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Interesting info in this accident report...
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2017/03142017_U28A_CANNON.pdf
BACKGROUND
a. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
AFSOC provides Air Force special operations forces (SOF) for worldwide
deployment and assignment to regional unified commands. (Tab DD-2) The
command's core missions include battlefield air operations, agile combat
support, aviation foreign internal defense, information operations/military
support operations, precision strike, specialized air mobility, command and
control, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). (Tab DD-2)
AFSOC's unique capabilities include airborne radio and television broadcast for psychological operations, as well as aviation foreign internal defense instructors to provide other governments military expertise for their internal development. (Tab DD-2) The command's special tactics squadrons combine combat controllers, tactical air control party members, special operations weathermen and pararescuemen with other service SOF to form versatile joint special operations teams. (Tab DD-2) The command's forces are organized under four active-duty wings, one Reserve wing, two National Guard wings, one overseas group and several direct reporting units.
(Tab DD-2)
b. 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW)
The 27 SOW provides specialized airpower, capable across the spectrum of conflict . . . anyplace, anytime, anywhere. (Tab DD-4) Cannon AFB, home of the 27 SOW, lies in the high plains of eastern NM, near the TX, panhandle. (Tab DD-4) The base is eight miles west of Clovis, NM, and is 4,295 feet above sea level. The base itself sits on 3,789 acres of land. (Tab DD-4)
c. 318th Special Operations Squadron (318 SOS)
The 318 SOS operates U-28A aircraft, providing ISR capabilities to support
special operations worldwide. (Tab DD-6 to DD-7)
PC-12 fate was in question two months ago
General says USAF Spec. Ops. must “ruthlessly” cut legacy systems
November 24, 2020 Staff Writer
Photo: A Pilatus PC-12 from the 318th Special Operations Squadron practices touch-and-go maneuvers at Truth or Consequences, N.M., January 24, 2019. The 318th Squadron primarily flies with the U-28A aircraft, however they use the PC-12 as a practice aircraft. (U.S. photo by Airman 1st Class Vernon R. Walter III)
The US Air Force is pressuring its Special Operations Command to adapt to tighter budgets as America prepares to deal with the possibility of war with near-peer threats.
As potential conflict with China or Russia becomes a reality, AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. James Slife made it clear that some aspects of special warfare are going to have to make do with less.
“One thing that’s clear to us is that the future doesn’t look a lot like the present to us,” Slife said. “The only conclusion one can come to is we have to stop doing some stuff.”
The first victims would likely be legacy systems that have had long service lifespans, to include the unarmed U-28A Draco, a modified, single-engine Pilatus PC-12 used by AFSOC for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
According to Yahoo! News, such aircraft could be replaced with armed drones that would sport a longer loiter time and have weapons to bear should the need arise.
“We have to look ruthlessly at what we have been doing and what we’re going to be required to do and make the trade to position ourselves for the future,” Slife said.
In the end, trade-offs may be made, particularl when it comes to supporting or being supported by other branches.
“We need to return to being a supporting force to the larger joint enterprise and, for me, that means the US Air Force. That’s probably the area that’s attracting more of my attention than anything else right now,” Slife said.
Sauce:
https://jqpublicblog.com/general-says-usaf-spec-ops-must-ruthlessly-cut-legacy-systems/
>>>/qresearch/12977354
Excellent thread on Thomas Wictor's theory concerning the military acting against domestic enemies
You don't need a quodverum account to view the thread and comments at the link below.
https://social.quodverum.com/@ThomasWic/105744162388816437
Thomas Wictor@ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
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For @NSP
You wrote:
"The thing I can't wrap my mind around is Biden officially being CIC, and any clandestine operations being carried out by troops who would be painted as guilty of insurrection."
February 16, 2021, 9:11 PM
Well, I'm talking about operations against enemy assets located inside this country, such as foreign nationals and American agents of our enemies.
Also, I'm talking about enemy actions that take place outside the borders of the US.
Can the military keep these operations secrets from the president?
Yes.
Trump authorized the military to ensure continuity of government if all the constitutional successors are incapacitated.
Contingency Plans Octagon, Freejack, and Zodiac.
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-top-secret-plans-if-coronavirus-cripples-government-1492878
Exclusive: Inside the military's top secret plan if coronavirus cripples the government
What if all the Constitutional successors are incapacitated? Standby orders were issued more than three weeks ago to protect Washington and also prepare for the…
www.newsweek.com
Didn't know that, did you?
Trump claimed that these plans were put in place to prepare for the pandemic taking out the whole government.
AND NEWSWEEK BELIEVED IT.
Here's the relevant passage:
"'We're in territory we've never been in before."
Octagon, Freejack and Zodiac are three of only SEVEN contingency plans all playing out simultaneously.
Some of the plans are so compartmented that only a handful of people know about them.
Granite Shadow lays out "extraordinary domestic missions."
The troops have "special authorities" pre-delegated by the president and the attorney general.
This situation is called "devolution."
We've devolved from lawful civilian federal government.
"The devolution staff be located at 'a geographically dispersed location unaffected by the incident.'"
Trump began planning for this in…2018.
WE ARE ALREADY UNDER MILITARY RULE.
But clandestine military rule.
Clandestine war is smart war.
AND.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Manual for Courts Martial have several definitions of "unlawful orders."
THIS definition covers the current situation:
"(v) Relationship to statutory or constitutional rights. The order must not conflict with the statutory or constitutional rights of the person receiving the order."
NOW DOES EVERYBODY SEE?
And NOW do you agree that Trump is one of the smartest people who ever lived?
You thought martial law would be like in the movies.
Nope.
Trump figured out how to make it palatable to the guys who had to carry it out.
AND AS I SAID, almost nobody knows it's happening.
The people running the country are geographically dispersed, and everything is compartmented.
When it's over, it will never be revealed.
This is why Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller said to Pence, "We've been through some stuff."
And THESE are the most complex operations ever carried out by the US military.
As Miller said.
PENCE OVERSAW IT ALL.
And continues to oversee it.
Because it ain't over.
Trump figured out a resolution that will allow the devolution staff to remain unidentified forever.
So to answer your question, Biden isn't president. I said this before, but I didn't elaborate.
I said that Trump went through Congress and his cabinet, but I didn't say HOW.
But since Newsweek had already published all this, I figured it was time to talk about what's actually happening.
The Newsweek article is totally accurate.
They just had no idea what they were revealing.
END