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Good Sunday Morning January 4, 2026 . The day started out nice and sunny this morning. The weather guessers are predicting 4-5 days of rain. Our rain is scheduled to begin again .in a couple hours. Yesterday we added some more covering to the side of the chicken cage . No cat last night. Have a great weekend. .
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This day in Naval and Marine Corps History (thanks to NHHC)
Here is a link to the NHHC website: https://www.history.navy.mil/. Go here to see the director's corner for all 94 H-Grams.
January. 4
1863 - Blockading ship USS Quaker City captures sloop Mercury carrying dispatches emphasizing desperate plight of the South
1910—USS Michigan, the first U.S. dreadnought battleship, is commissioned.
1943—USS Shad (SS 235) sinks German minesweeper M 4242 (ex-French trawler Odet II) in the Bay of Biscay.
1944—USS Bluefish (SS 222) and USS Rasher (SS 269) attack a Japanese convoy off French Indochina; Bluefish sinks a merchant tanker while Rasher damages another tanker. Also on this date USS Cabrilla (SS 288) sinks a Japanese freighter off Cape Padran, French Indochina while USS Tautog (SS 109) sinks a Japanese freighter off southern Honshu.
1945—During attacks against the U.S. Navy force bound for the Lingayen Gulf, a kamikaze crashes into escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE 79) in the Sulu Sea and damages her beyond repair. USS Burns (DD 588) scuttles the carrier escort.
1972—Secretary of the Navy John Chaffee approved the establishment of the Legalman (LN) rating.
1989—VF-32 F-14 Tomcats from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down two hostile Libyan MiGs with AIM-7 [Sparrow] and AIM-9 [Sidewinder] missiles in the central Med north of Tobruk in international waters.
Skip note….My good friend Mac was the one who did the welding on the seeker heads on the sidewinder missiles used in the kills.
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Today in World History
January 4
1757 Robert Francois Damiens makes an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate King Louis XV of France.
1863 Union General Henry Halleck, by direction of President Abraham Lincoln, orders General Ulysses Grant to revoke his infamous General Order No. 11 that expelled Jews from his operational area.
1896 Utah becomes the 45th state of the Union.
1902 France offers to sell their Nicaraguan Canal rights to the United States.
1904 The U.S. Supreme Court decides in the Gonzales v. Williams case that Puerto Ricans are not aliens and can enter the United States freely, yet stops short of awarding citizenship.
1920 The Negro National League, the first black baseball league, is organized by Rube Foster.
1923 The Paris Conference on war reparations hits a deadlock as the French insist on the hard line and the British insist on Reconstruction.
1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt claims in his State of the Union message that the federal government will provide jobs for 3.5 million Americans on welfare.
1936 Billboard magazine publishes its first music Hit Parade.
1941 On the Greek-Albanian front, the Greeks launch an attack towards Valona from Berat to Klisura against the Italians.
1942 Japanese forces begin the evacuation of Guadalcanal.
1951 UN forces abandon Seoul, Korea, to the Chinese Communist Army.
1952 The French Army in Indochina launches Operation Nenuphar in hopes of ejecting a Viet Minh division from the Ba Tai forest.
1969 Spain returns the Ifni province to Morocco.
1970 A 7.7 earthquake kills 15,000+ people in Tonghai County, China.
1972 Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
1974 President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tape recordings and documents that had been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1975 The Khmer Rouge launches its newest assault in its five-year war in Phnom Penh. The war in Cambodia would go on until the spring of 1975.
1976 The Ulster Volunteer Force kills six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day 10 Protestant civilians are murdered in retaliation.
1979 Ohio officials approve an out-of-court settlement awarding $675,000 to the victims and families in the 1970 shootings at Kent State University, in which four students were killed and nine wounded by National Guard troops.
1990 Over 300 people die and more than 700 are injured in Pakistan's deadliest train accident, when an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train.
1999 Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former professional wrestler, is sworn in as populist governor of Minnesota.
1999 The euro, the new money of 11 European nations, goes into effect on the continent of Europe.
2004 NASA Mars rover Spirit successfully lands on Mars.
2004 Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the Rose Revolution of November 2003.
2007 Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) becomes the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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. From the archives
Thanks to Dr. Rich
This is exceptional
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks ... YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgB1IqGp8BE
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Thanks to Interesting Facts
Lord Byron's daughter Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer.
SCIENCE & INDUSTRY
Long before laptops and smartphones, a 19th-century Englishwoman named Ada Lovelace created what many consider to be the world's first computer program. Lovelace was born in 1815 to famed poet Lord Byron and philanthropist Annabella Milbanke Byron, though she never had a relationship with her father and was raised alone by her mother. Annabella became fearful that Ada would inherit her artistic father's perceived "insanity," and so she encouraged Ada to study grounded disciplines such as logic and math. Lovelace grew fond of those pursuits, and developed a keen interest in the inventions of English mathematician Charles Babbage, whom she met in 1833. Babbage told Lovelace of his plan to create a complex calculating machine known as the Analytical Engine — the precursor to the modern computer — and Lovelace was eager to contribute to the project.
In 1843, Lovelace was asked to translate a French account of one of Babbage's lectures overseas, and Babbage encouraged her to expand the paper with her own thoughts. In August of that year, Lovelace published the 66-page translation, which included 41 pages of appendices containing additional theories and formulas. The most famous of these notations is "Note G," which has been deemed the world's first computer program. In this table, Lovelace determined how the machine could theoretically calculate a sequence of rational numbers known as Bernoulli numbers. Though the machine was never built, and thus was never able to successfully execute Lovelace's calculations, the theory laid the groundwork for the future of computer programming.
By the Numbers
Year the first Apple desktop computer was released
1976
Weight (in tons) of the first general purpose computer (ENIAC)
30
Total cantos (chapters) in Byron's epic poem "Don Juan"
16
Storage capacity (in megabytes) of the first commercial hard drive
3.75
DID YOU KNOW?
The oldest known analog computer was discovered in an ancient Greek shipwreck.
The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient device built between 205 and 60 BCE that sank to the bottom of the Mediterranean aboard a shipwreck in the first century BCE. The corroded remains were recovered in 1901, though the mechanism broke into three pieces upon its removal from the water. Given the advanced wear, it wasn't until 1905 that the relic was first theorized to be some sort of ancient analog computer. Teams examined the series of complex dials and gears, which were operated by turning a small crank. As research progressed, it was determined that the Antikythera was used to calculate astronomical positions of the sun, moon, and planets; users could enter a past or future date and turn the crank to make astronomical predictions. This discovery sent shock waves through the scientific community, which previously believed this technology hadn't been invented until the 14th century.
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Thanks to the Bear. We will always have the url for you to search items in Rolling Thunder
OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER …
. rollingthunderremembered.com .
Thanks to Micro
A lot of these will be different from previous years as Micro sent me a new update right after Christmas…skip
From Vietnam Air Losses site for ..January 4
January 4: https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=3096
These are mostly all new as I received this Year's input from Micro the other day. This one is definitely new as I had never read this one before. What a story of survival…skip
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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.
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 https://www.vhpa.org/KIA/KIAINDEX.HTM
MOAA - Wall of Faces Now Includes Photos of All Servicemembers Killed in the Vietnam War
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 Brett
. Riley Gaines and 31 Olympians just delivered one crushing blow to trans athletes that has Democrats panicking
DEC 30, 2025
Drazen Zigic via Shutterstock
The battle over who gets to compete in women's sports reached a critical turning point this year.
Trump's executive order changed everything overnight.
And Riley Gaines and 31 Olympians just delivered one crushing blow to trans athletes that has Democrats panicking.
Trump made saving women's sports a Day One priority
President Trump kicked off 2025 by fulfilling a campaign promise conservatives had waited years to see delivered.
On February 5, just 16 days into his second term, Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" executive order that turned the entire debate on its head.
Within 24 hours, the NCAA caved completely.
The nation's largest college sports governing body announced women's sports competition would be limited to athletes assigned female at birth.
But the fight was far from over.
Democrat-controlled states like California, Maine, Minnesota, and Illinois openly defied Trump's order and kept their policies allowing males in girls' sports.
Maine's defiance created immediate consequences.
A trans athlete won an indoor girls' track and field state championship days after Trump's order took effect.
Trump threatened to cut federal funding from states that refused to comply.
The Department of Education launched Title IX investigations.
The Department of Justice filed lawsuits against California and Maine.
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Thanks to Brett
Daily Memo: Zelenskyy's Concessions, Iranian Unrest
Kyiv and Washington seem to be drawing closer to a deal.
By: Geopolitical Futures
Ukrainian compromise. Ukraine might be ready to withdraw from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions if voters give their consent via referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a new interview with Fox News. He confirmed that most aspects of the 20-point peace plan brokered by the U.S. have been agreed to, with the territory issue remaining as the main sticking point. According to Zelenskyy, a compromise deal on this point would involve the creation of a free economic zone in the east and partial pullback of both Russian and Ukrainian forces from their current positions.
Targeting Putin? Relatedly, Moscow accused Kyiv of targeting the Russian presidential residence in the Novgorod region using 91 attack drones, all of which Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said were destroyed by air defenses. The minister added that Russia had "identified targets for retaliatory strikes." Zelenskyy, meanwhile, denied the account, saying Moscow was trying to undermine the peace process and lay the groundwork for an attack on government buildings in the capital.
Iranian unrest. Iran's largest protests in three years erupted after the rial fell to a new record low and the central bank governor, Mohammad Reza Farzin, resigned. Merchants and shopkeepers held rallies in central Tehran and the Shush district, near the capital's Grand Bazaar. Witnesses also reported protests in other major cities, including Isfahan, Shiraz and Mashhad. In some areas of Tehran, police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.
Doing business. Russia's Gazprom and Lithuanian gas transmission operator Amber Grid signed a five-year agreement for the transit of Russian natural gas to the Kaliningrad region through Lithuanian territory. Under the deal, which will replace a 10-year agreement set to expire Jan. 1, Lithuania will earn roughly 30 million euros ($35 million) for allowing the transport of 2.5 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
Russian revenue. The share of oil and gas revenue in Russia's federal budget has declined by half over the past few years, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. The sector accounted for 23 percent of the budget this year, down from approximately 50 percent in 2022, due to falling energy prices and the ruble's depreciation. Siluanov emphasized, however, that the decline is also related to the growth in non-oil and gas revenue. Siluanov also expects that the Russian economy will return to balanced growth in 2026.
Preparing for war. Lithuania is developing fortification measures near its borders with Belarus and Russia that can be used in the event of an armed conflict. The country is fitting bridges with structures for attaching explosive materials that would enable their destruction to block the movement of hostile forces. The military is also constructing sites near the border to store anti-tank equipment, planting trees for protection on key roads and deepening irrigation ditches.
Border security. Latvia, meanwhile, has completed construction on a 280-kilometer (174-mile) fence along the Russian border. The total budget for the project was 166 million euros, with an additional 20 million euros to be invested next year for patrol infrastructure and technology.
Growing ties. Israel, Greece and Cyprus signed a military cooperation plan for 2026 last week, the Israeli military announced. It includes joint exercises and training, working groups in various areas and strategic contacts on issues of mutual interest. This comes after the leaders of the three countries met in Jerusalem last week to discuss expanding cooperation.
Yemen escalation. Saudi Arabia launched a strike on Yemen's port city of Mukalla after accusing the United Arab Emirates of delivering weapons to the UAE-backed separatist group Southern Transitional Council. In a statement, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the weapons shipment and accused Abu Dhabi of threatening the stability of Yemen and the broader region. It also called on the UAE to withdraw its troops from Yemen within 24 hours and cease all support for parties to the conflict. The head of the presidential council declared a state of emergency for 90 days.
Focus on the countryside. At an annual rural work conference in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for increased grain production, stability in pricing for agricultural products and rural revitalization. He also urged greater efforts to protect rural residents from falling into poverty.
Seoul and Beijing. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will visit China next week for talks with Xi. It will be the first trip by a sitting South Korean president to Beijing since 2019. The talks are expected to focus on supply chains, investment and the digital economy.
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Thanks to bubbles These are great
MORE: For Those Of Us Over 65 (but really does apply to all ages)
A bit of sound advice for the New Year...
My friend sent me this excellent list for aging . . . and I have to agree it's good advice to follow. The guy who sent this hi-lighted #19
1. It's time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it. Don't just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing more dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard-earned capital. Warning: This is also a bad time for investments, even if it seems wonderful or fool-proof. They only bring problems and worries. This is a time for you to enjoy some peace and quiet.
2. Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children and grandchildren, and don't feel bad spending your money on yourself. You've taken care of them for many years, and you've taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food, shelter and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their own money.
3. Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well and get your sleep. It's easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy. That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be aware of your medical and physical needs Keep in touch with your doctor, do tests even when you're feeling well. Stay informed.
4. Always buy the best, most beautiful items for your significant other. The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner. One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.
5. Don't stress over the little things. You've already overcome so much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but the important thing is the present. Don't let the past drag you down and don't let the future frighten you. Feel good in the now. Small issues will soon be forgotten.
6. Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner, love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember: "A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection."
7. Be proud, both inside and out. Don't stop going to your hair salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the dentist, keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel proud and strong.
8. Don't lose sight of fashion trends for your age, but keep your own sense of style. There's nothing worse than an older person trying to wear the current fashion among youngsters. You've developed your own sense of what looks good on you – keep it and be proud of it. It's part of who you are.
9. ALWAYS stay up-to-date. Read newspapers, watch the news. Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have an active email account and try to use some of those social networks. You'll be surprised what old friends you'll meet. Keeping in touch with what is going on and with the people you know is important at any age
10. Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may not have the same ideals as you, but they are the future, and will take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and try to remind them that yesterday's wisdom still applies today.
11. Never use the phrase: "In my time." Your time is now. As long as you're alive, you are part of this time. You may have been younger, but you are still you now, having fun and enjoying life.
12. Some people embrace their golden years, while others become bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter. Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it'll rub off on you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time with bitter people will make you older and harder to be around.
13. Don't abandon your hobbies. If you don't have any, make new ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat or a dog, grow a garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes, golf. You can paint, volunteer or just collect certain items. Find something you like and spend some real time having fun with it.
14 Even if you don't feel like it, try to accept invitations. Baptisms, graduations, birthdays, weddings, conferences. Try to go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven't seen in a while, experience something new (or something old). But don't get upset when you're not invited. Some events are limited by resources, and not everyone can be hosted The important thing is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk through a field. Get out there.
15. Be a conversationalist. Talk less and listen more. Some people go on and on about the past, not caring if their listeners are really interested. That's a great way of reducing their desire to speak with you. Listen first and answer questions, but don't go off into long stories unless asked to. Speak in courteous tones and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really need to. Try to accept situations as they are. Everyone is going through the same things, and people have a low tolerance for hearing complaints. Always find some good things to say as well.
16. Pain and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of the cycle of life we're all going through. Try to minimize them in your mind. They are not who you are, they are something that life added to you. If they become your entire focus, you lose sight of the person you used to be.
17. If you've been offended by someone – forgive them. If you've offended someone - apologize. Don't drag around resentment with you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter. It doesn't matter who was right. Someone once said: "Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die." Don't take that poison. Forgive, forget and move on with your life.
18. If you have a strong belief, savor it. But don't waste your time trying to convince others. They will make their own choices no matter what you tell them, and it will only bring you frustration. Live your faith and set an example. Live true to your beliefs and let that memory sway them.
19.This one is for the Bubbas------ Laugh. Laugh A LOT. Laugh at everything. Remember, you are one of the lucky ones. You managed to have a life, a long one. Many never get to this age, never get to experience a full life. But you did. So what's not to laugh about? Find the humor in your situation.
20. Take no notice of what others say about you and even less notice of what they might be thinking. They'll do it anyway, and you should have pride in yourself and what you've achieved. Let them talk and don't worry. They have no idea about your history, your memories and the life you've lived so far. There's still much to be written, so get busy writing and don't waste time thinking about what others might think. Now is the time to be at rest, at peace and as happy as you can be!
REMEMBER: "Life is too short to drink bad wine or warm beer"
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Thanks to Micro
. Baby Trump talks.
This is GREAT!
https://youtu.be/5x76jZPdCXs?si=XOtj5rPFB8y80yLd
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January 4
This Day in U S Military History
1847 – Samuel Colt rescues the future of his faltering gun company by winning a contract to provide the U.S. government with 1,000 of his .44 caliber revolvers. Before Colt began mass-producing his popular revolvers in 1847, handguns had not played a significant role in the history of either the American West or the nation as a whole. Expensive and inaccurate, short-barreled handguns were impractical for the majority of Americans, though a handful of elite still insisted on using dueling pistols to solve disputes in highly formalized combat. When choosing a practical weapon for self-defense and close-quarter fighting, most Americans preferred knives, and western pioneers especially favored the deadly and versatile Bowie knife. That began to change when Samuel Colt patented his percussion-repeating revolver in 1836. The heart of Colt's invention was a mechanism that combined a single rifled barrel with a revolving chamber that held five or six shots. When the weapon was cocked for firing, the chamber revolved automatically to bring the next shot into line with the barrel. Though still far less accurate than a well-made hunting rifle, the Colt revolver could be aimed with reasonable precision at a short distance (30 to 40 yards in the hands of an expert), because the interior bore was "rifled"–cut with a series of grooves spiraling down its length. The spiral grooves caused the slug to spin rapidly as it left the bbarrel, giving it gyroscopic stability. The five or six-shoot capacity also made accuracy less important, since a missed shot could quickly be followed with others. Yet most cowboys, gamblers, and gunslingers could never have afforded such a revolver if not for the de facto subsidy the federal government provided to Colt by purchasing his revolvers in such great quantities. After the first batch of revolvers proved popular with soldiers, the federal government became one of Colt's biggest customers, providing him with the much-needed capital to improve his production facilities. With the help of Eli Whitney and other inventors, Colt developed a system of mass production and interchangeable parts for his pistols that greatly lowered their cost. Though never cheap, by the early 1850s, Colt revolvers were inexpensive enough to be a favorite with Americans headed westward during the California Gold Rush. Between 1850 and 1860, Colt sold 170,000 of his "pocket" revolvers and 98,000 "belt" revolvers, mostly to civilians looking for a powerful and effective means of self-defense in the Wild West.
1945 – The fighting in the Ardennes continues; a German counterattack near Bastogne is repulsed by troops of US 3rd Army. There are attacks by US 8th and 3rd Corps and by the British 30th Corps. Some of the units of the 6th SS Panzer Army (Dietrich) are withdrawn and sent to the Eastern Front. In Alsace, the German attacks in the Bitche area continue.
1945 – Americans B-24 Liberator bombers attack Clark Field in Manila, on Luzon and claim to destroy 20 Japanese aircraft. Shipping near Luzon is also attacked. It is claimed that 35 Japanese vessels have been sunk or severely damaged.
1951 – For the third time in six months, Seoul changed hands as CCF troops moved in. The last USAF aircraft left Kimpo Airfield. Eighth Army regrouped behind the Pyongtaek-Wonju-Samchok line as Seoul fell to the communists for the second time in the war. Britain's 27th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade covered the U.N. withdrawal, then blew the bridges over the Han River. Naval guns of Task Force 90 held the communists at bay while 69,000 U.N. troops withdrew by sea from the port of Inchon on Amphibious Group 3 vessels.
1980 – President Carter announces US boycott of Moscow Olympics.
1989 – Aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs over the Mediterranean.
Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day
McCARTON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Ship's Printer, U.S. Navy. Born: 1847, Brooklyn, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Citation: For jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire off Coasters Harbor Island, near Newport, R.l., 4 January 1882, and endeavoring to rescue Jabez Smith, second class musician, from drowning.
SNYDER, WILLIAM E.
Rank and organization: Chief Electrician, U.S. Navy. Born: 24 February 1883, South Bethlehem, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 58, 2 March 1910. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Birmingham, for extraordinary heroism, rescuing G.H. Kephart seaman, from drowning at Hampton Roads, Va., 4 January 1910.
*JACHMAN, ISADORE S.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Place and date: Flamierge, Belgium, 4 January 1945. Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Berlin, Germany. G.O. No.: 25, 9 June 1950. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at Flamierge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, when his company was pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, 2 hostile tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy. casualties. S/Sgt. Jachman, seeing the desperate plight of his comrades, left his place of cover and with total disregard for his own safety dashed across open ground through a hail of fire and seizing a bazooka from a fallen comrade advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing the weapon alone, he damaged one and forced both to retire. S/Sgt. Jachman's heroic action, in which he suffered fatal wounds, disrupted the entire enemy attack, reflecting the highest credit upon himself and the parachute infantry.
On This Day in Air Force History, 29 Dec:
2025 AFHF James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle Award
509th Bomb Wing
The James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle Award recognizes an active Air Force or Space Force unit for gallantry, determination, esprit de corps, and superior management of joint operations in accomplishing its mission under difficult and hazardous conditions in multiple conflicts.
2025 AFHF Air National Guard Award for Superior Unit Performance
131st Bomb Wing
The ANG Award recognizes an ANG unit for gallantry, determination, esprit de corps, and superior management of joint operations in accomplishing its mission under difficult and hazardous conditions in multiple conflicts.
The June 21 operation saw seven B-2 Spirit bombers deliver an overnight strike on three Iranian nuclear facilities, the largest B-2 operational strike in U.S. history. In a timeline of just weeks, members of the 509th and 131st Bomb Wings turned strategic planning of an unprecedented operation into global execution. During the Iran–Israel War, the 131st Bomb Wing was tasked to participate in Operation Midnight Hammer, the largest operational deployment of the B-2 Spirit in USAF history. On the night of 12–13 June 2025, Missouri Air National Guard Airmen flew alongside active-duty counterparts from the 509th Bomb Wing in a coordinated strike against Iranian nuclear development facilities. Operation Midnight Hammer marked the first time the Air National Guard directly participated in a nuclear-deterrence strike package of this scale.
"The success of this mission demonstrates the precision and potency of a combat-ready Air Force and strategic innovation," Meink said. "The warfighting capability of the Total Force Airmen here and the B-2 Spirit was tested with the world watching, and Team Whiteman performed flawlessly."
The complex operation incorporated decoy bombers that flew west over the Pacific Ocean. This deceptive tactic was known ahead of time by only a select few mission planners at Whiteman AFB and key leaders at the Pentagon and U.S. Central Command headquarters. The seven aircraft that executed the mission deployed a total of 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, which was the first operational use of the "bunker buster" bombs.
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AMERICAN AEROSPACE EVENTS for January 4, FIRSTS, LASTS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THANKS TO HAROLD "PHIL" MYERS CHIEF HISTORIAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AGENCY
4 January
1936: The Vought SB2U Vindicator first flew. (5)
1937: Frank Sinclair flew a Seversky Airplane 240 miles per hour from New York to New Orleans, La., in a record of 5 hours. (24)
1944: Operation CARPETBAGGER. American and Royal Air Force planes dropped arms and supplies to French, Belgian, and Italian partisans for the first time. (4)
1945: Republic received a contract to build 100 production P-84 Thunderjets. (12)
1948: The University of California completed a pilot model for the world's first low-pressure supersonic wind tunnel. (24)
1951: KOREAN WAR. As Communist Chinese forces occupied Seoul, the last USAF aircraft left Kimpo Airfield. (28) Miss Caro Bayley flew a Piper Super Cub 30,203 feet over Miami to set a Federation Aeronautique Internationale altitude record for light planes. (24)
1955: Aerojet General began a research and development effort on rocket engines and associated ground equipment for the Titan Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. (6)
1957: Exercise JUMP LIGHT/Project ROTAD. Through 28 January, a joint Army-Tactical Air Command airlift effort supported this exercise and Project ROTAD (Reorganization and Testing of Airborne Division) near Fort Bragg, N. C. (11) 1958: The Army awarded Chrysler Corporation a $51.8 million contract to build the Jupiter Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile. (6)
1965: The Strategic Air Command's first Atlas-E missiles came off alert in the 548th Strategic Missile Squadron at Forbes AFB, Kans., and the 566th Strategic Missile Squadron at Francis E. Warren AFB, Wy. Moreover, the first Titan Is came off alert in the 568th Strategic Missile Squadron at Larson AFB, Wash., the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, N. Dak., and the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron at Beale AFB, Calif. (6)
1968: A 6511th Test Group (Parachute) C-130 claimed an unofficial single-delivery record by dropping a 50,160-pound pallet from 1,200 feet at El Centro, Calif. (3)
1985: Major Patricia M. Young became the first female commander of an Air Force Space Command unit, Detachment 1, 20th Missile Warning Squadron. (16) (26)
1989: Two Navy F-14 Tomcats, operating from the USS John F. Kennedy, shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that were displaying hostile intentions over international waters. (20)
1994: Operation PROVIDE PROMISE. The USAF formed a C-130 "Delta Squadron" under the 435th Airlift Wing at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, with Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard assets. The squadron joined the effort to deliver relief supplies to Bosnia. (16)
2000: Joint Task Force FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSE. Final tallies of the flood devastation near Caracas, Venezuela revealed 30,000 people dead and another 400,000 left homeless. Through 10 March, 11 C-17 missions and 5 C-5 missions airlifted 189 passengers and 527 short tons of cargo to Simon Bolivar International Airport near Caracas to support Task Force relief efforts. (See 20 December 1999) (22)
2001 : A C-17 Globemaster III from the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S. C., flew the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft from Buckley AFB, Colo., to Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission was named as a tribute to Arthur C. Clarke, evoking the name of his and Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001, on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and reached Mars orbit on October 24, 2001, at 02:30 UTC (October 23, 19:30 PDT, 22:30 EDT). On May 28, 2002 (sol 210), NASA reported that Odyssey's GRS instrument had detected large amounts of hydrogen, a sign that there must be ice lying within a meter of the planet's surface, and proceeded to map the distribution of water below the shallow surface. The orbiter also discovered vast deposits of bulk water ice near the surface of equatorial regions.
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