Texas Air National Guard

Banks lock their doors at night so you can't steal money.

Is that sowing distrust in the banking system? Is it sowing distrust in the political system to lie and say that the Russians, uh, stole the election for Donald Trump? Is it sowing distrust in the, uh, election system to say that, uh, say that Kamala Harris is, is a rational, sentient human being? Is it sowing distrust in the election system to make up a complete lie like 60 Minutes did about George Bush and the Texas Air National Guard way back when? Talk about sowing distrust.

That's all she's been doing since the Abraham Lincoln administration on Howie Carr.

Those helicopters were described as silent and devoid of visible armament, which some commentators compared to a stealth or experimental test platform.

But official records from the Texas Air National Guard, where such aircraft would have been based, did not list any flight that day in the area.

Moreover, military historians note that during the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a small but active program of high-speed test flights out of nearby bases.

None of those tests involved diamond-shaped aircraft, as the only experimental craft in Texas were the SR-71 or stealth variants of fighter jets, not an unmanned orbiter.

Grand Traverse County's Health Department is seeking $134,000 in state funding to help cover its response to the F-16 crash in Green Lake Township.

The Texas Air National Guard jet crashed.

september 17th prompting an evacuation and hazardous materials response the health department has been coordinating with state and federal agencies on water and soil testing around the crash site the department says the grant would cover testing response needs contracted services and additional staff time soil removal from the crash area is expected in the coming weeks Petoskey is beginning planning for its first major capital improvement project of 2027.

The city is preparing to reconstruct Bay Street near Rose Street, including sections of Bay, Rose and East Lake roads.

But the real lesson and, uh, the far more frightening reality we have to grapple with is that lawfare keeps getting more sophisticated and more vicious, and it's all the Democrat Party.

Uh, in many ways, this progression or digression began in a crude form in two thousand four when Sixty Minutes aired a false story about President George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, uh, where he flew an F-one hundred series fighter jet and all that good stuff.

The broadcast relied on documents claiming Bush had received favorable treatment and failed to meet his obligations.

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The National Guard was created by Congress in 1903.

And it is the, Camp Mabry is the headquarters of the Adjutant General of Texas, of the Texas Army Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, the Texas State Guard, and the 36th Infantry Division are all here.

And when, you know, you have a hurricane, you have wildfires, we have floods, those sorts of natural disasters that happen in Texas, and the Texas Guard is responding to help its fellow Texans.

This is the nerve center where that response comes from.

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So we tell the story of the Texas military forces, which means the volunteer and militia units of Texas in the 19th century.

And after Congress created the National Guard in 1903, we focus on the story of the Texas Army National Guard, the Texas Air National Guard, and the Texas State Guard, both peacetime and wartime.

So our story begins with the first militia monster in Stephen F. Austin's colony in 1823.

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Texas Air National Guard story, uh, f- fake but, but accurate.

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Do you remember that? See, 60 Minutes has sucked way longer than you and I have given it credit for.

Dan Rather coming out questioning George Bush, then president of the United States, Texas Air National Guard, service, duty, whatever he was.

And he made up this big, big mess that ended up being a complete flop.

And 60 Minutes had to go out and apologize.

Today, a fighter jet crash in Northern Michigan leaves hazardous chemicals behind.

This was a fighter jet from the Texas Air National Guard, specifically the 149th Fighter Wing from Texas.

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So before we get to the, the crash itself and the cleanup, can you tell us a little bit about why an F-16 was even in the airspace over Grand Traverse County, and, and where it came from?

So this was a fighter jet from the Texas Air National Guard, specifically the 149th Fighter Wing from Texas, from San Antonio, and it was a routine training mission from one of their bases in Alpena, Michigan, called Operation Northern Cactus.

So just a routine, um, normal mission until, uh, we believe, based on the air traffic control recording, that there may have been a bird that caused the crash, but this is, as of yet, unconfirmed.