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Army shoots down eebul drone, and Texas Dem
With all the talk about the hundreds of cartel drones supposedly crossing our border (note the incident last week) it is no surprise that the Army took out another one today. Let’s ignore the fact that the last publicized incident turned out to be a mylar party balloon. Thursday, the Army took out a suspected […]
Fly the Friendly Skies of El Paso
We had a situation in El Paso Tuesday this week – seems one or more drug cartel drones intruded into our air space, causing the FAA to call a ten DAY closure over El Paso. The El Paso International Airport is located less than 10 miles from Biggs Army Airfield on Fort Bliss. Leadership at […]
Second Military Border Zone Opens
In April, Trump directed the transfer of a 60-foot strip of federal land lying parallel to the U.S.-Mexico border from control of three federal agencies (Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security) to the Department of Defense. This land, known as the Roosevelt Reservation, is a noncontiguous strip that snakes along the southern border from New Mexico […]
Recycling old AF stuff
This adds a bit to AW1Ed’s column of deploying assets on our southern flank. The Air Force is finding some love for assets many of you probably thought had gone away. U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has confirmed that U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes have been flying missions around the […]
‘Splodey Escalation Thursday
Let’s lead off with a significant escalation on our border: Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, 74, a Texas rancher who worked on both sides of the border, was driving near his ranch in Tamaulipas, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas, when he was killed by an IED, KRGV-TV reported. Also killed was Horacio Lopez Peña. Ninfa Griselda […]
Natl Guard Chief says NG troops defending border is a waste of time
The Chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel Hokanson, testified to Congress that the NG troops deployed to protect the southern border isn’t a militarily relevant mission. The quote is that it has “no military training value”, which seems pretty dense to me. He’d rather instead of deploying to defend the nation, they instead […]
Saturday shorts
We thought we were making bit of progress on the border…Biden only wants to admit 2500 a day before he shuts the border down (but notice his folks keep count and it has to average that for a week before kicking in) and we actually caught the only 8 baddies who have crossed the […]
Hacked data exposes more Fast and Furious related information
Remember Fast and Furious? Data in possession of the Mexican military was hacked, revealing both American gun shops and gun smugglers related to firearms recovered in Mexico. The hacked data included information regarding Fast and Furious. Agents stood down in Arizona to allow illegal gun purchases. They wanted to use this program to get better […]
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