Powerful Wave of Energy Strikes the Earth!

4 Hours of Extreme Solar Wind

Published on Mar 23, 2017

Views: 52,462

Solar winds at over 2.5 Million Miles per Hour Strike our Planet.http://www.BPEarthWatch.Com

Mesa City Council Study Session Thu 23 March 2017

Resident engagement in housing rehab
Published on Mar 23, 2017
Views: 2

City of Mesa Planning & Zoning Meeting Tue 22 March 2017

Chairman Clemente and Jennifer Duff are absent. Tim Boyle abstains himself from a rezoning case for a multi-residential development with 17 3-bedroom dwelling units, 2-story with patios and balconies and 2-car garages in each unit
The following two items were not on the Consent Agenda:

4-a 17020 Z16-056   District 6. 
The 11500 through 11600 blocks of East Warner Road (south side). Located at the southwest corner of Warner Road and Meridian Road. (8 ± acres)
Rezone from LC to RSL-3.0; and Site Plan Review. 
This request will allow the development of a single residence subdivision.
Jeff Giles, Clouse Engineering, applicant;
56th MD, Inc., owner.
(Companion Case to Preliminary Plat "Warner Enclave") (Associated with Item 5-a.) (PLN2015-00450). Continued from February 15, 2017
Staff Planner:   Lesley Davis
Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

4-b PZ 17022 Z17-005   District 6. 
The 9700 through 9800 blocks of East Southern Avenue (south side) and the 9700 through 9800 blocks of East Hampton Avenue (north side). Located west of Crismon Road and south of Southern Avenue. (19.4± acres).
Rezone from RS-43 to PEP and RM-2-PAD; and Site Plan Review.
This request will allow for a multi-residential development and a future office development. Brennan Ray, Burch and Cracchiolo, applicant; Montgomery 320, LLC, owner. (PLN2016-00943).
Planner: Kim Steadman
Staff Recommendation: Denial
5 Discuss and take action on the following preliminary plat: PZ 17023 “Warner Enclave” District 6. 
The 11500 through 11600 blocks of East Warner Road (south side).  Located at the southwest corner of Warner Rd and Meridian Dr. (8 ± acres). Preliminary Plat.
Jeff Giles, Clouse Engineering, applicant;
56th MD, Inc., owner. (Companion Case to Z16-056) (Associated with Item 4-a.) (PLN2015-00450). Continued from February 15, 2017
Staff Planner:   Lesley Davis Staff Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
Published on Mar 23, 2017
Views: 2
Duration: 1:35:56

Urban ReCon: Mysterious "Monkey Farm" in Mesa?

Who Knew?

Published on Feb 3, 2016

Views: 7,657

Urban Legend stuff here guys!!
A story has surfaced about the possibility of a mysterious looking complex that was noticed by hikers on the outskirts of Mesa Arizona as possibly containing monkeys. These persons heard very loud noises coming from inside this complex you see in the video that does look to be abandoned, but does not sound like it. Could there be more going on underground than there is above ground. A brave Youtube uploader (usmc4hire) did manage to get some up close video footage of the 'facility' back in 2010. He was near the facilty again recently as 10 days ago and said it has even MORE security than it had back then a saw a large primate in one of the upper cages.    

Mushroom Cloud-Brained Commander-In-Chief

Intercepted Podcast:

Could Trump Start WW3

March 22 2017, 3:01 a.m.

Donald Trump has not started any new wars — yet. But his administration is pouring gasoline on several initiated by his predecessors. This week on Intercepted: There are U.S. boots on the ground in Syria — now including conventional military forces — and more are reportedly on the way. Trump has eased restrictions on the killing of civilians and is pummeling Yemen with drone strikes. Combined with the presence of radical ideologues in the White House and the involvement of the powerful militaries of Iran and Russia in the same battlespaces as the U.S., Trump could take the world to the brink of the unthinkable.
We speak with veteran war correspondents Anand Gopal and Iona Craig, both of whom have been on the ground in U.S. wars under Trump. Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald talks about FBI Director James Comey’s testimony on Capitol Hill, the threats to jail journalists, and he reveals new evidence debunking one of the most insidious lies told about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Also, did you know that the NSA has its own classified, internal newspaper? Actor William Camp stars in the real-life story of the spy whose secret column made him “the Socrates of the NSA.”
Connect and listen >> Intercepted
Transcript coming soon.

 

Making It Official: US Army-Boeing Contract Signed, Sealed + Delivered

Boeing, US Army make multibillion, multiyear AH-64E deal official

By: Jen Judson, March 22, 2017

Source: Defense News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army and Boeing signed on the dotted line for the first multiyear AH-64E Apache attack helicopter contract — a deal that’s been years in the making — in a signing ceremony in Mesa, Arizona, on Wednesday.

Under the base contract worth $3.4 billion, Boeing will deliver to the Army 244 remanufactured AH-64Es.

The multiyear deal also includes 24 new-build Apache Echo models for Saudi Arabia.
The Middle Eastern country is also buying AH-6i helicopters from Boeing as it works to modernize the Saudi Arabian National Guard.

The Army expects to yield about 10 percent in savings through the five-year contract and will deliver — as a minimum baseline — 52 aircraft in 2017 and 48 in the remaining years, Col. Joe Hoecherl, the service’s Apache attack helicopter program manager, told reporters via teleconference at a media roundtable Wednesday just before signing the contract in Mesa.

However, the contract allows for options to be exercised for Boeing to produce up to 450 aircraft either for the Army or for other countries to purchase through foreign military sales. Should all of those options be exercised, the full, multiyear deal could be worth more than $7 billion.

Given the fact Boeing has provided Apaches to 15 countries worldwide, there are strong possibilities countries with older variants of the helicopter or countries looking to become new customers are going to be ready to jump on board, Kim Smith, Boeing’s vice president for attack helicopter programs, told reporters in the same teleconference.

 

While neither the Army nor Boeing would reveal when or what countries might be interested in purchasing AH-64Es through the multiyear contract, both Hoecherl and Smith said there is a lot of interest on the international market for the helicopter and production can easily be ramped up to accommodate the orders.
Boeing has already delivered to the Army 181 AH-64E helicopters since 2011, which translates to more than five battalions, Hoecherl said.

Since 2013, the Apache helicopter — paired with the Gray Eagle UAS — has also taken on an additional mission set in the Army to fill a gap left open when the service decided to retire its OH-58 Kiowa Warrior armed reconnaissance helicopters.

Ultimately, the Army plans to procure 690 Apache E-models.

 

Got'cha Covered: Missile Warning/Defense, Technical Intelligence, BattleSpace Awareness

First Images from SBIRS GEO-3 Received

22 March 2017
Source: Satellite News
USA-273, also known as SBIRS-GEO 3, is an American military satellite and part of the Space-Based Infrared System.
The SBIRS satellites are a replacement for the Defense Support Program early warning system. They are intended to detect ballistic missile launches, as well as various other events in the infrared spectrum, including nuclear explosions, aircraft flights, space object entries and reentries, wildfires and spacecraft launches.

The satellite was launched on January 20 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and is the third in a series of Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites that the US Air Force uses to provide faster and more accurate missile warning data to the nation and its allies. The satellite reached orbit, where it successfully completed deployments of its sun-tracking solar arrays, antenna wing assemblies and light shade.

WATCH a video of the launch

Published on Jan 23, 2017

Breaking News - U.S Air Force Deployed Missile Warning Satellite Into Orbit
U.S Air Force launch a third military missile warning satellite into orbit. The Space Base infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellite 3 (SBIRS GEO 3) is deployed to provide four national security mission areas: missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness. A battlespace awareness efforts of U.S. combatant commanders, intelligence organizations and allies globally.
Col. Dennis Bythewood, the director of the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate for the Air Force’s Space and Missile System Center said the Satellite will augment the two existing SBIRS satellite in orbit but it will provide faster and more accurate missile warning to the war fighter. The SBIRS constellation provide better detection of a missiles’ point of origin, as well as better prediction of where the missile might impact. It can also detect dimmer engine burns, helping to track a wider-range of ballistic missiles.

 

The constellation is operated by the next-generation SBIRS ground station at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. GEO Flight 4, the next satellite in the series, will undergo final assembly, integration and test at Lockheed Martin's satellite production facility in Sunnyvale, California, prior to its launch planned for later this year.
The team is also working to modernize the fifth and sixth SBIRS satellites under a no-cost contract modification for the US Air Force. Using a common, modernized A2100 spacecraft bus, the new design allows for a configurable payload module that can incorporate future sensor suites. The design will also save costs on production through a streamlined process, which enables concurrent testing of the satellite bus and payload.
David Sheridan,the Vice President of Lockheed Martin's Overhead Persistent Infrared systems mission area, commented that with the satellite successfully on orbit, the company is now working to ensure GEO Flight 3 continues the outstanding performance trends demonstrated by its predecessors, including better-than-specified sensor pointing accuracy and the ability to detect dimmer targets than expected.
The SBIRS development team is led by the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, California, is the SBIRS prime contractor, with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Azusa, California, as the payload integrator. The 460th Space Wing, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, operates the SBIRS system.