Good Friday Morning September 1, 2020.
Last night I watched a special on 911 produced by The national geographic channel that was very informative. It is continuing today. Two reasons for a late start. One is I drove my friend Mac out to get his brand new Corvette. A beautiful blue with the Z-51 package. His face is going to freeze in the smile he has. The other is the computer was not connecting to the internet but my IT expert (wife) figured it out and I am flooded with email
I will never forget the first 911. I was in my office and someone came running in to say a plane flew into one of the Twin Towers. I remembered an army Air force B-25 had flown in to the Empire State building in the 40s. But did not think with all electronics and RADAR in this day it had to be on purpose.
So a few minutes later someone said they had got the big TV on in our conference room and it was live so I went to look and as I entered the room I saw the second plane hit and knew that the world had changed. The List had been running Since February of 2000 and soon had lots of information to get out.
Regards,
Skip
A bit of history and a day to remember.
Regards,
Skip
This day in Naval History
1814—During the Battle of Lake Champlain, Commodore Thomas Macdonough anchors his ships in a position that the British squadron attacks head on, using only a few guns at a time. The British squadron is defeated, ending the final invasion of the British in the northern states. USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), a guided missile cruiser, is named after the famous battle.
1942—Pharmacist's Mate First Class Wheeler B. Lipes performs an emergency appendectomy on Seaman 1st Class Darrell D. Rector on board USS Seadragon (SS 194) on patrol in the South China Sea.
1943—During the Salerno, Italy operations, USS Savannah (CL 42) is hit by a German guided bomb. The explosion kills nearly 200 of her crew, but she remains under her own power to return to the U.S. for repairs.
1944—USS Albacore (SS 218) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser (Cha 165) off Kyushu, Japan, while USS Finback (SS 230) sinks Japanese army cargo ship, Hassho Maru, and merchant cargo ship, No. 2, Hakuun Maru, north of Chichi Jima. Also on this date, USS Pargo (SS 264) sinks Japanese auxiliary netlayer, Hinoki Maru, in Java Sea.
1982—USS Michigan (SSGN 727) is commissioned at Groton, CT. The second Ohio-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarine, it is the third Navy vessel to honor the State of Michigan.
2001—American Airlines Flight 77 is hijacked by terrorists and hits the Pentagon, causing 184 fatalities. Specific to DON, the fatalities are: 33 military personnel, six civilians, and three contractors. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 hit the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, New York City. United Airlines Flight 93 goes down in Shanksville, PA, after passengers engage the hijackers.
2010—USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) is christened and launched and now operated by the Military Sealift Command. The dry cargo/ammunition ship provides ammunition, food, repair parts, stores and small quantities of fuel for the U.S. Marine Corps. The ship is named for Capt. Washington Chambers, a pioneer in US naval aviation.
Thanks to CHINFO
Executive Summary:
Trade press report that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper will receive a Future Naval Force Study briefing next week.
USNI News reports that after seven months, U.S. aircraft carriers have resumed making port calls in Oman.
Breaking Defense reported on comments from VCJCS Gen John Hyten and JAIC Acting Director Nand Mulchandani, that the United States maintains an advantage over China in AI development.
Today in History
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1297 | Scots under William Wallace defeat the English at Stirling Bridge. | |
1695 | Imperial troops under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks at the Battle of Zenta. | |
1709 | John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, wins the bloodiest battle of the 18th century at great cost, against the French at Malplaquet. | |
1740 | The first mention of an African American doctor or dentist in the colonies is made in the Pennsylvania Gazette. | |
1777 | General George Washington and his troops are defeated by the British under General Sir William Howe at the Battle of Brandywine in Pennsylvania. | |
1786 | The Convention of Annapolis opens with the aim of revising the Articles of Confederation. | |
1802 | Piedmont, Italy, is annexed by France. | |
1814 | U.S. forces led by Thomas Macdonough route the British fleet on Lake Champlain. | |
1847 | Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" is first performed in a saloon in Pittsburgh. | |
1850 | Soprano opera singer Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale," makes her American debut at New York's Castle Garden Theater. | |
1864 | A 10-day truce is declared between generals William Sherman and John Hood so civilians may leave Atlanta, Georgia. | |
1857 | Indians incited by Mormon John D. Lee kill 120 California-bound settlers in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. | |
1904 | The battleship Connecticut, launched in New York, introduces a new era in naval construction. | |
1916 | The "Star Spangled Banner" is sung at the beginning of a baseball game for the first time in Cooperstown, New York. | |
1944 | American troops enter Luxembourg. | |
1962 | Thurgood Marshall is appointed a judge of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. | |
1965 | The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrives in South Vietnam and is stationed at An Khe. | |
1974 | Haile Selassie I is deposed from the Ethiopian throne. | |
2001 | In an unprecedented, highly coordinated attack, terrorists hijack four U.S. passenger airliners, flying two into the World Trade Center towers in New York and one into the Pentagon, killing thousands. The fourth airliner, headed toward Washington likely to strike the White House or Capitol, is crashed just over 100 miles away in Pennsylvania after passengers storm the cockpit and overtake the hijackers. | |
2005 | Israel completes its unilateral disengagement of all Israeli civilians and military from the Gaza Strip. | |
2007 | Russia detonates a nano-bomb; dubbed the "Father of All Bombs," it is the largest non-nuclear weapon developed to date. | |
2012 | US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is attacked and burned down; 4 Americans are killed including the US ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens. | |
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Attack on America
At 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767–United Airlines Flight 175–appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center, and sliced into the south tower at about the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. America was under attack.
The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist organization, they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America's support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War, and its continued military presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the U.S. in the months before September 11 and acted as the "muscle" in the operation. The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports and boarded four flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming the ordinary commuter jets into guided missiles.
As millions watched in horror the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington and slammed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to a structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon along with all 64 people aboard the airliner.
Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn for the worse when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke. The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to withstand winds in excess of 200 mph and a large conventional fire, could not withstand the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel. At 10:30 a.m., the other Trade Center tower collapsed. Close to 3,000 people died in the World Trade Center and its vicinity, including a staggering 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers, and 37 Port Authority police officers who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher floors. Only six people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of their collapse survived. Almost 10,000 other people were treated for injuries, many severe.
Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane–United Flight 93–was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving Newark International Airport in New Jersey. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off, passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone and Airfone calls to the ground. Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned an insurrection. One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr., told his wife over the phone that "I know we're all going to die. There's three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey." Another passenger–Todd Beamer–was heard saying "Are you guys ready? Let's roll" over an open line. Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were "Everyone's running to first class. I've got to go. Bye."
The passengers fought the four hijackers and are suspected to have attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher. The plane then flipped over and sped toward the ground at upwards of 500 miles per hour, crashing in a rural field in western Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m. All 45 people aboard were killed. Its intended target is not known, but theories include the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard.
At 7 p.m., President George W. Bush, who had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House. At 9 p.m., he delivered a televised address from the Oval Office, declaring "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve." In a reference to the eventual U.S. military response he declared: "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."
Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led international effort to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and destroy Osama bin Laden's terrorist network based there, began on October 7, 2001. Bin Laden was killed during a raid of his compound in Pakistan by U.S. forces on May 2, 2011.
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New York City in 1911
Mud,
Here's one that's pretty cool as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bembJahfx4w&list=RDbembJahfx4w&start_radio=1&t=99
Market St San Fran early 1900s and 2017. Somewhere there's one with the two videos side by side but I couldn't find it.
Walt
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F-4 Phantom porn
If you have a PC, right click to save any you like...
https://thechive.com/2018/11/21/grandpas-eye-candy-f-4-phantom-in-high-res/
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Thanks to Glen
from RADM 'Bad Fred' Lewis regarding the Tomcat Monument effort. Thanks pal, hope you are climbing back to altitude.
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NOTAM from RADM 'Bad Fred' Lewis:
The Tomcat Monument Association is happy to report that the installation of the Virginia Beach monument is complete. The Pensacola monument will be installed on 18 November next to the F-14 static display in front of the National Naval Aviation Museum. The final Tomcat monument destined for San Diego has been slightly re-designed in order to accommodate 20 more donor names per panel. Fully subscribing all the available donor names will completely fund this final install. If you live on the West Coast and worry that you'll never see the fruits of your donation, please consider donating now! All information including a webcam of the Virginia Beach Naval Aviation Monument Park can be found on the Tomcat Monument website www.tomcatmonument.org.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 11, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
11 September
1920: Three airships flew in a formation flight under radio direction at Langley Field. (24)
1941: At Baltimore, the Glenn L. Martin Company displayed a 70-ton, 4-engine flying boat with a 200-foot wing spread, said to be the largest in the world. (24)
1944: Eighth Air Force began the last "shuttle raid" as 139 aircraft attacked an arms factory at Chemnitz, Germany, and flew on to bases in Russia. (4)
1948: FEAF SUPPORT FOR THE BERLIN AIRLIFT. FEAF received orders to send an air echelon with 36 C-54 aircraft and a skeleton group headquarters to USAFE on indefinite duty. FEAF sent the 317 TCG (Heavy) with the 22 TCS, 39 TCS, and 41st TCS (Heavy). The group's temporary transfer, coupled with the loss of 24 MATS C-54s from the theater to Germany for the airlift and a shipping strike on the West Coast, caused severe supply shortages throughout the Pacific.
1953: A Sidewinder N-7 (AIM-9) air-to-air missile made its first successful interception, sending a Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat drone down in flames at China Lake. (12) (20)
1955: Richard T. Whitcomb from NACA's Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory announced the area rule concept for airplane design. The supersonic Grumman F11F and Convair F-102 used this 1953 concept to reduce drag. (8: Sep 90)
1964: The Air Force decided to retire two Atlas squadrons and 105 liquid-fueled missiles made obsolete by the Minuteman and Polaris. (5) (16)
1968: The Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories at Hanscom AFB launched the largest research balloon, a 28.7-million-cubic-foot polyethylene sphere, to 158,000 feet from White Sands Missile Range. The balloon carried instruments for atmospheric measurements near strato-pause, and the flight ended near Needles, Calif., after 18 hours. This balloon broke two previous size records: 13.5 millioncubic-feet for a polyethylene balloon and 26-million-cubic-feet held by five fiber-reinforced Mylar balloons flown in 1966 and 1967. (5) (16)
1970: President Nixon ordered Federal guards to fly on US overseas flights to end air piracy. Shotgun rides began one day later with 100 Treasury agents.
1972: US aircraft destroyed the Long Bien Bridge over the Red River in downtown Hanoi. This event involved one of the most spectacular uses of precision-guided weapons in the war. (16) (26)
1981: The Air Staff decided to add ALCMs to the B-52H. Before, only G-models were scheduled to receive ALCMs. (12)
2001: ATTACK ON AMERICA/Operation NOBLE EAGLE. Arab terrorists hijacked four passenger airliners. They crashed two aircraft into the 110-story, twin tower World Trade Center in New York and one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing more than 3,000 people. Passengers in the fourth aircraft rushed the hijackers, and it crashed in a Pennsylvania field rather than another high-value target. The FAA grounded all airliners in the US for several days. President George W. Bush initiated a war on terrorism and homeland-defense efforts with combat air patrols within the US under the NOBLE EAGLE operation. (21) The ANG scrambled F-15s from Otis ANGB, Mass., and F-16s from Langley AFB to intercept hijacked commercial airliners bound for the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon, respectively, but arrived too late to thwart the terrorist attacks. (32) Shortly after the airliner attacks, NORAD initiated combat air patrols with USAF fighters over more than 30 American cities, while Navy fighters flew sorties off the Atlantic coast near New York. Within a few hours, 34 ANG fighter units had generated aircraft to fly combat missions, and in the first 24 hours, 15 units accomplished 179 fighter missions. In addition, 18 ANG tanker wings had generated 78 aircraft to support the fighters. (32)
2002: Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In the year after the terrorist attacks on American soil, AMC aircraft flew 4,864 airlift missions to deliver 223,487 passengers and 304,801 short tons of cargo in support of this operation. C-17s and C-5s flew 48 percent and 30 percent of the missions, respectively. Additionally, KC-135s accomplished 2,760 air refueling missions and KC-10s another 176 missions in the one-year period. (22)
2004: Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. Since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on America, AMC completed 34,030 missions in support the two combat operations. AMC's organic and contracted commercial aircraft moved a total of 1,771,632 troops and 1,059,498 short tons of cargo, while KC-10 and KC-135 tankers performed 11,111 air refueling missions to refuel 15,396 aircraft. The three-year airlift into Afghanistan was the third largest airlift in history, with Operation VITTLES (Berlin Airlift) in 1948-1949 ranking first and Operations DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM (Gulf War) in 1990-1991 ranking second. (22)
2005: CONTINUING SUPPORT TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM. During the four years since the 2001 attack, AMC flew 53,530 missions. By mid-September 2005, AMC's organic aircraft and contracted commercial aircraft had moved 3,055,336 troops and 1,487,884 short tons of cargo. In late 2005, the support to Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM surpassed the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War airlift effort to become history's second largest airlift, following the 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift. (22)
2007: Since 11 September 2001, the Air Mobility Command had completed 363,483 sorties to support Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. By mid-September 2007, the command's organic aircraft and contracted commercial aircraft had moved 5,854,158 troops and 2,551,432 short tons of cargo. Also, by September 2007, airlift operations to support the two operations constituted history's largest airlift in terms of total cargo transported. They surpassed the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949 and Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM of 1990-1991. The command's KC-10 and KC-135 tankers also performed 16,941 air refueling sorties to refuel more than 27,300 receiver aircraft. Since 11 September 2001, the command had transferred 1.1 billion gallons of fuel on its air refueling sorties around the world. (22)
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This Day in U S Military History
1814 – During the Battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain, a newly built U.S. fleet under Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough destroys a British squadron, forcing the British to abandon their siege of the U.S. fort at Plattsburg and retreat to Canada on foot. The American victory saved New York from possible invasion and helped lead to the conclusion of peace negotiations between Britain and the United States in Ghent, Belgium. The War of 1812 began on June 18, 1812, when the United States declared war on Britain. The war declaration, opposed by a sizable minority in Congress, had been called in response to the British economic blockade of France, the induction of American seamen into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier. A faction of Congress known as the "War Hawks" had been advocating war with Britain for several years and had not hidden their hopes that a U.S. invasion of Canada might result in significant territorial gains for the United States. In the months after President James Madison proclaimed the state of war to be in effect, American forces launched a three-point invasion of Canada, all of which were decisively unsuccessful. In 1814, with Napoleon Bonaparte's French empire collapsing, the British were able to allocate more military resources to the American war, and Washington, D.C., fell to the British in August. In Washington, British troops burned the White House, the Capitol, and other buildings in retaliation for the earlier burning of government buildings in Canada by U.S. soldiers. In September 1814, the tide of the war turned when Thomas Macdonough's American naval force won a decisive victory at the Battle of Plattsburg, New York. The American victory on Lake Champlain led to the conclusion of U.S.-British peace negotiations in Belgium, and on December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, formally ending the War of 1812. By the terms of the agreement, all conquered territory was to be returned, and a commission would be established to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada. British forces assailing the Gulf Coast were not informed of the treaty in time, and on January 8, 1815, the U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson achieved the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans. The American public heard of Jackson's victory and the Treaty of Ghent at approximately the same time, fostering a greater sentiment of self-confidence and shared identity throughout the young republic.
1918 – US troops landed in Russia to fight the Bolsheviks.
1918 – Often called the "war of the machines," World War I marked the beginning of a new kind of warfare, fought with steel and shrapnel. Automotive manufacturers led the way in this new technology of war, producing engines for planes, building tanks, and manufacturing military vehicles. Packard was at the forefront of these efforts, being among the first American companies to completely cease civilian car production. Packard had already been the largest producer of trucks for the Allies, but the company began devoting all of its facilities to war production on this day, just a few months before the end of the war. Even after Packard resumed production of civilian vehicles, its wartime engines appeared in a number of vehicles, from racing cars and boats to British tanks in the next world war.
1919 – US marines invaded Honduras (again).
2001 – At 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767–United Airlines Flight 175–appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center, and sliced into the south tower at about the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. America was under attack. The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist organization, they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America's support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War, and its continued military presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the U.S. in the months before September 11 and acted as the "muscle" in the operation. The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports and boarded four flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming the ordinary commuter jets into guided missiles. As millions watched in horror the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington and slammed into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to a structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon along with all 64 people aboard the airliner. Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn for the worse when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke. The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to withstand winds in excess of 200 mph and a large conventional fire, could not withstand the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel. At 10:30 a.m., the other Trade Center tower collapsed. Close to 4,000 people died in the World Trade Center and its vicinity, including a staggering 343 firefighters and 23 policemen who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher floors. Only six people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of their collapse survived. Almost 10,000 other people were treated for injuries, many severe. Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane–United Flight 93–was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving Newark International Airport in New Jersey. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off, passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone and Airfone calls to the ground. Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned an insurrection. One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr., told his wife over the phone that "I know we're all going to die. There's three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey." Another passenger–Todd Beamer–was heard saying "Are you guys ready? Let's roll" over an open line. Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were "Everyone's running to first class. I've got to go. Bye." The passengers fought the four hijackers and are suspected to have attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher. The plane then flipped over and sped toward the ground at upwards of 500 miles per hour, crashing in a rural field in western Pennsylvania at 10:10 a.m. All 45 people aboard were killed. Its intended target is not known, but theories include the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, or one of several nuclear power plants along the eastern seaboard. At 7 p.m., President George W. Bush, who had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House. At 9 p.m., he delivered a televised address from the Oval Office, declaring "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve." In a reference to the eventual U.S. military response he declared: "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them." Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led international effort to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and destroy Osama bin Laden's terrorist network based there, began on October 7.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
JAMES, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service at: ——. Birth: England. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
MITCHELL, JOHN
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in engagement with Indians.
MORRIS, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service at:——. Birth: Stewart County, Tenn. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in engagement with Indians.
NEILON, FREDERICK S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service at:——. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
PENNSYL, JOSIAH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 11 September 1874. Entered service at:——. Birth: Frederick County, Md. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SHARPLESS, EDWARD C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service at:——. Birth: Marion County, Ohio. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation: While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he (and a comrade) fought throughout the day.
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Thanks to Shadow
When my generation was in school… History and Civics… were mandatory classes. We learned about world history and American history. We learned about the great wars, plagues, famines, starvation and political unrest of various societies throughout our worlds history. We learned about democracies, dictatorships, monarchies… and totalitarian governments; Fascists, National Socialists and Communists. The latter shared a common ascendency to power via surrogates in radical movements by different names… In Italy they were at least honest about who they were and rightfully called themselves Fascists. They came to power by a coup de'etat. In Germany, the National Socialists used their "Brown shirts" and "Storm Troopers" to create unrest through violence and intimidation until the elected government capitulated. In Russia, it was the "Bolsheviks" who rioted and forced the abdication of the Czar. Later in China, they took it to an even more extreme level to maintain their control through the implementation of the infamous "Red Guards"; implementing political cleansing through something we call public shaming and intimidation (political correctness run amok). The other things they had in common was the promise of equality and freedom… bounty and shared riches. As the people embraced the theory; the reality was government orchestrated famine, loss of all individual freedoms and rule by the barrel of the gun. Tens of millions died at the hands of their own governments. And sadly we have seen this formula repeat itself in nations around the world… Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, at one time almost all of Eastern Europe, then Laos, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Zimbabwe… I could go on and on. Today, we are seeing a replay of surrogates akin to the Brown shirts, Storm Troopers, Fascists and Bolsheviks… They go by the names of ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter. Radical anarchists and communists in sheep's clothing… supported and sponsored by the Democratic Party and a subservient media. To deny the obvious is a supreme act of "Cognitive Dissonance" or in Marine parlance… "Who ya gonna believe… me or your lying eyes"? For the Democratic Party to embrace and support these radicals, is one of the most dishonest acts of a political party in our nations history. For they have embraced the tactics of the totalitarians. No promise is too much, no lie is too big, no dirty trick are too low. They are craven in their pursuit of ultimate power! They employ political correctness to stifle free speech, then make false claims like supposed "White Privilege" and "Systemic or Institutionalized Racism"… even worse they attack the "Peace Keepers" in our society… our police… to further division. It is criminal as far as I'm concerned. And I am astounded at how efficient they have become in infiltrating our national government through the various bureaucracies. Virtually every Government Agency has been infiltrated by these marplots… from our intelligence agencies, Department of Education, The FBI, Commerce Department, State Department… and sad to say… even our military. When Trump was elected… I wrote that he should fire every Flag Officer that made their bones during the Clinton, Bush or Obama Administration's… their loyalty and support would always be suspect and questionable at best. Sadly, he did not follow my advice and my fears came to pass. In fact, Trump became his own worst enemy when he reached out to three and four star charlatans… while failing to take the advice of Navy Secretary who sought to mediate a compromise by not supporting a rogue SEAL accused of murder. Nothing that man did deserved a pardon or leniency! Whether he actually murdered the prisoner when he stabbed him or if the man died from previous injuries may be in question… but desecrating a body, alive or dead… is a heinous crime. No hero he! When the Atlantic came out with the despicable accusations by supposed "anonymous" high ranking officers of Trump supposedly dishonoring out dead patriots… I thought to myself… "How dare you? You supposedly wore the uniform of those same patriot dead… yet you did not have the courage to make your charges in public and stand by them. Instead you took the cowards way out… you put political fealty to the Democratic Party, rather than stand tall and be accountable". No wonder you served under Obama and the others who have sold our country out. Didn't hear a peep out of any of you when Obama sold us out to the number one sponsor of State funded terrorism. Which makes me assume, that like so many other damning scandals sponsored by the Democrats like the Steele dossier and Russian Collusion… is just another damn lie! I find these charlatans as despicable as our leaders were during the Vietnam war, that sat back and let the politicians send our best out to be cannon fodder by following blindly their stupid grand schemes like bombing cessations when we had them on the ropes, ROE's that made no sense and never standing up and telling the truth to the American people. Think what would have happened if just one of those "Perfumed Princes" had stood up, resigned and went public. Think of how many lives would have been saved on all sides. Last… I'm gonna tread on thin ice and make mention of undeniable truths about these so called police murders that are the implied basis for the BLM movement and all these riots and protests. Think about this… every interaction between these supposed victims and the police involved the same situations… First they were all previously convicted felons, all were being arrested for committing a crime… and every damn one of them were disobeying a lawful police order and resisting arrest. What the fuck is wrong with these people? Don't want a bad outcome in a police/citizen interaction situation… then cooperate and do what you are told! Or as my old pappy used to say, "Don't give any lip to the man who has a club and a gun… you're gonna lose every time if you do". Why hasn't this notion clicked in the Black Community? I'll go further… also it appears that after the knee jerk reaction by the politicians and the media… the real cause of death was not police brutality, but by drug overdose or the perpetrator engaging in physical attacks on the police. Read the autopsies. Think about this… for every death by cop in the Black Community… there's hundreds of deaths by Blacks on Blacks in those same Communities. Evidently, Black Lives Matter… only as long as those deaths were at the hands of law enforcement or some other race… but evidently they don't matter when it is as a result of Black on Black Crime? Go figure? I'm pissed! I'm pissed at corrupt politicians (no matter which party they belong to)… I'm pissed at political correctness, the Me Too Movement, BLM, ANTIFA… a corrupt media, a corrupt bureaucracy and Rioters, Anarchists and Communists masquerading as something else. This nation needs to get a grip on reality. If you want to live in a police state, dictatorship or an oppressive government devoid of personal freedoms… then vote for the heathen Democrats… and a pox on your house! I can't believe this is all happening
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USA—GRU Steps Up Attacks On Political Targets Wired News | 09/11/2020 Hackers linked to Russian military intelligence have been increasing their efforts to steal information from entities related to this year's presidential election in the U.S., reports Wired. On Thursday, Microsoft said that Fancy Bear, a collective of hackers operated by the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency, had targeted more than 200 U.S. election-related organizations since September 2019. The company calls the group Strontium. These attacks struck the offices of campaigns, advocacy groups and consultants for both Democrats and Republicans. Other targets included think tanks and Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center. The Seattle-based firm did not indicate how many incursions were attempted or successful but said that its software had prevented most of the attacks. In addition to hacking attempts by Russian entities, the report revealed that Chinese hackers had made at least 150 successful breaches in the last six months. Iranian hackers also launched their own campaign, targeting 15 universities and 18 think tanks in more sporadic attacks. Hackers in Iran also attacked U.S. political figures, including the Trump administration and campaign team, but these were unsuccessful. The Russian attacks are the most concerning, according to threat intelligence company FireEye. The GRU is known to go beyond stealing data to conducting hack-and-leak attacks and other information operations to try to interfere with elections.
USA—2,200 Troops Set To Return From Iraq Wall Street Journal | 09/11/2020 The U.S. is withdrawing about 2,200 troops from Iraq, reports the Wall Street Journal. This reduction would bring the total number of American troops in Iraq to about 3,000, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, said on Wednesday. Improvements in the security situation in Iraq and greater Iraqi capabilities made the move possible, he said. U.S. personnel who remain will continue to train and assist Iraqi partner forces battling ISIS. An Iraqi military spokesman said that the announcement fit within previously agreed timetables. U.S. troops began withdrawing from forward positions in Iraq in June following a series of attacks attributed to Iran-backed militias. Washington is also set to reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 8,600 to 4,500, although no official announcement has been made, reported CNN. Separately, Germany said it planned to reduce its presence in Iraq to a maximum of 500 ground troops, reported Deutsche Welle.
USA—V Corps Forward HQ To Be Located In Poznan V Corps | 09/11/2020 The forward headquarters for V Corps in Europe will be located in Poznan in western Poland, according to the corps. In February, the Army announced the activation of an additional corps headquarters, to be based at Fort Knox, Ky., with a forward command post in Europe, said a V Corps release on Tuesday. The forward headquarters will focus on operational planning, mission command and oversight of rotational forces in Europe. The first rotation of V Corps personnel is expected to arrive in Poland next month.
United Kingdom—European Leaders Reject U.S. Push To Reimpose All U.N. Sanctions On Iran Guardian | 09/11/2020 Leaders from France, Germany and the U.K. have decided to rebuff the U.S. demand to restore all sanctions on Iran, reports the Guardian (U.K.). The foreign ministers from the three countries met on Thursday in Kent, England. Last month, the European nations argued that the U.S. was no longer a party to the Iran nuclear deal after withdrawing in 2018 and therefore could not unilaterally call for snapback sanctions. U.S. officials had asked European nations on the Security Council to support the move. Washington also wants the three countries to vote against the automatic lifting of the ban on the export of conventional weapons to Iran.
Hungary—Defense Ministry Signs Contract For 218 Lynx IFVs European Defence Review | 09/11/2020 Hungary has finalized a deal with Rheinmetall in Germany for new infantry fighting vehicle, reports European Defence Review. The 2 billion euro (US$2.36 billion) deal covers 218 Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicles and nine Buffel armored recovery vehicles as well as simulators, spare parts, training and maintenance. The Lynxes will be armed with a Rheinmetall crewed 30-mm Lance turret. In the first phase of the deal, 46 Lynxes and nine Buffels will be produced in Germany and delivered by early 2023. The second phase includes domestic production of the remaining 172 vehicles. Last month, Budapest and Rheinmetall finalized an agreement to establish a joint venture in Hungary to produce the armored vehicles.
China—Troops Headed To Russian-Led Drills In Caucasus South China Morning Post | 09/11/2020 China is sending a contingent to a multinational military exercise in Russia's southern Astrakhan region later this month, reports the South China Morning Post. The Kavkaz 2020 drills are scheduled to run from Sept. 21 to Sept. 26 in the Astrakhan region as well as the Black and Caspian seas, reported the Tass news agency (Moscow). The Chinese contingent consist of troops from the Western Theater Command, including armored vehicles and light weapons. The training will focus on defensive tactics, joint attack, encirclement and battlefield command and control, said the Chinese Defense Ministry. Troops from Armenia, Belarus, Burma, Iran, and Pakistan are also scheduled to participate in the exercise. India was scheduled to participate but indicated last month that it would not send a contingent, the Hindu (Chennai) reported at the time. Officially, the government said the move was due to concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. Local media reported that the decision was also driven by recent clashes between Indian and Chinese troops on the border in the Ladakh region.
North Korea—Military Targets Smuggling From China In Bid To Prevent Spread Of COVID-19 Agence France-Presse | 09/11/2020 A top U.S. military official says that North Korea has stepped up security on its border with China to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), reports Agence France-Presse. Pyongyang has imposed a new 0.6-mile (1-km) to 1.2-mile (2-km) buffer zone along the border with China monitored by special operations forces with orders to shoot to kill, Gen. Robert Adams, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) commander, said at a Thursday virtual conference hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Closing the border has accelerated the effect of global economic sanctions on the regime, with imports from China falling by 85 percent, he said. This has also increased demand for smuggled goods, prompting the government to intervene, said Adams. North Korea is also struggling with the effects of Typhoon Maysak, which destroyed about 2,000 homes, primarily in agricultural areas. Pyongyang is ill-equipped to deal with a disease outbreak and has acknowledged only a few cases. The disease is thought to be more widespread than is officially acknowledged, according to Radio Free Asia.
Taiwan—Military Monitors Chinese Spy Ship Off E. Coast Central News Agency | 09/11/2020 The Taiwanese military has been monitoring a Chinese reconnaissance vessel operating off the east coast of the country, reports the Central News Agency (Taipei). On Thursday, the ship was spotted by radar about 40 nautical miles off the coast of the eastern Hualien county, said an anonymous Taiwanese military source. She was observed about 90 nautical miles off the coast on Friday. The state-run National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology was conducting missile testing in the area on Wednesday and Thursday. Separately, Chinese aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) at least 30 times on Wednesday and Thursday.
Indonesia—Security Forces To Ensure Compliance With Mask Regulations Jakarta Post | 09/11/2020 The Indonesian government is preparing to deploy security personnel as part of a nationwide effort to enforce mask protocols imposed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), reports the Jakarta Post. The operation, which was unveiled on Thursday, is designed to ensure mask wearing at the local level in villages and sub-districts across the country, reported the Kompas newspaper (Jakarta). Indonesia lags behind the global average for national case fatality rate, or deaths as a percentage of infected people, at 4 percent. The world average is 3.27 percent. Military units, national police and municipal police, in addition to judges and prosecutors' offices are expected to participate in the enforcement effort. Personnel will target public areas, like offices and markets, said National Police Commander Gen. Gatot Eddy Pramono.
Burma—Military Makes Billions Through Business Links Amnesty International | 09/11/2020 The Burmese military has raked in billions of dollars through its involvement in a secretive business conglomerate, reports Amnesty International. From 2000 to 2020, military units and senior officers received about US$16 billion from dividend payments made by Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd. (MEHL), according to an Amnesty investigation. The MEHL conglomerate has stakes in the mining, beer, tobacco, garment manufacturing and banking sectors. Military units, particularly those in the Western Command responsible for many of the atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority, own about a third of MEHL's shares. Its board is composed of military members, said Amnesty officials. Once contacted by Amnesty, at least one company with a partnership with MEHL, South Korean clothing exporter Pan-Pacific, said it would end its relationship with the Burmese firm.
Syria—2 Regime Aircraft Go Down In Deir Ezzor The Syrian Observer | 09/11/2020 Two Syrian regime aircraft have crashed in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, reports the Syrian Observer, citing local media. Sources told Deir Ezzor 24 that a transport aircraft went down in in the desert on Tuesday. The unidentified sources indicated that the plane was shot down by ISIS. The sources did not provide any details. The terrorist group has not claimed that attack. Separately, a MiG-23 fighter jet crashed on the runway of the Deir Ezzor military airport after reportedly suffering an engine failure. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Jordan—Ammunition Depot Explodes Outside Of Amman Arab News | 09/11/2020 An ammunition storage facility has exploded in Zarqa, Jordan's second-largest city, reports the Arab News (Riyadh). The blast on Friday was caused by an electrical short circuit in one of the munitions depots, said Minister of State for Media Affairs Amjad Adaileh. The depot was used for dismantling obsolete munitions, he told Reuters. A source told the news agency that items stored at the facility included precision-guided missiles. The New Arab (London) reported that two people were killed and three injured in the blast. The facility is located away from civilian areas. Zarqa is about 15 miles (25 km) east of Amman. An investigation into the incident has been opened, reported Agence France-Presse.
Cameroon—Federal Troops Launch Op Against Separatists In Bamenda Journal du Cameroun | 09/11/2020 Cameroonian troops have launched an operation against Anglophone militants in Bamenda, the country's largest English-speaking city and the capital of the Northwest region, reports the Journal du Cameroun. On Tuesday, security forces launched operation Bamenda Clean to clear the city and surrounding area of militants following recent attacks.. The joint operation involves elements of the 5th Joint Gendarmerie Region, Northwest Police Division and 5th Joint Military Region. It is the first operation launched by the federal government in the city. One soldier has reportedly been killed and another injured in clashes with the militants, the news website said.
Democratic Republic of the Congo—58 Killed By ADF In Ituri Province Agence France-Presse | 09/11/2020 At least 58 people have been killed by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, reports Agence France-Presse. On Tuesday, 23 people were killed in the forested area of Tshabi in Irumu in southern Ituri, said Ituri provincial Interior Minister Adjio Gidi. Another attack in the same area on Thursday killed 35. Another 17 people are missing and believed kidnapped, said one local. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist militia with ties to ISIS, was blamed for the attacks, Gidi said. The militants were fleeing military pressure in the neighboring North Kivu province, the minister said. Violence in the region has increased since the government launched operations against the ADF and Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in October 2019.
Mozambique—Government Rejects Amnesty Report Implicating Soldiers In Abuses Voice Of America News | 09/11/2020 Government officials have denied a report that Mozambican soldiers were involved in human-rights abuses in its conflict with militants in the northern Cabo Delgado province, reports the Voice of America News. On Wednesday, Amnesty International published a report documenting abuses it said were committed by security personnel in the northern region. In images and videos cited in the report, Mozambican soldiers were seen threatening, beating, mutilating and beheading suspected militants. On Thursday, a defense ministry spokesman questioned the authenticity of the video, saying that the insurgents often disguise themselves as government forces. The spokesman suggested that the video might have been fabricated by militants, without providing any evidence. The images were analyzed by Amnesty's Crisis Evidence Lab, which determined that they were authentic and likely taken in the first half of 2020. The human-rights group called for an impartial investigation into the abuses. More than 1,800 people have been killed in fighting between the armed forces and militants in Cabo Delgado since 2017.
Colombia—5 Die In Bogota Protests Against Police Brutality Colombia Reports | 09/11/2020 At least five civilians have been killed in violence during protests against police brutality in Bogota, the Colombian capital, reports Colombia Reports. On Wednesday, police stopped Javier Ordonez, a lawyer, for violating rules in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Ordonez was repeatedly tased and taken to the police station, where he was further abused until he died. Protests erupted in the wake of the killing and quickly morphed into wider calls for police accountability. At least five people were killed in Bogota and neighboring Soacha when the anti-riot ESMAD police were called in to quell the violence. Violence was also reported in Medellin and Pereira, reported BBC News. At least 80 people were arrested during the demonstrations. The defense ministry said that 53 police stations and posts were attacked, 17 of which were burned down. Videos of the violence circulated by activists allegedly showed officers in plainclothes attacking protesters unprovoked.
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