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Do you know how to maintain the UH-60? 1st ‘V’ variant arrives in NATO-Germany!

Video July 2, 2023 Hutchins AAron

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U.S. Army photo by Samantha Treadway, 01JAN2023.

Every year, units from the Regular Army (active duty U.S. Army [USA]), Army Reserve, and National Guard, spend time on the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas, learning the latest in rotary wing aircraft maintenance. This year, they are learning about the new ‘V’ variant of the old UH-60 Black Hawk, even though the ‘V’ upgrade program suffered setbacks.

The first UH-60V delivered to a U.S. unit overseas, on Wiesbaden Airfield, NATO-Germany, 04JUN2023. USA photo by Staff Sergeant Todd Strobel.

Despite the setbacks, by June 2023, upgraded UH-60Vs began to be deployed to bases in the European Union. Northrop Grumman states that the ‘V’ upgrade replaces the old UH-60L cockpit “with a fully open, digital and integrated avionics suite”.

Kentucky Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Daniel S. Cooper gives the official explanation of why Ecuador currently has UH-60 Black Hawk maintenance crews in Kentucky. There is no mention of the recent Black Hawk crashes. Video interview by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 29JUN2023:

Video (by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane) of Ecuadorian UH-60 Black Hawk maintenance crews’ visit to Kentucky, 29JUN2023:

Some UH-60 (and other rotary wing aircraft) maintenance is performed at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, on Muir Army Airfield in Pennsylvania. Video by Erik Sandbakken, 05JUN2023:

JapanTimes, May 2023: Engine Problems Linked to Fatal Black Hawk Crash.

Georgia Army National Guard HH-60M gets a 40-hour preventive maintenance check on Inezgane Airfield, Morocco, during African Lion 2023. Photo by Sergeant Cameron Boyd, 31MAY2023.

The Defense Post, May 2023: The U.S. Army grounded all pilots not involved in critical missions until they complete required training, after four helicopters crashes.

‘Pumped’ UH-60 helicopter repairers with the Connecticut Army National Guard, tear into a hydraulic pilot assist module during a maintenance competition at the 1109th Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group, Groton, Connecticut, 21APR2023. Photo by Sergeant Matthew Lucibello.

GAO (Government Accountability Office), April 2023: “Army and Air National Guard reported 298 helicopter accidents during non-combat flight operations from fiscal years 2012 through 2021… …their respective flight safety training programs can be improved.”

Army Times, April 2023: Army investigators confirm collision led to double Black Hawk crash.

Military.com, April 2023: Renewed Scrutiny of Black Hawk Safety Record.

In March 2023, during wargame Cobra Gold, the Washington Army National Guard conducted joint UH-60 maintenance with the Royal Thai Army, in the Kingdom of Thailand.

Associated Press, February 2023: Black Hawk pilots killed in Alabama crash were experienced.

This is the Arizona Army National Guard’s Western Arizona Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, where they teach how to repair the UH-60L/M Black Hawk. Photo by Sergeant First Class Brian A. Barbour, 24FEB2023.

In 2022, using the ‘Pland-emic supply shortages’ as an excuse, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) began something called ‘additive manufacturing’. Additive manufacturing is an industry phrase referring to the use of 3D printing to create your own parts. This December 2022 DLA video report (by Nutan Chada) is about creating 3D printed fuel elbows for the UH-60:

Assigned to the Texas Army National Guard on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, a Black Hawk maintainer from New York torques a nut on the pitch control rod of a UH-60M. Photo by Specialist Jason Lo, 06SEP2022.

Reuters, September 2022: Afghan government blames technical problem for fatal crash of U.S. made Black Hawk.

Bangkok Post, July 2022: Engine problems blamed for Royal Thai Army Black Hawk crash.

Gulf News, July 2022: 14 people dead after Mexican Navy Black Hawk crashes into airport.

The Salt Lake Tribune, February 2022: Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a “training accident” near the Mineral Basin area.

Vehicle I-D, 2022: IDAHO GETS NEW UH-60M

Government Shenanigans, 2020: UH-60 FOR AFGHANISTAN, KILLED-OFF BY THE MIL 17?

2017: Missouri Army National Guard UH-60L LOOSES WINDSHIELD AT NTC!

Idaho, International

It’s not just wargames, Idaho’s Bold Tigers invade Japan?

Video July 1, 2023 Hutchins AAron

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U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagles from the ‘Bold Tigers’ 391st Fighter Squadron(FS)/366th Fighter Wing(FW), based on Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, arrived on U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, 29JUN2023. They will be taking part in wargame Northern Edge 2023-2 (NE23-2), which will take place during most of the month of July. USMC video by Corporal Evan Jones:

This isn’t the first time this year that the Bold Tigers were in Japan. Video by Airman First Class Jonathan R. Sifuentes, 391st FS Strike Eagles take off from Okinawa, for wargame Southern Beach, 16MAY2023:

It is not just the wargames, Idaho’s Strike Eagles have been called to duty in Japan as many of the F-15C/D Eagles (based on Kadena Air Base) are being sent back to the United States. Idaho’s Strike Eagles join F-15Es from Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina, in maintaining an F-15 presence in the Indo-Pacific.

Over Kadena AB, Japan, 15MAY2023, photo by Staff Sergeant Jessi Roth.

The F-15C/Ds on Kadena are being retired to Air National Guard units in the U.S. Their first stop is Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base in Oregon. The Oregon Air National Guard is itself retiring their F-15Cs (F-15 50TH ANNIVERSARY: LAST HURRAH FOR OREGON’S 173RD FW?).

Airmen load their gear onboard a C-5 Galaxy, for the trip from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, to Kadena AB, Japan, 24APR2023.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Krista Reed Choate.

March 2023: NEW F-15EX/QA EAGLE FORCES QATAR TO INVADE IDAHO?

2022: F-15 EAGLE NOW 50 YEARS OLD

March 2021: SINGAPORE’S IDAHO BASED SKY PIRATES BOMB LAS VEGAS?

2020: IDAHO’S TIGERS & THUNDERBOLTS BLAST THE SKIES OVER FLORIDA!

January 2019: LOCATION OF MISSING IDAHO F-15E STRIKE EAGLES REVEALED?

2018: MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, F-15E WALK-AROUND

SINGAPORE’S INVASION OF IDAHO’S MOUNTAIN HOME AFB!

Technology

USAF accepts 1st production Red Hawk! Additional costs on the ground!

Video June 30, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Photo by James West, 15JUN2023.

On 28JUN2023, the first production T-7A Red Hawk trainer took off from Saint Louis, Missouri, after being accepted for service with the U.S. Air Force.

USAF video report by Giancarlo Casem:

Photo by Chase Kohler, 22JUN2023.

Taxi testing the first production T-7A, 13JUN2023. Video by James West, edited by me:

Photo by Chase Kohler, 22JUN2023.

Air Force Times, December 2022: T-7A design problems delay production, until 2024?

USAF graphic by Greg Hand, 11JUL2022.

In July 2022, it was revealed that an additional $562-million would be needed to upgrade existing infrastructure to support the “beddown” of the T-7A! The estimated cost for building T-7A infrastructure just at Joint Base San Antonio/Randolph Air Force Base, in Texas, is estimated at $72-million!

T-7A ejection seat test, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, June 2021.

Vehicle I-D, 2021: T-7A RED HAWK REPLACES T-38 TALON, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF FOREIGNERS CONTROLLING U.S. TAXPAYERS

International, Technology, U.S.

African Lion 2023: C-130H Hercules

Video June 29, 2023 Hutchins AAron

The Lockheed C-130H Hercules is a Cold War era cargo plane still in use today. The first C-130s began arriving for military service in 1956, the ‘H’ version of the Hercules began service in the mid-1970s.

1971: Prepping for our first ‘Space Available’ C-130E trip, Rhein Main AFB, West Germany. You might be able to make out my younger sister’s (Tina) head in lower right corner. Photo by William L. Hutchins.

In the early 1970s I got my first ride on a U.S. Air Force C-130E, flying from West Germany to Iran with my parents (part of the Space Available service offered by the USAF).

1977: My little brother, Ernie, enjoying his tour of a C-130 during the Edwards AFB ‘Open House’. Photo by William L. Hutchins.

In the mid-1980s I was an Iso-Dock Crew Chief for C-130Hs on Dyess Air Force Base, in Texas. Even after my time in the USAF, as a California, and later a Idaho, Army National Guardsman I continued to catch rides on the C-130H.

Last ride on a C-130H, this time as a M1A2 TC with the Idaho Army National Guard, on the way back from a ‘friendly’ with Canadian armor in Alberta, 2002.

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Steven Adkins, 10JUN2023.

In the above photo you see two types of C-130H; one is the older type used by the Kingdom of Morocco, the other is an upgraded type used by the United States. The older C-130H has four propeller blades per engine, the upgraded type has eight.

94th AW’s upgraded C-130H sits on the flightline of Kenitra AFB, Morocco. USAF photo by Senior Airman Jan K. Valle, 14JUN2023.

African Lion is the largest wargame on the African continent, involving the United States and other NATO members, as well as Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, from 13MAY-18JUN2023.

The 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, help show you how to setup a C-130 for medical evacuation. U.S. Air Force (USAF) video by Technical Sergeant Steven Adkins, 07JUN2023:

Emergency medical treatment onboard a C-130H. USAF video by Technical Sergeant Steven Adkins, 08JUN2023:

Moroccan C-130H cargo planes take part in para-drop during African Lion 2023, USAF video recorded by Technical Sergeant Steven Adkins, 10JUN2023:

USA video by Sergeant Christian Dela Cruz, 10JUN2023:

U.S. Air Force Reserve’s Cold War era C-130H based on Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, flew all the way to Morocco to play in the dirt! USA video by Sergeant Christian Dela Cruz, 15JUN2023:

94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, USAF report by Senior Airman Jan Valle:

For all you happy taxpayers, African Lion wargames have been conducted since 2008.

African Lion 2023: ARTILLERY

SNAKE RIVER M1A2 SEP, BORESIGHT MOROCCO!

NATO Vehicle I-D, 2018:

U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Junior, 11JAN2018.

THAT’S NOT A C-130J, IT’S STILL THE OLD C-130H!

Kawaii, 2013: NORTH CAROLINA’S BABY C-130 GOBBLES-UP YOUR CHILDREN

My family’s connection to the old M4 Sherman tank:

My grandfather, O.G. Hutchins, on his newly arrived USMC Sherman, sometime before shipping out against the Japanese.

M4 SHERMAN, WW2 TO IRAN-IRAQ WAR

Technology

Labor/Logistics shenanigans: Robot HEMTT update

Video June 27, 2023 Hutchins AAron

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Since at least 2018, the U.S. Army has been testing autonomous HEMTTs (Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks), to reduce reliance on humans to deliver supplies.

Robot HEMTT waiting to be offloaded onto the Port of Shuabia, Kuwait. U.S. Army photo by Captain Katherine Alegado, 24JUN2023.

New York Army National Guard’s 369th Sustainment Brigade offloads self-driving HEMTT trucks on the Port of Shuabia, in Kuwait, 24JUN2023. Video by Staff Sergeant Sebastian Rothwyn:

‘Leader-Follower’ HEMTT unloaded by Charlie Company of the 142nd Division Sustainment Support Battalion, Task Force Legion, on Camp Buehring, Kuwait. New York Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Sebastian Rothwyn, 26JUN2023.

The ‘Leader-Follower’ robot vehicles arrive on Camp Buehring, Kuwait. New York Army National Guard video by Staff Sergeant Sebastian Rothwyn, 26JUN2023:

Biden’s Borderland/Labor shenanigans 2023: GLOBAL ‘TENT FOR REFUGEES’ SUPPLIES U.S. COMPANIES WITH CHEAP LABOR!

Global Labor shortage, 2022: CHINA TURNS TO ROBOTS & DRONES TO SUPPLY ITS MILITARY!

Terminator, 2021: U.S. ARMY TRIPLES INVENTORY OF COMBAT ROBOT TANKS!

Labor/Logistics shenanigans: THE U.S. ARMY HAS BEEN PREPPING FOR DRIVERLESS SUPPLY TRUCKS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS!

Idaho, International, Technology, U.S.

Forever Wars: Snake River M1A2 SEP, boresight Morocco!

Video June 26, 2023 Hutchins AAron

Oregon’s 3-116th Combined Arms Battalion (one of three CABs belonging to Idaho based 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team [CBCT], aka Snake River Brigade) is taking part in this year’s African Lion 2023.

Bore-sighting the M1A2 SEP, in Tan-Tan, Morocco. Oregon National Guard video by Staff Sergeant Ariel J. Solomon, 08JUN2023:

African Lion took place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia from 13MAY-18JUN2023. African Lion is the largest wargame on the African continent, involving the United States and other NATO members, as well as Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia.

Bore-sighting aligns the Gunner’s sights with the end of the main gun tube, greatly increasing the chance of a ‘first-round-hit’.

More boring bore-sighting video from Staff Sergeant Ariel J. Solomon, 08JUN2023:

Photo by Staff Sergeant Ariel J. Solomon, 10JUN2023.

January 2023: IDAHO INVADES MOROCCO, SWAN SONG OF THE M109A6?

Forever Wars, 2023: NATO GREATLY INCREASES TAXPAYER FUNDING, EXPANDS GLOBAL AMMO SUPPLY, FORMS ‘BIRDS COALITION’ WITH UKRAINE!

New Cold War 2022: RUSSIAN T-72B3M LIVE FIRE CRIMEA!

February 2019: M1A2-SEP-V2 ABRAMS, IDAHO LIVE FIRE

International, Technology, U.S.

African Lion 2023: Artillery

Video June 25, 2023 Hutchins AAron

African Lion is the largest wargame on the African continent, involving the United States and other NATO members, as well as Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, from 13MAY-18JUN2023.

Tunisia’s old U.S. made M198 towed artillery guns arrive, U.S. Army video by First Sergeant HollyAnn Nicom, 27MAY2023:

Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Charlie Battery/1-107th Field Artillery Regiment/2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team/28th Infantry Division uses their United Kingdom made (BAE Systems) M777 cannons to pound the sands of Tunisia. U.S. Army video by First Sergeant HollyAnn Nicom, 27MAY2023:

M142 HiMARS, photo by Specialist Lukas Sparks, 25MAY2023.

M142 HiMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) arrives on Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, 25MAY2023.

U.S. Marine Corps’ Hotel Battery/2nd Battalion/10th Marines/2nd Marine Division launch a rocket round from the M142 HiMARS, in the Kingdom of Morocco during African Lion 2023. U.S. Army video by Specialist Raymond Randall, 31MAY2023:

Utah Army National Guard M109A6. Photo by Specialist Raymond Randall, 21MAY2023.

Utah Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion/145th Field Artillery sent their M109A6 Paladins. Video by Specialist Raymond Randal, 21MAY2023:

U.S. military personnel take part in launching rounds from Kingdom of Morocco’s old M109A5 self propelled artillery, during African Lion 2023. Video by Staff Sergeant Ariel Solomon, 09JUN2023:

African Lion 2022: IDAHO INVADES MOROCCO, SWAN SONG OF THE M109A6?

Vehicle I-D: M109, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

Proof the U.S. is the ‘tool’ of the British empire: The M777!

U.S.

After at least 12 years of infiltration, the U.S. military is officially ‘Woke’!

Video June 23, 2023 Hutchins AAron

“We are a ready Army, not a ‘woke’ Army. What I’m trying to talk about now is how that drip, drip, drip of criticism about a woke military is having some counterproductive effects on recruiting.”-Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, 13JUN2023

Official U.S. Army Medical Command Pride graphic.

It is interesting that many high ranking U.S. military leaders testified, before Congressional committees, that they were not aware of any taxpayer funded ‘woke’ movements within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), because the DoD itself has released promotional videos boasting of being ‘woke’!

Photo via Office of the Secretary of the Navy, 07JUN2023.

Military.com: Commander of Coast Guard Sector North Carolina relived of duty!

Official Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Pride graphic.

Military.com: Congressional fights over diversity training, COVID-19 vaccines and LGBTQ+ troops, results in higher taxpayer spending on the ‘woke’ military!

On 07JUN2023, the DoD celebrated 12 years of ‘Pride’ months of going ‘woke’. The event is sponsored by the DoD’s taxpayer funded Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Also, visit the DoD Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Employees and Allies.

The DoD refers to LGBTQ+ organizations as Employee Resource Groups (ERG).

Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB), Massachusetts, LGBTQ+ Pride Month video message (recorded by Mark Herlihy), 07JUN2023:

U.S. Marine Corps video report (by Lance Corporal Audrey Martinez) about the Camp Foster Community Center Group Fitness Program Pride dance party, on Okinawa, Japan, 09JUN2023:

Also on 09JUN2023, the U.S. Air Force proudly reported on the Rainbow Weasels’ Pride month dorm feed, on Misawa Air Base, Japan. Video report by U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Stephanie Contreras:

On 11JUN2023, the USAF celebrated LGBTQ+ pride on Yokota Air Base, Japan. USAF video by Senior Airman Azaria E. Loyd:

Washington DC Army National Guard boasts of being ‘woke’! Video interview by Specialist Alex Cano, 11JUN2023:

Military.com: Army National Guard Can’t Retain Enough Soldiers.

Pride Month Panel at Minot AFB, 14JUN2023. USAF photo by Airman First Class Trust Tate.

The Pride Month Proclamation on Keesler AFB, Mississippi, 01JUN2023. U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Young.

Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, video interviews by Senior Airman Karissa Dick, 20JUN2023:

Washington Examiner: Too woke to wage war.

To push woke ideology, Biden illegally gutted military academy oversight boards.

Fox News: Base at center of military drag show controversy hosts ‘Pride’ reading event for kids.

Forever Wars: USING ‘WOKE’ V-R TO PREVENT MILITARY SUICIDES?

‘WOKE’ U.S. MILITARY ENGAGING IN “MACHIAVELLIAN” PURGES?

U.S.A. Left Behind: CHURCHES PROUD TO BE RAINBOW WOKE!

Idaho, International, U.S.

Biden’s Borderland/Labor Shenanigans: Global ‘Tent for Refugees’ supplies U.S. companies with cheap labor!

Video June 21, 2023 Hutchins AAron

On 19JUN2023, the U.S. Department of State revealed a new refugee system, as part of a 2016 global deal called the Tent Partnership for Refugees. ‘Tent’, as it is also officially known, is essentially an international government sanctioned legal human trafficking operation.

Since January 2023, the U.S. government is now supporting individual citizens to take in refugees currently living in European countries: “In January, the U.S. launched the Welcome Corps, a new private sponsorship program that enables everyday American citizens to help refugees get settled around the country. Already, Americans in 37 states are establishing groups to welcome refugees. And together, we’re working toward the broader goal that President Biden set to resettle 125,000 refugees in the United States this year.”-Anthony J. Blinken, Secretary of State

Official Department of State video, in which it is admitted that the government is helping more than 3-hundred U.S. employers hire refugees still living in other countries:

Click here to read the latest list (as of 19JUN2023) of U.S. companies hiring refugees from Europe.

And by the way, all you Idahoans, on 10MAY2023 Chobani joined the global ‘Tent’ refugee hiring system.

My Immigrant Idaho, 2021: CHOBANI TO HIRE AFGHAN REFUGEES, PAR FOR THE COURSE FOR BIDEN, AND A TURKISH OWNED COMPANY!

Biden’s Borderland: DEPORTATION FLIGHTS CONTINUE, DESPITE BIDEN’S EFFORTS TO BLOCK!

U.S.

U.S. Disaster: National Guard preps for ‘Big One’ in the Wabash Valley, riots & CBRN events expected!

Video June 21, 2023 Hutchins AAron

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Are you prepared for a catastrophic earthquake in an area known as the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (aka Wabash Valley Fault System)? According to the Central United States Earthquake Consortium, “The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone is located in Southeastern Illinois and Southwestern Indiana and it is capable of producing M7.0 earthquakes.”

During the second week of June 2023, Air and Army National Guard units from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio conducted earthquake response training, on the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana.

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 09JUN2023.

The Kentucky Army National Guard practiced using ‘raft bridges’ to transport vehicles and people across the river, expecting that local bridges would be destroyed by the quake.

Kentucky Army National Guard video showing you how to build a ‘raft bridge’. Video by Sergeant First Class Andrew Dickson, edited by me:

The training event was officially called Homeland Defender 2023, and also involved local emergency responders, and Verizon’s Frontline-Emergency Network operators: “This was a full-scale exercise with the purpose to integrate local, state, federal and military assets, as well as the private sector, to provide support to local authorities during a disaster response.”-Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Railey, Indiana National Guard Joint Force Headquarters

Indiana Air National Guard video by Airman First Class Amber Anderson, 10JUN2023:

The emergency responders included the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Indiana Task Force 1, Indiana Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, Monroe Fire Protection District, Indiana State Police, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Fort Wayne Police Department.

Indiana Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant L. Roland Sturm, 10JUN2023.

The training involved almost every possible scenario: “We had everything from water rescue operations to collapsed buildings and civil unrest…”-Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Railey, Indiana National Guard Joint Force Headquarters

Indiana Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant L. Roland Sturm, 10JUN2023.

Even robot ‘dogs’ were used during the quake riot training: “The Air National Guard has a civil disturbance responsibility. The security forces squadron acts as an aid to civilian authorities in case there’s a civil disturbance that gets too big or out of hand.”-Major Joseph Williams, Indiana Air National Guard

Indiana Air National Guard video by Airman First Class Amber Anderson, 10JUN2023:

Indiana Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant L. Roland Sturm, 10JUN2023.

A Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) scenario involved recovering bodies from a contamination event! Indiana Air National Guard CBRN video by Airman First Class Amber Anderson, 10JUN2023: