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Good Friday Morning June 17
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On This Day in Naval and Marine Corps History
June 17
1815 Commodore Stephen Decatur's squadron engages the Algerian flagship Mashouda near Cape de Gatt, Spain. Though the Algerian frigate maneuvers actively to escape, she surrenders after 20 men, including her commander, are killed.
1833 The ship of the line, USS Delaware, becomes the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States when secured at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Va.
1870 Under the command of Lt. Willard H. Brownson, six boats from the steam sloop-of-war USS Mohican attack a group of pirates in the Teacapan River, Mexico.
1898 President William McKinley signs into law a Congressional bill authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps.
1944 TBF (VC 95) from USS Croatan (CVE 25) damages German submarine (U 853) in the North Atlantic. On May 6, 1945, USS Atherton (DE 169) and USS Moberly (PF 63) sink (U 853) off Block Island.
2017 The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) is involved in a collision with the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal while operating about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan. Seven Sailors lose their lives and the ship is damaged on her starboard side above and below the waterline.
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Today in History June 17
0362 Emperor Julian issues an edict banning Christians from teaching in Syria.
1579 Sir Francis Drake claims San Francisco Bay for England.
1775 The British take Bunker Hill outside of Boston, after a costly battle.
1799 Napoleon Bonaparte incorporates Italy into his empire.
1848 Austrian General Alfred Windisch-Gratz crushes a Czech uprising in Prague.
1854 The Red Turban revolt breaks out in Guangdong, China.
1856 The Republican Party opens its first national convention in Philadelphia.
1861 President Abraham Lincoln witnesses Dr. Thaddeus Lowe demonstrate the use of a hot-air balloon.
1863 On the way to Gettysburg, Union and Confederate forces skirmish at Point of Rocks, Maryland.
1872 George M. Hoover begins selling whiskey in Dodge City, Kansas--a town which had previously been "dry."
1876 General George Crook's command is attacked and bested on the Rosebud River by 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne under the leadership of Crazy Horse.
1912 The German Zeppelin SZ 111 burns in its hangar in Friedrichshafen.
1913 U.S. Marines set sail from San Diego to protect American interests in Mexico.
1917The Russian Duma meets in secret session in Petrograd and votes for an immediate Russian offensive against the German Army.
1924 The Fascist militia marches into Rome.
1926 Spain threatens to quit the League of Nations if Germany is allowed to join.
1930 The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill becomes law, placing the highest tariff on imports to the United States.
1931 British authorities in China arrest Indochinese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh.
1932 The U.S. Senate defeats the Bonus Bill as 10,000 veterans mass around the Capitol.
1940 The Soviet Union occupies Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
1942 Yank a weekly magazine for the U.S. armed services, begins publication.
1944 French troops land on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.
1950 Surgeon Richard Lawler performs the first kidney transplant operation in Chicago.
1953 Soviet tanks fight thousands of Berlin workers rioting against the East German government.
1963 The U.S. Supreme Court bans the required reading of the Lord's prayer and Bible in public schools.
1965 27 B-52s hit Viet Cong outposts, but lose two planes in South Vietnam.
1970 North Vietnamese troops cut the last operating rail line in Cambodia.
1972 Five men are arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.
1994 Millions of Americans watch former football player O.J. Simpson--facing murder charges--drive his Ford Bronco through Los Angeles, followed by police.
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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, 17 June 2022… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 17 June 1967… The limits of operations analysis…
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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Thanks to the Bear
Guys… Hey, Secretary Austin: Match this, if you can?… Bear
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'Big Oil' Responds To Biden's Threats: Here's 10 Things You Can Do To Ease Gas Prices
But there's nothing I can do! It's all Putin's and Trump's fault!
Joebama
1. Lift Development Restrictions on Federal Lands and Waters
The Department of the Interior (DOI) should swiftly issue a 5-year program for the Outer Continental Shelf and hold mandated quarterly onshore lease sales with equitable terms. DOI should reinstate canceled sales and valid leases on federal lands and waters.
2. Designate Critical Energy Infrastructure Projects
Congress should authorize critical energy infrastructure projects to support the production, processing, and delivery of energy. These projects would be of such concern to the national interest that they would be entitled to undergo a streamlined review and permitting process not to exceed one year.
3. Fix the NEPA Permitting Process
Your administration should revise the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process by establishing agency uniformity in reviews, limiting reviews to two years, and reducing bureaucratic burdens placed on project proponents in terms of size and scope of application submissions.
4. Accelerate LNG Exports and Approve Pending LNG Applications
Congress should amend the Natural Gas Act to streamline the Department of Energy (DOE) to a single approval process for all U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. DOE should approve pending LNG applications to enable the U.S. to deliver reliable energy to our allies abroad.
5. Unlock Investment and Access to Capital
The Securities and Exchange Commission should reconsider its overly burdensome and ineffective climate disclosure proposal and your administration should ensure open capital markets where access is based upon individual company merit free from artificial constraints based on government-preferred investment allocations.
6. Dismantle Supply Chain Bottlenecks
You should rescind steel tariffs that remain on imports from U.S. allies as steel is a critical component of energy production, transportation, and refining. Your administration should accelerate efforts to relieve port congestion so that equipment necessary for energy development can be delivered and installed.
7. Advance Lower Carbon Energy Tax Provisions
Congress should expand and extend Section 45Q tax credits for carbon capture, utilization, and storage development and create a new tax credit for hydrogen produced from all sources.
8. Protect Competition in the Use of Refining Technologies
Your administration should ensure that future federal agency rulemakings continue to allow U.S. refineries to use the existing critical process technologies to produce the fuels needed for global energy markets.
9. End Permitting Obstruction on Natural Gas Projects
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should cease efforts to overstep its permitting authority under the Natural Gas Act and should adhere to traditional considerations of public needs as well as focus on direct impacts arising from the construction and operation of natural gas projects.
10. Advance the Energy Workforce of the Future
Congress and your administration should support the training and education of a diverse workforce through increased funding of work-based learning and advancement of STEM programs to nurture the skills necessary to construct and operate oil, natural gas, and other energy infrastructure.
The question is - will the Biden administration do any of them?
AND THE ANSWER IS: NO!
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: European Leaders Visit Ukraine, BRICS Security Officials Meet
Russia called for more haste in building an alternative to SWIFT.
By: GPF Staff
June 16, 2022
Train to Kyiv. French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis arrived in Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A day earlier, U.S. President Joe Biden announced $1 billion in additional military aid for Ukraine, including artillery and advanced rocket systems, as well as $225 million in humanitarian aid.
BRICS talk security. National security officials from the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) discussed global governance and national security issues during an online meeting. China's representative said the countries should be ready to counter nontraditional as well as traditional security threats, while Russia called for greater efforts to create an alternative financial messaging system to SWIFT and to step up use of national currencies for trade.
India hosts ASEAN. The 10 foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states are meeting in India, which is not a member. The meeting focuses on maritime security, trade and investment. New Delhi stressed the potential to improve relations with ASEAN members and create sustainable supply chains.
Talk it out. Pakistan is internationally isolated and should reengage with India, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The minister acknowledged it would be difficult but made a case for restoring some trade relations with India.
Centralized purchasing plan. The Chinese government is working with the China Iron and Steel Association to centralize the purchasing of iron ore imports by the end of the year in hopes of bolstering Beijing's pricing power over the industry. The news will likely alarm Australia, which supplies most of China's iron ore. Beijing also hopes the project will help increase its domestic output of iron ore and facilitate bigger investments in overseas mines.
More fuel, please. U.S. President Joe Biden reportedly sent letters to seven major oil companies urging them to increase supplies. He said it was unacceptable to raise profit margins during the war in Ukraine and offered "all reasonable and appropriate" measures to help them increase near-term supply. Washington is also concerned that EU plans to prohibit insurance on tankers carrying Russian oil will drive up prices further.
Awaiting "clarifications." Russia's presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa summoned Israel's ambassador to discuss Israel's airstrike on Syria's international airport in Damascus on June 10, which Moscow called unjustified.
General strike. More than 150 Tunisian state institutions and public companies went on strike on Thursday. The country's powerful trade union called the strike to pressure the government to increase wages and scrap planned privatizations and spending cuts.
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Thanks to Robert
. Test for over 60 crowd.... And Others!!!
Great mental exercise for the over-sixty crowd. Which of the following names are you familiar with?
1. Monica Lewinsky
2. Spiro Agnew
3. Benito Mussolini
4. Adolf Hitler
5. Jorge Bergoglio
6. Alfonse Capone
7. Vladimir Putin
8. Linda Lovelace
9. Saddam Hussein
10. Tiger Woods
You had trouble with #5, didn't you?
You know all the liars, criminals, adulterers, murderers, thieves, sluts and cheaters, but you don't know the Pope??
Lovely, just lovely....
Sometimes I worry about you!!
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This Day in U S Military History…….June 16
This Day in U S Military History…….June 17
1579 – During his circumnavigation of the world, English seaman Francis Drake anchors in a harbor just north of present-day San Francisco, California, and claims the territory for Queen Elizabeth I. Calling the land "Nova Albion," Drake remained on the California coast for a month to make repairs to his ship, the Golden Hind, and prepare for his westward crossing of the Pacific Ocean. On December 13, 1577, Drake set out from England with five ships on a mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the New World. After crossing the Atlantic, Drake abandoned two of his ships in South America and then sailed into the Straits of Magellan with the remaining three. A series of devastating storms besieged his expedition in the treacherous straits, wrecking one ship and forcing another to return to England. Only the Golden Hind reached the Pacific Ocean, but Drake continued undaunted up the western coast of South America, raiding Spanish settlements and capturing a rich Spanish treasure ship. Drake then continued up the western coast of North America, searching for a possible northeast passage back to the Atlantic. Reaching as far north as present-day Washington before turning back, Drake paused near San Francisco Bay in June 1579 to repair his ship and prepare for a journey across the Pacific. In July, the expedition set off across the Pacific, visiting several islands before rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope and returning to the Atlantic Ocean. On September 26, 1580, the Golden Hind returned to Plymouth, England, bearing its rich captured treasure and valuable information about the world's great oceans. In 1581, Queen Elizabeth I knighted Drake during a visit to his ship.
1775 – During the American Revolution, British General William Howe lands his troops on the Charlestown peninsula overlooking Boston and leads them against Breed's Hill, a fortified American position just below Bunker Hill. As the British advanced in columns against the Americans, Patriot General William Prescott reportedly told his men, "Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" When the Redcoats were within 40 yards, the Americans let loose with a lethal barrage of musket fire, cutting down nearly 100 enemy troops and throwing the British into retreat. After reforming his lines, Howe attacked again, with much the same result. However, Prescott's men were now low on ammunition, and when Howe led his men up the hill for a third time, they reached the redoubts and engaged the Americans in hand-to-hand combat. The outnumbered Americans were forced to retreat. The British had won the so-called Battle of Bunker Hill, and Breed's Hill and the Charlestown peninsula fell firmly under British control. Despite losing their strategic positions, the battle was a morale-builder for the Americans, who had suffered far fewer casualties than their enemy while demonstrating that they could conduct war effectively against the British.
1944 – The US 1st Army cuts off the Contentin Peninsula. The US 9th Division (part of US 7th Corps) reaches the west coast to the north and south of Barneville. German divisions isolated to the north are not permitted to attempt to break out. Hitler meets with Rundstedt, Commander in Chief (West), and Rommel, commanding Army Group B. Both Field Marshals seek a withdrawal to more defensible positions inland. Hitler refuses to allow a retreat in Normandy. He suggests that the V1 bombing of Britain will force it out of the war.
1944 – The US 27th Infantry Division lands on Saipan to reinforce the American beachhead.
1944 – The carriers led by Admiral Clark and the rest of the main US carrier forces sail for a rendezvous to the west of the Mariana Islands.
1945 – On Okinawa, reinforced American units advance in the Kuishi Ridge area which has been stubbornly defended by forces of the Japanese 32nd Army. Along the line of the US 24th Corps, the last Japanese defensive line is broken. The US 7th Division completes the capture of Hills 153 and 115. The commander of the Japanese naval base on Okinawa, Admiral Minoru Ota, is found dead, having committed suicide.
1945 – On Luzon, elements of the US 37th Division, US 1st Corps, captures Naguilian after making a forced crossing of the Cagayan river, near the town of Cagayan.
1945 – General Arnold orders General Chennault to be replaced by General Stratemeyer as Commander in Chief of the US air forces operating in China. Japanese troops in southern China begin withdrawing northward in five long columns between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.
1965 – For the first time, 27 B-52s fly from Guam to bomb a Vietcong concentration in a heavily forested area of Binhduong Province. Such flights, under the aegis of the Strategic Air Command, are known as Operation Arc Light.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BROSNAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 164th New York Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 18 January 1894. Citation: Rescued a wounded comrade who lay exposed to the enemy's fire, receiving a severe wound in the effort.
CHANDLER, HENRY F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 59th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Andover, Mass. Date of issue: 30 March 1898. Citation: Though seriously wounded in a bayonet charge and directed to go to the rear he declined to do so, but remained with his regiment and helped to carry the breastworks.
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STRAUSBAUGH, BERNARD A.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 3d Maryland Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Warfordsburg, Pa. Birth: Adams County, Pa. Date of issue: 1 December 1864. Citation: Recaptured the colors of 2d Pennsylvania Provisional Artillery.
WAGEMAN, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 60th Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Amelia, Ohio. Birth: Clermont County, Ohio. Date of issue: 27 July 1896. Citation: Remained with the command after being severely wounded until he had fired all the cartridges in his possession, when he had to be carried from the field.
YOUNG, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864. Entered service at: Canada. Born: 1844, Canada. Date of issue: % December 1864. Citation: Capture of flag of 35th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).
McGANN, MICHAEL A.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Rosebud River, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service at:——. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 9 August 1880. Citation: Gallantry in action.
PARNELL, WILLIAM R.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At White Bird Canyon, Idaho, 17 June 1877. Entered service at: New York. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 16 September 1897. Citation: With a few men, in the face of a heavy fire from pursuing Indians and at imminent peril, returned and rescued a soldier whose horse had been killed and who had been left behind in the retreat.
ROBINSON, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Rosebud River, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 23 January 1880. Citation: Discharged his duties while in charge of the skirmish line under fire with judgment and great coolness and brought up the lead horses at a critical moment.
SHINGLE, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Troop 1, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Rosebud River, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service at: ——. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 1 June 1880. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SNOW, ELMER A.
Rank and organization: Trumpeter, Company M, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Rosebud Creek, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service at: ——. Birth. Hardwick, Mass. Date of issue: 16 October 1877. Citation. Bravery in action; was wounded in both arms.
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This Day in Aviation History" brought to you by the Daedalians Airpower Blog Update. To subscribe to this weekly email, go to https://daedalians.org/airpower-blog/.
June 16, 1936
Seversky Aircraft Company won a contract to provide the Air Corps with P–35 airplanes—the Army's first single-seat fighters with enclosed cockpits and retractable landing gear.
June 17, 1986
After being returned to flyable condition, B-47E-25-DT Stratojet serial number 52-166, made the last flight of a B-47. It was flown by Maj. Gen. John D. ("J.D.") Moore and Lt. Col. Dale E. Wolfe from the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in the high desert of Southern California, to Castle AFB in California's San Joaquin Valley, to be placed on static display. Click HERE to learn more about this historic mission.
June 18, 1981
The first Full Scale Development Lockheed YF-117A Nighthawk, 79-10780, made its first flight at Groom Lake, Nevada, with Skunk Works test pilot Harold "Hal" Farley Jr. at the controls. The super-secret airplane was made of materials that absorbed radar waves, and built with the surfaces angled so that radar signals are deflected away from the source. Commonly called the "Stealth Fighter," the Nighthawk is actually a tactical bomber. Five developmental aircraft and 59 operational F-117As were built. They were in service from 1983 until 2008, when the Lockheed F-22 Raptor was planned to assume their mission. They are mothballed and could be returned to service if needed.
June 19, 1968
Lt. j.g. Clyde Everett Lassen was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as the pilot and aircraft commander of a search and rescue helicopter during operations against enemy forces in North Vietnam. In part, the citation reads: "Although enemy fire was being directed at the helicopter, he initially landed in a clear area near the base of the hill, but, due to the dense undergrowth, the survivors could not reach the helicopter. With the aid of flare illumination, Lieutenant Lassen successfully accomplished a hover between two trees at the survivor's position. Illumination was abruptly lost as the last of the flares were expended, and the helicopter collided with a tree, commencing a sharp descent. Expertly righting his aircraft and maneuvering clear, Lieutenant Lassen remained in the area, determined to make another rescue attempt, and encouraged the downed aviators while awaiting resumption of flare illumination. After another unsuccessful, illuminated, rescue attempt, and with his fuel dangerously low and his aircraft significantly damaged, he launched again and commenced another approach in the face of the continuing enemy opposition." Click HERE to read the full story of this historic mission.
June 20, 1941
The Department of War established the United States Army Air Forces. The new organization consisted of Headquarters Army Air Forces, the newly formed Air Force Combat Command, and the existing United States Army Air Corps. The U.S.A.A.F. was placed under the command of Maj. Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, Chief of the Air Forces. At the end of 1941, the U.S. Army Air Forces had a strength of 354,161 (24,521 officers and 329,640 enlisted) and 12,297 aircraft, with 4,477 of these classified as combat aircraft.
June 21, 1993
Lt. Col. Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, the first female Army aviator to become an astronaut, made her first space flight.
June 22, 1962
The last of 744 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers, B-52H-175-BW, serial number 61-0040, was rolled out at the Boeing Military Airplane Company plant in Wichita, Kansas. The U.S. Air Force contracted 62 B-52H Stratofortresses, serial numbers 60-0001 through 60-0062, on May 6, 1960. A second group of 40, serials 61-0001 through 61-0040, were ordered later. All were built at the Boeing Wichita plant.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for June 17, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
17 June
1909: Orville and Wilbur Wright received special gold medals from Congress. (24)
1917: The Aeronautical Mission (known as the Bolling Mission), under Maj Raynal Cawthorne Bolling, sailed for Europe. It determined the types of aircraft the US should build and surveyed foreign manufacturing techniques. (21)
1922: RAdm William A. Moffett became the first Naval Aviation Observer. (24)
1928: FIRST WOMAN TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC: Amelia Earhart flew her airplane, the Friendship, with Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon (navigator) from Newfoundland to Wales in 20 hours 40 minutes. (9) (24)
1942: Army Air Corps tow planes picked up their first gliders.
1943: PROJECT WINDOW. Tinfoil strips (chaff) were used to confuse German radar so American bombers could strike targets. (4)
1952: Goodyear delivered the world's largest nonrigid airship, ZPN-1, 324 feet long and 94 feet 5 inches high, to the Navy at Lakehurst, N. J. (24)
1957: The formation of the International Council of Aeronautical Services officially announced.
1958: The USAF accepted the Martin Company's first Titan I. (6) The Air Force picked the Boeing and Martin companies to be competing prime contractors on the X-20 Dyna-Soar boost-glide space vehicle. (20)
1963: The Polaris A3 made its first successful firing at sea from the USS Observation Island. (5)(16)
1964: The triservice XC-142A, a vertical takeoff and landing VTOL aircraft, made its roll-out in Dallas, Texas.
1968: MAC's first C-9 Nightingale aeromedical evacuation aircraft rolled out at the McDonnell Douglas facility at Long Beach. (16) (21)
1975: Detachment 5, 37 ARRS, saved 131 flood victims from a 13-county flood in Montana. (16) (26)
1983: The USAF launched the first Peacekeeper ICBM from Vandenburg AFB. Its unarmed reentry vehicles landed in the Kwajalein target area. (21)
1985: SAC initiated studies of five alternative basing modes in case Congress approved the second installment of 50 Peacekeeper missiles. The modes included superhardened silos in pattern array, superhard silos in Minuteman spaced basing, rail mobility, multiple protective shelters, and ground mobility. (16)
1986: Rickenbacker ANGB, Ohio, retired the last operational UC-123K Provider. (18)
1993: At Minot AFB, Lt Col Patricia Fornes became the 740th Missile Squadron commander. She was the first woman to command a combat missile unit. Her father, Lt Col Glenn L. Fornes, also commanded the 740th from 1969 thru 1971. (16) (26)
1996: The USAF selected Lockheed-Martin Integrated Systems of Orlando, Fla., and McDonnell Douglas Aerospace of St. Louis to compete to build the new JASSM. (AFNEWS)
1997: Operation PROVIDE HOPE. A C-5A Galaxy from the 436 AW at Dover AFB flew from Andrews AFB to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on the 500th humanitarian airlift mission supporting this operation. (22)
2003: DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSSES. The USAF awarded 34 aircrew members from Charleston AFB the DFC for actions in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Eight recipients earned the DFC during the first night of humanitarian relief operations in Afghanistan (7 October 2001), while the others received the DFC for inserting Marine forces at the Rhino Landing Zone near Kandahar on 28-30 November 2001. The crews flying to the landing zone performed the deepest insertion of Marines into hostile territory in Marine Corps history. They also accomplished three C-17 operational milestones: (1) the first C-17 combat landings on an unimproved dirt strip; (2) the first missions by C-17 special operations low-level aircrews in hostile conditions; and (3) the first use of night vision goggles by C-17 aircrews to make blacked-out approaches and landings in hostile territory. (22) An AFFTC B-1B dropped two JSOWs, the first time the new long-range glide weapon had been dropped from a Lancer, as part of a separation test. (3)
2007: The 555th Fighter Squadron deployed 300 airmen and 18 F-16 Fighting Falcons to Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea, making it the first U.S. Air Forces in Europe unit to deploy to a Pacific Air Forces unit for an air expeditionary force rotation. During its deployment to Kunsan, the 555th from Aviano AB, Italy, reunited with the 8th Fighter Wing for the first time since 1966, when the squadron joined the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon AB, Thailand. (AFNEWS, "USAFE Fighter Squadron Deploys to Kunsan," 20 Jun 2007.)
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World News for 17 June thanks to Military Periscope
USA—Bill Calls For Shifting DoD Non-Tactical Fleet To Electric Vehicles Fox Business | 06/17/2022 A new bill in the Senate would require the Dept. of Defense to use electric or zero-emission vehicles for its non-tactical fleet, reports Fox Business. Sen. Angus King (I.-Maine) has proposed a bill that would require three-quarters of non-tactical vehicles purchased by the Pentagon to be electric or zero-emission and built in the U.S. He defined non-tactical vehicles as cars, vans and some trucks. The proposal would be a significant step to reduce greenhouse gases, increase the resiliency of national defense and invest in America's electric vehicle manufacturing, said King who sits on the Senate's armed services and energy and natural resources committees.
USA—Patriot Air Defense System, F-35A Collaborate In Cruise Missile Shootdown Stars And Stripes | 06/17/2022 A U.S. Army air defense system and Air Force fighter have worked together to shoot down a cruise missile as part of this month's Valiant Shield exercise in the Pacific, reports the Stars and Stripes. On Wednesday, an F-35A Lightning II provided radar data to Patriot air defense systems, which fired two PAC-2 interceptors that destroyed the surrogate cruise missile target. Both systems were based from Palau for the exercise. The target was shot down about 20 miles (32 km) from the island at an altitude of about 10,000 feet (3,050 m). This was the first time that a Patriot system had joined with a stealth fighter for a live-fire exercise outside of testing in the U.S., an Army spokesman said.
USA—Senate Passes Bill To Expand Care For Veterans Affected By Burn Pits Politico | 06/17/2022 The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would expand care for veterans suffering from illnesses linked to toxic fumes from burn pits used at bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, reports Politico. The toxins are associated with several respiratory conditions and cancers, including emphysema and glioblastoma – a brain cancer. The military stopped using burn pits a decade ago but estimates that around 3.5 million veterans may have been exposed to enough toxic fumes to cause respiratory issues and some cancers. The legislation requires Veterans Affairs to recognize that a dozen types of cancers, chronic pulmonary disease, asthma, emphysema and a score of other respiratory illnesses could be linked to burn pit exposure. It would also require VA providers to incorporate toxic exposures into patient questionnaires, which could bring in new patients unaware that their conditions might be linked to the pits. The House is expected to vote on the measure again next week, after initially passing it in March. President Biden is expected to quickly sign it into law.
Russia—Satellite Images Show More Theft Of Ukrainian Grain Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | 06/17/2022 New satellite photos have shown Russian ships offloading grain stolen from Ukraine in Syrian ports, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. On Thursday, commercial satellite firm Maxar said it had images of Russian ships carrying Ukrainian grain harvested last year to Syria. The photos show two Russian-flagged ships docked in the Russian-controlled Crimean port of Sevastopol being loaded with grain last month. Days later, Maxar satellites collected images of the same ships docked in Syria, with their hatches open and trucks lined up to haul the grain away, the company said. The deputy head of a Ukrainian agriculture producers union said last week that 600,000 tons of grain have been exported by Russia from occupied Ukrainian territory.
Afghanistan—Taliban To Integrate Fighters Into Security Institutions Ariana | 06/17/2022 The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced plans to integrate its fighters in the formal security services, reports the Ariana News (Afghanistan). On Thursday, Deputy Interior Minister for Security Mullah Abdulhaq Akhundzada said that the government was trying to integrate its "mujahideen forces" into the ministries of defense, interior and intelligence. Akhundzada made the announcement while touring the northern province of Balkh, where bombings by rival Islamist groups have become a growing security concern.
Colombia—Electoral Commission Finds No Obligation For Presidential Debate Mercopress | 06/17/2022 The Colombian National Electoral Council (CNE) has determined that there is no legal ground to require presidential candidates to participate in a debate ahead of the runoff election, reports Mercopress (Uruguay). On Wednesday, the council ruled against the Supreme Court of Bogota, which ordered candidates Rodolfo Hernandez and Gustavo Petro to hold a debate ahead of the runoff vote. A petition claimed that Hernandez, the candidate for the League of Anti-Corruption Rulers, had "violated the electoral guarantees" of the constitution by refusing to attend a debate prior to the vote. The court argued that without a debate Petro and Hernandez would be violating Article 40 of the Political Constitution, which grants citizens the right to participate in politics through presidential debates, among other means, which are "a right of the candidate to expose his ideas, but at the same time a duty before the social conglomerate." The CNE disagreed, saying the norm of such presidential debates imposed no obligation for candidates to participate. Hernandez said he preferred to communicate with voters through interviews and social media rather than a debate.
Israel—Another 2,000 Work Permits Authorized For Gazans Times of Israel | 06/17/2022 The Israeli government is increasing the number of work permits allowing Gazans to work in Israel as part of efforts to combat insecurity in the region, reports The Times of Israel. On Thursday, Israel increased the number of permits for Gazans from 12,000 to 14,000. The defense ministry has also approved a tentative plan to increase the number to 20,000, a dramatic increase from the 7,000 permits made available as of mid-2021. Mohammad al-Emadi, the Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip, told local media in April that Israel had pledged to eventually increase the quota to 30,000. Allowing more Gazans to work in Israel would provide desperately needed income to the enclave and encourage stability, according to Israeli defense officials. Gaza suffers from an unemployment rate of around 50 percent, due in part to the blockade by Egypt and Israel as part of efforts to prevent the Hamas militant group that rules the enclave from arming itself.
Kenya—President Activates Regional Force To Intervene In Congo Conflict New Times | 06/17/2022 In his role as the chairman of the East African Community (EAC) regional group, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the deployment of troops to support U.N. peacekeepers and disarmament efforts in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reports the New Times (Kigali). On Wednesday, Kenyatta announced that the East African Regional Force, which operates under the EAC, would be sent to the Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces to stabilize the region and enforce peace in collaboration with Congolese security forces and the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission. The Tutsi-led M23 rebel group has stepped up attacks in the region of late, increasing tensions. The DRC has accused the Rwandan government of supporting the militants. Regional commanders are scheduled to discuss preparations for the deployment in Nairobi on June 19.
Mali—French Forces Capture Top ISIS Leader Reuters | 06/17/2022 The French Armed Forces Ministry says forces assigned to counterterrorism missions in the Sahel have captured a senior Islamic State leader along the border between Mali and Niger, reports Reuters. On Wednesday, the ministry said that troops with Operation Barkhane, which is fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel, had captured Oumeya Ould Albakaye overnight on June 11 and 12. Separately, the armed forces ministry said on Thursday that other forces assigned to Operation Barkhane had conducted an airstrike on Islamist militants in Niger near the border with Burkina Faso, killing nearly 40. After a column of gunmen attacked Nigerien gendarmes, French forces in cooperation with Nigerien authorities used air surveillance to track militants on around 40 motorcycles and attack them.
Netherlands—Russian 'Illegal' Attempted To Infiltrate ICC, Intel Service Says General Intelligence and Security Service | 06/17/2022 The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) says it prevented a Russian intelligence operative from entering the Netherlands as part of a plot to penetrate the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. On Thursday, the AIVD said the Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, a member of the Russian Military Intelligence Service (GRU), had attempted to enter the Netherlands in April as a Brazilian citizen to take up an internship at the ICC. AIVD identified him as a threat to national security and informed the customs service, which denied Cherkasov entry to the Netherlands and sent him back to Brazil on the first flight out. The ICC is of interest to Moscow due to its ongoing investigations of possible war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine as well as during its invasion of Georgia in 2008.
Nigeria—Navy Touts Successes Against Oil Thieves Leadership | 06/17/2022 The Nigerian navy says it achieved notable successes against oil thieves this month, reports the Leadership (Abuja). From June 1 to June 13, the service says it has denied thieves resources worth about US$4.8 million. As part of Operation Dakatar Da Barawo targeting crude oil theft, illegal refining sites and illegal bunkering, the navy seized three fiber boats and four tankers, while thirteen illegal refining sites, six reservoirs, 84 ovens and 107 storage tanks have been deactivated, a navy spokesman said. Twenty-one storage pits were destroyed and 416,860 gallons (1.6 million liters) of automotive gas oil (AGO) worth US$3.1 million recovered, said the spokesman. Another 14,000 barrels of crude oil worth about US$1.7 million were also confiscated, he said.
Papua New Guinea—Australian Forces Arrive To Support Upcoming Elections Australian Dept. Of Defense | 06/17/2022 The Australian Dept. of Defense has announced the deployment of troops to Papua New Guinea to provide support for its upcoming national election. Canberra is sending 130 personnel as part of a joint task group to work with the Papuan electoral commission, defense force and constabulary, providing specialist planning, logistics and air transport support, Australian military officials said. Australian C-130J and C-27J cargo aircraft will transport election materials and personnel around Papua New Guinea before, during and after the voting. Papua is scheduled to hold elections for the national Parliament from July 2 to July 22.
Syria—Top ISIS Leader Captured By Coalition BBC News | 06/17/2022 The U.S.-led coalition in Syria says it has captured a top Islamic State leader during an operation in the northern Aleppo province, reports the BBC News. During an overnight raid, coalition troops arrived by helicopter in Al Humayra, near the Turkish border. Following a seven-minute gun battle, the coalition forces departed with Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi, who was said to be "an experienced bomb-maker and operational facilitator," according to a coalition statement. The coalition said that the operation was successful, and no civilians were harmed. Kurdi was the ISIS governor of Raqqa, said U.S. officials cited by the Washington Post. While ISIS lost control of its last territory in Syria in 2019, the U.N. estimates that there remain 6,000 to 10,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria who continue to conduct a variety of attacks.
Taiwan—CM-34 Clouded Leopard Armored Vehicle Production Ramps Up Central News Agency | 06/17/2022 Taiwan's Armaments Bureau says it has increased production of its latest indigenously designed wheeled armored vehicle to 72 units annually, reports the Central News Agency (Taipei). The plant can build six CM-34 Clouded Leopard vehicles each month and has already delivered 173 to the military from a total order of 305, officials said. It is an improved version of the CM-32 Clouded Leopard. Production of the CM-34 began in 2019. The armored vehicle is equipped with a 30-mm Mk 44 Bushmaster chain gun, has a top speed of 60 mph (100 kph) and a range of 370 miles (600 km). Older CM-32 and CM-33 variants are in service as command vehicles, the Armaments Bureau said. The bureau said it has also designed armored ambulance and armored recovery vehicle variants of the Clouded Leopard.
Turkey—Ankara Will Not Be Allowed Back Into F-35 Program, U.S. Lawmakers Say Daily Sabah | 06/17/2022 Turkey will not be permitted to return to the F-35 program, according to top U.S. lawmakers cited by the Daily Sabah (Istanbul). On Wednesday, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) told defense reporters that Ankara will not be allowed back into the advanced fighter program. Turkey was kicked out in 2019 after acquiring Russian air defense systems, which the U.S. expressed concern could be used to acquire data on the F-35 that Moscow could access. A return to the F-35 program was among Ankara's demands for acceding to Finnish and Swedish applications for NATO membership. The Turkish government has accused the Nordic countries of tolerating members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group and the Gulen group, which the Erdogan regime has blamed for the 2016 coup attempt. Ankara has also demanded that the two countries lift arms embargos on Turkey and recognize the PKK as a terrorist organization. Helsinki and Stockholm banned weapons exports to Turkey following its offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria.
United Kingdom—Home Secretary Approves U.S. Extradition For Julian Assange British Broadcasting Corp. | 06/17/2022 British Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S., reports the BBC News. The approval comes after British courts found that Assange's extradition would not be "incompatible with his human rights," because "he will be treated appropriately" by U.S. authorities. Assange is wanted in the United States for publishing 75,000 classified documents related to the Afghanistan war in July 2010; 400,000 classified documents related to the Iraq war in October 2010; 800 classified documents related to Guantanamo Bay in April 2011; and 3 million U.S. diplomatic cables spanning 1966 to 2010. According to the U.S. Dept. of Justice's 2019 filing, these leaks violated the Espionage Act on 17 counts. Ecuador granted Assange asylum in its London embassy in 2012 but revoked it in 2019 over allegations that he intercepted Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno's private communications.
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