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Good Saturday Evening August 27 .
I got back my old and new computers back today. The old one is chugging along but more work has to be done on the new one. I will continue to get the list out until I can get the new one on line. I have to go back to the Geek Squad soon to get some of the things running and I do not know JACK about windows 11. I have been on windows 7 forever.
I am sorry for the delay and even more sorry that some of the history and Medal of Honor recipients will be missed. We all need to read our history to learn how we got where we are today even sometimes the bad stuff. And there is a lot of that going on.
Tomorrow's List will be out at the usual time…..if I wake up that early.
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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
August. 27
1942 USS Iowa (BB 61) is launched at the New York Navy Yard. Commissioned in Feb. 1943, Iowa serves in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean during World War II and now serves as a museum battleship at Los Angeles, Calif.
1944 USS Stingray (SS 186), after being depth charged and lightly worked over while reconnoitering the designated spot lands a party of one Filipino officer, 14 men and 60 percent of the supplies earmarked for delivery to guerilla forces at Saddle Rock, Mayaira Point, on northwest shore of Luzon. Heavy Japanese shipping in the vicinity compels Stingrays departure before all stores land.
1944 PV Ventura aircraft sink Japanese vessel, Tensho Maru, between Odomari, southwest of Sakhalin and Onnekotan Island, Kuril Islands.
1945 Units of the Pacific Fleet enter Japanese waters for the first time during World War II, to prepare for the formal Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945.
1959 While off Cape Canaveral, Fla., USS Observation Island (EAG 154) makes the first shipboard launch of a Polaris missile.
2007 Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson, Jr., becomes the first African-American to be appointed as Surgeon General of the US Navy.
2021 This week has to be one of the worst weeks in American Military History with the Loss of the 13 Marines in Afghanistan. My thoughts and Prayers go out to their loved ones and fellow Marines who are still there trying to protect those people who are trying to escape a horrible fate from those very savages whose existence defies imagination.
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aI am catching up on the Rolling Thunder so here is Monday through Saturday
ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 22 August 1967… A big day in and near Ho's Town…
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 23 August 967… Seven more lost to NVN defenses… 13 for the week… total Rolling Thunder losses at 657…
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 24 August 1967… "…for a cause that could not be defined…"
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 25 August 1967… Secretary of Defense testifies on the effectiveness of Rolling Thunder….
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 26 August 1967… Bud Day has a really bad day and SecDef defends Rolling Thunder as an Interdiction Campaign…
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 27 August 1967… McNamara defends the Rolling Thunder strategy of "Gradualism"…
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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Thanks to Mike
Can't make this stuff up. Paul Jr Pelosi makes $47 million on shares he NEVER purchased in Chinese company plus holds another $109 million in shares.
Read on why Nancy took her son there!
WHY PELOSI WENT TO TAIWAN AND RISKED WW3
We've learned a little more about Nancy Pelosi's rogue trip to Taiwan last week, that caused so many people to be so impressed with her bravery and selflessness in "supporting" the people of Taiwan, only to walk it all back this week by publicly announcing she's supporting the CCP.
Now remember, the military assets and security for that trip probably cost billions. Now add the risk of even accidentally starting World War III. It would be beyond shameful if the real reason she went was to tend to some private business, right?
Paul Pelosi, Jr., is Nancy Pelosi's adult son. Paul is the second largest investor in a Chinese telecommunications company, Borqs Technologies. Paul earned his significant stake in the business — second only to Borqs' CEO — through "consulting," or by serving on the board — not by actually paying for any of the shares. Pay? Me? What nonsense.
Anyway, Paul Jr. CAME ON THE TRIP TO TAIWAN.
Which was especially weird because Paul was missing from the official passenger manifest. People had to connect the dots by noticing Paul Jr. in the background of pictures from the trip:
When asked about it, Nancy explained that since her husband couldn't go, her 53-year-old son escorted her instead, just to keep her company. Into a war zone. On official business.
The New York Post ran a story about the trip yesterday headlined, "Nancy Pelosi's Son, Who Tagged Along on Taiwan Trip, Is Investor in Chinese Tech Firm: Report."
Paul Jr. currently holds 700,000 shares of Borqs,* but he was given 1,000,000 shares for his "services." He sold 300,000 shares at the company's initial public offering at a starting price of $157 per share. In other words, he made $47 million dollars on the shares he never paid for, right out of the gate. Nice bonus
But what's it got to do with Taiwan? First, Pelosi didn't ONLY go to Taiwan. She made several stops in Asia. Second, since the pandemic, Paul Jr. has managed to land himself some more sweet board gigs, most recently with two lithium processors, for which he also got an ownership stake in each. Guess where they're located? Yep, Taiwan.
Lithium is the essential ingredient in electric car batteries. You know, like the kind the new Build Back Better 2.0 bill subsidizes by +$7,500 per new electric car. People aren't dumb. News of Paul Pelosi being in Taiwan with Nancy spiked the stock in both his lithium companies
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Mike Rowe on college loan debt forgiveness
From Mike
I work hard on this page, (not as hard as I could, perhaps, but pretty hard), to avoid the politics of the moment, and comment only on topics that impact the foundation I'm proud to run – a foundation that awards work-ethic scholarships to individuals who choose to forego an expensive, four-year education in favor of a skilled trade. When I do weigh in, I try to acknowledge both sides of the argument, and make my points with as much respect as I can muster. Today, however, I can see only one side. Today, I can find nothing to respect in the President's decision to transfer billions of dollars in outstanding student loans onto the backs of those people my foundation tries to assist - the same people I've spent the last twenty years profiling on Dirty Jobs.
With that in mind, I'm not going to write the piece I just sat down to write. Instead, I'm going to share the attached article from Charlie Cooke, who writes better than I do, and shares my disdain for what just happened. If you share our disdain, then please, share this post as well. This decision is without question, the biggest pre-Labor Day slap in the face to working people I've ever seen.
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BIDEN'S STUDENT-DEBT BONFIRE IS A CLASSIST MESSAGE TO THE UNCREDENTIALED: SCREW 'EM
By Charlie Cooke
A few moments before I sat down to write this piece, I opened the door to six guys in blue shirts who had come to my house to replace our air-conditioning units. The Florida weather being what it is, I've seen some of these guys work on our air conditioners before, and they're as skilled and knowledgeable and conscientious and hard-working as you might expect. The company they work for, which is local to North Florida, was started by a guy who chose to forgo college in favor of taking out a small-business loan to strike out on his own. Most of the technicians who work for him didn't go to college, either. They took a different path. And, well . . . what absolute chumps the president has just made of them for that!
Squirm if you like, but that's the truth of the matter: As of today, the six air-conditioning technicians in my house are on the hook for college loans that were signed for, spent, and enjoyed by other people. Confirming the measure today, President Biden announced that any American who has both college debt they vowed to repay and an individual yearly income under $125,000 (or a family yearly income under $250,000) will be given up to $20,000 by the Treasury — which means by you, and by me, and by everyone else who pays taxes in America.
Why? Well, that's the question.
The answer can't be, "because that's what the relevant law anticipates or requires." As of yet, Congress has provided no authorization for the executive branch to arbitrarily write off some of the money that borrowers owe to taxpayers. As of yet, Congress has passed no rules that allow down-on-their-luck presidents to throw money at people for political gain. As of yet, Congress has given no instruction that if the president's friends might like a little more cash, he can raid the Treasury to give it to them. Certainly, Congress has set up a loan program. But the deal there is rather simple, all told: First you borrow, and then you pay back what you borrowed. There is no mention of "forgiveness" days or of "help" or of rolling Chekhovian jubilees, and by pretending otherwise, President Biden is making a mockery of his oath to uphold the Constitution.
Another answer that won't fly is, "To lower the cost of education." As President Biden made clear today, this is a one-time deal, a lottery, a lightning strike. People who paid off their loans last week aren't covered. People who will take out new loans after the policy has run its course aren't covered. The problems in the system aren't addressed. The colleges, and their endowments, are left unmolested. American culture's increasingly credentialist presumptions aren't altered. Within four years, overall debt will return to its present level. With the stroke of a pen, the already-fake deficit savings within the Inflation Reduction Act will be wiped out. This isn't a reform. It's not even pretending to be reform. It's a contemptuous, abusive, unbelievably expensive shot in the dark — the net effect of which will be that fewer people correctly calibrate whether college is worth it, fewer colleges change their offerings to meet market demand, and, because this sort of executive giveaway will now loom large as a possibility, fewer people feel the need to save for college.
It seems so arbitrary. Why does Biden not want to do the same thing for loans on trucks owned by plumbers? Why not for mortgages — which, given how heavily it subsidizes them, the federal government clearly thinks are worthwhile? Why not for credit cards or auto payments or mom-and-pop credit lines? The answer, I'm afraid to say, is disgustingly classist: Because Joe Biden and his party believe that college students are better than everyone else. Because Joe Biden and his party believe that college students are of a finer cut. Because Joe Biden and his party prefer college students to you, and they think that those students ought to be rewarded for that by being handed enormous gobs of your money.
Electricians, store managers, deli workers, landscapers, waitresses, mechanics, entrepreneurs? Screw 'em. Sure, college graduates make more money than non-graduates, and their unemployment rate is lower, too. But non-graduates don't have access to the president, so they don't matter. They're tradesmen, the riff-raff, the great unwashed. They're background noise, dirty-handed types, second-classers. They don't deserve $10,000 in debt reduction. What would they even do with it? Go hunting? Give it to their church? Their role is to subsidize the superior people, and the superior people go to college.
Why did Joe Biden do all this? That's why. Why was this what Joe Biden chose to break his oath to achieve? That's why. When it came down to it, good ol' Scranton Joe sent cash from the sort of people he cynically pretends to care about to the sort of people he actually cares about: the privileged, accredited, self-dealing clerisy that his ever-dwindling political party now calls its base.
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Thanks to Tom there are a couple here from this week…skip
View the Latest Edition of "This Week @NASA" (published Aug. 26 2022)
Let's just say all news outside ARTEMIS I is second page news….Expect launch on or about 8/29/22…7:33AM….
Lucy will visit an asteroid that has a ….MOON? yup, Polymele has a MOON!! Space junk with orbiting space junk going around it! This universe CLEARLY was created by a Being that has not only a sense of humor, but a creative bend!
Wallops, on the outer islands of Virginia, tucked away and almost invisible in the overall size of NASA, still launches what used to be called "sounding rockets". These rockets typically 2-4 stages, go straight up and noting attains orbit. Think of firing a .22 rifle into the air…the bullet streaks up, finally rins out of velocity and falls back to earth, but for a moment, has basically micro gravity. A VERY cheap way to test future concepts and payloads.
OUTSIDE READING:
Folks –
MORE ATREMIS I this week! Well it HAS been a long time since we shot anything towards the moon…let's hope it all works well….a lot is riding on this !!
Also in the news is the Commercial Crew…this is the way we will select, train and fly astronauts from any program post ISS…..NOT a small change. Check it out on this link:
www.Nasa.gov/commercial crew
short note – still on for Artemis I at 7:33am 8/29/22.
OUTSIDE READING:
Trip to space:
back side of the moon (the side we NEVER see because of the synchronicity of the rotation:
and…"where did the moon come from?:
Enjoy !
Tom
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This Day in U S Military History
1859 – Edwin Drake struck oil at 69 feet near Titusville, Pennsylvania–the world's first successful oil well. This source of crude oil, or petroleum, opened up a new inexpensive source of power and quickly replaced whale oil in lamps. Within a few decades of Drake's discovery, oil drilling was widespread in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the East Indies. However, it was the development of the automobile that catapulted petroleum into a position of paramount importance, for petroleum is the primary source of gasoline. Asphalt, also derived from petroleum, is used to surface roads and highways.
1861 – Union ships sail into North Carolina's Hatteras Inlet, beginning a two-day operation that secures the area for the Federals and denies the Confederates an important outlet to the Atlantic. The Outer Banks is a series of long, narrow islands that separate Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic, with Hatteras Inlet as the only deep-water passage connecting the two. In the first few months of the war, the Outer Banks were a haven for Confederate blockade runners and raiders. During the summer of 1861, one Rebel ship, the Winslow, wreaked havoc on Union shipping off North Carolina, and Federal naval and army officials mounted a combined operation to neutralize the area. To protect the passage, the Confederates erected two fortresses of sand and wood, garrisoned by 350 soldiers. Eight Union warships and 800 troops under the command of Commodore Silas Stringham and General Benjamin Butler anchored off Cape Hatteras on August 27. Butler's men slogged ashore the next day with wet powder, hardly in shape to attack a fortified position. Fortunately for the Yankee infantry, the squadron off shore began a devastating bombardment that forced the Confederates to abandon one of the strongholds, Fort Clark. The Confederates gathered inside of the larger Fort Hatteras, but the shelling from the Union ships was more than the garrison could stand. The force surrendered on August 29. The capture of Cape Hatteras was an important victory for the Union, especially after the disaster at Bull Run one month earlier. It also gave the Union a toehold on the North Carolina coast, and it sealed an important outlet to the Atlantic.
1901 – In Havana, Cuba, U.S. Army physician James Carroll allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the means of transmission of yellow fever. Days later, Carroll developed a severe case of yellow fever, helping his colleague, Army Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes can transmit the sometimes deadly disease
1918 – The Battle of Ambos Nogales (lit. "The Battle of Both Nogales"), or as it is known in Mexico La batalla del 27 de agosto (lit. "The Battle of 27 August"), was an engagement fought between Mexican forces and elements of United States Army soldiers of the 35th Infantry Regiment, who were reinforced by the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, and commanded by Lt. Col. Frederick J. Herman. The American soldiers and militia forces were stationed in Nogales, Arizona and the Mexican soldiers and armed Mexican militia were in Nogales, Sonora. This battle was notable for being a significant confrontation between U.S. and Mexican forces during the Border War which took place in the context of the Mexican Revolution and the First World War. This occurred after the Zimmermann Telegram during World War I when the international border between the two Nogales was a wide open boulevard named International Street. There had been several previous fatal incidents in this area which helped increase international tensions and leading to armed conflict. This included the claim of German military advisors as agitators with Mexican Villa rebels, claims of racism and border politics. As a result of this battle, the U.S. and Mexico agreed to divide the two border communities with a chain-link border fence, the first of many permanent incarnations of the U.S.–Mexico border wall between the two countries.
1945 – The Allied fleets anchor in Sagami (Tokyo) Bay within sight of Mount Fujiyama. Admiral Halsey, commander of the US 3rd Fleet, is present for what is probably the greatest display of naval might in history. The armada includes 23 aircraft carriers, 12 battleships, 26 cruisers, 116 destroyers and escorts, 12 submarines and 185 other vessels. In addition to the American and British ships, there are ships from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the Netherlands represented.
1972 – In the heaviest bombing in four years, U.S. aircraft flatten North Vietnamese barracks near Hanoi and Haiphong as part of ongoing Operation Linebacker I, part of President Nixon's response to the NVA Easter Offensive. Planes also hit bridges on the northeast railroad line to China. In an associated action, four U.S. ships raided the Haiphong port area after dark, shelling to within two miles of the city limits. As the U.S. ships withdrew from the area, the cruiser USS Newport News sank one of two North Vietnamese patrol boats in pursuit, and destroyer USS Rowan set the other on fire.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BROWN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Davidson Canyon near Camp Crittenden, Ariz., 27 August 1872. Entered service at:——. Birth: Wexford, Ireland. Date of issue: 4 December 1874. Citation: In command of a detachment of 4 men defeated a superior force.
GREGG, STEPHEN R.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 143d Infantry, 36th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Montelimar, France, 27 August 1944. Entered service at: Bayonne, N.J. Birth: New York, N.Y. G.O. No.: 31, 17 April 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 27 August 1944, in the vicinity of Montelimar, France. As his platoon advanced upon the enemy positions; the leading scout was fired upon and 2d Lt. Gregg (then a Tech. Sgt.) immediately put his machineguns into action to cover the advance of the riflemen. The Germans, who were at close range, threw hand grenades at the riflemen, killing some and wounding 7. Each time a medical aid man attempted to reach the wounded, the Germans fired at him. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, 2d Lt. Gregg took 1 of the light .30-caliber machineguns, and firing from the hip, started boldly up the hill with the medical aid man following him. Although the enemy was throwing hand grenades at him, 2d Lt. Gregg remained and fired into the enemy positions while the medical aid man removed the 7 wounded men to safety. When 2d Lt. Gregg had expended all his ammunition, he was covered by 4 Germans who ordered him to surrender. Since the attention of most of the Germans had been diverted by watching this action, friendly riflemen were able to maneuver into firing positions. One, seeing 2d Lt. Gregg's situation, opened fire on his captors. The 4 Germans hit the ground and thereupon 2d Lt. Gregg recovered a machine pistol from one of the Germans and managed to escape to his other machinegun positions. He manned a gun, firing at his captors, killed 1 of them and wounded the other. This action so discouraged the Germans that the platoon was able to continue its advance up the hill to achieve its objective. The following morning, just prior to daybreak, the Germans launched a strong attack, supported by tanks, in an attempt to drive Company L from the hill. As these tanks moved along the valley and their foot troops advanced up the hill, 2d Lt. Gregg immediately ordered his mortars into action. During the day by careful observation, he was able to direct effective fire on the enemy, inflicting heavy casualties. By late afternoon he had directed 600 rounds when his communication to the mortars was knocked out. Without hesitation he started checking his wires, although the area was under heavy enemy small arms and artillery fire. When he was within 100 yards of his mortar position, 1 of his men informed him that the section had been captured and the Germans were using the mortars to fire on the company. 2d Lt. Gregg with this man and another nearby rifleman started for the gun position where he could see 5 Germans firing his mortars. He ordered the 2 men to cover him, crawled up, threw a hand grenade into the position, and then charged it. The hand grenade killed 1, injured 2, 2d Lt. Gregg took the other 2 prisoners, and put his mortars back into action.
*HARTELL, LEE R.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Battery A, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Kobangsan-ni, Korea, 27 August 1951. Entered service at: Danbury, Conn. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. G.O. No.: 16, 1 February 1952. Citation: 1st. Lt. Hartell, a member of Battery A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an armed enemy of the United Nations. During the darkness of early morning, the enemy launched a ruthless attack against friendly positions on a rugged mountainous ridge. 1st Lt. Hartell, attached to Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment, as forward observer, quickly moved his radio to an exposed vantage on the ridge line to adjust defensive fires. Realizing the tactical advantage of illuminating the area of approach, he called for flares and then directed crippling fire into the onrushing assailants. At this juncture a large force of hostile troops swarmed up the slope in banzai charge and came within 10 yards of 1st Lt. Hartell's position. 1st Lt. Hartell sustained a severe hand wound in the ensuing encounter but grasped the microphone with his other hand and maintained his magnificent stand until the front and left flank of the company were protected by a close-in wall of withering fire, causing the fanatical foe to disperse and fall back momentarily. After the numerically superior enemy overran an outpost and was closing on his position, 1st Lt. Hartell, in a final radio call, urged the friendly elements to fire both batteries continuously. Although mortally wounded, 1st Lt. Hartell's intrepid actions contributed significantly to stemming the onslaught and enabled his company to maintain the strategic strongpoint. His consummate valor and unwavering devotion to duty reflect lasting glory on himself and uphold the noble traditions of the military service.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for August 27, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
27 August
1923: At Rockwell Field, San Diego, Lts Lowell H. Smith and John P. Richter used a DH-4B Liberty 400 to set FAI refueled duration and distance records of 37 hours 15 minutes 14.8 seconds and 3,293.26 miles, respectively. They also set FAI speed records of 88 plus MPH for all distances from 2,500 through 5,000 kilometers during their two-day flight.
1926: Cmdr John Rodgers, Naval Aviator No. 2, died of injuries received in a airplane crash. (9)
1929: Through 4 September 1929, the Army Air Corps and Boeing Airplane Company, collaborated on the first air-to-air refueling experiment, using the Boeing Hornet Shuttle for a transcontinental flight. It was a Model 95 mail with additional fuel tanks and other alterations. The airplane flew between Oakland and New York, following what was then the longest mail route in the world. Capt Ira C. Eaker proposed this experiment as a means to investigate the potential of cross-country air refueling for military operations and flew the aircraft with Lt Bernard Thompson. Two modified Boeing 40B-4s, piloted by Boeing personnel, and two modified Army Air Corps Douglas C-1s, piloted by Capt St Clair Streett and Lt Newton Longfellow, provided the air refueling. The flight east to New York took 28 hours and 25 minutes. On the return leg, a five-gallon oil can fell from the refueling aircraft onto the Boeing Hornet Shuttle. The resulting damage forced the airplane to land at Cleveland, Ohio, and return to New York City for repairs. Airborne once more, the Boeing Hornet Shuttle flew back to Oakland. The aircraft attempted another flight east, but problems with the fuel line led to a forced landing near Salt Lake City, Utah, that damaged the aircraft and ended the experiment. (18)
1941: William R. Dunn, 71 Squadron (RAF), shot down his fifth enemy plane to become the first American "Ace" in Europe. He served in Europe, Burma, and China, and ended the war with 15 aerial victories and credit for 12 destroyed on the ground. (4)
1943: Ten SB-24's ("Snoopers"), with special radar sighting devices to make accurate bombing possible, irrespective of visual sightings, began operations from Carney Field, Guadalcanal. (24)
1945: B-29s completed their first supply drop operation to Allied POWs in the Weihsien camp near Peiping (now Beijing), China. In all, 154 camps with 63,500 prisoners in Japan, China, and Korea, got food, medical supplies, and clothing. (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. Two F-51 Mustang pilots accidentally strayed into China and strafed an airstrip near Antung, mistaking it for a N. Korean airstrip at Sinuiju on the border with China. The Chinese used the incident for propaganda and diplomatic purposes. The 92th BG sent 24 B-29s to Kyomipo to bomb the largest iron and steel plant in Korea. FEAF experimented with delayed action bombs to discourage enemy repairs on bridges. (28)
1953: The Snark subsonic intercontinental missile first flew.
1956: Douglas Airplane Company fired the Thor missile in a captive test at the Edwards AFB Rocket Engine Test Laboratory. (3)
1958: PROJECT ARGUS. On 27 and 30 August and 6 September, the US Navy launched three multistage rockets from the USS Norton Sound in the South Atlantic. Each rocket carried a low-yield atomic device that detonated at an altitude of 300 miles. (16) (24)
1959: The USS Observation Island launched a Polaris missile in its first successful launching at sea. (16) (24)
1960: A test of mobile Minuteman missiles deployed on trains ended at Hill AFB satisfactorily. (6)
1962: NASA launched an Atlas-Agena booster, carrying the Mariner II satellite, from Cape Canaveral on a journey to orbit the sun. (16) (21)
1964: SAC conducted its last Atlas E test launch from Vandenberg AFB. The launch supported the Army's Nike-Zeus program. (6)
1966: A C–133 carried the shaft and propeller of the USS Coral Sea from Travis AFB to Atsugi NAS, Japan, in 24 hours. The 63-foot-long shaft weighed 75,400 pounds and was to date the largest single load ever lifted. (18)
1970: The Air Force canceled the AIM-82A Short Range Missile for the F-15. (30)
1986: Through 29 August, a C-130 Hercules from the 50 TAS flew 250 tents to help 2,000 villagers in North Western Cameroon after a carbon dioxide cloud bubbled out of Lake Nyos. (16) (26)
1987: Morton Thiokol first the Space Shuttle's redesigned solid rocket motor at the Wasatch facility. The motor underwent a two-minute, full-duration horizontal firing test. The USAF and NASA selected Pratt and Whitney and Rockwell International to design supersonic ramjet engines for the proposed National Aerospace Plane. (12)
1990: Northrop pilot Paul Metz flew the YF-23 for the first time above Edwards AFB. (20)
2003: A NASA Dryden Flight Research Center team flew several Navy F-5E sorties to support the Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration (SSBD) program. The DARPA project tried to determine if modifying an aircraft's shape could change the sonic boom to reduce loudness. (3)
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World News for 27 August 2021 thanks to Military Periscope
I do not remember that The president's pledge was kept
Afghanistan—Scores Killed In Kabul Airport Attacks Wall Street Journal | 08/27/2021 The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan says it is responsible for a pair of attacks at the airport in Kabul where thousands are seeking to leave the country, reports the Wall Street Journal. On Thursday, a suicide bomber set off their explosives at the eastern Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport. The blast was followed by an attack by gunmen, officials said. Ten U.S. Marines, two soldiers and a Navy corpsman and 90 Afghans were killed in the attacks. Eighteen American personnel and unknown number of Afghans were injured. It was the deadliest day for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since 2011, noted USNI News. A second bomber detonated their explosives at the nearby Baron Hotel, outside of the airport. ISIS-Khorasan claimed responsibility for the attacks. Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said that more Islamic State attacks are expected in Kabul, reported Agence France-Presse. Following the attacks, President Biden pledged down to hunt down the perpetrators.
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