Salute to Heroes, Operation American Resolve, America Strong, or whatever is the latest Defense Department name for it, apparently massive flights of military aircraft flying over metro areas makes people feel more secure about fighting the “invisible enemy” of a Pandemic.
A KC-135 leads a pack of F-16s and F-35s on a Air Force Salutes flight over Arizona, 01MAY2020. At least 15 aircraft were involved.
Video from the cockpit of a F-35 of a KC-135 over Phoenix, Arizona, 01MAY2020:
USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Chris Thornbury, 06MAY2020.
A KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, flies over Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, 06MAY2020, Wichita, Kansas.
USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Nick Kibbey, 14MAY2020.
452nd Air Mobility Wing KC-135 over Riverside University Health System Medical Center, California, 14MAY2020.
Hawaii Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Alison Bruce-Maldonado, 14MAY2020.
Video, KC-135 flying over multiple hospitals through out the Hawaiian islands, 14MAY2020:
The crew of a Michigan Air National Guard 127th Wing KC-135 just before taking off for a Michigan Strong flyover, 13MAY2020.
Video, 108th Wing KC-135 with 177th Fighter Wing F-16s, Air Force Salutes flight over New Jersey, 12MAY2020:
KC-135R from the 914th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, in formation with F-35s from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard Base, 12MAY2020.
Ohio Air National Guard KC-135 flies with an F-16 during Operation American Resolve, 13MAY2020.
Tail boom of 134th Air Refueling Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, 12MAY2020.
Nebraska Air National Guard photo by Major Scott Ingalsbe, 13MAY2020.
Nebraska Air National Guard Stratotanker, 13MAY2020.
USAF photo by Second Lieutenant Christopher Thibeaux-Moore, 15MAY2020.
Pandemic fighting KC-135R Stratotanker gets airborne over Florida, 15MAY2020.
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Reflection of Little Rock Air Force Base C-130J in the windows of a Arkansas hospital, 08MAY2020.
California Air National Guard’s 115th Airlift Squadron over the Mojave Desert near Palmdale, 14MAY2020.
403rd Wing’s 815th Airlift Squadron over Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, 28APR2020.
New York Air National Guard LC-130 (
A C-130H out of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, conducting a second round of pandemic overflights on 07MAY2020. Not only did Ohio aircraft fly over Ohio, but also locations in Pennsylvania.
Two Ohio Air National Guard 179th Airlift Wing C-130Hs also flew pandemic overflights, 15MAY2020.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, this Blue Angels C-130 was temporarily brought out of retirement to give moral support, 06MAY2020, unfortunately it was not flown.
12MAY2020, Guam National Guard begins Task Force 31 ops in local government offices.
On 12MAY2020, Texas National Guard personnel descend upon a nursing home in Austin, one day after the governor ordered the Texas National Guard to begin so called Task Force 31 operations.
Alabama’s Task Force 31 is staffed by Air and Army National Guard personnel, and work at the direction of Alabama’s State Department of Veterans Affairs.
26APR2020, Oklahoma National Guard disinfect a buffet at a nursing home (as well as the rest of the nursing home) in Tulsa.
West Virginia National Guard enter a child care center, 04MAY2020, to disinfect common areas with chemical sprays.
West Virginia National Guard was instructed how to use Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) systems to disinfect rooms.
02APR2020, a Georgia Army National Guard member pours liquid disinfectant (Hydrogen Peroxide?) into a ‘fogger’ for aerosol use in a Georgia nursing home.
The aerosolized chemical is claimed to be 99.9% effective at killing pathogens within 20 minutes.
CoViD-19 medical supplies arrived at Bagram Airport and are being distributed to U.S. Forward Operating Bases around Afghanistan.
On 28APR2020, a Turkish Airbus A400M loaded with medical Personal Protective Equipment landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Then on 01MAY2020, a Turkish C-130 landed at the same base with even more PPE.
Rabies is so bad in Turkey that U.S. military personnel on Incirlik Air Base are being told that “A common misconception is that animals infected with rabies virus ‘look rabid’. Animals infected with rabies virus can spread the virus to humans and other animals prior to showing clinical signs of illness. In addition to rabies, there are many other infectious diseases that can be spread from stray animals to humans. These diseases can be anything from severe wound infections to parasite infections. Rabies virus has a 100% mortality rate if left untreated.”-Captian Timothy Beck, U.S. Army, Incirlik Veterinary Services
Camp Shaheen.
November 2010, a maintenance supervisor with Company D, 186th Brigade Support Battalion, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team cuts-up an old Soviet occupation armored vehicle in Durani Village, Parwan Province, Afghanistan. The villagers were able to sell the pieces of steel to recyclers for cash.
BTR-80, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, January 2010.
T-54/55, Bamyan Province.
Nowzad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, February 2011. Children line up for school while a relic (T-55) of the 1980s Soviet occupation rusts away in the background.
Derelict World War Two era Soviet T-34/85 in Muqer District, Ghazni Province, March 2012.
T-55 in Nowzad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan February 2012.
Remains of ZSU-23-4, Bala Hissar Fortress, August 2013. You can see where the anti-aircraft tank took a direct hit in the side.
BMP-1s and a T-54/55 (without bore evacuator) in Bamyan Province, February 2013.
Soviet occupation era T-55 still in use. The U.S. Marine Corps observed Afghan government forces use it against rebel troops in Sangin District, Helmand Province, August 2018.
