WILLEMSTAD — Four U.S. Air Force planes will be deployed to Curacao for counter-narcotics operations, the U.S. Southern Command announced on Friday. An E-3 Sentry surveillance plane and an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System plane, supported by two KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft, will fly detection and monitoring missions in international airspace, Pentagon officials […]
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SWAY OF PIGS! Putin Sends Nuclear Bomber Jets To Caribbean In Time For Christmas
CARACAS — Two Russian strategic bomber aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons have landed in ally Venezuela, a show of support for Venezuela’s socialist government that has infuriated Washington. The TU-160 supersonic bombers, known as “White Swans” by Russian pilots, landed at Maiquetia airport near capital Caracas on Monday after covering at least 6,200 miles […]
Puerto Rico Air National Guard C-130 Crashes in Georgia Killing All Nine On Board Today
THE WC-130 WAS ONCE A HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAVANNAH — A Puerto Rico Air National Guard plane crashed in Georgia shortly after takeoff today, killing nine people aboard the aging aircraft headed toward its retirement in Arizona. The plane, a WC-130 weather reconnaissance and cargo plane from Puerto Rico’s 156th Airlift Wing, has been in Savannah for maintenance […]
SEN. MILLIN YOUNG: ‘It’s High Time We Invite Our Medical Evacuees Back From Mainland’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] By SENATOR JANETTE MILLIN YOUNG CHARLOTTE AMALIE –Having received several complaints from constituents about the way the medical evacuees have been treated on the mainland and the precarious state of their well-being as they receive care so far from home, Senator Janette Millin Young says she remains deeply concerned. Considering this, Senator […]
U.S. Army SATCOM Supports Hurricane Relief Efforts in Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN — Some 2,000 miles away from the path of devastation cut by hurricanes Irma and Maria, network engineers at the Rock Island Arsenal Integrated Network Operations Center (INOC) work around-the-clock to support the relief efforts of American aid workers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Operated by the Army’s […]
Now That The Roads Are Clear … Three-Star Army General Calling It Quits In Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — The three-star general is leaving Puerto Rico, ending his mission of providing relief from the devastation of Hurricane Maria. Troops are being pulled out, too, along with helicopters that have flown supplies and equipment to communities cut off by landslides and broken roads. Yet government statistics say power is still not on […]
A HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARE: Operation Mickey Mouse Is The Key To Afghanistan Surge For President Trump: HOLIDAY FICTION
[ad name=”HTML-68″] His eyes bulged out, as the tip of the pistol slammed into the back wall of his throat. The perspiration glistened on the crow’s feet that laced the outer points of his eyes. The warm lulling fog was everywhere again. Perhaps brought in by a Caribbean breeze, it had engulfed the cruise liner. […]
Civil Air Patrol Is The Perfect Partnership of Civilian And Military In A Time Of Need … Such As After A Major Hurricane
[ad name=”HTML-68″] FREDERIKSTED — If you think your life is getting a bit dull – especially if you happen to like aviation – you might want to talk with someone from Civil Air Patrol. Whatever your age, there’s probably someone in CAP who can relate. Just ask 16-year-old Joseph Nelson, one of five Civil Air […]
U.S. Air Force Airmen Work To Restore Radio Communications To Puerto Rico
HIGH WIRE ACT: An airman with the 85th Engineering and Installation Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., works atop a radio tower at Cerra de Punta Mountain near Ponce, Puerto Rico, Oct. 20, 2017. The 85th EIS are working to reestablish and improve radio communications for local emergency personnel and first responders across the […]
U.S. Air Force Evacuates 63 Critically-Ill Kidney Patients From St. Croix For Needed Care In Tampa
[ad name=”HTML-68″] FREDERIKSTED — Some 63 kidney patients were evacuated from St. Croix as part of a humanitarian mission of the U.S. military. Air Force Major Gavril Goodman was on one of the first humanitarian evacuation flights that landed in St. Croix five days after the Category 5 hurricane destroyed the island’s power grid. The […]