Vehicle I-D: C2 MEXAS Armor (I mean, Armour?) Afghanistan

The C2 reportedly combines a C1 (Leopard 1A3) hull with Leopard 1A5 turret, then up-armouring with German designed Modular Expandable Armor System (MEXAS, by IBD Deisenroth Engineering, which was taken over by Rheinmetall in 2019. IBD Deisenroth ceased MEXAS production in 2006 in favor of AMAP.).

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Vehicle I-D: Canuck’s Colorful Cormorant

Photo by Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region.

In the land of the Canucks, a colorful Cormorant with rotary wings has refused to fly south for the Winter, and was recently seen flying the skies over Newfoundland and Labrador.

Photo by Can-NorAD-R. Photo by Can-NorAD-R.

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Final Flight: OH-58D Kiowa Warriors

Video by Sergeant Chloe Barns, C Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division’s OH-58D final flight, Afghanistan, 22NOV2014:

Video report of last flight of OH-58D over Hawaii, January 2015:

By the end of November 2015, the Tennessee Army National Guard became the last state militia to operate […] Continue Reading…

Vehicle I-D: CH-53K King Stallion update

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Yuritzy Gomez.

Video by Lance Corporal Elias E. Pimentel the Third, CH-53K crew shows off for some Commandant of the Marine Corps guy during his visit to Camp Davis, North Carolina, 17MAR2021:

USMC photo by Sergeant Kathryn Adams.

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Vehicle I-D: Iraqi Greyhound السلوقي العراقي

Photo by Captain Bill Hinman.

The above photo was reportedly taken in April 2005, at a former Iraqi Republican Guard base called Taji.

U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Lyndsey Prax.

However, in 2008 personnel with the Combat Repair Team, Bravo Company, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, claimed they […] Continue Reading…

Idaho’s Tigers & Thunderbolts blast the skies over Florida!

Idaho’s Thunderbolts and Bold Tigers routinely take part in Checkered Flag training over Florida: “They’re able to put together a bigger airspace for us than is available in the Nellis Test and Training Range, which means you can bring together more effectively much larger numbers of aircraft.”-Lieutenant Colonel Mark Nyberg, 389th Fighter Squadron ‘Thunderbolts’, […] Continue Reading…

Another B-1B ‘Bone’ sent to the BoneYard! Is the end near?

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Quentin Marx, 16FEB2021.

The military calls it ‘divestiture’, when they retire a major piece of military equipment.  Under the National Defense Authorization Act, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is required to divest 17 B-1B Lancers (aka Bones) in order to justify buying the […] Continue Reading…

Singapore’s Idaho based Sky Pirates bomb Las Vegas?

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Natalie Rubenak.

Republic of Singapore’s F-15SG Strike Eagles of the 428th Fighter Squadron ‘Buccaneers’ are based on Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), in Southern Idaho.  But at the beginning of March 2021, they attacked the air space over Las Vegas, Nevada!

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Vehicle I-D: Shield of the UAE درع الامارات العربية المتحدة

The United Arab Emirates (The Emirates al-ʾImārāt الإمارات) uses a variety of armored vehicles, here’s just a few:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Hannah Perkins.

United Arab Emirates’ French made Leclerc battle tank during ‘Iron Magic’, a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX) with the U.S. Marine Corps, 31OCT2017.

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