To All,
Good Sunday morning September 24, 2023
I hope that your weekend is going well.
Regards
Skip
Today in Naval and Marine Corps History Thanks to NHHC
September 24
1864 The steam tug USS Fuschia and the sidewheel steamer Thomas Freeborn conduct a raid against a boat works above Milford Haven, Va., on Stutts Creek. Some three miles upstream a force of 40 sailors land, destroying four Confederate boats, capturing five, and demolishing a fishery.
1918 Lt. j.g. David S. Ingalls, while on a test flight in a Sopwith Camel, sights an enemy two-seat Rumpler over Nieuport. In company with another Camel he attacks and scores his fifth aerial victory in six weeks to become the Navy's first ace.
1941 USS Eberle (DD 430) is screening convoy HX 150 in Task Unit 4.1.1. when she rescues the crew of British freighter, Nigaristan after it suffered an engine room fire.
1943 USS Cabrilla (SS 288) attacks three Japanese ships, a carrier, escort carrier and destroyer, northwest of Chichi Jima.
1960 USS Charles Berry (DE 1035) begins a goodwill cruise of the southern Philippine Islands, visiting the small cities not usually visited by naval units.
1960 The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVAN 65), is launched at Newport News, Va. In 1975, she is designated (CVN 65).
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Today in WorldHistory September 24
1788 After having been dissolved, the French Parliament of Paris reassembles in triumph.
1789 Congress passes the Judiciary Act of 1789, establishing a strong federal court system with the powers it needs to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and federal law. The new Supreme Court will have a chief justice and five associate justices.
1842 Branwell Bronte, the brother of the Bronte sisters and the model for Hindley Earnshaw in Emily's novel Wuthering Heights, dies of tuberculosis. Emily and Anne die the same year.
1862 President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus against anyone suspected of being a Southern sympathizer.
1904 Sixty-two die and 120 are injured in head-on train collision in Tennessee.
1914 In the Alsace-Lorraine area between France and Germany, the German Army captures St. Mihiel.
1915 Bulgaria mobilizes troops on the Serbian border.
1929 The first flight using only instruments is completed by U.S. Army pilot James Doolittle.
1930 Noel Coward's comedy Private Lives opens in London starring Gertrude Lawrence and Coward himself.
1947 The World Women's Party meets for the first time since World War II.
1956 The first transatlantic telephone cable system begins operation.
1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect nine black students entering its newly integrated high school.
1960 The Enterprise, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1962 The University of Mississippi agrees to admit James Meredith as the first black university student, sparking more rioting.
1969 The "Chicago Eight," charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intent to incite a riot, go on trial for their part in the mayhem during the 1968 Democratic Party National Convention in the "Windy City."
1970 The Soviet Luna 16 lands, completing the first unmanned round trip to the moon.
1979 CompuServe (CIS) offers one of the first online services to consumers; it will dominate among Internet service providers for consumers through the mid-1990s.
1993 Sihanouk is reinstalled as king of Cambodia.
1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty signed by representatives of 71 nations at the UN; at present, five key nations have signed but not ratified it and three others have not signed.
2005 Hurricane Rita, the 4th-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, comes ashore in Texas causing extensive damage there and in Louisiana, which had devastated by Hurricane Katrina less than a month earlier.
2009 LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) "sonic cannon," a non-lethal device that utilizes intense sound, is used in the United States for the first time, to disperse protestors at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Penn.
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ROLLING THUNDER REMEMBERED Thanks to the Bear … Bear🇺🇸⚓️🐻
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)…
Skip… For The List for Saturday, 23 September 2023… Bear ️
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER (1965-1968)
From the archives of rollingthunderremembered.com post for 23 September 1968
Commander Dale Osborne, USN: 4 1/2 years of "No Easy Days"…
Thanks to Micro
From Vietnam Air Losses site for Saturday, September 23
September 23rd: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=1959
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Some good flying deals
Thanks to Santa
Skip,
A good source for getting deep discounts on travel is https://www.americanforcestravel.com/
I purchased round trip tickets from pcola to Sandy eggo for $450 for this weeks trip. I checked for a December flight to come out for bubba breakfast and the cost today was $380 round trip. The Web site requires military verification.
Santa
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Thanks to Outlaw
Super Hornet to replace Warthogs article
Something for The List,. If it ever comes to be, it will become the latest example of the USAF latching onto a proven USN combat aircraft to fill one of their needs.
Outlaw
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Thanks to Eagle
F-35 Delivery Dates Slip into 2024
Upgraded Lightnings Won't Be In USAF Hands byYear End After All
Lockheed Martin says that the expected, upgraded F-35 Lightning II's slated for delivery this year will have to be delayed until 2024, pushing back the introduction of the Tech Refresh 3 (TR-3) package.
The change cuts into the expected F-35 fleet quite a bit, with 97 TR-2 aircraft on tap for delivery this year, about 20 fewer than they had planned. Overall, the TR-3 software development process is, in typical F-35 fashion, delayed. Earlier admissions of prolonged development had already pushed 2023 deliveries from 147 to 153 aircraft down to 100 to 120. Lockheed has targeted a rate of about156 annual deliveries as a goal, now promising that it will be achieved in 2025.
Lockheed points the finger at "suppliers", a wide-ranging group of international partners required to bring the F-35 to fruition. This time, company personnel backed up the assertion to reporters, plopping the blame on L3Harris' desk. They said the firm's INtegrated Core Processor had caused most delays due to "unexpected challenges" associated with… well, everything. Challenges with "hardware, software, system qualification testing, system integration testing, and component integration. The TR-3 upgrade essentially depends entirely on the L3Harris module. In order to put the spur to the horse's ribs, the Lockheed staffer said that they had deployed company personnel to L3Harris to help "expedite hardware delivery".
L3Harris, not to be the only one given a public wedgie over the TR-3 problem, was quick to clarify that they had tendered a "fully qualifiable Integrated Core Processor well over a year ago", admitting only that the company "overcame some early design challenges".
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thanks to marathon and Dutch
Joke
Ryan lives in San Luis Obispo, California. He was sick of the world, sick of COVID, Trump, the "My Pillow" guy, Russia, China, global warming, street crime, fentanyl, illegal immigrants, racial tensions, and the rest of the disturbing stories that occupy media headlines.
Ryan drove his car into his garage and then sealed every doorway and window, as best he could. He got back into his car, wound down all the windows, selected his favorite radio station, started the car and revved it to a slow idle.
Five days later, a worried neighbor peered through his garage window and saw Ryan in his car. She notified the emergency services and they broke in, pulling Ryan from the car. A little sip of water and, surprisingly, he was in perfect condition, but his Tesla had a dead battery.
Ryan is a registered Democrat.
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Thanks to Carl
Almost Half of All Young Adults in the United States Are Living With Their Parents
September 23, 2023
The inability of American youth to live independently is the consequence of offshoring US manufacturing jobs and employment bias against white males, as I said it would be. The dumbshit neoliberal economists said I was wrong, and Americans would have higher paying jobs than manufacturing workers. No sign of these jobs.
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Camels from the archives
Skip,
As the great grandson of a California horse trader, I heard about the Supply, the camels and "Hi Jolly" at a very young age.
This Wikipedia entry is very close to what I heard about "Hi Jolly":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi_Jolly
This article was published by ARAMCO and is a very thorough run down on the use of the camels on the frontier (and related problems):
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200203/camels.west.htm
The last wild camel was spotted in California in 1941. None since then.
Tom
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Thanks to Interesting Facts
A "Flamboyance of Flamingos" and Other Collective Nouns for Animals
Collective nouns are nouns that refer to groups of people, objects, or — our fun for today — animals. We're all familiar with "a herd of sheep" and "a flock of birds," but here are six fun and unexpected collective nouns for other animals. Many of these terms originated (or at least were first recorded) in a book from 1486 called The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Blasing of Arms, by Julia Berners — thought to be the first woman published in the English language.
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A Flamboyance of Flamingos
These outrageously pink birds basically define "flamboyance," with their gracefully curved necks, dramatic habit of perching on one long leg, and their Barbie-pink or scarlet plumage. So it should come as no surprise that both their collective noun ("flamboyance") and their name ("flamingo") derive from French and Spanish (respectively) forms of the Latin word flamma, which means "flame." Other fun bird words: A group of owls is known as a "parliament" or a "looming" (eerie!), and a gathering of peacocks is an "ostentation."
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A Sloth of Bears
The proper term for a group of bears is a "sleuth" or a "sloth." Though bears aren't related to the lethargic South American mammal, the words for the collective noun and the permanently smiling creature do share the same root. "Sloth" is derived from the Middle English word for "slow." (There's also an ursine species known as the "sloth bear.") For no reason except fun, a group of pandas is known as an "embarrassment," and a party of polar bears is called a "celebration."
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An Obstinacy of Bison
Americans call them "buffalo," but the shaggy species that once covered the Great Plains is properly known as "bison." And sure, we could just refer to a group of these large and stubborn creatures as a "herd," but it's much more fun to address them by their other collective noun — an "obstinacy." Why an obstinacy? Ask anyone who has ever had their car blocked by them at Yellowstone, and you'll have your answer.
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A Zeal of Zebras
There's not a fancy scientific explanation as to how a herd of these black-and-white striped safari favorites came to be known as a "zeal." (They're also sometimes referred to as a "dazzle.") But the term is, like many collective nouns, simply fun. The name even made it into the title of the book A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras. And speaking of safaris, anyone who's witnessed the chaos of East Africa's great migration will understand why a group of wildebeest is referred to as a "confusion."
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A Bloat of Hippos
They're big and they seem to float, so let's call a group of hippos a "bloat"! Although they may look rather comical, Hippopotamus amphibius (which don't actually float but can nap underwater) are extremely aggressive. These rotund natives of sub-Saharan Africa are one of the largest — and deadliest — mammals on the planet.
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A Kindle of Kittens, A Clowder of Cats
While a group of kittens born to the same mother is most commonly referred to as a "litter," an assemblage of unrelated puffballs is called a "kindle" or, more rarely, an "intrigue." Intriguing! Children will love the 1979 illustrated book A Kindle of Kittens by Rumer Godden and Lynne Byrnes, while language enthusiasts may enjoy the origin of "clowder," which originated as a variant of the word "clutter."
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This Day in Military History
September 24
1846 – During the Mexican–American War, US forces capture Monterrey. In the Battle of Monterrey (September 21–24, 1846) during the Mexican–American War, General Pedro de Ampudia and the Mexican Army of the North was defeated by the Army of Occupation, a force of United States Regulars, Vo
1929 – U.S. Army pilot Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight.unteers and Texas Rangers under the command of General Zachary Taylor.
1941 – The Japanese consul in Hawaii is instructed to divide Pearl Harbor into five zones and calculate the number of battleships in each zone–and report the findings back to Japan. Relations between the United States and Japan had been deteriorating quickly since Japan's occupation of Indo-China and the implicit menacing of the Philippines, an American protectorate, with the occupation of the Cam Ranh naval base only eight miles from Manila. American retaliation included the seizing of all Japanese assets in the States and the closing of the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping. In September 1941, Roosevelt issued a statement, drafted by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, that threatened war between the United States and Japan should the Japanese encroach any farther on territory in Southeast Asia or the South Pacific. The Japanese military had long dominated Japanese foreign affairs. So, although official negotiations between the U.S. secretary of state and his Japanese counterpart to ease tensions were ongoing, Hideki Tojo, the minister of war who would soon be prime minister, had no intention of withdrawing from captured territories. He also construed the American "threat" of war as an ultimatum and prepared to deliver the first blow in a Japanese-American confrontation: the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In September 1941, Nagai Kita, the Japanese consul in Hawaii, was told to begin carving up Pearl Harbor into five distinct zones and to determine the number of warships moored in each zone. Little did Japan know that the United States had intercepted the message; unfortunately, it had to be sent back to Washington for decrypting. Flights east were infrequent, so the message was sent via sea, a more time-consuming process. When it finally arrived at the capital, staff shortages and other priorities further delayed the decryption. When the message was finally unscrambled in mid-October–it was dismissed as being of no great consequence. It would be found of consequence on December 7.
1942 – Off Guadalcanal, the routine re-supplying done at night by the Japanese is disrupted by the Americans as they sink two Japanese destroyers and a cruiser.
1960 – The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Va. USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a retired United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E". At 1,123 ft (342 m), she was the longest naval vessel in the world, a record which still stands. Her 93,284-long-ton (94,781 t) displacement ranked her as the 11th-heaviest supercarrier, after the 10 carriers of the Nimitz class. Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members. The only ship of her class, Enterprise was the third oldest commissioned vessel in the United States Navy after the wooden-hulled USS Constitution and USS Pueblo. She was originally scheduled for decommissioning in 2014 or 2015, depending on the life of her reactors and completion of her replacement, USS Gerald R. Ford, but the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 slated the ship's retirement for 2013, when she would have served for 51 consecutive years, longer than any other U.S. aircraft carrier.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions awarded this day in history
BAYBUTT, PHILIP
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 2d Massachusetts Cavalry. Place and date: At Luray, Va., 24 September 1864. Entered service at: Fall River, Mass. Birth: England. Date of issue: 19 October 1864. Citation: Capture of flag.
NISPEROS, JOSE B.
Rank and organization: Private, 34th Company, Philippine Scouts. Place and date: At Lapurap, Basilan, Philippine Islands, 24 September 191 1. Entered service at: San Fernandos Union, P.I.. Birth: San Fernandos Union, P.I.. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Having been badly wounded (his left arm was broken and lacerated and he had received several spear wounds in the body so that he could not stand) continued to fire his rifle with one hand until the enemy was repulsed, thereby aiding materially in preventing the annihilation of his party and the mutilation of their bodies.
CATHERWOOD, JOHN HUGH
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 7 August 1888, Springfield, Ill. Accredited to: Illinois. G.O. No.: 138, 13 December 1911. Citation: While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, Catherwood was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, on the island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, on the morning of 24 September 1911. Advancing with the scout party to reconnoiter a group of nipa huts close to the trail, Catherwood unhesitatingly entered the open area before the huts, where his party was suddenly taken under point-blank fire and charged by approximately 20 enemy Moros coming out from inside the native huts and from other concealed positions. Struck down almost instantly by the outlaws' deadly fire, Catherwood, although unable to rise, rallied to the defense of his leader and fought desperately to beat off the hostile attack. By his valiant effort under fire and in the face of great odds, Catherwood contributed materially toward the destruction and rout of the enemy.
HARRISON, BOLDEN REUSH
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 26 April 1886, Savannah, Tenn. Accredited to: Tennessee. G.O. No.: 138, 13 December 1911. Citation: While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, Harrison was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, on the island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, on 24 September 1911. Harrison instantly responded to the calls for help when the advance scout party investigating a group of nipa huts close to the trail, was suddenly taken under point-blank fire and rushed by approximately 20 enemy Moros attacking from inside the huts and from other concealed positions. Armed with a double-barreled shotgun, he concentrated his blasting fire on the outlaws, destroying 3 of the Moros and assisting in the rout of the remainder. By his aggressive charging of the enemy under heavy fire and in the face of great odds, Harrison contributed materially to the success of the engagement.
McGUlRE, FRED HENRY
Rank and organization: Hospital Apprentice, U.S. Navy. Born: 7 November 1890, Gordonville, Mo. Entered service at: Gordonville, Mo. G.O. No.: 138, 13 December 1911. Citation: While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, McGuire was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, on the island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, on the morning of 24 September 1911. Ordered to take station within 100 yards of a group of nipa huts close to the trail, McGuire advanced and stood guard as the leader and his scout party first searched the surrounding deep grasses, then moved into the open area before the huts. Instantly enemy Moros opened point-blank fire on the exposed men and approximately 20 Moros charged the small group from inside the huts and from other concealed positions. McGuire, responding to the calls for help, was one of the first on the scene. After emptying his rifle into the attackers, he closed in with rifle, using it as a club to wage fierce battle until his comrades arrived on the field, when he rallied to the aid of his dying leader and other wounded. Although himself wounded, McGuire ministered tirelessly and efficiently to those who had been struck down, thereby saving the lives of 2 who otherwise might have succumbed to enemy-inflicted wounds.
HENRECHON, GEORGE FRANCIS
Rank and organization: Machinist's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 22 November 1885, Hartford, Conn. Accredited to: California. G.O. No.: 138, 13 December 1911 Citation: While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, Henrechon was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, Philippine Islands, on 24 September 1911. Ordered to take station within 100 yards of a group of nipa huts close to the trail, Henrechon advanced and stood guard as the leader and his scout party first searched the surrounding deep grasses, then moved into the open area before the huts. Instantly enemy Moros opened point-blank fire on the exposed men and approximately 20 Moros rushed the small group from inside the huts and from other concealed positions. Henrechon, responding to the calls for help, was one of the first on the scene. When his rifle jammed after the first shot, he closed in with rifle, using it as a club to break the stock over the head of the nearest Moro and then, drawing his pistol, started in pursuit of the fleeing outlaws. Henrechon's aggressive charging of the enemy under heavy fire and in the face of great odds contributed materially to the success of the engagement.
VOLZ, JACOB
Rank and organization: Carpenter's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy. Place and date: Island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, 24 September 1911. Entered service at: Nebraska. Birth: Sutton, Nebr. G.O. No.: 138, 13 December 1911. Citation: While attached to the U.S.S. Pampang, Volz was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang, on the island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, on 24 September 1911. Investigating a group of nipa huts close to the trail, the advance scout party was suddenly taken under point-blank fire and rushed by approximately 20 enemy Moros attacking from inside the huts and other concealed positions. Volz responded instantly to calls for help and, finding all members of the scout party writhing on the ground but still fighting, he blazed his rifle into the outlaws with telling effect, destroying several of the Moros and assisting in the rout of the remainder. By his aggressive charging of the enemy under heavy fire and in the face of great odds, Volz contributed materially to the success of the engagement.
SCHAEFER, JOSEPH E.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company I, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Stolberg, Germany, 24 September 1944. Entered service at: Long Island, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. G.O. No.: 71, 22 August 1945. Citation: He was in charge of a squad of the 2d Platoon in the vicinity of Stolberg, Germany, early in the morning of 24 September 1944, when 2 enemy companies supported by machineguns launched an attack to seize control of an important crossroads which was defended by his platoon. One American squad was forced back, another captured, leaving only S/Sgt. Schaefer's men to defend the position. To shift his squad into a house which would afford better protection, he crawled about under heavy small-arms and machinegun fire, instructed each individual, and moved to the building. A heavy concentration of enemy artillery fire scored hits on his strong point. S/Sgt. Schaefer assigned his men to positions and selected for himself the most dangerous one at the door. With his Ml rifle, he broke the first wave of infantry thrown toward the house. The Germans attacked again with grenades and flame throwers but were thrown back a second time, S/Sgt. Schaefer killing and wounding several. Regrouped for a final assault, the Germans approached from 2 directions. One force drove at the house from the front, while a second group advanced stealthily along a hedgerow. Recognizing the threat, S/Sgt. Schaefer fired rapidly at the enemy before him, killing or wounding all 6; then, with no cover whatever, dashed to the hedgerow and poured deadly accurate shots into the second group, killing 5, wounding 2 others, and forcing the enemy to withdraw. He scoured the area near his battered stronghold and captured 10 prisoners. By this time the rest of his company had begun a counterattack; he moved forward to assist another platoon to regain its position. Remaining in the lead, crawling and running in the face of heavy fire, he overtook the enemy, and liberated the American squad captured earlier in the battle. In all, single-handed and armed only with his rifle, he killed between 15 and 20 Germans, wounded at least as many more, and took 10 prisoners. S/Sgt. Schaefer's indomitable courage and his determination to hold his position at all costs were responsible for stopping an enemy break-through.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for September 24, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
24 September
1918: Lt (JG) David S. Ingalls shot down his fifth enemy plane to become the Navy's first ace. (24)
1919: Maj Rudolph W. Schroeder, flying a Lepere at McCook Field set a record of 30,900 feet for a plane carrying a passenger. (24)
1929: KEY EVENT. Lt James H. Doolittle made the first all-blind flight at Mitchel Field. Although a check pilot accompanied him, Doolittle took off in a Consolidated NY-2 airplane with a completely covered cockpit, flew a short distance, and landed. (18) (21)
1951: McDonnell won the Navy's "flying crane" helicopter competition with a design using a three-bladed rotor system, powered by small jet engines on the blade tips. (24)
1958: A BOMARC missile, launched from Cape Canaveral by a SAGE unit in Kingston, N.Y., destroyed a target flying 1,000-MPH at 48,000 feet over the Atlantic 75 miles away. (16) (24) A KC-135 from the 99 AREFS at Westover AFB lifted 78,089.5 pounds to 2,000 meters to break a 44,124-pound record set by a Soviet TU-104 transport earlier in the month. (1)
1962: A Saturn rocket's six-engine S-IV stage static-fired for 60 seconds at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Sacramento. (24)
1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson presented aviation's highest honor, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, to Clarence L. Johnson of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, who designed and developed the A-11. Ten days earlier, Johnson also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award. (5) (16) The RF-4C became operational at Shaw AFB. (12) A Minuteman II launched in its first attempt from Cape Kennedy. (6)
1968: An USAF Titan IIIC orbited four scientific satellites. (16) A KC-135 crash during an emergency landing at Wake Island produced the first tanker casualties in the Southeast Asian war. The crash claimed 11 ARC LIGHT support personnel redeploying from U-Tapao Air Base, Thailand. (18)
1970: A capsule, with lunar soil samples from Luna 16, returned to the earth. The US admitted using B-52s stationed at Kadena on missions against Vietnam. SAC subsequently moved the B-52s from Kadena to other locations by the end of September. (17)
1987: The Thunderbirds gave their first show ever in the People's Republic of China before some 20,000 Chinese in Beijing. (16) (26)
1991: Operation QUICK LIFT. Through 28 September, MAC aircraft evacuated over 1,200 foreign nationals from and deployed some 500 French and Belgian troops to Zaire, following rioting there. Altogether, through 4 October MAC flew over 60 missions to move over 2,500 passengers and 600 tons of cargo. (18)
2004: The first of 13 C-17s for McGuire AFB arrived from the Boeing factory in Long Beach. The Globemaster III (tail number 03-3125) was the first C-17 modified with "Block 15" upgrades, including station-keeping equipment that allowed for all-weather formation flying with up to 100 aircraft. (22)
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Thanks to Brett
Stratfor - The Weekly Rundown: The U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit, China-Japan-South Korea Talks
THE WEEKLY RUNDOWN
RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL SHAPE THE COMING WEEK
KEY DEVELOPMENTS WE'RE TRACKING
The second annual U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum summit. The United States and the 18 member nations of the Pacific Island Forum will hold their second annual summit Sept. 25-26 in Washington. The United States is seeking to win influence over the vast Pacific island region and maintain its naval dominance there as China makes diplomatic inroads, particularly in the Solomon Islands. But Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is unlikely to attend, suggesting the U.S. goal of bringing the two countries together has not materialized. Meanwhile, the renewal of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Marshall Islands will be a main point of discussion at the summit, as the latter has held out on renewing to secure additional U.S. financial and environmental concessions.
China-Japan-South Korea talks. Representatives from China, Japan and South Korea will meet Sept. 26 in Seoul, South Korea, to review the status of their trilateral consultative body, the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, and attempt to reinstate the countries' trilateral heads of state summit format. As it continues to emerge from three years of COVID-19-era isolation, China is reacting to Japan and South Korea's rapid rapprochement and the two countries' deepening trilateral security relationship with the United States. South Korea and Japan, for their part, are interested in maintaining open dialogue with China as the regional security environment in Northeast Asia becomes more tenuous. The talks will likely succeed in reviving the summit format, and this will lead to a tightening of economic ties in sectors such as tourism and manufacturing supply chains. But the Chinese overtures will prove insufficient to reverse recent Japanese and South Korean security initiatives, though deepening economic ties and mutual dependencies will help the trio manage their relations and reduce tensions to some extent.
The EU-China trade forum. EU Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis will be in China Sept. 23-6 to take part in a joint economic and trade dialogue in Beijing; attend a business economic forum in Shanghai; hold meetings with senior Chinese officials, including Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Vice Premier He Lifeng, in Beijing; and visit European companies active in China. Dombrovskis is expected to bring up long-standing EU grievances vis-a-vis China concerning reciprocity, market access and alleged unfair economic practices, while Beijing will contest the newly introduced EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Brussels' recent announcement of an investigation into subsidies for Chinese electric vehicles that could lead to higher tariffs. While the European Union has embarked on a process to derisk economic relations with China, both sides are interested in preserving trade and economic ties and in cooperation in areas such as the green transition.
A presidential runoff in the Maldives. The Sept. 30 runoff between Mohamed Muiz and incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will occur Sept. 30 given that no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first-round vote Sept. 9. Whether the pro-India Solih or pro-China Muizu wins will determine which regional power holds more influence in the Maldives. Muiz, who in a surprise led in the first round with 46% of the vote, has run on a so-called India-out campaign that would limit India's military presence and potentially seek investment from China. That said, some observers believe the Indian-China issue is less pressing for voters more concerned about housing, health care and other domestic considerations.
U.S. budget talks down to the wire. The U.S. budget impasse will take center stage next week as lawmakers aim to pass a government funding bill by Sept. 30 to avert a possible government shutdown starting Oct. 1. Discussions among House Republicans will be fierce as hard-line conservatives push for deeper budget cuts than Republican leaders want. One option under consideration by the Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a stopgap funding bill that would keep the government open at least through October. Meanwhile, the Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer aims to hold a vote Sept. 26 on advancing a stopgap funding bill, which could pressure House Republicans to follow suit. A shutdown, which is far from assured, would result in hundreds of thousands of federal workers being temporarily furloughed and disrupt some government services. How impactful the shutdown would prove on the overall U.S. economy depends on the length of the shutdown. The most recent government shutdown lasted 25 days in 2018-19 and cost the U.S. economy about $11 billion. By contrast, most shutdowns have lasted less than a week.
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Biden's Central Asia Meeting Demonstrates the Region's Growing Importance
A meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Central Asian leaders does not portend a significant deepening of U.S. engagement with the region, but it will give regional leaders additional leverage in their struggle to avoid overreliance on Russia and China. On Sept. 20, U.S. President Joe Biden hosted the first-ever heads of state summit between the United States and Central Asia's five countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), a cooperation format known as the C5+1. The C5+1 began as an annual foreign ministers format meeting in 2015, and the 2023 meeting was the first involving presidents. Biden described the meeting as "a historic moment, building on years of close cooperation" and said the "shared commitment to sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity" would remain the cornerstone of their cooperation. Biden proposed a C5+1 Critical Minerals Dialogue to harness the region's abundant mineral resources and promote the security of critical mineral supply chains. The summit also addressed creating a more favorable business environment for U.S. trade and private sector investment in Central Asia, exploring opportunities for American companies in sectors such as critical minerals, renewable energy, manufacturing and others. Finally, Biden said the United States would strengthen counterterrorism cooperation with the five Central Asian nations and increase security funding in the region. While the meeting resulted in few concrete announcements, the attendees suggested that U.S. engagement with the region through this and possibly other formats was set to increase going forward.
What's Next for the South Caucasus After Azerbaijan's Seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan's capture of Nagorno-Karabakh will increase Baku's leverage over Armenia amid ongoing peace negotiations and decrease Russia's influence in the South Caucasus over time. On Sept. 19, Azerbaijan launched a military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region governed by Armenians within Azerbaijan's territory. The next day, the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh capitulated to Azerbaijan's demands, disbanding their armed forces and allowing soldiers and local civilians to leave the region via humanitarian corridors. Members of the armed forces of Armenia also allegedly left the region, though Armenia's Defense Ministry reiterated its claim that there are no Armenian military personnel in Nagorno-Karabakh, as they withdrew from the region in 2021 in line with the November 2020 cease-fire.
Canada-India Ties Take a Dive Following Ottawa's Allegations
A worsening diplomatic crisis between India and Canada will raise near-term risks of protests and tit-for-tat retaliation in the coming weeks. In a Sept. 18 speech before the House of Commons, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canadian security agencies were "actively pursuing credible allegations" that "agents of the government of India" were potentially involved in the June killing of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. Trudeau further labeled the alleged incident "an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty." The same day, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced the expulsion of the head of India's foreign intelligence agency in Canada. India has since responded by rejecting the allegations, calling them "absurd" and "unsubstantiated" and accusing Canada of providing "shelter" to Sikh separatist "terrorists and extremists" who "continue to threaten India's sovereignty and territorial integrity." India on Sept. 19 also announced the retaliatory expulsion of an unnamed senior Canadian diplomat.
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