The Kawasaki T-4 is an intermediate trainer with the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF), first flying on 29JUL1985. The first production T-4 was delivered in September 1988, replacing the aged U.S. designed Lockheed T-33.
Misawa Air Base, Japan.
Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).
Yokota Air Base, Japan.
Yokota Air Base, Japan.
In 1995, the JASDF acrobatic team, Blue Impulse, switched from using the Mitsubishi T-2 to the then newer Kawasaki T-4. They are based at Matsushima Air Base.
Blue Impulse over MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.
My compilation of T-4 Blue Impulse videos during the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni ‘Friendship Day’ air shows, 2017 to 2024. I went through many U.S. Marine Corps videos to single out the Kawasaki T-4 Intermediate Trainer serving as the Blue Impulse acrobatic team:
Misawa Air Base, Japan.
Nyutabaru Air Base, Japan.
Nyutabaru Air Base, Japan.
Misawa, Japan, 16JUN2026. U.S. Air Force video via Airman First Class Hannah Bench and A1C Jessel Fabara:
In the name of fighting inflation, Tyson & Trump want to shutdown U.S. ranchers in favor of foreign cattle. Ranchers do not set market prices for beef, the corporate commodity ‘free’ market place does that, yet what Tyson & Trump are doing directly attacks U.S. ranchers.
Even though it was donated by oil rich Qatar, supposedly at least $400-million was spent on U.S. military upgrades for the venerable Boeing 747-8i. Despite the upgrades the presidential plane is considered a temporary vehicle, which is why it has been officially named Bridge. The latest controversy involves the Secret Service telling the President of the U.S. (PotUS) to stop using it because it lacks ‘security protections’ (defensive countermeasures).
First flight with PotUS onboard, 01JUL2026. Destination Medora, North Dakota, to attend the dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.
It has been reported that President Donald John Trump chose the red, white, gold and blue livery, however the initial blue and white livery renderings were issued with a statement saying that the “President of the United States selected the livery design.”
Was the livery for VC-25B supposed to be similar to the older VC-25? USAF rendering of the VC-25B, dated 10MAR2026.
Here is the timeline of decision making; this airliner was donated during Trump’s first term in office and it was then that the red, white, gold and blue livery was chosen. Then, Joseph Robinette Biden Junior became President and changed the livery to the old blue and white scheme. Trump is now President again, so naturally…
Upgrades and flight testing complete, the naked VC-25B takes-off to get a new red, white, gold and blue livery.
The ‘Bridge’ arrives in Waco, Texas, for its new paint job.
With the addition of the new VC-25-Bridge, to the growing fleet of ‘Air Force One’ aircraft (Presidential Airlift Group aka PAG aka 89th Airlift Wing), the old VC-25’s nomenclature was changed to VC-25A. ‘Air Force One’ is actually an air traffic control call-sign used to identify any aircraft carrying the PotUS.
Freshly painted Bridge on its new home of Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
Check out those hyper expensive Secret Service limos, video via Technical Sergeant Isaac March, location Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, 01JUL2026:
Can you tell the difference between the VC-25B & VC-25A? The USAF’s VC-25B and VC-25A, assigned to the 89th Airlift Wing, take-off from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, during the Freedom 250 celebration 04JUL2026. Compilation of videos via First Lieutenant Alexis Kula, Technical Sergeant Sean Evans and TechSgt Isaac March:
Even Mount Rushmore couldn’t escape the Freedom 250 flyover!
Sometime after the Freedom 250 flyover the Secret Service determined that the VC-25B lacked ‘defensive countermeasures’ and insisted that the PotUS not use it for international flights. This resulted in a delay in retirement of the VC-25A, which Trump used on his NATO visit to Turkey.
VC-25B arrives on RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, but not with the President?
While the civilian population struggles with a bad economy, the U.S. Navy (USN) revealed it spent billions of tax dollars on failed projects, as well as discovered that their hi-tech Tomahawk systems could be missing thousand of missiles!
On 02MAR2026, Melania Trump presided over the UN Security Council meeting concerning Children, technology, and education in conflict: https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167067
The sovereign country of Iran was attacked in the middle of negotiations, that had been reported by ‘Western’ news media as being “positive”, then suddenly the President of the United States declared the talks as a failure and joined with Israel in surprise attacks upon Iran.
The U.S. calls their surprise attacks Operation Epic Fury. This is now World War Three as at least 13 countries have joined in the fight!
Cruise missile and aircraft launches from ‘non-disclosed location’, 28FEB2026. U.S. Navy (USN) identifies the ships as USS (United States Ship) Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) and USS Spruance (DDG 111). I edited together several videos released by U.S. Central Command (CentCom):
Cruise missile and aircraft launches from ‘non-disclosed location’ as well as ‘kinetic strikes’, 28FEB-02MAR2026. USN identifies the ships as USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Pinckney (DDG 91), USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), and USS Spruance (DDG 111). I edited together several videos released by U.S. CentCom:
In November 2025, the U.S. deployed one-way LUCAS (Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System) drones to the Middle East. They are now being used against Iran. This video was released by CentCom on 23NOV2025:
Three F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down. Iran claims to have shot them down, the U.S. claims that Kuwait accidentally shot them down while trying to shoot down Iranian missiles. The F-15E Strike Eagles are very likely part of the 391st ‘Bold Tigers’ Fighter Squadron (part of the larger 366th ‘Gunfighters’ Fighter Wing, home-based on Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho). The Bold Tigers were in the Middle East already bombing Syria, I edited together videos released by CentCom on 10JAN2026:
On 16SEP2022, the first test-run of the self-driving system (integrated into a Polaris RZR S4-1000) on Fort Irwin, California, was conducted. Video via Tom Shortridge:
A third test-run was conducted on 22MAR2023, on Fort Irwin. Video via Tom Shortridge:
The program to apply self-driving systems to all ground vehicles was started in 2021. At the end of 2025, the RACER test program for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps was concluded. One of the requirements of the RACER system is that it does not rely on GPS or planned/pre-mapped routes. Video via Tom Shortridge:
RACER tank towing an M58 MiCLiC on Fort Hood, Texas.
During wargame Ivy Sting-4 on Fort Carson, Colorado, 4th Infantry Division Soldiers employed the new General Motors (GM) ‘Infantry Squad Vehicle–Heavy’. Video via Specialist Jonathan Reyes, 30JAN2026:
According to GMDefense, the ISV-Heavy is based on the Chevy Silverado platform, making it larger than the ISV-Utility yet using the same 2.8 liter Duramax Diesel electric hybrid power train.
GM-Defense photo of the prototype ISV-Heavy.
GM claims the ISV-H can be configured to act as a two seat pickup, a six seat transporter or as a driverless cargo carrying robot. The truck can also be used as a electricity generator for external applications.
