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Tilliteratehunk.bsky.social

As for safe-ing the device, the best move was probably to shoot it. When a US senator visited a NATO airbase in Italy during the Cold War and found that there were aircraft (F-84s, maybe?) carrying US nukes protected by a single US service member with a rifle, he asked the GI what he was supposed...

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scottelaurant.bsky.social

It has been confirmed that the NT airbase was used by the USAF to stage recent attacks on the Houthis. This is not a result of AUKUS. NT basing was a Gillard decision. It shows that Australia is now a base of US operations, not just training. #Australia#Defencewww.abc.net.au/news/2024-10...

Australian air bases helped with the major US strike on Houthi weapon stores
Australian air bases helped with the major US strike on Houthi weapon stores

The Department of Defence has confirmed Australia provided support for US strikes on October 17, targeting the Houthi facilities "through access and overflight for US aircraft in northern Australia".

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SHmerthyr1831.bsky.social

Satellite imagery supposedly showed the radar sustained damage, but it wasn't the primary target (which is claimed to be the airbase). A radar in Syria was also hit, likely to form an air corridor through Southern Syria and Iraq to launch the missiles.

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BCchessercat.bsky.social

These are WILD details to yada yada yada over.

Transcript from Missing in Alaska podcast, about the disappearance of Nick Begich, episode 9. Anchorage:
Alex Miller. Don said it was Alex Miller.

And did Don disclose what Alex said?

Only to pick up [Hale] Boggs & [Nick] Begich and take him to the airport, to Juneau. And that's when I said, well, and Don did say something about, he thought it was bad weather, but he was going to check it out. And that's when he told me that he owed back rent on the landing fees & the rent on the hangar space.

So why am I focusing on Alex Miller? Who cares who arranged the flight? Well, if Jerry Paisley told the truth, if someone put a bomb on the missing plane, that person would have had to know the details of the flight.

And the flight wasn't arranged until the last minute on October 15th, 1972. Miller is one of very few people who knew those details. And remember, witnesses allegedly told members of law enforcement that they saw someone lurking around the plane the night before it disappeared.
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Transcript from Missing in Alaska podcast episode 9. Anchorage

I'm also discussing Miller because when I started researching him, I found red flags. Most importantly, in 1976, at the height of the oil boom, he was indicted alongside a former US attorney for allegedly trying to set up a large-scale prostitution and gambling operation in Alaska. He was acquitted.

But again, red flags. This guy, who the mayor of Fairbanks in 1972 jokingly called the Godfather, arranged the missing flight. There's another twist, though.

See, Miller worked for a man named Neil Burkett, a wealthy businessman and pilot who owned an airline. Burkett, at points, was the richest man in Alaska, a CIA contractor, and, briefly, George W. Bush's boss.

But I digress. When we first spoke, Burkett told me something surprising. He claimed that he was supposed to fly the missing congressman to Juneau the day they disappeared.
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Transcript from Missing in Alaska podcast episode 9. Anchorage:

But he got stuck in England, he said. So he asked Miller to arrange an alternative. If you were a Republican and the head of the Young Republicans Club, why were you arranging a flight for two Democratic congressmen?

I didn't care who I flew for as long as I paid the bill.

But the flight was unpaid. It was a free flight.
I'm sorry? You think? Yeah, no.

It was reported in the news afterward, and I've talked to a few people.

Interestingly enough, later, while discussing his company's work for the CIA, Burk mentioned a business partner in Arizona, something that immediately piqued my interest. These guys were out of Tucson, or this company was out of Tucson?

Yeah, not Tucson. There's an airbase right between Tucson and Phoenix.

Anyway, that's where they were based.
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Wzeseadog1966.bsky.social

Read correctly what article 5 says. The kind of reactions... Understand why Poland is arming itself that fast! They understood it's not a real guarantee, unless you are strong yourself AND have NATO bases on your ground. Romania invested in major NATO airbase for the same reason.

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Vvodkanon.bsky.social

Airbase Attack

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CZleftist101.bsky.social

US-operated THAAD truck-mounted launcher spotted near Nevatim airbase & is now heading to a different location, further north.

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VNvioletnews.bsky.social

A THAAD launcher is documented in southern Israel likely after it was delivered to the Nevatim airbase, and is now being transferred to a different location, further north. x.com/MenchOsint/s...

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