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Good Monday Moring September 26
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Today in Naval and Marine Corps History
September 26
1860 The sloop-of-war, USS Constellation captures the American slaver Cora with 705 slaves on board off the Congo River. The newly freed slaves are taken to Monrovia, Liberia.
1863 During the Civil War, the double-ender side-wheel steamer, USS Tioga captures Confederate steamer Herald near the Bahamas off the Florida Keys with cargo including cigars and sugar.
1918 After shepherding a convoy to the Irish Sea, while under the command of the U.S. Navy during World War I, Coast Guard cutter Tampa is steaming through the Bristol Channel when she is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-91. All those on board, 115 crew members and 16 passengers, are killed, resulting in the greatest combat-related loss of life suffered by the U.S. Naval forces during WWI.
1931 The keel to USS Ranger (CV 4) is laid at Newport News, Va. She is the first ship designed and constructed as an aircraft carrier.
1944 USS Pargo (SS 264) sinks the Japanese minelayer, Aotaka, off Borneo. Also on this date, USS McCoy Reynolds (DE 440) sinks Japanese submarine I-175 northeast of Palau.
1961 USNS Potomac (T AO 181) is damaged by fire and explosion while at Morehead City, N.C.
1963 First steam-eject launch of Polaris missile at sea occurs off Cape Canaveral, Fla., from USS Observation Island (EAG 154).
1987 USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) is commissioned at Port Everglades, Fla. The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser is the ninth in her class and the second to be named after the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific.
1991 USNS Effective (T-AGOS 21) is christened and launched at Morgan City, La. The Military Sealift Command vessel is one of several ocean surveillance ships that conduct Surveillance Towed Array Sensory System (SURTASS).
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Today in History September 26
1580 Sir Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, aboard the Golden Hind, after a 33-month voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
1777 The British army launches a major offensive, capturing Philadelphia.
1786 France and Britain sign a trade agreement in London.
1820 The legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone dies quietly at the Defiance, Mo., home of his son Nathan, at age 85.
1826 The Persian cavalry is routed by the Russians at the Battle of Ganja in the Russian Caucasus.
1829 Scotland Yard, the official British criminal investigation organization, is formed.
1864 General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his men assault a Federal garrison near Pulaski, Tennessee.
1901 Leon Czolgosz, who murdered President William McKinley, is sentenced to death..
1913 The first boat is raised in the locks of the Panama Canal.
1914 The Federal Trade Commission is established to foster competition by preventing monopolies in business.
1918 German Ace Ernst Udet shoots down two Allied planes, bringing his total for the war up to 62.
1937 Bessie Smith, known as the 'Empress of the Blues,' dies in a car crash in Mississippi.
1940 During the London Blitz, the underground Cabinet War Room suffers a hit when a bomb explodes on the Clive Steps.
1941 The U.S. Army establishes the Military Police Corps.
1950 General Douglas MacArthur's American X Corps, fresh from the Inchon landing, links up with the U.S. Eighth Army after its breakout from the Pusan Perimeter.
1955 The New York Stock Exchange suffers a $44 million loss.
1960 Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy participate in the first nationally televised debate between presidential candidates.
1961 Nineteen-year-old Bob Dylan makes his New York singing debut at Gerde's Folk City.
1967 Hanoi rejects a U.S. peace proposal.
1969 The Beatles last album, Abbey Road, is released.
1972 Richard M. Nixon meets with Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage, Alaska, the first-ever meeting of a U.S. President and a Japanese Monarch.
1977 Israel announces a cease-fire on Lebanese border.
1983 In the USSR Stanislav Petrov disobeys procedures and ignores electronic alarms indicating five incoming nuclear missiles, believing the US would launch more than five if it wanted to start a war. His decision prevented a retaliatory attack that would have begun a nuclear war between the superpowers..
1984 The UK agrees to transfer sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
1997 Two earthquakes strike Italy, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis to collapse, killing four people and destroying much of the cycle of frescoes depicting the saint's life.
2008 Yves Rossy, a Swiss pilot and inventor, is the first person to fly a jet-powered wing across the English Channel.
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
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OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 26 September 1967… A magnet in his survival vest?…. Hit 7 times in 4 months…
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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Thanks to Al
Monday Morning Humor--Medicine
Some of my old Navy friends have been recalling memories about their flight surgeons. These jokes about doctors, patients, and medicine are a tribute to them.
Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both are having trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
The first patient is examined within the hour, is X-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week. He has completely recovered three months from the initial appointment.
The second sees the Navy doctor after waiting a week for an appointment, then waits three months to see a specialist, then gets an X-ray, which isn't reviewed for another month and finally has his surgery scheduled for six months from then.
Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The first is a Golden Retriever. The second is a retired Navy vet!
Some future flight surgeons and first year students at medical school were receiving their first anatomy
class with a real dead human body.
They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine, it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor. The first is that you should not be disgusted by anything involving the human body."
The Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the anus of the corpse, withdrew it and stuck it in his mouth.
"Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students. The students initially freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took turns sticking a finger in the anus of the corpse and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at the class and told them, "The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger but sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention!"
None of his classmates liked him because of his stupidity, especially his teacher, who was always yelling at him, "You're driving me mad, Harold".
One day Harold's mom came to school to check on how he was doing. The teacher told his mom honestly, that her son was simply a disaster, getting very low marks, and never had she seen such a dumb boy in her entire teaching career.
The mom was shocked at the feedback and withdrew her son from school and moved out of Detroit, relocating to Boston.
25 years later, the teacher was diagnosed with an incurable cardiovascular disease. All her doctors strongly advised her to have heart surgery, which only one surgeon who practiced in Boston, could perform. Left with no other options, the teacher decided to have the operation, which was successful.
When she opened her eyes after the surgery she saw a handsome doctor smiling down at her. She wanted to thank him, but could not talk. Her face started to turn blue, she raised her hand, trying to tell him something but eventually died.
The doctor was shocked and was trying to work out what went wrong. When he turned around he saw our friend Harold, working as a janitor in the clinic, had unplugged the oxygen equipment in order to connect his vacuum cleaner.
Don't tell me you thought Harold became a heart surgeon!
I was just coming out of anesthesia after her operation, and Patty was sitting at my bedside. My eyes fluttered open, and I murmured, "Hi, beautiful."
She continued her vigil while I drifted back to sleep.
Later, I woke up and said, "Good to see you."
Somewhat taken aback, Patty asked, "What happened to 'Hi, beautiful?'"
I smiled and replied, "The drugs have worn off."
A couple of old retirees were golfing at Miramar when one mentioned that he was going to go to the VA for a new set of dentures in the morning. His elderly buddy remarked that he; too, had gone to the very same dentist two years before.
"Is that so?" asked the first old guy. "Did he do a good job?"
The second oldster replied, "Well, I was on the golf course yesterday when a guy on the next fairway hooked a shot. The ball must have been going at least 200 mph when it smacked me right in the groin."
The first old guy was confused and asked, "What the heck does that have to do with your dentures?"
"It was the first time in two years my teeth didn't hurt."
Paradoxical Quote of the Day:
"Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen."
Add to this that, many of those who refuse or are unable to prove they are citizens, will receive free insurance paid for by those who are."
Here's hoping these find you well,
Al
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Flight Surgeon Humor
I was just about to hit send when this one showed up in my Inbox from Tweety
Some future flight surgeons and first year students at medical school were receiving their first anatomy class with a real dead human body.
They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine, it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor. The first is that you should not be disgusted by anything involving the human body."
The Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the anus of the corpse, withdrew it and stuck it in his mouth.
"Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students. The students initially freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took turns sticking a finger in the anus of the corpse and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at the class and told them, "The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger but sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention!"
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From Humphrey's Solo to Thornton's Swim by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
10/26/2010
This Week in American Military History:
Oct. 25, 1812: The frigate USS United States under the command of Capt.
(future commodore) Stephen Decatur – hero of Tripoli and said to be the U.S. Navy's own "Lord Nelson" – captures the Royal Navy frigate HMS Macedonian under the command of Capt. John Carden in a brisk fight several hundred miles off the Azores.
In seven years, Decatur will be mortally wounded in a duel with Commodore James Barron.
USS United States – the first of four so-named American Navy vessels and the first commissioned warship for the new U.S. Navy – will be seized by Confederate forces in 1861 and rechristened CSS United States.
Oct. 26, 1909: U.S. Army Lt. (future brig. gen.) Frederick Erastus Humphreys becomes the first Army aviator to solo in a heavier-than-air craft – the Wright Flyer – following three hours of instruction by Wilbur Wright. Humphreys will write:
"From a military standpoint, the first and probably the greatest use [of the aircraft] will be found in reconnaissance. …
"The next use will probably be in carrying messages. …"Another time where advantage might be taken of the speed of these machines is when officers of high rank might desire to give personal supervision at a distant point of the line or to go from one point to another for a council of war. …" Interestingly, Humphreys adds: "Probably a large amount of damage could be done to the personnel of the enemy when in mass, or in a raid to the storehouses and depot, by projectiles dropped from a flyer. That any could be done to fortifications or ships is doubtful."
Oct. 26, 1922: Lt. Commander Godfrey de Courcelles Chevalier makes the first aircraft-carrier landing on the deck of America's first carrier, USS Langley, the first of two carriers named in honor of aviation scientist Samuel Pierpont Langley.
Readers will recall Eugene B. Ely's first-ever airplane-landing aboard ship on Jan. 18, 1911 (Ely's landing however was on a special platform mounted on a cruiser, not a carrier).
Both Chevalier and Ely will be killed in plane crashes weeks after their historic firsts.
Oct. 26, 1944: The Battle of Leyte Gulf – the last great naval battle of the Pacific during World War II – ends in a lopsided victory for the Americans. An epic three-day, four-part engagement fought in defense of the U.S. effort to retake the Philippines, the battle has all but ended the Japanese Navy's ability to fight as a substantive fleet. It is also history's last sea battle in which battleships engage one another in pitched battle.
All total, 282 U.S. and Japanese warships and 190,000 sailors on both sides have been directly involved in the battle. Four Japanese carriers, three battleships, six cruisers, 14 destroyers, and nearly 10,000 sailors have been sent to the bottom. The U.S. Navy has suffered the loss of three carriers, three destroyers, and one submarine.
Oct. 28, 1962: Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev "blinks," ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Oct. 31, 1972: U.S. Navy SEAL Petty Officer (future lieutenant) Michael E.
Thornton; his commanding officer, Lt. Thomas R. Norris; and three South Vietnamese Naval commandos are conducting an intelligence-collection and prisoner-snatch operation deep behind enemy lines when they are discovered by a force that outnumbers them at least 10 to one. Fierce fighting ensues. Thornton and Norris are both wounded, Norris badly.
As the team begins a fighting withdrawal toward the beach, Thornton learns that Norris is down, perhaps dead. Thornton races back through a hailstorm of enemy fire to find and retrieve his commander – dead or alive.
Thornton finds Norris, kills two enemy soldiers who are standing over his wounded commander, then hoists Norris onto his shoulders and sprints back toward the beach for several hundred yards under heavy enemy fire. When he hits the surf, Thornton ties Norris to his own body and starts swimming. When he sees one of the South Vietnamese commandos shot in the hip and unable to swim, Thornton grabs him too; swimming both men out to sea for more than two hours before they are rescued.
For his actions, Thornton will receive the Medal of Honor.
Norris will survive and receive the Medal himself for a previous action.
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Thanks to Craig
The Genius of Henry Ford.
This was BEFORE Pearl Harbor !!!
Ford's B-24 Bomber Plant at Willow Run, MI.
Henry Fordwas determined that he could mass produce bombers just as he had done with cars.
He built the Willow Run assembly plant and proved it. It was the world's largest building under one roof.
Even then FORD HAD A BETTER IDEA!
This film will absolutely blow you away - one B-24 every 55 minutes.
ADOLF HITLER HAD NO IDEA THE U.S. WAS CAPABLE OF THIS KIND OF THING.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0.
7 min long, but if you like war history, and airplanes, you will enjoy the time spent watching this!
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This Day in U S Military History
1918 – First Army of General John Pershing's American Expeditionary Force launches what becomes known as the Meuse-Argonne Offensive to the north of Verdun. It is one of several attacks planned by France's Marshal Ferdinand Foch to drive the Germans from the defenses of the Hindenburg Line and precipitate their surrender. First Army, some one million men split between three corps, is holding a front of about 17 miles, extending from Forges on the Meuse River into the Argonne Forrest. To the left of the First Army is General H.J.E. Gouraud's French Fourth Army. The US forces are opposed by General Max von Gallwitz's Army Group, while the French are facing Crown Prince Frederick William's Army Group. The US and French deploy 37 divisions, while German forces comprise 24 divisions. The German's hold three strongly-fortified defensive lines in difficult terrain. The attack begins at 0525 hours and US forces make rapid gains, advancing 10 miles in the first five days of the offensive. French progress is more slow.
1918 – The Imperial German Navy's submarine UB-91 torpedoed and sank the CGC Tampa (formerly named Miami) which was escorting a convoy bound for Milford Haven, Wales, with all hands. 111 Coast Guardsmen, as well as four U.S. Navy, 11 Royal Navy, and five civilian passengers were killed. The bodies of two of the Coast Guard crew were recovered and buried in a small church yard in Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Great Britain. One body was returned to the family in the U.S. after the war while one, who was never identified, is still interred in Lamphey's church yard to this day. Local residents care for the grave.
1931 – Keel laying at Newport News, VA of USS Ranger (CV-4), first ship designed and constructed as an aircraft carrier.
1972 – Richard M. Nixon met with Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage, Alaska, the first-ever meeting of a U.S. President and a Japanese Monarch.
1983 – Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. The nuclear early warning system of the Soviet Union twice reported the launch of American Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles from bases in the United States. These missile attack warnings were correctly identified as a false alarm by Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov, an officer of the Soviet Air Defense Forces. This decision is seen as having prevented an erroneous data for decision about retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies, which would have likely resulted in nuclear war and the potential deaths of millions of people. Investigation of the satellite warning system later confirmed that the system had malfunctioned.
1988 – In a farewell speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Reagan saw "a moment for hope" for peace in the world, citing a new U.S.-Soviet treaty to sharply reduce nuclear arms due during the following year.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
OBREGON, EUGENE ARNOLD
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company G, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Seoul, Korea, 26 September 1950. Entered service at: Los Angeles, Calif. Born: 12 November 1930, Los Angeles, Calif. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company G, in action against enemy aggressor forces. While serving as an ammunition carrier of a machine gun squad in a marine rifle company which was temporarily pinned down by hostile fire, Pfc. Obregon observed a fellow marine fall wounded in the line of fire. Armed only with a pistol, he unhesitating dashed from his covered position to the side of the casualty. Firing his pistol with 1 hand as he ran, he grasped his comrade by the arm with his other hand and, despite the great peril to himself dragged him to the side of the road. Still under enemy fire, he was bandaging the man's wounds when hostile troops of approximately platoon strength began advancing toward his position. Quickly seizing the wounded marine's carbine, he placed his own body as a shield in front of him and lay there firing accurately and effectively into the hostile group until he himself was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire. By his courageous fighting spirit, fortitude, and loyal devotion to duty, Pfc. Obregon enabled his fellow marines to rescue the wounded man and aided essentially in repelling the attack, thereby sustaining and enhancing the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
CAPTAIN HUMBERT R. VERSACE
UNITED STATES ARMY: for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Captain Humbert R. Versace distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism during the period of 29 October 1963 to 26 September 1965, while serving as S-2 Advisor, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Detachment 52, Ca Mau, Republic of Vietnam. While accompanying a Civilian Irregular Defense Group patrol engaged in combat operations in Thoi Binh District, An Xuyen Province, Captain Versace and the patrol came under sudden and intense mortar, automatic weapons, and small arms fire from elements of a heavily armed enemy battalion. As the battle raged, Captain Versace, although severely wounded in the knee and back by hostile fire, fought valiantly and continued to engage enemy targets. Weakened by his wounds and fatigued by the fierce firefight, Captain Versace stubbornly resisted capture by the over-powering Viet Cong force with the last full measure of his strength and ammunition. Taken prisoner by the Viet Cong, he exemplified the tenets of the Code of Conduct from the time he entered into Prisoner of War status. Captain Versace assumed command of his fellow American soldiers, scorned the enemy's exhaustive interrogation and indoctrination efforts, and made three unsuccessful attempts to escape, despite his weakened condition which was brought about by his wounds and the extreme privation and hardships he was forced to endure. During his captivity, Captain Versace was segregated in an isolated prisoner of war cage, manacled in irons for prolonged periods of time, and placed on extremely reduced ration. The enemy was unable to break his indomitable will, his faith in God, and his trust in the United States of America. Captain Versace, an American fighting man who epitomized the principles of his country and the Code of Conduct, was executed by the Viet Cong on 26 September 1965. Captain Versace's gallant actions in close contact with an enemy force and unyielding courage and bravery while a prisoner of war are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflect the utmost credit upon himself and the United States Army.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 26, 2020 FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
26 September
1911: Lt Thomas DeWitt Milling flew a Burgess-Wright airplane to a world three-man duration record of 1 hour 54 minutes 42 seconds for flight with two passengers at Nassau Boulevard. He also won the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy for this flight. (24)
1918: Between this date and 1 October, Air Service pilots shot down 74 German aircraft and 15 balloons.
1931: The keel of the USS Ranger, the first aircraft carrier designed and built as such, laid at Newport News. (21)
1945: At NAS Anacostia, the Navy demonstrated the Ryan Fireball FR-1, the first partially jet-powered airplane designed for carriers. (24) The Army's WAC Corporal missile, built by Douglas Aircraft Company and Aerojet-General Corporation as the first liquid-propellant rocket, completed its first development flight at the White Sands Proving Grounds. It reached 43.5 miles in altitude. (6) (24)
1950: KOREAN WAR. While U.S. military forces from Inchon and Pusan linked up near Osan, Fifth Air Force support allowed ROK troops to move northward along the east coast toward the 38th parallel. The 22 BG dispatched 20 B-29s to bomb a munitions factory at Haeju, destroying the power plant and five related buildings. Other 92 BG B-29s raided the Pujon hydroelectric plant near Hungnam. These attacks marked the end of the first strategic bombing campaign against N. Korea. (28)
1957: A Lockheed Super Starliner made the first nonstop flight from New York to Athens, covering the 5,000 miles in 14 hours 38 minutes.
1958: Following a course from Rapid City, S. Dak., over Douglas, Ariz., to Newberg, Oreg., two B-52 Stratofortresses from the 28 BMW at Ellsworth AFB set world speed records. Lt Col Victor L. Sandacz received credit for flying 10,000 kilometers in a closed circuit without payload at 560.7 MPH and 5,000 kilometers in a closed circuit without payload at 597.7 MPH. He also flew 6,233.98 miles for the longest nonrefueled jet bomber flight to date. (1) (9)
1959: TYPHOON VERA. After the typhoon devastated Nagoya, Japan, MATS C-124s delivered 200 tons of food, clothing, and other supplies to the area. (18)
1966: Pan American World Airway's fan-jet Falcon claimed a new speed record for business aircraft when it flew from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Lisbon, Portugal. It covered the 2,388 miles in 4 hours 38 minutes 28 seconds to break a 4-hour, 45-minute, 59.4-second record of 26 October 1963.
1971: Project STORMFURY. Air Weather Service WC-130s dropped silver iodide into Hurricane Ginger to decrease the storm's intensity. It was the service's first hurricane seeding attempt. (2)
1991: The USAF and MAC accepted the first C-27A Spartan, a militarized version of the Italian Alenia G222. The C-27As supported the United States Southern Command mission. (18)
1994: A B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, and a KC-10 Extender landed at Poltava AB in the Ukraine. It was the first time that American bombers had landed there since World II. In World War II, Eighth Air Force B-17s used Poltava for shuttle bombing missions against Nazi targets in Germany and eastern Europe. (21)
2000: An F-15 team from Edwards AFB successfully used the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) to fire an AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile over the Navy's China Lake range. The missile destroyed an unmanned Phantom II drone. (3)
2001: Secretary of the Air Force James Roche announced the transition of the 116 BW (Georgia ANG) from B-1B to the E-8A JSTARS aircraft. The change would redesignate the unit as the 116th Air Control Wing. He also announced that the 184th Bomb Wing, Kansas ANG, would transition from B-1B bombers to KC-135 tankers and remain a unit equipped flying organization. (32)
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World News for 26 September thanks to Military Periscope
USA—General Atomics Pitches Gambit Series Drones To Air Force
The War Zone | 09/26/2022
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has unveiled a novel uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) concept, reports the War Zone website.
During the Air & Space Force Association conference last week outside of Washington, D.C., the company announced the Gambit Series, which uses a common core that can accept mission-specific airframes.
The concept is aimed at the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, part of the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) project that seeks to develop several advanced families of aircraft.
The Gambit Series is built around the "Gambit Core," a set of common hardware, including the landing gear, baseline avionics, chassis and other essential functions.
The core would account for 70 percent of the air vehicle's cost, potentially reducing manufacturing costs and accelerating development, the company says.
General Atomics has unveiled four Gambit models to date. Gambit 1, which was the Gambit drone the company originally unveiled in March, is intended for long-range surveillance missions; Gambit 2 is armed, including provisions for air-to-air weapons; Gambit 3 is a training/aggressor system to support pilot training with realistic threats; and Gambit 4 is a stealthy combat reconnaissance platform.
Each variant adds different engines, fuselages, wings and other internal and external characteristics to the common core, says the company.
The Gambit Series would be manufactured at the General Atomics Secure Advanced Manufacturing facility in San Diego, Calif., which is set to open next year.
USA—Raytheon Picked For Air Force Hypersonic Missile Program
U.S. Air Force | 09/26/2022
The Air Force has chosen Raytheon to build prototypes for its hypersonic cruise missile program, reports the Air Force News Service.
Raytheon beat out Boeing and Lockheed Martin for the $985 million contract. It will now move forward with the development and demonstration of Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) prototypes, the service said on Sept. 22.
In 2020, the Air Force partnered with Australia to develop air-breathing hypersonic cruise missile prototypes under the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment (SCIFiRE).
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon each received a 15-month contract in June 2021 to complete preliminary designs of a hypersonic cruise missile as part of SCIFiRE.
Under the HACM program, the Air Force will operationalize Raytheon's SCIFiRE design for integration with fighter aircraft. Two leave-behind assets with operational utility will also be constructed.
The service plans to deliver an operational HACM capability by 2027.
France—1st Interim H160 Helo Delivered To Navy
Airbus | 09/26/2022
The French navy has taken delivery of the first of six new helicopters intended for search-and-rescue (SAR) operations, reports Airbus, the manufacturer.
The H160 aircraft is the first in a public service configuration and the first delivered to an armed service, the company said in a release on Sept. 22.
The navy ordered four H160s in a search-and-rescue configuration in 2020 as an interim fleet pending the completion of the development of the H160M military helicopter.
An option for two more SAR helicopters was exercise last year.
The first H160 was delivered to Babcock in May for modification into a light military configuration. The modular cabin was also adapted for SAR missions and a Safran Euroflir 410 electro-optical sensor installed.
France plans to acquire 169 H160M helicopters to replace five aging helicopter types in service with the armed forces. The navy's experience with its H160s will support the development of the H160M and associated support systems.
Russia—At Least 13 Killed In Izhevsk School Shooting
Tass | 09/26/2022
At least 13 people were shot to death by a gunman at a school in Izhevsk in Russia's central Udmurt republic, reports Russia's Tass news agency.
The gunmen, who killed himself at the end of his shooting spree, was identified as 34-year-old Artem Kazantsev, a local resident and former student at the school, reported the Washington Post.
He was wearing black pants, a black jacket, a t-shirt with a red swastika and a black balaclava when he entered the school, shooting the security guard at the door.
Two pistols found near his body had braided cords with the words Columbine, Dylan and Eric, a reference to the 1999 Columbine school massacre in which 13 people were killed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
Nine children were killed in the assault. At least 23 people were injured, including 20 children.
Udmurt republic officials said that Kazantsev had been registered with a psycho-neurological clinic. It was not clear if he had any connection with one of Russia's many neo-Nazi groups.
Russia—Putin Ally Prigozhin Admits To Founding Wagner Mercenary Group
Moscow Times | 09/26/2022
After years of denying any association with the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin has admitted that he founded and finances the organization, reports the Moscow Times (Russia).
Prigozhin, who is also known as "Putin's chef" due to his catering contracts with the Kremlin, acknowledged that he founded the controversial private military contractor on May 1, 2014, in a statement on a Wagner social media page.
That date puts the founding in the midst of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and combat operations in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
Prigozhin previously denied association with Wagner, even suing journalists who alleged a connection. It was not clear what spurred him to acknowledge his role now.
Although private military contractors are illegal under Russian law, Wagner is widely believed to be allowed to operate because it permits Moscow to pursue its interests without putting Russian troops at risk.
In recent years, numerous media investigations have found evidence that Wagner personnel have been involved in rape, torture and executions in conflict zones such as Central African Republic, Libya, Mali and Syria.
The European Union and United States have sanctioned the Wagner group over its operations in Ukraine, aiding Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. general election and alleged atrocities in North and Central Africa, the Middle East and Ukraine.
Iran—Iranians Around The World Protest Regime
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | 09/26/2022
Iranians around the world have held rallies in support of protesters in Iran demonstrating against the regime after a woman died in the custody of the morality police earlier this month, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Demonstrations were held in Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, Turkey and the U.S. over the weekend.
Protests broke out in Tehran and the Iranian Kurdistan region after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran's morality police on Sept. 16.
Protesters have called for the end of Iran's female dress code and denounced the regime of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Italy—Far-Right Coalition Set To Lead New Government
Agence France-Presse | 09/26/2022
For the first time since World War II, Italy is set to be led by a far-right government, reports Agence France-Presse.
With the vote still to be finalized, the centrodestra right-wing alliance led by the Brothers of Italy party was expected to win 44 percent of the vote and a clear mandate.
The victory would make Giorgia Meloni Italy's first female prime minister. She has pledged to lead a government for all Italians. The coalition campaigned on lower taxes, ending mass immigration and traditional Catholic family values.
Much like other right-wing populists, she has railed against the LGBTQ community, "woke ideology" and Islam.
The Brothers of Italy has roots in the movement set up by supporters of Benito Mussolini following World War II. Earlier in her career, Meloni praised the dictator.
Analysts say that Meloni will be challenged to turn her electoral victory into a government that can last, noting Italy's notoriously unstable politics.
Kazakhstan—Government Rejects Russian Referendums In Ukraine
Reuters | 09/26/2022
The Kazakh government, traditionally a close Russian ally, says it will not recognize Russian-imposed referendums in occupied Ukraine, reports Reuters.
On Monday, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said it would not recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions through sham referendums announced last week.
"Kazakhstan proceeds from the principles of territorial integrity of states, their sovereign equivalence and peaceful coexistence," the ministry said in a release.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also rejected Russian calls to recognize Russian proxies in Ukraine at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in June, noted the Moscow Times.
Kyrgyzstan—Agreement Reached To End Border Fighting With Tajikistan
News 360 | 09/26/2022
The Kyrgyz government says it has reached an agreement with Tajikistan to end a border conflict that began earlier this month and has resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people, reports News 360 (Spain).
On Sunday, the Kyrgyz government said each side had agreed to dismantle four checkpoints and allow residents of the Batken and Leilek districts in Kyrgyzstan to return home.
Under the agreement, there would be no further civilian or military presence in the designated areas.
The chairmen of the national security commissions of the two countries signed the agreement, seeking to end hostilities, address the causes of conflict and prevent future clashes.
At least 62 Kyrgyz and 46 Tajiks died in fighting that broke out on Sept. 11. Around 140,000 Kyrgyz were forced to flee their homes.
Nigeria—18 Killed In Assault On Zamfara Mosque
Premium Times | 09/26/2022
At least 18 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state, reports the Premium Times (Abuja).
On Friday, militants on motorcycles opened fire on the mosque in the village of Ruwan Jema in the Bukkuyum district as prayers were about to start.
Eighteen bodies were later recovered from the scene. At least 10 people were injured, four seriously, officials said.
The Dogo Gudale or Shadari gangs, based in the nearby Gando forest, were suspected to be behind the attack.
South Africa—Hensoldt Reveals New EO, Laser Rangefinder For Drones
Defence Web | 09/26/2022
Hensoldt South Africa is touting its latest electro-optical sensor system and laser rangefinders designed for integration with uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), reports Defence Web (South Africa).
During last week's Africa Aerospace and Defense exhibition in South Africa, Hensoldt showed off its Argos-8 electro-optical system, which is co-produced with Estonian company Threod Systems.
The 13-pound (6 kg), 8-inch (203-mm) electro-optical system offers day and night capabilities for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions.
The South African firm also displayed its MP10-1 laser rangefinder that can be mounted on lightweight UAVs or used with multisensor land-based imaging systems.
The sensor systems can be integrated with Hensoldt's ASTUS drone, which is designed to meet the requirements of countries without the budgets for high-end uncrewed aircraft capabilities, analysts said.
Uganda— At Least 4 Dead In Latest Ebola Outbreak
Agence France-Presse | 09/26/2022
At least four people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda, reports Agence France-Presse (France).
On Sunday, the Ugandan Health Ministry said that 16 cases had been reported since Sept. 20. On Friday, the ministry said that four people had died of the virus over three days.
The deaths were recorded in the Mubende district, about 90 miles (150 km) west of the capital, Kampala.
Three cases had also been identified in the central Kyegegwa and Kassanda districts, the ministry said.
The Ugandan government has imposed restrictions on non-essential work travel at the epicenter of the outbreak in an effort to curb its spread.
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