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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
September 20
1942 During World War II, the U.S. Naval Operating Base at Auckland, New Zealand, is established.
1943 USS S-28 (SS 133) sinks Japanese gunboat No. 2 Katsura Maru, 165 miles southwest of Paramushir, Kuril Islands.
1943 While conducting daylight reconnaissance of the Bay of Naples to investigate German shore battery activity on the Sorrento Peninsula, Motor Torpedo Boats PT 204 and PT 209 are showered with water from near-hits but escape damage. They chart the location of the battery before leaving the area.
1951 During Operation Summit, the first helicopter-borne landing of a combat unit is performed when Marines are landed by Marine helicopter squadron (HMR 161) in dense fog in Korea.
1981 Philippine Navy frigate, Datu Kalantia, previously, USS Booth (DE 170), is forced aground by Typhoon Clara while at anchor near Clayan Island, 340 miles north of Manila. USS Mount Hood (AE 29), with a special medical team embarks and joins in on rescue operations on Sept. 21. Only 18 members of the crew survive.
1986 USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) is commissioned at Charlestown Naval Shipyard in Boston, near the American Revolutionary War battleground for which the ship is named.
1997 USS Bataan (LHD 5) is commissioned at Pascagoula, Miss. It is the second US Navy ship named in remembrance of the valiant resistance of American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula in the dawning days of World War II.
2017 Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a Category 4 storm with deadly flooding. The Navy responds by sending USS Wasp (LHD 1), USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) and 17 aircraft to provide humanitarian assistance that lasts until Nov. 20.
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This Day in World History
September 20, 2022
480 BC Themistocles and his Greek fleet win one of history's first decisive naval victories over Xerxes' Persian force off Salamis.
1378 The election of Robert of Geneva as anti-pope by discontented cardinals creates a great schism in the Catholic church.
1519 Ferdinand Magellan embarks from Spain on a voyage to circumnavigate the world.
1561 Queen Elizabeth of England signs a treaty at Hampton Court with French Huguenot leader Louis de Bourbon, the Prince of Conde. The English will occupy Le Havre in return for aiding Bourbon against the Catholics of France.
1565 Pedro Menendez of Spain wipes out the French at Fort Caroline, in Florida.
1604 After a two-year siege, the Spanish retake Ostend, the Netherlands, from the Dutch.
1784 Packet and Daily, the first daily publication in America, appears on the streets.
1806 Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark pass the French village of La Charette, the first white settlement they have seen in more than two years.
1830 The National Negro Convention convenes in Philadelphia with the purpose of abolishing slavery.
1850 The slave trade is abolished in the District of Columbia.
1853 The Allies defeat the Russians at the Battle of Alma on the Crimean Peninsula.
1863 Union troops under George Thomas prevent the Union defeat at Chickamauga from becoming a rout, earning him the nickname "the Rock of Chickamauga."
1934 Bruno Hauptmann arrested for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1952 Scientists confirm that DNA holds hereditary data.
1971 Hurricane Irene becomes the first hurricane known to cross from the Atlantic to Pacific, where it is renamed Hurricane Olivia.
1973 In a pro tennis bout dubbed "The Battle of the Sexes," Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in Texas.
1977 Socialist Republic of Vietnam admitted to the United Nations.
1984 Suicide car bomber attacks US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 22.
1985 Australia introduces a capital gains tax.
1990 South Ossetia declares its independence from George in the former Soviet Union.
2000 British MI6 Secret intelligence Service building in London attacked by unidentified group using RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
2001 US Pres. George W. Bush, addressing a joint session of Congress, declares a "war on terror.".
2008 A truck loaded with explosives detonates by Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 45 and injuring 226.
2011 US military ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and allows gay men and women to serve openly.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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For The List for Tuesday, 20 September 2022… Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 20 September 1967… James Reston writes: the air war over North Vietnam gets a name, "Rolling Thunder"
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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"Welcome to Martha's Vineyard "
Glad the illegals are being sent to the people who wanted them here
Very clever stuff:
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Barrett's favorite A-10 story triggered a memory. The A-10 was being developed/tested about the same time as the F-14, with the A-10 maybe two years behind the F-14's development cycle. We'd occasionally run into A-10 guys in a BOQ at one of the test ranges. Thus, the conversation started with A-10 jokes. There were a whole series of them, and I'm sorry to say I've forgotten most of them. All were based on either "ugly" or "slow."
Here's two I remember:
Q: What's the first mod the Air Force made to the A-10 when it was delivered?
A: They replaced the airspeed indicator with a calendar.
Q: Why did they install rear view mirrors on the A-10?
A: So they could check their six o'clock for bird strikes.
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On Sep 19, 2022, at 2:13 PM, KURT STRAUSS <kastrauss@aol.com> wrote:
Shadow,
Great story as always, however you forget to tell us what was in that hanger that brought these luminaries to visit you.
Shark
Thanks to Shadow
Well, since you asked…
Tom Mann was a regular visitor since we were rebuilding an F4F for the Marines and since Tom was a local, we decided to do it up like one of the "Cactus Air Force" Wildcats that Tom flew on Guadalcanal… with Tom's name on it with the 12 kill markings. Thank goodness we got it finished before Tom passed away.
Now for the rest of the Wildcat story… after we delivered it to the Marines… somebody started digging into the archives and it was discovered that Tom's Wildcat had actually been flown by Butch O'Hare at Midway (Holy Shit). From there, with no input from us… it became a political football and "Politics reared its' ugly head"… someone decided the now "O'Hare" Wildcat needed to be on display at Chicago's "O'Hare International Airport"… and that's where it sits today. The Marines were given an FM-2 Wildcat that we also restored. Both airplanes were repainted for authenticity.
Bob Coats came by when he'd heard we were rebuilding two Hellcats and a Japanese Zero. I'm pretty sure Fred Carment, retired Captain and later a Grumman executive in Tokyo brought him by. BTW, Fred got to know Saburo Sakai while in Japan and between his and my contacts we had pictures made of the first Hellcat and the Zero, nose to nose. We had 15 large prints made and sent them to Tokyo for Sakai-San to sign under the Zero and then when they came back; Fred took them down to Palm Beach for David McCampbell to sign under the Hellcat. As I recall, we donated ten of them to the Pensacola Museum… have no idea what they did with them?
Gotta tell this story… when Coats first came by, the first Hellcat was finished except for a few minor things… already painted, cockpit complete. Jim "Black" Lucas, the "Black" in Black Shadow Aviation… asked Coats when was the last time he sat in the cockpit of a Hellcat? Can't remember the year… but it was long ago. Jim then invited him to climb up and sit in the cockpit. Coats tried to beg off as he was getting long in tooth and didn't think he could lift his leg high enough to get up to the wing… as soon as he said that, I had one of my guys bring over a milk crate (every hangar should have a milk crate as an essential tool… we had many). That did the trick and Bob was able to get on the wing and managed to get in the cockpit. We were all watching as he sat there and you could see he was reaching around in the cockpit and touching things. In a way, it was kind of an emotional thing for all of us… Then Black leans over to me and says, "Shadow, look at that… that's some kids great grandpa… but in his time he was a stone cold killer"! To cap it off, no sooner than Black said what he did… this white haired, almost fragile looking man… reaches up, grabs the front canopy bow with his left hand and the armor plate behind the seat and literally vaults himself out of the cockpit and onto the wing walkway. I swear (and Black will back me up) the man's motions and walk looked decades younger than when he slowly went up that wing. Later, he gave a talk at one of the ANA dinners we hosted about how important it was to to reach out to old shipmates… I swear it was given with such class, there were tears flowing like water, as he recounted how our lives had been enriched by the efforts of others. He was a class act.
Bud Anderson's visit was kinda a fluke… I'd met Bud through Connie and Ed Bowlin and Sam and Tricia Bass. Bud was visiting them and agreed to fly Sam's T-6 down for us to do some paint work on (funny story on that but a little X-rated for this) and Ed would later come down in his Mustang to pick him up.
Corky, Big Jim and John Verdi were all friends and regular visitors. The latter two would stay at the hangar when they came down from Tennessee and Alabama. When I had the hangar built, I did things a bit different in that the main office was a huge room that accommodated our desks, a large L-Shaped couch, big screen TV with satellite dish outside, a brick fireplace and a full kitchen. We had a large second room with a full bath for overnighters and Jim had a fifth wheel camper for overflows. Actually, Jim, being a bachelor at the time spent most of his nights in the guest room.
We had a ball! Best years of my life, amazing the number of people who came by from all over the world… like the time the local Admiral called and said they had a group of Japanese dignitaries who'd requested a visit and said that "Stain Curtin" had told them they needed to visit our facility. Stain had been the Lat-Wing Commander next door at Cecil Field, who was now over in Japan.
Miss you Black…
Shadow
Sent from my iPad
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Thanks to Brett
Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: Pelosi Condemns Azerbaijan Over Clashes
The House speaker was in Armenia over the weekend.
By: GPF Staff
September 19, 2022
U.S. condemnation. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, condemned what she called the "illegal and deadly attacks by Azerbaijan on Armenian territory" during a visit to Yerevan over the weekend, days after renewed fighting erupted between the two countries. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday and urged him to adhere to a cease-fire that was signed last week. The United States is a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, aimed at finding a settlement to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, and its attention has increasingly turned to the region as Russia's war in Ukraine has escalated.
Looking East. The secretary of Russia's Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, arrived in China to meet with senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and discuss strengthening security cooperation. They agreed to expand military cooperation, including holding joint exercises and patrols. Russia is looking to the East as it faces severe sanctions pressure from the West.
Protests in Moldova. Thousands of protesters took part in an anti-government demonstration on Sunday in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau. They called for the resignation of President Maia Sandu and her pro-European government. Moldova is a strategically important country for Russia, which closely monitors political developments there.
Seoul's warnings. South Korea's trade minister warned that the Biden administration's removal of subsidies for South Korean electric vehicles threatens their relationship. Under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, EVs manufactured by Hyundai in South Korea will be excluded from consumer tax credits. The minister also expressed frustration about U.S. restrictions on the transfer of cutting-edge manufacturing capabilities to semiconductor facilities in China.
Cyprus arms embargo. The U.S. State Department certified that Cyprus has "met the necessary conditions" to lift a long-standing arms embargo against it. The embargo, which had been partially removed in 2020, will be fully lifted on Oct. 1. Turkey's Foreign Ministry condemned the move.
Mining in India. The Uranium Corporation of India began construction of infrastructure to mine uranium ore in the Sikar district of Rajasthan state. The area has an estimated 12,000 metric tons of uranium ore and other associated minerals.
China and Pakistan. Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa agreed to enhance their countries' strategic partnership during a meeting on Monday.
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Thanks to Carl
"For all that you think you know about Soros, a new book about him reveals him to be much worse and more dangerous than you thought."
September 20, 2022
George Soros: The Man Behind The Curtain
By Janet Levy
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This Day in U S Military History…….20 September
1806 – After nearly two-and-a-half years spent exploring the western wilderness, the Corps of Discovery arrived at the frontier village of La Charette, the first white settlement they had seen since leaving behind the outposts of eastern civilization in 1804. Entirely out of provisions and trade goods and subsisting on wild plums, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and their men were understandably eager to reach home. Upon arriving at La Charette, the men fired a three-round salute to alert the inhabitants of their approach and were answered by three rounds from the trading boats moored at the riverbank. The people of La Charette rushed to the banks of the Missouri to greet the returning heroes. "Every person," Clark wrote with his characteristic inventive spelling, "both French and Americans Seem to express great pleasure at our return, and acknowledge themselves astonished in Seeing us return. They informed us that we were Supposed to have been lost long Since." The Lewis and Clark mission had been a spectacular success. With the aid of friendly Native American tribes, the explorers had charted the upper reaches of the Missouri, proved there was no easy water passage across the Continental Divide, reached the shores of the Pacific Ocean, and made the first major step to opening of the trans-Mississippi West to the American settlement. After spending the evening celebrating with the people of La Charette, the next day the expedition continued rapidly down the river and after two more days reached St. Louis, the city where their long journey had begun. Lewis' first act upon leaping from his canoe to the St. Louis dock was to send a note asking the postmaster to delay the mail headed east so he could write a quick letter to President Jefferson telling him that the intrepid Corps of Discovery had, at long last, come home.
1917 – The 26th "Yankee" Division (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) becomes the first American division to arrive in Europe during World War I. More than one million American soldiers and Marines will join them by war's end in November 1918. All 18 National Guard divisions will serve in France, but only 11 see combat as intact units. Six others become "depot" divisions, serving as a source of replacements for casualties suffered by the frontline divisions. One, the 93rd Division, composed of all of the Guard's African American units, has each of its four regiments parceled out to three different French divisions because American army leadership did not want to mix black and white soldiers together.
1944 – Operation Market Garden continues. A joint attack by the British Guards Armored Division and the US 82nd Airborne Division captures Nijmegen and the bridge over the Waal River. At Arnhem, the British 1st Airborne Division is forced away from the bridge by German forces. Meanwhile, Polish forces, part of Canadian 1st Army, make gains along the Scheldt River. Farther south, US 3rd Army (part of US 12th Army Group) captures Chatel and Luneville.
1944 – On Angaur, most of the Japanese garrison has been eliminated by American forces. Some Japanese forces continue to resist in the northwest of the island.
1945 – German rocket engineers who have been captured at the end of the war and been brought to the US start work on the American rocket program.
1945 – Automotive manufacturers had been at the heart of a seamless war machine during World War II, producing trucks, tanks, and planes at astounding rates. But only after the last shots were fired did auto factories begin to produce cars again, focusing their sights on the booming postwar market. A month after the surrender of Japan, Packard followed the lead of every other company and ceased military production, turning out its last wartime Rolls-Royce Merlin engine on this day.
1950 – Marines of the 1st Marine Division crossed the Han River along a six-mile beachhead, eight miles northwest of Seoul, Korea. Five days later, the 1st and 5th Marines would attack Seoul and the city would be captured by 27 September.
1951 – In Operation Summit, the first combat helicopter landing in history, U.S. Marines were landed in Korea.
1954 – The 1st FORTRAN computer program was executed.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
WHITNEY, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry. Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 20 September 1863. Entered service at: Quincy, Mich. Born. 13 December 1840, Allen, Mich. Date of issue: 21 October 1895. Citation: As the enemy were about to charge, this officer went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy and at great exposure to himself cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing the same within the Union lines, the ammunition being used with good effect in again repulsing the attack.
POPE, EVERETT PARKER
Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Peleliu Island, Palau group, 19-20 September 1944. Entered service at: Massachusetts. Born: 16 July 1919, Milton, Mass. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as commanding officer of Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, during action against enemy Japanese forces on Peleliu Island, Palau group, on 19-20 September 1944. Subjected to pointblank cannon fire which caused heavy casualties and badly disorganized his company while assaulting a steep coral hill, Capt. Pope rallied his men and gallantly led them to the summit in the face of machinegun, mortar, and sniper fire. Forced by widespread hostile attack to deploy the remnants of his company thinly in order to hold the ground won, and with his machineguns out of order and insufficient water and ammunition, he remained on the exposed hill with 12 men and 1 wounded officer determined to hold through the night. Attacked continuously with grenades, machineguns, and rifles from 3 sides, he and his valiant men fiercely beat back or destroyed the enemy, resorting to hand-to-hand combat as the supply of ammunition dwindled, and still maintaining his lines with his 8 remaining riflemen when daylight brought more deadly fire and he was ordered to withdraw. His valiant leadership against devastating odds while protecting the units below from heavy Japanese attack reflects the highest credit upon Capt. Pope and the U.S. Naval Service .
COMMISKEY, HENRY A., SR.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant (then 2d Lt.), U.S. Marine Corps, Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Near Yongdungp'o, Korea, 20 September 1950. Entered service at: Hattiesburg, Miss. Birth: 10 January 1927, Hattiesburg, Miss. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a platoon leader in Company C, in action against enemy aggressor forces. Directed to attack hostile forces well dug in on Hill 85, 1st Lt. Commiskey, spearheaded the assault, charging up the steep slopes on the run. Coolly disregarding the heavy enemy machine gun and small arms fire, he plunged on well forward of the rest of his platoon and was the first man to reach the crest of the objective. Armed only with a pistol, he jumped into a hostile machine gun emplacement occupied by 5 enemy troops and quickly disposed of 4 of the soldiers with his automatic pistol. Grappling with the fifth, 1st Lt. Commiskey knocked him to the ground and held him until he could obtain a weapon from another member of his platoon and killed the last of the enemy guncrew. Continuing his bold assault, he moved to the next emplacement, killed 2 more of the enemy and then led his platoon toward the rear nose of the hill to rout the remainder of the hostile troops and destroy them as they fled from their positions. His valiant leadership and courageous fighting spirit served to inspire the men of his company to heroic endeavor in seizing the objective and reflect the highest credit upon 1st Lt. Commiskey and the U.S. Naval Service.
*MONEGAN, WALTER C., JR.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Near Sosa-ri, Korea, 17 and 20 September 1950. Entered service at: Seattle, Wash. Born: 25 December 1930, Melrose, Mass. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rocket gunner attached to Company F, and in action against enemy aggressor forces. Dug in on a hill overlooking the main Seoul highway when 6 enemy tanks threatened to break through the battalion position during a predawn attack on 17 September, Pfc. Monegan promptly moved forward with his bazooka, under heavy hostile automatic weapons fre and engaged the lead tank at a range of less than 50 yards. After scoring a direct hit and killing the sole surviving tankman with his carbine as he came through the escape hatch, he boldly fired 2 more rounds of ammunition at the oncoming tanks, disorganizing the attack and enabling our tank crews to continue blasting with their 90-mm guns. With his own and an adjacent company's position threatened by annihilation when an overwhelming enemy tank-infantry force bypassed the area and proceeded toward the battalion command post during the early morning of September 20, he seized his rocket launcher and, in total darkness, charged down the slope of the hill where the tanks had broken through. Quick to act when an illuminating shell lit the area, he scored a direct hit on one of the tanks as hostile rifle and automatic-weapons fire raked the area at close range. Again exposing himself, he fired another round to destroy a second tank and, as the rear tank turned to retreat, stood upright to fire and was fatally struck down by hostile machine gun fire when another illuminating shell silhouetted him against the sky. Pfc. Monegan's daring initiative, gallant fighting spirit and courageous devotion to duty were contributing factors in the success of his company in repelling the enemy, and his self-sacrificing efforts throughout sustain and enhance the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country .
*PIERCE, LARRY S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade. Place and date: Near Ben Cat, Republic of Vietnam, 20 September 1965. Entered service at: Fresno, Calif. Born: 6 July 1941, Wewoka, Okla. G.O. No.: 7, 24 February 1966. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Pierce was serving as squad leader in a reconnaissance platoon when his patrol was ambushed by hostile forces. Through his inspiring leadership and personal courage, the squad succeeded in eliminating an enemy machinegun and routing the opposing force. While pursuing the fleeing enemy, the squad came upon a dirt road and, as the main body of his men entered the road, Sgt. Pierce discovered an antipersonnel mine emplaced in the road bed. Realizing that the mine could destroy the majority of his squad, Sgt. Pierce saved the lives of his men at the sacrifice of his life by throwing himself directly onto the mine as it exploded. Through his indomitable courage, complete disregard for his safety, and profound concern for his fellow soldiers, he averted loss of life and injury to the members of his squad. Sgt. Pierce's extraordinary heroism, at the cost of his life, are in the highest traditions of the U.S. Army and reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of his country.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for 20 September, 2021 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
20 September
1904: Wilbur Wright made the first circular flight in an airplane at Huffman Prairie, near Dayton. (21)
1950: The USAF announced that planes would be tested by remote control, with pilots viewing instrument panels from the ground by television. (24) KOREAN WAR. By using night lighting equipment, FEAF Combat Cargo Command turned its Kimpo airlift into a 24-hour operation. To destroy potential enemy reinforcements, B-29s attacked three separate barracks areas in and near Pyongyang, N. Korea. (28)
1951: The USAF recovered animals from a rocket flight for the first time, when a monkey and 11 mice survived an Aerobee flight to an altitude of 236,000 feet. (16) (24)
1956: Cape Canaveral launched the first Jupiter C, a three-stage missile. It attained an altitude of 680 miles and traveled 3,300 miles. (16) (24) Exercise MOBILE BAKER. In this exercise to deploy a Composite Air Strike Force (CASF) to Europe, the first aircraft left the US and were refueled on their way across the Atlantic by KB-29s and KB-50s. This force included 16 F-100Cs from the 450th Fighter-Day Wing, Foster AFB; 16 F-84Fs from the 366th Fighter-Bomber Wing, England AFB; four RF-84Fs from the 363d TRW, Shaw AFB; and four B-66s from the 17th BMW Tactical, Eglin AFB. After the units arrived in Europe, they participated in NATO Maneuver Whipsaw. The last aircraft returned to the US on 9 October.
1957: General Thomas D. White, the CSAF, announced that radar units could detect ICBMs at a distance of 3,000 miles. (16) (24) From Cape Canaveral, Douglas Aircraft Company's Thor IRBM performed its first test launch and flight. (6) (12)
1959: The Navy's prototype Polaris missile flew successfully over a 500-mile course.
1960: Miss Jerrie Cobb piloted an Aero Commander 680F to a world-class altitude record of 36,932 feet for light aircraft. (24)
1966: Lt Col Donald M. Sorlie became the first USAF pilot to fly the NASA's M2-F2 Lifting Body from the AFFTC at Edwards AFB. A B-52 launched the M2-F2 from 45,000 feet. It reached nearly 400 MPH in its 3 ½-minute flight. (3) (16)
1967: President Johnson asked the Transportation Department to develop a "long-range and comprehensive" program for improving the country's air traffic control system. The President further asked for a financial program that made "those who will benefit most" pay a fair share of the system costs.
1970: Luna 16 soft-landed on the moon.
1980: PACAF sent two F-15 Eagles and an E-3A Sentry to New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand to demonstrate those new aircraft. (26)
1982: On 20-21 September, the 320 BMW at Mather AFB tested Navy Harpoon missiles for compatibility with the B-52. These missiles were designed for an anti-shipping mission. (6)
1999: UN Operation STABILISE. C-130 airlifted U.S. troops from Australia to Dili, East Timor, after that nation declared its independence from Indonesia and a bloody war erupted. Eventually, 1 C-141, 21 C-130s, 3 KC-135s, and 2 C-17s took part in the operation to move peacekeeping troops into the area. (21)
2005: The USAF's last remaining active-duty C-9 Nightingale (Tail No. 876) left Ramstein AB, Germany for Andrews AFB, Md. The C-9 flew to its final resting place at the Andrews air museum. (AFNEWS Article, "Historic C-9 Heads to Andrews for Retirement," 24 September 2005)
2007: A hypersonic vehicle with five innovative payloads made a successful, six-minute flight. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland AFB, N. M., designed and developed the hypersonic vehicle. A Navy rocket launched the Re-Entry Structures Experiment (RESE), and it reached 95,000 feet and Mach 5 (3,800 MPH) before landing safely in the desert 21 miles from its launch point. The initial RESE mission included experiments on a new acoustic protection system, a reconfigurable hardware architecture, two thermal sensors, a novel high-temperature material, and a flexible circuitry system. (AFNEWS, "Hypersonic Vehicle Completes Inaugural Flight," 1 Oct 2007.)
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World News for 20 September thanks to Military Periscope
USA—Air Force Receives 1st Global 6000 BACN Jet
Bombardier Aerospace | 09/20/2022
The U.S. Air Force has taken delivery of its first Global 6000 business jet modified for communications relay missions, reports Bombardier, which builds the Global 6000.
On Sept. 15, Bombardier delivered the first of six Global 6000s equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the BACN program based at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.
The modified aircraft is designated E-11A. The initial aircraft were based in the Bombardier BD-700 aircraft.
The Air Force has confirmed three orders for BACN-equipped Global 6000s, with the next two deliveries slated for 2022 and 2023, the company said.
The Air Force plans to purchase additional aircraft annually through 2025 for a total of six BACN-equipped Global 6000s.
USA—Ex-Afghan Aircraft Offered To Tajikistan, Uzbekistan For Counterterrorism Help
Politico | 09/20/2022
The U.S. is negotiating with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to turn over former Afghan government aircraft in return for counterterrorism assistance, reports Politico.
During the collapse of the Western-backed government in Kabul last year, Afghan pilots and crews flew 46 aircraft out of the country to escape the Taliban.
The aircraft include C-208 utility aircraft, A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft as well as Mi-17, Mi-25 and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, according to satellite imagery reviewed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. plans to assess the flyability of the aircraft and then turn them over to the Tajik and Uzbek governments in return for an informal agreement to deepen security relationships on border security and counterterrorism, officials said.
For the moment, such an agreement would likely focus on intelligence-sharing on terrorist networks in Afghanistan.
USA—New Officer To Oversee C3, Battle Management Programs
Air Force News Service | 09/20/2022
The Dept. of the Air Force is establishing a new program executive officer (PEO) to oversee the integration of all command, control communications and battle management (C3BM) related programs, reports the Air Force News Service.
Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey has been appointed to serve as the first integrating PEO for C3BM as part of the Air Force's contribution to the Pentagon-wide Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) program.
Cropsey will also be responsible for the Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) program.
The integration effort will cover the replacement of obsolete systems and harnessing emerging information, communications and AI technologies, according to the Air Force.
The department also expects to soon announce a chief of engineering for C3BM to lead the detailed system engineering needed to ensure the complex systems can work together effectively.
Russia—Authorities In Occupied Ukrainian Territories Call For Annexation
Institute for the Study of War | 09/20/2022
Russian-backed leaders in eastern Ukraine are calling for immediate referendums to formally join the Russian state as Ukrainian forces continue to make gains, reports the Institute for the Study of War (Washington, D.C.).
The legislatures of Russia's occupying governments in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on Monday called for referenda to join the Russian Federation.
On Tuesday, the Russian-installed occupation authority in the southern Kherson region, also called for an annexation referendum.
The call for immediate action suggests that Ukraine's ongoing northern counteroffensive is causing concern among Russian proxy forces and some in the Kremlin, analysts said.
Kremlin mouthpiece and RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan described these calls as a "Crimea scenario," suggesting that Moscow believes it can annex Donetsk, Kherson and Luhansk much as it did Crimea in 2014.
However, unlike in 2014, Russia does not control all this territory. Much of Donetsk is not under Russian control, while Ukrainian forces have made gains in Luhansk.
Such a partial annexation would leave Moscow in the position of demanding that Ukraine unoccupy "Russian" territory, while being unable to enforce such a demand, said analysts.
It is not clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin would take such a step without any obvious benefit, experts said.
Afghanistan—Last Remaining American Hostage Returned To The U.S.
Voice Of America News | 09/20/2022
The Taliban has freed the last remaining American hostage in its custody, reports the Voice of America News.
On Monday, the Taliban freed Mark Frerichs, a 60-year-old engineer and Navy veteran who was abducted in Kabul in 2020, in exchange for Bashir Noorzai, an Afghan drug lord and Taliban member who was serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.
Noorzai was arrested in New York in 2005 and charged with trafficking millions of dollars of heroin into the U.S., the proceeds of which went to support Taliban insurgents.
The swap between the Taliban government and a U.S. delegation took place at the Kabul airport.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said he had "positive" conversations with U.S. officials prior to the swap without providing details and that the exchange had opened a "new chapter" in bilateral relations.
Argentina—Navy Drops Out Of UNITAS Drills Over British Presence
Mercopress | 09/20/2022
Argentina has suspended its participation in this year's annual U.S.-South American Allied Exercise (UNITAS) over the participation of the British Royal Navy, reports MercoPress (Uruguay).
Argentinean Defense Minister Jorge Taiana decided not to send ships to the exercise in Brazil due to the ongoing sovereignty dispute with the U.K over the Falkland Islands.
The Argentinean lower house passed legislation on Sept. 16 that would have allowed the navy to take part in the exercise, but local sources said delays in its passage prevented its participation.
Some Argentinean defense and congressional sources indicated unhappiness with Taiana's decision, noting that a warship was permitted to take part in the Brazilian naval parade on Sept. 8 marking the 200th anniversary of Brazilian independence alongside a British vessel.
The navy is losing an opportunity for multinational training in Brazilian waters in an event that would not endanger Argentinean rights in the South Atlantic, the sources said.
Ethiopia—Eritrea Launches Full-Scale Offensive, Say Tigrayan Rebels
Reuters | 09/20/2022
Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) officials say Eritrea has launched an offensive into northern Ethiopia, reports Reuters.
On Tuesday, heavy fighting was ongoing on the northern Ethiopian border with Eritrea, a spokesman for the TPLF said.
Eritrea was deploying its entire army as well as reservists for the offensive said the spokesman. Ethiopian troops and special operations forces from the Amhara region also joined the offensive, he said.
Eritrean officials did not immediately comment on the reports.
There is long-running animosity between Eritrea and the TPLF. The TPLF ran Ethiopia for decades, including during a bloody border conflict from 1998 to 2000.
Eritrea has backed the Ethiopian federal government's operations in Tigray since the conflict began in late 2020.
Slovenia—Deal Finalized With Germany To Supply Tanks To Ukraine
Kyiv Independent | 09/20/2022
Slovenia has finalized an agreement with Germany to send more than two dozen tanks to Ukraine in exchange for logistics vehicles, reports the Kyiv Independent.
In a Monday phone call between Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Slovenia agreed to send 28 M-55S tanks to Ukraine in exchange for 35 8 x 8 trucks and five 8 x 8 water tankers, according to a Slovenian government release.
The M-55S is an intensively updated version of the Soviet-designed T-55, reports Forbes.
In the late 1990s, Slovenia upgraded 30 of its T-55s with British-made 105-mm L7 guns, new fire-control computer, laser warning system, a hybrid armor system of explosive reactive blocks on top of passive armor and a more powerful 600-hp engine.
The M-55S tanks have been in reserve, since Slovenia operates the M-84 as its front-line tank.
It is not clear when the Slovenian tanks might arrive in Ukraine.
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