The Awesome Military Photo Thread

[cobra commando]

Capt. Mike Sydney, 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-52 Stratofortress copilot, explains features of the aircraft to former Marine Pfc. William Mays, a Guam liberation World War II veteran, during his visit to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 17, 2013. Mays visited the 36th Operations Support Squadron, the three Marine units temporarily assigned here, and a B-52 during his weeklong visit to the island for the 69th anniversary of Liberation Day.

 

[bhramos]

 

[asianobserve]

Familiar birds on Afghan skies...

 

[Neil]

A C-17 Globemaster III air delivers bundles of fuel to Forward Operating Base Waza K'wah in the Paktika province of Afghanistan. The fuel was part of an air delivery to help sustain members of Task Force Currahee, 4th Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, whose only means of re-supply is through air delivery

 

[Neil]

 

[bhramos]

 

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[cobra commando]

F-22 Raptors



U.S. Air Force and Navy units participated in the Trident Warrior 2013 exercise over the Atlantic Ocean near the Hampton Roads, Va., area, July 8-19. The exercise tested an experimental Joint Tactical Information Distribution System between fourth and fifth- generation fighters, and included F-22 Raptors, F-15 Eagles, F-15 Strike Eagles, F-18 Hornets, T-38 Talons and E-2 Hawkeyes.

 

[cobra commando]

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. - -- West Virginia Air National Guard aircrew members with the 167th Airlift Wing out of Martinsburg, W. Va., perform post flight checks inside the cockpit of a C-5 Galaxy, July 22, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. Airmen from the 167th AW loaded cargo onto the C-5 to be used to support Operation Enduring Freedom.

 

[abingdonboy]

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[cobra commando]

HNLMS Holland in the Caribbean seas, visiting the Dutch island Curaçao.

 

[abingdonboy]

My latest vid:

 

[cobra commando]

MiG-25RB taking off.

 

[cobra commando]

CORAL SEA (Aug. 2, 2013) The forward close-in weapons system (CIWS) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) is fired during a pre-action calibration firing.

 

[cobra commando]

PACIFIC OCEAN (JULY 31, 2013) An MV-22 Osprey assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 (Reinforced) takes off during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4).

 

[bhramos]

 

[cobra commando]

A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
approaches the rear of a KC-135 Stratotanker in preparation to refuel during a training mission over Midwestern skies. The B-2's
unique design has enabled it to travel into enemy territory without being detected by their radar to deploy ordinance.
(Photo by Airman 1st Class John Linzmeier, 1 AUG 2013.)

 

[cobra commando]

T-28

 

[Kunal Biswas]

This hapless soldier found himself in this predicament after he stepped on a landmine, which, by itself, is pretty darn unlucky. When the grenade he was carrying on his chest was blown inside of his own head by the other, unrelated explosion going off right beneath his feet, he officially entered wrathful god/gypsy curse territory. But even a furious and scorned deity knows when enough is enough, and the soldier finally caught a break: You can actually still see the pin and spoon in there, meaning the grenade was not armed ... when it went inside of his skull.

 

[Kunal Biswas]