This is just a fraction of the intense photos and videos captured by U.S. Navy personnel, 12-17 July 2020.
INFERNO
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Austin Haist, 12JUL2020.On the morning of 12JUL2020, and after two years of extensive retrofitting, USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) became a steel inferno while […] Continue Reading…
Idaho National Guard photos by Senior Airman Mercedee Wilds and Master Sergeant Joshua Allmaras
A member of the 266th Range Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, works to off-load a 1:1 scale simulated 1S91 SURN tank at Fort Irwin National Training Center, California, June 2019.
The 266th played the bad guy (Opposition Force, OpFor) trying to shoot […] Continue Reading…
On the morning of 12JUL2020 a fire broke out inside amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme […] Continue Reading…
“They were great birds to fly. You could land them anywhere, in any type of environment; they were great for what we were using them for here.”-Captain Tyler Smith, Bravo Company commander, 1st Bn, 5th Avn Reg
The U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment OH-58C Kiowas fly over Fort Polk, Louisiana, for the last […] Continue Reading…
On 23 June 2020, perhaps too much self-restricting pandemic lockdown (I say “self-restricting” as most of us in Eastern Idaho are not adhering to CoViD-19 lockdown, and even the local Sheriff departments refuse to enforce such things) forced me to hit the road for […] Continue Reading…
California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing flies their F-15C Eagles over Fresno, in hopes of scaring-off the CoViD-19, 13MAY2020.
Video, launching a few F-15Cs to fight California CoViD-19:
Video, cockpit view F-15C 144th FW flyover, 13MAY2020:
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In 1966, NASA took possession of a USAF F-106B that had been used to test ejection seats and radar systems.
NASA photo, 1969. NASA photo.Something different about this F-106B.
Mil 24V (Mi-35), January 2020. Apparently purchased from Ukraine.
Egyptian Ministry of Defense promotional video in which you can see AH-64 Apaches, Kamov 52 Nile Crocodile, Hips, Gazelles, Super Sea Sprites, CH-47 Chinooks and Mi-35 Hinds:
Ka-52 Nile Crocodile.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Justin Warren.Egyptian and Jordanian soldiers secure an […] Continue Reading…
AH-1W (Alpha Hotel-One Wiskey) Super-Cobra.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.Checking for booby-traps planted near an abandoned AH-1W Super Cobra.
USMC photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.Aircraft recovery training at Twentynine Palms, California, 17OCT2019.
USMC photo by Corporal Carley Vedro, 17OCT2019.Interesting, this […] Continue Reading…
You might have heard about the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the controversial administrative treatment of the commander who tried to warn of the CoViD-19 infection, and that the crew was replaced while docked in Guam, but what about the USS Kidd (DDG 100)?
28APR2020, USS Kidd (not to be confused with World War […] Continue Reading…