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Rising Star (ship, 1991)
''Rising Star'' (USAF TG-71-9001) is a tugboat operated by the United States Air Force to assist cargo vessels supplying Pituffik Space Base (formerly Thule Air Base), in northern Greenland. The tugboat is only operated during the period of three months or less that the port is ice-free. For the remainder of the year the vessel is pulled up on the beach. ''Rising Star'' is the Air Force's only tugboat. Construction and characteristics Built in 1991 at the Swiftships yard in Morgan City, Louisiana, ''Rising Star'' is long and powered by two two-stroke diesel engines, capable of generating each. History ''Rising Star'' is the only tugboat in the U.S. Air Force. The ship entered United States Air Force service at Pituffik Space Base Pituffik Space Base ( ; ; ), formerly Thule Air Base (), is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States. 150 United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established by transfer of personnel from the Army Air Forces with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in United States order of precedence, order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, airlift, rapid global mobility, Strategic bombing, global strike, and command and control. The United States Department of the Air Force, Department of the Air Force, which serves as the USAF's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Star Bay
North Star Bay (), also known as Thule Harbor and Wolstenholme Bay, is at the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord in north-west Greenland. The Dundas Peninsula, terminating in the mesa-like Mount Dundas, is at the north-eastern end of the bay. Two large islands are off the bay, Saunders Island, Greenland, Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Island. Bylot Sound is the strait to the south, between the islands and the mainland. The Inughuit settlements of Narsaarsuk and Pituffik were once on the shore of the bay. Knud Rasmussen established a trading post and mission called "Thule" at the north-eastern end in 1910. The United States started building defense facilities on the bay from 1943 and the Inughuit had to leave in 1953. The U.S. Pituffik Space Base is now the only inhabited place on the bay. History The bay is named after HMS North Star (1824), HMS ''North Star'', which was trapped by ice and wintered in the bay in 1849–50. ''North Star'' under Commander James Saunders (naval commande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thule Air Base
Pituffik Space Base ( ; ; ), formerly Thule Air Base (), is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States. 150 United States guardians serve there, after the United States significantly reduced its presence from 6000 personnel during the Cold War. Denmark was a founding member of NATO in 1949, and the 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement allowed the United States to operate the base under a NATO framework, as long as both Denmark and the United States remain NATO members. Under the agreement, the Danish national flag must be flown at the base to recognize that the base is on Danish territory, but the United States is allowed to fly its own flag alongside the Danish flag on the facilities it operates. It is the northernmost installation of the U.S. Armed Forces, north of the Arctic Circle and from the North Pole. Pituffik's Arctic environment includes icebergs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterson Air Force Base
Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a United States Space Force base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the Space Force's 21st Space Wing, elements of the Space Force's Space Systems Command, and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) headquarters. Developed as a World War II air support base for Camp Carson, the facility conducted Army Air Forces training and supported Cold War air defense centers at the nearby Ent Air Force Base, Chidlaw Building, and Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The base was the location of the Air Force Space Command headquarters from 1987 to 20 December 2019 and has had NORAD/ NORTHCOM command center operations since the 2006 Cheyenne Mountain Realignment placed the nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex on standby. On 26 July 2021, the installation was renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space force branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is also one of two List of space forces, units, and formations#Independent space forces, independent space forces in the world. The United States Space Force traces its origins to the Air Force, Army, and Navy's military space programs created during the beginning of the Cold War. US military space forces first participated in combat operations during the Vietnam War and have participated in every U.S. military operation since, most notably in the Gulf War, which has been referred to as the "first space war." The Strategic Defense Initiative and creation of Air Force Space Command in the 1980s marked a renaissance for military space operations. Proposals for a U.S. Space Force were first seriously considered during the Reagan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air & Space Forces Association
The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit, professional military association for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, its declared mission is "to educate the public about air and space power, to advocate for the world's most capable, most lethal, and most effective Air and Space Forces, and to support Airmen, Guardians, and their families." AFA publishes ''Air & Space Forces'' (retitled from ''Air Force Magazine'' in September 2022) and the ''Daily Report''. It also runs the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and conducts social networking, public outreach, and national conferences and symposia. It sponsors professional development seminars and has an awards program. AFA has a scholarship program for Air Force active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve members and their dependents. It also provides grants to promote science and math education at the elementary a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado Springs Business Journal
''Colorado Springs Business Journal'', founded in 1989, was a weekly business periodical for Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2022, it was merged into the '' Colorado Springs Independent,'' which ceased publication a year later. History Chuck Shelden and Roger Powell founded the ''Colorado Springs Business Journal'' on April 1, 1989. Its first office was in the DeGraff Building on S. Tejon and it was first a twice a month publication. By 1993 it had become a weekly publication, had 15 staff members and moved to 31 E. Platte Avenue. In 1998 Shelden and Powell sold the journal to the Dolan Media Group, which is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and also published the ''Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group.'' As reported in 2005 and 2010, there were 20 people on staff. In 2012, the ''Business Journal'' was sold by Dolan to the '' Colorado Springs Independent''. Colorado Publishing Company. Its revenue was below $5 million in 2005 and above $5 million in 2010. In December 2022, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Equipment Of The United States Armed Forces
The equipment of the United States Armed Forces includes: weapons, ammunition, vehicles, and attire. Weapons such as, M4A1 rifles, M2 machine guns, and more have been used. Ammunition includes .50 caliber, and more. Vehicles such as Humvees and M1A2 Abrams are in service with the United States Armed Forces as well, and many others. Helicopters like the UH-60 Black Hawk and Apache helicopters and more are used too by them. Planes such as F-35s, F-22s, F-15s, and more have been used. Ships include the USS Enterprise, the USS Gerald R. Ford, destroyers, and many more are used. Weapons Vehicles Fixed-wing aircraft Rotary Winged-Aircraft / VTOL / VSTOL Spacecraft Land vehicles Watercraft Attire Uniforms Camouflage patterns See also * United States Armed Forces * List of equipment of the United States Air Force * List of equipment of the United States Army * List of equipment of the United States Navy * List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maersk Peary
''Maersk Peary'' is a tanker, operated by the shipping firm Maersk Line, that was designed for working in the polar regions. History She was built in 2004 by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, South Korea, originally with a red hull and registered in Norway as the MT ''Jutul''. In 2011, Maersk won a long-term contract to supply Thule AFB, in Greenland and McMurdo Station, in Antarctica, and the ''Maersk Peary'' was reflagged as an American vessel and painted blue, sailing with an American crew. The vessel was then leased to the Military Sealift Command. As of August 11, 2023, ''Maersk Peary'' sails under the name ''Acadia Trader''. Images USAF_Rising_Star,_used_during_the_2_months_a_year_Thule,_AFB's_port_is_open_--_130925-F-ZZ999-006.JPG, USAF Rising Star pushing the ''Maersk Peary'' at Thule AFB Antarctica- Maersk Peary Tanker Off-Load.jpg, ''Maersk Peary'' off-loading fuel at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica USNS Maersk Peary provides fuel to McMurdo Station in Antar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navigation Season
In the water transport, the navigation season (or shipping season) is a period of the year during which a waterway is open for navigation. The opening and closing dates of the season are determined annually by the waterway administration to accommodate the weather, water flow and ice conditions as well as the transportation demands. The term is also frequently used to designate number of days per year with easy navigation. Terminology In a general sense, in different contexts the term has slightly different meanings, multiple expressions are used (for the Northern Hemisphere): * ''summer navigation season''; * ''winter navigation season'' with some waterways closed; * ''ice-free navigations season'' / ''independent navigation period'' when the ships can get through without the assistance from an icebreaker. A ''traditional'' navigation season naturally varies from оne year to another, a ''fixed'' navigation season alternative sets firm dates for opening and closing (that can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaching (nautical)
Beaching (or landing) is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water. This is more usual with small flat-bottomed boats. Larger ships may be beached deliberately; for instance, in an emergency, a damaged ship might be beached to prevent it from sinking in deep water. Some vessels are designed to be loaded and unloaded by beaching; vessels of this type used by the military to disembark troops under fire are called landing craft. During the age of sail, vessels were sometimes beached to allow them to be rolled over for the hull to be maintained, a process called '' careening''. Ships scheduled for break-up are sometimes intentionally beached to make the procedure easier. See also * Landing craft * Shipwrecking * Cetacean stranding Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales often die due to dehydration, collapsing und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan City, Louisiana
Morgan City is a small city in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States, located in the Acadiana region. The population was 11,472 at the 2020 census. Known for being "right in the middle of everywhere", Morgan City is located southeast of Lafayette, south of Baton Rouge, and west of New Orleans. Morgan City sits on the banks of the Atchafalaya River near its intersection with the Intracoastal Waterway. The town was originally named "Tiger Island" by surveyors appointed by U.S. Secretary of War John Calhoun, because of a particular type of wild cat seen in the area. It was later changed for a time to "Brashear City", named after Walter Brashear, a prominent Kentucky physician who had purchased large tracts of land and acquired numerous sugar mills in the area. It was incorporated in 1860. Morgan City, and all of St. Mary Parish, is included in the Lafayette-Opelousas-Morgan City CSA. History Capture of Brashear City During the American Civil War, the Star Fort of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
