Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸

Iowa-born, Big Nerd on Aircraft/Military Tech/Spaceflight/Politics/Pre-Columbian History. Radical Non-Partisan.

[Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸 @Wmpenn09]

Since the topic of us pulling birds out of the "boneyard" has come up quite a few since the E-3G lost a week or so ago, here are some things to keep in mind about recent losses:
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[Humanoid History @HumanoidHistory]

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" premiered on this day in 1987.

[Task & Purpose @TaskandPurpose]

Largest Army base in South Korea has no running water over holiday weekend https://t.co/iD7mxwV1Yk

[Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸 @Wmpenn09]

@usairforce @DeptofWar A lot of y'all obviously didn't read the article: (1) This isn't about a uniform patch, it's changing our religious affiliation already on the vMPF page to match the new list everyone was mussing about months ago & (2) it states that dog tags don't have to follow the new listing

[Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸 @Wmpenn09]

@questionableway Fair point; the key word is "right". The 15th Amendment gave all (male) citizens the right to vote. The Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s finally addressed the "ability" for all to vote on an equal basis.

[Right Wing Watch @RightWingWatch]

If you think women should be able to vote, have jobs, live alone, or have unsupervised access to one another, that is because "you have normalcy bias for insane world": "You're living in an insane asylum and you think it's the normal world." https://t.co/MUg0khVoy6

[朝鮮人民軍bot @KPA_bot]

今日の労働新聞にて20日、ミサイル総局が兵器システムの技術高度化において重大な意義を持つ新型兵器の試験を成功裏に実施したと報道。KN-23か24にHGVを装着してる？

[Air Superior @airsuperiorx]

AC-130J Ghostrider launching an AGM-190A Havoc Spear Small Cruise Missile (SCM).

[Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸 @Wmpenn09]

@RupprechtDeino @RakibKhan0073 @clashreport Hmm, I mean if you include the Type 075 & 076 Amphibious Assault Ships, that would 2x Aircraft Carriers + 5x AAS launched since 2017 (~108 months) = 1 every 15 months?

[@Rupprecht_A @RupprechtDeino]

Some clear close ups of the six Usbekistan 🇺🇿 Air Force J-10CE.

[Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸 @Wmpenn09]

Man, I love the Hawk Mk 200s. Pocket Fighter! #avgeeks

[tomori @tkmtomorixwb]

Indonesian Air Force
TT-0210
British Aerospace Hawk 209
Halim Perdana Kusuma / 17.08.2026

[Lord Arse! @Lord_Arse]

Three minutes of Tim Curry as Premier Anatoly Cherdenko being a complete legend (and holding in many laughs) whilst filming scenes for Red Alert 3.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting the denial of the right to vote on the basis of sex. The Library holds the records and library collection of the National Woman’s Party, which was instrumental in getting the legislation passed. 🧵

[Iron Lady @nuwangzi]

#PLAAF

H-6 Strategic bomber armed with YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles

via QinShi2022

[Guy Plopsky @GuyPlopsky]

🇺🇲 An Airman assigned to the Collaborative Combat Aircraft Experimental Operations Unit refuels a YFQ-44A Fury at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, July 21, 2026. The Fury is seen equipped with a pair or CATM-120C captive-carry training missiles.

(📸/U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Vinh Phan)

[TheIntelFrog @TheIntelFrog]

Operation EPIC FURY casualties are now being counted under a new section called 'Overseas Operations' with a starting date of July 7th, 2026.

Let's look at how this has evolved over the past 3 weeks.

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[Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸 @Wmpenn09]

@MizarVision Looks like a warehouse not a hangar, since there's no taxiways nearby but instead the area looks to be full of shipping containers and/or CONEXs.

[AlexAftermarket @AlexAftermarket]

B-58 Hustler bomber.
Restored and colorized old photos. Credit by Embase

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱 🦩🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇷 @TheDeadDistrict]

🇺🇦 F-16

[Technical Gremlin Grogan 🇺🇸 @Wmpenn09]

@joeblillib4090 Reminds me of the Abbot and AMX-13 I found in a random (but amazing) artillery/armor museum in Saint Jo, Texas, population ~900. Just never know where this stuff can turn up nowadays

[The Aviationist @TheAviationist]

U.S. Air Force Plans Major Investment into UK Bases

Lakenheath, Mildenhall, and Fairford will all receive a portion of a $4.2 billion investment into U.S. bases in the UK, according to documents seen by The Guardian.

Story: https://t.co/PdUmOeQiG9