On 01SEP2020, vintage World War Two aircraft (and a post war Trojan trainer) flew over Oahu, Hawaii, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2 in the Pacific (V-J Day).
Takeoffs & landings, video via U.S. Indo-Pacific Command:
Photos by Master Sergeant Andrew Porch, Technical Sergeant Anthony Nelson, Staff Sergeant Mikaley […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Navy photos by Petty Officer Second Class Jessica Blackwell, Petty Officer Second Class Kenneth Rodriguez, Petty Officer Third Class Christina Ross, Petty Officer Third Class Wesley Richardson, and Seaman Jaimar Carson Bondurant.
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in the Pacific, the United States military is assembling surviving WW2 […] Continue Reading…
In July 2020, the United States Marines Corps (USMC) began retiring its M1A1 Abrams […] Continue Reading…
On 19APR2022, it was reported that yet another Nigerian Alpha Jet crashed, killing the crew.
A contracted Canadian Alpha Jet, on 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland, 14JUN2021.Canadian Forces photo by Master Corporal Krista Blizzard.Alpha Jet on display at the Paris Air Show on Le Bourget Airfield, June […] Continue Reading…
On 24MAY2011, an Armée de l’Air NATO two seat Mirage 2000D crashed in Afghanistan. The crew ejected and survived.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant Jeff Kaus.U.S. Army and Marines, along with French and Italian troops, conducted an […] Continue Reading…
Notice that none of these Marines are wearing N95 masks, during the year of The Pandemic.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Julian Elliott-Drouin, 27JUN2020.AH-1W (Alpha Hotel-One Wiskey) Super-Cobra, during aircraft recovery training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, 27JUN2020.
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Julian […] Continue Reading…
29 July 2020 / 02:08 (UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Mordad 1399/08 Dhu l-Hijja 1441/09 Gui-Wei 4718
“A person who has acquired the chikungunya virus is infectious in the first week of illness, which means that the infected person can transmit the virus to another person through a mosquito bite…”-DTRA warning from 27APR2020
Since the end of […] Continue Reading…
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…