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Kit Bashing, Technology

Bare Metal Bombers: Wise Guy Resurrection

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U.S. Air Force photo by Kelly White.

Isn’t it interesting that as the U.S. Air Force (USAF) retires its B-1B bombers (in favor of the new B-21) that the USAF also keeps resurrecting its old B-52s?

U.S. Air Force photo by Kelly White.

In 2020, Wise Guy #6-0034 got resurrected by maintainers on Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma.  It’s the second B-52H, that had been mummified on Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona, to be resurrected.

USAF photo by Kelly White.

Wise Guy arrived on Tinker AFB on 01APR2020.  The work done at Tinker is actually the final phase of a three phase regeneration process to bring Wise Guy back to life: “From Tinker, we had representatives from Air Force Life Cycle Management Logistics and Engineering, American Federation of Government Employees Local 916, Quality and the 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The team integrated the additional Time Compliance Technical Orders and modifications with PDM [Programed Depot Maintenance] to optimize the schedule. The additional work is approximately 10-thousand man hours.”-Jeff Base, 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

USAF photo by Kelly White.

Wise Guy was retired after more than 17-thousand flight hours.  The decision to resurrect Wise Guy came in 2016, after a fire destroyed an active duty B-52 (from Minot AFB, North Dakota) on Anderson AFB, Guam.

USAF photo by Kelly White.

Due to a Congressional mandate to maintain a specific number of active B-52s, the USAF decided to replace the B-52 destroyed in a fire, with the mummified Wise Guy.

Music video by Senior Airman Kayla Palmer:

Inspections of Wise Guy began on Davis-Monthan AFB, in December 2018, with the official phase one regeneration process beginning in January 2019:  “We brought in aircraft structural specialists and crew chiefs who performed the initial aircraft structural integrity inspections and then transitioned into providing structural support.“-David Strawderman, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

USAF photo by Master Sergeant Ted Daigle.

Amazingly, Wise Guy was worthy enough to fly, low & slow, to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, for phase two in May 2019: “It is a true testament to everyone who worked on the aircraft. To be able to pull it from storage and get it air-worthy in this short time is nothing short of amazing. True professionals from across the B-52 enterprise made this effort a success.”-David Strawderman, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

USAF photo by Master Sergeant Ted Daigle.

Video by Airman Maxwell Daigle, zombified Wise Guy arrives on Barksdale AFB:

USAF photo by Master Sergeant Ted Daigle.

USAF photo by Master Sergeant Ted Daigle.

A note found inside the cockpit of Wise Guy, after arrival at Barksdale AFB.

USAF photo by Ron Mullan.

Back on Tinker AFB, phase three was rolling along in November 2020.

USAF photo by Ron Mullan.

Wise Guy had sat, exposed to the elements of the Arizona desert, for ten years.

USAF photo by Ron Mullan.

While the resurrection work was plodding along on Wise Guy, right next door another resurrected B-52H known as Ghost Rider 6-1007 just happened to be undergoing a regular PDM.  Coincidence?  Ghost Rider was fully resurrected by September 2016.

USAF photo by Ron Mullan.

By the end of February 2021, both Wise Guy and Ghost Rider were ready to fly home.

USAF photo by Paul Shirk.

USAF photo by Paul Shirk.

Wise Guy arrived on its new home of Minot AFB, North Dakota, on 09MAR2021.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Jesse Jenny.

Video by by Airman First Class Zachary Wright, Wise Guy touches down on Minot AFB:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Jesse Jenny.

Bare Metal Bombers: B-1B & B-52H Ghost Rider

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

Idaho, Technology

Idaho’s Tigers & Thunderbolts blast the skies over Florida!

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Idaho’s Thunderbolts and Bold Tigers routinely take part in Checkered Flag training over Florida: “They’re able to put together a bigger airspace for us than is available in the Nellis Test and Training Range, which means you can bring together more effectively much larger numbers of aircraft.”-Lieutenant Colonel Mark Nyberg, 389th Fighter Squadron ‘Thunderbolts’, November 2017

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Tiffany Price.

Checkered Flag is a wargame meant to ensure that U.S. Air Force and various state Air National Guard units can work together using the latest aircraft technology.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Tiffany Price, 06NOV2020.

In the above photo, from Checkered Flag 21-1 (November 2020), an Idaho Thunderbolts F-15E is in the background, a California National Guard F-15C is in the foreground.

Video by Senior Airman Jacob Dastas, Idaho Thunderbolts at Checkered Flag 21-1:

Idaho’s Thunderbolts and Bold Tigers represent two different squadrons within the same wing based at Mountain Home Air Force Base (366th Fighter Wing, aka Gunfighters due to strapping 20mm Vulcan gun-pods to the bellies of their F-4Cs in Viet Nam).

USAF photo by Airman First Class Isaiah J. Soliz, 06NOV2017.

Thunderbolts at Checkered Flag 18-1, November 2017.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Javier Cruz, 16DEC2016.

The 391st Fighter Squadron (Bold Tigers) uses a tiger striped orange fin flash, while the 389th Fighter Squadron (originally flying P-47D Thunderbolts in World War Two) uses a maroon/red fin flash with a yellow lightning bolt.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Javier Cruz

Thunderbolts in the skies over Florida, 12DEC2016.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Javier Cruz

Thunderbolt touch-down during Checkered Flag 17-1, 12DEC2016.

Video by Staff Sergeant William Jackson, Bold Tigers at Checkered Flag 17-1:

Red Flag 21-2:

SINGAPORE’S IDAHO BASED SKY PIRATES BOMB LAS VEGAS?

Pandemic Morale Flights: SINGAPORE SKY PIRATES & IDAHO GUNFIGHTERS

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

Idaho, Technology

Singapore’s Idaho based Sky Pirates bomb Las Vegas?

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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Natalie Rubenak.

Republic of Singapore’s F-15SG Strike Eagles of the 428th Fighter Squadron ‘Buccaneers’ are based on Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), in Southern Idaho.  But at the beginning of March 2021, they attacked the air space over Las Vegas, Nevada!

USAF photo by William R. Lewis, 18MAR2021.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Natalie Rubenak, 16MAR2021.

It’s part of Red Flag 21-2 wargame, over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis AFB.

USAF photo by William R. Lewis, 18MAR2021.

U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman JaNae Capuno, F-15SG Buccaneer during Red Flag 21-2, 15MAR2021:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Natalie Rubenak.

Not all of Singapore’s Idaho Buccaneers have fancy painted tails, this one was seen over Mountain Home AFB, 01MAR2021.  I also noticed that the F-15SG has similar antennae and ECM bumps as the new F-15EX.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Natalie Rubenak, 08MAR2021.

Red Flag 21-2 runs from March 8th through March 19th, 2021.

Pandemic Morale Flights: SINGAPORE SKY PIRATES & IDAHO GUNSLINGERS

Technology

Vehicle I-D: Shield of the UAE درع الامارات العربية المتحدة

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The United Arab Emirates (The Emirates al-ʾImārāt الإمارات) uses a variety of armored vehicles, here’s just a few:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Hannah Perkins.

United Arab Emirates’ French made Leclerc battle tank during ‘Iron Magic’, a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) with the U.S. Marine Corps, 31OCT2017.

USMC photo by Corporal Hannah Perkins.

USMC photo by Corporal Hannah Perkins.

Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Боевая Машина Пехоты, Combat Vehicle Infantry number 3 (BMP-3) roll across the sand during ‘Iron Magic’ CALFEX, 31OCT2017.

U.S. Army photo by Captain Scott Kuhn.United Arab Emirates’ Leclercs and BMP-3s during ‘Iron Union 5’ at the Al Hamra Training Center on 28SEP2017.

USA photo by Captain Scott Kuhn.

Russian made BMP-3.

U.S Army video by Captain Scott Kuhn, ACVs, a Leclerc based DNG/DCL recovery vehicle with mine plow, BMP-3s and Leclercs during Iron Union 5:

USA photo by Sergeant Aaron Ellerman.

UAE BMP-3 during U.S. led wargames in Kuwait, 27SEP2016.

USA photo by Sergeant Aaron Ellerman.

UAE’s Turkish made ACV (M113 based Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle) during U.S. led wargames in Kuwait, 27SEP2016.

USA photo by Sergeant Marcus Gable.

February 2011, taking part in a parade remembering the 1991 Desert Storm liberation of Kuwait.

False Flag 2015:  I-M-F PUTS U-A-E IN CHARGE OF ARAB SPRING COUNTRIES!

World War Three 2014: OBAMA DEPLOYS U-S-M-C TO U-A-E! U.S. CONGRESS APPROVES $150-MILLION FOR U-A-E! 

World War Three 2012: U-A-E COMPLETES MASSIVE PIPELINE AROUND STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Vehicle I-D:   Jordanian Shield اردني درع (Including Leclercs donated by United Arab Emirates)

IRAQI ARMOR, AFTER THE INVASION

KUWAITI C-17 الكويت

Helicopters: EGYPT

Technology

Soviet era Armor used by NATO: Bulgaria, plus the Bulgarian BMP-23

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Michigan Army National Guard photo by Specialist Alan Prince, 18JUN2019.

Self propelled artillery 2S1 Karamfil (Russian name Gvozdika, Гвоздика, carnation) Novo Selo Training Area, June 2019.

U.S. Army photo by Captain Erica Mitchell.

The 2S1 has a 122mm howitzer.  It is based on a stretched MTLB hull.

Bulgar music video of 2S1s doing their thing, 12JUL2017:

USA photo by Specialist Samantha Hall.

Column of BTR-60PBs on the Novo Selo Training Area, 13JUN2019. Notice that the exhaust system on the Bulgarian BTR-60s is different from the original BTR-60 design.

USA photo by Specialist Samantha Hall.

Rear view of two BTR-60PBs (Brone-TransporteR, Броне-TранспортеP, Armored Transporter) on Novo Selo Training Area, 12JUN2019.

USA photo by Captain Erica Mitchell.

BTR-60PB, Novo Selo Training Area, 11JUN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons, 11JUN2019.

BTR-60 tags along with a Bradley.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Robert Douglas, 10JUN2019.

2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name SA-6 Gainful) Bulgarian National Air Defense Training Center,  June 2019.

Ohio Army National Guard photo by Captain AAron Smith, 12JUN2019.

The 2K12 missiles are facing over the rear of the hull, June 2019.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Robert Douglas, 13JUN2019.

2K12 launching a medium range radar guided anti-aircraft missile.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Thomas Mort, 12JUN2019.

Video by Laurens Vermeire, 2K12 live fire, 18JUL2017:

NATO video, 2K12 live fire, 18JUL2017:

Ohio Army National Guard photo by Captain AAron Smith, 12JUN2019.

Ohio National Guard Sergeant First Class, of the 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, walks past a 9K33 (NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko), June 2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Ames.

MTLB during NATO Saber Guardian/Strike Back, 05JUN2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Ames.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

Notice the use of rubber mats to protect the asphalt road.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

U.S. Marine Corps video by Corporal Kelly L. Street, MTLB mortar carriers (incorrectly identified by the USMC as BMP-23!), 13JUL2016:

USMC photo by Corporal Kelly L. Street.

Launching a round from a MTLB mortar carrier, 13JUL2016.

USA photo by Specialist Jacqueline Dowland.

Bulgar MTLBu leads a MTLB, 25JUN2015.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 25APR2018.

Bulgar infantry dismount their BMP-1, Anevo Training Area, 25APR 2018.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 25APR2018.

“Mount up!”

USA photo by Specialist Thomas Scaggs.

BMP-1 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Боевая Машина Пехоты, Combat Vehicle Infantry) during combined arms live fire exercise titled Peace Sentinel near the village of Koren, 19JUL2017.

USMC photo by Corporal Justin T. Updegraff.

Bulgar BMP-1s play follow the leader to a USMC M1A1, 28OCT2015.

USA photo by Sergeant Paul Sale, 25OCT2012.

Bulgar BMP-1s ‘invade’ Hohenfels, Germany, 25OCT2012.

Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Megan Zander, 02FEB2020.

Bulgarian 2S1 based BMP-23, Hohenfels, Germany, February 2020.

Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Gregory Stevens, 02FEB2020.

USA photo by Specialist Julian Padua, 02FEB2020.

South Dakota National Guard photo by Sergeant Fiona Berndt, January 2020.

Bulgar designed and built BMP-23s ‘invade’ Hohenfels, Germany, 25JAN2020.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao, July 2019.

BMP-23, live-fire exercise during Platinum Lion at Novo Selo Training Area, 17JUL2019.  In the above photo try to locate the World War Two era T-34 based SU-85/SU-100, being used as a gunnery range target.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao, July 2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao.

It is armed with a 23-mm gun, 9K111 Fagot (Фагот, bassoon) anti-tank guided missile launchers (NATO reporting name AT-4 Spigot), and 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder launched anti-aircraft missiles (NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail).

USA photo by Sergeant First Class Osvaldo Sanchez.

Bulgarian BMP-23s, October 2009.  The BMP-23 is not based on the BMP-1 or BMP-2, but on the 2S1 hull.

Video of BMP-23s during a public demonstration of force, 08OCT2009:

 

Soviet era Armor used by NATO:   BULGARIAN T-72

Soviet era Armor used by NATO:

POLAND

Emerald Flag: RUSSIA INVADES FLORIDA?

Vehicle I-D:

ARMURĂ ROMÂNIA

Soviet era Tanks used by NATO:

SLOVENIAN M84

Business/Economics, Influenza

Pandemic Shenanigans: More false positives! J&J vax under study for infertility! Shutdowns falsely blamed on CoViD!

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Here’s an incomplete list of links to news media reports on the latest pandemic panic-attack shenanigans, as of 14MAR2021:

Hotel tries to attract tourists by offering free CoViD testing across Caribbean and Mexico.

Why has Covid’s toll been surprisingly low across much of Africa and Asia?

AUSTRALIA: Supposedly the residents of Western Australia re-elected their state government, by a landslide, despite crazy-strict pandemic panic-attack restrictions.

Government allows pharmacies to substitute medications due to shortages blamed on pandemic panic-attack!

BRAZIL: Why did Brazil greatly reduce testing for CoViD when supposedly infections and deaths were skyrocketing?

CANADA: “As of March 11, a total of 2,986 variants of concern have been reported across Canada…”

Variant versus Strain

New cross-border CoViD testing operation run by hotel chain, for Canada and United States.

Trucking associations oppose mandatory CoViD testing at Canada-U.S. border.
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Travelers hit with big fine for providing false CoViD test results.

‘Free’ CoViD test in Nova Scotia cost Canadian woman more than CAD$1-thousand!

Amazon ordered to shutdown distribution center due to skyrocketing infections!

CZECH REPUBLIC: Businesses are backing government mandated CoViD testing in the hopes the government won’t shut them down!

ITALY: Red Zone panic-attack restrictions tightened!

JAPAN: Government officials beg China not to butt-test people visiting from Japan!

Health officials report new Philippine strain of CoViD, amid 60% increase in variants, a total of 271 cases of variant-strains!

KOREA: CoViD tests are now mandatory for foreigners!

MEXICO: CoViD testing conducted by dogs!

U.S. health ‘expert’ Fauci admits, in detailed interview by Eugenio Derbez, that CoViD ‘vaccines’ are not vaccines, but experimental technology! Admits studies do not show that vaccines actually stop infection, they just prevent symptoms, that’s why you must still comply with pandemic panic-attack restrictions! Admits vaccines will turn people into ‘carriers’! Admits the vaccines are not working on new strains/variants of CoViD! At end of interview reveals that a third CoViD ‘booster’ vaccine is on the way!  The intro is in Spanish, the interview is in English.

Also in the Fauci interview he refers to “a fund” to compensate people injured by vaccines.  That fund was established by the U.S. government decades ago due to the fact that people are being injured or killed by vaccines, it’s called National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

THAILAND: Bang Kae Market shutdown due to high positive test rate!

UNITED KINGDOM:  Police raided a workout joint and forcefully shut it down, for violating the city of Preston’s pandemic panic-attack closure order!  Ten people inside the gym were also fined £200 each.

UNITED STATES: 45% of laboratories testing for CoViD-19 cannot properly test due to lack of supplies, and this is an improvement from 2020: “Access to testing supplies ultimately affects our ability to provide an accurate, timely diagnosis.”-Patrick Godbey, College of American Pathologists

Canadian TV news reports new problem in the United States with CoViD infections, ‘sudden onset diabetes’!

U.S. Marines Corps Logistics Command explains “known” risks of mRNA vaccines:

California; Continued problems with CoViD testing shuts down high school football!

CoViD testing being expanded in The Golden State.

Major CoViD testing lab found to have “significant deficiencies” by state inspectors!

Florida; Health clinics in Tampa Bay now require an expensive vitamin deficiency test before getting a CoViD vaccine, no specific reason given but reading the article you get the sense that there is concern about giving the vaccine to people who are not considered healthy!

University of Miami suspects Johnson & Johnson vaccine might cause infertility in men because: “The J&J vaccine is the actual virus. And so now all of the concerns about the potential virus binding to the testes and impacting sperm count remains….”-Ranjith Ramasamy, University of Miami 

Georgia; Steady decrease in demand for CoViD testing results in future testing being canceled!

Idaho;  In Chubbuck, the 27 years old Red Lobster suddenly shutdown on 13Mar2021, posting a note on the door blaming pandemic panic-attack restrictions (of which there are none mandated in Chubbuck!), and despite the fact they are crowded at the lunch and diner hours (local reports say the restaurant was packed as usual the night before the sudden shutdown)!   While the corporate statement partly blames “government actions” regarding CoViD-19, it actually shutdown due to a failed attempt at a new rent scheme with the owners of Pine Ridge Mall: “This is without question the most challenging time Red Lobster has faced in our 53 years of operation. Like many other full-service restaurants, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way we are able to operate, and because of the crisis and consequent government actions, our restaurants, including our restaurant in Pocatello [it’s actually in Chubbuck] have been significantly impacted. After more than 27 years of being part of the Pocatello [Chubbuck, damn it!] community, we have made the incredibly difficult decision to close our restaurant at 4105 Yellowstone Highway. This decision was not made lightly, but it is necessary after being unable to reach an agreement with our landlord. We understand the impact this situation has on our guests as well as our employees’ ability to work. These decisions have not been taken lightly, but they are necessary for our business in these unprecedented times.”

Iowa; CoViD testing revealed operations at the State Hygienic Laboratory, in the University of Iowa Research Park, was a joke!

After more than ten years, live events ticket seller Tickly shutdown blaming pandemic panic-attack restrictions!

Minnesota; Gym that refused to follow state pandemic panic-attack shutdown orders will pay USD$5-thousand fine.  If caught open again, the fine goes up to $25-thousand.

Nevada; Positive CoViD test results at only 5.8%

New Mexico; Otero County reports only 4.98% positive test rate.

North Carolina;  All Duke University undergrads must quarantine!

Oregon; Oregon State University conducting random CoViD testing of people and wastewater in Corvallis.

A Running List of Portland’s Restaurant, Bar, and Cafe Closures.
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Pennsylvania;  Five counties demand permanent/long term CoViD test operations!

Tennessee; University of Tennessee students refuse to take CoViD test, school administrators refuse to relax pandemic restrictions as a result!

Texas; Without warning Red Lobster suddenly shutdown its restaurant in Sugar Land, blaming pandemic panic-attack restrictions.  It should be noted that at the beginning of 2020 the Florida based Red Lobster chain was in trouble financially, yet denied rumors that it would soon begin mass shutdowns of restaurants.  However by Spring 2020 dozens of Red Lobsters were shutdown across the U.S., blamed on pandemic panic-attack restrictions.  Red Lobster administrators claimed they were temporary shutdowns, but many are still closed and now in 2021 there are have permanent shutdowns taking place.

CoViD testing rates for The Lone Star State at lowest level since Autumn 2020.

Nine migrants test positive for CoViD-19 in El Paso.
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Vermont; National Guard’s Task Force Coyote halts CoViD testing, switches to vaccinations!

Washington; Skagit County shuts down USD$1.4-million drive-thru CoViD test site, saying they’re not able to conduct mass-testing and mass-vaccinations at the same time!

Despite free CoViD-19 testing many people are reporting that they are getting hit with bills (as much as $300 per test!) for said ‘free’ tests!

Despite claims that CoViD vaccines are issued free of charge, people in The Evergreen State are getting bills for said ‘free’ vaccines!

Washington DC; Biden to make White House news media pay for their own CoViD testing?

The U.S. Food Drug Administration now says a popular test for CoViD and influenza doesn’t work!  Roche’s cobas test gives high number of false positives!

FDA pushes new T-cell CoViD test.

Biden admin begs China not to butt-test Biden staff!

Wisconsin; Waukesha County halts CoViD testing?

Amusement park indefinitely shuts down, blaming pandemic panic-attack!

UZBEHKISTAN: Ends mandatory CoViD testing at border crossings.

Pandemic Shenanigans: COURT RULES NOT ENOUGH SCIENTIFIC DATA FOR CURFEWS?

Kit Bashing, Technology

A-10C: Afghan Phase Inspection

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The following are U.S. Air Force (USAF) photos of 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s phase inspection (inspection based on flight hours) of A-10C Thunderbolt-2 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, December 2009, model kit builders notice the plethora of raised rivets on the fuselage of the A-10C:

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Efren Lopez, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Efren Lopez, 27DEC2009.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Francisco V. Govea the Second, 27DEC2009.

USAF video from 2011, simple explanation of Phase Inspection of A-10C in Afghanistan:

Vehicle I-D:

USN photo by Petty Officer Third Class Drew Verbis.

A-10C SEA CAMO

Pocatello Airport:

The awesome A-10 is the last of Idaho’s Air National Guard air assets. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD A-10C THUNDERBOLT-2 my personal ‘walk around’ photos

Technology

Vehicle I-D: F-15EX has arrived! Commander says “It’s an EX-citing day!”

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U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant John McRell.

On 11MAR2021, Boeing delivered the first production F-15EX to Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, for testing and evaluation.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John McRell.

The 96th Operations Group 40th Flight Test Squadron, and 53rd Wing 85th Test & Evaluation Squadron, will put the F-15EX (aka EX1) through the mill.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John Raven.

Can you spot EX1?

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John Raven, 11MAR2021.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John Raven.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins.

The F-15EX is hard to distinguish from the F-15E Strike Eagle.  A couple of ECM ‘ears’ protruding on the sides of the cockpit.  The blade antennae are different.  The pods on top of the tail fins are now symmetrical.  Some ECM bumps protruding from the rear.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Joshua Hoskins.

F-15EX arrives, parks next to F-15E, video by Jennifer Vollmer:

Official USAF video report, reveals that while it is a two seater it actually needs only one crew to operate:

Official USAF music video:

EX2 is also expected to make an appearance over Eglin AFB, soon.

Vehicle I-D, February 2021:   F-15EX-CITEMENT!

U.S.

Biden’s War: Maine deploys to Africa!

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On 10MAR2021, it was revealed that approximately 130 militia personnel of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion 172nd Infantry-Mountain, 86th Infantry Brigade, deployed for ‘The Horn of Africa’.

Their first stop is Fort Bliss, Texas, for training.    The 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team is a multi-state Army National Guard light infantry unit headquartered in Vermont.  Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion 172nd Infantry-Mountain is part of 86th Infantry, but is located in Brewer, Maine.

Here’s a video announcing the deployment, includes not only military leaders but state politicians as well, and using the pandemic panic-attack as the excuse for making a video announcement on 10MAR2021:

While the deployment was known about since 2019, now that Joe Biden is President, it’s his war now!

Biden’s War: NEBRASKA MILITARY POLICE DEPLOY TO MIDDLE EAST!

International, Technology, U.S.

Vehicle I-D: M109A7, don’t call it a Paladin, another ‘tool’ of the British Empire!

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“Samuel, notify your men; the British are coming.”-General Oliver Prescott, 19APR1775

North Carolina Army National Guard photo by Robert Jordan.

On 18MAR2021, the North Carolina Army National Guard got brand new M109A7s.

U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter.

About 36 M109A7, so-called next generation Paladin, self propelled artillery, and their ammo carrying M992A3 vehicles, arrived at the U.S. Army Prepositioned Stock-2 Coleman worksite in Germany, 04MAR2021.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

On 16SEP2020, the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (2-82 FA), 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division fired its first shots with next-gen M109A7, at Fort Hood, Texas.

USA photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

Here’s why it is not a Paladin: At first it might be hard to tell the difference between an M109A7 and the M109A6.  It is not just a radical upgrade of the M109A6, it is a totally new vehicle.  The hull of the M109A7 is not your father’s/grandfather’s M109, it is based on the lower hull of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

USA photo by Sergeant Calab Franklin.

Texas artillerymen take cover behind an M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (also based on the Bradley) while they pull the lanyard on the M109A7.

USA photo by Sergeant Benjamin Northcutt.

An M109A7 gets a lift at the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, 22JAN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Benjamin Northcutt.

An M109A7 Howitzer from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, maneuvers inside the cargo-ship Resolve, 20JAN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Heidi Kroll.

Compare this photo of an M109A6 during a wargame in Toruń, Poland, 22JUL2020, with the photo of the M109A7 in the cargo-ship Resolve.  You should be able to note the differences (tracks, shape of hull).

Video by Staff Sergeant Adam Decker, explaining 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division’s M109A7 qualifications in Toruń, Poland, March 2019:

Photo via 1st Infantry Division.

More examples of why the ‘A7’ is not a Paladin: In this 2016 photo of a M109A6 on Fort Riley, California, you can clearly see the recoil spade on the back of the hull (one on each side of the access door).  The M109A7 has no spades.  You can also see the type of track, which is skinnier than that used on the M109A7.

The M109A6 has a 440 horsepower diesel, while the M109A7 has a 600hp engine.  According to British sources, the M109A7 requires only four crewmembers and has automated loading of the gun, which can be aimed while the vehicle is moving.

The U.S. Army awarded a $688-million contract to BAE Systems, in October 2013, for the production of Paladin M109A7.  BAE is a British Empire company (formerly British Aerospace BAe, and GEC-Marconi/Marconi Electronic Systems MES).  In 2015, BAE got another $245-million from the U.S. Army, for the M109A7 and the M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle.  Another $414-million was paid to BAE at the end of 2017!  All that was in addition to the total of at least $377-million paid to BAE to upgrade the M109A6 and M992A2 under the Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program!

In the late 1990s, under the Bill Clinton regime, MES began taking over U.S. defense contractors.  In 1999, MES and BAe merged to create BAE Systems, apparently to stop a U.S. defense contractor from taking over MES.  In 2001, the same year the False Flag War on Terror began, BAE Systems aggressively invaded the U.S. defense industry, taking over many U.S. companies, including cyber security companies.

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

Proof the U.S. is the ‘tool’ of the British Empire: BAE M777 Artillery

Rivet Joint-Air Seeker: RC-135V/W PATRIOT & RED COAT

Vehicle I-D: ONCE A RED COAT, NOW A BLUE ANGEL

Vehicle I-D: POKEY AIRPORT, IDAHO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD M109 PALADIN

Vehicle I-D: 1-148 FIELD ARTILLERY GATE GUARDS, including an older M109