Italian C1 Ariete playing the bad guy OpFor (Opposition Forces) during Dragoon Ready ’21, Hohenfels Training Area, 20APR2021.
U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Julian Padua.These photos show Italian C1 Arietes during the U.S. Army’s (USA) Combined Resolve XV wargame, in Hohenfels, […] Continue Reading…
05 April 2021 (15:50-UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Farvardin 1400/22 Sha’ban 1442/24 Ren-Chen 4719
Notice the ladder looking antenna coming off the bustle rack. Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 04MAR2021.The vastness of the Steppes of South Western Idaho. Back when I was ‘in’ we called it Orchard Training […] Continue Reading…
19MAY2021, Slovenian M84 fires a shot in the rain during NATO wargame Adriatic Strike-21.
U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo18MAY2021, Slovenian M84 fires a shot during NATO wargame Adriatic Strike-21.
USA photo by Paolo Bovo, 18MAY2021.
In 2019, several A-10Cs underwent wing replacement, which included new paint, by the Ogden Air Logistics Complex on Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah.
USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd.They were the last of 173 A-10s to get the new […] Continue Reading…
On 22MAR2021, a patina camo-ed F-16 took to the sky over Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Whoops, perhaps the pilot was a little to anxious to get airborne as the F-16 was in need of new clothes after undergoing depot level rebuild.
During the Summer of 2020, a C-5M Super Galaxy got stripped for depot level maintenance in the refurbished Hanger-125 on Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia.
USAF by Joseph Mather.The C-5M is the largest aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force (USAF).
“We are set up to be part of the sustainment effort for F-15 aircraft canopies. We are part of the team that does the replacement parts like the canopies, stabilizers or any of the other flight controls that keep F-15 aircraft flying.”-Alberto Garza-Mayer, 572nd Commodities Maintenance Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, February 2021
On 23FEB2021, a ‘divested’ B-1B bomber landed at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in California, being saved from the ‘boneyard’ in Arizona, but never to fly again.
U.S. Air Force photo by May Straight.The B-1B tail number 86-0099 arrived with Ruptured Duck artwork on the side.
USAF photo […] Continue Reading…
On 03MAR2021, a mummified civilian airliner was hauled off to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, drafted for use as an emergency response trainer for the U.S. military.
USAF photo by R.J. Oriez. USAF photo by R.J. Oriez.The 40 […] Continue Reading…
03 April 2021 (02:57-UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Farvardin 1400/20 Sha’ban 1442/22 Ren-Chen 4719
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Austin Ingram.This photo, taken from a U.S. Navy (USN) P-8A Poseidon, shows Mount Etna on 14JAN2021, before the eruptions started.
U.S. Navy photo by Captain Kevin Pickard, […] Continue Reading…