Pentagon také uvedl, že vojáci jsou ve „zvýšeném stavu pohotovosti, ale zůstávají pod autoritou hlavy X a “nepodílejí se na obranné podpoře operací civilních orgánů“, alespoň dosud. Píše portál Zerohedge.
We continue to update our post on the bizarre aerial activity over Washington DC tonight. A huge airlift operation is underway, multiple airlifters bringing troops and equipment into Andrews AFB outside of Washington DC right now: https://t.co/uQcquS1OrH
— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) June 2, 2020
Then a few hours later I heard a strange airplane engine(s) overhead. I quickly discovered an USAF C-17 Globemaster has gone over less than 6000’. A 2nd flight flew over minutes later. Both flying from Fort Drum (NY) to Joint Base Andrews outside Washington DC. (3/8) pic.twitter.com/ySns6wTxhq
— Dave McHugh (@davemchugh) June 3, 2020
Using active duty military domestically much rarer, though in responding to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, active duty troops were used, mainly for disaster relief, but with some reports of shooting looters 4/4
— Mark Urban (@MarkUrban01) June 2, 2020
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