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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
September 27
1860
A landing party of Marines are put ashore at Panama from the sloop-of-war, USS St. Mary's, during an insurrection. The Marines capture the railroad station in an attempt to establish order.
1863
During the Civil War, the steamer USS Clyde seizes the Confederate schooner Amaranth near the Florida Keys.
1941
SS Patrick Henry, the first U.S. Liberty ship, is launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Baltimore, Md. Numerous other vessels are launched on that day, known as "Liberty Fleet Day."
1942
The freighter, SS Stephen Hopkins, engages the German auxiliary cruiser, Stier, and supply ship, Tannenfels, in a surface gunnery action in the central South Atlantic. Stier sinks SS Stephen Hopkins but the German raider sinks after having receiving heavy damage by SS Stephen Hopkins naval armed guard, Lt. j.g. Kenneth M. Willett. For his actions, Willett posthumously receives the Navy Cross.
1942
While leading a group of landing craft during the Guadalcanal Campaign, Signalman 1st Class Douglas A. Munro, USCG, participates in the evacuation of the First Battalion, Seventh Marines from Matanikau River, Guadalcanal. Using his boat as a shield between the Japanese and the Marines, he enables the operation to proceed successfully, but is killed by enemy gunfire. For his "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry", Munro is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
1944
USS Apogon (SS-308) sinks the Japanese cargo ship Hachirogata Maru in the Sea of Okhotsk off Shimushir Island. Also on this date, USS Plaice (SS-390) sinks Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.10, 100 miles north-northwest of Amami-O-Shima.
1955
A P2V-5 Neptune patrol plane of Early Warning Squadron 4 is lost with nine crew members and two journalists while tracking Hurricane Janet over the Caribbean Sea.
1986
USS Chicago (SSN 721) is commissioned at Norfolk, VA. The Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to be named after the Windy City of Illinois, and is ideally suited for covert surveillance, intelligence gathering and special forces missions.
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From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 27 September 1967… "Do you want to do something nice, Mr. President?"… (don't run for re-election)…
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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A Unified Theory of Wokeness Bill Maher
Every now and then he gets it right
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Amazing bit of history
Thanks to Strayburst
In 1842, at age 33, Abraham Lincoln sent two letters to the local Springfield newspaper, criticizing a political opponent. Calling the man, among other things, a fool and a liar, he signed the letters "Rebecca." Lincoln was courting young Mary Todd at the time, and she was aware of Lincoln's letters. Thinking such a thing to be great fun, Mary began sending her own "Rebecca" letters to the paper, poking fun at the man mercilessly and ridiculing him for being unmarried. In due course the man felt things had gone too far and he stormed into the newspaper office demanding to know if Abraham Lincoln was the author of the letters. When told that the letters had indeed come from Lincoln, the man challenged Lincoln to a duel.
The man Lincoln had been prodding was not a man to be trifled with. James Shields was a fiery-tempered Irishman, who was serving as the Illinois state auditor. He would go on to serve as a general in the Mexican American War (where he was twice wounded) and is the only man in American history to have been elected to the U.S. Senate from three different states. His challenge put Lincoln in a bind. He couldn't admit to writing the letters Mary Todd had sent, but to pass the blame to a young woman would make him appear to be a coward. So, he reluctantly accepted Shields' challenge.
As the challenged party, Lincoln got to choose the weapons and set the rules for the duel. Duels were normally fought with pistols, but Lincoln knew that he would likely be killed if he fought Shields with pistols. So instead, he chose broadswords as the weapons, and he set rules that assured he would win the fight. Under Lincoln's rules, he and Shields were to stand on opposite sides of a board, ten feet from each other. If either man stepped closer than that, the penalty was death. Being seven inches taller than Shields, Lincoln's rules assured that he would be able to reach Shields with his sword, but that Shields would be unable to touch Lincoln. While Lincoln's conditions were unsporting, he was within his rights to set them.
Shields saw of course that Lincoln had set conditions designed to make it impossible for Lincoln to lose the fight. But Shields was no coward and on the morning of the duel he arrived ready to go forward, whatever the consequences.
As was the norm in such affairs, the men the combatants had chosen as "seconds" tried to negotiate an honorable resolution before the duel began. Exactly why Shields relented is unclear. By some accounts, while the seconds were negotiating Lincoln reached up and lopped off a large branch of a tree in a single swipe, convincing Shields that he ought to compromise. By other accounts, Lincoln's second intimated to Shields's man that Lincoln had been forced into the duel to protect the honor of a young lady, causing Shields to be satisfied with a toned-down apology. Whatever the reason, Lincoln agreed to admit writing the first letter, adding that he never intended to harm Shields's character, a sort-of apology that Shields accepted. The duel was called off before Lincoln's long arms had to go into action.
Lincoln later told a confidant that he felt confident he could have disarmed Shields, and that he no intention of killing him. He found the whole episode profoundly embarrassing and for the rest of his life refused to discuss it. When asked by an army officer years later if the rumor that he had once nearly dueled James Shields was true, Lincoln replied that he would not deny it, but that if the officer wished to remain his friend, he would never speak of it again.
Lincoln and Shields patched up their differences and had a cordial relationship afterwards. During the Civil War, Shields was a general in the Federal army and his commander in chief was the man he once nearly fought with broadswords on an island in the Mississippi.
Abraham Lincoln and James Shields met on Bloody Island, Missouri on the morning of September 22, 1842, one hundred eighty years ago today, to fight a duel, which fortunately was averted.
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Geopolitical Futures:
Keeping the future in focus
Daily Memo: Scholz in the Middle East, Australia's Naval Plans
The German chancellor signed deals to help close Germany's energy gap.
By: GPF Staff
September 26, 2022
Scholz in the Middle East. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz concluded a two-day visit to the Persian Gulf by signing a series of energy deals. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., for example, agreed to deliver the first shipment of liquefied natural gas to the Elbehafen terminal in Brunsbuettel, near Hamburg. Scholz's trip was part of Germany's effort to secure new sources of energy as the war in Ukraine and European sanctions on Moscow have led to reduced Russian gas deliveries to Europe.
Australia's naval plans. The U.S. is in talks to build nuclear-powered submarines for Australia, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Under the deal, the U.S. would provide an initial fleet of subs by the mid-2030s as part of the AUKUS pact reached last year. Last month, concerns grew over the U.S. and the U.K.'s ability to help close Australia's capability gap after senior U.S. Navy officials suggested shipyards would struggle to increase production without further investment. The Australian government is also looking to establish a "strategic fleet" of 12 merchant ships to protect the country's critical supply routes.
Italian elections. A center-right coalition led by the Brothers of Italy party won snap parliamentary elections in Italy over the weekend and is set to form the country's most right-wing government since World War II. The party's leader, Giorgia Meloni, has made a name for herself by adopting euroskeptic positions on European affairs.
The U.S. on the peninsula. South Korea and the United States began joint naval drills – their first in five years – near the Korean Peninsula on Monday. The four-day exercises will involve more than 20 vessels and an assortment of aircraft. They come a day after North Korea launched its latest ballistic missile test.
Intensified cooperation. The U.S. and the Philippines will double the number of troops involved in their annual Balikatan exercises next year to 16,000, and increase the number of bilateral activities between them. The defense ministers of both states will meet on Thursday in Hawaii to discuss the arrangements. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. also called for peace and restraint in the Taiwan Strait, in comments welcomed by Taiwan. A key U.S. ally in the region, the Philippines has been the subject of competition between Washington and Beijing of late.
Drills in Kazakhstan. The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization began military exercises in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl and Alma-Ata regions. The drills, which will run until Oct. 8, will train troops in the conduct of a joint operation in an armed conflict, reconnaissance missions and logistics. CSTO forces helped the Kazakh government quell widespread protests early this year.
Restructuring. Maike Metals International, one of China's largest commodities traders, is planning to sell assets and conduct a broad restructuring to resolve its liquidity problem, according to the company's chair. Maike is already selling off assets and equities, but its final plan could involve shareholding, asset and debt restructuring.
India in Iran. Iran has reportedly offered India's ONGC Videsh Ltd. a 30 percent stake in development of the Farzad-B offshore gas field. The field holds an estimated 23 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves, nearly 14 trillion cubic feet of which are considered recoverable. ONGC's interest in Iranian hydrocarbon projects was previously derailed because of U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Border opening. Venezuela and Colombia will reopen their shared border Monday after seven years of partial or total closure. The move marks the first step in normalizing bilateral ties.
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Daily Memo: Immigration, the Economy and the Italian Election
By: George Friedman
September 27, 2022
Italy elected a hard-right party in parliamentary elections held over the weekend. The result indicates that Italians are unhappy with the country's reality. Italy has the third-largest economy in the European Union, after Germany and France, and its economic and social realities are very different from the Continent's other top-tier countries in the sense that its economy is less productive and generates more debt. Italians believe, with some reason, that the European Central Bank is pursuing monetary policies that benefit Germany, which wants to maintain the value of the euro as a net creditor. Italy favors a very different policy of cheap money, a reasonable preference considering it's a net debtor. A single European bank can't serve both interests, nor can it readily split the difference. But given Germany's size, its economic performance is a massive component of Europe's financial well-being, meaning the ECB must support the German position.
Logic dictates that Italy would elect a hard oppositional government that sees the ECB as a threat to Italian prosperity. It has long been our position that the tension between Italy and Germany over monetary policy would represent the largest threat, perhaps a lethal one, to the European Union. Given the coming winter, European politicians will be protecting the interests of their own voters, and therefore following divergent policies. The ECB will not be able to harmonize the economies of Europe, and if the Russian embargo persists, competition between nations will be intense. The EU was created to ensure peace and prosperity, as its motto proclaims. Peace is shaky, and prosperity is slipping away. The Italian election signals a crisis.
Meanwhile, there was another issue that loomed over the election: illegal immigration. This issue has been facing Europe since 2015 when massive numbers of Muslim migrants came to the Continent. At the time, relatively open immigration was the EU's policy, but the opposition was substantial. Proponents of the policy believed that member states had a moral obligation to admit migrants. But opponents argued that member states were expected to let in too many migrants, and that the bloc and its supporters, particularly those from wealthy countries, were strutting their moral superiority without footing the bill.
To understand these issues, I would insert my experience as a young immigrant to the United States, something I have done before. I'm an immigrant and certainly don't oppose immigration. At the same time, I understand the stresses immigrants put on the system and the fear over immigration. That fear cannot be dismissed as simply racism. The cost of immigration is borne by groups that find the burden difficult to carry. However, the problem is not just financial. When immigrants arrive in a country, they do not live among the wealthy. Instead, they are channeled to live among the poorest of society, where an apartment might be barely affordable.
Immigrants are also foreigners and often don't understand the host country. The parents often go off to work in menial jobs, and their children are left to fend for themselves. Lacking parental supervision, immigrants from the same country huddle together and wars break out – between Jews and Puerto Ricans, Irish and Black people, Italians and Dominicans, to provide a sample of ethnic groups I grew up with. Crimes were committed, and residents were mugged and robbed in their apartments.
The point is that immigration is a brutal experience for the young and an even more horrible influence on the residents who had settled there years before. It was particularly a nightmare for the elderly. Anyone who could fled. Anyone who couldn't stayed indoors. This was the experience of immigrants, and it was also the experience of the working class and retired. It was not the fault of anyone really, save those who championed the policy without understanding what large-scale immigration meant and made no attempt to mitigate the crisis it caused.
I noticed a pattern in New York that I see in Europe and elsewhere. The most passionate advocates of immigration do not live in the neighborhoods in which immigrants settle, nor do they have any sense of what the collision of cultures will result in or what unsupervised teenagers do. If none of this happens in their neighborhoods, it's not that they are indifferent to the chaos; it's that they simply can't fathom it.
The rise in hostility to immigrants in Europe will surge when the immigrants are sent to the poorest neighborhoods in the poorest countries. Do not mistake me for an opponent of immigration. I am here in America as an immigrant. But I am also aware that there is no memorial containing the names of those who paid for it.
The immigration issue exists in all countries. But in Europe, it's more divisive. America is a nation of immigrants, and all of us have an ancestor who came here or was brought here, save for the Native Americans, who were the ones who paid for the first wave. But I understand the Italian position on immigration, which can be summarized as: "Let them all go to Germany." And this is where the economic and the immigration issues meet, creating a powerful new problem fueled by the contempt hurled at those who oppose immigration by the moral upper classes. The EU will be torn by these issues, and so will other countries.
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This Day in U S Military History
1939 – 140,000 Polish troops are taken prisoner by the German invaders as Warsaw surrenders to the superior mechanized forces of Hitler's army. The Poles fought bravely, but were able to hold on for only 26 days. On the heels of its victory, the Germans began a systematic program of terror, murder, and cruelty, executing members of Poland's middle and upper classes: Doctors, teachers, priests, landowners, and businessmen were rounded up and killed. The Nazis had given this operation the benign-sounding name "Extraordinary Pacification Action." The Roman Catholic Church, too, was targeted, because it was a possible source of dissent and counterinsurgency. In one west Poland church diocese alone, 214 priests were shot. And hundreds of thousands more Poles were driven from their homes and relocated east, as Germans settled in the vacated areas. This was all part of a Hitler master plan. Back in August, Hitler warned his own officers that he was preparing Poland for that "which would not be to the taste of German generals"–including the rounding up of Polish Jews into ghettos, a prelude to their liquidation. All roads were pointing to Auschwitz.
1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
1959 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concluded his visit to the United States. During the visit he debated with Richard Nixon. He also saw the filming of Can Can and found the dance immoral. Bassetts produced 50 tubs of borscht sorbet in honor of Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Philadelphia.
The train that took Khrushchev north from Los Angles where he did not get to go to Disneyland went right through Vandenberg AFB. The Air Force had Atlas Missiles on all the sites that could be seen from the train and the train was escorted by Helicopters. The joke around the base was that the only way to get those Missiles off the ground was with Dynamite. Skip
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
BOYNE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Mimbres Mountains, N. Mex., 29 May 1879; at Cuchillo Negro River near Ojo Caliente, N. Mex., 27 September 1879. Entered service at:——. Birth: Prince Georges County, Md. Date of issue: 6 January 1882. Citation: Bravery in action.
PAINE, ADAM
Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts. Place and date: Canyon Blanco tributary of the Red River, Tex., 26-27 September 1874. Entered service at: Fort Duncan, Texas. Birth: Florida. Date of issue: 13 October 1875. Citation: Rendered invaluable service to Col. R. S. Mackenzie, 4th U.S. Cavalry, during this engagement.
*BAESEL, ALBERT E.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 148th Infantry, 37th Division. Place and date: Near Ivoiry, France, 27 September 1918. Entered service at: Berea, Ohio. Born: 1892, Berea, Ohio. G.O. No.: 43, W.D., 1922. Citation: Upon hearing that a squad leader of his platoon had been severely wounded while attempting to capture an enemy machinegun nest about 200 yards in advance of the assault line and somewhat to the right, 2d Lt. Baesel requested permission to go to the rescue of the wounded corporal. After thrice repeating his request and permission having been reluctantly given, due to the heavy artillery, rifle, and machinegun fire, and heavy deluge of gas in which the company was at the time, accompanied by a volunteer, he worked his way forward, and reaching the wounded man, placed him upon his shoulders and was instantly killed by enemy fire.
BRONSON, DEMING
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company H, 364th Infantry, 91st Division. Place and date: Near Eclisfontaine, France, 26-27 September 1918. Entered service at: Seattle, Wash. Born: 8 July 1894, Rhinelander, Wis. G.O. No.: 12 W.D., 1929. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy. On the morning of 26 September, during the advance of the 364th Infantry, 1st Lt. Bronson was struck by an exploding enemy handgrenade, receiving deep cuts on his face and the back of his head. He nevertheless participated in the action which resulted in the capture of an enemy dugout from which a great number of prisoners were taken. This was effected with difficulty and under extremely hazardous conditions because it was necessary to advance without the advantage of cover and, from an exposed position, throw handgrenades and phosphorous bombs to compel the enemy to surrender. On the afternoon of the same day he was painfully wounded in the left arm by an enemy rifle bullet, and after receiving first aid treatment he was directed to the rear. Disregarding these instructions, 1st Lt. Bronson remained on duty with his company through the night although suffering from severe pain and shock. On the morning of 27 September, his regiment resumed its attack, the object being the village of Eclisfontaine. Company H, to which 1st Lt. Bronson was assigned, was left in support of the attacking line, Company E being in the line. He gallantly joined that company in spite of his wounds and engaged with it in the capture of the village. After the capture he remained with Company E and participated with it in the capture of an enemy machinegun, he himself killing the enemy gunner. Shortly after this encounter the company was compelled to retire due to the heavy enemy artillery barrage. During this retirement 1st Lt. Bronson, who was the last man to leave the advanced position, was again wounded in both arms by an enemy high-explosive shell. He was then assisted to cover by another officer who applied first aid. Although bleeding profusely and faint from the loss of blood, 1st Lt. Bronson remained with the survivors of the company throughout the night of the second day, refusing to go to the rear for treatment. His conspicuous gallantry and spirit of self-sacrifice were a source of great inspiration to the members of the entire command.
*TURNER, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 105th Infantry, 27th Division. Place and date: Near Ronssoy, France, 27 September 1918. Entered service at: Garden City, N.Y. Birth: Boston, Mass. G.O. No.: 81, W.D., 1919. Citation: He led a small group of men to the attack, under terrific artillery and machinegun fire, after they had become separated from the rest of the company in the darkness. Single-handed he rushed an enemy machinegun which had suddenly opened fire on his group and killed the crew with his pistol. He then pressed forward to another machinegun post 25 yards away and had killed 1 gunner himself by the time the remainder of his detachment arrived and put the gun out of action. With the utmost bravery he continued to lead his men over 3 lines of hostile trenches, cleaning up each one as they advanced, regardless of the fact that he had been wounded 3 times, and killed several of the enemy in hand-to-hand encounters. After his pistol ammunition was exhausted, this gallant officer seized the rifle of a dead soldier, bayoneted several members of a machinegun crew, and shot the other. Upon reaching the fourth-line trench, which was his objective, 1st Lt. Turner captured it with the 9 men remaining in his group and resisted a hostile counterattack until he was finally surrounded and killed.
WAALER, REIDAR
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company A, 105th Machine-Gun Battalion, 27th Division. Place and date: Near Ronssoy, France, 27 September 1918. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Norway. G.O. No.. 5, W.D., 1920. Citation: In the face of heavy artillery and machinegun fire, he crawled forward to a burning British tank, in which some of the crew were imprisoned, and succeeded in rescuing 2 men. Although the tank was then burning fiercely and contained ammunition which was likely to explode at any time, this soldier immediately returned to the tank and, entering it, made a search for the other occupants, remaining until he satisfied himself that there were no more living men in the tank.
FIELDS, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 10th Armored Infantry, 4th Armored Division. Place and date: Rechicourt, France, 27 September 1944. Entered service at: Houston, Tex. Birth: Caddo, Tex. G.O. No.: 13, 27 February 1945. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty, at Rechicourt, France. On 27 September 1944, during a sharp action with the enemy infantry and tank forces, 1st Lt. Fields personally led his platoon in a counterattack on the enemy position. Although his platoon had been seriously depleted, the zeal and fervor of his leadership was such as to inspire his small force to accomplish their mission in the face of overwhelming enemy opposition. Seeing that 1 of the men had been wounded, he left his slit trench and with complete disregard for his personal safety attended the wounded man and administered first aid. While returning to his slit trench he was seriously wounded by a shell burst, the fragments of which cut through his face and head, tearing his teeth, gums, and nasal passage. Although rendered speechless by his wounds, 1st Lt. Fields refused to be evacuated and continued to lead his platoon by the use of hand signals. On 1 occasion, when 2 enemy machineguns had a portion of his unit under deadly crossfire, he left his hole, wounded as he was, ran to a light machinegun, whose crew had been knocked out, picked up the gun, and fired it from his hip with such deadly accuracy that both the enemy gun positions were silenced. His action so impressed his men that they found new courage to take up the fire fight, increasing their firepower, and exposing themselves more than ever to harass the enemy with additional bazooka and machinegun fire. Only when his objective had been taken and the enemy scattered did 1st Lt. Fields consent to be evacuated to the battalion command post. At this point he refused to move further back until he had explained to his battalion commander by drawing on paper the position of his men and the disposition of the enemy forces. The dauntless and gallant heroism displayed by 1st Lt. Fields were largely responsible for the repulse of the enemy forces and contributed in a large measure to the successful capture of his battalion objective during this action. His eagerness and determination to close with the enemy and to destroy him was an inspiration to the entire command, and are in the highest traditions of the U.S. Armed Forces.
*MUNRO, DOUGLAS ALBERT
Rank and organization: Signalman First Class, U.S. Coast Guard Born: 11 October 1919, Vancouver, British Columbia. Accredited to Washington. Citation: For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry m action above and beyond the call of duty as Petty Officer in Charge of a group of 24 Higgins boats, engaged in the evacuation of a battalion of marines trapped by enemy Japanese forces at Point Cruz Guadalcanal, on 27 September 1942. After making preliminary plans for the evacuation of nearly 500 beleaguered marines, Munro, under constant strafing by enemy machineguns on the island, and at great risk of his life, daringly led 5 of his small craft toward the shore. As he closed the beach, he signaled the others to land, and then in order to draw the enemy's fire and protect the heavily loaded boats, he valiantly placed his craft with its 2 small guns as a shield between the beachhead and the Japanese. When the perilous task of evacuation was nearly completed, Munro was instantly killed by enemy fire, but his crew, 2 of whom were wounded, carried on until the last boat had loaded and cleared the beach. By his outstanding leadership, expert planning, and dauntless devotion to duty, he and his courageous comrades undoubtedly saved the lives of many who otherwise would have perished. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 27, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
27 September
1922: Dr. Albert Hoyt Taylor and Leo C. Young of the Naval Aircraft Radio Laboratory at Anacostia made the first radar observations in the US. (24)
1938: The CAA issued the first airplane instructor's license to Arthur J. Banks in Atlanta, Ga. (24)
1943: Eighth Air Force B-17s attacked targets in Emden with nearly 1,000 tons of bombs, the heaviest assault on a single target to date in World War II. A P-47 fighter escort with belly tanks also set a distance record by flying more than 600 miles on the mission. (4) (24)
1951: KOREAN WAR/Operation PELICAN. A C-124 Globemaster II made its first flight from Japan to Korea, carrying 30,000 pounds of aircraft parts to Kimpo Airfield. The flight demonstrated the potential use of a very large transport for operations in a combat theater. (21) (28)
1952: KOREAN WAR. At night, three B-26s flew in the central sector loudspeaker sorties totaling three and one-half hours, an unusually high amount of broadcast time. (28)
1956: Dropped by a B-50 bomber over the Mojave Desert, Capt Milburn G. Apt flew the rocketpowered Bell X-2 to a speed record of 2,094 MPH. The flight ended tragically when the X-2 crashed, killing Capt Apt. (3) (9)
1962: Construction on the last Minuteman I (Model A) facilities ended at Malmstrom AFB. (6)
1963: The last Thor missile from Britain reached the US. (6)
1970: Operation FIG HILL. Through 28 October, the USAF flew the Army's 32d Mobile Surgical Hospital from Germany and the USAF's 48th Air Transportable Hospital from England to wartorn Jordan. The 240 personnel and 186 tons of equipment supplied were carried to the area in 25 sorties flown in two days. (16) (21)
1978: Exercise REFORGER. During this exercise the MAC commander, General William G. Moore, landed a C-130 on an 8,000-foot stretch of unopened German autobahn. This was a first. (16)
1991: President George H. W. Bush terminated SAC's alert force operation, which started operating in October 1957. This action heralded in an end to the Cold War. (16) (26) When a mutiny of soldiers, joined by rebellious civilians in Kinshasha, Zaire, threatened the lives of foreigners, MAC units helped to evacuate more than 1,000 people. (26)
1999: SR-71A (tail no. 61-7980/NASA 844) made the next-to-last flight of the Mach 3 plane above Edwards AFB. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center crewmembers Rogers Smith and Marta Bohn-Meyer flew the Blackbird to Mach 2.70 and 64,000 feet with the dorsal flight test fixture from the Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) as its payload. (3)
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World News for 27 September thanks to Military Periscope
USA—ACC Chief Emphasizes Need To Win 6th-Gen Fighter Race With China
Breaking Defense | 09/27/2022
The head of U.S. Air Combat Command says that Washington must win the race with its potential adversaries to field a sixth-generation fighter capability, reports Breaking Defense.
China is on track to develop its own sixth-generation fighter capability by around 2035, Chinese aviation officials said in 2019.
During the Air and Space Force Association conference last week outside Washington, D.C., Gen. Mark Kelly said that China was "on track" to developing its own sixth-generation fighter capability similar to that of the U.S.
While the U.S. seeks to field its latest fighter capability by the end of the decade, there are concerns that the complexity of the program, including new software, integration of new weapons, crewed and uncrewed aircraft, and projected high costs could lead to program delays, possibly reducing the gap before China fields its own capability.
USA—Marine Corps Introduces New Littoral Combat Teams
Task and Purpose | 09/27/2022
The U.S. Marine Corps has revamped its squads for its new littoral regiments, reports Task and Purpose.
The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, which was activated on March 3, features a new squad structure for its littoral combat teams.
Instead of the traditional 13 Marines divided into three fire teams, each with four troops, and a squad leader, the new littoral combat teams will have two six-person fire teams, a squad leader and an assistant squad leader.
The larger fire teams are better able to conduct independent defensive and offensive operations as well as being easier to control, according to service officials.
Having fewer teams also makes it easier for Marines to receive direct training and input from their leaders.
The service's new littoral regiments are expected to consist of 2,000 Marines and sailors divided into a combat logistics battalion, a littoral anti-air battalion and a littoral combat team including an infantry battalion and anti-ship missile battery.
USA—Marines Show Off New MQ-9 Reaper At Miramar Air Show
The Aviationist | 09/27/2022
The Marine Corps showed off its newest combat drone capability at the MCAS Miramar Air Show over the weekend, reports the Aviationist blog.
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) displayed the new MQ-9A Reaper ER, the extended-range configuration of the uncrewed aircraft.
The upgraded Reaper is intended to support marine littoral combat operations with surveillance and precision strike capabilities.
The air vehicle can remain airborne for up to 34 hours, providing support and real-time imagery.
The MQ-9A ER features a pair of 1,200-pound (540-kg) external fuel tanks providing up to 26 percent greater endurance than the baseline model.
The manufacturer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, is expected to begin delivering aircraft and support equipment this winter ahead the fleet standup in late summer 2023, Flight Global reported in July.
USA—NASA Craft Successfully Hits Asteroid
Wall Street Journal | 09/27/2022
NASA sent an uncrewed vehicle to collide with an asteroid in a test to determine if such a technique could be used to protect Earth, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, also known as DART, successfully collided with the asteroid Dimorphos at a speed of more than 14,000 mph (22,530 kph) at 7:14 p.m. Eastern time on Monday evening, reported NASA.
Dimorphos is a 525-foot (160-m) asteroid orbiting the larger Didymos in a binary asteroid system.
The 1,300-pound (590-kg) DART was launched in November from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., and placed in a solar orbit that has since moved it closer to the asteroid system.
The cost of the mission has been estimated at $325 million.
Scientists emphasize that whatever the effect of the mission, there was no chance that the asteroid would change direction toward Earth.
One anticipated effect is that the orbital period of the Dimorohos around Didymos would decrease from the current 11 hours 55 minutes by anywhere from 7 minutes to an hour, researchers said.
The impact demonstrated a viable mitigation technique for protecting Earth from an inbound asteroid or comet, said NASA.
France—Crewed, Uncrewed Aircraft Test Deconfliction Near Paris
Volocopter | 09/27/2022
M3 Systems, Pipistrel and Volocopter have completed a joint flight test involving crewed and uncrewed aircraft simulating different avoidance maneuvers in an airfield environment, reports Volocopter.
The trials on Sept. 23 at Pontoise airfield outside of Paris involved M3's Boreal remotely piloted aircraft, Pipistrel's crewed Velis Electro and Volocopter's uncrewed 2X prototype drone.
It was the third of several tests simulating real-world scenarios, including airport or vertiport closure; unavailable final approach; and takeoff and traffic deconfliction.
The trials are part of the European Union's CORUS-XUAM project focused on resolving challenges related to the integration of existing and new air traffic systems.
The goal is to ensure safe, large-scale operations including commercial, general and drone aircraft for cargo and passenger flights.
Russia—Citizenship Granted To Former NSA Contractor Snowden
NPR News | 09/27/2022
The Russian government has granted citizenship to Edward Snowden, who leaked thousands of National Security Agency files in 2013, reports NPR News.
Snowden fled to Russia in 2013 after leaking the files revealing NSA mass surveillance programs and was granted asylum. He had been working as an IT contractor for the agency.
He had applied for Russian citizenship in 2020 in what he said was a move to ensure he and his wife would not be separated from their future son in an era of pandemics and closed borders, reported the Guardian (U.K.).
Snowden was granted permanent residency rights the same year, paving the way for citizenship.
Russia—Military Offices Come Under Attack Amid Mobilization
Meduza | 09/27/2022
There has been an uptick in attacks on Russian military enlistment offices following President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization order, reports Meduza (Riga, Latvia).
On Monday, 25-year-old Irkutsk resident Ruslan Zinin opened fire on the military commissar in the town of Ust-Ilimsk in the Irkutsk region in Siberia, injuring him critically.
Zinin was subsequently arrested. He said he was angered that his friend had been mobilized.
Meanwhile, the number of arson attacks on military registration and regional administrative buildings has skyrocketed, with 11 reported since Sept. 21.
There had been 20 such attacks since Russia launched its unprovoked war on Ukraine in February, but Putin's mobilization order has spurred a fresh wave, analysts said.
Russia—More Than 260,000 Flee Mobilization Order
Baltic News Network | 09/27/2022
At least 261,000 Russian men have fled the country to avoid military service after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization, reports the Baltic News Network, citing Russian media.
Following rapid Ukrainian military gains in the Kharkiv region, on Sept. 21 Putin announced a partial mobilization, with the goal of calling up 300,000 fresh troops, reported Novaya Gazeta Europe.
This was the third time in modern Russian history that such a mobilization has been implemented and the first since World War II.
The order has been met with resistance in many regions of Russia, with large numbers of men fleeing across the border into Europe and Asia and widespread protests around the country. Several military recruitment centers have also been attacked, noted Axios.
Russia—Nord Stream Gas Pipelines Damaged, Kremlin Says
Moscow Times | 09/27/2022
The Kremlin says that three offshore lines that are part of its Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines to Europe have been damaged, reports the Moscow Times (Russia).
The pipelines sustained "unprecedented" damage, leaking gas into the Baltic Sea, the Nord Stream pipeline operator said on Tuesday.
A Kremlin spokesman said that pressure in the pipes had dropped significantly due to the leaks and that sabotage could not be ruled out.
The damage took place where the pipeline passes through the Danish exclusive economic zone and an investigation was underway, the spokesman said.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen noted that "it's an unusual situation, to have three leaks a distance from each other. That's why it's hard to imagine that it's accidental."
The Nord Stream pipelines have played a central role in energy disputes between Europe and Russia following Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February.
Ukraine—Iranian Drones A Growing Challenge
Politico | 09/27/2022
Iranian drones and loitering munitions acquired by Russia have become a growing problem for Ukrainian troops, reports Politico.
Over the last week, Moscow has rolled out Shahed-136 loitering munitions and Mohajer-6 uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), which are hard to see on radar, according to Ukrainian soldiers.
On Sept. 23, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian anti-aircraft units had shot down over a dozen Shahed-136 and Mohajer-6 UAVs over Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa.
A delegation of Ukrainian women soldiers is in Washington, D.C., this week to drum up support for advanced weapons to deal with the threat, including 360-degree radars and counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) systems.
Currently, Ukrainian troops are forced to use Stinger portable surface-to-air missile systems to shoot down the drones, but their lack of night-vision systems limits them to daytime operations.
Canada—Procurement Dept. Claims It Has No Docs On Troubled SAR Aircraft Program
Ottawa Citizen | 09/27/2022
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) says it has no documents regarding efforts to address shortcomings with a new search-and-rescue aircraft, reports the Ottawa Citizen.
The department was expected to turn over documents about issues with the acquisition of 16 C-295 search-and-rescue aircraft ordered in 2016. The program, valued at Can$2.2 billion (US$1.6 billion), was expected to field an operational fleet by 2021.
The project has since suffered significant issues, with the initial C-295s not expected to be operational until 2025 or 2026, according to unnamed defense sources. Full operational capability is not anticipated until 2030.
The delays prompted Parliament's government operations committee to request information from PSPC on any records related to technical and mechanical issues by July 22.
The department has not delivered any documents, saying it did not have any "outlining additional costs, briefing notes, procurement schedules and deadlines for completing work." PSPC said questions about such documentation should be redirected to the Dept. of National Defense.
Conservative Party members of the committee have accused the agency of withholding information, noting that PSPC would have been closely involved in the acquisition and monitoring the subsequent issues.
The delivery delays has forced the government to reposition other aircraft to fill search-and-rescue requirements on its West Coast, analysts said.
Cuba—Voters Approve Same-Sex Marriage In Referendum
Mercopress | 09/27/2022
Cuban voters have approved same-sex marriage and other similar rights under a new Family Code, reports MercoPress (Uruguay).
Sixty-seven percent of Cubans voted in favor of the measure, which reverses 1975 laws that excluded LGBT couples from marriage. About 69 percent of registered voters took part.
The Cuban regime had labeled "No" votes in the referendum as "counterrevolutionary" due to its misogynist and homophobic basis.
Ecuador—Interior Minister Loses Job Over Murder Of Police Officer's Wife
Mercopress | 09/27/2022
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has fired his interior minister following the murder of the wife of a police officer, reports MercoPress (Uruguay).
The body of Maria Belen Bernal, 34, was found on Sept. 21, 10 days after she was last seen alive entering the Police High School in Quito, where her husband worked.
Her husband, Police Lt. German Caceres, is suspected of the killing and has been on the run since.
Interior Minister Patricio Carrillo was fired after being linked to the murder, the news agency reported on Monday. He was replaced by retired Police Lt. Col. Juan Zapata.
Carrillo had pledged that his ministry would not protect Caceres but was found to have not committed enough police resources to search for the fugitive, and of having knowingly allowed the failures that enabled his flight.
India—Saab To Set Up Carl Gustaf Anti-Tank Weapon Production Facility
Reuters | 09/27/2022
Saab has announced that it will build a new facility to produce anti-tank weapons in India, reports Reuters.
The new facility for M4 Carl Gustaf anti-tank systems will begin production in 2024, Saab officials said on Tuesday.
The facility will support orders from the Indian armed forces and build components for users around the world.
This is the first time that Saab has built such a facility outside of Sweden, said the company.
Iran—Starlink Internet Service Activated As Government Cracks Down On Protests
Fortune | 09/27/2022
SpaceX says it has activated its Starlink satellite internet service in Iran to help demonstrators get around widespread internet outages, reports Fortune magazine.
Late last week, the U.S. Treasury granted special exemptions from sanctions for companies delivering internet access to Iran.
Starlink is now active for any Iranian with a Starlink terminal, according to Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX.
Iran has been experiencing widespread protests after a 22-year-old woman died in the custody of Iranian morality police earlier this month. In an effort to control the information environment, Tehran has blocked access to numerous communication services.
At least 41 people have been killed in the protests, according to official figures. Nongovernmental organizations say many more people have died.
Qatar—Civilians Called Up For Military Service For World Cup Security
Reuters | 09/27/2022
Qatar has called up hundreds of civilians, including overseas diplomats, to help provide security during the World Cup soccer tournament, which begins in late November, reports Reuters.
Qatari has a population of 2.8 million, of which only 380,000 are nationals eligible for mandatory military service.
National service has been required for Qatari men between the ages of 18 and 35 since 2014.
The conscripts are being trained to manage stadium security queues, frisk fans and detect contraband like alcohol, drugs or weapons concealed in ponytails, jacket linings or even false bellies, according to training materials seen by Reuters.
The goal of the callup is less about boosting the armed forces and more to build discipline and "enhance social cohesion and national unity", according to one analyst.
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