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Good Wednesday Morning June 22
A bit of history and some tidbits.
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On This Day in Naval and Marine Corps History
June 22
1807
Frigate USS Chesapeake, commanded by James Barron, is stopped by British frigate HMS Leopard after killing several of her crew and take Royal Navy deserters. Barron is court-martialed for not having his ship prepared to fight.
1884
USS Thetis, USS Alert, and USS Bear, under Cmdr. Winfield S. Schley, rescue Lt. Adolphus W. Greely and six of his exploring party from Cape Sabine, where they are marooned for three years.
1898
During the Spanish-American War, the Spanish destroyer Terror joins Isabel II in an attempt to torpedo USS Saint Paul, which fires at Terror, damaging the ship.
1943
USS Monaghan (DD 354) attacks the Japanese submarine (I 7) 10 miles south of Cape Hita. (I 7) runs aground, becoming irreparably damaged, 12 miles south-southeast of Kiska, Aleutian Islands.
1963
The nuclear-powered submarines USS Tecumseh (SSBN 628), USS Daniel Boone (SSBN 629), USS Flasher (SSN 613), and USS John Calhoun (SSBN 630) are all launched in one day, emphasizing the Navys accelerated nuclear-submarine construction program.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1377 Richard II, who is still a child, begins his reign, following the death of his grandfather, Edward III. His coronation takes place July 16.
1558 The French take the French town of Thionville from the English.
1772 Slavery is outlawed in England.
1807 British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812.
1864 Confederate General A. P. Hill turns back a Federal flanking movement at the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, Virginia.
1876 General Alfred Terry sends Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer to the Rosebud and Little Bighorn rivers to search for Indian villages.
1910 German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announces a definitive cure for syphilis.
1911 King George V of England is crowned.
1915 Austro-German forces occupy Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat.
1925 France and Spain agree to join forces against Abd el Krim in Morocco.
1930 A son is born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
1933 Adolf Hitler bans political parties in Germany other than the Nazis.
1938 Joe Louis floors Max Schmeling in the first round of the heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium.
1940 France and Germany sign an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis.
1941 Under the code-name Barbarossa, Germany invades the Soviet Union.
1942 A Japanese submarine shells Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River.
1944 President Franklin Roosevelt signs the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war.
1956 The battle for Algiers begins as three buildings in The Casbah are blown up.
1970 President Richard Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
1973 Skylab astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific after a record 28 days in space.
1980 The Soviet Union announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.
1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon.
1995 Nigeria's former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and his chief deputy are charged with conspiracy to overthrow Gen. Sani Abacha's military government.
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1967)…
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 22 June 1967… Great rescue tale…
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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H-Gram 049: The Naval Battle of Okinawa—Victory
18 June 2020
Contents
Victory at Okinawa
Lieutenant Commander George L. Street's Medal of Honor
75th Anniversary of World War II
This H-gram covers the Naval Battle of Okinawa from early June 1945, including the last two mass kamikaze attacks, Kikusui No. 9 and 10, through the end of the battle in late June. It also covers the Medal for Honor awards to Lieutenant Richard McCool, skipper of LCS(L)-122, and Lieutenant Commander George Street, skipper of submarine Tirante (SS-420).
Victory at Okinawa
The protracted and bloody Battle of Okinawa reached its final phase at the end of May 1945, as U.S. Marines captured the strategic point of Shuri Castle. However, the Japanese executed one more unexpected, well-ordered retreat to yet one more prepared line of defense at the southern end of Okinawa. The remainder of Japanese navy personnel on the island (from the naval base at Naha) retreated to the Oroku Peninsula, which the Marines cut off and then assaulted from the sea. U.S. Army units went head-to-head with the Japanese army, which now had no more room to retreat except into the sea. The Japanese navy units put up determined resistance, resulting in over 2,600 Marines dead and wounded, but in the end almost all the Japanese personnel were killed or committed suicide, including Rear Admiral Minoru Ota, commander of the Japanese naval forces on Okinawa. The weather turned foul, turning the battlefield into muck and mire for the last three weeks of some of the most vicious fighting in the entire campaign.
With the passage of Typhoon Viper (see H-gram 048), Japanese kamikaze attacks on U.S. and British naval forces resumed with mass kamikaze attack Kikusui No. 9, consisting of only 50 kamikaze aircraft, as suitable planes and pilots became increasingly hard to come by (although part of this was because the Japanese were husbanding and hiding large numbers of aircraft for the anticipated U.S. invasion of Japan). Kikusui No. 9 was strung out from 3–7 June 1945 and accomplished relatively little.
On 6 June 1945, the destroyer minelayers J. William Ditter (DM-31) and Harry F. Bauer (DM-26) came under concerted kamikaze attack but shot down several kamikazes before J. William Ditter was badly damaged and Harry F. Bauer took a near miss, or so they thought. Harry F. Bauer was one of the lucky ships of the Okinawa campaign, having shot down 13 Japanese aircraft and being hit by a torpedo that didn't explode. As the damage on Harry F. Bauer was subsequently surveyed, it was discovered that she had been steaming for 17 days with an unexploded (but live, "three threads" from detonating) 550-pound bomb in one of her fuel tanks that had been released at the last second by the plane that almost hit her. The bomb was successfully de-armed. Harry F. Bauer was awarded a
Presidential Unit Citation for her numerous actions during the Okinawa campaign.
The destroyer William D. Porter (DD-579) was not so lucky. She had already acquired notoriety for having accidentally fired a live torpedo at the battleship Iowa (BB-61), aboard which was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, CNO Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, and most of the Joint Chiefs on their way to Allied conferences in Cairo and Tehran in 1943. Fortunately, Iowa had sufficient warning to avoid the torpedo. Subsequently, the story was told that when William D. Porter went into port or met other ships, she would be greeted with the signal "Don't shoot. We're Republicans." She also became the subject of other stories of dubious veracity. However, on 10 June 1945, she shot down a kamikaze that crashed close aboard. Unfortunately, the plane's bomb detonated directly under the ship, which killed no one but inflicted mortal damage.
One of the vessels that assisted the stricken destroyer was LCS(L)-122, which was hit and badly damaged on the following day by a kamikaze. Her skipper, Lieutenant Richard McCool, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in saving his ship and is the namesake for the latest San Antonio–class amphibious transport, dock (LPD-29).
Even less lucky than William D. Porter was the destroyer Twiggs (DD-591) on 16 June, hit first by a torpedo and then by the plane that dropped it. Her forward magazine blew first and then her after magazine, and she went down with heavy loss of life (152 crewmen, including the commanding officer, Commander George Philip, who was awarded a posthumous Navy Cross). She was the last destroyer to be sunk before Japanese resistance on Okinawa ended.
On 18 June, the commander of U.S. forces ashore on Okinawa, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, was killed by Japanese artillery—only three days before the end of organized Japanese resistance. Although it was obvious that Okinawa was lost, the Japanese launched one last massed kamikaze attack, Kikusui No. 10, consisting of only 45 kamikaze aircraft, on 21–22 June 1945. These attacks sank LSM-59 and Barry (APD-29), a fast transport previously badly damaged by kamikazes, stripped of anything valuable, decommissioned, and intended for use as a kamikaze decoy. A kamikaze also seriously damaged the Pearl Harbor–veteran seaplane tender Curtiss (AV-4) in the Kerama Retto anchorage. (Of note, famous actor Henry Fonda served aboard Curtiss as a combat intelligence officer, giving up the equivalent of a multimillion-dollar Hollywood income.)
On 22 June, LST-534 was hit by a kamikaze while she was beached. Technically, she sank, but she didn't go very far and would be raised, making LSM-59 the last commissioned ship sunk before the end of Japanese resistance on Okinawa.
In the meantime, Japanese frustrations with that country's Kaiten submarines continued in late June. I-36 survived multiple close calls, and a sacrificial launch of two Kaiten-manned suicide torpedoes probably saved her, but she achieved no hits on her mission. I-165 was even less lucky and was sunk with all hands on 27 June 1945 by a U.S. Navy PV-2 Harpoon aircraft.
By 22 June 1945, the commander of Japanese forces on Okinawa, Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, had committed suicide, and the enormously costly battle of Okinawa was officially over. Kamikaze attacks went into a lull until late July as both sides prepared for the invasion of Japan.
For more detail on the last three weeks of the Naval Battle of Okinawa, please see attachment H-049-1.
Lieutenant Commander George L. Street's Medal of Honor
On 14 April 1945, Lieutenant Commander George Street, on the first war patrol of Tirante (and his first war patrol in command of a submarine) boldly took Tirante into a harbor on the Korean Island of Jeju-do for a night surface attack on a small convoy (one transport and three escorts) at anchor. Street achieved surprise and sank the transport Juzan Maru. Illuminated by the explosions and fire of the transport, Tirante was pursued by the three Japanese escorts as she attempted to escape. Tirante then torpedoed and sank the escort ship Nomi, which blew up in a catastrophic explosion with heavy loss of life, and then torpedoed and sank escort ship CD-31. After reaching deep water, Tirante then survived a depth charge attack from the remaining escort. Street was awarded a Medal of Honor, and his Executive Officer, Lieutenant Edward L. "Ned" Beach, received a Navy Cross. Tirante was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation.
On 12 June 1945, during Tirante's second war patrol, Lieutenant Commander Street took Tirante into the harbor of Hashima, only seven miles from Nagasaki, and sank the large merchant ship Hakuju Maru. He was awarded a Navy Cross for this exploit. For more on Lieutenant Commander Street and the Tirante, please see attachment H-049-1.
For more on the background for the invasion of Okinawa, please see H-Gram 044 and attachment H-044-1. See also H-grams 045, 046, and 048 for the Naval Battle of Okinawa in March through June 1945.
Sources for this H-gram include Naval History and Heritage Command Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) for U.S. ships and "Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy" (http://combinedfleet.com) for Japanese ships. Additional sources are: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, vol. 14, Victory in the Pacific, by Samuel Eliot Morison (Little, Brown and Co., 1960); Kamikaze: To Die for the Emperor, by Peter C. Smith (Pen and Sword Aviation, 2014); The Twilight Warriors, by Robert Gandt (Broadway Books, 2010); Kamikaze Attacks of World War II: A Complete History of Japanese Suicide Strikes on American Ships by Aircraft and Other Means, by Robin L. Reilly (McFarland & Company, 2010); Desperate Sunset: Japan's Kamikazes Against Allied Ships, 1944–45, by Mike Yeo (Osprey, 2019); Anti-Suicide Action Summary, August 1945," COMINCH Document P-0011, 31 August 1945; The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific 1944¬–1945, by James D. Hornfisher (Bantam, 2016); Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II, by John Prados (Random House, 1995); U.S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and Intelligence Officers Against Japan, 1910–1941, by Steve E. Maffeo (Roman and Littlefield, 2016); Information at Sea: Shipboard Command and Control in the U.S. Navy from Mobile Bay to Okinawa, by Timothy S. Wolters (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013); Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945–1947, by D. M. Giangreco (Naval Institute Press, 2009); "Who Sank Destroyer DREXLER?" by Bill Gordon (kamikazeimages.net, May 2006).
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Thanks to Dan
In case any of your readers miss "The Good Old Days":
The F-14 Tomcat Is a Badass Plane (And an Endangered Species)
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Thanks to Carl
This is reprehensible on so many levels
Uvalde cops could have stopped shooting 'within three minutes' admits top Texas official | Daily Mail Online
'He put the lives of officers before the lives of children': Texas' top cop issues blistering denouncement of Uvalde's police chief and calls him an 'abject failure' as he admits gunman could have been stopped in THREE MINUTES
• Speaking at a State Senate hearing Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety head Steve McCraw slammed police's response to the May 24 massacre as 'an abject failure'
• McCraw said there had been enough cops at the scene to stop the gunman three minutes into the massacre
• The assertion saw McCraw become the latest to lay blame on the botched response on district police chief Pete Arredondo, who reportedly commanded cops on the scene to not confront gunman Salvadaor Ramos
• In his speech, McCraw said the district chief 'decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children'
• The committee was held a day after the Uldave families urged school officials to fire the police chief, during a heated board meeting over the cop's refusal to let officers engage the active shooter last month.
• Eight people - relatives of the 21 victims as well as residents - spoke during the open forum, held at the school's auditorium four weeks after the shooting
• The meeting saw relatives of victims join a chorus of voices calling for the nixing of Chief Pete Arredondo active shooter at Robb Elementary School last month.
• The move at the time was branded 'the wrong decision' by Texas Department of Public Safety head McCraw, and has inspired protests across the state
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Thanks to Carl
And why does he still have a job????
VA 'patient advocate' captured on video body-slamming Vietnam vet still has his job
The assault occurred after an elderly veteran knocked on the door to ask to use the restroom while he waited for his appointment.
BY MAX HAUPTMAN | PUBLISHED JUN 21, 2022 12:51 PM
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: Salman in Egypt, Natural Gas for Lebanon
The Saudi crown prince signed over a dozen cooperation agreements.
By: GPF Staff
June 21, 2022
Regional tour. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Egypt for talks on bilateral cooperation and global issues. The two countries signed 14 agreements worth $7.7 billion, including on wind energy, oil products, food and financial transactions. Salman will next head to Turkey and Jordan.
Energy for Lebanon. Egypt will supply Lebanon with natural gas through the Arab Pipeline under an agreement signed on Tuesday. Egypt will pump 650 million cubic feet of gas per day from the El Arish field to the Rayyan gas distribution station in the Syrian province of Homs, en route to the Deir Ammar power plant in northern Lebanon.
Strike in Belgium. Thousands of workers took part in a protest in Belgium on Monday over rising prices and inflation. On Tuesday, trade unions officially went on strike at the Brussels Airport and on local transport networks nationwide, causing delays and canceled flights.
Modernizations. Canada's defense minister said on Monday that Ottawa will spend 4.9 billion Canadian dollars ($3.8 billion) over the next six years on modernizing NORAD air defense systems. The funds will go toward replacing a series of radar stations in the Far North, deploying new satellites to track moving ground targets, and installing remote sensors.
UAE-Iran talks. The foreign ministers of the UAE and Iran discussed bilateral cooperation during a call on Monday – their second phone conversation over the past few days.
New import rules. New U.S. restrictions on the import of goods from China's Xinjiang region came into effect on Tuesday. The Chinese government has been accused of human rights violations against the minority Uyghur population in the region. Under the new law, firms have to prove imports from Xinjiang were not produced using forced labor.
New rocket. South Korea said it launched a locally developed space rocket on Tuesday. The 200-metric ton Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, blasted off from the Naro Space Center in the country's southern coastal village of Goheung and successfully completed its flight sequence.
Tense encounter. The U.S. Navy reported a tense encounter between Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and two vessels of the U.S. 5th Fleet in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC ships apparently approached the U.S. ships at high speed and altered course only after receiving warnings.
Gas cooperation. The head of the China National Petroleum Corp. arrived in Turkmenistan to meet with Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov. They discussed Turkmen-Chinese cooperation in the oil and gas sector, including in the Bagtyyarlyk and Galkynysh natural gas fields.
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Adversary-Training Hawker Hunter Down Off East Coast: Pilot Rescued - AVweb
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This Day in U S Military History…….June 22
1940 – Port Security responsibilities are undertaken again for the first time since World War I when President Franklin Roosevelt invoked the Espionage Act of 1917. The Coast Guard was to govern anchorage and movement of all vessels in U.S. waters and to protect vessels, harbors, and inland or coastal waterways of the U.S. The Dangerous Cargo Act gave the Coast Guard jurisdiction over ships with high explosives and dangerous cargoes.
1941 – Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the Soviet Union, begins. Despite the massive preparations spread over many months and the numerous indications Stalin receives from many sources, the Soviet forces are taken almost completely by surprise and lose very heavily in the first encounters. The Germans have assembled almost 140 of their own divisions, including 17 Panzer and 13 motorized divisions. These forces are organized in three army groups: Army Group North (Field Marshal Leeb), Army Group Center (Field Marshal Bock) and Army Group South (Field Marshal Rundstedt). Altogether, the Germans deploy over 3,000,000 men, 7100 guns, 3300 tanks, 625,000 horses and 2770 aircraft. The Red Army has 230 divisions (170 of which are in the west, 134 facing the Germans). The Soviet forces are organized into Northwest Front (Kuznetsov), West Front (Pavlov), Southwest Front (Kirpono) and South Front (Tyulenev). They include 24,000 tanks and 8000 aircraft. On the first day of the attack almost everything goes the German way. The attack begins at 0300 hours with advances on the ground and simultaneous air strikes. The Luftwaffe begins its operations very early in order to be over the Soviet bases exactly at zero hour. By noon the Soviet Air Force has lost around 1200 planes. The land battle is equally successful. The panzer spearhead Army Group North advances 40 miles during the day and Army Group Center captures most of the Bug River bridges intact. Army Group South forces based in Hungary and Romania do not attack during the day.
1942 – The first delivery of V-Mail was in 1942.
1942 – A Japanese submarine shelled Fort Stevens, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River.
1943 – Federal troops put down race-related rioting in Detroit that claimed more than 30 lives.
1944 – President Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.
1944 – After a preparatory air raid on Cherbourg, in which over 1000 tons of bombs are dropped, the divisions of the US 7th Corps (part of US 1st Army) begin assaulting the city of Cherbourg. There is heavy German resistance.
1944 – On Biak, American forces conduct a series of attacks which are believed to clear Japanese resistance in the west but experience renewed Japanese activity during the night. On the mainland, fighting continues near Aitape and Sarmi.
1944 – On Saipan, forces of the US 5th Amphibious Corps advance. The US 2nd Marine Division captures Mount Tipo Pole and fight for Mount Tapotchau. The US 4th Marine Division progresses east on the Kagman Peninsula.
1945 – On Okinawa, the battle ends. American forces have lost 12,500 dead and 35,500 wounded. The US navy has had 36 ships sunk and 368 damaged. In the air, the American forces have lost 763 planes. The Japanese losses include 120,000 military and 42,000 civilian dead. For the first time in the war, there are a relatively large number of Japanese prisoners: 10,755. American reports claim the Japanese have lost 7,830 planes.
1945 – American B-29 Superfortress bombers drop about 3000 tons of bombs on Japanese munitions plants in Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya and Okayama.
1953 – U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert P. Baldwin, commander of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group, became the 35th ace of the Korean War.
1940 – Port Security responsibilities are undertaken again for the first time since World War I when President Franklin Roosevelt invoked the Espionage Act of 1917. The Coast Guard was to govern anchorage and movement of all vessels in U.S. waters and to protect vessels, harbors, and inland or coastal waterways of the U.S. The Dangerous Cargo Act gave the Coast Guard jurisdiction over ships with high explosives and dangerous cargoes.
1941 – Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the Soviet Union, begins. Despite the massive preparations spread over many months and the numerous indications Stalin receives from many sources, the Soviet forces are taken almost completely by surprise and lose very heavily in the first encounters. The Germans have assembled almost 140 of their own divisions, including 17 Panzer and 13 motorized divisions. These forces are organized in three army groups: Army Group North (Field Marshal Leeb), Army Group Center (Field Marshal Bock) and Army Group South (Field Marshal Rundstedt). Altogether, the Germans deploy over 3,000,000 men, 7100 guns, 3300 tanks, 625,000 horses and 2770 aircraft. The Red Army has 230 divisions (170 of which are in the west, 134 facing the Germans). The Soviet forces are organized into Northwest Front (Kuznetsov), West Front (Pavlov), Southwest Front (Kirpono) and South Front (Tyulenev). They include 24,000 tanks and 8000 aircraft. On the first day of the attack almost everything goes the German way. The attack begins at 0300 hours with advances on the ground and simultaneous air strikes. The Luftwaffe begins its operations very early in order to be over the Soviet bases exactly at zero hour. By noon the Soviet Air Force has lost around 1200 planes. The land battle is equally successful. The panzer spearhead Army Group North advances 40 miles during the day and Army Group Center captures most of the Bug River bridges intact. Army Group South forces based in Hungary and Romania do not attack during the day.
1942 – The first delivery of V-Mail was in 1942.
1942 – A Japanese submarine shelled Fort Stevens, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River.
1943 – Federal troops put down race-related rioting in Detroit that claimed more than 30 lives.
1944 – President Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights, authorizing a broad package of benefits for World War II veterans.
1944 – After a preparatory air raid on Cherbourg, in which over 1000 tons of bombs are dropped, the divisions of the US 7th Corps (part of US 1st Army) begin assaulting the city of Cherbourg. There is heavy German resistance.
1944 – On Biak, American forces conduct a series of attacks which are believed to clear Japanese resistance in the west but experience renewed Japanese activity during the night. On the mainland, fighting continues near Aitape and Sarmi.
1944 – On Saipan, forces of the US 5th Amphibious Corps advance. The US 2nd Marine Division captures Mount Tipo Pole and fight for Mount Tapotchau. The US 4th Marine Division progresses east on the Kagman Peninsula.
1945 – On Okinawa, the battle ends. American forces have lost 12,500 dead and 35,500 wounded. The US navy has had 36 ships sunk and 368 damaged. In the air, the American forces have lost 763 planes. The Japanese losses include 120,000 military and 42,000 civilian dead. For the first time in the war, there are a relatively large number of Japanese prisoners: 10,755. American reports claim the Japanese have lost 7,830 planes.
1945 – American B-29 Superfortress bombers drop about 3000 tons of bombs on Japanese munitions plants in Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya and Okayama.
1953 – U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert P. Baldwin, commander of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group, became the 35th ace of the Korean War.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
None this Date.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for June 22
FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR June 22
THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
1909: Wykoff, Church, and Partridge, a New York automobile sales concern, established America's airplane sales agency. (24)
1915: FIRST AERIAL FOREST PATROL. Jack Vilas flew Wisconsin State Forester E. M. Griffith over a forest fire. (24)
1924: At Anacostia, Lts F.W. Wead and J.D. Price flew a Curtiss CS-2 with a Wright T-3 Tornado engine to five world seaplane records: distance, 963 miles; duration, 13 hours 23 minutes 15 seconds; and speed, 73.41 MPH for 500 kilometers, 74.27 MPH for 1,000, and 74.17 MPH for 1,500 kilometers.
1943: Eighth Air Force bombed Germany's Ruhr industrial area for the first time, hitting the chemical works and synthetic rubber at Huls so severely that it could not resume full production for six months. (21)
1944: The 318 FG, Seventh Air Force, pioneered the use of napalm fire bombs during the 22-29 June fight for Saipan. (17) Operation FRANTIC. After the second FRANTIC raid, the Luftwaffe attacked the B-17s at Poltava, destroying 47 and damaging 19 more. (21)
1946: Two US AAF P-80s left Schenectady, N.Y., for Washington DC and Chicago to make the first airmail deliveries by jet. (24)
1951: The Martin P5M Marlin Flying Boat first flew.
1954: Company pilot Robert Rahn flew the Douglas A4D (A-4) Skyhawk for the first time at Edwards AFB. (20) 1956: Operation SIXTEEN TON. Through 15 September, the AFRES demonstrated its ability to carry out sustained operations for the first time. During the mission, Reserve aircrews flew 164 sorties to airlift 856,715 pounds of cargo to support long-range navigation stations for aircraft and vessels in the Caribbean. The mission fell under the operational control of Reserve airlift units from the CONAC's First, Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces. Ultimately, 12 of the 13 Reserve C-46 and C-119 airlift wings participated. Daily, one to four aircraft left New York NAS for Miami IAP, Fla., where the 2585th Air Reserve Flying Center operated the traffic control center. From Miami, the planes either went to San Juan, Puerto Rico, or San Salvador Air Force Base, Bahamas. (AFRES News Service, 22 Jun 96)
1959: First operational Thor unit transferred to the 77 RAF SMS. (6)
1960: The Navy Research Laboratory launched the Transit II-A navigational satellite on a Thor-Able-Star with a GREB (Galactic Radiation and Beta) "piggyback" satellite. This was the first twin satellite launch. (24) A Thor missile completed its first confidence firing at Vandenberg AFB. (6)
1965: The initial F-X briefing called for a small, low cost, high performance aircraft capable of visual air-to-ground and air-to-air missions with an initial operating capability in the early 1970s. (30)
1967: The last naval transport squadron mission under the operational control of MAC took place. The mission marked the end of 19 years participation in the MATS and MAC by the Navy.
1980: Through 8 July, after a Vietnamese incursion into Thailand, the U. S. accelerated a shipment of military items to Thailand. MAC C-141s flew six short-notice missions from several US locations to deliver 127.8 tons of weapons and munitions to Bangkok. (18)
1982: After passing its Operational Readiness Inspection, the 50 TFW's 313 TFS became the first F-16 operationally ready squadron in USAFE. (4) The first KC-135R (number 61-0293) reengined with CFM-56 engines rolled out of the Boeing plant in Wichita, Kans. (1)
1983: The Air Force extended the B-1B test program to include ALCM carriage capability testing. (3)
1990: Northrop unveiled its twin-tail, twin-engined YF-23 Advanced Tactical Fighter in ceremonies at the Advanced Tactical Fighter Combined Test Force Facility at Edwards AFB. (20)
1994: Through 30 June, AMC dispatched 2 C-5s and 2 C-141s to move 50 armored vehicles from Rhein-Main AB to Entebbe Airport in Kampala, Uganda, for UN forces deploying to Rwanda. Another 3 C-141s airlifted a Tanker Airlift Control Element, equipment, and cargo for the operation. (16) (18)
1995: Air Force and Navy officials announced the purchase of a new aircraft trainer, the Beech Mk II, for the Joint Aircraft Training System (JPATS). Each service planned to procure 300 aircraft. The Air Force planned to use the new aircraft to replace its aging T-37s. (16)
2002. A 116 BW aircrew, Georgia ANG, flew the wing's last scheduled B-1 training flight. On 1 October
2002, the unit became the 116 ACW to fly E-8C Joint STARS (Surveillance Target Attack Radar System) missions. (32)
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WORLD NEWS FOR 22 JUNE THANKS TO MILITARY PERISCOPE
USA—Biden Bans Use Of Anti-Personnel Land Mines Cable News Network | 06/22/2022 President Joe Biden is implementing a new policy to prohibit the use of land mines by U.S. forces, reports CNN. On Tuesday, the administration announced it would reverse former President Trump's decision to give the authority to employ land mines to combatant commanders. Biden also directed the Pentagon to pursue alternatives to land mines "that would be compliant with and ultimately allow the United States to accede to the Ottawa Convention, while ensuring our continued ability to respond to global contingencies," said a spokeswoman for the National Security Council. The Ottawa Convention, also known as the Mine Ban Treaty, has been signed by 160 countries around the world and is intended to eliminate the use of land mines. The policy reflects President Biden's belief that anti-personnel land mines "have disproportionate impact on civilians, including children, long after fighting has stopped," the spokeswoman said. The policy also prohibits the development, production and acquisition of anti-personnel mines and calls for the destruction of all mines not required for the defense of South Korea. The U.S. currently has around 3 million such mines in its inventory.
USA—Lockheed Demonstrates AI Tool During Valiant Shield Drills Defense News | 06/22/2022 Lockheed Martin demonstrated a new artificial intelligence tool during this month's Valiant Shield exercise near Guam, reports Defense News. The company's DIAMONDShield battle management system was integrated with four virtual Aegis weapon system nodes to provide data to High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) systems during the exercise. In one scenario, the DIAMONDShield's AI "analyzed operational command-and-control data in real-time during dynamic fires and provided commanders with decision aids" that recommended what platform should respond to each incoming threat, according to a Lockheed release. Once a human operator selected a course of action, the virtual Aegis system sent the relevant targeting data to the rocket launchers. The system is designed to save time, eliminate human errors while reading coordinates or instructions over the radio and translate "digital force orders" even if the order come from a commander in a different service by using a machine-to-machine interface. The virtual Aegis, which provides the same capability available onboard U.S. cruisers and destroyers in portable cases, could be used in the future to launch missiles from uncrewed surface vessels or ground-based systems during joint operations.
USA—New Law Enters Effect Banning Imports Linked To Forced Labor In China Human Rights Watch | 06/22/2022 A new U.S. law has entered effect that seeks to prevent imports from companies exploiting forced labor in China's western Xinjiang region, reports Human Rights Watch (New York City). The Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) entered effect on Tuesday. A week earlier, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued guidance requiring importers to map their supply chains to the raw material level to determine whether any products are made wholly or in part in Xinjiang or by entities linked to forced labor. "Clear and convincing" evidence that their supply chains are not involved in the use of forced labor is needed for companies to appeal the restrictions, HRW said. Chinese officials says the U.S. sanctions are an attempt to suppress China under the guise of human rights, reported the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told the state-run Xinhua news agency that the sanctions "prove that the United States wantonly undermines the global economic and trade rules, as well as the stability of the international industrial chain." On June 17, the Biden administration identified sectors that will be considered high priority for scrutiny, including cotton, tomatoes and polysilicon, which is widely used for solar panels.
Ukraine—49 Russians Killed In Strikes On Snake Island Interfax-Ukraine | 06/22/2022 The Ukrainian military says it killed dozens of Russian soldiers and destroyed key equipment on Snake Island, a strategic outpost in the western Black Sea controlled by Russia, reports Interfax-Ukraine. The Pivden (South) task force said it killed 49 Russian soldiers and destroyed a Pantsyr-S1 air defense system, two MSTA-S self-propelled howitzers, and five armored and motor vehicles. The task force also said it destroyed an electronic warfare station and a munitions depot on the island. At the same time, Russian cruise missiles pummeled Mykolaiv and Ochakiv, two port cities in southwestern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces say that Russia used cluster munitions against residential areas in the attacks, killing at least one civilian.
Afghanistan—Hundreds Killed In Earthquake In East Ariana | 06/22/2022 Hundreds of people have been reported killed and injured in an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, reports the Ariana News (Afghanistan). On Wednesday, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Khost and Paktika provinces, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring over 1,500, according to officials cited by the state-run Bakhtar news agency. The death toll was expected to rise. The Barmal district in Paktika was most heavily affected by the quake, Sharafuddin Muslim, the deputy state minister for disaster management, told reporters. Afghan officials said helicopters had been deployed to bring medical supplies and food to the affected regions. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the Taliban-led government requested humanitarian aid, and it had dispatched teams to help. The earthquake comes on top of an ongoing humanitarian crisis following the Taliban's seizure of power in August 2021.
Australia—F-35 Fleet Continues To Grow Australian Dept. Of Defense | 06/22/2022 The Royal Australian Air Force recently took delivery of two more advanced fighter jets, reports the Australian Dept. of Defense. The service's 49th and 50th F-35A fighters arrived in Australia in May after taking part in Exercise Black Flag, a large force integration exercise, with the U.S. Air Force. The training provided opportunities to identify ways to enhance combined capabilities against a peer adversary, with a focus on integrated tactical procedures against an advanced air-to-air threat, the department said in a release on Tuesday. Australia currently plans to field a fleet of 72 F-35As.
Bangladesh—Dozens Killed In Heavy Monsoon Rains New York Times | 06/22/2022 Scores of people have been killed in northern Bangladesh and eastern India in heavy monsoon rains, reports the New York Times. On Wednesday, at least 17 of Bangladesh's 64 districts, primarily in the northern Sylhet region, had been badly affected by the rains, which had killed at least 36 people and stranded 4.5 million, reported Reuters. Officials said that 365 medical teams had been deployed to the region to provide tablets to purify drinking water. In India's Assam state, at least 44 people had been killed during the latest wave of flooding, which began earlier this month. The crisis in Bangladesh has been worsened by rainwater coming down from India's Meghalaya state, parts of which received 3 feet 2 inches (970 mm) of rain on Sunday.
Cambodia—Burmese, Japanese Officials Attend ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Kyodo News Agency | 06/22/2022 The defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional group are meeting this week in Cambodia, reports the Kyodo news agency (Tokyo). Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi met with his ASEAN counterparts on the sidelines of the event on Wednesday to discuss security cooperation and combating growing Chinese influence. Tokyo is seeking to expand security ties with ASEAN in pursuit of its vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific. The talks come as Cambodia is reportedly building a secretive naval facility for China at its Ream naval base on the Gulf of Thailand. Meanwhile, Burmese Gen. Mya Tun Oo took part in the ASEAN talks despite opposition from some members and pro-democracy groups, reported Reuters. Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia have urged current chair Cambodia to exclude the Burmese junta until progress is made in ending the ongoing conflict with pro-democracy forces.
Canada—Defense Minister Unveils NORAD Modernization Plan Canada Department Of National Defense | 06/22/2022 Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand has revealed plans to contribute to a major upgrade for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), reports the Canadian Dept. of National Defense. Threats to the rules-based international order from autocratic regimes, the effects of climate change and development of technologies like hypersonic weapons and advanced cruise missiles have increased the need to upgrade NORAD, Anand said. Over the next six years, Ottawa has pledged Can$3.8 billion (US$2.9 billion) to modernize Canadian continental defense capabilities, including land- and satellite-based radar with over-the-horizon capabilities and a network of sensors with "classified capabilities" to monitor the Arctic air and sea approaches to North America, reported Agence France-Presse. The new systems will replace the aging North Warning System, with nearly 50 short- and long-range radars, which is no longer able to detect modern threats. In addition, Canada will acquire new advanced air-to-air missiles that enhance the ability of its future fighter jets to track, assess and engage targets, Anand said. To enhance the military's ability to respond across Canada, new aerial refueling aircraft will be acquired and infrastructure at four locations in northern Canada will be upgraded.
Ecuador—Dozens Injured In Protests, At Least 1 Killed Agence France-Presse | 06/22/2022 At least one person has been killed in anti-government protests this week in Ecuador, reports Agence France-Presse. On Tuesday, an indigenous protester taking part in a roadblock in Puyo in the Amazon region died after getting hit in the face by a tear gas canister, according to a human-rights lawyer. Police denied involvement, saying the protester was believed to have been killed while handling an unspecified explosive device. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) launched protests against the conservative government of President Guillermo Lasso on June 13 in response to rising fuel prices and unemployment, which disproportionately affect the indigenous population. The demonstrations escalated on Tuesday when protestors reached Quito, the capital, reported Al Jazeera (Qatar). Lasso declared a state of emergency in the regions of Imbabura, Cotopaxi and Pichincha, allowing the military to mobilize against protestors and suspending the right to assembly. The Ecuadorian Alliance for Human Rights reported that at least 90 people had been injured and 87 detained since the start of the protests. The police have reported that 101 uniformed personnel, including soldiers, had been injured, another 27 officers held by protesters, and 80 protesters arrested.
Rwanda—Commonwealth Leaders Meet In Kigali For 1st Time Since 2018 British Broadcasting Corp. | 06/22/2022 The British-led Commonwealth international organization is meeting this week in Rwanda, reports the BBC News. Prince Charles arrived in Kigali on Tuesday to represent Queen Elizabeth II at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) that began on Monday. It is the first such summit since 2018. The prince is partially tasked with ensuring the survival of the Commonwealth after the queen's death, reported the Guardian (U.K.). Barbados recently became a republic and there are similar campaigns that have gained ground in Australia and Jamaica. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also attending the meetings, arguing that the Commonwealth remains relevant to its members, citing the economic benefits. He is also likely to face scrutiny over a plan to send refugees to Rwanda.
South Africa—Peacekeeping Technology Forum Kicks Off In Pretoria Defence Web | 06/22/2022 The 6th International United Nations Partnership for Technology and Peacekeeping Symposium is underway in South Africa, reports Defence Web (South Africa). About 250 delegates from 43 states and 80 U.N. officials are in Pretoria for the symposium, which began on Tuesday and concludes on Friday. The discussions will help strengthen U.N. peacekeeping and the lessons imparted will be implemented in the South African military, South African Defense Minister Thandi Modise said during an opening speech. The delegates will also discuss the implementation of the Action for Peacekeeping Initiative from 2021 to 2023 among other peacebuilding projects. Modise also indicated that South Africa wants to re-establish Denel, the state-owned aerospace and defense firm that has suffered from significant underinvestment in recent years.
South Korea—Domestic Rocket Successfully Deploys Satellites Yonhap | 06/22/2022 South Korea has successfully launched a domestically designed rocket to place satellites into orbit, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul). On Tuesday, the 200-ton Nuri rocket, also known as KSLV-II, took off from the Naro Space Center in Goeheung in southern South Korea and successfully completed its flight sequence, according to the ministry of science and information and communication technologies (ICT). The Nuri carried a performance verification satellite weighing 358 pounds (162.5 kg), four cube satellites developed by four South Korean universities and a dummy satellite weighing 1.3 tons. South Korea's previous rocket launch attempts in 2009 and 2010 failed. Since 2010, South Korea has invested US$1.8 billion to build the Nuri. Seoul wants to launch four more rockets by 2027.
Turkey—Asisguard Touts Songar Drone Daily Sabah | 06/22/2022 Turkish firm Asisguard says it has achieved export success with its armed drone, reports the Daily Sabah (Istanbul). The Songar, which first entered service with Turkish security forces, has since won contracts with two undisclosed countries, one in Africa and one in the Asia Pacific, Asisguard General Manager Barıs Duzgun told the Anadolu Agency (Ankara). The armed drone project kicked off with a contract with the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) in 2019. Since then, eight Songars have been delivered to the gendarmerie, special operations forces and army. The drone can be armed with the MPT-55 assault rifle from Turkish firm Sarsilmaz; a 40-mm grenade launcher; rocket launcher; or 81-mm Togan mortar round. The variant for the Asian customer would be equipped to carry a 5.56-mm rifle and night-vision sensors, Duzgun said.
United Kingdom—Bill Seeks To Free Courts From ECHR Rulings Financial Times | 06/22/2022 The British government has proposed a bill that would end the requirement for U.K. courts to follow the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, reports the Financial Times (U.K.). The move comes in response to the ECHR's injunction on a plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda under a bilateral agreement with Kigali. Under the new bill of rights, scheduled to be introduced by Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab on Wednesday, British courts will no longer have to follow the case law of the ECHR. It also includes provisions to strengthen free speech and make it easier to deport foreign criminals by restricting their right to appeal using human-rights arguments. The measure has come under fire from legal and human rights groups who have called it a power grab.
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