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Drive-thru vaccination site operated by Arizona National Guard, in Sun City. Arizona Army National Guard Photo by Specialist Thurman Snyder, 28DEC2020.

California Begins Vaccinating Prisoners

In Colorado, 33% of healthcare workers at Saint Anthony Summit Medical Center say they’ll refuse the CoViD shot!

Old people In Florida Camp Overnight To Get Vaccine

Florida’s decision to vaccinate seniors first causes distribution ‘chaos’

Flagler County, Florida, vaccinates healthcare workers who are ineligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine!

Idaho health officials say general public most likely won’t get vaccine until May 2021

Maryland Department of Health investigating how thousands of ‘ineligible’ people somehow jumped the line for vaccinations!

Also in Maryland, the military’s Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences discovered that Llamas naturally produce anti-covid ‘nanobodies’, could be extracted for use in humans!

Massachusetts grad student, parent suing over flu vaccine requirement

A Licensed Practical Nurse receives the CoViD-19 vaccination at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland. New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen, 05JAN2021.

Revealed; health officials in Tennessee intentionally refused to give old people CoViD shot, after old people waited for hours, and then gave those shots to their friends!

Are rich people in Texas getting special access to vaccinations?

Houston, Texas, opens first free COVID-19 vaccination site

Harris County, Texas, halts COVID-19 vaccine registration after granting access to non-qualified patients

West Virginia health officials mistakenly gave dozens of people Regeneron instead of vaccine!

Marshall County, West Virginia, halts vaccine appointments!

Vaccine Fail, 01JAN2021: 20-MILLION DOSES DELIVERED BY OPERATION WARP SPEED! WHY ARE U.S. STATES FAILING TO PASS IT ON?

Influenza

Vaccine Fail: 20-million doses delivered by Operation Warp Speed! Why are U.S. states failing to pass it on?

January 1, 2021 Hutchins AAron

CoViD-19 vaccines arrive at U.S. Osan Air Base, Korea, 28DEC2020. Photo by Staff Sergeant Betty Chevalier.

Incomplete list of links to news articles/scientific reports about vaccine failures, as of 01JAN2021.

Federal judge wants prisoners to be forcefully vaccinated.

CDC: People with allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccine should not get a second dose

Who’s next to get the vaccine in Alabama?

Two Alaskan Healthcare Workers Report Adverse Vaccine Reactions

California Dental Association reveals “California is currently in the process of providing the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to …….. 3 million people…….The state anticipates receiving enough vaccines to give everyone in Phase 1a their first dose by the end of January.”

Unexpected, and unexplained, cut in vaccines for The Gem State of Idaho

New York lagging behind Florida in administering coronavirus vaccines.

Whistleblower reveals COVID vaccines have been delayed for NYPD

NYC vaccine scandal under criminal investigation, leaves hundreds in limbo for second dose

North Dakota reports at least two severe CoViD vaccine reaction cases

North Dakota reports CoViD infections are declining on their own

Oregon health care worker hospitalized after severe reaction to coronavirus vaccine

South Carolina has no plan for issuing Trump supplied CoViD vaccines!

When and where Texans can get the COVID vaccine?

Woman has adverse COVID-19 vaccine reaction in Texas

Wisconsin Hospital Worker Fired After ‘Intentionally’ Spoiling 500 Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine

On 23DEC2020, U.S. Army General Gustave F. Perna swore that 20-million doses of CoViD vaccine would be delivered by the end of 2020: “We’re learning. We’re getting better, and every day we’re getting stronger. We’re in a steady drumbeat of continuous vaccine delivery. We want it to be even smoother every single day. We are working with the states in collaboration to make sure that we have a continuous contact with everybody who’s receiving the vaccine, so that we can make sure that they know when the package is arriving or if the package will be late.”

Operation Warp Speed’s CoViD vaccine distribution is made visible to the public through the Tiberius software.

Trump Tells States ‘Get Moving!’ as Biden’s COVID Adviser Calls Vaccine Rollout a Failure

Don’t blame Trump, even the leftist-liberals controlling Europe are failing: Why the EU’s vaccine strategy is failing

United Kingdom issues anaphylaxis warning on CoViD vaccine after adverse reactions

A 75-year-old Israeli dies hours after receiving CoViD-19 vaccine.

After home-grown vaccine fails, Australia PM says won’t rush to approve COVID-19 shots.

Cambodia shuns China’s Sinovac vaccine in favor of COVAX shots

Why are Canadian health officials concerned about vaccine sabotage in one Western province?

Russian Military Slams Foreign Anti-Vaccine ‘Sabotage’

Vaccine Nationalism Is Doomed to Fail

Why Japan is largely a spectator in the coronavirus vaccine race

International Police (InterPol) warns Crime will increase `dramatically` with COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Vaccination makes a big difference in reaching herd immunity (reality check; the original purpose of the creation of vaccines [as well as sick parties] was to quickly expand the ability for communities to develop ‘herd immunity’!)

Cambridge University reported, in December 2020, that flu vaccines are failing even more; Influenza vaccine failure in the tropics: a retrospective cohort study of waning effectiveness.

Children’sHealthDefense, 2019: Studies show pertussis outbreak caused by failed vaccine, not by failure to get vaccinated!

NationalHogFarmer, 2018: Is the vaccine failing me or did I fail the vaccine?

Biomin, 2017: MYCOTOXIN-INDUCED VACCINATION FAILURE

ResearchGate, 2016: Why Hep-C vaccine development is a failure

Cambridge University, 2015: Vaccine fails in child without spleen

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002: Younger Age at Vaccination May Increase Risk of Varicella Vaccine Failure

Updated: SEVEN FACTS EXPLAIN WHY FLU VACCINES FAIL!

CoViD Shenanigans, December 2020: NOVEL VIRUS RENDERS NEW VACCINES USELESS?

Going Viral, December 2020: OPERATION WARP SPEED PROVES LEFTIST-LIBERAL NEWS MEDIA WRONG!

International, Kit Bashing, Technology, U.S.

Rivet Joint-Airseeker: RC-135V/W Patriot & Red Coat

Video December 31, 2020 Hutchins AAron

RC-135 Rivet Joint , Las Vegas, Nevada, 07DEC2021. U.S. Air Force photo by William R. Lewis.

Kadena Air Base, Japan, 12MAY2020. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Benjamin Sutton.

Personnel wearing masks board RC-135V at Kadena Air Base, Japan, 05MAY2020. USAF photo by Senior Airman Rhett Isbell.

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, 21FEB2020. USAF photo by Manuel Garcia.

The Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft are the most recent members of the RC-135 family, which can be traced back to 1964. The difference between the ‘V’ and ‘W’ variants depends upon which C-135 was upgraded/modified to Rivet Joint standard; RC-135Vs are upgraded RC-135Cs, while RC-135Ws are modified C-135Bs.

USAF photo by Manuel Garcia, 21FEB2020.

It provides near-real-time on-scene intelligence collection, primarily by detecting, identifying and geolocating signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum.

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, 28JUL2017. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Amy Lovgren.

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, 28JUL2017. Photo by Technical Sergeant Amy Lovgren.

It can carry a crew of more than 30 people, and is powered by four CFM-56 turbofans.

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, 27JUL2017. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Amy Lovgren.

Currently, U.S. Air Force Rivet Joints are flown by the 55th Wing, based out of Offutt Air Force Base (AFB), Nebraska.

Offutt AFB, Nebraska, 13MAR2012. USAF photo by Jeffrey Gates.

Time lapse video by Senior Airman Jacob Skovo-Lane, How to Wash your Rivet Joint, October 2018:

Video by Senior Airman Joshua Hoskins, Michigan Air National Guard re-fuels Rivet Joint over Afghanistan, January 2017:

Offutt AFB, 13MAR2012. USAF photo by Jeffrey Gates.

Over Afghanistan, 19JUN2011. USAF photo by Master Sergeant William Greer.

In August 2010, the USAF celebrated 20 years of Rivet Joint operations, with aircraft that are as much as 50 years old:

During the pandemic of 2020, believe it or not a mask was created for the nose of the RC-135. It is nicknamed The Mule Mask. Video interview of mask creator Technical Sergeant Kristen Horwith by Staff Sergeant Lexie West, 11AUG2020:

Video by (then) Senior Airmen Lexie West, USAF RC-135 at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, November 2017:

RAF RC-135W Airseeker, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, 02MAY2018. USAF photo by Senior Airman Jacob Skovo-Lane.

For the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly British Commonwealth of Nations, formerly British Empire) member United Kingdom, in 2011 the RC-135W was chosen as the replacement for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) BAe Nimrod R Mark 1. In November 2013 the RAF received it’s first RC-135W, flying it’s first mission in May 2014. The official British name for the RC-135W is Airseeker.

12FEB2017, Airseeker undergoing landing gear inspection, Offutt AFB. USAF photo by Delanie Stafford.

While taking part in Red Flag aerial wargames in February 2017, over Nevada, the RAF Airseeker developed main-landing gear problems and diverted to Offutt AFB in Nebraska.

12FEB2017, Airseeker undergoing landing gear inspection, Offutt AFB. USAF photo by Delanie Stafford.

It was determined that the Airseeker had a faulty main-landing gear sequence valve, which was preventing the gear from locking in the retracted position.

RAF Airseeker, Red Flag wargames, Nevada, 2017. Photo by Sergeant Neil Bryden.

Giant model of an RC-135, Lackland AFB, Texas. Photo by by Nadine Wiley De Moura.

The ancient Nova vacformed 1:72 scale KC-135 came with optional parts which you could use to make an RC version (but it has the older engines since it came out before the CFM-56 version, you could kit-bash using a newer CFM equipped AMT-ERTL KC-135R kit, which was also issued under the Airfix/Heller brands).

In the 1990s AMT-ERTL issued a 1:72 scale RC-135V, the version used during Desert Storm. Some kit bashers used the kit to model a RC-135W Airseeker.

An old photo of an RC-135, by Forrest Durham.

If you are a model builder, pay attention to the year of operation of the RC-135V/W you want to depict, because various antennae bumps and blades will appear and disappear depending on the latest electronic mission configuration. It seems the older the plane gets the more skin growths it develops.

Somewhere in The middle East (South West Asia), 04MAR2010. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Michelle Larche.

Refueling during the invasion of Iraq. USAF photo by Master Sergeant Dave Ahlschwede, 09APR2003.

Over Nebraska, 01MAY2000. USAF photo by Master Sergeant Dave Nolan.

01MAY2000, USAF photo by Master Sergeant Dave Nolan.

Don’t forget the bottom.

Departing from a forward operating base during the invasion of Iraq. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Robert J. Horstman, 28APR2003.

11DEC1991, USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Scott P. Stewart.

Don’t confuse with the RC-135S Cobra Ball:

Not all RC-135S are covered in bumps and antennae. USAF photo by Senior Airman Amy Younger, 23MAY2020.

Variations of bumps and windows on RC-135S. Notice that the upper part of starboard wing, as well as nacelles, on some Cobra Balls are painted matt-black. USAF photo by Senior Airman Jeremy Smith, September 2001.

C-130: ONCE A RED COAT, NOW A BLUE ANGEL

Pandemic Overflight: KC-135

EC-135E FIRE-BIRD: 10329 COMES BACK TO LIFE, AGAIN! OR, WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR EXTRA KC-135 KIT.

Vehicle I-D: MLRS, BRITISH RED COATS INVADE U.S. ARMY BASE IN GERMANY!

2018: M777 artillery proof the Red Coats have returned!

2017: U.S. ARMY COMMANDED BY RED COATS?

Canadian Red Coats control U.S. NORAD: SHHH, DON’T “CROSSTELL”, BUT U.S. AIR MILITIA UNITS & CANADA PREPPING FOR TFR EMERGENCY!

Influenza

CoViD Shenanigans: Novel Virus renders new vaccines useless?

December 21, 2020 Hutchins AAron

It has been confirmed that a novel version of CoViD-19, discovered at least a week ago, has evolved in the United Kingdom. This means more of the same shenanigans in 2021 because all those new CoViD vaccines are now potentially useless!

Here’s a list of links to news media reports on the latest CoViD shenanigans:

Could coronavirus trigger a sudden menopause years before your time?

Two strange symptoms suggest you’ve already had CoViD

A growing number of countries are banning flights from the U.K. to protect their citizens from the new variant of fast-spreading coronavirus

European Union to hold crisis talks as countries block travel from U.K. over new Covid strain

Remote Pacific islands escaped CoViD infections, yet their economies were destroyed anyway

AUSTRALIA (Commonwealth of Nations): Novel-CoViD-19 mutation shows up in Land Down Under

Why isn’t leftist lockdowns working? Authorities say cases from Sydney’s outbreak could be spreading

Western Australia claims CoViD lockdowns are reducing drug crimes

CAYMAN ISLAND: U.S. citizen spending four months in jail for violating lockdown

INDIA (Commonwealth of Nations): Health minister says there’s nothing to fear about the new version of covid coming out of United Kingdom

KOREA (south): New lockdown in Seoul over new outbreak, which includes hundreds of migrant workers sick with CoViD

NIGERIA (Commonwealth of Nations): E conomic hub bans large social gatherings to battle surging COVID-19 cases

SAINT KITTS & NEVIS (Commonwealth of Nations): Lowest infection rates in the Caribbean

SAUDI ARABIA: Suspends all international flights!

SINGAPORE (Commonwealth of Nations): M igrant worker infections three times higher

SOUTH AFRICA (Commonwealth of Nations): Antibody testing revealed that at least one third of healthy people were infected with CoViD during the ‘first wave’

Second wave of infections involve novel-covid-mutation, not sure if connected to new version found in United Kingdom

THAILAND: Massive lockdown of thousands of people after mystery outbreak in seafood market

UNITED KINGDOM (Commonwealth of Nations): “Serious disruption” feared as Dover halts all truck traffic to France

Scientists call for clarity on claim that new Covid-19 variant strain is 70% more contagious

Britain’s supermarket shelves may empty as France’s Covid ban on British truckers

Why isn’t mask wearing working? Surveys show three-quarters of Britons are wearing masks in mandatory areas, yet the infection is still spreading at a rate that requires 38 million Britons to be locked down!

UNITED STATES: U.S. Army scientists examine new U.K. coronavirus variant to see if it might be resistant to vaccine

President Trump might have medical condition preventing him from getting vaccinated

Contradicting Trump’s health advisors, Biden’s incoming surgeon general says mass-covid vaccinations not happening until summer, early fall!

Congress seals agreement on $900-billion COVID relief bill, that actually screws-over citizens with a pathetic $6-hundred check

California; Coronavirus prompts early closure of John Wayne Airport tower

Why aren’t lockdowns working in the leftist controlled Golden State? State sets nationwide record with 50K COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Gov’na Newsom goes into quarantine AGAIN after being exposed to COVID-positive staffer

Wealthy Californians are offering $25-thousand donations so they can jump the line for a COVID-19 vaccine

Former Unemployment Office Worker Charged in Scheme to Steal Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Pandemic Unemployment Aid

Connecticut:

Connecticut National Guard set up 6-hundred bed frames for an alternate care facility at the Convention Center in Hartford, 18DEC2020.

Florida; Newspaper investigators discovered disparity between reported deaths and actual CoViD deaths in the Sunshine State

Hawaii; Mayor of Honolulu wants to remove rampant prison infection cases from public reporting!

New Mexico; Woman charged with assault & battery after coughing on healthcare worker

New York; Gov’na Cuomo claims that the U.K.’s novel-CoViD-19 mutation “is on a plane to JFK”

CoViD-19: SHENANIGANS RAMPING UP, ‘IMMUNE’ SANTA INFECTS 75 PEOPLE!

Influenza

CoViD-19: Global Rebellion!

December 18, 2020 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of links to news media reports of global CoViD-19 rebellions:

United Nations admits that CoViD lockdowns result in increased violence against women

Truck drivers on the continent of Africa protest over the CoViD lockdown of the border between Chad and Cameroon

CANADA: Anti-lockdown leaders labeled traitors by British empire (Commonwealth of Nations) government!

GERMANY: Courts rule that people cannot protest CoViD lockdowns, protestors considered ‘right wing’

German restaurant packed with stuffed pandas in coronavirus protest

FRANCE: People protest being labeled ‘non-essential’

INDIA: Officials Claim Riots Broke Out As Inmates Feared Contracting Covid-19

2020 in protests, riots, scams and scandals aggravated by CoViD

IRAQ: Seven dead in protests as Covid-19 hits Iraqi government worker salaries

NETHERLANDS: Arrests made during spontaneous anti-lockdown protests

PORTUGAL: Restaurant owners protest restrictions

SPAIN: Flamenco artists protest COVID-19 restrictions

SRI LANKA: coronavirus prison riot leaves eight dead, over 50 wounded

SWEDEN: King of Sweden calls for full lockdown!

UKRAINE: Police say lockdown protestors sent dozens of cops to the hospital

Entrepreneurs Protest Coronavirus Restrictions

CoViD outbreak hits Ukrainian army

UNITED KINGDOM: Biggest ever anti-lockdown demonstration to be unleashed!

Coronavirus outbreak at HMP Bedford leads to 24 hour lockdown and ‘mini riots’ by inmates

UNITED STATES: Coronavirus restrictions blamed for rise in violent crimes across the U.S.

California; Leftist labor u nions call for full shutdown of Los Angeles County over COVID-19

Anti-Lockdown demonstrators Shine Strobe Lights Onto Home of LA Mayor

Ventura County lockdown results in conflicts

Orange County hit by lockdown protests

As protests grow, Sacramento County reveals it still has $49-million in unspent CoViD relief funding!

Modesto nurses protest staffing ratios saying it’s not safe for COVID patients

CoViD outbreak at Lompoc Federal Prison

Florida; People publicly burn face masks

Illinois; Gun sales skyrocket

Indian; People block Porter County Health Department to protest lockdown

Kansas; Mayor of Dodge City effectively told to ‘get outta Dodge’ by residents protesting mask mandate, mayor resigns

Michigan; Chanting “open up now,” protesters target state health director Robert Gordon’s home

Minnesota; At least 150 businesses will re-open in protest of CoViD lockdown

National Guard will now be used against CoViD lockdown protestors

New York; Top global christian leader condemns CoViD lockdown protestors

NYC Bodegas Have Seen A Massive Uptick In Crimes due to COVID-19 restrictions

North Carolina; Republicans hold CoViD lockdown Xmas protest party

Oklahoma; Families of prisoners protest the spread of CoViD in state prisons

Pennsylvania; Gun sales skyrocket

Tennessee; For the first six months of CoViD, restrictions and lockdowns actually increased overall crime in Memphis, with murders about to set new record!

Washington; Demonstrators gathered outside Spokane County Courthouse, protest COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine

Wisconsin; Man Gets Life In Mental Hospital After Fatally Stabbing Wife, Sister-In-Law To Save Them From Coronavirus

Pandemic Lockdowns worse than the Pandemic: “…A POTENTIAL WIPE OUT OF AN ENTIRE GENERATION…”

CoViD lockdowns not stopping illegal immigrants!

CoViD, April 2020: ¡REBELIÓN PANDÉMICA!

CoViD-19: Covert operation to control global food supply?

Influenza

CoViD-19: Shenanigans Ramping Up, ‘immune’ Santa infects 75 people!

December 17, 2020 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of links to news reports from around the world:

Pro-CoViD lockdown leftist-liberal UN World Health Organization medical science ‘experts’ say fictitious Santa Claus is immune!

Hungary and Poland maintain united front blocking EU COVID-19 fund

CoViD being credited for pushing people in the Middle East to online shopping

The Africa CDC accuses developed world of class warfare regarding distribution of CoViD vaccines

AUSTRALIA: After almost two weeks of no new cases, mystery CoViD cluster grows

BELGIUM: Despite UN and U.S. medical ‘experts’ saying Santa Claus is immune, 75 people infected by visiting Santa Claus!

CHINA: Is U.S. President Trump correct? UN World Health Organization finally to investigate origins of CoViD-19!

Taiwan goes 200 days without any localized infections!

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: CoViD lockdowns result in skyrocketing violent crime

EGYPT: Religious leaders say getting vaccine is your religious duty

GERMANY: Hard lockdown kills Xmas

U.S. soldier dies of CoViD

GHANA: For the first time, healthcare workers across the African continent allowed to try existing medical treatments on people infected with CoViD!

INDIA: A new study says air pollution kills millions more people than CoViD, while another new study says poor people living in situations that expose them to lots of germs everyday can resist CoViD far better than wealthier people living in sanitized conditions!

IRAN: Despite U.S. sanctions, developed its own CoViD vaccine

ISRAEL-PALESTINE: CoViD finally hits besieged and isolated Gaza, deaths skyrocketing as Israeli officials say no medical supplies will be allowed in!

ITALY: Italian Prime Minster, who ordered CoViD lockdown based on scientific ‘experts’ advice, says fictitious “Father Christmas assured me that he already has an international travel certificate: He can travel everywhere and distribute gifts to all the world’s children.”

RUSSIA: Five politicians get re-infected with CoViD

UKRAINE: Citizens riot over CoViD lockdowns

UNITED KINGDOM: Government warned of CoViD riots if lockdowns continue in locations where infection rates are low

UNITED STATES: STD infections being ignored

Pro-CoViD lockdown leftist-liberal medical science ‘expert’ Anthony Fauci says fictitious Santa Claus is immune!

After first saying you should scrub surfaces in homes and business, U.S. CDC ‘experts’ now say don’t worry about it, CoViD doesn’t spread on surfaces after all!

FBI warns of new coronavirus email auto-forwarding scam

More CoViD vaccine scam artists

Here’s How Joel Osteen and His Tax-Exempt Megachurch Legally Got $4M in COVID-19 Funds

CoViD lockdowns allow cybercrimes to advance

Alaska; Second healthcare worker has allergic reaction to CoViD vaccine

California; San Bernardino County (the largest county in the world) sues Gov. Newsom to stop coronavirus lockdown

Gov’na Newsom increases lockdown rules for general public, yet relaxes rules for healthcare workers suspected of being exposed to CoViD!

French Laundry Restaurant Where Newsom Dined Received Over $2.4 Million in PPP COVID Loans, 17-times more than any other business in the same area!

Newsom could be recalled due to CoViD response

Long Beach residents accuse police chief of being behind CoViD Super Spreader event!

State prison along California-Mexico border hotbed for COVID-19

California bans vacation rentals under CoViD lockdowns, allows hotel/resort owners to keep deposits!

Local basketball games now illegal

Florida; Governor defends police raid on CoViD data whistleblower

Idaho; Idaho Democratic lawmakers ask for postponement of legislative session due to pandemic.

State employment officials now demanding people made jobless by CoViD pay-back the CoViD unemployment assistance!

Idaho Department of Labor Changes Phone Number due to being overwhelmed by CoViD related jobless claims!

Central District public health order for 4 Idaho counties comes to a vote — and fails.

Idaho’s famous TikTok Fleetwood Mac skateboarder tests positive for COVID.

Iowa; Police being paid with CoViD-19 taxpayer funding meant for businesses and the general public

Man charged with assault after coughing on cop

State officials used at least $21-million in CoViD funding to upgrade I-T system!

Michigan; Police chief dies of CoViD

State police raid Thetford Township meeting, saying it was illegal under CoViD lockdown!

Minnesota; 150 businesses vow to violate CoViD lockdown rules

Missouri; Tornadoes, riots and now COVID, Ferguson bar closes for good

Nevada; U.S. Appeals Court rules Nevada CoViD lockdown rules for religions to be illegal

New Jersey; Man who sanitized law enforcement vehicles for CoViD, dies from CoViD

New York; Police chief dies of CoViD

Governor creates new CoViD Micro Cluster Focus Zones

Data proves restaurants DO NOT spread CoViD (only 1.3% of cases connected to restaurants), so why is The Empire State locking down restaurants again?

North Dakota; Police look the other way when politician’s business operation violates CoViD lockdown rules

Oregon; Man goes to prison for spitting on cop

Have too many people over for Thanksgiving in Oregon go to jail, but no sweat if you riot

Pennsylvania; Lots of police dying from CoViD

Texas; Police chief positive for CoViD

CoViD lockdown causes backlog of 50-thousand criminal cases for Harris County courts

Why is The Lone Star State sitting on $2-billion in taxpayer funded CoViD funding?

Washington; Man gets arrested for sailing across the Irish Sea, apparently it’s a violation of lockdown rules

Washington DC; International Monetary Fund admits 62% of CoViD-19 relief funding went to Latin American countries

Inter-American Development Bank promises an additional $1-billion in CoViD relief funding for Latin American countries

Going Viral: OPERATION WARP SPEED PROVES LEFTIST-LIBERAL NEWS MEDIA WRONG!

September 2020: COVID-19 = ECONOMIC & SOCIAL DEATHS OF DESPAIR!

October 2020: COVID-19 SHENANIGANS

International, Technology

End of the Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: No more Open Skies, or whatever happened to the OC-135B?

Video November 30, 2020 Hutchins AAron

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Keith Reed the Third, 17JUL1997.

On 24MAR1992, the Treaty on Open Skies was created as a way of being sure that countries that have military weapons (military-grade arms) control agreements are complying. However, it wouldn’t be until 01JAN2002 that Open Skies actually went into effect, with 34 countries signed-on (but only 20 ratified). Interestingly, the first OC-135B was ready to launch in June 1993!

Newly independent Ukrainian Air Force personnel get their photo taken in front of their Open Skies Antonov An-30. Photo by Technical Sergeant Brad Fallin, 14APR1997.

Russian Open Skies Antonov An-30, 25SEP2009. Photo by Alan Lebeda.

On 22NOV2020, the United States officially withdrew from the Treaty on Open Skies, so far the only country to do so. It’s interesting that the many countries who did not sign-on to Open Skies, like nuclear armed China, condemned the U.S. withdrawal.

Photo by Kelly White. 23APR2020, U.S. Air Force OC-135B (6-12670) stripped and awaiting what would become its final Open Skies livery.

But it is more complicated than U.S. President Donald Trump being a mean old ‘orange man’, it’s about other treaty signators not complying, and the fact that updating the now ‘ancient’ observation technology is just too cost prohibitive for taxpayers.

A naked OC-135B anticipates its final Open Skies paint job on Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. Photo by Kelly White, 23APR2020.

Here’s a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) video, 22MAY2020, in which NATO accuses Russia (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) of violating the Open Skies agreement:

Photo by Charles Haymond. An OC-135B Open Skies (converted WC-135 weather research) aircraft takes off from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska,14SEP2018.

Photo by Technical Sergeant Heather Salazar. Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii (Military Air Forces of Russia) Open Skies Tupolev Tu-154M RF-85655, lands at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 14AUG2019.

From 1992-93, three WC-135B aircraft were modified for the Open Skies mission, re-designated OC-135B. For some reason, after only a few years based at Offutt Air Force Base (AFB), Nebraska, the first OC-135B was sent straight to ‘moth-balls’ at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, in 1997.

Photo by Charles J. Haymond, 14SEP2018.

This OC-135B conducted observation flights over Haiti, after the 7.0 earthquake in 2010. Photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston, 16JAN2010.

Despite the OC-135Bs being used on other non-Open Skies observations, such as natural disasters, according to some reports the remaining two OC-135Bs are now available for sale as a result of the U.S. exit from Open Skies: “We’ve started liquidating the equipment. Other countries can come purchase or just take the airframes. They are really old and cost-prohibitive for us to maintain. We don’t have a use for them anymore.”

Photo by Staff Sergeant John Hillier. 01FEB2018, a Commonwealth of Nations (aka British Empire) Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J arrives at Rosecrans Memorial Airport, Missouri, joining units from France and Czech Republic for Open Skies training with the Missouri Air National Guard.

What many people might not know is that the Open Skies operation required the use of old school film technology. In this 2015 U.S. Air Force video report, by John Harrington, it’s revealed that the old technology was getting difficult to maintain due to no new parts:

Here is an October 2016 USAF video (by John Harrington) explaining how the imagery captured by the OC-135Bs are processed:

Photo by Delanie Stafford. Snow removal from Open Skies OC-135B, 03FEB2015, Offutt AFB.

Via Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Russian examine a U.S. OC-135B, 27FEB2007.

Via Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Italian C-130 with SAMSON observation pod.

23NOV2020: Russia warns remaining Open Skies members not to share data with United States

11NOV2020: French personnel to use Romanian An-30 for Open Skies flyover of Russia

Realize that the United States and Russia have always conducted observation flights of each other, Open Skies was just an attempt to make it more militarily non-threatening.

28NOV2020: Russian Sukhoi 27 scrambled to intercept U.S. RC-135 over Black Sea

27NOV2020: Russia accuses NATO of conducting more than 1300 non-Open Skies spy flights

There were rumors that the two remaining Open Skies OC-13Bs were up for sale in 2020, however, the aircraft were given a fresh ‘Open Skies’ paint job and sent to the ‘boneyard’ in Arizona. USAF video by David Farley, 13MAY2021:

OC-135B Open Skies on Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 09JUN2021. USAF photo by Senior Airman Alex Miller.

July 2022: NATO-Romania puts to use an ex-Open Skies Antonov 30.

U.S. taxpayer expense: NASA’S Russian Tupolev 144 SST

Pandemic Overflight: KC-135

Bare Metal: KC-135R GETS STRIPPED

EC-135E FIRE-BIRD, 10329 COMES BACK TO LIFE, AGAIN! OR, WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR EXTRA KC-135 KIT.

HOW TO MUMMIFY YOUR KC-10, OR, LAST FLIGHT OF 86-0036

Terminator: SpaceX satellites helping the new U.S. Space Force to target you from above

International, Technology

Government Shenanigans: UH-60 for Afghanistan, killed-off by the Mil 17, U.S. taxpayers raped twice?

Video October 31, 2020 Hutchins AAron

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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Martin, 05NOV2017.

Begun under the Barack Obama administration, the UH-60A program for Afghanistan is now drastically scaled back under the Donald Trump administration, due to lack of the Black Hawk’s performance in Afghanistan, a shift in priorities within the U.S. Department of Defense, and the high cost to U.S. taxpayers.

A former U.S. Army Black Hawk is loaded onto a C-17 transport, bound for Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Adriane Elliot, 15SEP2017.

September 2017, the first batch of UH-60As for Afghanistan are unloaded from a C-17 Globemaster-3, at Kandahar Air Field.

Photo by Staff Sergeant Trevor McBride.

Video by Senior Airmen Ryan Green, UH-60A flight training, November 2017:

By December 2017, a small group of six Afghan Mil 17 pilots became qualified to fly the UH-60A+.

Photo by Staff Sergeant Jared Duhon.

By February 2018, the Afghan Air Force had eight UH-60 Blackhawks.

By March 2018, U.S. military officials were boasting the UH-60 program was “mission ready”. Video of more flight training by John Roberts:

USA photo by Major Richard Barker, 06MAY2018.

By May 2018, the first large class of Afghan UH-60A crews had completed the Mission Qualification Course (MQC). Video by Jackie Faye showing Afghan UH-60s taking off on their first official mission one day after the MQC graduation:

In June 2018, The U.S. Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) criticized the UH-60 program for Afghanistan saying “They are unable to accommodate some of the larger cargo items the Mi-17s can carry, and in general, it takes almost two Black Hawks to carry the load of a single Mi-17. Furthermore, unlike Mi-17s, Black Hawks cannot fly at high elevations and, as such, cannot operate in remote regions of Afghanistan where Mi-17s operate.”

A Train, Advise and Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) explainer video by Staff Sergeant Rion Ehrman, with overly dramatic music, July 2018:

Photo by Sergeant Luke Hoogendam.

July 2018 MedEvac (medical evacuation) training, now known as CasEvac (casualty evacuation).

Photo by Staff Sergeant Clayton Cupit.

By December 2018, U.S. TAAC-Air contractors continued to train Afghan personnel on the UH-60A.

In February 2019, SIGAR warned that the $7-billion U.S. taxpayer funded program to replace Afghanistan’s Russian built helicopters with U.S. made helicopters (first proposed in 2014, mainly using the UH-60A+) was flawed because “DOD does not currently have a maintenance training course in place to train Afghan personnel to maintain UH-60s. Having insufficient Afghan maintenance personnel limits the locations at which UH-60s can operate because DOD policy bars U.S. contractors from working where there is no U.S. or Coalition control due to security concerns.”

Another former USA UH-60 Black Hawk bound for Afghanistan, this time on 25APR2019, transported by Ukrainian An-124 transport. USA photo by Richard Bumgardner.