The California Air National Guard, for example, is using a military grade UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), called the MQ-9 Reaper, at both the Mendocino Complex and Carr fires. The drone captures live video of the blaze from 20,000 feet and can stay in the air for hours, identifying ...
Kentucky Air National Guard pilotCaptain Thomas Mantellwas sent to investigate a UFO sighted near Fort Knox on January 7, 1948. Mantell’s pursuit ended in flames—the pilot pursued the object at too high an altitude, blacked out from lack of oxygen and spiraled out of control. The governme...
Three additional C-130 aircraft, from the Nevada Air National Guard and a Colorado Springs-based U.S. Air Force Reserve unit, have also been deployed to support the effort. More than 1,850 National Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming joined Los Angeles firefighting crews on the ...
My stomping ground was the Grand Central Air Terminal area, which included the LA River, and the dirigible hangar.”A 1927 aerial view looking northeast, with the National Guard hangars at Griffith Park Airport in the foreground,and just across the river in the immediate background is the ...
U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeffrey T. Hoernemann, 32, of Andover, Minnesota, was a CV-22 instructor pilot and officer in charge of training, assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 353rd Special Operations Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan. ...
In a state of emergency, the California National Guard could be mobilized if necessary. According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), about 780 firefighters are currently battling the blaze, with at least 100 engines, nine airtankers, five helicopters, and four wa...
His large-scale vision was acquired during the war after enlisting in the Air Force. He flew P-38’s, the workhorse fighter aircraft that could bomb landscapes or document them. A renowned photo reconnaissance pilot, Mullan was trained to do the latter, and continued to fly them after he ...
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Plane crash into California ocean was no stunt, pilot says In this Aug. 20, 2019 image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescues two people after their plane went down near Half Moon Bay, Calif. A self-professed ...
The National Park Service estimates(估计)that over 260 forest plants, animals, and insects depend on the sequoias, and over 150 of those life forms are rare or uncommon. Humans also depend on the sequoias to break down huge amounts of carbon dioxide, providing cleaner air for breathing.【...