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Good Wednesday Morning August 17 .
A bit of history and some tidbits.
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This Day in Navy and Marine Corps History:
1812—The frigate, USS President, captures British schooner, HMS L'Adeline, in the North Atlantic.
1841—Secretary of the Navy George E. Badger signs that the Chief Clerk's signature is valid on the certified copy of the medal citation awarded to Capt. Stephen Decatur, for his gallantry in action against the British frigate, HMS Macedonian, on Oct. 25, 1812.
1942—The submarines USS Nautilus (SS 168) and USS Argonaut (SM 1) land more than 200 Marines on Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, in the first amphibious attack made from submarines.
1943—Army troops enter Messina terminating the campaign in Sicily. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 conducts unopposed landings from motor torpedo boats (PT 215), (PT 216) and (PT 217) on islands of Lipari and Stromboli. Commander Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15, Lt. E.A. Dubose, accepts the unconditional surrender of the Lipari Islands (Alicudi, Filicudi, Vulcano, Stromboli, Salina and Lipari). Destroyer Trippe (DD 403) covers the operation.
1959—Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, is reappointed as Chief of Naval Operations for his third, two-year term, serving the longest as Chief of Naval Operations.
1962—The Navy's first hydrofoil patrol craft, USS High Point (PCH 1) is launched at Seattle, WA.
2002—USS McCampbell (DDG 85) is commissioned at San Francisco, CA. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named for Medal of Honor recipient Capt. David McCampbell, the Navy's leading ace pilot during World War II.
2017—Expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) is commissioned in a ceremony at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain. The ship honors Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, a distinguished combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War. The commissioning transitions the ship, previously a U.S. naval ship (USNS), to a U.S. naval warship.
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This Day in History
1743 By the Treaty of Abo, Sweden cedes southeast Finland to Russia, ending Sweden's failed war with Russia.
1812 Napoleon Bonaparte's army defeats the Russians at the Battle of Smolensk during the Russian retreat to Moscow.
1833 The first steam ship to cross the Atlantic entirely on its own power, the Canadian ship Royal William, begins her journey from Nova Scotia to The Isle of Wight.
1863 Union gunboats attack Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, for the first time.
1942 Marine Raiders attack Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands from two submarines.
1943 Allied forces complete the conquest of Sicily.
1944 The mayor of Paris, Pierre Charles Tattinger, meets with the German commander Dietrich von Choltitz to protest the explosives being deployed throughout the city.
1945 Upon hearing confirmation that Japan has surrendered, Sukarno proclaims Indonesia's independence.
1960 American Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty at his Moscow trial for spying over the Soviet Union in a U-2 plane.
1978 Three Americans complete the first crossing of the Atlantic in a balloon.
1987 93-year-old Rudolf Hess, former Nazi leader and deputy of Adolf Hitler, is found hanged to death in Spandau Prison.
1988 Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq is killed in an airplane crash suspected of being an assassination.
1998 President Bill Clinton admits to the American public that he had affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1999 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake near Izmit, Turkey kills over 17,000 and injures nearly 45,000.
2005 Israel begins the first forced evacuation of Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank, as part of a unilateral disengagement plan.
2012 Moscow's top court upholds ban of gay pride events in Russia's capital city for 100 years.
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Man & Cheetah
Amazing. Took him 18 months to get close. And then the cubs …
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 17 August 1967… A day of distinguished flying…
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.
This is a list of all Helicopter Pilots Who Died in the Vietnam War
. Listed by last name and has other info
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Why is this not a surprise???
Thanks to Nice Guy
YOU CAN'T TELL THE PLAYERS WITHOUT A PROGRAM.... NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY...
"Things you must know to be informed: '
*YES, THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN USED TO WORK FOR GEORGE SOROS.
*YES, CALIF GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM IS NANCY PELOSI'S NEPHEW
* YES, ADAM SCHIFF'S SISTER IS MARRIED TO ONE OF GEORGE SOROS'S SONS.
* YES, JOHN KERRY'S DAUGHTER IS MARRIED TO A MULLAH'S SON IN IRAN.
* YES, HILLARY'S DAUGHTER CHELSEA IS MARRIED TO GEORGE SOROS'S NEPHEW.
* YES, ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IAN CAMERON IS MARRIED TO SUSAN RICE, OBAMA'S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER.
* YES, CBS PRESIDENT DAVID RHODES IS THE BROTHER OF BEN RHODES, OBAMA'S DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS.
* YES, ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT CLAIRE SHIPMAN IS MARRIED TO JAY CARNEY, FORMER OBAMA WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY.
* YES, ABC NEWS AND UNIVISION REPORTER MATTHEW JAFFE IS MARRIED TO KATIE HOGAN, OBAMA'S FORMER DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY
* YES, ABC PRESIDENT BEN SHERWOOD IS THE BROTHER OF ELIZABETH SHERWOOD, OBAMA'S FORMER SPECIAL ADVISER.
* YES, CNN VP VIRGINIA MOSELEY IS MARRIED TO TOM NIDES, FORMER HILLARY CLINTON'S DEPUTY SECRETARY.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A "STACKED DECK". IF YOU HAD A HUNCH THE NEWS MEDIA WAS SOMEWHAT RIGGED AND YOU COULDN'T PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT, THIS MIGHT HELP YOU SOLVE THE PUZZLE.
Now you know why no one is investigated. They all have their hands in the cookie jar! You might remember James Comey who investigated the Clinton email scandal and the Clinton Foundation, and made the final decision to not recommend prosecution by the DOJ.
It turns out that the Clinton Foundation was audited by the law firm DLA Piper. One of the executives there was in charge of the Clinton Foundation audit.
Who was it? Peter Comey, James Comey's brother. Peter Comey held an executive position with the Washington law firm that did the audit of the Clinton foundation in 2015.
Peter Comey was officially DLA Piper "Senior Director of Real Estate Operations for the Americas," in 2015 when the Clinton Foundation scandals first broke and Hillary was preparing for her Presidential campaign.
Not only was DLA Piper, the firm where Comey's brother worked involved in the audit of the Clinton Foundation, but according to the foundation's donor records, DLA Piper has given between $50 - 100k to the Foundation.
It gets even cozier. DLA Piper executive Douglas Emhoff is taking an extended leave of absence from the firm. Who is Douglas Emhoff? He is the husband of KAMALA HARRIS! Just a coincidence.
Amazing if it is. You can't make this stuff up! Another example of the DC swamp."
And it only gets worse. This "Family Tree" will make your head spin . . THE SWAMP IS DEEP!!
Dominion (voting machine provider) serves 40% of the US market. It is in 30 states - - The state of Texas rejected the machines.
- Admiral Peter Neffenger is on Biden's transition team.
- Neffenger was the President of the board of Smartmatic
- Smartmatic (another voting machine supplier) entered into an agreement with Dominion in 2009
- Smartmatic counted votes in Venezuela
- Smartmatic is connected to Philippine voter fraud
- Smartmatic is run by Lord Mark Malloch Brown who works for George Soros (-he and Brown are life-long friends)
- Brown chairs the Boards of a number of non-profit boards including the Open Society Foundation,
- Brown chairs the Centre for Global Development.
- Open society of course is owned by George Soros
- Smartmatic partnered with DLA Piper Global
- Douglas C. Emhoff works at DLA Piper Global
- Douglass C. Emhoff is Kamala Harris's husband
- Guess who owns Dominion?
- -Blum Capital Partners, L.P.
- Guess who is on the board for the company? -- Richard C. Blum.
- Richard C. Blum is Dianne Feinstein's husband.
- Nancy Pelosi's husband is also a major investor
- An aide to Nancy Pelosi, Nadeam Elshami, was hired by Dominion Voting Systems
And it goes on & ON!!
- Dominion Voting Systems is listed on the Clinton Foundation website.
- Dominion Voting is listed as a $25,000 -$50,000 donor to the Clinton Foundation in 2014 by The Washington Post
- Georgia Governor Kemp used Dominion Voting after Texas and Florida rejected them
- Dominion has a lobbyist named Jared Thomas
- Jared Thomas was Governor Brian Kemp's chief of staff and press secretary from 2012 to 2015
- You must remember the Feinstein-Kavanaugh-Soros connections to understand this next information
- Debra Katz (Christine Ford's lawyer) worked for George-Soros at the Open Society Foundation.
- Debra Katz (Christine Ford's lawyer) also worked at Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
- POGO is funded by Soros's Open Society Foundation.
- POGO is the co-signer of the letter Diane Feinstein presented against Kavanaugh's nomination.
- Kamala Harris did not prosecute One West Bank for their fraud when she had the authority - Soros owned One West Bank.
-- The swamp is not only very deep, it is also very, very wide!!! --
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Thanks to Tam and Dutch
That's not a misprint. 44% of pregnant women lost their unborn babies during the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine trials
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Some great snippets of history - Dutch
A Short History of the T-34 Tank
The Russian designed T-34 tank of WW II fame is arguably the best and most influential tank of WW II. Based on when it was designed, entered combat, and how long it was in front line service, it still performed well even in the 1950s, earns it that distinction.
"The tank evolved from the light Soviet BT (bystrokhodny tank/high-speed tank) of the 1930s, which had been derived from the American M1931 Christie tank. First brought to the Soviet Union as a turret-less example under the designation of "farm tractor", the Christie and subsequent Spanish variants provided a basis for Soviet designer Mikhail Koshkin."
"The T-34 reportedly saw action in 2014 too, when pro-Russia fighters in eastern Ukraine removed at least one display example from its pedestal, and after a quick overhaul took it into combat once more."
10 facts about WW I's Eastern Front
In the West the front remained static for almost 4 years, but the battles in the East were ones of massive land capture and re-taking over the whole 4 years of war.
442 RCT – Capturing a Sub
The most decorated unit of all time, in total numbers of awards presented to a unit compared to the number of people assigned to it, the Nisei unit participated in 8 campaigns during WW II. A WW II US regiment usually consisted of 3 Battalions of 600 men. The 442 RCT had only 2 battalions but were awarded 9,486 Purple Hearts. 21 Nisei were awarded the Medal of Honor.
"Journey of Heroes: the Story of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team" by Stacey T. Hayashito.
Under the Doodlebug
How from the WW I Zeppelin raids, the Gotha Bombers, and then Spanish civil war influenced and created the event where a child who survived a V1 (Fi-103) in a backyard London shelter affects people for a long time.
American WW I Commissioned Artists – May see Light of Day
Over 700 pieces of art were created for the US Government during World War I in France, but most have never been seen by anyone other than the person who put them away in 1929.
Myths about Myths of WW I
John T. Kuehn dispels some of the myths of WW I often repeated by really bad armchair historians.
Hooves On The Ground
Q: I have heard the position of a horse's legs in an equestrian statue of a fallen solder tells how he died. Is there any truth to this? — C.G., Bethesda, Maryland
A: The quick answer is no. According to the urban legend, if the horse is rearing, the rider died in battle; one leg up means the rider was wounded in battle or died of battle wounds; and if all four hooves are on the ground, the rider died outside battle. I'm told this was created to be the guide for monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but there are several exceptions to the rule.
How B-17s Were Purchased and Brought to Israel in 1947
The US was not always an ally of Israel. During their 1947, 1956 wars no US military aid was delivered – and all military aid was actively blocked – by the USA. 1962 was the first year Israel was allowed to buy US military equipment.
Three B-17s however, did avoid the military embargo of the US and make it to Israel and bombed Cairo in 1948 escorted by Czech Built BF 109s.
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This Day in U S Military History
1863 – Naval forces under Rear Admiral Dahlgren, including ironclads U.S.S. Weehawken, Catskill, Nahant, Montauk, Passaic, Patapsco, New Ironsides, and gunboats Canandaigua, Mahaska, Cimarron, Ottawa, Wissahickon, Dai Ching, Seneca, and Lodona, renewed the joint attack on Confederate works in Charleston harbor in conjunction with troops of Brigadier General Gillmore. The naval battery ashore on Mossie Island under Commander F. A. Parker contributed some 300 rounds to the bombardment, "the greater portion of which," Parker reported, struck the face of Sumter or its parapet." U.S.S. Passaic and Patapsco also concentrated on Fort Sumter, though the Navy's chief fire mission, as it would be for the next 5 days of the engagement, was to heavily engage Confederate batteries and sharpshooters at Fort Wagner in support of Gillmore's advance. In the face of the Union threat, Flag Officer Tucker, flying his flag in C.S.S. Chicora, ordered Lieutenant Dozier to have the torpedo steamers under his command ready for action without the least delay" in the event that the ironclads passed Fort Sumter. During the day's fierce exchange of fire, Dahlgren's Chief of Staff, Captain G. W. Rodgers, U.S.S. Catskill, was killed by a shot from Fort Wagner. "It is but natural that I should feel deeply the loss thus sustained, for the close and confidential relation which the duties of fleet captain necessarily occasion im-pressed me deeply with the worth of Captain Rodgers. Brave, intelligent, and highly capable, [he was] devoted to his duty and to the flag under which he passed his life. The country, added the Admiral in his report to Secretary Welles, "can not afford to lose such men."
1942 – Lt. Col. Evans F. Carlson and a force of Marine raiders come ashore Makin Island, in the west Pacific Ocean, occupied by the Japanese. What began as a diversionary tactic almost ended in disaster for the Americans. Two American submarines, the Argonaut and the Nautilus, approached Makin Island, an atoll in the Gilbert Islands, which had been seized by the Japanese on December 9, 1941. The subs unloaded 122 Marines, one of two new raider battalions. Their leader was Lt. Col. Evans Carlson, a former lecturer on postrevolutionary China. Their mission was to assault the Japanese-occupied Makin Island as a diversionary tactic, keeping the Japanese troops "busy" so they would not be able to reinforce troops currently under assault by Americans on Guadalcanal Island. Carlson's "Raiders" landed quietly, unobserved, coming ashore on inflatable rafts powered by outboard motors. Suddenly, one of the Marines' rifles went off, alerting the Japanese, who unleashed enormous firepower: grenades, flamethrowers, and machine guns. The subs gave some cover by firing their deck guns, but by night the Marines had to begin withdrawing from the island. Some Marines drowned when their rafts overturned; about 100 made it back to the subs. Carlson and a handful of his men stayed behind to sabotage a Japanese gas dump and to seize documents. They then made for the submarines too. When all was said and done, seven Marines drowned, 14 were killed by Japanese gunfire, and nine were captured and beheaded. Carlson went on to fight with the U.S. forces on Guadalcanal. He was a source of controversy; having been sent as a U.S. observer with Mao's Army in 1937, he developed a great respect for the "spiritual strength" of the communist forces and even advocated their guerrilla-style tactics. He remained an avid fan of the Chinese communists even after the war.
1943 – The USAAF bombs the ball-bearing manufacturing centers at Schweinfurt and Regensburg in a daylight raid. A total of 51 bombers are lost. During the night (August 17-18), the German rocket research center at Peenemunde is bombed by nearly 600 British bombers. A total of 41 bombers are lost in the raid. This bombing creates a significant delay in the German rocket program. Also noteworthy about the raid is the British use of "window," dropped by Mosquito bombers, which causes about 200 German fighters to concentrate over Berlin.
1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
1987 – Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's former deputy, is found strangled to death in Spandau Prison in Berlin at the age of 93, apparently the victim of suicide. Hess was the last surviving member of Hitler's inner circle and the sole prisoner at Spandau since 1966. Hess, an early and devoted follower of Nazism, participated in Hitler's failed "Beer Hall Putsch" in 1923. He escaped to Austria but voluntarily returned to Germany to join Hitler in Landsberg jail. During his eight months in prison, Hitler dictated his life story–Mein Kampf–to Hess. In 1933, Hess became deputy Nazi party leader, but Hitler later lost faith in his leadership ability and made him second in the line of succession after Hermann Goering. In May 1941, Hess stole an airplane and landed it in Scotland on a self-styled mission to negotiate a peace between Britain and Germany. He was immediately arrested by British authorities. His peace proposal–met with no response from the British–was essentially the same as the peace offer made by Hitler in July 1940: an end to hostilities with Britain and its empire in exchange for a free German hand on the European continent. However, by May 1941 the Battle of Britain had been lost by Germany, and Hitler rightly condemned Hess of suffering from "pacifist delusions" in thinking that a resurgent Britain would make peace. Held in Britain until the end of the war, Hess was tried at Nuremberg after the war with other top Nazis. Because he had missed out on the worst years of Nazi atrocities and had sought peace in 1941, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was held in Spandau Prison in Berlin, and the USSR, the United States, Britain, and France shared responsibility in guarding him. On August 17, 1987, he was found strangled to death in a cabin in the exercise yard at Spandau Prison. Apparently, he choked himself to death with an electrical cord he found there. Some suspected foul play.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BENDER, STANLEY
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company E, 7th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near La Lande, France, 17 August 1944. Entered service at: Chicago, 111. Born: 31 October 1909, Carlisle, W. Va. G.O. No.: 7, 1 February 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On 17 August 1944, near La Lande, France, he climbed on top of a knocked-out tank, in the face of withering machinegun fire which had halted the advance of his company, in an effort to locate the source of this fire. Although bullets ricocheted off the turret at his feet, he nevertheless remained standing upright in full view of the enemy for over 2 minutes. Locating the enemy machineguns on a knoll 200 yards away, he ordered 2 squads to cover him and led his men down an irrigation ditch, running a gauntlet of intense machinegun fire, which completely blanketed 50 yards of his advance and wounded 4 of his men. While the Germans hurled hand grenades at the ditch, he stood his ground until his squad caught up with him, then advanced alone, in a wide flanking approach, to the rear of the knoll. He walked deliberately a distance of 40 yards, without cover, in full view of the Germans and under a hail of both enemy and friendly fire, to the first machinegun and knocked it out with a single short burst. Then he made his way through the strong point, despite bursting hand grenades, toward the second machinegun, 25 yards distant, whose 2-man crew swung the machinegun around and fired two bursts at him, but he walked calmly through the fire and, reaching the edge of the emplacement, dispatched the crew. Signaling his men to rush the rifle pits, he then walked 35 yards further to kill an enemy rifleman and returned to lead his squad in the destruction of the 8 remaining Germans in the strong point. His audacity so inspired the remainder of the assault company that the men charged out of their positions, shouting and yelling, to overpower the enemy roadblock and sweep into town, knocking out 2 antitank guns, killing 37 Germans and capturing 26 others. He had sparked and led the assault company in an attack which overwhelmed the enemy, destroying a roadblock, taking a town, seizing intact 3 bridges over the Maravenne River, and capturing commanding terrain which dominated the area.
SIMANEK, ROBERT E .
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Korea, 17 August 1952. Entered service at: Detroit, Mich. Born: 26 April 1930, Detroit, Mich. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company F, in action against enemy aggressor forces. While accompanying a patrol en route to occupy a combat outpost forward of friendly lines, Pfc. Simanek exhibited a high degree of courage and a resolute spirit of self-sacrifice in protecting the lives of his fellow marines. With his unit ambushed by an intense concentration of enemy mortar and small-arms fire, and suffering heavy casualties, he was forced to seek cover with the remaining members of the patrol in a nearby trench line. Determined to save his comrades when a hostile grenade was hurled into their midst, he unhesitatingly threw himself on the deadly missile absorbing the shattering violence of the exploding charge in his body and shielding his fellow marines from serious injury or death. Gravely wounded as a result of his heroic action, Pfc. Simanek, by his daring initiative and great personal valor in the face of almost certain death, served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
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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/.
Aug. 16, 1960
Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger Jr. jumped from 102,800 feet over the Tularosa Valley in New Mexico and reached speeds over 600 mph during the 13:08 min descent. Now-retired Colonel Kittinger is a Daedalian Life Member.
Aug. 17, 1946
First Sergeant Lawrence Lambert, U.S. Army Air Forces, became the first person to eject from an aircraft in flight in the U.S. Lambert was assigned to the Air Material Command Parachute Branch, Personal Equipment Laboratory, and was an 11-year veteran of the Air Corps. Previous to this test, Lambert had made 58 parachute jumps. The test aircraft was a modified Northrop P-61B-5-NO Black Widow night fighter, redesignated XP-61B. The airplane was flown by Capt. John W. McGyrt and named Jack in the Box. The ejection seat was placed in the gunner's position, just behind and above the Black Widow's pilot. A 37mm cartridge fired within a 38-inch-long gun barrel launched the seat from the airplane at approximately 60 feet per second. Lambert experienced 12–14 Gs acceleration. Flying over Patterson Field at more than 300 miles per hour at 6,000 feet, Lambert fired the ejection seat. He and the seat were propelled approximately 40 feet above the airplane. After 3 seconds, he separated from the seat, and after another 3 seconds of free fall, his parachute opened automatically. Automatic timers fired smaller cartridges to release Lambert from the seat, and to open the parachute. He later said, "I lived a thousand years in that minute," before the pilot pulled the release. Following the successful jump, Lambert expressed only one desire: To "get around the biggest steak available." Lambert was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Aug. 18, 1945
A pair of B-32 Dominators over Tokyo, Japan, committed the final American reconnaissance mission of World War II. They were attacked by Japanese fighters, which killed one American and wounded two others, while losing two aircraft to bomber defenses. This was the final aerial combat mission of World War II.
Aug. 19, 1939
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Orville Wright's birthday, Aug. 19, as National Aviation Day.
Aug. 20, 1955
Air Force Col. Horace A. Hanes flew the first North American Aviation F-100C-1-NA Super Sabre, 53-1709, to Mach 1.246 at 40,000 feet, setting a new Fédération Aéronautique Internationale speed record of 822.268 miles per hour over a measured 15/25-kilometer course at Edwards AFB, California. This was the first supersonic world speed record. It was also the first speed record set at high altitude. Previously, all speed records were set very close to the ground for measurement purposes, but with ever increasing speeds this practice was becoming too dangerous. For his accomplishment, Colonel Hanes was awarded the Mackay Trophy.
Aug. 21, 1947
W. Stuart Symington was named first Secretary of the Air Force and served from Sept. 18, 1947, to April 24, 1950. Learn more about him HERE.
Aug. 22, 1923
Lt. Harold R. Harris, Daedalian Founder Member #198, the pilot, and his copilot, Lt. Muir S. Fairchild, Founder Member #417, flew the XNBL-1 Barling Bomber, the Army's first long-range night bomber, in its first flight at Wright Field.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for August 17, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
17 August
1914: Capt Lewis E. Goodier, Jr., began official tests on the Scott bomb-dropping device in a new Martin T at Signal Corps Aviation School at North Island. This coincided with the start of unaided aerial bombing in the war. (24)
1918: Martin test pilot Thomas Eric Springer flew the first Martin Bomber at Cleveland. (24)
1942: FIRST EIGHTH AIR FORCE MISSION. Col Frank A. Armstrong, Jr., led 12 B-17s from the 97 BG against the Rouen-Sotteville marshalling yards in France. The raid, which was the first Eighth Air Force heavy bomber mission from the U. K. against Western Europe in World War II, demonstrated the feasibility of daylight bombing. (4) (21)
1943: Eighth Air Force sent more than 300 B-17s on its first raid against the ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt and the aircraft plants at Regensburg. It suffered heavy losses as 60 bombers fell, mostly to enemy fighters. Those losses caused military leaders to reexamine the heavy bomber's ability to protect itself and delayed the next mission to Germany until 6 September. This mission was also the first shuttle operation in the European theater as some aircraft landed at bases in North Africa. (4) (21) The ATC used a C-87 Liberator to carry Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on a tour of the Pacific theater to boost morale, inspect Red Cross installations, and learn how women from Australia and New Zealand supported the war. (2)
1946: Sgt Lawrence Lambert at Wright Field became the first person in the US to be ejected from an aircraft by ejection seat. He ejected from a P-61 flying at 302 MPH at 7,800 feet in altitude. (21) (24)
1949: The Senate ratified the Geneva international treaty regarding rights in aircraft. (24) 1951: MACKAY TROPHY. Col Fred J. Ascani flew a combat-equipped F-86E Sabre at 635.686 MPH to set a 100-kilometer world record course at the National Air Races in Detroit. (21)
1955: Twelve F-84F Thunderstreaks flew nonstop 5,118 miles from London, England, to Austin in 10 hours 43 minutes to set distance and time records for a mass flight. (24)
1959: NASA launched a Nike-Asp rocket from Wallops Island to 150 miles in altitude and ignited a sodium flare to test wind direction, velocity and the rate of matter diffusion in the upper stratosphere. (24)
1961: The BOMARC-B missile completed a critical profile flight by destroying a B-47 drone at a minimum range of 50 nautical miles and 5,000 feet in altitude. (16) (24)
1962: The Douglas Aircraft Company fired the Saturn C-1 booster's S-IV stage in a 10-second static test at Sacramento. (24)
1963: A ferry from Okinawa sank in the Ryukyu Islands with 261 people aboard. PACAF rescue units from Naha AB and other military units responded and rescued 235 people from the sea. (17)
1969: Hurricane Camille, the strongest storm to hit the US to date, damaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast. People from TAC, MAC, ATC, and AFCS, the AFRES, and ANG provided emergency aid. The USAF delivered 5,900 tons of cargo with six different types of airlifters to the region by 16 September. (21)
1972: The USAF changed navigator bombardier training into a nonflying training program to save $1.9 million a year.
1974: The Teledyne Ryan long-range reconnaissance drone, Compass Cope, completed its first flight at Edwards AFB. (3)
1978: The Air Force accepted its first production-model F-16 Fighting Falcon in a ceremony at the General Dynamics plant in Fort Worth, Texas. (16)
1990: Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM. President George Bush activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) for the first time since its authorization in 1952. The move increased the availability of airlift for the Middle East. CRAF aircraft transported 709,613 passengers and 126,309 tons of cargo during the buildup and wartime operations. (16) (18)
1993: A 13,000-pound steel guillotine cut the first of 350 B-52Gs into pieces by the Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) at Davis-Monthan AFB. The bombers were being destroyed under the terms of the START II Treaty. (20)
1994: The Air Force's second operational B-2 (#8-0330), the Spirit of California, joined the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman. (15)
1995: Operation VIGILANT SENTINEL/Exercise INTRINSIC ACTION. Following turmoil in Iraq and renewed threats of military action against its neighbors, AMC initiated an airlift to augment Southern Watch forces under Operation VIGILANT SENTINEL. The operation later evolved into Exercise INTRINSIC ACTION. AMC dispatched over 100 strategic and commercial aircraft flights to carry more than 2,200 passengers and over 1,300 short tons of cargo to the region through late August. (18) The E-8C JSTARS began flight tests. (16) (26)
1996: Operation NOAH'S ARK. Due to increased terrorism in the Persian Gulf, AMC contracted a Boeing 747 to return 300 DoD family members from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to the US on 18 August. On 17 August, a C-141 flew 90 cats and dogs belonging to the families to the US in the operation. (18)
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World News for 17 August thanks to Military Periscope
USA—NASA Moon Rocket Makes Way To Launchpad Reuters | 08/17/2022 NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket is on its way to its launchpad ahead of its first test flight at the end of the month, reports Reuters. The rocket, built by Boeing for NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the moon as part of preparation for future crewed missions to Mars, emerged from its assembly hangar on Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for the 11-hour trip covering the 4 miles (6 km) the launchpad. The test flight is scheduled for Aug. 29. It will carry the Lockheed Orion astronaut capsule, which will not be crewed for the flight. The capsule will be launched on the SLS and orbit the moon before returning to Earth for an ocean landing after 42 days.
USA—Air Force F-35s Back In Action After Ejection Seat Inspections Air Force Magazine | 08/17/2022 The U.S. Air Force has cleared its fleet of F-35A Lightning II fighter jets to resume flight operations following inspections of their ejection seats, reports Air Force magazine. The service suspended flights on July 29 after maintainers discovered a faulty cartridge-actuated device (CAD) with insufficient explosive powder in the Martin-Baker ejection seat on an F-35 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Without sufficient explosive, the system may not perform properly during an ejection, officials said. On Monday, Air Combat Command announced that inspections had been completed for most of the service's 349 F-35 fighters. Each ejection seat has two CADs. The service said 706 CADs had been inspected, with four "found to be suspect" and replaced. Those F-35s that have not yet been inspected are undergoing depot maintenance, said an ACC spokesperson. They would be inspected within the 90-day period mandated by the Air Force or before their next flight, the spokesperson said.
USA—Microsoft Disrupts Russia-Linked Hacker Group Microsoft | 08/17/2022 The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) says it has taken action to disrupt cyberespionage activities by a Russia-linked hacking group. On Monday, the center said it has been monitoring the SEABORGIUM cyberthreat actor originating in Russia since 2017. The group's objectives and victimology closely align with Russian government interests. SEABORGIUM campaigns involve persistent phishing and credential theft leading to unauthorized intrusions and data theft. It has also been linked to hack-and-leak operations designed to use stolen information to shape narratives in the targeted countries. Since the start of the year, MSTIC has observed SEABORGIUM target more than 30 organizations as well as the personal accounts of individuals of interest. It has primarily targeted NATO member states, focusing on the U.S. and U.K., with additional attacks noted in Baltic, Nordic and Eastern European countries. Within these countries, SEABORGIUM has focused its operations on defense and intelligence consulting companies, nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations, think tanks and higher education. MSTIC says it has observed the group targeting former intelligence officials, experts in Russian affairs, and Russian citizens abroad.
North Korea—Pair Of Cruise Missiles Test-Fired Into Yellow Sea Yonhap | 08/17/2022 North Korea has test-fired two cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul), citing South Korean military officials. On Wednesday morning, the cruise missiles were launched from Onchon, South Pyongan province, the officials said. This was the North's first confirmed cruise missile test since January. The cruise missile firing comes a day after South Korean and U.S. troops began preliminary drills ahead of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise. South Korean and U.S. intelligence were analyzing the launch, said the officials.
United Nations—General Assembly Approves Resolution Condemning Russia For Humanitarian Crisis In Ukraine New York Times | 08/17/2022 The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution holding Russia accountable for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, reports the New York Times. The resolution, drafted by France and Mexico, passed on Thursday with approval from 140 countries. Belarus, Eritrea, North Korea, Russia and Syria voted against the resolution and 38 countries abstained, including China, India, Iran, Pakistan and South Africa. The resolution, the second related to the invasion adopted by the General Assembly, blames Russia for creating the worst humanitarian crisis in Europe in decades and demands that Moscow protect civilians and infrastructure, provide safe passage for humanitarian aid and end the war. The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said last week that more than half of the estimated 7.5 million children in Ukraine had been displaced in the past month. The war has decimated Ukraine's healthcare system, noted the World Health Organization. Russian Ambassador to the U.N. Vasily Nebenzya called the measure a "pseudo-humanitarian resolution" used to "put different labels on Russia" presenting the conflict as "one dimensional." New York-based Human Rights Watch urged U.N. member states to "consider concrete steps to hold Russia accountable for any war crimes its forces are responsible for."
Russia—New Ballistic Missile Submarine Concept Unveiled The War Zone | 08/17/2022 A scale model of a new Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine concept has been displayed at the annual Army 2022 show outside Moscow, reports the War Zone website. The scale model of the Arktur (Arcturus) concept features a streamlined hull with a low-profile sail. Aft is a fully shrouded propulsion system apparently designed to permit water to come through four separate ducts, two on either side, which is then get pushed out through nozzles at the rear. Whether the design involves pumpjets was not clear from the model. There were also a pair of payload bays near the stern. One was shown open with a Surrogat-V uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) inside. The model appeared to show four bow torpedo tubes, two on each side, and at least 12 large payload tubes along the rear of the hull. Two were shown open, one with a cover that could depict a vertically launched missile of some type and the other with an extended arm holding what could be a small, torpedo-like UUV. A separate model of the Surrogat-V was shown, which could potentially serve as a guard submarine, monitoring for threats, serving as decoys or taking action against threats. The UUV appeared to be powered by a single pumpjet at its stern and had blue camouflage potentially appropriate for littoral waters. The Arktur model had the logo of the Rubin Design Bureau on it. The bureau has developed 85 percent of all Russian submarines since 1901, the news site noted.
Thailand—Militants Coordinate Attacks On Convenience Stores, Gas Stations In South Bangkok Post | 08/17/2022 Militants in southern Thailand have conducted attacks on convenience stores and gas stations, reports the Bangkok Post. Seventeen shops in the Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala provinces were struck late Tuesday night and into Wednesday in what police called coordinated attacks. There were two attacks in Pattani, six in Yala and nine in Narathiwat, according to Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 officials. Three people were reportedly injured. A gas station in Pattani was burned down. Other shops and gas stations suffered varying degrees of damage. The attacks were meant to disrupt the economy, the officials said. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Southern Thailand has experienced a decades-long separatist insurgency.
United Kingdom—New Maritime Strategy Published U.K. Dept. for Transport | 08/17/2022 The U.K. has unveiled a new five-year maritime security plan, reports the British Dept. for Transport. Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps said that the document would guide the British government's approach to managing maritime risks and threats. It would also enhance British technology, innovation and cybersecurity. It redefines maritime security as upholding laws, regulations and norms to deliver a free, fair and open maritime domain and recognizes illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and environmental damage as maritime security concerns. The government also set up the U.K. Center for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM) to enable the British seabed mapping sector to work together to collect more and better data. The document also identifies five strategic objectives for the Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); Dept. for Transport; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the Home Office; and the Ministry of Defense. The objectives include homeland protection; responding to threats; ensuring prosperity; championing values; and supporting a secure, resilient ocean. The department also underscored the plan's focus on freedom of navigation and enforcement of fishing laws.
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