Videos

U.S. Wildfire 2021: K-Max & 10 Tanker, waiting for the call

Video July 24, 2021 Hutchins AAron

When the wildfire season officially starts in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, little used Pocatello Regional Airport becomes Pocatello Airtanker Base.

Idaho Wildfires 2012:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, 2012.

CANADAIR CL 215

This year (despite the hype by main-stream national news), and the past few years, Pocatello Airtanker Base hasn’t been as busy as it was between the years 2012 and 2017. We had a plethora of water bombers, various types of fixed wing and rotary wing, some even coming from Canada.

A couple of BAEs and an ancient Neptune, September 2012. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Pocatello Tanker Base 2012:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, 2012.

SIKORSKY & USMC IN TOWN

The area is still getting smoked-out by regional fires, but nothing like the amount of smoke during the 2012-2018 years. In 2018 the smoke from record setting California fires was bad enough that I taped furnace filters to my windows (I don’t have central air conditioning). So since about 2019, most of what you see on Pocatello Airtanker Base are a DC-10, a helicopter or two, and the always present Air Tractors.

On 23JUL2021, I just happened to be checking out the airport and caught the crew of a Mountain West Helicopters K-Max, waiting for a call to action, sitting near the tarmac in 90+ Fahrenheit temperatures.

Video from 2008, Mountainwest Helicopters K-Max using Bambi Bucket during Piute Mountain wildfire:

Lockheed Martin video showing a K-Max drone (remote control, no pilot) dropping water on a fire:

And I was lucky enough to just catch a glimpse of a DC-10 returning from a water-drop mission.

Kit builders should note the noticeable gap between the water tank and the fuselage.

Also notice that 10 Tanker has given their DC-10s a new livery.

2020 video of 10 Tanker #911 bombing a fire near homes in California:

2016 video of 10 Tanker training in New Mexico, note that the big water bombers are led-in by smaller FAC aircraft:

U.S. Wildfires 2021: Wyoming governor waves federal pandemic restrictions to ease aviation fuel shortage for water bombers

FOR FIRST TIME, IDAHO MOBILIZES MILITIA FOR FIRE DUTY!

Idaho Wildfires 2019:

DC-10, IDAHO’S 911

U.S. Forest Service FAC (Forward Air Controller) taking off from Pocatello Airtanker Base. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

MD-87 WATER BOMBER, NEW KING AIR F-A-C

Pocatello Airtanker Base 2017:

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, August 2017.

SMOKE ’EM IF YOU GOT ’EM! THE FIRE BOMBERS ARE BACK!

U.S. Wildfires 2016: DC-10 POCATELLO AIRPORT

Pocatello Air Tanker Base, September 2012: MORE AIR TANKERS ARRIVE AT POCATELLO TANKER BASE. EVACUATIONS IN EFFECT!

MORE CANADIAN AIRCRAFT ARRIVE AT POCATELLO

CONAIR’s Convair, notice the retardant stains, from the day before, have been cleaned off. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

CANADA JOINS THE FIGHT

Pocatello Air Tanker Base, August 2012:

MAFFS 5 gets airborne! Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

MAFFS C-130s RETURN TO POCATELLO AIRPORT, IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD JOINS BATTLE!

12 July 2012:

Comin’ down! Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

BUSY 30 MINUTES AT POCATELLO AIRPORT, AS A VARIETY OF FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT FLY INTO ACTION

International

Typhoon 2021: Secure your Trash!

Video July 22, 2021 Hutchins AAron

On 21-22 July 2021, Southern Japan was hit by Typhoon In-Fa, in Philippines is was called Typhoon Fabian, whatever you call it the U.S. Marines in Southern Japan were ready.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Alex Fairchild.

On Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, U.S. Marines dug in for the 2021 Typhoon season: “Today we handed out upwards of 3-thousand-5-hundred MRE’s. We have been preparing all week, and it has been a daunting task, but as Marines we are and have to be prepared for anything that comes our way.”-Private First Class Anthony Prophet, Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Alex Fairchild.

Marines on Camp Foster filled sandbags, boarded up buildings, tied down anything that could blow away, secured sources of water, protected anything electronic, and even collected trash: “When it comes to bulk refuse [re-fuuss, as in trash, not ree-fyuse as in reject], we keep our typhoon cage open through Tropical Typhoon Condition of Readiness 2 so that any trash that isn’t contracted for pickup can be disposed of.”-Sergeant Shane Holum, Camp Services

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Alex Fairchild.

USMC video report, by Corporal Brennan J. Beauton, explaining that Camp Lester and Plaza Housing were also prepped:

U.S. Navy SeaBees and USMC Engineers actually practiced boarding up buildings on 08JUL2021. USMC video report by Corporal Ryan H. Pulliam:

Typhoon prep 2021: What is T-C-C-O-R?

International, Technology

A Banshee heralds the coming global war: New Ghostrider in the skies over New Mexico!

Video July 21, 2021 Hutchins AAron

“The arrival of Cannon’s first AC-130J Ghostrider represents a significant expansion of force generation capacity as AFSOC structures for the reemergence of great power competition, tightening fiscal constraints, and the accelerating rate of technological change, demanding significant transformation to ensure Air Commandos are ready to successfully operate in this new environment.”-27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs, 19JUL2021

A banshee is a female ghost that forewarns of the death of the living by wailing or shrieking.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eboni Reece.

In May 2015, the last of the 27th Special Operations Wing (SOW) AC-130H Specters made its final flight into retirement.

Video report by Senior Airman Elizabeth Taranto:

One of these AC-130Js belongs to the 27th SOW, the other belongs to 4th Special Operations Squadron. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Peter Reft.

On 19JUL2021, the 27th SOW (Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico) got a brand new AC-130J Ghostrider: “The lethality has increased exponentially.”-Major Ryan Whitehead, 27th Special Operations Group (SOG)

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Peter Reft.

The AC-130J is a fifth generation gunship: “The AC-130J has been built on the backs of giants, evolving from four variants of the AC-130 to the AC-119 and AC-47. The Air Commands who fly, maintain, and support the AC-130J are committed to continuing that proud heritage by developing into a force that presents challenges to our nation’s adversaries in new ways and places.”-Lieutenant Colonel Drew Saylor, 27th SOG Detachment-2

USAF photo by Senior Airman Marcel Williams.

Video report by Airman First Class Drew Cyburt:

2017: “NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?

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

Weapon I-D:

U.S. Air Force photo.

THE HAPPY MINIGUNNER

Operation CoViD-19: USCG MAKES 1ST ‘BILL & MELINDA GATES’ VACCINE DELIVERY TO HAITI

International

Trident of Poseidon: NATO’s new U.S. HQ fully operational!

Video July 20, 2021 Hutchins AAron

“The survival of NATO and the success or failure in combat in a future war in Europe, will largely depend on the success or failure of this command.”-General Mark Milley, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (sounding a little paranoid)

In 2018, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, which has become a global military since the end of the Cold War) announced that it would establish a new headquarters (HQ) in Norfolk, Virginia. On 15JUL2021, NATO declared that HQ fully operational (Full Operational Capability).

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Video, opening ceremonies where it’s admitted that NATO is more than just a military organization:

Essentially, NATO felt threatened by Russia and decided to create new ‘secondary’ military HQs outside of Europe, far away from Russia. NATO’s Atlantic and European operations can now be directed from Virginia.

In this DoD video it becomes obvious that NATO considers itself a ‘christian’ organization:

In September 2020, NATO announced Initial Operational Capacity for its Norfolk HQ. It is officially known as Joint Force Command (JFC) Norfolk, and is one of three JFCs around the world, it is the only JFC in North America. All the JFCs report to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in Casteau, Belgium. In other words, a military HQ commanded by officials based in Europe is now located in the United States.

DoD video, U.S. Army General Mark Milley admits the seven-decades old U.S.-NATO alliance is about maintaining global dominance (“established international order”) by the ‘West’ under the guise of preventing a Third World War:

U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Joshua M. Tolbert, 23JUN2021.

JFC Norfolk hosts military personnel from 19 ‘allied’ nations and two ‘partner’ nations. In June 2021, NATO’s Theater Component Commanders, and leaders from national headquarters around the Atlantic Rim, converged on JFC Norfolk to discuss ways to coordinate military activities: “The security environment has changed; it is more critical than ever that we, the military leaders within NATO, continue to reinforce our commitment achieving our shared visions. The strength of our nations is inherently linked and the security and stability of the Alliance depends on it.”-Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, JFC Norfolk (sounding a little paranoid)

USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Joshua M. Tolbert, 23JUN2021.

Terminator: ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL, GLOBAL INFORMATION DOMINANCE ‘EXPERIMENT’

NATO: APACHES & HINDS, FOR THE FIRST TIME?

Control through Chaos: USING THE BIBLE AS YOUR GUIDE TO DESTROY SOCIETY!

Technology

Old skool Talon tests new-tech Global Information Dominance Experiment

Video July 20, 2021 Hutchins AAron

The first flight of a T-38 Talon was in 1959, it is still in use, and even testing the latest in military artificial intelligence designed to control all electronic systems, globally.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Hill, 15JUL2021.

During the first half of July 2021, U.S. Northern Command (NorthCom) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (aka Nor-ad) conducted what they call a Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE-3), part of an Architecture Demonstration and Evaluation (ADE-5).

USAF photo by Tom Hill.

The GIDE-3 included T-38 Talons flown by the 586th Flight Test Squadron. The GIDE-3/ADE-5 flights were launched from Alpena Combat Training Center, Michigan.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh.

U.S. Air Force (USAF) video by Technical Sergeant Amy Picard and Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh:

USAF photo by Tom Hill.

USAF video by Tom Hill:

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.

USAF video by Senior Airman Frank Rohrig, T-38 take-off:

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh, 16JUL2021.

Vehicle I-D:

T-38 PACER CLASSIC-3

RED HAWK REPLACES TALON

T-38 25TH FTS HERITAGE

Gate Guard: REPAIRING 1/1 SCALE T-38 TALON

Hi-tech fail: USAF USES WW2 AIRCRAFT TO DEVELOP MODERN DRONE TECH!

GERMANY STILL TRAINS UP OLD-SKOOL CAVALRY!

CLIMATE CHANGE is the BIGGEST THREAT TO BILLION DOLLAR WEAPON SYSTEMS!

USN ADMITS HI-TECH MILITARY GEAR DEFEATED BY MOTHER EARTH’S TINY SEA CREATURES!

Influenza

Operation CoViD-19: USCG makes 1st ‘Bill & Melinda Gates’ vaccine delivery to Haiti

Video July 18, 2021 Hutchins AAron

“Until yesterday, Haiti was the only country in the Americas without a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Today, 500,000 doses of vaccine donated by the U.S government through COVAX landed in Port-Au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti.”-United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir.

On 14JUL2021, a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J delivered half-a-million doses of CoViD-19 vaccines to eternally impoverished Haiti, at U.S. taxpayer expense of course.

USCG photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir.

HC-130J-2013 is nicknamed Elizabeth City, because of where it is based in New Jersey.

USCG photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir, 14JUL2021.

Elizabeth City was up-loaded with U.S. taxpayer funded (Department of Health and Human Services, aka HHS), Gavi directed COVAX vaccines in Memphis, by the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 164th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Once on Haiti, Elizabeth City’s crew off-loaded the vaccines to U.S. Embassy personnel. USCG video report by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir:

COVAX is a United Nations pro-vaccine organization co-founded, and co-directed, by vaccine pushers Bill and Melinda Gates through their Gavi Foundation.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has this warning for anybody who thinks vaccines will save them: “Avoid travel to Haiti… ….even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants.”

Hurricane prep 2021: WC-130J WX HUNTERS DEPLOY

Vaccine Fail: MALARIA VS COVID, OR IS IT MALARIA + COVID?

Operation CoViD-19:

DOES THE ‘C’ IN C-130 STAND FOR COVID?

COVERT OP TO CONTROL THE GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY?

Technology

Terminator: One Ring to Rule them all; Global Information Dominance ‘Experiment’

Video July 16, 2021 Hutchins AAron

An Anduril Industries battlefield management tower. Photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Carnes.

U.S. Northern Command (NorthCom) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (aka Nor-ad) conducted what they call a Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE-3), part of an Architecture Demonstration and Evaluation (ADE-5).

Michigan ANG A-10C. Photo by photo by Master Sergeant Joey Swafford.

Video by Senior Airman Roslyn Ward, T-38 Talons arrive for GIDE-3/ADE-5:

Photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Carnes.

GIDE-3/ADE-5 began on 09JUL2021, in Michigan. It involves A-10Cs of the Michigan Air National Guard (107th Fighter Squadron), F-16s of the Ohio ANG (112th FS), U.S. Air Force (USAF) T-38 Talons, Sentinel radar systems from the North Dakota Army National Guard (188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment), remote control helicopters (small R/C drones), a portable data broadcast system mounted on a Toyota Tacoma known as Cell On Light Truck (COLT), a portable ‘all-domain command and control advanced battle management system’ known as an Anduril Industries tower, an ‘enhanced’ cyber communications system called a Flyaway Kit, something called a Yoda Box which I have yet to find an explanation for what the Yoda Box is, except it might be connected to the now infamous Starlink satellite system (of which I warned about last year).

Photo by Staff Sergeant Devin M. Rumbaugh.

USAF video interview, a poor attempt to explain what a Flyaway Kit is, the interviewee admits he joined the Air Force to do “cool stuff” like Terminator stuff:

1st Combat Camera Squadron Cyber Systems technicians adjust a Tampa Microwave Satellite Terminal. Photo by Staff Sergeant Sean Carnes.

Ohio ANG F-16. Photo by Technical Sergeant Peter Thompson.

GIDE is officially described as a data-centric software-based experiment which combines humans and technology to innovate and accelerate development of systems for domain awareness, information dominance, decisional superiority, and global integration.

North Dakota Army Guard Sentinel radar system. Photo by Technical Sergeant Amy Picard.

And just like in the movie Terminator, ADE is an attempt to integrate hi-tech systems and connect multiple sensors to a common operating network with artificial intelligence (A-I). GIDE is a sub-operation of ADE. And ADE is part of the USAF’s recently created Chief Architect Office, created in 2019 specifically to develop what they call a ‘system of systems’, in other words a system to control all systems.

Toyota based COLT. Photo by Technical Sergeant Amy Picard.

Anduril Industries is a company that provides A-I driven surveillance systems for the U.K.’s Royal Navy, the U.S. Air Force and for U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations.

USAF time lapse video of Anduril Industries tower during GIDE-3:

U.S. Air Force video report, fourth ADE held in Germany, February 2021:

Terminator: U.S. ARMY SPACE FORCE LAUNCHES 3 GUNSMOKE-JACOB’S LADDER SATELLITES

Technology

Indiana Blacksnakes A-10C grows new skin

Video July 13, 2021 Hutchins AAron

09JUN2021, shedding the old grey scales. Iowa Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

An Indiana Air National Guard A-10C has shed its old grey skin for new black & dark grey scales (grey 118 and black 038).

09JUN2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

Sometime between May and June 2021, Indiana’s 122nd Fighter Wing (FW) flew an A-10C to the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City, Iowa.

22JUN2021, dark grey scales appear. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

Iowa ANG time-lapse video by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, Blacksnakes A-10C grows a new skin:

The black & dark grey colors are to celebrate Indiana National Guard’s 1-hundred years of aviation, and to honor both the 122nd FW (with a Fort Wayne tail flash) and the 181st Intelligence Wing (Terre Haute checkered tail flash).

29JUN2021, applying the stenciling. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

02JUL2021, resplendent in its new skin. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

02JUL2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

02JUL2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

07JUL2021, heading home to Indiana. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

07JUL2021, refueling on its way home to Indiana. Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

07JUL2021, Iowa ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot.

The Blacksnakes use of green snake eyes symbolizes night-vision capability. In the 1990s, the 122nd FW was first unit in the Air Force to receive night-flying systems that enabled aircraft to be fully mission-capable 24 hours a day.

IDAHO’S HERITAGE A-10C ‘8N’

PRIMER BLACK IS THE NEW ZINC-YELLOW?

A-10C South East Asia CAMO

U.S.

U.S. Medical & Food Disaster: This is not a drill! Military drug dealers take over local high schools?

Video July 12, 2021 Hutchins AAron

New Mexico Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Lauren McMullen.

On 07JUL2021, active duty military, and National Guard medical personnel from across the United States, took over Greenville High School, in Mississippi.