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Idaho, Technology, U.S.

Idaho home to first ever National Guard D-A-G-I-R!

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Notice the ladder looking antenna coming off the bustle rack. Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 04MAR2021.

The vastness of the Steppes of South Western Idaho.  Back when I was ‘in’ we called it Orchard Training Area (OTA), now it’s called Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC).  It is located on federal land (60% of land in Idaho is actually owned by the federales).

ING photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 04MAR2021.

On 04MAR2021, the Idaho National Guard revealed its new Digital Air Ground Integrated Range (DAGIR), the first to be operated by the National Guard.  It’s the second DAGIR in operation in the United States, the other DAGIR is operated by the U.S. Army (USA) on Fort Bliss, Texas/New Mexico (a second USA DAGIR is currently under construction on Fort Knox, Kentucky).

A better view of the DAGIR antenna. ING photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 04MAR2021.

USA video report by David Poe, from November 2020, explaining the Fort Bliss DAGIR (which straddles the Texas-New Mexico border):

DAGIR allows armor, infantry and helicopter units to conduct combined arms live-fire wargames, while receiving performance feedback in real-time: “This fully instrumented range will make it possible for military personnel within Idaho and the United States to coordinate and practice accomplishing missions from the ground and air simultaneously.”-Colonel Matthew Godfrey, Idaho Army National Guard

As many as 2-hundred types of targets can be used in more than 4-hundred scenarios, all recorded for posterity: “Video doesn’t lie. Soldiers and leaders will have the ability to go back and re-watch what they just executed like never before. This will help fine-tune points you can’t see on most ranges and allow units to use the recording to prepare for future gunnery cycles and use it as a training tool.”-Major Joe Doyle, OCTC range officer

The Steppes of South West Idaho are so vast that the new DAGIR is only one of 23 other military ranges on the OTA, oops, I mean OCTC.

Idaho’s Sailor Creek Range: MORALE BOOSTER A-10C GUN-RUN!

February 2018: IDAHO MILITIA RANKED 2ND ONLY TO U.S. ARMY!

Martial Law 2014: WIMP-ASS IDAHO GOVERNOR BEGS OBAMA REGIME NOT TO STEAL ARMY NATIONAL GUARD’S AIR ASSETS!

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Slovenija M84A4 Sniper, 2021

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U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo.

19MAY2021, Slovenian M84 fires a shot in the rain during NATO wargame Adriatic Strike-21.

U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo

18MAY2021, Slovenian M84 fires a shot during NATO wargame Adriatic Strike-21.

USA photo by Paolo Bovo, 18MAY2021.

USA photo by Joyce Costello, 01MAR2021.

The M84 was a Cold War Yugoslav upgrade of the Soviet T-72 using ‘western’ tech (Yugoslavia was not part of the Warsaw Pact).  The visual give-away is the wind sensor on the center-front of the top of the turret, just above and behind the main gun.

USA photo by Joyce Costello, 01MAR2021.

USA photo by Joyce Costello.

These photos show Slovenian M84A4s during the U.S. Army’s (USA) Combined Resolve XV wargame, in Hohenfels, Germany, which took place from February through March 2021.

USA photo by Joyce Costello, 01MAR2021.

USA photo by Sergeant Julian Padua, 01MAR2021.

USA photo by Sergeant Julian Padua, 01MAR2021.

The A4 ‘Sniper’ upgrade improved the day/night gun sight and the fire control (ballistics) computer.  There are unconfirmed reports that the ‘Sniper’ is powered by a German made motor.

USA photo by Sergeant Julian Padua, 01MAR2021.

USA photo by Specialist Savannah Miller, 26FEB2021.

USA happy-happy-joy-joy ‘interoperability’ video report, by Sergeant Joseph McDonald, about building a turret down defensive position for M84 on Hohenfels, Germany, February 2021:

USA photo by Specialist Savannah Miller, 26FEB2021.

USA photo by Specialist Savannah Miller, 26FEB2021.

In the early 2000s, former Yugoslav member Slovenia upgraded their M84s to M84A4s and called them Sniper.  The ‘A4 Sniper’ upgrade was created by former Yugoslav member Croatia, which operates a factory that has built M84s since the days of Yugoslavia (former Yugoslav member Serbia also builds upgraded versions of the M84).

USA photo by Specialist Savannah Miller, 26FEB2021.

USA photo by Joyce Costello, 26FEB2021.

The Republic of Slovenia became a member of NATO in March 2004.

Soviet era tanks in use by NATO: SLOVENIAN M84A4, 2015-2020

NATO:  TARCZA POLSKI PT-91

Kit Bashing, Technology

A-10C: Primer Black is the new Zinc-Yellow?

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U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

In 2019, several A-10Cs underwent wing replacement, which included new paint, by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex on Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

They were the last of 173 A-10s to get the new wing upgrade.  I’m not sure if this if the primer paint as most A-10s I’ve seen get re-painted are primered with a zinc yellow paint.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

A hanger full of stripped A-10s waiting for their new wings, and new clothes.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

A naked A-10C, with brand new wing, gets towed to the paint shop.

A new shark-mouth to go with the new wing for this 23d Wing Flying Tigers A-10, home based on Moody AFB, Georgia, 09JUL2019.

Perhaps there were too many A-10s to paint as by December 2019, painters on Hill AFB began using robots to strip them naked.

A-10C: AFGHAN PHASE INSPECTION

Vehicle I-D:  A-10 South East Asia camo

Kit Bashing, Technology

Bare Metal: New ‘Patina’ style F-16 Camo?

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U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

On 22MAR2021, a patina camo-ed F-16 took to the sky over Hill Air Force Base, Utah.  Whoops, perhaps the pilot was a little to anxious to get airborne as the F-16 was in need of new clothes after undergoing depot level rebuild.

USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.

This was a test flight (Functional Check Flight aka Zoom flight) by the 514th Flight Test Squadron, after repairs/modifications by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex.

USAF photo by Todd Cromar.

On 16FEB2021, an ‘elected’ official was shown the bare-assed tail end of our stripped down F-16 in the Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OALC).  Hopefully the Congressman was able to control his-self.

USAF photo by R. Nial Bradshaw.

April 2020, a Secretary of the Air Force gets a tour of the OALC, notice the partially primered F-16 in the background.

USAF photo by R. Nial Bradshaw, 23JAN2019.

In January 2019, a different Secretary of the Air Force was lectured on how Utahans rebuild cockpits of naked F-16 two seaters.

Vehicle I-D: NEW CLOTHES FOR A TEXAS F-16

Vehicle I-D: NEW F-16 WRAITH! NIGHT FIGHTER WW-2 STYLE!

Kit Bashing, Technology

Bare Metal: C-5M Super Galaxy Super Strip

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U.S. Air Force by Joseph Mather.

During the Summer of 2020, a C-5M Super Galaxy got stripped for depot level maintenance in the refurbished Hanger-125 on Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia.

USAF by Joseph Mather.

The C-5M is the largest aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force (USAF).

USAF by Joseph Mather.

By mid-November the C-5M rolled out, but still a little more work needed before test-flight and new clothes.

Photo by Rashida Banks.

In 2018, the World War Two era Hanger-125 underwent a $75-million renovation, supervised by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Photo by Rashida Banks.

Building (hanger) 125 is capable of fully enclosing multiple large aircraft at the same time, for depot level tear-down.

Photo by Rashida Banks.

Hanger-125 has four ‘docks’, which allows up to four C-5 type aircraft, or a whole bunch of smaller aircraft.  Building/Hanger-125 takes-up 14.7 acres (5.9 hectares) of land.

USAF by Joseph Mather.

Rebuilders can perform mass-depot level maintenance on several smaller aircraft at the same time, like these F-15s which just happen to be stripped down at the same time as our C-5M, in Summer 2020.

USAF photo by Edward Aspera Junior.

In 2019, this naked C-5 was exposed to a group of looky-loos from other USAF depots, as part of a get-together discussing how best to do their jobs.

Time lapse USAF music video by Paul Wenzel, C-5 gets new clothes at Robins AFB, 2018:

Bare Metal: WISE GUY RESURRECTION

Bare Metal:  NASA TRUCKS SAVING THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY

Bare Metal: KC-135R GETS STRIPPED

Kit Bashing, Technology

Re-Build a 1:1 scale F-15 Canopy

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“We are set up to be part of the sustainment effort for F-15 aircraft canopies. We are part of the team that does the replacement parts like the canopies, stabilizers or any of the other flight controls that keep F-15 aircraft flying.”-Alberto Garza-Mayer, 572nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, February 2021

U.S. Air Force photo by Joseph Mather, 11FEB2021.

“After a while, flying during storms or other types of weather conditions, the canopy will develop hazing to a point it will not be serviceable anymore and will need to be replaced.”-Alberto Garza-Mayer, 572nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia, February 2021

USAF photo by Joseph Mather, 11FEB2021.

“The canopies will get disassembled and de-painted. After it is disassembled, we do a frame inspection check to see if the canopy is still serviceable.” -Alberto Garza-Mayer, 572nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia, February 2021

“Once the canopy goes through its necessary repairs, it is resealed where the canopy sits onto the airframe. Then all the holes are located to drill. There are about 3-hundred fastener holes that hold the canopy to the frame. We drill the holes, then trim it to fit within technical order tolerances, make sure it fits, do a final inspection, and install it onto the frame.” -Alberto Garza-Mayer, 572nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia, February 2021

“Last year, we averaged six or seven canopies a month, so we were in the 80-plus canopies completion range. This year, the numbers have been lowered, so we have been doing around four canopies a month.” -Alberto Garza-Mayer, 572nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron, Robins AFB, Georgia, February 2021

USAF photo by Airman First Class Anthony Clingerman, 18NOV2020.

At Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, November 2020, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron performed maintenance on a F-15 canopy.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Anthony Clingerman, 18NOV2020.

This included buffing-out the canopy.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Rebeckah Medeiros, 23JUL2020.

Back in July 2020, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron personnel at Kadena Air Base (AB), in Japan, were building their own F-15C canopy braces.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Rebeckah Medeiros, 23JUL2020.

This involved using Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) program to shape aluminum stock.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Rebeckah Medeiros, 23JUL2020.

The aluminum braces are necessary to prevent warpage of the F-15 canopy.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Rebeckah Medeiros, 23JUL2020.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Matthew B. Fredericks, 19SEP2019.

Canopy inspection on F-15C, Kadena AB, September 2019.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Alexandre Montes.

What’s left of a F-15 ‘gate guard’ canopy after 2018’s Hurricane Michael hit Tyndall AFB, Florida. (Photo taken in February 2019)

USAF photo by Naoto Anazawa, 24OCT2018.

Under the canopy, Kadena AB, October 2018.

USAF photo by Naoto Anazawa, 24OCT2018.

USAF photo by Naoto Anazawa, 24OCT2018.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar.

An Oregon Air National Guard F-15, from the 173rd Fighter Wing. minus its canopy during phased inspection, October 2014.

Oregon ANG photo by Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar.

Vehicle I-D: IDAHO’S TIGERS & THUNDERBOLTS BLAST THE SKIES OVER FLORIDA!

Vehicle I-D: F-15EX HAS ARRIVED! COMMANDER SAYS “IT’S AN EX-CITING DAY!”

Vehicle I-D: KADENA EAGLE

1:1 SCALE WIND TUNNEL MODELS?

Technology

B-1B Ruptured Duck saved from the Boneyard, but it’ll never fly again!

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On 23FEB2021, a ‘divested’ B-1B bomber landed at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in California, being saved from the ‘boneyard’ in Arizona, but never to fly again.

U.S. Air Force photo by May Straight.

The B-1B tail number 86-0099 arrived with Ruptured Duck artwork on the side.

USAF photo by May Straight.

Under the National Defense Authorization Act, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is required to divest 17 B-1B Lancers (aka Bones) in order to justify buying the new B-21 Raider (a new version of the B-2).

USAF photo by Giancarlo Casem, 23FEB2021..

Ruptured Duck is now the new Edwards Aircraft Ground Integration Lab (EAGIL) static test aircraft.  It’s hoped the EAGIL program will save taxpayers money by reducing the costs of developing electronic upgrades for aircraft, compared to using flying test-beds.

USAF photo by Wesley Farnsworth, 17APR2017.

B-1B #86-0099 was named Ruptured Duck in 2017, on the 75th Anniversary of the Doolittle vengeance raid on Japan.  One of the B-25 Mitchell bombers in that raid was named Ruptured Duck:

Official video explainer:

Natural sound video, by Giancarlo Casem, of Ruptured Duck’s arrival on Edwards AFB:

‘Divestiture’: ANOTHER B-1B ‘BONE’ SENT TO THE BONEYARD! IS THE END NEAR?

Technology

Silly-vilian airliner brought back from the dead, to serve in the military!

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U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez.

On 03MAR2021, a mummified civilian airliner was hauled off to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, drafted for use as an emergency response trainer for the U.S. military.

USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.

USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.

The 40 miles trip from Wilmington Air Park took three days.  Its new home is the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.

USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.

N798AX was a 767-200 series, last used by Germany’s DHL, first used by Japan’s All Nippon Airways, then Hokaido International Airlines, then by ABX Air in the United States before being leased to DHL.  DHL used the 767 for just under a year before its retirement,  N789AX was just over 34 years old when ‘retired’.  In November 2020, N789AX was broken-up at Wilmington Air Park, Ohio.

USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.

It is not a Boeing 707, or a KC-135 (which itself is not a 707).  It is a Boeing 767, and will be used to mimic the military version of the 767; the KC-46.

USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.

The zombie 767 will join a zombie KC-135, which was delivered to School of Aerospace Medicine at the end of March 2020, to train flight nurses, medevac technicians and critical care air-transport team members in the movement and treatment of patients onboard aircraft.

USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.

The School of Aerospace Medicine also uses a zombie C-130, and five other aircraft, for the same training.

USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.

TaCaMO: One plane controlling the nation’s nuclear arsenal!

Vehicle I-D: C-54 SKYMASTER, AN AIRBORNE WILLY WONKA?

International

U.S. Navy Air Base has front row seat to Mount Etna eruptions!

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U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Austin Ingram.

This photo, taken from a U.S. Navy (USN) P-8A Poseidon, shows Mount Etna on 14JAN2021, before the eruptions started.

U.S. Navy photo by Captain Kevin Pickard, Junior.

As if dealing with pandemic panic-attack restrictions wasn’t enough, the personnel on U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella have also been on alert since Mount Etna began erupting in February 2021.

USN photo by Captain Kevin Pickard, Junior.

NASA photo from 2006.

Mount Etna is located on Sicily, just off the toe of the Italian boot.  It is considered one of the most active volcanos on Earth.

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Zach Dalton.

Another eruption, 04MAR2021.  Since 16FEB2021, there have been at least 17 ‘ lava fountain episodes or paroxysms’.  Writers at Volcano Discovery stated that “This eruptive episode had been very remarkable, even for Etna standards…”

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Zachary Dalton.

Compare this photo, taken in November 2020, to the one taken on 04MAR2021.

Day and night video by Michele Mammino, of the New South East Crater, recorded at the end of March 2021:

https://youtu.be/vq_j1mMu3XI

Pacific Ring of Fire, January 2020: ZOMBIE WHALES!

Volcanos, 2018: VOLCANOES & GLACIERS CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING?

Influenza

Vaccines are killing people, Governments now going after healthcare workers who refuse The Shot!

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Incomplete list of links to news reports and studies showing the vaccination campaign is a failure, as of 02APR2021:

Five countries that turned away more expensive Pfizer CoViD doses, in favor of a cheaper version from AstraZeneca, are paying the price.
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AUSTRIA: Suspends use of AstraZenica vaccine after death

GERMANY: Restricts use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Vaccine causes 31 cases of blood clots, nine nurses killed!

Health ‘experts’ warn don’t get the second shot!

GEORGIA: Health Ministry restricts use of AstraZeneca vax after nurse dies!

GREECE: Pharmacy administrator resigns over AstraZeneca death!

HUNGARY: Despite highest percentage of vaccinations in the European Union, sets daily COVID deaths record!

ITALY: Study says being fat prevents vaccines from working, suggests higher doses of vaccine!

Nurses refuse to get vaccinated, government responds by making vaccination a requirement for employment!

NETHERLANDS: Halts use of AstraZeneca vaccine due to people getting blood clots!

Woman dies of lung embolism after AstraZeneca vaccine!
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PHILIPPINES: Nurse dies after getting Chinese made vaccine!

SERBIA: While foreigners are flocking to Serbia to get vaccinated, Serbians are getting arrested for refusing to get vaccinated!

SOUTH AFRICA: Study says AstraZeneca vaccine does not work against South African (B1351) variant of coronavirus!

THAILAND:  Monk dies after getting Covid-19 vaccine, 3 others treated at the hospital!

UNITED KINGDOM: Admits people are suffering blood clots after getting the U.K.’s AstraZeneca shot!

Woman suffers agonizing rash after Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine.
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AstraZeneca Changes Name of its questionable Vaccine
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VARIANTS

UNITED STATES: Health ‘expert’ says “We’re in a race between variants and vaccinations.”

Children are being blamed for new variants of CoViD!

At least 4-hundred healthcare workers died after the vaccines were issued!

Revealed, while nursing home residents were forced to get vaccinated, most nursing home employees refused to get vaccinated!

Nursing home infections crash despite nursing home employees refusing to get vaccinated!

AstraZeneca accused of using outdated data in applying for U.S. approval!

Revealed, U.S. already has 10-million doses of AstraZeneca vax in stockpile!  Might ‘donate’ to African countries?

California: Santa Clara County warns of ‘worrying trend’ in COVID variants

3 cases of more severe COVID variants found in Tulare County.
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Florida: Majority of long-term care staffers refused coronavirus vaccine! 

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Holly Roberts-Davis.

About 140 U.S. Air Force (USAF) Airmen deployed to Tampa to conduct federal mass vax operations.

Idaho: More deadly variants of coronavirus detected!

Doctor admits “I don’t think we truly know” the surge of infections, despite increased vaccinations!

Kansas: Woman dies after getting the shot!

Michigan: On 15MAR2021, FEMA ordered the Department of Defense to deploy military medical and support personnel to Michigan, to support federal Community Vaccination Centers (mass vax sites).  FEMA Region 5 video of mass vax site in Ford Field:

Utah: Nurses suffer adverse reactions to second dose of vaccine, local news media questions why there is so little information about adverse reactions, explains how to report such reactions.

New York:

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Ashley Nicole Taylor.

About 140 USAF Airmen deployed to Brooklyn-NYC for mass vax operations.

North Carolina:  Woman dies of stroke after getting vaccinated, death certificate states it was caused by the vaccine, pro-vaccine state health ‘experts’ say don’t rush to judgement!

Virginia:  New law punishes healthcare workers who refuse to get vaccinated!

Washington:  On 24MAR2021, FEMA ordered the Department of Defense to deploy military medical and support personnel to Washington for mass vax ops.  Video report, on 31MAR2021, FEMA and the U.S. Army began vaccination ops in Yakima County:

Washington DC:  On 01APR2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ordered the Department of Defense to deploy military medical and support personnel to Maryland, Tennessee and Wisconsin, to support federal Community Vaccination Centers: “In support of FEMA, our service members continue to vaccinate more and more Americans. Once open, these three new sites will create thousands of additional opportunities each day for eligible Marylanders, Tennesseans and Wisconsinites to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.”-Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson, U.S. Army North and the Joint Force Land Component Command of U.S. Northern Command

On 30MAR2021, FEMA ordered the Department of Defense to deploy military medical and support personnel to Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia, Indiana and Missouri, to support federal Community Vaccination Centers (mass vax sites).

Don’t forget, if vaccines are so safe, why did the U.S. government create the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)?

Pandemic Shenanigans: ONE RING TO RULE THEM, BIG BROTHERISM IN THE NAME OF FIGHTING A PANDEMIC? (U.S. Navy issues health monitoring rings to personnel)

Vaccine Fail: NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD REFUSE THE SHOT!