ViriiK's [M]ilitary Junkie Thread (August 4th 2005) (56K=Go burn a copy of the manif

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TROLLENHAGEN AIR BASE, Germany Ð An A-10 from the 81st Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany taxis in after landing at Trollenhagen Air Base, Germany during the Search and Rescue exercise Clean Hunter. Polish, German, and U.S. Air Force members are working together from the German air base planning and executing the extraction of downed pilots behind enemy lines. (Air Force photograph by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)

16 Jul 2005 - Personnel from Ramstein Air Base, Germany prepare to deploy for a monthlong airlift mission to the Darfur region of Sudan. Ramstein equipment and personnel are deploying as part of NATOs response to support the African Unions expanded peacekeeping mission in Darfur. U.S. Air Force photo by MSgt David D. Underwood, Jr.

FALLUJAH, Iraq – Two Marines with 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment rush up a flight of stairs inside a building here July 16 during Operation Hard Knock, as they search through the home. Company C personnel worked alongside other battalion infantrymen and Iraqi Security Forces to search through a wired-off sector of Fallujah for weapons and insurgent activity, as well as gather census information on the populace.

OVER ECUADOR -- An E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control systems aircraft approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for aerial refueling during a counterdrug operation mission based out of Manta, Ecuador. Counterdrug operations here have seized $1.4 billion in drugs since the start of the operation in 1999. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brian Ferguson)

A Sikourski HH-3F helicopter drops this scuba diver into the water during the Between Sky & Sea air show here at Grado,Italy, July 22, 2005.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Nathan J. Doza)(RELEASED)

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- The A-10 Thunderbolt II with tail number 952 flies over Melina Range Monday in Romania. This aircraft flew into history Friday as it achieved 10,000 flying hours during a two-week training mission. It is the first A-10 in U.S. Forces in Europe and the sixth A-10 in the Air Force to achieve this feat. (U.S. Air Force Photo By: Staff 2Lt Shannon Collins)released

An EC-130J Commando Solo from the 193rd Special Operations Wing Pa. Air National Guard, Middletown, Pa. performs a defensive manover during a training mission at Bollen Range at Ft. Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pa. July 26, 2005. The 193rd SOW is the only unit in the armed forces that flies the Commando Solo mission. (US Air Force photo taken by SSgt Matt Schwartz 193rd Special Operations Wing, Middletown, Pa) (Released)

The 185th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron, Sioux City, Iowa, stands guard by the roadside at sunset to ensure that no enemies enter the town during their field training exercise at Fort William Henry Harrison, Helena, Montana on Friday, July 22, 2005. While deployed to Fort Harrison several of these members are using this training exercise to prepare for their future deployment into the AOR (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kersha Bumsted).

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Staff Sgt. James M. Richey Jr., 96th Security Forces Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., walks Jacco towards a house with suspected hidden improvised explosive devices and weapons caches in As Wad, Iraq, July 27, 2005. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day) (Released)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. William Buttram, 203rd Forward Support Battalion, provides security while his soldiers search a house for weapons used in an attack on coalition forces in As Wad, Iraq, on July 27, 2005. The 203rd was acting on intelligence given by Iraqi citizens about insurgent activity in their community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day) (Released)

Atlantic Ocean (July 27, 2005) Ð A Sailor assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Air Department's Crash and Salvage team gets a lift up to the cockpit of a non-functional training aircraft where he will serve as a "wounded pilot" during monthly flight deck readiness drills aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Truman is currently conducting carrier qualifications off the East Coast. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ryan O'Connor (RELEASED)

SGT Lucks from 38th Ordance Company Explosive Ordance Disposal attached to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry, get his Talon robot to detonate a IED in Rawah, Iraq on Jluy 27, 2005. 2-14 cav is in the area to help supress the terrorist in Iraq. Photo by SPC Jeffery Sandstrum , 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) (Released)

Staff Sgt. Greg Gerbig, a crew chief with the 1159 Mediacal Company and Sergeant 1st Class Mike Mangan keep careful watch over their UH-60A Blackhawk during morning run ups here at Kirkuk AB, Iraq. The 1159th flies an average of 45 missions a month. (USAF Photo by Tech Sergeant Christopher Gish) (Released)

Staff Sergant David Pasqiuno jumps off the front of his Bradley M3A3 Fighiting Vehicle to help Sergant Brad Kirby and Specialist Matthew Post set up the second of three viehicle blocks along Alternate Supply Route Christy to prevent the local Iraqi vehicles along the road from entering the area where Artilary guns will be registering thier sights in a field near by. All three soldiers are from Hotel Company, Second Squadron, Eleventh Armored Cavalry Regiment. Iraqi Security Forces conducts counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces. to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and democratic elections in order to create a secure environment that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph by LCpl Nicholas J Lapinski

PHANTOM PITSTOP - A QF-4 makes a fuelling stop at the 131st Fighter Wing at Lambert International Airport, Saint Louis, Missouri, on it way back to Tyndall AFB from a performance at the Heritage Airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on July 29, 2005. The QF-4 is part of the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, Tyndall AFB, FL. (U.S. Air Force Photo by MSgt Mary-Dale Amison) (Released)

Atlantic Ocean (July 30, 2005) - The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) crashes through fourteen-foot waves off the coast of western Africa. Bear is a medium-endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Va. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Shinn (RELEASED)

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needs more navy

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Atlantic Ocean (July 30,2005) Ð Lt. Lamar Bradley, a Shooter assigned to Air Department gives the signal to launch an F/A-18D Hornet assigned to the "Gladiators" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Six (VFA-106) from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman is currently conducting carrier qualifications off the East Coast. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ryan O'Connor (RELEASED)

Pacific Ocean (July 30, 2005) - An aircraft director maneuvers an F/A-18 Hornet on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are currently underway in the Pacific Ocean conducting routine carrier operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

San Diego, Calif. (July 30, 2005) Ð Lt. Sam Gray reunites with his wife and daughter on the flight line of Naval Air Station North Island. Sea Control Squadron Three Three (VS-33) returned home after completing their final deployment. VS-33 was embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in support of the global war on terrorism. VS-33 is the last of the West Coast VS squadrons and they are scheduled to be decommissioned in July 2006. U.S. Navy Photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 2nd Class Daniel R. Mennuto (RELEASED)

Norfolk, Va. (July 31, 2005) - Sailors from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) man the rails as the ship prepares to moor at pier 14 on board Naval Station, Norfolk. USS Carl Vinson is completing a deployment to the Persian Gulf and a homeport shift from Naval Station Bremerton, at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., to Norfolk, Va., where she is scheduled to undergo a 36-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at the Northrop Grumman Newport News Ship Yard. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Arlo K Abrahamson (RELEASED)

FALLUJAH, Iraq – Lance Cpl. Scott J. Dempsey, of Amherst, N.Y., assigned with 5th Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Marine Division, holds a young Iraqi boy during a goodwill mission here recently. Wanting to do more with his life and his idealism yearning for a sense of purpose and accomplishment, the 2001 graduate from Amherst High School joined the Marine Corps in May 2002. Deployed to Iraq last March, the reserve Marine currently serves in the An Anbar province as an administrative and civil affairs staff member assisting in security and reconstruction efforts. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rub en D. Maestre)

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Vincent Tripodi (left) and Airman 1st Class Nathan Jacobson prepare to launch a B-52 Stratofortress. They are crew chiefs with the 40th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location and are from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)

An HH-60 from the 55th Rescue Squadron (RQS), refuels from an HC-130 from the 79th RQS, both squadrons are part of the 563rd Rescue Group a tenant unit at Davis-Monthan AFB. The 563rd Rescue Group trains daily in support of real world deployment situations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by A1C Veronica Pierce). (RELEASED)

South China Sea (August 1, 2005) - A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) passes by the guided missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60). Davis is transiting to Brunei for the 5th phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2005. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance interoperability of the respective sea services. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Brian P. Biller (RELEASED)

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Philippine Sea (Aug. 1, 2005) Ð Commander, Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), Capt. Gary Mace, prepares to be launched in an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the flight deck of the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) prior to the Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102) change of command. Cmdr. Doug McGowan was relieved by Cmdr. Scott Fisher as the commanding officer of VFA-102 ÒDiamondbacksÓ during an aerial ceremony. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Stephen W. Rowe (RELEASED)

USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), At Sea (Aug. 2, 2005) - An SH-60F Seahawk from Helicopter Antisubmarine Warfare Squadron (HS) 14 lifts off from the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Seahawk is a twin-engine helicopter used for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, anti-ship warfare, cargo lift and special operations. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua LeGrand

Overall view of the 1st Fighter Wing flightline during the Operational Readiness Excercise Phase 1. The Phase I Operational Readiness Exercise is an evaluation of the 1st Fighter Wing's ability to prepare and deploy personnel, equipment and support assets to a combat environment. The exercise consists of four graded areas: initial response and deployment, employment, ability to survive and operate (ATSO) and combat response. (US Air Force Photo by SrA DeLicha E. Germany)

AL ASAD, Iraq—A section of F/A-18 Hornets prepare for launch on the flightline here Aug. 3. Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 wrapped up a seven-month deployment this week as portions of the unit started their trek home. The squadron began operations here Jan. 15. The unit’s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, along with approximately 200 Marines and sailors, arrived to support Marine and coalition forces as well as the newly formed Iraqi Security Forces.

FALLUJAH, Iraq – A Marine with 2nd Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment pulls back a strand of concertina wire to let a tank through an intersection here July 19 during Operation Rolling Barrage. Weapons Company personnel worked alongside 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment infantrymen, Iraqi Security Forces and mechanized supporting elements to block off sections of Fallujah, while roving infantrymen patrolled through the streets to disrupt insurgent activity.

FALLUJAH, Iraq – Marines inside one of the city’s entry control points offload vats of chow from a supply truck July 18, as one of the 81mm mortar platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, vehicles provides left flank security. 81mm mortar platoon Marines provide security for several daily ‘log’ runs in and around Fallujah to help re-supply the battalion’s infantrymen with water, food, and equipment.
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Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska (June 25, 2004) - The U.S. Marine Corps C-130 Hercules, "Fat Albert," assigned to the U.S. Navy ÒBlue AngelsÓ flight demonstration team, flies in formation with the teamÕs F/A-18A Hornets over the Alaskan Mountain Range near Mt. McKinley. The Blue Angels fly the F/A-18A Hornet, performing approximately 30 maneuvers during the aerial demonstration lasting over an hour. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 2nd Class Ryan J. Courtade (RELEASED)

A McChord Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III sits on the flight line at McGuire AFB after a rainstorm. McChord will have approximately eleven C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at McGuire AFB for an estimated three months, due to construction on the McChord flight line. 27 July 2004. USAF Photo by Kenn Mann.

[L33T DragQueen]

Jawesome

[arhom]

SARGEANT BUTTRAM LOLOLOLOL

[Zangmonkey]

I refuse to let this thread die without more pics

[nailPuppy]

Bump for neat pics. Needs moar Raptor.

[Revenant.Eagle]

awsome

more pics coming soon!

[rabidrooster]

A-10 FTW!

[Arátoeldar]

None of the pics work for me and I can't get to the Revenant.Eagle site.
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[synaesthesia]

none of the pics are working for me either

why a mod would ban a member who consistently makes quality contributions to this foram is beyond me

[Revenant.Eagle]

Originally Posted by synaesthesia

none of the pics are working for me either

why a mod would ban a member who consistently makes quality contributions to this foram is beyond me

I agree.

As to the pictures not showing, thrice.made2own.com just took a shit... not sure why. If its not up in the next 30min I'll submit a ticket.

[Arátoeldar]

Originally Posted by synaesthesia

none of the pics are working for me either

why a mod would ban a member who consistently makes quality contributions to this foram is beyond me

He was being a dick in in the Toronto Aribus crash thread however it's no worse than what I have seen others do yet they don't get KCed for 60 days.