In 2005, the U.S. Marines, and other NATO members, launched what they called a MiG-23 Bandit, in Egypt. It was built as a target drone for man-portable Stinger anti-aircraft missile training.
According to the info that came with these pics, five MiG-23 Bandits were launched, and all five were shot down during Exercise Bright Star.
According to the information that was issued with these pics, the MiG-23 Bandits were actually made and operated by a U.S. military contractor; Advanced Composite Manufacturing. There are several companies and ‘research’ organizations that use the words Advanced Composite Manufacturing in their names. There is also a company calling itself ACM/Advanced Composite Manufacturing. None of them have any info about the MiG-23 Bandit.
Video, MiG-23 Bandit launch & shoot-down:
A ‘BAT’ being prepped for duty on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. U.S. Army photo by Marshall W. Woods, 20FEB2002.
The U.S. Army calls it the BAT (Ballistic Aerial Target).
USMC photo by Lance Corporal Constantine Sigelakis, 24AUG1999.
In August 1999, the U.S. Army used a MiG-23 BAT to demonstrate its vehicle mounted Stinger missile system, known as Avenger, on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, in North Carolina.
USMC photo by Sergeant A. D. Gruart, March 1986.
This photo is dated March 1986. It shows a MiG-23/27 ‘BAT/Bandit’ drone along with two Mi-24 Hind drones, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.
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NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) deploy to London, United Kingdom, 30MAR2020, to support the U.K.’s Operation RESCRIPT with the already-established COVID Support Force in the London District.
Twin newborns evacuated from Osan Air Base for care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 30MAR2020. The parents are U.S. Army military police based at Camp Walker in the CoViD hot zone of Daegu.
U.S. Army parents of the newborn twins say good bye as their new children are about to be shipped back state-side for care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
The military police mom saying goodbye to her newborns before the medics take them to a waiting C-17 Globemaster-3 for flight back to the states.
Security personnel stand outside U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, screening of people for CoViD before they can enter the hospital.
U.S. Marines conduct CBRNE drill on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, 02APR2020.
SeaBees delivering meals to personnel in a ‘restriction of movement status’ on Naval Station Rota.
New way to get your prescriptions at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Medical Group pharmacy technician places a prescription order in a drop off box.
Meals delivered to possibly infected Marines quarantined on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.
At Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 3D printing being used to make face shields.
Fort Lee, Virginia, enforces Social Distancing for about 8-hundred new Basic Training recruits.
Michigan Air National Guard’s 127 Wing deploys on a 747-400 people hauler, April 2019.
In November 2013, an Atlas Air operated 747-400 Dreamlifter flew to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to pick-up parts for construction of 787 Dreamliners from a nearby manufacturer.
Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Missouri Air National Guard off-loaded the 747, one of three early model 747s operated by 
Misawa Air Base, Japan, 2016.
National Air Cargo 747-400 tail number N949CA lands at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, February 2012.
N949CA crashed in Afghanistan, April 2013, killing the seven crew.
Contracted 747 cargo haulers sit in Romania, waiting to be loaded up with supplies for troops in Afghanistan, July 2013.
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 2012.
A National 747 at Tinian International Airport, Northern Mariana Islands, during Exercise Forager Fury 2012.
Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 2011.
Travis AFB, California, April 2009.
121st Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, June 2018.
I don’t think this has anything to do with washing-up, but apparently the Airmen with 92nd Maintenance Group think break-dancing helps. Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington, January 2018.
Washing the main-gear doors, 168th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Eielson AFB, Alaska, December 2017.
Kadena Air Base, Japan, 2016. The wash-rack (aka Bird-Bath, officially Aircraft Rinse System) takes 90 seconds to wash the salty sea air off the skin of the Stratotanker.
KC-135R passes through wash rack on Andersen AFB, Guam, 2014.
Hand washing KC-135R, Altus AFB, Oklahoma, 2014.
Washing the front landing gear of a KC-135R.
According to the Altus AFB info, it takes eight hours to wash your KC-135.
Every 120 days KC-135 get a scrub-down.
USS Bataan (LHD 5), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, MH-60S ‘Knight’ Hawk, somewhere in the Atlantic, November 2019.
Picky, picky, picky. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 74, somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, September 2019.
Cleaning up after cleaning up, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, July 2019.
Don’t forget to brush your teeth!
Wipe that ass!
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, MH-60S ‘Knight’ Hawk, somewhere in Philippine Sea, November 2018.
