Thread. Helicopter or ISR plane spots for the Breona Taylor protests for Wed., Sept. 23rd, 2020.
Denver.
EVANS22 is a US Army UH-72A Lakota, reg. 10-72145, ICAO AE1FA0.
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A current look at all HH-60 helicopter variants showing with full reg. and ICAO on ADSBx across the US. Most of these are near large municipalities. Many others are not transponding openly like the one in the tweet above. Those that go dark I cannot (& will not) post about.
A USAF MC-12W Liberty has circled Dayton 2 nights in a row. It collects, processes, analyzes & disseminates info & signals intercepts. They are made for medium to low ISR & counterinsurgency roles.
The remaining bunker/warehouses still operable are surrounded by twisted ruins with doubtful electricity, infrastructure and rail (likely crippled post-attack).
Will Russia rebuild? Likely. They've shown stubborness to. But we are talking years to return to prior condition.
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The arsenal was one of 13 state arsenals meant for rennovation to meet "the world's highest standards," per then Deputy Defense Minister General of the Army Dmitry Bulgakov. Toropets Northeast was supposed to be hardened against even a nuclear attack.
🧵What I remember most about learning of the attack was how everything that'd been a slow grueling grind of expediting info & processing for several weeks came to an abrupt halt. Those trying to get out of the city had to go elsewhere.
I had felt that with so many people and US troops in one place that it was risky; something could happen. One last ISIS-K or Taliban punch. Anything.
At least 182 people - Afghans, Americans, Brits - died. God knows how were maimed.
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I'd been helping with a project that had a hard deadline; the attack moved it up. I went back to work, probably out of futility, in case there was an opening. I think many still stuck in Kabul ended up trying for the borders, by road. By foot. The DMs were frantic. Desperate.
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The fire has reached and engulfed the Maligne Lodge on the SW side of town. Word that the Petro-Canada is a loss as well.
Pictured shared by @tiredinAB which appears to be geolocated to a boat dock at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge showing incredibly high flames toward the south of town.