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Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Sunday, May 24, 2026
a farmer in Marietta, Ohio, had this Holt 5-Ton crawler tractor he sold to a collector, and it turns out to have been subcontracted to Maxwell to build. It took the collector 4 years just to source the correct armor plating
the Holt 5-Ton was in high demand in World War I for towing artillery. The Holt Manufacturing Company, which later merged in 1925 with the C.L. Best Tractor Company to form the Caterpillar Tractor Co., couldn’t keep up with the demand.
So Holt contracted with the Maxwell Motor Company and other manufacturers to help meet supply for the “Artillery Tractor 5-ton Model 1917,” as Holt called them.
Before all the orders could be filled, however, the war ended November 11, 1918. Holt, Maxwell and the other manufacturers were left with surplus tractors that never made it “Over There,” but some remained in service through the 1920s and others were converted to civilian use on the farm.
At 84, Bowers Jr. is retired, but the fourth generation of the family has joined Howard L. Bowers Contracting. And Bowers still goes in every day to his own special spot on the company’s property where his father used to work on old machines.
“I got what they call a ‘toy shop’ where I work on these antique tractors,” he says. “This is my ‘golf course’ over here in my own shop.”
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Saturday, May 16, 2026
super impressive tail in HSC-9, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 fused naval tradition and classic Navy tattoos by painting their ceremonial squadron aircraft, an MH-60S Seahawk, for National Tattoo Day observed annually on July 17.
“The idea started from, Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic Timothy Drexler, who has an affinity for tattoo art and passion for naval traditions, gathered images of tattoos that represented naval traditions and blended them to symbolize a melding between heritage and the junior Sailors,” Knoerzer said.
At HSC-9, AM2 Anthony Harmon helped design the paint – spending hours behind the computer designing the paint. He first reached out to his fellow sailors, asking for input on what tattoo symbols should be included. From there, the design work began – finding where on the aircraft the symbol could be placed.
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
Saturday, May 09, 2026
did you hear they had a 32,000 gallon jet fuel leak at Andrews AFB? Imagine opening the valve on 3 semi tankers at the same time, and letting them empty. How's that happen on accident and no one notice?
the Maryland Dept of Energy announced on Apr 13th that the Air Force Base failed to promptly notify the state and disclose the leaks, as required by state regulations.
The base leak detections system failed multiple times in three months and the MDE wasn't notified until the odor and the sheen was observed on the headwaters of Piscataway Creek on March 23rd
Further, the base's contamination prevention system also failed twice in early April, when a containment dam collapsed during heavy rain
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5867836-jet-fuel-leak-joint-base-andrews
this follows the Nov 2021 leak of 20,000 gallons into the Navy water supply from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, contaminating the water supply for 93,000 military members at Pearl Harbor Navy base and Hickam AFB
Thursday, May 07, 2026
Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Monday, April 27, 2026
the Daily Timewaster finds some really cool stuff, the YB-35, YB-49 and the B-2
A rare Douglas B-23 Dragon, once owned by Howard Hughes, is getting restored at Pearland Regional Airport in Texas. (thank you George!)
A total of 38 B-23s were built, serving initially as U.S. Army Air Forces medium bombers before being relegated to secondary roles during WWII, including reconnaissance, training, transport, and test duties.
Several aircraft converted for transport use were redesignated UC-67s. Following the war, all surviving examples were declared surplus, and many entered civilian service as cargo and executive transports
Saturday, April 18, 2026
1952 Willys-Overland M38A1 has a odd notch on the top of the rear 1/4 panel
it's a notch for a soft top frame
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
A-10 Warthog nose art with humor
it looks familiar, and I can't recall if I posted it already. Nothing turned up when I tried to look for it
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Friday, April 03, 2026
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