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Super Guppy be old, but NASA still uses it!

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According to press release there were only four Super Guppies made, only one is still being used by NASA.

On 11JUL2019, NASA Super Guppy 914 made a fuel stop at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas:

The following pics are from February 2019, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina:

The following pics are from May 2018, El Paso International Airport: 

Official video explainer of Super Guppy eating a Tyndall AFB, Florida, T-38 in March 2017:

The following pics are from November 2012, March Air Reserve Base in California: 

What’s it like to fly on a Super Guppy?  Here’s a five minute long video to find out:

The following pics are from June 2012, Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington:

Time lapse video of load-up at Houston, Texas:

 

Boeing 377SGT Super Guppy, May 1976, swallowing the X-24 and HL-10 lifting bodies at Edwards AFB (Dryden), California:

A Guppy before it got upgraded to Super status with turbo-prop engines, Edwards AFB (Dryden), October 1962: 

MODEL KIT EC-130J GETS SPECIAL HANDLING BY NATIONAL GUARD!

WILD FIRES 2019: DC-10, IDAHO’S 911

 

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All hell breaks loose in Wisconsin, operation Patriot North is underway!

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Video, Nebraska National Guard UH-72 Lakota joins the fun:

Food insecurity, unemployment, failed national and local governments, and non-stop natural disasters leading to race riots and civil war.  It’s July 2019 and Wisconsin is ground zero for Patriot North 2019 DomOps (Domestic Operations).

New Hampshire Air National Guard medic treats a ‘person’ wounded by a ‘zombie’ at Camp Douglas.

Apparently various National Guard focused  ‘patriot’ operations are not called patriot because they’re trying to be patriotic, the ‘patriot’ exercises are a directive of the Patriot Act signed into law after the 9-11 attacks.

Official video explaining The Burn Pit:

Starting the third week of July, Air and Army National Guard units from across the United States converged upon Volk Field and Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, for a massive domestic ‘natural-or-man-made’ disaster response exercise.

Video of Texas National Guard C-130H landing on dirt:

More than 7-hundred federal and local government employees, civilian volunteers and National Guard personnel from more than 20 states are taking part in the inter-agency operation, in preparation for catastrophic events.

Video, various National Guard C-130H Hercules rolling into Wisconsin, off-loading personnel, rescue dogs and equipment:

Patriot South 2019 was already held, in Georgia, back in March.  Watch this official promo video and be afraid of what your government is expecting:

June 2019: ARKANSAS HIT BY UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, USAF SCRAMBLED!

Tornado prep, USAF style: TORNADO & FLOOD FACTS, ACCORDING TO THE USAF, HOW TO PREP!

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Kodiak Mace 2019: USMC KC-130J vid fest!

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Kodiak Mace, May 2019, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska.

Getting ready to jump outta perfectly good airplane.

Videos of various U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J ops:

 

BLACK LETTER C-130J; IT’S A BYATCH!

Kit Bashing

Model kit EC-130J gets special handling by National Guard!

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A real 193rd Special Operations Wing EC-130J Commando Solo, October 2020. Air National Guard photo by Munnaf Joarder.

In April 2019, Pennsylvania’s 193rd Special Operations Wing’s Fabrication Shop recently was given the opportunity to repaint the EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft model outside the wing HQ building.

Video of repairs to model that has been on display since 2006:

Kit Bashing:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Thomas Charlton.

WORLD’S LARGEST C-141B STARLIFTER MODEL?

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Black Letter C-130J; it’s a byatch!

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In June 2019, a C-130J in Japan was proclaimed to have achieved Black Letter proficiency; no maintenance problems!

In the official video report, USAF 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs explain just how hard it is to get the rare Black Letter:

Here’s official Ramstein Black Letter C-130J video report from May 2018:

VEHICLE I-D: LAST ‘SPOOKY’ DAYS OF THE AC-130U GUNSHIP?

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Vehicle I-D: Fury vs Mig

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MiG-17 on the left, Fury in the middle, MiG-15UTI on the right. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019.

In July 2019, the state of Montana was invaded by marauding MiG-15UTI and MiG-17, and a lone FJ-4 Fury came to The Big Sky state’s defense.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019

MiG-17. USAF photo by Airman First Class Tristan Truesdell, 13JUL2019.

It was part of an air show at Malmstrom Air Force Base.

VEHICLE I-D: MIG 17 V U.S. NAVY FERRARI

POCATELLO AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: MIG-15 UTI & MIG-17

POCATELLO AIRPORT 02 AUGUST 2014: FJ-4 FURY

 

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“ending operations effective immediately.”: U.S. Hi-Tech/Communications breakdown, January 2019

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Incomplete list, mainly links to main stream news media reports, of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and cyber-chicanery announcements in January 2019:

At the end of January, U.S. led NATO countries converged on Estonia to conduct cyber warfare ops.  Cyber operations included attempted attacks on industrial control systems, physical security systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and maritime surveillance systems, according to U.S. 24th Air Force/Air Forces Cyber.

During the ongoing U.S. meddling in Syrian politics, a female U.S. Navy Cryptologic Technician was killed in Manbij, on 16JAN2019.

Proof of just how dire things have gotten within the media industry, 1-thousand job cuts announced at BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Gannett!

China’s (Taiwan) Foxconn kills 50-thousand contractor jobs across the world, blaming it on crashing Apple iPhone sales!

The looming danger in high-tech car safety systems

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

CALIFORNIA:  Space Exploration Technologies issued a layoff WARN, 577 people in Hawthorne to become jobless in March!  Solid state battery maker Seeo issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Hayward, 45 jobs gone in March.   Online entertainment company Machinima issued multiple WARNs, at least 81 jobs in Burbank gone in March.  Carlisle Interconnect Technologies issued shutdown WARNs for its ops in El Segundo and Riverside, 338 jobs gone by October!  Automotive pricing and information website TrueCar eliminating 35 jobs by mid-March.  Verizon subsidiary Oath eliminating 71 jobs by the end of March.  Symantec continues killing jobs, this time 14 people were suddenly laid off.   Photonics company Invuity finally revealed to state unemployment officials that it laid off 81 people back in October 2018.  Texas based AT&T issued several WARNs, 78 jobs gone by the end of March.  Software maker VMware issued a layoff WARN for its Palo Alto ops, 126 jobs gone by April!

Helicopters and drones with hi-tech surveillance equipment will ostensibly be used to count how many homeless people live in San Diego County (interesting that apparently nobody has a problem with this, but many people have a hissy about the government counting non-citizens)

Viacom’s Paramount Pictures lays off 20 people

Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group suddenly lays off 22 people

Palo Alto based online home improvement platform Houzz lays off 180!

Elon Musk founded, Palo Alto based Tesla eliminating 3-thousand jobs due to lack of profitable sales!

Elon Musk founded, Hawthorne based Space X eliminating about 7-hundred jobs! 

Mojave based Virgin Galactic lays off 40 employees ahead of transition to New Mexico spaceport

Santa Clara based McAfee suddenly lays off 2-hundred employees!

Cupertino based Apple eliminated 2-hundred jobs from its self-driving car program!

After nine years of hype, San Francisco based online meal delivery company Munchery is now dead: “Today, with a heavy heart, we’re reaching out to announce that Munchery is closing its doors and ending operations effective immediately.”

“They can hear you!”  The new electronic warfare ‘Greywolf’ vehicle spotted at U.S. Army’s Fort Irwin National Training Center, 13JAN2019.

COLORADO: Cable TV company WideOpenWest (aka WOW!) shutting down a call center, 2-hundred jobs gone by March!

ILLINOIS:  Cable TV company WideOpenWest (aka WOW!) issued a layoff WARN, 56 jobs in Warrenville gone by March.  Audio/video equipment maker Harman International issued a shutdown WARN for its Vernon Hills ops, 59 jobs gone in March.

MARYLAND: On 04JAN2019, the U.S. Navy Reserve created a new Navy Cyber Warfare Development Group (NCWDG) Reserve unit: “There is a growing demand for Reservist skill sets from all designators. This is where it all comes together. Regardless of their designator, they have impressive skill sets from their civilian work they can apply to Navy needs.”-Captain James Lee, commander of new unit

In the following official USAF video report, new recruits are told that modern warfare IS about creating better video games:

MICHIGAN:  Reprise Media issued a layoff WARN for its ‘Search, Social, Mobile Media’ ops in Birmingham, 92 jobs gone. Also in Birmingham, global media advertiser Universal McCann Worldwide issued a WARN, 116 jobs gone!  Once again in Birmingham, ‘communication, media and technology specialists’ Mediabrands issued a shutdown WARN for its I-T ops, effective in March.

MINNESOTA: ‘Backup’ security software maker Code42 suddenly laid off 55 people due to crashing global sales

NEW YORK:  Concentrix-Convergys issued a shutdown WARN for its call center in Watertown, between 114 and 540 people affected by the end of April!  Sun & Earth Energy company issued a layoff WARN, between 47 and 58 jobs gone.  Monolith Solar issued a layoff WARN, as many as 23 employees affected.

App ‘savant’ kills self with cocaine and heroin!

NYC based global communications company Ketchum warns of Double-Digit Job Cuts

NYC based Verizon eliminating 8-hundred jobs!

No longer NYC based Lionsgate Lays Off 25 as part of its Escape from New York to California operation

Washington state founded, yet headquarters based in NYC (news media still says its based in Washington, for some reason), online make-up seller Julep suddenly lays off 102 people and goes bankrupt busted!

Texas based AT&T shutting down Syracuse call center, 150 jobs gone!  (the official WARN says 155 jobs gone as operations are Escaping from New York to Florida)

NORTH CAROLINA: Conduent to lay off 61 employees

More proof the housing market isn’t doing well, iconic tech giant IBM laying off 310 people as it gets out of the mortgage processing business!

OHIO:  Teleperformance shuts down Fairborn facility, 334 layoffs!

OKLAHOMA: Online children’s clothing boutique, T’Dazzled Too, bankrupt-busted due to owing customers thousands of dollars

OREGON: Bend based Western Communications now chapter 11 bankrupt-busted

TEXAS: Official report about taxpayer funded ‘Hack-of-the-Drones’ involving personnel from the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy:  DVIDS_News_306568_791ccf518d402d1c6fe40a3ebe93e655210305df63065fd0dc3cec6e2e893243

Dallas based AT&T boasted about how many people they’ve hired, then admitted they were going to have to eliminate an undisclosed number of jobs

Dallas Morning News suddenly laid off 43 people due to crashing revenues

WASHINGTON: On 11JAN2019, the U.S. Army created the new Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space unit (known as I2CEWS) at Joint Base Lewis McChord: “Today we’ll activate the Army’s first I2CEWS detachment, which is the critical unit in the Multi-Domain Task Force and the centerpiece of how the Army will conduct Multi-Domain operations in the future.”-Lieutenant General Gary Volesky, I-Corps

Boeing, a company that’s been proven to have major hi-tech software malfunctions of its aircraft, is now switching to computers to conduct quality control inspections!

WISCONSIN: Mail order/online gift gourmet food seller Figi’s suddenly halted some operations and will layoff 276 people by March!  For proof brick-n-mortars are not the only companies suffering declining sales, Figi’s reps said that despite investing millions of dollars into their ops, profits keep falling. 

In four years, Rhinelander based Drs. Foster and Smith (DFS) went from the largest online seller of pet products in the country to out of business, the final 289 jobs killed by brick-n-mortar competitor PetCo!

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, December 2018: “UNFORTUNATELY OUR RENT IS TOO HIGH”

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Vehicle I-D: Last ‘Spooky’ days of the AC-130U Gunship?

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On 08JUL2019, some of the last AC-130U ‘Spooky’ with the 4th Special Operations Squadron returned from a recent deployment.

AC-130Us have been on constant deployment since 2001, but are supposed to soon be replaced by the new AC-130J Ghostrider.

U.S. Air Force video report by Staff Sergeant Marleah Cabano:

A Spooky sight at Hurlburt Field, Florida, 08JUL2019.

Here’s a cool video of the homecoming:

Welcome home!

Big Daddy AC-130U:

Black Letter Last Flight

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New Madrid 7.7 Seismic Event, massive National Guard deployment!

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“In a domestic operation situation it don’t matter if it’s the Air or the Army, the public needs us to come as one team with one fight and to help relieve whatever situation is going on.”-Major General Tommy Baker,  Deputy Adjutant General of the Tennessee National Guard

Mass-casualty training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

From the end of May 2019, thru the beginning of June 2019, the U.S. military held a multi-state (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee) National Guard/local responder exercise called Shaken Fury, in preps for a major New Madrid Seismic Zone event.

Pulling bodies from the rubble, Millington, Tennessee.

44 Georgia Air Guard medical response personnel drove into Tennessee to lend a hand.

Preparing to fuel a KC-135 transport at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee.

Official video explainer of operation Shaken Fury 2019. What if a 7.7 quake hit the mid-western U.S.? (with overly dramatic music):

One of the things Guard personnel trained for was reacting without any prior notice (called a ‘no-notice’ response). The main purpose of Shaken Fury was to identify potential problem areas for local disaster response.

Missouri Guard personnel trying to break through the rubble of what was once a building at Mozingo Outdoor Education and Recreation Area.

Official video report of Tennessee National Guard mass casualty evac on C-17 Globemaster:

The training involved anything from being able to deploy large transport aircraft to martial law crowd control of ‘zombie’ quake victims.

Armored vehicles prepped for martial law crowd control at Camp McCain, Mississippi.

Official Mississippi National Guard video report explaining their version of martial law crowd control:

Simulated roof-top rescue, obviously they expect homes to fall victims to liquifaction.

It should be noted that the U.S. government, through Department of Homeland Security, pushed for the Shaken Fury training as part of a FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) policy called Emergency Support Function 14-Long-Term Community Recovery: “Understanding how disruptions cascade across infrastructure, and the role of private industry in responding and stabilizing our systems, is particularly important in major disasters such as the one we are exercising in Shaken Fury. This cross-sector understanding is what CISA aims to provide through the newly established Emergency Support Function number 14.”-Brian Harrell, Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Georgia National Guard dealing with ‘zombie’ survivors at the Memphis Fire Department Training Center, Tennessee.

Pacific Ring of Fire, June 2019: “UN DESPICHE TOTAL” (a total wipe-out)

WHY IS DISASTER RELIEF SO SLOW?: FLORIDA MILITIA DISCOVERS A MAJOR CAUSE, NEW PREPS FOR HURRICANES!

IDAHO MILITIA PREPS FIREFIGHTERS FOR COMING NATURAL DISASTERS!