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September. 13
1803 Commodore John Barry dies at Philadelphia, Pa., having served in numerous commands and over vessels in the Continental Navy during the American Revolution and in the newly formed U.S. Navy.
1814 During the War of 1812, the British bomb Fort McHenry at Baltimore Harbor for 25 hours. The sight of Fort McHenry's flag and the British withdrawing from Baltimore the next morning inspires Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
1847 During the Mexican-American War, Chapultepec - the gateway to Mexico City - is successfully stormed by Marines. The next day they are assigned to duty as guards to the National Palace, called the Halls of Montezuma. This action inspires the first line of the Marine Hymn.
1906 Sailors and Marines from USS Denver (Cruiser #14) land in Havana at the request of the Cuban government to preserve order during a revolution.
1944 USS Warrington (DD 383) sinks off the Bahamas in a hurricane. After a prolonged search, numerous Navy vessels rescue only five officers and 68 men of the destroyer's 20 officers and 301 men.
1996 USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) is commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk. The 62nd and last of the Los Angeles-class attack submarines, USS Cheyenne is the third to be named after Wyoming's capital city.
2008 Hurricane Ike hits Galveston and Houston, Texas. At Galveston's Seawolf Park, a maritime museum, the museum ship USS Stewart (DE 238) and museum submarine USS Cavalla (SS 244), suffer damage as they are thrown out of the water onto land. Both vessels are restored to the prior locations and undergo renovations.
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Today in History September 13
1515 King Francis of France defeats the Swiss army under Cardinal Matthaus Schiner at Marignano, northern Italy.
1549 Pope Paul III closes the first session of the Council of Bologna.
1564 On the verge of attacking Pedro Menendez's Spanish settlement at San Agostin, Florida, Jean Ribault's French fleet is scattered by a devastating storm.
1759 British troops defeat the French on the plains of Abraham, in Quebec.
1774 Anne Robert Turgot, the new controller of finances, urges the king of France to restore the free circulation of grain in the kingdom.
1782 The British fortress at Gibraltar comes under attack by French and Spanish forces.
1788 The Constitutional Convention authorizes the first federal election resolving that electors in all the states will be appointed on January 7, 1789.
1789 Guardsmen in Orleans, France, open fire on rioters trying to loot bakeries, killing 90.
1846 General Winfield Scott takes Chapultepec, removing the last obstacle to U.S. troops moving on Mexico City.
1862 Union troops in Frederick, Maryland, discover General Robert E. Lee's attack plans for the invasion of Maryland wrapped around a pack of cigars. They give the plans to General George B. McClellan who sends the Army of the Potomac to confront Lee but only after a delay of more than half a day.
1863 The Loudoun County Rangers route a company of Confederate cavalry at Catoctin Mountain in Virginia.
1905 U.S. warships head to Nicaragua on behalf of American William Albers, who was accused of evading tobacco taxes.
1918 U.S. and French forces take St. Mihiel, France in America's first action as a standing army.
1945 Iran demands the withdrawal of Allied forces.
1951 In Korea, U.S. Army troops begin their assault in Heartbreak Ridge. The month-long struggle will cost 3,700 casualties.
1961 An unmanned Mercury capsule is orbited and recovered by NASA in a test.
1976 The United States announces it will veto Vietnam's UN bid.
1988 Hurricane Gilbert becomes the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, based on barometric pressure. Hurricane Wilma will break that record in 2005.
1993 The Oslo Accords, granting limited Palestinian autonomy, are signed by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House.
2007 UN adopts non-binding Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
2008 Five synchronized bomb blasts occur in crowded locations of Delhi, India, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 100; four other bombs are defused.
2008 Hurricane Ike makes landfall in Texas; it had already been the most costly storm in Cuba's history and becomes the third costliest in the US.
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These are great Note I have been putting two new ones each day until I run out
If you haven't discovered the little video clips by Neal Foard, treat yourself to a couple a day; they will make you smile and there's ALWAYS a "Life Lesson" embedded. He tells a great story and they're only, maybe, two minutes long or less.
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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
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Servicemembers Killed in the Vietnam War
(This site was sent by a friend last week and I forgot to forward. The site works, find anyone you knew in "search" feature. https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/ )
Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Service members Killed in the Vietnam War
By: Kipp Hanley
AUGUST 15, 2022
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Just the information here is a big surprise to me. What a bit of history
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Hell Above Earth
The Incredible True Story of an American WWII Bomber Commander and the Copilot Ordered to Kill Him
Author: Stephen Frater
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"After the twists and turns in Goering's many missions, Frater finishes with a stunning revelation . . . the author delivers an exciting read full of little-known facts about the war. A WWII...
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"After the twists and turns in Goering's many missions, Frater finishes with a stunning revelation . . . the author delivers an exciting read full of little-known facts about the war. A WWII thrill ride." - Kirkus Reviews
The U.S. air battle over Nazi Germany in WWII was hell above earth. For bomber crews, every day they flew was like D-Day, exacting a terrible physical and emotional toll. Twenty-year-old U.S. Captain Werner Goering, accepted this, even thrived on and welcomed the adrenaline rush. He was an exceptional pilot—and the nephew of Hermann Göring, leading member of the Nazi party and commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe.
The FBI and the American military would not prevent Werner from serving his American homeland, but neither would they risk the propaganda coup that his desertion or capture would represent for Nazi Germany. J. Edgar Hoover issued a top-secret order that if Captain Goering's plane was downed for any reason over Nazi-occupied Europe, someone would be there in the cockpit to shoot Goering dead. FBI agents found a man capable of accomplishing the task in Jack Rencher, a tough, insular B-17 instructor who also happened to be one of the Army's best pistol shots. That Jack and Werner became unlikely friends is just one more twist in one of the most incredible untold tales of WWII.
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Thanks to Newell
"It's bad to die in the summer."
Family and Friends,
There have been a number of insightful communiqués from ordinary Russian soldiers to their loved ones back home that have been disclosed since the beginning of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Some have been letters; some, phone-call transcripts, and one was a lengthy damning essay penned by a paratrooper that condemned the entire ill-founded campaign. Today, in the light of Ukraine's significant successes in their northeastern counter-offensives, Professor Motyl published the following opinion article in THE HILL. The most moving part of it was the humble letter taken from the body of a Russian casualty, a letter that gave impetus to Motyl's essay. I believe the entire article is worth sharing.
Slava Ukraini,
Newell
Like his soldiers, is Putin doomed?
Opinion by Alexander J. Motyl
Alexander J. Motyl is a professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark. A specialist on Ukraine, Russia and the USSR, and on nationalism, revolutions, empires and theory, he is the author of 10 books of nonfiction, as well as "Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires" and "Why Empires Reemerge: Imperial Collapse and Imperial Revival in Comparative Perspective."
Vladimir Putin is kaput. The proof of that is the below letter, written by a 26-year-old soldier in the Russian army, V.V. Tarasenko. We know nothing about Tarasenko, except that he was a resident of Putin's brainchild, the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, and that he has a wife, Valeria, and a small son. We also know that Tarasenko died in battle during the recent Ukrainian offensive in Kharkiv province. Ukrainian intelligence found the letter; the Ukrainian analyst and soldier Taras Berezovets posted it on Facebook. The letter was written with little punctuation and without capital letters. I've added them to make it more comprehensible:
This letter is for the future, if I should die or be taken prisoner or become a vegetable! Written 17.7.22. It is very hard to write, I'm crying, but I must. Beloved Lera, tell [our son] what kind of dad I was, that we were sent as cannon fodder to Zaliman [a village in Kharkiv province]! Without armor, without ammunition, without normal weapons. This is about our situation. When our son grows up, tell him his dad wanted very much to return home to be the best dad ever. I've been drinking and I'm writing emotionally. I know that all this will be forgotten and that you will be living your own life, that you'll find a new husband, that I'll simply disappear in the war like all the guys. Unfortunately, I didn't have a normal life. Say that dad was an athlete, didn't smoke and didn't drink. It's terrible that everyone has forgotten me. It's very hard to accept all this, but all people die. And this cycle can't be changed. It's bad to die in the summer. If only I were at the seashore.
To [my] wife.
Tarasenko V.V.
Tarasenko's fate and complaints are not unique. The Russian leadership, with Putin at the head, has evinced a profoundly cavalier attitude toward lives — not just of innocent Ukrainians, who've been the targets of genocide, but also of Russian soldiers and residents of the self-styled Luhansk and Donetsk "people's republics," the LNR and DNR, both of whom have been recognized as independent by the Russian Federation. As Tarasenko says, the soldiers of the Russian army are nothing less than cannon fodder. Most likely to be sent to the front without the requisite training, supplies, weaponry and ammunition are the men of the LNR and DNR, many of whom have been forcibly conscripted and sent to die. So much for Putin's concern for Ukraine's Russian speakers.
Tarasenko knew that he was cannon fodder; other conscripts must also know that they are doomed. It's hard to imagine that morale is especially high among soldiers facing certain death for no discernible reason other than the megalomaniacal ambitions and oversized ego of their country's fascist dictator. It's even harder to imagine a scenario in which an army consisting of terrified boys who dream of spending time on the beach with their girlfriends or wives can possibly sustain a meaningless war — and least of all, win it.
Tarasenko's letter presages his death, and it also may foretell Putin's rapidly approaching end. His war — as should be evident by now even to the Kremlin's propagandists, German left-wingers and American neorealists — is proving to be one of history's enormous strategic blunders. Like Napoleon and Hitler, Putin surely faces removal and possible exile on some distant isle or in his bunker.
Local policymakers in St. Petersburg and Moscow evidently agree. On Sept. 8, the Muscovites adopted a resolution stating outright that Putin must go: "We ask that you release yourself from the post [of president] as a result of the fact that your views and your model of rule are hopelessly out of date and impede the development of Russia and its human potential."
The Petersburgers were even more radical. They proposed that the State Duma, Russia's moribund legislature, charge Putin with "state treason" with the intent of having him removed from office.
Putin has lost his legitimacy, and a ruler — even a fascist dictator — needs to be deemed legitimate by elites and masses to remain in power. If, as seems likely, the views of Tarasenko and the policymakers in Moscow and St. Petersburg are widespread, then the ongoing decay of the Russian army can only accelerate, and popular discontent can only increase. A social explosion may be inevitable.
Whatever the scenario, Putin's end definitely is near, and the world would do well to minimize the chances of his acting even more destructively by hastening a Ukrainian victory and thereby giving a fillip to the Russian democratic opposition and bringing the Putin era to a close as soon as possible.
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Remembering A 'Brave,' 'Lucky' Hero In The War Of 1812
by Jeff St. Clair
WKSU - September 10, 2013
Two hundred years ago today, a young U.S. naval captain named Oliver Hazard Perry penned the words, "We have met the enemy and they are ours ..."
Perry's remarkable victory over the British changed the course of the War of 1812, and a full-scale re-enactment — the largest sailing re-enactment ever attempted in the U.S. — recently commemorated the anniversary of the win in the Battle of Lake Erie.
A Bit Of History
America had brashly declared war in 1812 to stop the British from kidnapping U.S. sailors to man the Royal Navy and to settle trade issues. A year later, the war against the world's leading superpower wasn't going well.
It was from Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie's South Bass Island that Perry sailed out to meet the British on Sept. 10, 1813.
Historian Walter Rybka — one of the planners of the re-enactment — says the 28-year-old Perry threw himself into battle. "Perry was, first off, phenomenally brave and determined, but he was damn lucky," Rybka says.
Somehow Perry survived two hours of hellacious fire that killed or maimed 75 percent of the crew on his ship, the Lawrence.
"His last gun had been knocked out of action on the starboard side, his rigging was cut to pieces, he could not maneuver, he could no longer fight. There was no point in maintaining an action because his men were just going to get slaughtered the rest of the way," Rybka says. "Right at the moment the wind fills in ..."
And that's when Perry hopped into his longboat and under heavy fire, rowed to the Niagara, a Great Lakes warship. Rybka says Perry brought along his battle flag, emblazoned with the words, "Don't Give Up The Ship."
"But the only way to do that was to give up the ship and go to the next one," Rybka says. "The real motto was, 'Don't Give Up.' "
A Turning Point
Fifteen tall ships sail out to the spot where the struggle took place 200 years ago. From the reconstructed Niagara, Capt. Wesley Heerssen hails the fleet.
"All tall ships in this battle re-enactment please stand by for roll call," Heerssen says.
And the battle begins.
Six ships make up the British line. The American fleet has nine. The Coast Guard has its hands full clearing a path for the tall ships amid a swarm of more than 2,000 speedboats and pleasure craft. The sea of boats has churned the lake, so in this version of the Battle of Lake Erie, Perry, portrayed by an actor sporting enormous sideburns, is motored from his ship onto the Niagara.
Then Heerssen hails the enemy fleet for the final maneuver of the re-enactment.
"To the British fleet we're going to pass two whistles, starboard to starboard passage," he says.
The Niagara cuts nimbly across the British line and fires its last set of broadsides. And as smoke fills the air, for a second, despite all the distractions, one of America's most famous sea battles vividly comes to life.
And suddenly, it's over.
The smoke clears, and it just another day on the lake, perfect conditions for sailing.
The battle was a turning point in the War of 1812. America had lost Detroit and much of the Northwest Territory. Rybka says if Perry had given up the ship, the Canadian border would have been much farther south.
"I think Michigan probably would have been lost to us and maybe Wisconsin as well," Rybka says.
Heerssen, as captain of the Niagara, has imagined this day for more than a decade. He says the re-enactment is a tribute to America's fighting spirit.
A buoy serves as a permanent marker in the peaceful waters of western Lake Erie. [Copyright 2013 WKSU-FM]
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This Day in U S Military History
1759 – During the Seven Years War, a worldwide conflict known as the French and Indian War in America, the British under General James Wolfe achieve a dramatic victory when they scale the cliffs over the city of Quebec, defeating the Marquis de Montcalm's French forces on the Plains of Abraham. Wolfe himself was fatally wounded during the battle, but his victory ensured British supremacy in Canada. Montcalm also suffered a mortal wound during the battle. In the early 1750s, French expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756–the first official year of fighting in the Seven Years War–the British suffered a series of defeats against the French and their broad network of Native American alliances. However, in 1757, British Prime Minister William Pitt (the older) recognized the potential of imperial expansion that would come out of victory against the French and borrowed heavily to fund an expanded war effort. Pitt financed Prussia's struggle against France and her allies in Europe and reimbursed the colonies for the raising of armies in North America. By 1760, the French had been expelled from Canada, and by 1763 all of France's allies in Europe had either made a separate peace with Prussia or had been defeated. In addition, Spanish attempts to aid France in the Americas had failed, and France also suffered defeats against British forces in India. The Seven Years War ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris in February 1763. In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas. The treaty ensured the colonial and maritime supremacy of Britain and strengthened the 13 American colonies by removing their European rivals to the north and the south. Fifteen years later, French bitterness over the loss of most of their colonial empire contributed to their intervention in the American Revolution on the side of the Patriots
1900 – Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War. The engagement was fought between the forces of Colonel Maximo Abad and Devereux Shields. Shields' defeat sent shock waves through the American high command. Aside from being one of the worst defeats suffered by the Americans during the war, it was especially significant given its proximity to the upcoming election between President William McKinley and his anti-imperialist opponent William Jennings Bryan, the outcome of which many believed would determine the ultimate course of the war. Consequently, the defeat triggered a sharp response. Arthur MacArthur, Jr. sent Brig. Gen. Luther Hare with "orders to treat the entire male population over fifteen as potential enemies and to arrest as many as possible and hold them hostages until Abad surrendered." Hare secured the release of Shields and his men. Maj. Frederick A. Smith continued the policy of destroying food and shelter in the interior of the island, and moving all civilians into the towns. Although Abad and most of his command continued to elude the American military, the civilian population was suffering for it, with many landowners and merchants joining the Federal Party, turning against Abad. These new tactics led to the surrender of Abad in April 1901.
1950 – Task Force 77 struck Wolmi-do with naval gunfire in preparation for the amphibious assault against Inchon. Lieutenant David H. Swenson was killed aboard the destroyer USS Swenson when the North Koreans hit the ship with a two-gun salvo. Ironically, the ship was named after his uncle, Captain Lyman K. Swenson, who was killed in the South Pacific during World War II.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
*HALLMAN, SHERWOOD H.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, 175th Infantry, 29th Infantry Division. Place and date: Brest, Brittany, France, 13 September 1944. Entered service at: Spring City, Pa. Birth: Spring City, Pa. G.O. No.: 31, 17 April 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On 13 September 1944, in Brittany, France, the 2d Battalion in its attack on the fortified city of Brest was held up by a strongly defended enemy position which had prevented its advance despite repeated attacks extending over a 3-day period. Finally, Company F advanced to within several hundred yards of the enemy position but was again halted by intense fire. Realizing that the position must be neutralized without delay, S/Sgt. Hallman ordered his squad to cover his movements with fire while he advanced alone to a point from which he could make the assault. Without hesitating, S/Sgt. Hallman leaped over a hedgerow into a sunken road, the central point of the German defenses which was known to contain an enemy machinegun position and at least 30 enemy riflemen. Firing his carbine and hurling grenades, S/Sgt. Hallman, unassisted, killed or wounded 4 of the enemy, then ordered the remainder to surrender. Immediately, 12 of the enemy surrendered and the position was shortly secured by the remainder of his company. Seeing the surrender of this position, about 75 of the enemy in the vicinity surrendered, yielding a defensive organization which the battalion with heavy supporting fires had been unable to take. This single heroic act on the part of S/Sgt. Hallman resulted in the immediate advance of the entire battalion for a distance of 2,000 yards to a position from which Fort Keranroux was captured later the same day. S/Sgt. Hallman's fighting determination and intrepidity in battle exemplify the highest tradition of the U.S. Armed Forces.
KELLY, CHARLES E.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company L, 143d Infantry, 36th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Altavilla, Italy, 13 September 1943. Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Pittsburgh, Pa. G.O. No.: 13, 18 February 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On 13 September 1943, near Altavilla, Italy, Cpl. Kelly voluntarily joined a patrol which located and neutralized enemy machinegun positions. After this hazardous duty he volunteered to establish contact with a battalion of U.S. infantry which was believed to be located on Hill 315, a mile distant. He traveled over a route commanded by enemy observation and under sniper, mortar, and artillery fire; and later he returned with the correct information that the enemy occupied Hill 315 in organized positions. Immediately thereafter Cpl. Kelly, again a volunteer patrol member, assisted materially in the destruction of 2 enemy machinegun nests under conditions requiring great skill and courage. Having effectively fired his weapon until all the ammunition was exhausted, he secured permission to obtain more at an ammunition dump. Arriving at the dump, which was located near a storehouse on the extreme flank of his regiment's position, Cpl. Kelly found that the Germans were attacking ferociously at this point. He obtained his ammunition and was given the mission of protecting the rear of the storehouse. He held his position throughout the night. The following morning the enemy attack was resumed. Cpl. Kelly took a position at an open window of the storehouse. One machine gunner had been killed at this position and several other soldiers wounded. Cpl. Kelly delivered continuous aimed and effective fire upon the enemy with his automatic rifle until the weapon locked from overheating. Finding another automatic rifle, he again directed effective fire upon the enemy until this weapon also locked. At this critical point, with the enemy threatening to overrun the position, Cpl. Kelly picked up 60mm. mortar shells, pulled the safety pins, and used the shells as grenades, killing at least 5 of the enemy. When it became imperative that the house be evacuated, Cpl. Kelly, despite his sergeant's injunctions, volunteered to hold the position until the remainder of the detachment could withdraw. As the detachment moved out, Cpl. Kelly was observed deliberately loading and firing a rocket launcher from the window. He was successful in covering the withdrawal of the unit, and later in joining his own organization. Cpl. Kelly's fighting determination and intrepidity in battle exemplify the highest traditions of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Thanks to Mike. This is a great article about the men and women who made aviation history as pilots and engineers who designed, built and flew the new designs to the edge of the envelope.
Flying Magazines 51 Flying Heroes and Heroines
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 13, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
13 September
1916: The Signal Corps Aviation School at San Diego held its first aeronautics course for field officers. (24)
1917: The 1st Aero Squadron arrived in France. That arrival made it the first Army air unit to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces. (See 5 June 1917 for first Naval air unit) (21)
1923: Through 14 December, Lts John F. Whitely and H. D. Smith and crew flew a Martin MB-2, powered by two Liberty 400 engines, on an 8,000-mile round trip from Langley Field to San Diego in anticipation of a national airways. (9) (24)
1935: Howard Hughes flew his Hughes Special Airplane at Santa Ana, Calif., to a 352 MPH world speed record. (9) (24)
1943: The 52 TCW used more than 80 troop transports to drop 1,200 paratroopers from the 82d Airborne Division on Italy's Salerno Beach, with no losses of planes or men. This effort was one of the most successful allied airborne operations in the war. (21) (24)
1944: Eighth Air Force bombed Hungary's Diosgyoer Steel Works. (4)
1951: The USAF established its first pilotless bomber squadron at the Missile Test Center, Cocoa, Fla. (16) (26)
1960: The 4135 SW at Eglin AFB received the first production GAM-72A Quail missiles. (6)
1961: NASA used the worldwide Mercury tracking network for the first time to follow an unmanned Mercury vehicle in space. The results convinced NASA that man could be sent into space using an Atlas vehicle. A Mercury-Atlas booster lifted the vehicle into space. (16) (24) NASA studied atmospheric winds, temperature, and density by releasing sodium clouds at high altitudes from two four-stage Argo D-4 rockets launched from Wallops Island. (24)
1962: Lt Cmdrs Fred A. Franke flew an UF-1L Albatross amphibian to 27,380 feet with a 4,410- pound payload to set a new altitude record. Lt Cmdr Donald E. Moore flew the same aircraft to 29,460 feet with a 2,205-pound payload to set a second record. Both flights surpassed Soviet records set in 1940. (24)
1974: Capt Harold B. Adams (pilot) and Maj William C. Machorek (RSO) flew an SR-71 from London to Los Angeles in 3 hours 48 minutes at a new speed record of 1,435.59 MPH. (1)
1985: CELESTIAL EAGLE. Major Wilbert D. "Doug" Pearson, Jr., flying F-15A (Tail No. 77- 0084) fired the first the Vought ASM-135A air-launched anti-satellite (ASAT) missile at a live target over Edwards AFB. The missile hit the orbiting Solwing scientific satellite that was traveling at 17,500 MPH nearly 290 miles above Earth. The 6512th Test Squadron F-15A stationed at Edwards AFB took off from Vandenberg AFB and zoom-climbed up to 80,000 feet and then launched the ASAT. Both the first and second stages fired successfully, and the miniature kinetic kill vehicle separated and homed in on the satellite, destroying it upon impact. (16) (21)
1992: Operation IMPRESSIVE LIFT. Through 29 September, AMC aircraft moved UN troops from Pakistan to Somalia to begin a peacekeeping mission. In the 94 flights, the aircraft carried 974 passengers and 1,168 tons of equipment and supplies. The troops tried to distribute food fairly for Operation PROVIDE RELIEF. (16) (21)
2001: Operation NOBLE EAGLE. The Air Staff cleared all training and operational USAF units to resume normal flying operations. (3)
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World News for 13 September thanks to Military Periscope
USA—Order Placed With Kongsberg For More Naval Strike Missiles Kongsberg Defence And Aerospace | 09/13/2022 Kongsberg says it has received an order from Raytheon to supply cruise missiles under the U.S. Navy's Over The-Horizon Weapon System (OTH-WS) program. The latest $33.3 million order for Naval Strike Missiles comes under a framework agreement for the OTH-WS program that was finalized in May 2018. The agreement has a total value of $793 million. Kongsberg said it has received orders worth $177.6 million to date. The NSM is a long-range anti-ship cruise missile with an advanced radar seeker capable of detecting targets from very long range.
USA—Sierra Nevada Seeks To Get Ahead Of Army Requirements For New ISR Aircraft Sierra Nevada Corp. | 09/13/2022 The Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is building prototype intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft in anticipation of a new U.S. Army new program, reports Defence Blog. The company says it is investing more than $200 million to modify two Bombardier Global 6500 business jets as airborne ISR platforms by 2024. SNC calls the new platform the RAPCON-X. Design modifications for the aircraft began over a year ago, company officials said. The design uses model-based systems engineering allowing for easy upgrades and reconfiguration. The RAPCON-X begins with a baseline Global 6500, which is then shaped to accommodate the radar and signals intelligence package desired by the customer, reported Breaking Defense in late August. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery to SNC in October and the second in December. Flight testing is anticipated for the summer of 2023. The RAPCON-X is expected to have an endurance of about 14 hours, a range of more than 6,000 nm (11,100 km) and operate at altitudes of more than 45,000 feet (13,700 m).
Armenia—Cease-Fire Reached After Deadly Border Clashes, Says Russia Cable News Network | 09/13/2022 Russia says it has brokered a cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan after clashes along their mutual border, reports CNN. On Tuesday morning, the Armenian Defense Ministry said that Azerbaijani forces launched artillery and drone strikes toward several towns near the border, including Jermuk, Goris and Kapan and said it had responded to the "large-scale provocation." At least 49 Armenian soldiers were killed in the fighting, the ministry said as cited by Reuters. Azerbaijan said it launched the attacks after by small-arms fire from Armenian troops toward the Novoivanovka and Husulu settlements. Armenia denied the charge. Azerbaijani media says that the cease-fire was violated within minutes of entering force, reported the Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency. Tensions have been high between Armenia and Azerbaijan since they fought a brief war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in late 2020.
Ethiopia—1 Injured In Airstrike In Tigray Agence France-Presse | 09/13/2022 Tigrayan authorities say the Ethiopian government has conducted an airstrike on Mekele, the capital of the northern Tigray region, reports Agence France-Presse. On Tuesday, drones attacked the Mekele University compound, injuring at least one person and causing property damage. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)-associated Dimtsi Weyane television network said its station in the regional capital was also hit, forcing it off the air and "causing heavy human and material damage." AFP could not confirm the accounts due to restrictions on access to Tigray and a communications blackout enforced by Addis Ababa over the last year. The airstrike comes two days after the TPLF declared its readiness for peace talks with the Ethiopian government under the aegis of the African Union.
Iran—Sabotage Suspected In Oilfield Fire Reuters | 09/13/2022 Iranian authorities have blamed saboteurs for a fire at the Shadegan oilfield in the southwestern Khuzestan province, reports Reuters. A fire broke out at one of 20 active wells at the Shadegan oilfield on Tuesday morning and was quickly brought under control. Qobad Nasseri, the head of the Maroon Oil and Gas Production Co., told state television that the fire was the result of "tampering by unknown elements." The damage was being evaluated and the field would soon return to production, Nasseri said. Authorities did not immediately assign blame for the suspected attack. Khuzestan is home to an Arab minority that has clashed with the Iranian government in the past.
Mexico—Senate Approves Bill Placing National Guard Under Army Control Mexico News Daily | 09/13/2022 The Mexican Senate has passed a bill turning control of the civilian-led National Guard to the army, reports the Mexico News Daily. On Sept. 9, the upper house of Parliament passed the bill 71 to 51, with approval led by the ruling Morena Party and its allies. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador proposed the legislation last month. Proponents say the move is necessary to prevent corruption and ensure professionalism. The National Guard was created in 2019 under a constitutionally enshrined civilian command under the security ministry. The opposition said it would challenge the constitutionality of the law before the Supreme Court, noting that it reforms secondary laws rather than the constitution. Critics have expressed concern that further militarization of Mexican security forces would exacerbate violence. The bill will leave Mexico devoid of a civilian police force at the federal level, noted acting U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif.
Somalia—Troops, Militias Drive Al-Shabaab From 20 Villages, Army Says Voice Of America News | 09/13/2022 The Somali army says its forces, backed by local militias, have liberated 20 villages from Islamist militants, reports the Voice of America News. On Monday, a Somali National Army commander told the news service that more than 100 Al-Shabaab fighters were killed and 20 captured during an operation in the central Hiran region. The small town of Fidow, near the border with Ethiopia, was among several key locations recaptured, the commander said. The Somali forces and members of the local militia, known as Macwisley, received air support during the operation, although the commander did not indicate from whom. Analysts said that the Somali government has encouraged the formation of local militias to help fight Al-Shabaab. The Somali Information Ministry called the operation the "first step" in ridding the country of the Al-Qaida-affiliated group.
Syria—Gantz Says Iran Has Built 10 Missile Production Facilities In Masyaf Jerusalem Post | 09/13/2022 Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz says that Iran has been using Syrian research institutes as cover to produce missiles and other weapons for its proxy forces, reports the Jerusalem Post. During the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York on Monday, Gantz showed off a map showing at least 10 different facilities belonging to the Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques (CERS) in Maysaf in the northwestern Hama governorate that he said Iran was using to build advanced missiles and other weapons. The facilities are part of a broader campaign by Tehran to build weapons manufacturing facilities in the Middle East, he said. Iran is also working on building new weapons factories in Lebanon and Yemen, said Gantz, warning that if the trend was not halted within a decade there would be advanced Iranian factories across the region producing weapons for its proxy forces.
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