘Birdcage’ served with NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), for 1:1 scale wind tunnel testing, before being transferred to the U.S. Navy.
NACA photo, 18JUL1951.
Photograph from July 1951, F4U-4B with NACA tail band. The retired Corsair was put to use by NACA to research ‘control rates’.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Chris Fahey, 10NOV2009.
In 2009, this F4U-4 was barged from Naval Air Station North Island, California, to the USS Midway Museum in downtown San Diego.
Photo via A and T Recovery, November 2010.
In 2010, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, approved the recovery of a F4U-1, with birdcage style canopy, from Lake Michigan.
Photo via A and T Recovery, November 2010.
As normal, the government red tape caused the permitting process to take several years, but in this case the reviewers of the permit admitted they enjoyed the process: “It was the most entertaining and historically interesting application review and permit issuance project I’ve had the pleasure to work on. My father delves into the world of warbirds – vintage military aircraft now mostly operated by civilian organizations and individuals – so I had some background knowledge of single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft flown during World War Two.”-Kathleen Chernich, East Section of Regulatory Branch’s Permits and Enforcement Section, and eventually the recovery project manager
Photo via A and T Recovery, November 2010.
Video montage of news reports about A & T Recovery’s efforts to recover not just the F4U, but F4F, F6F and a Dauntless, and the Red Tape nightmare A&T Recovery had to go through to get them done:
Video from 2012, Honduran air force personnel volunteer to wash one of their F4U ‘gate guards’:
Video from 2012, F4U Corsair flies with AV8B Harrier, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina:
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Christopher Johns, 26APR2014.
Korean conflict era F4U on display during the 70th anniversary celebration of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, April 2014.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Eric Lockwood, 22MAR2016.
In 2016, the remains of a F4U Corsair were presented to the Naval History and Heritage Command, in Washington DC. It was one of two Corsairs that failed to return from a ground attack mission on a Japanese military base on northern Kyushu. The wreckage was discovered by a fisherman.
USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class David R. Krigbaum, 06MAR2016.
Officials with Saiki City, and Oita Prefecture, gave the remains a respectful ceremony before handing them over to the U.S. Navy.
USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class David R. Krigbaum, 06MAR2016.
Video, F4U Corsair arrives at Edwards AFB Air Show, September 2017, unfortunately no audio:
Michigan Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Dan Heaton, 07JUN2019.
Here volunteers work on an F4U wing at the Selfridge Military Air Museum at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, June 2019.
Video interview with volunteer at Selfridge Military Air Museum, explains why it’s his dream job:
Note that the U.S. CDC has stop issuing weekly influenza numbers, instead reporting confusing graphs and percentages. However, as of 17APR2020, the U.S. CDC’s daily CoViD-19 numbers say more than 33-thousand people in the U.S. have died, that includes 4-thousand “probable” but not confirmed cases.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Eric Harris, 07APR2018.
In April 2018, an F-86 Saber (for some reason the USAF liked to use the British empire spelling of Sabre) tangled with a MiG-15 (NATO reporting name Fagot [as in the British empire slang for cigarette, not the U.S. slang for somebody living an ‘alternative lifestyle’]) over March Air Reserve Base in California.
USAF photo by Master Sergeant Eric Harris, 07APR2018.
I remember when it used to be March Air Force Base, and prior to the creation of the U.S. Air Force (a couple of years before the Korean conflict) it was called March Field by the U.S. Army.
March Air Reserve Base conducts the largest airshow in Riverside County and in April 2018 celebrated 100 years since March Field was established, and 70 years since it became a U.S. Air Force operation.
USAF photo by Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois, 16MAR2018.
In March 2018, the same Saber showed up at the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station airshow, Arizona.
F-16 cockpit view video of F-86, over Davis-Monthan, Arizana, March 2015:
The F-86 calls Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Arizona, home. The plane is part of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation, and Davis-Monthan is home to the Heritage Flight Training Course.
Air show video:
U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sergeant Colin Broadstone, 05MAY2018.
In May 2018, a MiG 17 (NATO reporting name Fresco) invaded Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, in North Carolina.
USMC photo by Sergeant Colin Broadstone, 05MAY2018.
MiGs operating over the United States are privately owned (at least that’s what they tell us).
Radar equipped Shamsher leads U.S. Super Hornets and Indian Su-30MKIs. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Brandie Nuzzi, 28MAR2021.
Shamsher, MiG-29KUB and Su-30MKI, 23JUN2021, USN photo.
In the above photo notice the Indian two seat MiG-29KUBs are not simple trainers, but have full combat radar system and a different cockpit area.
U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Patrick Jubrey, 06AUG2019.
Surrounded, finders keepers! NATO reporting name for the Soviet era Mil 8 is Hip.
USA photo by Sergeant Patrick Jubrey, 06AUG2019.
USA photo by Sergeant Patrick Jubrey, 06AUG2019.
USA photo by Sergeant Patrick Jubrey, 06AUG2019.
USA photo by Sergeant Patrick Jubrey, 06AUG2019.
CH-47 anticipating sling loading Mil 8, Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, August 2019.
Video explainer, CH-47 sling loads Hip bones in Germany, June 2019:
USA photo by Charles Rosemond, 12MAR2019.
Note that the tail boom, main rotors, landing gear and other loose ‘Hip’ bones are shoved into the fuselage. Storck Barracks, Illesheim, Germany, 12MAR2019.
USA photo by Charles Rosemond, 12MAR2019.
USA photo by Charles Rosemond, 12MAR2019.
Video explainer, using Hip bones for sling load training in Germany:
Prepping a Mil 8 for use as a sling load trainer, Hohenfels, Germany, 12MAR2019.
USA photo by Charles Rosemond, 12MAR2019.
USA photo by Charles Rosemond, 12MAR2019.
Video, CH-47 Chinook recovers junk Mil 8 in Afghanistan, November 2017:
USMC photo by Corporal Ursula V. Smith, 25SEP2019.
“And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third Beast saying, ‘Come’, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat upon him had a balance scale in his hand.And I heard a voice from among The Beasts, which said, ‘A two-quart measure of wheat for a denarius and three two-quart measures of barley for a denarius, and you shall not harm the wine and the oil.'”-Revelation 6:5-6, Aramaic Bible
Never before in the history of the United States has the National Guard been activated specifically to control food distribution! It wouldn’t be the first time a superpower controlled its people by controlling the food: Food Provisioning and Social Control in Ancient Rome
Video, National Guard control the FoodShare Ventura County food distribution operations at Freedom Park Camarillo, March 6th (video wasn’t released until April):
Delaware; Video, National Guard delivers food to school children forced to stay home, April 6th: