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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History
January 22
Jan. 22
1800—Capt. Thomas Tingey is ordered to duty as the first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard.
1862—During the Civil War, the side-wheel steamer Lexington conducts a reconnaissance up the Tennessee River and exchanges long-range fire with Fort Henry in Tennessee.
1870—USS Nipsic, commanded by Cmdr. Thomas O. Selfridge, sails on an expedition to survey the Isthmus of Darien at Panama to determine the best route for a ship canal.
1941—During World War II, USS Louisville (CA 28) arrives at New York with $148,342.212.55 in British gold brought from Simonstown, South Africa, to be deposited in American banks.
1944—Operation Shingle, the Allied landing at Anzio and Nettuno, Italy, begins. While the landings are flawless and meet with little resistance from the Germans, USS Portent sinks during the invasion.
January 22
This Day in World History
1689 | England's "Bloodless Revolution" reaches its climax when parliament invites William and Mary to become joint sovereigns. | |
1807 | President Thomas Jefferson exposes a plot by Aaron Burr to form a new republic in the Southwest. | |
1813 | During the War of 1812, British forces under Henry Proctor defeat a U.S. contingent planning an attack on Fort Detroit. | |
1824 | A British force is wiped out by an Asante army under Osei Bonsu on the African Gold Coast. This is the first defeat for a colonial power. | |
1863 | In an attempt to out flank Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, General Ambrose Burnside leads his army on a march to north Fredericksburg, but foul weather bogs his army down in what will become known as the "Mud March." | |
1879 | Eighty-two British soldiers hold off attacks by 4,000 Zulu warriors at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in South Africa. Note ---There were more Victoria Crosses awarded for this single action than any other single action in the history of the British army. The Movie Zulu was Michael Cain's first movie. A great movie---- | |
1905 | Russian troops fire on civilians beginning Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg. | |
1912 | Second Monte Carlo auto race begins. | |
1913 | Turkey consents to the Balkan peace terms and gives up Adrianople. | |
1930 | Admiral Richard Byrd charts a vast area of Antarctica. | |
1932 | Government troops crush a Communist uprising in Northern Spain. | |
1939 | A Nazi order erases the old officer caste, tying the army directly to the Party. | |
1943 | Axis forces pull out of Tripoli for Tunisia, destroying bases as they leave. | |
1944 | U.S. troops under Major General John P. Lucas make an amphibious landing behind German lines at Anzio, Italy, just south of Rome. | |
1971 | Communist forces shell Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for the first time. | |
1979 | Abu Hassan, the alleged planner of the 1972 Munich raid, is killed by a bomb in Beirut. | |
1982 | President Ronald Reagan formally links progress in arms control to Soviet repression in Poland. |
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post
… For The List for Friday, 21 January 2022… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 21 January 1967… Honoring Col. Jack Broughton (AFC)…LBJ between a rock and a hard place… and Col. Broughton on ineffective RT interdiction campaign (and a =few words from his great book: "Going Downtown")…
This following work accounts for every fixed wing loss of the Vietnam War and you can use it to read more about the losses in The Bear's Daily account. Even better it allows you to add your updated information to the work to update for history…skip
Vietnam Air Losses
Access Chris Hobson and Dave Lovelady's work at: https://www.VietnamAirLosses.com.
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A repeat but a good one
Thanks to many of you and to Cowboy for finding the URL
Best Video in a Long Time…..A true American. How many of you could fold the Flag.
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Punny …
Sue – these are for Lar ………………….Groan! thanks to Doctor Rich
Thanks to Todd S. ...
1. The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye-doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whisky-maker, but he loved her still. 4. A rubber-band pistol was confiscated from an algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption. 5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery. 6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering. 7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart. 8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. 9. A hole has been found in the nudist-camp wall. The police are looking into it. 10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. 11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.' 13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me. 14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.' 15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large. 16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran. 17. A backward poet writes inverse. 18. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes. 19. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion. 20. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris, you'd be in Seine. 21. A vulture carrying two dead raccoons boards an airplane. The stewardess looks at him and says, 'I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger.' 22. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. One turns to the other and says, 'Dam!' 23. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too. 24. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, 'I've lost my electron.' The other says, 'Are you sure?' The first replies, 'Yes, I'm positive.' 25. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root- canal? His goal: transcend dental medication. 26. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No |
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
https://geopoliticalfutures.com
Daily Memo: Biden on Ukraine, Pyongyang on Nuclear Weapons Testing
North Korea is reportedly considering restarting its nuclear tests.
By: GPF Staff
January 20, 2022
Coordination on Ukraine. Western nations are trying to coordinate their responses to Russia amid the ongoing tensions over Ukraine. At a rare press conference on Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden said Russia would face severe consequences – including a ban on Russian banks' access to the U.S. dollar – if it invades Ukraine. However, he also suggested there was not yet consensus within NATO on how to handle a "minor incursion." The European Union, meanwhile, said it would impose "massive" sanctions if Russia attacks. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Berlin to discuss Ukraine with the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain. Blinken is also set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday.
Nuclear ambitions. North Korea says it's reconsidering its moratorium on testing nuclear weapons and "restarting all temporarily suspended activities." The announcement comes after the country conducted four missile tests in January – including two hypersonic missile launches on Jan. 5 and Jan. 11, according to Pyongyang. China has called on all relevant parties to focus on maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and urged the U.S. to focus on practical measures instead of applying pressure through sanctions. Meanwhile, there are also reports that North Korea may restart exports to China. It recently began importing from China after a hiatus.
Israeli-German deal. The Israeli Defense Ministry said on Thursday that it signed a $3.4 billion deal with Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for three advanced submarines for the Israeli navy. The Dakar-class submarines will replace the German-built Dolphin-class submarines. The two countries also signed a strategic cooperation agreement worth 850 million euros ($964 million).
Tariff talks. The U.K. and U.S. agreed to launch negotiations over tariffs imposed on British steel and aluminum under the Trump administration. The decision comes after a virtual meeting between British Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. The U.S. reached a deal last year to remove tariffs on EU metal exports.
Standing firm. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett condemned the attack on an oil facility in Abu Dhabi launched by the Houthi rebels and offered his country's support in the United Arab Emirates' fight against "extremist forces." The UAE ambassador to the U.S. said on Wednesday that the attack involved a combination of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones, adding that some of the missiles were intercepted by air defense systems.
Emergency. Moldova's parliament voted in favor of introducing a state of emergency for a period of 60 days. The move is in response to Russian company Gazprom's threat to suspend gas deliveries if Moldova does not pay its debt owed to the firm by Jan. 20. According to estimates by Moldova's Cabinet, the country's utility company needs about 25 million euros to pay for gas consumed in January.
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Thanks to Jerry ...
My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffered from mental illness. I said, "No, we all seem to enjoy it".
My bucket list: Keep Breathing.
Camping: where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.
Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say, "Close enough."
Being an adult is the dumbest thing I have ever done.
I'm a multi-tasker. I can listen, ignore and forget all at the same time!
Retirement to do list: Wake up. Nailed it!
Went to an antique auction and people were bidding on me.
People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full, miss the point. The glass is refillable.
I don't have grey hair; I have wisdom highlights.
Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.
I don't trip, I do random gravity checks.
My heart says chocolate and wine, but my jeans say, please, please, please eat a salad!
Never laugh at your spouse's choices. You are one of them.
One minute you're young and fun. The next, you're turning down the car stereo to see better.
I'd grow my own food if only I could find bacon seeds.
Losing weight doesn't seem to be working for me, so from now I'm going to concentrate on getting taller.
My body is a temple; ancient and crumbling.
Common sense is not a gift. It's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone else who doesn't have it.
I came. I saw. I forgot what I was doing. Retraced my steps. Got lost on the way back. Now I have no idea what's going on. But, I remembered to send this to you.
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17 January
31 years ago, day one is presented in a well done animated video. Certainly a proud day for Coalition Air Power.
Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxRgfBXn6Mg
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This Day in U S Military History January 22
1813 – During the War of 1812, British forces under Henry Proctor defeat a U.S. contingent planning an attack on Fort Detroit. The task of taking back Fort Detroit, which had been lost to the British, fell to General William Henry Harrison. His plan was to gather an army near the rapids of the Maumee River, and from there, to move against Detroit. While building an armed encampment, his subordinate, Brigadier General James Winchester, learned that a small garrison of British and Indians guarded provisions for the Fort Malden near the village of Raison River. There were also reports that the British planned to destroy the pro-American village.Winchester had orders from General Harrison to stay at his camp until the full army was assembled and ready to move on Detroit, but he felt he had to act immediately. On 21 January he sent seven hundred men toward the Raison River under Colonel William Lewis, who defeated the British and Indians there and then sent back to Winchester asking for reinforcements to hold the place. Winchester sent three hundred regulars under Colonel Samuel Wells, and also proceeded by carriage himself. Upon arrival, Wells, pointed out to Winchester that the troops were in a highly exposed position, and recommended that scouts be sent out to learn what the British were doing. Winchester decided that the next day would be time enough to take care of these things, and went off to stay in the comfortable home of one of the community leaders, more than a mile away from his soldiers. That night, Colonel Henry Proctor, who had succeeded General Brock as the British commander at Detroit, led six hundered soldiers and six hundred Indians against the Americans, attacking before dawn. Well's regulars formed behind a picket fence were able to kill or wound 185 of the attackers. The American militia, however, was taken by surprise in the open and quickly overcome. Winchester was captured By Chief Roundhead, and taken before Colonel Proctor. The British commander persuaded Winchester to order his regulars to surrender, supposedly to avoid a massacre by the Indians. The fighting over, Proctor withdrew to Fort Malden, taking his prisoners with him, except for sixty four wounded Americans he left at Raison River, intending to send sleds to get them the next day. That night the Indians returned and massacred thirty of the wounded men.
1953 – The 18th FBW withdrew its remaining F-51 Mustangs from combat and prepared to transition to Sabres, thus ending the use of USAF single engine, propeller-driven aircraft in offensive combat in the Korean War. Peking radio announced the capture of Colonel Arnold and his surviving crewmembers, three having perished when the B-29 went down on January 13. The communists did not release Colonel Arnold until 1956.
1957 – The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, WWI Marine Corps veteran, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1964 – U.S. Joint Chiefs foresee larger U.S. commitment: The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff inform Defense Secretary Robert McNamara that they "are wholly in favor of executing the covert actions against North Vietnam." President Johnson had recently approved Oplan 34A, provocative operations to be conducted by South Vietnamese forces (supported by the United States) to gather intelligence and conduct sabotage to destabilize the North Vietnamese regime. Actual operations would begin in February and involve raids by South Vietnamese commandos operating under American orders against North Vietnamese coastal and island installations. Although American forces were not directly involved in the actual raids, U.S. Navy ships were on station to conduct electronic surveillance and monitor North Vietnamese defense responses under another program called Operation De Soto. Although the Joint Chiefs agreed with the president's decision on these operations, they further advocated even stronger measures, advising McNamara: "… We believe, however, that it would be idle to conclude that these efforts will have a decisive effect on the communist determination to support the insurgency, and it is our view that we must therefore be prepared fully to undertake a much higher level of activity." Among their recommendations were "aerial bombing of key North Vietnamese targets," and "commit[ment of] additional U.S. forces, as necessary, in support of the combat actions within South Vietnam." President Johnson at first resisted this advice, but in less than a year, U.S. airplanes were bombing North Vietnam, and shortly thereafter the first U.S. combat troops began arriving in South Vietnam.
1969 – Operation Dewey Canyon, perhaps the most successful high-mobility regimental-size action of the Vietnam War, began in the A Shau/Da Krong Valleys when the 9th Marines, commanded by Colonel Robert H. Barrow, and supporting artillery were lifted from Quang Tri. By 18 March the enemy's base area had been cleared out, 1617 enemy dead had been counted, and more than 500 tons of weapons and ammunition unearthed.
2003 – Bill Maudlin (b.1921), WW-II era cartoonist, died in Newport Beach, Ca. In 1945 he won a Pulitzer Prize for his war cartoons and later authored "Up Front," a collection of cartoons and an essay on war.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
ANGLING, JOHN
Rank and organization: Cabin Boy, U.S. Navy. Born: 1850, Portland, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc during the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864 to 22 January 1865. Carrying out his duties faithfully during this period, C.B. Angling was recommended for gallantry and skill and for his cool courage while under the fire of the enemy throughout these various actions.
BLAIR, ROBERT M.
Rank and organization: Boatswain's Mate, U.S. Navy. Born: 1836, Peacham, Vt. Accredited to: Vermont. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Pontoosuc during the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, 24 December 1864 to 22 January 1865. Carrying out his duties faithfully throughout this period, Blair was recommended for gallantry and skill and for his cool courage while under the fire of the enemy throughout these actions.
*HOOKER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Tonto Creek, Ariz., 22 January 1873. Entered service at ——. Birth: Frederick, Md. Date of issue: 12 August 1875. Citation. Gallantry in action in which he was killed.
LEWIS, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Bluff Station, Wyo., 20-22 January 1877. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 28 March 1879. Citation: Bravery in skirmish.
DAVIS, JOSEPH H.
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 22 July 1860, Philadelphia, Pa. (Letter, Mate J. W. Baxter, U.S. Navy, No. 8985, 25 January 1886.) Citation: On board the U.S. Receiving Ship Dale off the Wharf at Norfolk, Va., 22 January 1886. Jumping overboard from the ferryboat, Davis rescued from drowning John Norman, ordinary seaman.
McCALL, THOMAS E.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company F, 143d Infantry, 36th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near San Angelo, Italy, 22 January 1944. Entered service at: Veedersburg, Ind. Birth: Burton, Kans. G.O. No.: 31, 17 April 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On 22 January 1944, Company F had the mission of crossing the Rapido River in the vicinity of San Angelo, Italy, and attacking the well-prepared German positions to the west. For the defense of these positions the enemy had prepared a network of machinegun positions covering the terrain to the front with a pattern of withering machinegun fire, and mortar and artillery positions zeroed in on the defilade areas. S/Sgt. McCall commanded a machinegun section that was to provide added fire support for the riflemen. Under cover of darkness, Company F advanced to the river crossing site and under intense enemy mortar, artillery, and machinegun fire crossed an ice-covered bridge which was continually the target for enemy fire. Many casualties occurred on reaching the west side of the river and reorganization was imperative. Exposing himself to the deadly enemy machinegun and small arms fire that swept over the flat terrain, S/Sgt. McCall, with unusual calmness, encouraged and welded his men into an effective fighting unit. He then led them forward across the muddy, exposed terrain. Skillfully he guided his men through a barbed-wire entanglement to reach a road where he personally placed the weapons of his two squads into positions of vantage, covering the battalion's front. A shell landed near one of the positions, wounding the gunner, killing the assistant gunner, and destroying the weapon. Even though enemy shells were falling dangerously near, S/Sgt. McCall crawled across the treacherous terrain and rendered first aid to the wounded man, dragging him into a position of cover with the help of another man. The gunners of the second machinegun had been wounded from the fragments of an enemy shell, leaving S/Sgt. McCall the only remaining member of his machinegun section. Displaying outstanding aggressiveness, he ran forward with the weapon on his hip, reaching a point 30 yards from the enemy, where he fired 2 bursts of fire into the nest, killing or wounding all of the crew and putting the gun out of action. A second machinegun now opened fire upon him and he rushed its position, firing his weapon from the hip, killing 4 of the guncrew. A third machinegun, 50 yards in rear of the first two, was delivering a tremendous volume of fire upon our troops. S/Sgt. McCall spotted its position and valiantly went toward it in the face of overwhelming enemy fire. He was last seen courageously moving forward on the enemy position, firing his machinegun from his hip. S/Sgt. McCall's intrepidity and unhesitating willingness to sacrifice his life exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for January 22 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
22 January
1909: The Aeronautical Society of New York gave a $5,000 contract to Glenn Curtiss. His airplane, the Gold Bug, was the first one built for sale by Curtiss. (24)
1925: The first squadron trained to operate from a carrier, VF Squadron 2, began practice landings on the USS Langley off San Diego, Calif. (24)
1944: Operation SHINGLE. To support the amphibious landings at Anzio, the Mediterranean Allied Air Force flew 1,200 sorties. (24)
1945: Navy task forces completed three weeks of action against Luzon, Formosa, the Ryukyus, Pescadores, Okinawa, and Hong Kong. They destroyed over 600 enemy aircraft and 325,000 tons of enemy shipping. (24)
1948: The Navy announced that it could launch V-2s from its carriers. (24)
1950: Paul Mantz set a new Federation Aeronautique Internationale record for a single-engine transcontinental flight. In 4 hours 52 minutes 58 seconds, he flew a P-51 Mustang from Burbank, Calif., to La Guardia, N.Y. (9)
1953: EXERCISE SKY TRY. Through 20 February, the Strategic Air Command extensively tested the combat capabilities of its first B-47 unit, the 306th Bombardment Wing at MacDill AFB, Fla. This exercise led to a 90-day rotational mission to England later in June. (1)
1959: Capt William B. White flew an F-105 Thunderchief from Eielson AFB, Alaska, to Eglin AFB, Fla. He flew 3,850 miles in 5 hours 27 minutes on the longest nonstop flight between points in the U. S. (24) The USAF issued a requirement for an air-to-surface strategic ballistic missile for the B-52. It became the Skybolt. (6)
1962: EXERCISE LONG THRUST II. A 7-day transatlantic airlift maneuver from the U. S. concluded when the last of 5,273 soldiers landed in Germany. (24)
1963: Italian crews launched the last of six Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missiles successfully from Cape Canaveral, Fla. (6)
1964: The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird first flew. (5)
1968: OPERATION NIAGARA. Through 31 March, USAF, U. S. Navy, and U. S. Marine Corps aircraft flew 24,016 sorties (21,449 tactical and 2,567 strategic) to support of Khe Sanh outpost. As mentioned in the Siege of Khe Sanh entry (21 January 1968), USAF tactical transports made 447 landings and 576 airdrops, delivering 12,430 tons of supplies. To this date, only the Berlin Airlift surpassed the airlift effort to Khe Sanh. (17) Apollo V, an unmanned earth orbital mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center in the fourth Saturn IB flight. This mission also included the first flight of the 31,700-pound lunar module (LM-1). (5)
1971: Cmdr Donald H. Lilienthal set a world distance record for heavy-weight turboprops in a P-3C Orion antisubmarine aircraft. He flew 11,036.47 kilometers (7,010 miles) in nonstop flight from Atsugi NAS, Japan, to Patuxent Naval Air Station, Md., in 15 hours 21 minutes. (5)
1980: Under the Integrated Improvement Program, teams upgraded the 351st Strategic Missile Wing's Minuteman silos and installed the Command Data Buffer System at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (6)
1981: Aeronautical Systems Division requested a proposal for initial full-scale engineering development of a long-range combat aircraft. (12)
1991: DESERT STORM: F-111F Aardvarks initiated "smart bomb" attacks against hardened aircraft shelters at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The attacks were so successful, Iraqi fighters started flying to Iran to escape destruction. (16) (21)
1997: An improved F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter touched down at Holloman AFB, N. Mex., as Lockheed Martin delivered the first "RNIP-Plus" aircraft to the 49th Fighter Wing. The F-117's new Ring Laser Gyro/GPS Navigation Improvement Program reduced navigational drift during flight. Plans called for the entire F-117 fleet to be modified by October 1999. (AFNEWS Article 970158, 12 Feb 97)
1999: Lockheed Martin received a $450 million contract to install advanced flight control systems, improved communications, and navigation gear aboard the USAF's C-5s under an Avionics Modernization Program. (22) For the first time, the Global Hawk relayed information from its radar and sensors to the ground by using a commercial Ku-band satellite during its tenth test flight at Edwards AFB, Calif. (3)
2000: The Air Mobility Command performed its first regularly scheduled C-130 aeromedical evacuation mission. The 911th Airlift Wing from Pittsburgh International Airport/Air Reserve Station, Pa., began flying a weekly mission to the Caribbean to support U. S. Southern Command. Normally, the Air Mobility Command used C-9s and C-141 for its peacetime aeromedical mission, but the phased C-141 retirement created the C-130 requirement. Two Air Mobility Command-gained C-130 units volunteered to fly regular aeromedical missions, the 911th Airlift Wing and the Air National Guard's 187th Airlift Wing from Francis E. Warren AFB, Wy., to Peterson AFB, Col., on 1 February 2000. (22) The Boeing Aircraft Company took a new 747-400F freighter from its production line and sent it to its Wichita, Kans., facility for modification into a YAL-1 Airborne Laser test bed aircraft. (3)
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