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Douglas A-26B Invader "Night Mission" at the 2016 Cannon AFB Open House and Air Show held May 28-29, 2016.
Paprihaven is rich with adventurous heroes and the Justice League is not the only party aware of Ming's underwater headquarters. * As Aquaman swims to meet his foes,** in Tomper on the far shore of Lake Paprihaven, Dr. Quest and his team are analyzing their data.
Dr. Quest: Hm, yes. I believe these new sonar readings have pinpointed our target.
Race Bannon: Deep?
Dr. Quest: Very. I didn't even see that trench until we started looking. The topography is unusual.
Johnny Quest: Dad, maybe whoever has that whatever down there is the one who changed the bottom.
Dr. Quest: No, going by what I'm seeing so far, I'm certain the landscape down there is old.
Race: I'd better use the Cyber Jet.
Dr. Quest: Good idea. We can take advantage of its stealth mode, though who knows if it will be effective. Depends on what the person down there has in place defensively. Hadji, bring that frequency up a bit. I think I'm hearing something...
Hadji: Yes, Dr. Quest. How about now?
Dr. Quest: Yes... there's activity increasing in the lake... but on the far side. Not near the target.
Race: I'll suit up. Jessie should be back from recon shortly.
Johnny: Dad, Jessie and Hadji and I can recon the beach while Race is down there.
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* As seen in issue 1576!
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** As seen last issue!
Douglas A-26B Invader NIght Mission on display inside the Vintage Flying Museum at FTW airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
Douglas A-26B Invader NIght Mission on display inside the Vintage Flying Museum at FTW airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
Douglas A-26B Invader "Night Mission" at the 2016 Cannon AFB Open House and Air Show held May 28-29, 2016.
Douglas A-26B Invader "Night Mission" at the 2016 Cannon AFB Open House and Air Show held May 28-29, 2016.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, takes off for a nighttime training mission, June 16, 2020. The 180FW is the only F-16 fighter wing in the state of Ohio, whose mission is to provide for America; protection of the homeland, effective combat power and defense support to civil authorities, while developing Airmen, supporting their families and serving in our community. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, takes off for a nighttime training mission, June 16, 2020. The 180FW is the only F-16 fighter wing in the state of Ohio, whose mission is to provide for America; protection of the homeland, effective combat power and defense support to civil authorities, while developing Airmen, supporting their families and serving in our community. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker)
Afghan and coalition security force members provide security after an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Dand district, Kandahar province, Mar. 28, 2013. The insurgent leader allegedly has command and control responsibilities over a number of fighters dedicated to attacking Afghan and coalition forces. He is believed to have extensive experience with improvised explosive device operations, and plays a vital role in lethal aid transportation and distribution throughout Kandahar province. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Hulett /Released)
A coalition security force member scans his sector during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Dand district, Kandahar province, Mar. 28, 2013. The insurgent leader allegedly has command and control responsibilities over a number of fighters dedicated to attacking Afghan and coalition forces. He is believed to have extensive experience with improvised explosive device operations, and plays a vital role in lethal aid transportation and distribution throughout Kandahar province. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Hulett / Released)
A convoy led by the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, makes its way through Kabul May 23. The unit was completing a 400-mile convoy from Bagram Air Field to Forward Operating Base Warrior and back as security for more than a dozen Afghan-owned cargo trucks, taking one of Afghanistan's most dangerous roads, Highway 1.
7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar
Date Taken:05.23.2012
Location:PARWAN PROVINCE, AF
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U.S. Army Capt. Mathew Barton, Company Commander of Bravo Company assingned to the 143rd Infantry (Airborne) directs his soldiers to their next objective at Kelly Drop Zone, San Antonio, Texas on Mar. 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise is an annual large scale Airborne drop and mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that occur while deployed. (US Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Jeffery Harris)
U.S. Army of Bravo Company assingned to the 143rd Infantry (Airborne) assists in securing the company's Assembly Area at Kelly Drop Zone, San Antonio, Texas on Mar. 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise is an annual large scale Airborne drop and mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that occur while deployed. (US Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Jeffery Harris)
U.S. Soldier of Bravo Company assingned to the 143rd Infantry (Airborne) assists in securing the company's Assembly Area at Kelly Drop Zone, San Antonio, Texas on Mar. 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise is an annual large scale Airborne drop and mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that occur while deployed. (US Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Jeffery Harris)
Lessons learned over Europe and the Pacific showed that the B-24 was vulnerable to attacks from the front—a problem it shared with the B-17. In the field, B-24 crews jammed as many machine guns as possible into the glasshouse nose of the B-24D (some B-24s at Ploesti had five or six guns in a nose designed only for three at most), but this was not the solution.
Consolidated experimented with various kinds of modifications until settling on a redesigned nose with a manned turret (unlike the remote chin turret on the B-17G). This would cause some loss of aerodynamics on an aircraft already known for its difficult handling, but it at least would give the B-24 better defense from forward attacks. The redesign also made the nose roomier, added chin windows for the bombardier, enlarged the dorsal and tail turrets for better visibility, and enclosed the waist positions. The wet wing used by the B-24D was deleted in favor of self-sealing fuel tanks, eliminating the B-24’s tendency to catch fire.
Production shifted to the B-24H in late 1943, but there was a shortage of the electrically-powered Emerson nose turret, and so a hydraulically-powered Sperry turret was used on the B-24J. If that was not confusing enough, Consolidated also produced a lighter version, the B-24L, with no ball or tail turrets, leaving it to individual groups to install heavier turrets, flexible mounts, or no armament at all. All three were produced at once, and all three were used in increasingly heavy combat over Europe.
Though losses climbed over Europe, the aircraft could at least be easily replaced, for by the introduction of the B-24H/J series, Liberator production had truly hit its stride. Four factories were producing B-24s, but the most famous and efficient was Ford’s Willow Run plant, which by 1944 was producing one bomber per hour—crews fresh from training would arrive at Willow Run around nightfall, and pick up their new B-24 the next morning. The B-24 would not only become the most produced bomber of World War II, it would be the most produced American combat aircraft in history—no less than 18,482 Liberators would come off the line by the end of the war.
B-24Js and like variants would see heavy service worldwide, replacing the B-17 entirely in the Pacific and supplementing it over Europe. B-24s would bomb both Berlin and attack the southernmost Japanese home islands. Besides acting as strategic bombers, Liberators would also act as antisubmarine maritime patrol aircraft for the RAF, the USAAF, and the US Navy as the PB4Y-1; the latter would also be converted to primitive cruise missiles in Operation Aphrodite against German V-weapon sites in Belgium. One Aphrodite mission would claim the life of Joseph Kennedy Jr., older brother of future President John F. Kennedy. Still others would be converted to long-range transports, flying fuel over the Himalayas “Hump” in support of operations in China, and two would be converted to executive transports for both Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the latter becoming the first of many Presidential aircraft. By 1945, it was possible to find B-24s literally everywhere, from Alaska’s cold Aleutians to sunny Brazil, from China to Italy.
After the end of World War II, the USAAF rapidly scrapped nearly its entire B-24 fleet, but a few soldiered on in the 1960s, mainly in India, where they operated as maritime patrol aircraft. Others served as seed aircraft for postwar airlines, including Qantas of Australia. By 1968, however, nearly all B-24s had disappeared from inventories worldwide; today, only 14 complete Liberators are left, with two aircraft flyable.
"Union Hotel" was also known as "Night Mission" to her crew, and was a B-24J assigned to the 308th Bomb Group (Heavy) at Kunming, China. The confusion arises from her eventual fate. Though the aircraft survived the war, when it was scrapped in 1946, only the nose art was saved--and the nose art only shows the name on the welcome mat, "Union Hotel." The "Night Mission" portion was not preserved. It was only when photographs were found of the real bomber later that the truth of the aircraft's name came out.
I had a little confusion on this myself. The black underside led me to believe that this was from a B-29 Superfortress, since B-29s were given black undersides during the Korean War. However, the 308th BG often undertook night strikes on Japanese shipping in the Taiwan Straits, so their Liberators were also painted black on the lower fuselage. "Union Hotel/Night Mission" was indeed a B-24J; it also had a sharkmouth, which was somewhat unique to the 308th when it came to B-24s.
"Union Hotel" shows an attractive blonde getting back to her hotel room, preparing for a "Night Mission." Though the art was painted in 1944, it bears a striking resemblance (in my opinion) to the Robotech character Lisa Hayes, from the 1980s!
A group of Afghan soldiers with 3rd Commando Kandak, and U.S. soldiers with Special Operations Task Force - South, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after completing an operation to impede Taliban activity, Oct. 26, 2010, in Panjwaii District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Spc. Daniel P. Shook).
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan Media Operations Center
Photo by Daniel P. Shook
Date Taken:10.26.2010
Location:KANDAHAR PROVINCE, AF
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U.S. Army Eastin Hargis of Bravo Company assingned to the 143rd Infantry (Airborne) assists in securing the company's Assembly Area at Kelly Drop Zone, San Antonio, Texas on Mar. 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise is an annual large scale Airborne drop and mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that occur while deployed. (US Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Jeffery Harris)
U.S. Soldiers of Bravo Company assigned to the 143rd Infantry (Airborne) returns fire with the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise at Kelly Drop Zone, San Antonio, Texas on Mar. 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise is an annual large scale Airborne drop and mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that occur while deployed. (US Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Jeffery Harris)
U.S. Soldier of Bravo Company assingned to the 143rd Infantry (Airborne) prepares to make movement with M-4 Assault Rifle at Kelly Drop Zone, San Antonio, Texas on Mar. 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry Exercise is an annual large scale Airborne drop and mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that occur while deployed. (US Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Jeffery Harris)
Returning to post, after a night mission in Lebanon, December 1989 or January 1990
Scan from print.
"The objective: Defend the Northern communities" is written above every briefing board in every post along the Blue Line (the intl' border between Israel and Lebanon). On every mission I took part of in Lebanon, I only had to turn my head and see the towns and villages we were defending.
Yet I couldn't help the thought of how folish it all is. How much money and effort is being poured into this DEFENCE. If we (by we I mean all parties in the conflict) were to stop fighting, how much better all our lives would be. Imagine what could have been done with just the money sepnt on this tank I was commanding was put into education or health care...