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Idaho Air National Guard photo by Ryan White, 06APR2022.

On 06APR2022, Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Security Forces (SF) responded to a civil disturbance at the state prison (Idaho State Correctional Institution, is that an oxymoron?) in Ada County, near the city of Kuna.

IANG photo by Ryan White, 06APR2022.

The 124th SF is part of Idaho’s Quick Reaction Force, which can be deployed by order of the governor.

IANG photo by Ryan White, 06APR2022.

This was part of a ‘Keeping the Peace’ training event.

IANG photo by Ryan White, 06APR2022.

The training event included looking for escapees/infiltrators hiding in vehicles.

IANG photo by Ryan White, 06APR2022.

February 2022: New Idaho law would help shield lethal injection drug sources.

U.S. Disaster 2022: FEMA PREPS LOCAL POLICE FOR SOCIAL COLLAPSE!

NATO Canada 2022: OTTAWA PROTEST; POLICE THEMSELVES BLOCK-OFF ACCESS TO THE CITY!

Pandēmus Totalitarian 2022: IDAHO DEPLOYS NATIONAL GUARD INTO PRISONS!

NATO Canada PARLIAMENT SUSPENDED, BLAMED ON POLICE OPS! OIL COMPANIES UNDER ATTACK!

Mother of all Money Pits: BIDEN SPENDS BILLIONS ON KUWAIT! TO COVER-UP ECONOMIC COLLAPSE?

Title 5, 2021: FOR FIRST TIME, AIR NATIONAL GUARD HIRES CIVILIAN COPS! COVERT OP TO EXPAND FEDERAL POLICE FORCE?

Climate Change 2020: “GLOBAL SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE”

December 2015: 2 IDAHO PRISONERS DIE IN 1 DAY! EVIL MORMON MTC INVOLVED?

March 2014: FBI TO INVESTIGATE IDAHO’S GLADIATOR SCHOOL AND THE EVIL PROFITEERING PRISON OPERATOR CCA! CRIMES IN IDAHO PRISONS CONNECTED TO OTHER CASES?

Technology

Vehicle I-D: M93 Fox NBCRSV, Cold War & beyond

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Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

The M93 NBCRSV/NBCRV (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance System Vehicle) was first pseudo-secretly unveiled during the last Cold War battle known as Desert Storm. It was based on the West German Transportpanzer Fuchs, which began service with that NATO country in 1979 (after more than a decade of development). The U.S. Army’s development of the M93 Fox was the result of a decision in 1976 to restart a dedicated NBC organization.

In 1988, the XM93 began its developmental teething pains on Fort Stewart, Georgia. It progressed to XM93E1 phase, then in June 1995 was approved for upgrade to M93A1 (aka Block 1 upgrade), the A1 upgrade was completed in October 1998 (the official year it began service despite being used during Desert Storm in 1991), finally upgraded to M93A1P1 (‘up-armored’ and .50cal Remote Weapons Station) in 2007. There is a newer M93A1P2 variant, however, eventually all M93s will be replaced by the new Stryker NBCRSV.

U.S. Army XM93 Fox, tested in Japan. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal C.J. Shell, 14OCT1992.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal C.J. Shell, 14OCT1992.

MM1 Mass Spectrometer and ASG1 computer. USMC photo by Lance Corporal C.J. Shell, 14OCT1992.

This is how you operate external equipment in a contaminated environment. USMC photo by Lance Corporal C.J. Shell, 14OCT1992.

XM93 probes. USMC photo by Lance Corporal C.J. Shell, 14OCT1992.

Decontaminating a M93 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. USMC photo Lance Corporal C. D. Clark, 17JUL1997.

In April 1996, the U.S. Marine Corps created its own Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF). In 1997, the CBIRF held its first wargame in which they put their new M93s (modified German Fuchs) to the test.

USMC photo Lance Corporal C. D. Clark, 17JUL1997.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Brook Kelsey, 14DEC1997.

By the end of 1997, there were only four M93A1s operating in the Western U.S. There was a concern that U.S. Marines on Twentynine Palms, California, would not recognize the M93A1 as a U.S. vehicle, so photos were issued including night vision photos.

USMC photo by Sergeant Brook Kelsey, 14DEC1997.

A C-5 Galaxy unloads a M93 Fox on the Kuwait City International Airport, during Operation Southern Watch. U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant James D. Mossman, 19FEB1998.

U.S. Army M93A1 of the 89th Chemical Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado. Photo by Don Sullivan, 02AUG2000.

The 40-thousand-4-hundred pound Fox has propellers for propulsion and steering, a maximum speed of 6MPH in the water.

Fort Carson, Colorado. Photo by Don Sullivan, 02AUG2000.

Townsend Reservoir, Fort Carson, Colorado. Photo by Don Sullivan, 02AUG2000.

On land the Fox can hit 65MPH, with a range of 5-hundred miles.

M21 Stand-Off NBC Detector. U.S. Army photo by Don Sullivan, 02AUG2000.

USMC M93A1 in the Quackenbush training area, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California. USMC photo by Corporal I. M. Gilbert, 19DEC2000.

USA M93A1 provides security for East Gate, Fort Lewis, Washington. USA photo by Ken Mitchell, 12SEP2001.

USMC M93A1 patrolling Ta Coyote base, Kuwait, during Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom. USMC photo by Sergeant Paul L. Anstine Ii, 31JAN2003.

A British Fox, Light Armored Field Radar Vehicle, Transportpanzer-1, during the invasion of Iraq, 11MAR2003. USMC photo by Sergeant Kevin R. Reed.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Shejal Pulivarti, 31JUL2008.

In July 2008, U.S. Army Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, took there Foxes for a swim in Borla Lake, Texas. There was no explanation for the tow cable, other than the unit was “testing” their Fox’s swimming abilities after returning from a deployment.

USA photo by Sergeant Shejal Pulivarti, 31JUL2008.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Wynnfred Hoke, 28SEP2010.

In September 2010, an M93A1 responded to a simulated gas attack on Port Arthur, Texas.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Wynnfred Hoke, 28SEP2010.

M93A1P1, Yakima Training Center, Washington. USA photo by Sergeant Eric Glassey, 07MAY2011.

Fox fires its M2HB .50cal, Yakima Training Center, Washington. USA photo by Sergeant Eric Glassey, 07MAY2011.

M2HB .50cal Remote Weapon on the Fox, Yakima Training Center, Washington. USA photo by Sergeant Micah VanDyke, 09MAY2012.

Three M93A1P1 Fox vehicles move into position at the Yakima Training Center, Washington. USA photo by Sergeant James Hale, 14MAY2012.

USA photo by Sergeant Uriah Walker, 29OCT2013.

In October 2013, the last active Army unit operating the M93A1 variant said goodbye to their Foxes. The 51st Chemical Company, 83rd Chemical Battalion, on Fort Stewart, Georgia, will be getting the M1135 Stryker NBCRSV/NBCRV.

USA photo by Sergeant Uriah Walker, 29OCT2013.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Grady Jones, 23MAR2015.

In March 2015, a CBRNE demonstration was made on Subhan Logistical Base, in Kuwait, using a Saudi M93A1 and a U.S. Army M1135 Stryker NBCRSV/NBCRV.

Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S ‘FINBACK’, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

M109, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

Technology

Desert Storm: Desert Fox, experimental, Cold War & beyond

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Desert Storm: 17JAN1991-28FEB1991

10FEB1991, photo by Staff Sergeant J. R. Ruark.

During the last Cold War battle, against Iraq in 1991, the U.S. Army deployed its experimental XM93 Fox Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC, today is called CBRNE) reconnaissance system. It was assigned to a U.S. Marine Corps division. The U.S. Marine Corps publication Liberating Kuwait says, on page 172, “During the breaching process, one of the division’s XM93 Fox chemical reconnaissance vehicles reported a possible chemical weapon, and all of the Marines in the two divisions went to the highest mission-oriented protective posture.”

10FEB1991, photo by Staff Sergeant J. R. Ruark.

NCB=Nuclear Biological Chemical

10FEB1991, photo by Staff Sergeant J. R. Ruark.

The XM93 is based on the then West German Transportpanzer Fuchs-1 (Fox 1).

chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear

CBRNE=Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive

10FEB1991, photo by Staff Sergeant J. R. Ruark.

chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear

The XM93 went through more testing as it was found that the NBC capabilities were not satisfactory. Finally, in 1995 the XM93 was accepted as the M93A1 (aka Block 1 improved), despite still falling short of U.S. Army standards. The U.S. military did not buy new Foxes for the M93A1 designation, they simply upgraded their more than 120 XM93s (some of which were acquired secretly/without Congressional knowledge during Desert Storm). The latest upgrade (order placed in August 2007 to upgrade 18 vehicles at a cost of $56.5-million) is known as the M93A1P1. It has been used by both the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, but eventually will be replaced by the Stryker NBCRV (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle).

U.S. Army photo by Shejal Pulivarti, 31JUL2008.

U.S. Army soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division sail their amphibious M93 across Blora Lake, Texas, 31JUL2008.

Desert Storm: KUWAITI القوات الجوية الكويتية A-4KU SKYHAWK

Technology

World War 3/Vehicle I-D: China’s A-I-P attack sub refreshes torpedoes

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PLA Northern Theater Command photo by Shi Jialong, 19APR2022.

The People’s Liberation Army-Navy calls these A-I-P subs Type 039B. NATO reporting name for Type 039 class subs is ‘Yuan’, to make things more confusing NATO also calls the Type 041 class ‘Yuan”.

People’s Liberation Army-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

PLA Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

Western/NATO analysts seem confused, sometimes calling the A-I-P the Type 039B, sometimes Type 039C, since they are China’s only known operational A-I-P subs lets just call them A-I-P.

People’s Liberation Army-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

These appear to be Communist China’s AIP (Air Independent Propulsion) attack submarines. AIP is a conventional power system that can draw oxygen from the water, like a fish’s gills, rather than from the air. This means the submarine does not have to rely on relatively short life batteries to stay submerged, it allows the submarine to stay submerged for long periods like a nuclear powered submarine.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 23MAR2022.

In July 2018, the People’s Liberation Army-Navy claimed their then new AIP submarines set new PLA-Navy records, such as underwater sailing distance and maximum depth reached. China says their AIP powered subs can stay submerged for as long as three weeks. They admitted that AIP technology makes their attack submarines more expensive.

Twin subs loading up with fresh rocket torpedoes, 22MAR2022. PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong.

Reportedly, China’s AIP are what is known as Stirling (sometimes incorrectly spelled Sterling, the system is named after Scottish engineer Robert Stirling) AIP, a system directly connected to SAAB, based in NATO ‘partner’ (not a member by considered a partner) Sweden. (Sweden about to submit an official application for membership in NATO)

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 22MAR2022.

For some reason Wikipedia lists China’s AIP subs as Type 041 and Type 032, yet the PLA-Navy itself says they are Type 039B.

PLA-Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 22MAR2022.

PLA Northern Theater Command photo by Wu Haodong, 04JAN2022.

Cold War Subs: USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), STILL FIGHTING AFTER 67 YEARS! FIRST BORN IN LAND-LOCKED IDAHO?

Vehicle I-D: CHINA MAKES SURPRISE(?) DELIVERY OF MILITARY AID TO RUSSIAN ALLY, USING NEW Y20!

International, U.S.

Biden’s War: April 2022, Army/Air Force Deployments, now a revolving door

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This is not a complete list of U.S. Army/Air Force/National Guard deployments for the month of April, 2022.

U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Joshua Zayas, 06APR2022.

On 06APR2022, the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed from Fort Carson, Colorado, to NATO Poland.

Pre-deployment training also included the use of Javelin anti-tank missiles, for the first time in Idaho! 27MAR2022, Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

At the beginning of April 2022, it was revealed that 7-hundred remaining Idaho Army National Guard combat personnel had been training for yet another deployment. This time their training included the use of anti-tank javelin missiles, for the first time. Idaho Army and Air National Guard units have been conducting rotating deployments to The Middle East for a few years now.

Idaho National Guard photo by Elizabeth Adams, 07APR2022.

Due to the now seemingly never ending Idaho National Guard deployments, currently involving more than 1-thousand-4-hundred Army and Air National Guard personnel, the Idaho National Guard Service Member & Family Support Division hosted the first ever Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, on 07APR2022. Idaho is a geographically large rural state with a population of only about 1.9-million (just under a quarter of the population of the megalopolis of New York City).

Iowa Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sergeant Vincent De Groot, 20APR2022.

Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing deployed on 20APR2022, for the CentCom (Central Command) Area of Operation (AO) in The Middle East. Just like Idaho, Iowa’s National Guard are also conducting rotating deployments, as one unit returns home another is heading out. Iowa is geographically smaller than Idaho, yet has 3.1-million people according to the latest Census estimates.

South Carolina Army National Guard photo by Private First Class Ana-Grace Catoe, 20APR2022.

On 20APR2022, South Carolina Army National Guard said an official good-bye to Company A, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command. 50 personnel and eight UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are deploying to Egypt to conduct a Multinational Force and Observers ‘peacekeeping’ mission on the Sinai Peninsula.

U.S. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations warehouse, Dover AFB, Delaware. USAF photo by Jason Minto, 21APR2022.

On Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations specialists are stocking-up supplies in the Mortuary Affairs warehouse.

U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sergeant Andrew McNeil, 23APR2022.

The U.S. Army Reserve’s 88th Readiness Division conducted a Yellow Ribbon deployment event in Bloomington, Minnesota, on 23APR2022. Yellow Ribbon events are meant to prepare families for the upcoming deployments. Minnesota’s population is estimated to be 5.7-million.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders poses with members of the 158th Fighter Wing during a deployment ceremony at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vermont, 28APR2022. Vermont Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Richard Mekkri.

Vermont is a geographically tiny state, with a population of more than 600-thousand people.

Vermont Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Richard Mekkri, 28APR2022.

On 28-29APR2022, under the cover of darkness Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing deployed to NATO Europe: “We are proud to send our Airmen to support the collective defense of our allies and partners. This deployment demonstrates some of the strategic capabilities the Vermont Air National Guard can provide to the nation when needed.”-Major General Greg Knight, adjutant general of Vermont

Biden’s NATO War: “NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT”, BUYING NEW ALLIES WHILE KEEPING OLD ENEMIES

Biden’s War: USN CREATES NEW POLICE Operation TO PROTECT NATO’S OIL SUPPLY!

Biden’s War, March 2022: ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS, DoD CALLS IT “STRATEGIC COMPETITION”, USAF WANTS YOU TO LEARN RUSSIAN!

Influenza

Global Food Crisis: Bird Flu hits NATO Latvia & Germany, military goes into action!

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Forget the ‘Pandemic’, its Bird Flu now! Don’t say I didn’t warn you (’cause I did, in 2020).

In January 2022, the H5N1 Bird Flu was confirmed in the small Eastern European country of Latvia.

This should be no surprise, because H5N1 was confirmed in NATO member state Latvia in 2021.

By the end of February 2021, Latvia decided to impose “enhanced biosecurity measures”, not over ‘The Pandemic’, but because of Bird Flu!

A Latvian National Guard soldier sprays down a U.S. Army truck on 12APR2022. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Preston Malizia.

Latvia is so afraid for its poultry industry that it now requires vehicles that operate near poultry farms to be decontaminated (aka an agricultural wash), and that includes NATO military vehicles training for the Ukraine Crisis!

U.S. Army vehicles on Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, get an agricultural wash, 31JAN2022. USA photo by Captain Gabrielle Hildebrand.

It is not just Latvia. Agricultural washes are taking place in NATO Germany as well.

Going Viral, February 2020: FORGET CORONAVIRUS, BIRD FLU ABOUT TO GET GENOCIDAL!

Global Food Crisis, 2016: U.S. based WORLD BANK BEHIND BIRD FLU SLAUGHTER? LOANS HEALTHCARE MONEY FOR WAR-FIGHTING!

U.S. Food Crisis, 2022: FOOD HAND-OUTS NOW INCLUDE GUN LOCKS? MORE PROOF YOU NEED TO GROW YOUR OWN! U.S. ARMY PREPS FOR SOYLENT GREEN?

Influenza 2013: NEW BIRD FLU EVOLVES TO INFECT HUMANS!

International

Biden’s War: USN creates new police op to protect NATO’s Oil supply!

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The United States continues acting as the World’s oil police force, at taxpayer expense of course. On 17APR2022, the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (based in The Middle East) established a new international naval task force to “enhance” oil shipping lane security in the Red Sea area.

The Red Sea is the route taken by most petroleum tanker ships heading to NATO Europe. Remember, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Junior promised NATO European countries that the U.S. would guarantee oil/natural gas shipments from The Middle East, to replace shipments from now sanctioned Russia!

Since 2001, the U.S. led naval oil protection force is known as Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), and claims to have onboard 34 countries. The new Red Sea oil protection police operation is called Combined Task Force (CTF) 153, it is the fourth such ‘Force’ to be created by the CMF (CTF 150, 151 & 152): “This is a tangible and meaningful demonstration of our commitment to ensuring regional maritime security and stability through international cooperation.”-Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and CMF

USS Mount Whitney, Aqaba, Jordan, 17APR2022. U.S. Army photo by Corporal DeAndre Dawkins.

But don’t think it is a massive fleet of ships, CTF 153 consists of one boat, the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20). It should be noted that the USS Mount Whitney has served with NATO, and is also a NATO command ship for Naval Striking and Support Forces.

Armed Forces Network-U.S. Navy video report about USS Mount Whitney’s participation in NATO’s Vigilance Activity Neptune Strike, 28JAN2022:

Oil Prices: DON’T BLAME RUSSIA, BLAME U.S./SAUDI PROXY WAR AGAINST IRAN IN YEMEN!

Biden’s War: WAR IN UKRAINE….? U.S. ARMY OFFERS BIG BONUS TO RECRUITS WHO CAN SHIP-OUT QUICK! IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GAS!

NATO Response Force 2022: “THIS EFFORT IS AMERICA’S EFFORT.” ‘INTERNATIONAL LAW’ REVEALED TO BE ABOUT NATO? FUEL SANCTIONS BLOW-BACK ON USAF!

Technology, U.S.

U.S. Disaster 2022: Just in time for Hurricane Season, West Virginia gets new Black Hawk MedEvac

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West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston, 12APR2022.

On 12APR2022, West Virginia Army National Guard’s 2/104th General Support Aviation Battalion, Aeromedical Evacuation Company, received its first of six new HH-60 ‘M’ version Black Hawk ambulance helicopters.

West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston, 12APR2022.

West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 2-104thWest Virginia Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston, 12APR2022.

Vehicle I-D, 2022: IDAHO GETS NEW UH-60M

Vehicle I-D, 2016: NEW HH-60M BLACK HAWK FOR HAWAIIAN MILITIA MEDEVAC

Disaster 2022: HURRICANE HUNTERS GOING ‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’

Rescues:

NATIONAL GUARD TEACHING A BABY THREE HORNED DINOSAUR TO FLY?

Technology

Cold War & Beyond: China’s ‘Finback’

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Cold War, approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union):

Shenyang J-8, NATO reporting name Finback. The ‘J’ means Jianjiji, which is the equivalent of the word fighter in English.

People’s Liberation Army-Eastern Theater Command photo, 30AUG2020.

PLA-Eastern Theater Command photo, 30AUG2020.

J-8DF. Photo by Yang Pan, 18APR2018.

Photo by Yang Pan, 18APR2018.

PLA-Western Theater Command photo by Wang Xiaofei, March 2018.

Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution display. Photo by Max Smith, August 2007.

The first J-8 looked like a twin engined Sukhoi 9 (NATO reporting name Fishpot), and first flew in 1969.

Beihang (Beijing) Air & Space Museum.

J-8II01

The J-8II (J-8B) radically changed the forward fuselage in order to house a new bigger radar system. It first flew in 1984.

This J-8II has the U.S. English F-8II on the opposite side of the fuselage.

Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S JH-7A, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

Technology, U.S.

U.S. Disaster 2022: Hurricane Hunters going ‘Back to the Future’

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Just in time for another early/busy hurricane season?

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jessica Kendziorek, 05APR2022.

The Hurricane Hunters (53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron) based on Keesler Air Force Base, in Mississippi, decided to ‘go back to the future’ by painting their new WC-130J Super Hercules in retro Cold War through early 2000s style.

WC-130 Hercules, July 1977. USAF photo by Master Sergeant Curt Eddings.

A USAF WC-130 Hercules from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, ‘Hurricane Hunters’, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. USAF photo dated 1995.

About to drop a DropSonde during the 1995-96 Hurricane Season. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant John K. Mcdowell, December 1995.

On the right you can see a bare metal WC-130J waiting for its new retro ’90s look, on Robins AFB, Georgia. USAF photo by Kisha Foster Johnson, 05APR2022.

The 53rd WX Recon Squadron WC-130Js are undergoing depot level maintenance on Robins AFB, Georgia, and are being painted in the retro 1990s look before being sent back to Keesler AFB.

USAF photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jessica Kendziorek, 05APR2022.

You can compare the current paint scheme to the new retro look. USAF photo by Joseph Mather, 05APR2022.

In the background, the first WC-130J with the retro paint-job about to land at Keesler AFB. In the foreground, the modern Hurricane Hunters’ tail colors. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Kristen Pittman, 05APR2022.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Kristen Pittman, 05APR2022.

This light grey Hurricane Hunter is being used as a MedEvac during a Homeland Security ‘Life Saver’ training event, in May 2004. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Ramon Reynaldo.