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True Promise-2: The Three Missiles.

Image October 3, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Iranian news media are reporting that Iran used three types of missiles in their latest attack on Israel. Also, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) claims 90% of the Israeli military targets were hit during the barrage.

The IRCG controls the strategic missile systems of Iran.

Purportedly an Emad ballistic missile being launched against Israel on 01OCT2024.

The liquid fueled Emad (Pillar) ballistic missile is based on the older Ghadr/Qadr missile. It can steer itself all the way to the target after reentry into the atmosphere. It is considered Iran’s first precision guided ballistic missile.

Fattah-1 on public display.

The two stage, solid fueled Fattah (The Opener)-1 is a ballistic missile with a top speed between Mach 13 and Mach 15. It has a variable position exhaust to aid in steering. Hypersonic missiles cannot be intercepted. Iran already considers the Fattah-1 obsolete and is now producing the improved Fattah-2.

Ghadr/Qadr ballistic missile on public display.

The two stage, liquid fueled, Qadr (Intensity) ballistic missile has been upgraded with a lighter weight and longer fuselage (allowing for more fuel for longer range), and an improved guidance system. The IRCG admits this missile is still not accurate.

Operation True Promise-1: Iran conducted test attack on Israeli F-35 base, two months prior to attacking Israel!

April 2024: Israeli missiles intercepted over Iran & Syria!

2015: Iran reveals thousands of ballistic missiles in underground bunkers!

2013: Iran announces new missiles for its F-14s, drone subs and a new aircraft carrier!

2012: Iran teaches Gaza how to make their own MLRS

2011: Iran launches ballistic missiles, reveals underground silos, admits targets are Israel and U.S. bases

International

Cold War to Near Peer Threats: Japan’s ‘lowrider’ Type 74, finally retired?

Image September 30, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union). “Near Pear Threats”, a recent U.S. Army code phrase for the expected Third World War.

Type 74 during a yearly base security exercise, on MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

Japan’s Type-74 battle tank was designed in the 1960s and produced in the 1970s and ’80s (during the Cold War). It was originally scheduled to be retired in the 1990s, but for financial reasons remained active with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) until March 2024, when it was finally, officially, retired.

U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Type 74s demonstrate their ‘lowrider’ collapsible suspension.

The Type 74 was originally designed to use a main-gun with an auto-loader, but it had so many problems it was decided to go with a manually loaded gun that was compatible with NATO ammunition.

The Type 74 uses a NATO standard 105mm main gun, with a redesigned breech & recoil system to get it to fit inside the turret.

Here is a boring USMC video (by Sergeant Cristian Bestul) of a Type 74, and its crew, posing for the camera, on MCAS Iwakuni, 17OCT2019:

Circa 1992.

10th Tank Battalion Type 74, circa 1991.

One of the first Type 74s, of First Tank Group, circa 1985.

Type 87 SPAAG, based on the Type 74 chassis, circa 1999.

In 1987, Mitsubishi modified the Type 74 chassis to create the Type 87 SPAAG (Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Gun). Japan also has a Type 87 Recon Combat Vehicle (RCV), but it is a wheeled armored car not related to the Type 87 tracked vehicle.

Lowered Type 87 SPAAG, circa 1992.

The Type 87 SPAAG was officially unveiled to the taxpayers in 1990.

In 1980, most Japanese tank units were using the Type 61, and even the older U.S. made M41 Walker Bulldog.

Type 61 during Exercise Orient Shield, November 1985, U.S. Department of Defense photo by Al Chang.

Japanese M41 Walker Bulldogs, circa 1980.

In 1978, Mitsubishi modified the Type 74 chassis to create the Type 78 ARV (Armored Recovery Vehicle).

Type 78 ARV, circa 1997.

Vehicle I-D: More of Type 74

Type 74 invades Evergreen State! Preps for war with China?

Idaho

Pine Ridge Mall-South Wing: Inaugural indoor Winter/New Year Car Show!

Image January 27, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Due to some instigation (possibly by a secret society of conspiratorial automotive enthusiasts), the Pine Ridge Mall, in Chubbuck, Idaho, held its inaugural indoor Winter/New Year automobile show. It was the weekend of January 13th & 14th, 2024.

Pine Ridge Mall Inaugural indoor Winter/New Year Car Show: NORTH WING!

CENTER COURT!

Idaho

Pine Ridge Mall-Center Court: Inaugural indoor Winter/New Year Car Show!

Image January 16, 2024 Hutchins AAron

Due to some instigation (possibly by a secret society of conspiratorial automotive enthusiasts), the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, held its inaugural indoor Winter/New Year automobile show. It was the weekend of January 13th & 14th, 2024.

One of the possible conspirators, practicing his Jedi Mind Tricks on some mall-goers!

I worked for the original owner of the Pine Ridge Mall during the few years before it was sold to the second owner, an evil global corporation based in Chicago, and we used to have car and RV displays during the warmer months of the year. But, the evil second owner killed everything off! The Pine Ridge Mall is on its third owner, supposedly a family company based in Saint Louis, Missouri, which specializes in bringing back depressed malls. The third owners have been working hard to slowly bring in new businesses, and they gave their blessings on this inaugural Winter/New Year indoor auto-show (with a possibility for more car shows!).

CENTER COURT:

Pine Ridge Mall: THE CAR SHOW INSTIGATOR! AND HIS STEED, THE MIDNIGHT CORVETTE!

Idaho

Idaho trades one Cold-War aircraft for another Cold-War aircraft, is it progress or politics?

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A-10C on Gowen Field, Boise Airport, Idaho, 20DEC2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Both the A-10 Thunderbolt-2 and the F-16 Falcon were developed during the same decade; the 1970s.

A-10A Thunderbolts fly over the Pacific Ocean, 14JUN1977. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Joseph F. Smith.

In July of this year, the Idaho Air National Guard revealed that the U.S. Air Force is forcing them to replace their A-10Cs with F-16s, starting in 2027.

A-10C on Gowen Field, Boise Airport, Idaho, 20DEC2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

The A-10A (first flight May 1972) was the result of U.S. Air Force experience with ground attack missions over Viet Nam.

An F-16A belonging to Hill AFB, Utah, flies over Nellis AFB, Nevada, December 1979. USAF photo by Ken Hackman.

The F-16A (first flight in 1976) was developed as a replacement for the F-5E Tiger-2 (itself a replacement for the F-5A Freedom Fighter, designed to be a low cost aircraft for countries who did not have the money to buy the big combat planes, and was subsidized by U.S. taxpayers through the MAP [Military Assistance Program]).

The first USAF unit deployment of F-16s to Europe involved Falcons from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in 1981. They were sent to Flesland Air Station, in NATO-Norway. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Don Sutherland, 01MAR1981.

The division between those in the USAF who liked the A-10 and those who liked the F-16 began during the development of the prototypes, in the 1970s. My father worked at Edwards Air Force Base, California, during that time, and was one of the pro-F-16’ers. Edwards AFB is where both aircraft were originally developed. My father would come home from work stating that he hoped something bad happened to the A-10, so that the USAF would choose the F-16. What people (including my father) didn’t seem to understand is that both aircraft were the result of combat experiences over Viet Nam, and were intentionally designed for specific missions, which is why at that time the USAF wanted both aircraft.

A-10C on Gowen Field, Boise Airport, Idaho, 20DEC2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Both aircraft have been upgraded over the decades, yet ever since the Obama regime was in power the U.S. Air Force has pushed to replace the decades old A-10 with the decades old F-16.

A-10C on Gowen Field, Boise Airport, Idaho, 20DEC2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Gowen Field Air Show, 27AUG2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Idaho A-10C on Lechfeld Air Base, Germany, 06JUN2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Idaho A-10C over Southwestern Idaho, 15MAR2023. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur.

Air & Space Forces Magazine, April 2023: USAF retires first of 21 A-10Cs, in 2023!

Defense Update, May 2017: USAF suddenly reverses plan to retire the A-10C.

U.S. Government Accountability Office, August 2015: USAF needs to provide better information to justify retirement of A-10 and other aircraft.

Stars and Stripes, June 2015: Government Accountability Office questions USAF’s justifications for retiring the A-10C.

Congressional Research Service, January 2015: PDF providing background information on retirement of A-10C.

Washington Times, November 2014: A-10C retirement on hold after proposed replacement aircraft ‘frags’ five U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan!

PBS, May 2014: USAF accused of doctoring data to justify retirement of A-10C.

Arizona Daily Star, March 2014: Retiring the Air Force’s A-10C is a mistake.

Blind Bat News archives;

March 2023: NATO-GERMANY INVADES IDAHO?

October 2022: 4TH TIME IS THE CHARM, IDAHO ‘HAWGSMOKES’ THE COMPETITION, AGAIN!

July 2021: IDAHO’S HERITAGE A-10C ‘8N’.

March 2021: COVID MORALE BOOSTER A-10C GUN-RUN IN IDAHO!

2019: THE OWL HAD A BLUE UMBRELLA! HOW LANTIRN KILLED THE N/AW-10, AND, WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE TRUMPETER/HOBBY BOSS KITS?

2016: NATO-TURKEY DEPLOYMENT REVEALS IDAHO A-10Cs ARE A BUNCH OF DIRTY PIGS!

IDAHO SHOWS A-10C PRIDE WITH CITY NOSE ART.

2015: OBAMA SECRETLY DEPLOYS A-10Cs EVEN THOUGH HE WANTS TO GET RID OF THEM!

May 2014: PROOF THE A-10 THUNDERBOLT WAS TO REMAIN A USAF MAINSTAY UNTIL 2040; TAXPAYERS SPENT MORE THAN $2-BILLION ON UPGRADES!

March 2014: OBAMA REGIME TO STEAL ALL OF IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S AIR ASSETS?!

U.S.

A decade of U.S. Veterans Day Cars & Trucks

Image November 26, 2023 Hutchins AAron

November 2023:

Hull Technician First Class Justin Reinhardt was surprised when his own POV (Personally Owned Vehicle) was customized, and then presented to him on Veterans Day 2023, in San Diego, California. Photo via Petty Officer Second Class Adora Okafor.

Reinhardt’s car was chosen out of 4-thousand others for the transformation, it was sponsored by Fuel Off-Road, and Black Rifle Coffee Company. Photo via PO2 Adora Okafor.

Salinas, California, 11NOV2023. Photo by Winifred Brown.

Special guest during the Nashville, Tennessee, parade. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Jayden Woods, 11NOV2023.

Suez Shriners during 20th annual San Angelo Veterans Day Parade, Texas, 11NOV2023. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sergeant Nathan Call.

Quincy, Illinois, Veterans Day Parade, 04NOV2023. Illinois National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Leighton.

Manhattan, Kansas, 10NOV2023. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Charles Leitner.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, parade, 04NOV2023. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Zeta Johnson.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, parade, 04NOV2023. USMC photo by Corporal Zeta Johnson.

Orcutt, California, 2022:

U.S. Space Force photo by Technical Sergeant Luke Kitterman, 11NOV2022.

Albany, Oregon, 2022:

Oregon National Guard photo by John Hughel, 11NOV2022.

NYC, New York, 2021:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Tojyea G. Matally, 11NOV2021.

Biloxi, Mississippi, 2020:

USAF photo by Kemberly Groue, 07NOV2020.

San Angelo, Texas, 2020:

U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sergeant Seraiah Wolf, 07NOV2020.

Palm Springs, California, 2019:

California National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Crystal Housman, 11NOV2019.

Salinas, California, 2019:

Photo by Zack Frank, 11NOV2019.

Salinas, California, 2018:

Photo by Joseph Kumzak, 11NOV2018.

Saint Simons Islands, Georgia, 2018:

U.S. Navy photo by PO2 Bryan Tomforde, 12NOV2018.

Louisville, Kentucky, 2018:

Photo by Renee Rhodes, 09NOV2018.

Jacksonville, North Carolina, 2018:

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Ginnie Lee, 03NOV2018.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2017:

Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Conley, 11NOV2017.

Tucson, Arizona, 2016:

USAF photo by Airman Nathan H. Barbour, 11NOV2016.

Los Angeles, California, 2016:

U.S. Army photo by Captain Albert Jernegan, 11NOV2016.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2016:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Ashley D. Gomez, 05NOV2016.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Ursula V. Estrella, 05NOV2016.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Ashley D. Gomez, 05NOV2016.

Mobile, Alabama, 2015:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by PO3 Ryan Tippets, 11NOV2015.

Waianae, Hawaii, 2015:

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Armando R. Limon, 05NOV2023.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2015:

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Joshua Canup, 11NOV2015.

USCG photo by PO3 Joshua Canup, 11NOV2015.

San Angelo, Texas, 2012:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Joshua Edwards, 10NOV2012.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2012:

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Betsy Knapper, 12NOV2012.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Betsy Knapper, 12NOV2012.

Veterans Day: CLASSIC VEHICLES SEEN IN THE BOISE, IDAHO, PARADE.

2018-19: JOIN THE U.S. MILITARY GET A CLASSIC CAR? (with videos)

International, Technology

Al-Aqsa Storm: Elon Musk?

Image October 12, 2023 Hutchins AAron

On 10OCT2023, the European Union (EU) sent Elon Musk an ultimatum:

Musk responded by essentially demanding the EU show him proof of ‘misinformation’. They responded with typical cancel-culture hyperbole, in other words they have no proof.

Al-Aqsa Storm: IRAQIS VOW TO ATTACK U.S. BASES! IRAQ & IRAN JOIN FORCES?

The ancient empire of Babylon covered and area from present day Israel in the West, to Iran in the East. “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”-from Revelation 18 (supposedly King James Bible)

International

Al-Aqsa Storm: Iraqis vow to attack U.S. bases! Iraq & Iran join forces?

Image October 11, 2023 Hutchins AAron

“Our missiles, drones, and special forces are ready to … strike the American enemy in its bases and disrupt its interests if it intervenes in this battle!”-Abu Hussein Al-Hamidawi, Kata’ib Hezbollah (an Iraqi Shia militia), 10OCT2023

The above statement was made as the USS Ford carrier strike group arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

NATO-Norway’s Telemark Battalion conduct operations from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Clark, 13SEP2023.

On 09OCT2023, another Iraqi Shia militia, Harakat Hezbollah Nujaba, made the same threat. Yet another Iraqi Shia group, the Badr Organization, said “If they (the Americans) intervene, we would intervene … we will consider all American targets legitimate.”

U.S. Army Combat Medics conduct a Mass-Casualty Drill at an non-disclosed location in Iraq, on 21SEP2023. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Jenise Burnette.

But wait, it is not just Iraqi Shia militias, on 07OCT2023 Basim al-Awadi, spokesperson of the Iraqi government, said “Today’s Palestinian actions respond to longstanding oppression by the Zionist occupation, which ignores international resolutions. We urge global intervention to restore Palestinian rights, cautioning against escalation that could destabilize the region, and call for an urgent Arab League meeting on the Palestinian situation.”

Recently, Iraq, Kuwait and the U.S. conducted Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training. U.S. Navy photo, 02OCT2023.

Historically, Iraq has always sided with Palestine. On 10OCT2023, Iraq and Iran entered into a new joint security agreement.

An Iraqi ‘small’ boat approaches the USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142), 02OCT2023. U.S. Navy photo.

Al-Aqsa Storm: ESCALATION! FALSE FLAG?

World War Three, March 2023: CHINA BRINGS PEACE TO IRAN AND Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, DAYS LATER N-A-T-O & IRAQ PREP FOR WAR!

Influenza, Technology, U.S.

Operation Jupiter-HRAPS: In the name of Health, you can be tracked in Real Time!

Image October 4, 2023 Hutchins AAron

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Health/fitness trackers have been in use since the 1980s, but the latest U.S. Army version takes ‘health tracking’ to a new level: “The HRAPS is a fantastic tool to help tactical commanders and frontline health care providers make critical decisions about Warfighters’ health and performance during both training and real-world operations. It is designed to help small-unit leaders and frontline medics identify possible health concerns before they become critical. It gives a snapshot of critical health and performance data about once a minute, so leaders can know their Soldiers’ location and vital signs at all times whenever the device is transmitting data.”-Emily Krohn, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity-HRAPS program

HRAPS being attached to a Best Squad competitor’s chest, on Fort Stewart, Georgia, 09SEP2023. U.S. Army photo by T. T. Parish.

During this year’s U.S. Army overall Best Squad Competition (2nd annual) a new device was tested, in the name of health. It is called HRAPS, Health Readiness and Performance System.

HRAPS earbud. U.S. Army photo by Cameron E. Parks, 05APR2023.

The HRAPS has a lightweight transmitter, about the size and shape of an earbud, that attaches to your chest. The HRAPS has been in development since 2018.

HRAPS hand held monitor. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant First Class Debrah Sanders, 10AUG2022.

Your ‘bosses’ (officials, health providers, etc) get portable, handheld devices that display your health data, and location, in real time.

Packaged HRAPS waiting to be tested in a CBRN environment, during Exercise Scarlet Response in Perry, Georgia, 19JUL2023. U.S. Army photo by Cameron E. Parks.

The U.S. Department of Defense is using the excuse of supposed ‘failures’ of medevac during the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, and the expected coming Near Peer War, to justify HRAPS: “Because of the forecasted future nature of combat, it will be imperative to have modern, user-friendly, rugged, and expeditionary tools like HRAPS to help frontline commanders in the Joint Forces make more informed decisions. The reality is that medevac capabilities found during previous operations, like in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be stretched very thin due to the possible operating environments of the future, where small teams will deploy far from higher echelon care facilities in austere, remote locations. It will be a critical advantage to have tools like HRAPS that will help provide advanced warning for health concerns that can point to deeper issues before they become emergencies. Having real-time health information for the Warfighters on the frontlines will help inform field medical care and maximize the effectiveness of available resources.”-Emily Krohn, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity-HRAPS program

A U.S. Marine gets an HRAPS during CBRN training in Perry, Georgia. U.S. Army photo by Cameron E. Parks, 24JUL2023.

Of course, this new device is being touted as a tool only for saving your life: “During emergency situations while treating injuries and casualties, every minute counts, and having a baseline of physiological data tracked over a period of time would help inform decision making while treating Soldiers in the field. We know that the effects of injuries compound over time, so being able to identify vital sign anomalies before they present in a patient is important to helping prevent possible complications with the onset of symptoms. If abnormalities do appear, we will be able to treat them early in the continuum, which would help mitigate injuries before they begin to escalate, and help providers apply a more holistic approach to casualty treatment, leading to better overall outcomes.”-Staff Sergeant Jesse Hylton, Best Squad competitor who is testing HRAPS

Prepping HRAPS for use during CBRN training in Perry, Georgia. U.S. Army photo by Cameron E. Parks, 24JUL2023.

Operation Jupiter: U.S. & California GOVERNMENTs ORDERED COVER-UP OF CHINESE ‘GAIN-OF-FUNCTION’ LABS, FDA ISSUES WARNING!

I came up with the title Operation Jupiter after doing research on the anthrax fiasco of 2015. The research led me to discover a U.S. military experiment called JUPITR ATD.

Technology, U.S.

New militia colors for an old Flying Yankee!

Image September 5, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Connecticut Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Tamara R. Dabney, 18JAN2023.

In January 2023, Connecticut Air National Guard’s 118th Airlift Squadron ‘Flying Yankees’-103rd Airlift Wing celebrated 1-hundred years of airborne operations by giving their old C-130H Hercules some new clothes.