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The first O-2 flew in January 1967 and the plane went into production shortly thereafter, with the USAF taking delivery in March 1967. A total of 532 O-2s were built in two variants for the USAF by 1970. The O-2A served as a FAC aircraft with the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron, while the O-2B was equipped with loudspeakers and a leaflet dispenser for use in the psychological operations (PSYOPS) role. Several USAF O-2 aircraft were later transferred to and operated by the former VNAF South Vietnamese Air Force.[3]
Following the Vietnam War, the O-2 continued to operate with both U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard units well into the late 1980s. Six former USAF O-2A airframes were also transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1983 for use as "range controllers" with Attack Squadron 122 (VA-122), the Pacific Fleet Replacement Squadron for the A-7 Corsair II at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. These same aircraft were later transferred to Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125), the F/A-18 Hornet FRS at NAS Lemoore, in 1986 for use in the same range control role.[4]
The six Navy O-2A's remained in this role until September 1990, when they were replaced by T-34C Turbo Mentor aircraft transferred from the Naval Air Training Command. Four of the Navy O-2A aircraft were retired and two of these became civil registered in October 1991. These two aircraft were flown in U.S. airshows performing a "Viet Nam Warbird COIN/FAC" routine during the 1990s. The routine debuted at the "Wings Over Houston" (Texas) airshow in October 1991.[citation needed]
Of the six USN aircraft mentioned above, two were transferred to the U.S. Army in late 1990.[4] O-2As had originally entered the U.S. Army's inventory in 1967 from USAF stocks and were augmented by the 1990 aircraft transfer from the U.S. Navy. Several disassembled USAF O-2s remain in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.[4] Two O-2As were used at Laguna Army Airfield, Arizona as part of testing programs carried out by the Yuma Proving Ground. These were retired in October 2010 and sent to a museum.[1]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for identifying, investigating, and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security. The largest components within DHS are Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO). Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ICE is charged with the investigation and enforcement of over 400 federal statutes within the United States, and maintains attachés at major U.S. embassies overseas. Consequently, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents possess the broadest investigative authority within the United States government.
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I think this is probably a little something that was purchased with a DHS grant...
Either way, it's rather intimidating...
Sgt. Foley: Get down! One of the BTRs has a visual on you!
Sgt. Foley: Get behind something solid! That BTRs got you in his sights!
SAN DIEGO – Two Mexican nationals who fled to the United States to avoid prosecution for separate murders in western Mexico were turned over to Mexican authorities Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Jose Ramirez Chavez, 43, and Pablo Bernal Moreno, 42, were remanded to the custody of representatives from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers at the San Ysidro border crossing Tuesday morning under tight security.
Read more about this story below.
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Sgt. Foley: Our perimeter is breached! Enemies on the roof! Squad! Hostiles on the roof! Turn around!
Cpl. Dunn: What the hell was that?!
Sgt. Foley: Get off the roof!; Get off the roof, now!; Ramirez! Get the ... off the roof!
"2009 PR Planespotters Fly-In" Rafael Hernandez Airport "Ramey AF
April 25, 2009
Aguadilla, PR
Photo by Tomás Del Coro
The Homeland Security Blackhawk races in to show center to deposit the ground team during the second day of the Amigo Airsho 2006.
S/N: 77-22718
Operator: Homeland Security
Amigo Airsho 2006 (El Paso, Texas)
Photo by www.kensaviation.com
Tactical Air Control Party Airmen with New Jersey Air National Guard's 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, hook up to their fast rope for a Special Purpose Insertion Extraction by a UH-60 Black Hawk with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, during exercise "I Am Ready" at Island Beach State Park, Seaside Park, N.J, Nov. 18, 2016. "I Am Ready" is an aviation centric, joint training exercise between the New Jersey Army and Air National Guard and New Jersey State Police to validate mutual aid agreements and response efforts for homeland security and domestic operations requiring New Jersey National Guard rotary wing support. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
Sandia engineers designed the Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Robot to identify dangers and provide relief to trapped miners. The robot is able to navigate through 18 inches of water, crawl over boulders and rubble piles, and move in ahead of rescuers to evaluate precarious environments and help plan operations. (More information.)
(Photo by Randy Montoya)
The Department of Homeland Security hosted a press briefing to announce end of year numbers regarding immigration enforcement, border security and National security. The briefing was attended by Ronald D. Vitiello, Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Tom Homan, Senior Official performing the duties of Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Francis Cissna, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on December 5, 2017.
Photographer: Donna Burton
Sandia's Ren Salerno, global expert on biological threat reduction, gestures before an enlarged illustration of molecules that have come to signify biological threats. Ren is championing efforts to gain greater recognition for Sandia's Countering Biological Threats programs, which provide the science, technology, and technical policy solutions for confronting on a global scale the entire life cycle of a biological threat.
(Photo by Randy Montoya)
NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană meets with US Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor for Resilience and Response, Caitlin Durkovich
Toys that don't play around
This photo is featured in the following articles:
-The New Republic blog posting on Airport security water bans.
-TechRadar UK piece on not joking about airport security on Twitter.
Dodge Ram vans in downtown San Diego. Back in the day this was called the Border Patrol. Now I think its called Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Dolphin is primarily a Short Range Recovery (SRR) aircraft. There are now total of 102 Dolphins in the Coast Guard Fleet. The fleet has home ports in 17 cities on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, and the Great Lakes region.[1]
The Dolphin is usually deployed from shore but it can be deployed from medium and high endurance Coast Guard Cutters, as well as the Polar Icebreakers. The Dolphin's main jobs are: search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties (including drug interdiction), polar ice breaking, marine environmental protection including pollution control, and military readiness.
I took this shot and was zooming in looking and... Well you can see at least 2 rifles. I could not make them out at all with my eye from the street in front of the white-house. It seems like they have a nice setup there. The only thing missing is someone to actually pull the trigger...
Sandia researchers work on the CANARY Event Detection Software, which is open source software developed by in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency to enhance the detection of terrorist attacks or natural contaminants to public drinking water systems. The projected image shows what a utility operator might see, including a map locating a sensor that has detected contamination, a graph (top) that shows a measurement of water quality at the sensor and another graph showing the operator the probability that the water has been contaminated.
(Photo by Randy Montoya)
Sandia researchers in their laboratory work with new imaging techniques to view cell-level activity with unprecedented detail. Exactly how and why the cell’s defenses fail against some invaders while successfully fending off others has long been a mystery.
The novel super-resolution microscopy technique developed at Sandia is providing new answers to old questions by unveiling never-before-seen detail of the cell membrane. The insights gleaned from the research could open doors to new diagnostics, prevention, and treatment techniques. The research supports Sandia’s biological threat reduction programs and could be expanded to support biofuels research.
(Photo by Randy Montoya)
San Francisco, CA (May 10, 2008) -- Auxiliary vessel "Melody" rafting up with some friends at Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, on Saturday evening before their KFOG Kaboom fireworks patrol. KFOG is a local radio station, that sponsors the fireworks display and a big party ashore at the waterfront. An estimated 350,000 spectators will attend this year, with most ashore, but with hundreds of boats and thousands of spectators on the water.
USCG 87' Patrol Boats in town include cutters Tern and Pike (homeported in SF), Barracuda (Eureka), Blacktip (Oxnard), and Hawksbill (Monterey). Photo by Linda Vetter, USCGAUX.
A modular microscale rendition of the Wolverines/Body Count/Homeland Security level from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Designed in LDraw, and inspired by -=Steebles=-.
Washington D.C., Monday afternoon May 20, 2013. The Home Defenders League, Occupy and other social justice activists numbering 500 by my rough count marched from Freedom Plaza to the Department Of Justice to demand that government hold the banks accountable for the ongoing home foreclosure crisis. The demonstrators succeeded in breaching the line of heavily armed police and Homeland Security officers and in blocking the main entrance to the building. Over twenty demonstrators were arrested for acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, mainly because they crossed police lines.
The Oath of Allegiance.
On Thursday, September 23, Grand Canyon National Park in coordination with The Department of Homeland Security, hosted a naturalization ceremony at the Mather Amphitheater on the South Rim. This is the first time in history that Grand Canyon National Park has hosted such an event..
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Under blue skies and before a breathtaking view, 23 individuals from 12 different countries including, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia, became naturalized citizens. Many family members and close friends of the candidates came to show their support for this special event. Park employees and visitors also watched on as the candidates stated the Oath of Allegiance, and received their certificates of naturalization. .
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Deputy Superintendent Palma Wilson welcomed the candidates and their families. The Presentation of Colors was done by the Air Force ROTC Honor Guard of Northern Arizona University. John M. Ramirez, Acting District Director for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administered the Oath of Allegiance to America's newest citizens. A keynote address was given by USCIS Ombudsman January Contreras. Ms. Contreras stated, “Everyday, we welcome new and diverse stories and heritages into the great patchwork of our Nation. United by our devotion to the Constitution and to the civic engagement it inspires, Americans remain committed to the fundamental principles established over two hundred years ago.”.
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This event is part of USCIS’s annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. An estimated 9,258 candidates will become citizens at 63 special ceremonies held across the country and around the world from Sept. 13-24..
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Constitution Day is celebrated on Sept. 17 in remembrance of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Since 1952, Citizenship Day has been celebrated in conjunction with Constitution Day, although Congress first underscored the significance of United States citizenship in 1940, when Congress designated the third Sunday in May as “I Am an American Day.”
NPS Photo by Michael Quinn
The Oath of Allegiance.
On Thursday, September 23, Grand Canyon National Park in coordination with The Department of Homeland Security, hosted a naturalization ceremony at the Mather Amphitheater on the South Rim. This is the first time in history that Grand Canyon National Park has hosted such an event..
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Under blue skies and before a breathtaking view, 23 individuals from 12 different countries including, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia, became naturalized citizens. Many family members and close friends of the candidates came to show their support for this special event. Park employees and visitors also watched on as the candidates stated the Oath of Allegiance, and received their certificates of naturalization. .
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Deputy Superintendent Palma Wilson welcomed the candidates and their families. The Presentation of Colors was done by the Air Force ROTC Honor Guard of Northern Arizona University. John M. Ramirez, Acting District Director for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administered the Oath of Allegiance to America's newest citizens. A keynote address was given by USCIS Ombudsman January Contreras. Ms. Contreras stated, “Everyday, we welcome new and diverse stories and heritages into the great patchwork of our Nation. United by our devotion to the Constitution and to the civic engagement it inspires, Americans remain committed to the fundamental principles established over two hundred years ago.”.
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This event is part of USCIS’s annual celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. An estimated 9,258 candidates will become citizens at 63 special ceremonies held across the country and around the world from Sept. 13-24..
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Constitution Day is celebrated on Sept. 17 in remembrance of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Since 1952, Citizenship Day has been celebrated in conjunction with Constitution Day, although Congress first underscored the significance of United States citizenship in 1940, when Congress designated the third Sunday in May as “I Am an American Day.”
NPS Photo by Michael Quinn
Chevrolet Silverado of the U.S. Border Patrol in downtown San Diego. This one could use some new decal work.
Tactical Air Control Party Airmen with the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, conduct Fast-Rope Insertion Extraction System and Special Purpose Insertion Extraction training from a UH-60 Black Hawk with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, during exercise "I Am Ready" at Island Beach State Park, Seaside Park, N.J, Nov. 18, 2016. "I Am Ready" is an aviation centric, joint training exercise between the New Jersey Army and Air National Guard and New Jersey State Police to validate mutual aid agreements and response efforts for homeland security and domestic operations requiring New Jersey National Guard rotary wing support. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
US Customs & Border Patrol Helicopter.
Was flying pretty low ... and away from the border. Wonder who/what they were looking for.
N22PP is a Bell 412EP, Serial Number 36219, manufactured in 1998. It is operated by the United States Park Police in and around the District of Columbia where it performs law enforcement as well as search and rescue duties. The United States Park Police predates both the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service. It was established in 1791 by George Washington and has served in Federal parks for more than 200 years. The United States Park Police is now a unit of the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, with jurisdiction in all National Park Service areas and certain other Federal and State lands. The United States Park Police provide law enforcement services to designated areas primarily in the Washington, District of Columbia, New York City, New York and San Francisco, California metropolitan areas.
The Aviation Unit of the United States Park Police was established in April 1973 with one Bell 206B JetRanger and a staff of three Pilots and three Rescue Technicians. At that time the unit was based at the Anacostia Naval Air Station. A second helicopter, a Bell 206B III JetRanger, was added in 1975 and the Unit relocated to Andrews AFB. The Aviation Unit moved to its present facility in Anacostia Park, the "Eagle's Nest," in 1976. In 1983, the 206B-III was replaced by a Bell206L-III LongRanger. The first twin-engine helicopter, a Bell 412SP, and the third helicopter to carry the designation "Eagle One," was placed in service in January 1991. The Unit grew to its current staff, and began providing 24-hour coverage in January 1994.
In August 1999, the Unit took delivery of its second twin-engine helicopter, the Bell 412EP pictured above. It became the fourth helicopter in the unit history to carry the designation "Eagle One" and the same registration number as that of an earlier aircraft whose crew affected the rescue of victims after the crash of Air Florida, Flight 90.
The missions of the United States Park Police Aviation Unit include aviation support for law enforcement, medical evacuation, search and rescue, high-risk prisoner transport and Presidential and dignitary security. The Aviation Unit has provided accident free service for over 38 years.
Helicopter Information
Manufacturer: Bell
Model: 412EP
Year Built: 1998
Serial Number: 36219
Registration Number: N22PP
Photograph by Christian Shepherd
A pair of Federal Protective Service vehicles complete with an officer telling a story about being pulled over in Arizona because the police did not know about the Federal Protective Service.
June 8, 2017
Haymarket Station
Boston, Massachusetts
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@ 0:03 [Trinity, project] Regency logo Hyatt Regency 2.50 Poker Chip re: www.flickr.com/photos/grfxdziner/favorites/with/54145094686
@ 0:08 [pieces of 8] The shallow slant of lifeguard station, also at end of Fastball video
@ 0:44 its a double "Hello Magie" Bish Molly's Mother, she got a blog
@ 2:11 Oranges 3/1 31 October 31 Anything :11
@ 1:00 "Nathaniel Messenger"
@ 1:11 Always an improtant mark "and you are reading my mind right now"
I don't believe that is true, they need messengers. Like I have Yazmine, Wendy from childhood, quilt2kristen.jpg, Taryn "Porche?" :No, I have a sister Porche!" "Oh, I thought that's what you said", etc.
Angels see, for sure, and read. When I told Yazmine all the details, and how to take it, they knew." If they read your mind they would have no idea of intentions. Think of it actions with words, intentional. no mind reading, messengers.
@ 1:16 "This is Earle!!" HUGE, also a Hurricane
@ 1:35 Random? "are you a drummer?", asked to me it would be Yes!! snare and Bass [binaural beats]
@ 1:36 Flash of white light, Fatima signals that way, Daughter of God.....Polaroids [Jacob's Ladder]
@ 1:56 Saint Nicolas, such a jolly soul, does the Savior Pose [So rare and super special]
@ 2:00 warning, its a clicner mark! Nicolas Cage, camera left. Meg Ryan, foreground camera right, touching and overlapping Deanna's Blue Dot. Fatimas White dot, is above, but below the wings of the very low flying Commercial Jet Liner, see the Cross?
2 frames later, still in the 2:00 warning mark!, the crowd of people turn the heads to look.
@ 2:03 Meg Ryan's name [Lady's first] proper etiquette applies.
@ 2:05 She loves!! that part big beautiful smile
@ 2:06 Nicolas Cage...Body of Water.
@ 2:09 Nicolas as Angel, marks! on major roadway
@ 2:11 refer to second noted mark, above, she looks down and to our left.
@ 2:12 Santa's rainDear! clop clop clop Rooftops and Skyines
@ 2:20 Title Screen "City of Angels", then credits scroll