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DOTTY31 USAF Rivet Joint was also present off Crimea-red dot running some track time just sw of it.
The Rivet Joint's modifications are primarily related to its on-board sensor suite, which allows the mission crew to detect, identify and geolocate signals throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. The mission crew can then forward gathered information in a variety of formats to a wide range of consumers via Rivet Joint's extensive communications suite. The interior seats more than 30 people, including the cockpit crew, electronic warfare officers, intelligence operators and in-flight maintenance technicians. The Rivet Joint fleet was re-engined with CFM-56 engines with an upgraded flight deck instrumentation and navigational systems to FAA/ICAO standards. These standards include conversion from analog readouts to a digital "glass cockpit" configuration. All Rivet Joint airframe and mission systems modifications are overseen by L-3 Communications (previously Raytheon), under the oversight of Air Force Materiel Command.
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104608/rc-135vw-rivet-joint/
Eberbody heading back
DOTTY31 to Souda Bay, Crete
NATO07 to Geilenkirchen
00000000 back to Rota
Interdasting contrast here. The negotiations AC (Secretary of State) SAM556 heading out while the 'supply' AC KAPPA77 that likely restocked the Iron Dome,amonsgt other things, heading back.
SAM556 USAF C-32A departed JBA ne
Secretary of State Blinken heads to Middle East to follow up Gaza cease-fire
Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Monday to travel to the Middle East following the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that ended nearly two weeks of violence in Gaza. The State Department said Blinken will visit Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt. The White House said during the trip he will meet with Israeli leaders and discuss "ironclad" U.S. commitment to Israeli security. In Israel, Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. In Ramallah, he'll join Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Blinken said Sunday that Biden is committed to a two-state solution in Gaza while allowing Israel the "means to defend itself." Blinken said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must end in a way that allows both to live with "equal measures of security, of peace and of dignity." The trip comes days after an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire in Gaza took effect and ended an 11-day Israeli bombing campaign that killed more than 230 people. After the cease-fire, Biden said the United States will provide humanitarian aid to Gaza in a partnership with the Palestinian Authority. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/05/24/antony-blinken-middle-east-israel-palestinian-ceasefire/9461621861238/
KAPPA77 USAFSOC C-32B inbound from Oslo, Norway depart with a ground stop at Shannon Ireland
This AC departed McGuire AFB on 0520 just as the 'cease-fire' was announced in Israel and was last seen heading for Tel Aviv after a ground stop at Shannon. It re-appeared on it's way to Oslo over Greece yesterday-about where it dropped on 0521 (early GMT)
>>56236
Plus 99-6143 USAFSOC C-32B departing Hanscom AFB, Bedford , MA after a quick ground stop
Prior at NAS Oceana
>>56277 pb
All the tech co's will be oh so willing to out anyone at this point.
Pay no attention to the HR person in the corner if you say anything.
So glad I left
>>56170 pb Japan Self-Defense Forces start mass-vaccination mission
US State Dept Issues "Do Not Travel" Advisory For Japan As Calls To Cancel Olympics Intensify
Shortly after the warnings from Masa-san and news (below) of Japan's push for a amass vaccination program, the US State Department has cranked up the pressure to '11' by issuing a Level 4 Travel Advisory for visitors to Japan.
"Do not travel to Japan due to COVID-19."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice for Japan due to COVID-19, indicating a very high level of COVID-19 in the country. There are restrictions in place affecting U.S. citizen entry into Japan. Visit the Embassy's COVID-19 page for more information on COVID-19 in Japan.
So the question is - will the US send their athletes?
Much to the chagrin of Japan's political leaders, worsening COVID-19 cases are prompting more critics, including SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son (one of the country's most high-profile businessmen), to warn that the Olympics should be canceled as hospitals in the country's second-largest city, Osaka, struggle to treat a huge wave of hospitalized patients as Japan becomes the latest Asian nation to fall victim to a new wave of the virus.
The western Japanese region of Osaka is home to 9 million people, and is suffering the brunt of what Reuters described as Japan's "fourth wave of the pandemic." Only half of the region's medical staff are vaccinated, which "underscores the challenge of hosting a major global sports event in two months time," Reuters added. "Simply put, this is a collapse of the medical system," said Yuji Tohda, the director of Kindai University Hospital in Osaka.
Fortunately for the government, the surge is already showing some signs of abating. Tokyo, the site of the upcoming Summer Olympics (which were postponed after the pandemic made the Games a virtual impossibility last year) reported 340 new cases on Monday, down from 535 a day earlier, bringing the seven-day average of new cases in the capital to 638, which is 18.7% lower than the prior week. Osaka meanwhile registered 216 new infections, down from 274 a day ago and the first time in two months that the number of new cases in the western Japan prefecture fell below 300 for two consecutive days. Tokyo, Osaka and seven other prefectures are currently under a state of emergency that has been extended through May 31. Japan has recorded more than 700,000 infections and 12,000 Covid-19 deaths from the virus.
Masa Son originally voiced his criticisms a few days ago, saying "Currently more than 80% of people want the Olympics to be postponed or cancelled. Who and on what authority is it being forced through?"
今、国民の8割以上が延期か中止を希望しているオリンピック。誰が何の権利で強行するのだろうか。 — 孫正義 (@masason) May 22, 2021
Just as Masa Son - who has occasionally been described as 'Japan's Warren Buffett' - was criticizing the government for being a "vaccine laggard" and saying the slow pace of the country's innoculation drive could put lives at risk, Japan has deployed its Self-Defense Forces (remember, Japan technically doesn't have its own army) to aid in its vaccination drive, speeding up inoculations targeting 36MM people over the age of 65. Medical officers and nurses will be stationed at two vaccination sites in Tokyo and Osaka, according to the BBC.
The centers will give out thousands of shots each day, prioritizing the elderly. Right now, only 5% of Japan's population is fully vaccinated. Officials are planning to vaccinate up to 5,000 people in Tokyo and 2,500 in Osaka every day with the recently approved Moderna jab, while in June and July this capacity is set to double. Mass vaccination facilities are also planned for other major cities like Kobe and Nagoya.
As for the Olympic Games, just last week the IOC declared that they will "absolutely" proceed, though travel and capacity restrictions will of course limit the number of spectators.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/japan-launches-mass-vaccination-campaign-calls-cancel-olympics-intensify
Fed Alert: Reverse Repo Usage Nears Record As Repo Market Set To Blow
Ahead of today's 1:15pm overnight Reverse Repo deadline we asked if today is the day the repo market finallys crack, pushing the amount of reserves parked at the Fed to a new record above $500 billion.
Are we going to hit half a T in RRP today
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 24, 2021
We were off, but not by too much: on Monday, the Fed revealed that the amount of overnight reserves parked at the Fed rose by another $26BN to $394.9BN (with 54 counteparties) from $369BN (52 counteparties) on Friday, which was the 5th highest in history, up a whopping $186 billion in one week and the highest non-quarter end reverse repo usage ever!
The Fed is taking Treasurys out of the market through QE purchases and putting them right back in via the RRP
The heavy use of the o/n RRP facility tells us that foreign banks too are now chock-full of reserves.
Banks don't have the balance sheet to warehouse any more reserves at current spread levels.
As for the immediate market implications they are even more ominous: either the Fed will have to hike the IOER or rates will soon go negative. Worse, with the Fed still planning to do at least $1 trillion in QE even assuming a December taper, and potentially as much as $2 trillion based on the latest just released Fed "forecast", there is simply no place to park all of these reserves. And while Powell & Co pretend that they can continue business as usual for years to come, the repo market is not only cracking but banks, full to the gills with inert reserves and which increase by $30 billion every week, are on the verge of pulling a Mr Creosote.... and balking at even a penny of additional liquidity. How the Fed will continue to monetize debt then, when the repo system is now out of collateral, is anyone's guess.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fed-alert-reverse-repo-usage-nears-record-repo-market-set-blow
https://apps.newyorkfed.org/markets/autorates/temp
>>47697 pb Federal Reserve Bank of New York Reverse Repo(s) April 8-23: $625.35B
>>49822 pb FRBNY Reverse Repo Operations April 26-30: $766.523B
>>51731 Federal Reserve Bank of New York Reverse Repo operations week of May 2nd, 2021-$757.09b
>>55522 pb Federal Reserve Bank of New York Reverse Repo Operations Week of May 16th-$1.46T
KAPPA77 USAFSOC C-32B landed at McGuire AFB, NJ home base
dat's so apropos though