The Awesome Military Photo Thread

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SAN DIEGO (Jan. 3, 2013) The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) departs San Diego to conduct a hull swap with guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 53) in Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

 

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Maj. Jay Wagers, an F-22 Raptor pilot, puts on his helmet after climbing into the cockpit of his fifth generation fighter. Wagers is assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

Wagers returns a preflight salute from Speer, his aircraft's crew chief.

 

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F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, test aircraft BF-2 - June 2012 - Maryland, USA

 

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Saab JAS 39 Gripen

 

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Curtiss P40 fighter pilot's view (not flight sim) - YouTube

Curtiss P40 fighter pilot's view

 

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[Neil]

stunning....

 

[Neil]

dont know if this should be in this thread or no but it kind of shows the amazing ethos and brotherhood that exist in armies....so

 

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[asianobserve]

dont know if this should be in this thread or no but it kind of shows the amazing ethos and brotherhood that exist in armies....so

A soldier in orange t-shirt? Nice target for the insurgents...

 

[Akim]

A soldier in orange t-shirt? Nice target for the insurgents...

Well, that his enemies from below is not seen, but it would have died from laughter.

 

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GULF OF MEXICO (April 19, 2012) The Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the first of 10 Navy joint high-speed vessels designed for rapid intra-theater transport of troops and military equipment, conducts builder's trials. The 338-foot-long aluminum catamarans are designed to be fast, flexible and maneuverable even in austere ports, making them ideal for transporting troops and equipment quickly within a theater of operations.

 

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SAIPAN (Jan. 11, 2013) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN 701) moors alongside the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40). La Jolla is in Saipan for a scheduled port visit during its deployment to the western Pacific Ocean

 

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Capt. Jonathan Morgan, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, receives fuel from a Utah National Guard KC-135 tanker en route to San Diego, Calif., Jan. 18, 2013. A cadre of Hill-based 388th Fighter Wing pilots will be operating out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to provide close air support for the U.S Marine Corps Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 13-1 formerly known as Mojave Viper. This joint training operation, executed at 29 Palms, prepares Marine battalions for deployment to Afghanistan.

 

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A howitzer team assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fires their M119A2 Howitzer during a live-fire exercise at Camp Clark, Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2013. The 105mm was shot in support of a training mission to certify forward observers from the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment. (

 

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[asianobserve]

I wouldn't want to be at the other end of this weapon...