Marine Wing Support Squadrons (MWSS) refuel a AH-1Z Viper (Cobra) during a Forward Arming Refueling Point (FARP) exercise at Yuma, Arizona, 03 APR 2017:
In Florida retired USAF Colonel, and former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin (87 years old) poses in front of a Thunderbird’s two seater F-16 before his flight as a ‘Thunderbird Celebrity’, on 02 APR 2017.
The Thunderbirds began their 2017 season in February with a show in Texas.
Last year a Thunderbird F-16CM crashed at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, an investigation blamed it on a faulty throttle. It should be noted that the F-16, as most modern USAF aircraft, is fly-by-wire, meaning there is no direct mechanical linkage between the pilot’s controls and control surfaces or engine, except by electrical wires. Reports say the USAF is pursuing a change in hardware for the plane. The Thunderbirds have suffered several fatal crashes over the decades, most being blamed on the pilots.
In mid-October the Thunderbirds will buzz the city of Boise in Idaho, at the Gowen Thunder Air Show. The final Thunderbirds show for the year will be in November, in Nevada.
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In this video the U.S. Air Force admits that maintaining the expensive F-22 Raptor’s stealth ‘skin’ (LO, or Low Observable surface) is a never ending expensive effort:
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Despite a near total gun ban, and despite the recent electronic device ban imposed by United States and United Kingdom, a man being officially called a terrorist by London police caused mayhem in front of the world’s oldest parliament, using low-tech weapons.
The attacker used a Hyundai i40 and a knife (and yes, the U.K. even regulates the ownership of knives). He literally plowed pedestrians off the Westminster Bridge before trying to ram through a gate outside the parliament building, where he stabbed an unarmed cop to death.
How was he stopped? By cops armed with guns. At least five people dead, about 40 wounded. Would this happen in a U.S. state that allows residents to carry guns openly and concealed (like Idaho)?
And in a possible False Flag moment, London cops admitted they knew who the attacker was, but refused to give out his name.
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“An official from the US consulate was wounded by a shot from a firearm. According to the medical report, he is in stable condition.”-Attorney General of Mexico statement
U.S. Consulate security camera video recorded an assassination attempt on one of its employees in Guadalajara, some reports say the U.S. government employee was shot in the chest but survived:
The U.S. FBI is offering a $20-thousand USD reward for the arrest of the shooter. Mexico officially bans most forms of gun ownership.
07 January 2017 (04:13 UTC-07 Tango 06) 18 Dey 1395/08 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/10 Ji Chou 4714
The Kansas National Guard Military Funeral Honors was created in 2007 (from previous honor guard units), just days ago they performed their 8-thousandth 451st burial service!
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On 31 December 2016 a small ceremony was held in the city of Kent to welcome home the 179th Engineer Company, Washington National Guard.
On 30 March 2016, the 179th deployed to Iraq, several of their personnel are single parents. On 06 May 2016, Lieutenant David Bauders was killed at the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq. At the time the U.S. Department of Defense said Bauders’ death was being investigated as a ‘noncombat incident’. So far no further details have been released to the public.
04 January 2017 (10:25 UTC-07 Tango 06) 15 Dey 1395/05 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/07 Ji Chou 4714
China now boasts more than 1-thousand battery powered buses and California boasts the world’s fastest battery powered car (and it’s not a Tesla)!
Chinese investor funded (but California based) Faraday Future claims its new FF91 is the fastest battery powered car in the 0 to 60 miles per hour category:
The 2.39 second 0 to 101.4 kph (0-60 mph) run is achieved with a 130 kilowatt-hour energy/1-thousand 50 horsepower battery powered motor. Company admin claim the FF91 can also travel 638.82 km (378 miles) before re-charging. You need $5-thousand USD to “pre-order” your own FF91 (I wonder how much it costs to actually ‘order’ your car? Isn’t it impossible to pre-order anything because you’re actually ordering it when you pre-order?). Even then you won’t get the car until 2018.
Just one of many styles of battery powered buses in Tianjin
The city of Tianjin just bought a new fleet of 5-hundred battery powered buses, bringing the overpopulated city’s E-bus inventory to 1-thousand 346!
The city also built a new bus charging station that can handle 448 buses per day (now considered the largest bus charging station ever), and the city claims they now have 201 charging stations (that a big city) city-wide!
Despite having a total of 3-thousand 220 clean energy buses (including the batt-powered buses) Tianjin is still one of the smoggiest cities in China.