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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
September 22
1861 Commodore William W. McKean assumes command of the Gulf Blockading Squadron.
1863 During the Civil War, USS De Soto, commanded by Capt. W. M. Walker, recaptures the Army tug Leviathan in the Gulf of Mexico, some 40 miles off shore. She had been captured by the Confederates earlier in the day.
1944 USS Yukon (AF 9) is hit in her starboard side by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-979, about 43 miles west of Reykjavik, Iceland. Damaged, she steams at three knots until her SOS is responded to by tugs from Reykjavik.
1952 During the Korean War, enemy guns fire on Sosari. HMS Cardigan Bay (PF) and USS Bradford (DD 545) provide direct counter battery fire, silencing the guns.
1959 USS Patrick Henry (SSBN 599) is launched. In 1982, her ballistic missile tubes are disabled, and she is reclassified as an attack submarine.
1979 USNS Catawba (T-ATF 168) is christened and launched at Marinette marine Corp, Marinette, Wisc. The fleet ocean tug, provides towing, diving and standby submarine rescue services to the Navys numbered fleet commanders.
1989 After Hurricane Hugo, Sailors and Marines provide assistance to Charleston, S.C. through Oct. 10.
1990 USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) is christened and launched at the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Penn. The Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler provides underway replenishment of fuel, fleet cargo and stores to the Navy through the Military Sealift Command.
2012 USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) is commissioned in Galveston, Texas. The littoral combat ship is the first US Navy warship to be named after the fifth largest city in Texas.
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This day in World History
September 22
1656 The General Provincial Court in session at Patuxent, Maryland, impanels the first all-woman jury in the Colonies to hear evidence against Judith Catchpole, who is accused of murdering her child. The jury acquits her after hearing her defense of never having been pregnant.
1711 The Tuscarora Indian War begins with a massacre of settlers in North Carolina, following white encroachment that included the enslaving of Indian children.
1776 American Captain Nathan Hale is hanged as a spy by the British in New York City; his last words are reputed to have been, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
1789 Russian forces under Aleksandr Suvorov drive the Turkish army under Yusuf Pasha from the Rymnik River, upsetting the Turkish invasion of Russia.
1862 President Abraham Lincoln issues a proclamation calling for all slaves within the rebel states to be freed on January 1, a political move that helps keep the British from intervening on the side of the South.
1864 Union General Philip Sheridan defeats Confederate General Jubal Early's troops at the Battle of Fisher's Hill in Virginia.
1869 The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team, arrive in San Francisco after a rollicking, barnstorming tour of the West.
1893 Bicycle makers Charles and Frank Duryea show off the first American automobile produced for sale to the public by taking it on a maiden run through the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
1906 Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia leave 21 people dead.
1914 The German cruiser Emden shells Madras, India, destroying 346,000 gallons of fuel and killing only five civilians.
1915 Xavier University, the first African-American Catholic college, opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1918 General Allenby leads the British army against the Turks, taking Haifa and Nazareth, Palestine.
1919 President Woodrow Wilson abandons his national tour to support the League of Nations when he suffers a case of nervous exhaustion.
1929 Communist and Nazi factions clash in Berlin.
1945 President Harry Truman accepts U.S. Secretary of War Stimson's recommendation to designate the war World War II.
1947 A Douglas C-54 Skymaster makes the first automatic pilot flight over the Atlantic.
1961 President John Kennedy signs a congressional act establishing the Peace Corps.
1969 Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants becomes the first baseball player since Babe Ruth to hit 600 home runs.
1970 President Richard M. Nixon signs a bill giving the District of Columbia representation in the U.S. Congress.
1975 Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, the second attempt on his life in less than three weeks.
1980 The Iran-Iraq War begins as Iraq invades Iran; lasting until August 1988, it was the longest conventional war of the 20th century.
1991 Huntington Library makes the Dead Sea Scrolls available to the public for the first time.
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 22 September 1967… Intrepid & Coral Sea on the attack and ADM U.S. GRANT SHARP speaks truth…
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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This Week in American Military History: From the Navy's first ace to a 'Barren Victory'
by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
09/21/2010
Sept. 19, 1777: Battle of Freeman's Farm — first engagement in the Battle of Saratoga (during the American Revolution) — opens between Continental forces under the command of Gen. Horatio Gates and British forces under Gen. John "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne. Brits carry the day, but suffer heavy losses. Continentals will ultimately win Saratoga.
Sept. 20, 1797: The Continental Navy frigate Constitution is launched in Boston harbor.
Today USS Constitution – known affectionately as "Old Ironsides" -- is the "oldest ship in the American Navy," and continues serving in the 21st century as a duly commissioned ship crewed by active-duty U.S. sailors and Naval officers in order to further public awareness of American Naval tradition.
Sept. 20, 1863: Confederate forces under the command of Gen. Braxton Bragg (yes, Fort Bragg, N.C. is named in his honor) prevail against Union forces under Maj. Gen. William, though Bragg's casualties are far higher than those of Rosecrans.
Confederate Gen. D. H. Hill will say: "It seems to me that the elan of the Southern soldier was never seen after Chickamauga; the brilliant dash which had distinguished him was gone forever. He fought stoutly to the last, but after Chickamauga, with the sullenness of despair, and without the enthusiasm of hope. That 'barren victory' sealed the fate of the Southern Confederacy."
Sept. 23, 1779: The famous battle of the North Sea opens between Continental Navy frigate Bonhomme Richard under the command of Capt. John Paul Jones, and Royal Navy frigate HMS Serapis.
During the height of the fighting, Serapis' Captain Richard Pearson issues an appeal to Jones that the American ship surrender. Jones refuses.
According to the story, the British captain – aware that Bonhomme Richard is badly damaged and sinking – shouts across the water between the two dueling ships, inquiring as to whether or not Jones has lowered or struck his colors. Jones shouts back, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
It has since been widely reported that Jones reply was, "I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!"
In fact, Bonhomme Richard does sink: But not before Pearson himself surrenders (believed to be "the first time in naval history that colors are surrendered to a sinking ship"), and Jones transfers his flag to his newly captured prize, Serapis.
Bonhomme Richard (the first of five American warships named after Benjamin Franklin's pen name) is the former French frigate, Duc de Duras. Jones is destined to become "the Father of the American Navy," though – in some circles – it is argued that title belongs to Commodore John Barry.
Sept. 24, 1918: U.S. Navy Ensign (future rear admiral) David S. Ingalls – on loan to the Royal Air Force and flying an RAF Sopwith Camel – shoots down enemy aircraft number five, becoming the first ace in U.S. Naval Aviation history, and the Navy's only ace of World War I.
Sept. 24, 1960: Forty-two years to the day after Ensign Ingalls scores his fifth kill, Naval Aviation history is again made with the launching of America's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (the eighth of eight so-named American Navy ships since 1775).
Sept. 25, 1957: U.S. Army paratroopers – members of the 101st Airborne Division – escort nine black students into Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, ending segregation there.
Sept. 26, 1918: Though technically launched at 11:30 p.m., Sept. 25, with an intense artillery barrage; the Meuse-Argonne Offensive – the six-week long "greatest battle of World War I in which the Americans participated" – officially begins just before dawn when whistles are blown along the American trench-lines, and with fixed-bayonets, American soldiers clamber over the top and begin their assault against the German lines.
The battle, which begins with approximately 600,000 American soldiers and Marines, will see U.S. ranks swell to more one million men. An estimated 26,000-plus Americans will be killed, another 96,000 wounded. But the campaign will end the war.
It will be during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive that Private First Class (future Sgt.) Alvin C. York, a Tennessee backwoodsman and former conscientious objector, will find himself in the action for which he will receive Medal of Honor.
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Thanks to David ....and Dr. Rich
The life of Robin Olds ...
Another fine video from Ward Carroll
Relive the life of Robin Olds, 3 time ACE. Sadly, we have an entirely different military today that does not encourage or for that matter desire men like Olds.
The ending of the video is a killer.
[There is a great story about Olds when he was Commandant of the Air Force Academy. Seems he saw a cadet walking outside his building uncovered (no hat) .. he opened his window and shouted "Where's your cover?" to the cadet, who, not knowing who was shouting, flipped the bird over his shoulder!! Olds shut down the school until the student turned himself in … which occurred several hours later. Olds kept him at attention in front of his desk for a l..o..n..g time, and then rising and facing the cadet he flipped the bird into the cadet's face .. and appointed him Head of Morale for his class … ]
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This Day in U S Military History
September 22
Feast Day of St. Maurice, Patron Saint of Infantry: Maurice was an officer of the Theban Legion of Emperor Maximian Herculius' army, which was composed of Christians from Upper Egypt. He and his fellow legionnaires refused to sacrifice to the gods as ordered by the Emperor to insure victory over rebelling Bagaudae. When they refused to obey repeated orders to do so and withdrew from the army encamped at Octodurum (Martigny) near Lake Geneva to Agaunum (St. Maurice-en-Valais), Maximian had the entire Legion of over six thousand men put to death. To the end they were encouraged in their constancy by Maurice and two fellow officers, Exuperius and Candidus. Also executed was Victor (October 10th), who refused to accept any of the belongings of the dead soldiers. In a follow-up action, other Christians put to death were Ursus and another Victor at Solothurin (September 30th); Alexander at Bergamo; Octavius, Innocent, Adventor, and Solutar at Turin; and Gereon (October 10th) at Cologne.
1554 – Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez, his health badly deteriorated from injuries and the toll of his strenuous travels, dies. He never found the fabled cities of gold that he had sought for decades. A quarter-century earlier Coronado had explored much of the southwestern United States, leading his force of 300 Spaniards and 800 Indians northward from Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cíbola that were rumored to have walls made of gold and treasure houses filled with priceless gems. Arriving in the region that today straddles the border between New Mexico and Arizona, Coronado did actually find Cíbola. But after winning a brief battle against the native defenders, Coronado discovered he had conquered only a modest Zuni village built with walls of adobe mud, not gold. Discouraged, Coronado considered abandoning his search. But while exploring the Rio Grande one of his lieutenants had acquired a slave, a man the Spaniards called "the Turk," who boasted that in his homeland of Quivara, far to the northeast, Coronado could find all the treasures after which he lusted. Coronado set off in search of Quivara in the spring of 1541, eventually traveling across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and up into Kansas. But when he finally made contact with the Quivara Indians, Coronado was once again disappointed to find that they were living in simple huts and had no more gold and silver than the Zunis. After strangling the Turk for having lied to him, Coronado gave up and returned to Mexico where he faced a government furious that he had not brought back the wealth he had promised. Coronado never again mounted another exploratory mission and died believing that he had been a shameful failure. But while he never found the golden cities he sought, Coronado did succeed in giving the Spanish and the rest of the world their first fairly accurate understanding of the inhabitants and geography of the southern half of the present United States.
1776 – In New York City, Nathan Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher and captain in the Continental Army, is executed by the British for spying. A graduate of Yale University, Hale joined a Connecticut regiment in 1775 and served in the successful siege of British-occupied Boston. In the summer of 1776, he crossed behind British lines on Long Island in civilian clothes to spy on the British. While returning with the intelligence information, British soldiers captured Hale near the American lines and charged him with espionage. Taken to New York, he was hanged without trial the next day. Before being executed, legend holds that Hale said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." There is no historical record to prove that Hale actually made this statement, but if he did he may have been inspired by the lines in English author Joseph Addison's 1713 play Cato: "What a pity it is/That we can die but once to serve our country."
1862 – Motivated by his growing concern for the inhumanity of slavery as well as practical political concerns, President Abraham Lincoln changes the course of the war and American history by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Announced a week after the nominal Union victory at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), this measure did not technically free any slaves, but it redefined the Union's war aim from reunification to the abolition of slavery. The proclamation announced that all slaves in territory that was still in rebellion as of January 1,
1863, would be free. Lincoln used vacated congressional seats to determine the areas still in rebellion, as some parts of the South had already been recaptured and representatives returned to Congress under Union supervision. Since it freed slaves only in Rebel areas that were beyond Union occupation, the Emancipation Proclamation really freed no one. But the measure was still one of the most important acts in American history, as it meant slavery would end when those areas were recaptured. In addition, the proclamation effectively sabotaged Confederate attempts to secure recognition by foreign governments, especially Great Britain. When reunification was the goal of the North, foreigners could view the Confederates as freedom fighters being held against their will by the Union. But after the Emancipation Proclamation, the Southern cause was now viewed as the defense of slavery. The proclamation was a shrewd maneuver by Lincoln to brand the Confederate States as a slave nation and render foreign aid impossible. The measure was met by a good deal of opposition, because many Northerners were unwilling to fight for the freedom of blacks. But it spelled the death knell for slavery, and it had the effect on British opinion that Lincoln had desired. Antislavery Britain could no longer recognize the Confederacy, and Union sentiment swelled in Britain. With this measure, Lincoln effectively isolated the Confederacy and killed the institution that was the root of sectional differences.
2006 – The U.S. military officially retires the F-14 Tomcat having been supplanted by the Boeing F/A-18E and F Super Hornets. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a fourth-generation, supersonic, twinjet, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program following the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American teen-series fighters, which were designed incorporating the experience of air combat against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War. The F-14 first flew in December 1970 and made its first deployment in 1974 with the U.S. Navy aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65), replacing the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U.S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform. In the 1990s, it added the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod system and began performing precision ground-attack missions. As of 2014, the F-14 was in service with only the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, having been exported to Iran in 1976, when the U.S. had amicable diplomatic relations with Iran.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BLOCH, ORVILLE EMIL
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company E, 338th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Firenzuola, Italy, 22 September 1944. Entered service at: Streeter, N. Dak. Birth: Big Falls, Wis. G.O. No.: 9, 10 February 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Lt. Bloch undertook the task of wiping out 5 enemy machinegun nests that had held up the advance in that particular sector for 1 day. Gathering 3 volunteers from his platoon, the patrol snaked their way to a big rock, behind which a group of 3 buildings and 5 machinegun nests were located. Leaving the 3 men behind the rock, he attacked the first machinegun nest alone charging into furious automatic fire, kicking over the machinegun, and capturing the machinegun crew of 5. Pulling the pin from a grenade, he held it ready in his hand and dashed into the face of withering automatic fire toward this second enemy machinegun nest located at the corner of an adjacent building 15 yards distant. When within 20 feet of the machinegun he hurled the grenade, wounding the machinegunner, the other 2 members of the crew fleeing into a door of the house. Calling one of his volunteer group to accompany him, they advanced to the opposite end of the house, there contacting a machinegun crew of 5 running toward this house. 1st Lt Bloch and his men opened fire on the enemy crew, forcing them to abandon this machinegun and ammunition and flee into the same house. Without a moment's hesitation, 1st Lt. Bloch, unassisted, rushed through the door into a hail of small-arms fire, firing his carbine from the hip, and captured the 7 occupants, wounding 3 of them. 1st Lt. Bloch with his men then proceeded to a third house where they discovered an abandoned enemy machinegun and detected another enemy machinegun nest at the next corner of the building. The crew of 6 spotted 1st Lt. Bloch the instant he saw them. Without a moment's hesitation he dashed toward them. The enemy fired pistols wildly in his direction and vanished through a door of the house, 1st Lt. Bloch following them through the door, firing his carbine from the hip, wounding 2 of the enemy and capturing 6. Altogether 1st Lt. Bloch had single-handedly captured 19 prisoners, wounding 6 of them and eliminating a total of 5 enemy machinegun nests. His gallant and heroic actions saved his company many casualties and permitted them to continue the attack with new inspiration and vigor.
CHILDERS, ERNEST
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 45th Infantry Division. Place and date: At Oliveto, Italy, 22 September 1943. Entered service at: Tulsa, Okla. Birth: Broken Arrow, Okla. G.O. No.: 30, 8 April 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action on 22 September 1943, at Oliveto, Italy. Although 2d Lt. Childers previously had just suffered a fractured instep he, with 8 enlisted men, advanced up a hill toward enemy machinegun nests. The group advanced to a rock wall overlooking a cornfield and 2d Lt. Childers ordered a base of fire laid across the field so that he could advance. When he was fired upon by 2 enemy snipers from a nearby house he killed both of them. He moved behind the machinegun nests and killed all occupants of the nearer one. He continued toward the second one and threw rocks into it. When the 2 occupants of the nest raised up, he shot 1. The other was killed by 1 of the 8 enlisted men. 2d Lt. Childers continued his advance toward a house farther up the hill, and single-handed, captured an enemy mortar observer. The exceptional leadership, initiative, calmness under fire, and conspicuous gallantry displayed by 2d Lt. Childers were an inspiration to his men.
Seattle Times
September 17, 2013
After Long Wait, Seattle Man Gets Highest Military Honor
Seattle resident and former Army Capt. William Swenson is to receive, belatedly, the Medal of Honor, the nation?s top military award, for gallantry in Afghanistan in 2009. For reasons not entirely clear, the military lost his original nomination papers.
By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — President Obama next month will bestow the nation's highest military award for gallantry to former Army Capt. William Swenson for valor he displayed during a six-hour battle in eastern Afghanistan in 2009.
Swenson, who lives in Seattle, will become the sixth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.
He couldn't be reached for comment Monday, but an Army release quoted him as saying, after receiving word directly from Obama: "It's a monumental event for me, for my family and for my teammates. This day also means lot to those I served with."
A White House official said that Swenson and his family will join Obama at the White House on Oct. 15 "to commemorate his example of selfless service."
Swenson's nomination had been stalled since at least last summer, prompting a California congressman in January to ask the Army and the Defense Department to explain the delay. Obama awarded then-Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer the Medal of Honor in September 2011 for heroism in the same battle for which Swenson was nominated.
Swenson is the first living Army officer nominated for the Medal of Honor in four decades. He resigned from the service in February 2011.
He was nominated for gallantry in the Sept. 8, 2009, battle of the Ganjgal Valley, one of the most extraordinary military confrontations of the post-9/11 wars, a six-hour clash that erupted when some 50 to 60 Taliban-led insurgents ambushed a contingent of Afghan troops, border police and U.S. trainers.
Five American and nine Afghan service personnel and an Afghan translator died; 24 Afghans and four Americans, including Swenson and Meyer, were wounded. In addition to the two Medal of Honor nominations, participants received a slew of other commendations. Moreover, two Army officers received reprimands for dereliction of duty for spurning calls by Swenson and others for artillery and air support.
According to a draft Army narrative obtained by McClatchy Newspapers, Swenson — an adviser to the Afghan Border Police — was cited for helping to extricate the force despite the lack of air or artillery support. He repeatedly drove back to the ambush site under heavy fire to recover Afghan and U.S. casualties. He was joined by Meyer, two other Marines and an Afghan translator in a final foray to retrieve the bodies of three Marines and a Navy corpsman.
Swenson was first nominated on Dec. 18, 2009. However, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, had to resubmit Swenson's papers in July 2011 after they were "lost" in what the Army later claimed was a bureaucratic foul-up partly due to high staff turnover at U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, or USFOR-A, the American contingent in NATO's International Security and Assistance Force.
A McClatchy investigation published Aug. 6, 2012, found that an internal U.S. military probe uncovered U.S. Army PowerPoint briefing slides showing that Swenson's nomination was improperly downgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross after his papers arrived at USFOR-A headquarters in Kabul on May 19, 2010. That nomination then was sent for approval to U.S. Central Command, in Tampa, Fla., according to the slides.
Moreover, military investigators failed to find any trace of Swenson's Medal of Honor packet — typically comprising a draft citation, a draft narrative and dozens of digitized documents supporting the nomination "or any other award" for Swenson — on any computers except for a tiny excerpt on a classified computer network.
The period in which the slides showed the downgrade taking place corresponded with the second month of now-retired Army Gen. David Petraeus' stint as the commander of ISAF and USFOR-A. Petraeus, who resigned as CIA director on Nov. 9, told McClatchy in August that he had "no recollection of seeing this packet."
The White House noted Swenson's military decorations include: Bronze Star Medal with Two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with One Campaign Star, Iraq Campaign Medal with Two Campaign Stars, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge, Ranger Tab and Parachutist Badge.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 22, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
22 September
1943: Due to heavy losses in daylight raids, Eighth Air Force B-17s flew in a night raid on Germany with the RAF for the first time. (21)
1944: The last shuttle mission between UK and Soviet Union, with return through Italy, ended when 84 B-17s and 51 P-51s returned to the UK. (4)
1947: A USAF C-54 flew 2,400 miles from Stephenville, Newfoundland, to London on the first transatlantic robot-controlled flight. (24)
1949: Convair's T-29 Flying Schoolroom made its first flight. It provided navigator training at 14 stations. (12)
1950: Operation FOX ABLE FOUR. Col David C. Schilling completed the first nonstop flight of the Atlantic by jet when he landed his Republic F-84E Thunderjet at Limestone AFB. He flew 3,300 miles from England in 10 hours 1 minute. His wingman, Lt Col William Ritchie, bailed out over Newfoundland and was rescued. This operation tested probe and drogue refueling from a B-29 as a method to increase the range of fighters. (18) (21) KOREAN WAR. With N. Korean resistance crumbling all along the Pusan perimeter, Lt George W. Nelson, a T-6 Mosquito pilot, dropped a note to 200 enemy troops near Kunsan demanding their surrender. They moved to a designated hill and were captured by nearby UN ground troops. B-29s dropped flares over rail lines, allowing B-26s to attack enemy trains at night. (28)
1980: Exercise BUSY PRAIRIE. Earlier in the year, SAC formed a Strategic Projection Force (SPF) with B-52H, KC-135, U-2, SR-71, RC-135, EC-135, and E-3A aircraft for the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force. Through 25 September, SAC used the SPF for the first time in an exercise over a Nevada training range. (1)
1986: Two C-5s carried a record of 174,185 pounds of cargo to the Philippines. (16)
1987: A F-14 of Navy VF-74, based on the USS Saratoga, accidentally shot down an USAF RF-4C from the 26 TRW at Zweibrucken AB, Germany, during NATO exercise Display Determination over the Mediterranean. The Navy believed this was the first time that a Navy jet had shot down a friendly aircraft.
1993: The first B-2 (#80329), called ACC-1 and later Spirit of Missouri, made its first flight from Palmdale. (15)
2005: From Vandenberg AFB, a Minotaur rocket carried a 920-pound DARPA military research satellite into a yearlong orbit to gather information about the Earth's environment in low orbit. The Minotaur rocket was made from decommissioned first and second stages of a Minuteman II missile. (AFNEWS Article, "Research Rocket Lights Up Sky," 23 September 2005)
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World News for 22 September thanks to Military Periscope
USA—B-21 Raider Bomber To Roll Out In December
Northrop Grumman | 09/22/2022
Northrop Grumman has announced that it will roll out the first example of its new stealth bomber for the Air Force later this year.
The B-21 will be unveiled at an invitation-only ceremony at the company's Palmdale, Calif., plant in the first week of December, said a Northrop Grumman release on Tuesday.
Six B-21 Raiders are currently in various stages of final assembly at the plant, the company said. First flight is anticipated in 2023 based on the results of ground testing.
The first B-21 squadron is set to be stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., with further units to be located at Whiteman AFB, Mo., and Dyess AFB, Texas, noted the War Zone website.
Northrop Grumman was chosen to build the new bomber under the Air Force's Long-Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) program in 2015.
The bomber will be capable of daily missions as well as rapid-response measures such as in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, retired Air Force Col. Mark Gunzinger, the director of Future Aerospace Concepts and Capabilities Assessments at the Mitchell Institute, said at this week's Air & Space Forces Association conference outside of Washington, D.C.
Russia—1,400 Arrested In Protests After Mobilization Announced
Meduza | 09/22/2022
Russian police have arrested more than a thousand people protesting President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization decision, reports Meduza (Riga, Latvia).
Protests erupted across the country, from Arkhangelsk to Yakutsk, after Putin announced plans to call up 300,000 reservists following a series of setbacks in his unprovoked war in Ukraine.
Upon arrival at the police station for processing, some protesters have been served with conscription summonses.
In addition, there have been reports of increased traffic at border crossings and full flights, and skyrocketing prices, to travel outside of Russia, reported the Moscow Times.
Finland reported more than 4,800 Russian nationals seeking to cross the border on Wednesday, an increase of 1,700 from the previous week.
Georgian sources described their border crossings as "collapsing" under the overwhelming traffic of Russians seeking to enter. Kazakh social media users shared images of long lines of vehicles seeking to leave Russia.
Australia—Lockheed Wins Deal To Supply 12 More Seahawks
Lockheed Martin | 09/22/2022
Lockheed Martin says it has received a U.S. Navy contract to produce additional maritime helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy.
The order for 12 more MH-60R helicopters, expected to be worth about US$985 million, will bring the Australian fleet to 36, filling out a third Seahawk squadron, reported Breaking Defense.
Deliveries are scheduled from mid-2025 to mid-2026, said Lockheed.
The Seahawks will replace Australia's fleet of problematic MRH90 Taipan helicopters and create a common fleet to support the navy's air-capable ships.
Ecuador—Protesters In Quito Seek Justice For Murdered Woman, Pension Plan Improvements
Reuters | 09/22/2022
Quito, the Ecuadorian capital, was hit with a series of protests this week, reports Reuters.
On Wednesday, demonstrators took to the streets to protest the death of lawyer Maria Belen Bernal, who the government says was murdered by her husband, a police instructor. Her husband has since fled.
President Guillermo Lasso pledged to track down and prosecute the suspected murderer.
The protests followed separate demonstrations led by union leaders over inadequate pension funding.
Lasso acknowledged that the government owed the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute around US$8.4 billion dating back to 2011, although some workers say this is significantly short of the real figure.
This was the biggest unrest in Ecuador since indigenous group-led protests in June.
Iran—Protests Continue To Spread
Iran International | 09/22/2022
Protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman last week while she was in the custody of Iranian morality police continued on Wednesday, reports Iran International (U.K.).
For the first time since demonstrations began on Sept. 17, protests were reported in the working class areas of southern Tehran as well as smaller towns across Iran.
In Noshahr on the Caspian Sea, protesters burned at least four security vehicles on Wednesday evening.
There have been reports that mobile internet, which most Iranians rely on, has been cut in parts of Tehran and other cities where protests have taken place.
Telecommunications Minister Isa Zare'i said the government would slow Internet connections as part of its response.
There have been 10 confirmed fatalities during the nationwide protests. There are growing concerns that the Iranian regime will employ force to halt the demonstrations.
Nigeria—Military Warns Locals Of Anti-Bandit Op In Northwest
Reuters | 09/22/2022
The Nigerian military has warned locals in three northwestern states to leave the forests ahead of a bombing operation against bandits and terrorists, reports Reuters.
Advertisements have been running on local radio and television stations calling on civilians to leave the forests in Zamfara, Katsina and the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna state ahead of a "heavy bombardment."
The region has been plagued by local armed groups, known as bandits, that kill and kidnap civilians.
Two Zamfara residents told Reuters that daily bombings against bandit positions began on Saturday.
South Africa—Paramount To Deliver 1st Mwari Light Aircraft To Undisclosed Customer
Paramount Aerospace | 09/22/2022
Paramount Aerospace in South Africa says it has begun the process of delivering its domestically developed light aircraft to customers, reports Flight Global.
Series production models of the Mwari intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and strike aircraft were seen flying from Paramount's Wonderboom facility in August and now handover to the first customer is imminent, reported Defence Web (South Africa).
None of the customers has been identified but the launch customer is in Africa.
Four aircraft are now on the production line out of nine ordered, according to the company.
The Mwari is the militarized version of Paramount's Advanced High-Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC), which features a mission systems bay that can accommodate a variety of sensor and payload options.
An open architecture and flexible systems support the rapid and low-cost integration of new capabilities, says Paramount.
Switzerland—Government Inks F-35 Fighter Deal
Swiss Dept. Of Defense | 09/22/2022
Swiss officials have signed contracts formalizing the procurement of new fighter jets, reports the Swiss Dept. of Defense.
On Monday, Switzerland signed the US$6.2 billion contract under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program for 36 F-35As to replace its aging F/A-18 Hornet and F-5 Tiger fighters.
The deal also covers mission-specific equipment, weapons and ammunition, a logistics package, mission planning systems, training systems and initial training.
Delivery is scheduled from 2027 to 2030.
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