Military Photo Thread [READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING]

Stealthirl

Give a man a fish and you've fed him for a day, give the South Korean SWAT
Team a Ford Excursion and they'll turn it into a hideout-storming kill platform
with a sniper's nest.


Firefighters, soldiers, policemen and government employees take part in a drill
for emergency rescues yesterday at the Sheraton Walker-Hill Hotel in Gwangjin, Seoul.
ahead of the G-20 Summit in November.


The awesomeness [imo] of the SR-71

DeBurca

The SR71 Blackbird refulling in flight
The ultimate driving machine (with no apoligies to BMW)

andy_g

Sexy

Mucho sexy

Uber sexy

Stealthirl

a place that still amazes me is Davis-Monthan Air Force Base AKA the boneyard
visited it a long time ago and the scale of it was overwhelming.
sorry about the large pics but i feel is i make em smaller you lose scale of the site

heres some pics i found online















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B-52's hacked into pieces (on display for Sovit satellite photos)...

andy_g

The amount of F14, 15's and f4's there is crazy :O

Stealthirl

if your ever near [within a days drive] of Tucson i would defo recomend a visit,may be an idea to also pre book a spot on a tour as i had to wate 2 days to get in on one

Captain Chaos

andy_g wrote: »

The amount of F14, 15's and f4's there is crazy :O

There is no to very little F-14s there, they were all cut up in 2006-2008 ASAP. There are only a hand few left as display and base guard models. They didn't want any possibility of Iran gaining any spare parts on the black market for it's Tomcat fleet, what's left of it anyway that's in fit for use condition.

The amount of F-15s is crazy. There are around 450 A,B variants there. A lot more are due to join them of the C an Ds, the USAF will drop down to about less than 200 active F-15s (excluding the Strike Eagles) in the next 5 years. Sad to see the classic twins of the 70s, the '14s and '15s die off. At least the F-15 line is still going with the SG and possibly SE models for a few years yet.

All the airworthy F-4s are near out of stock to use as target drones, they are moving onto F-16A,B models for target drones now.

It's crazy, the amount of countries out there with little to no airforce and the USAF can justify shooting down early model F-16s as target practice that are worth around 25 million US each. Granted they have no use for them with the top end F-16 Blocks and the F-35 coming online.

Lemming

andy_g wrote: »

The amount of F14, 15's and f4's there is crazy :O

I used to spend ages looking over the google satellite imagery and trying to play "spot the aircraft type".

Even on google maps, the scale is immense.


There are a few instances of B2 and F117's being captured on google maps as well. Do a google

Captain Chaos

Lemming wrote: »

There are a few instances of B2 and F117's being captured on google maps as well. Do a google

You won't be seeing any more '117s if google update all their maps, they are all cut up except for about 4 airframes about 2 years ago.

I try to find as many F-35s as I can at Forth Worth and at Pax. Used to do the same back in 03-05 as the F-22s started being delivered.

I like taking a look at Lakenheath and counting the Eagles there on GE, I have to vist there and watch them some time at the fence before they get rid of them and replace them with F-35s, can't see the limited number of F-22s getting a squadron based there in the short term.

The Russian bases are good for a gander, all the MiGs and Sukhois languishing around being left to the elements.

Lemming

Captain Chaos wrote: »

You won't be seeing any more '117s if google update all their maps, they are all cut up except for about 4 airframes about 2 years ago.

All screenshots taken by people and written up as articles now. Some of the locations have since updated their maps (or been airbrushed out).

whydave

US Army soldier from 3rd Platoon Chaos Company 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Devision walks in a Marijuana field during a patrolling in Siah Choy village in Zari district of Kandahar province, south of Afghanistan on October 24, 2010.

US soldiers from 2nd Platoon Chaos Company 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division explode an unused building as they believe that Taliban will use it during a patrol in Didar village in Zari district of Kandahar province, south of Afghanistan on 25 October, 2010

whydave

WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dogwatch

Whydave,
What is the story in the first photo, the guy in the lifejacket.

OzCam

He's the arrestee. Perhaps they hadn't got any hi-vis vests to hand.

AlternateID

OzCam wrote: »

He's the arrestee. Perhaps they hadn't got any hi-vis vests to hand.

There's a boat in the back ground and clearly they're on a pier. I count 4 wearing life preservers and they’re not in cuffs. Can we direct chat to the other thread please?

whydave

Latests Mini-Beryl.

whydave

whydave

Members of Austria's armed forces stand in front of the historic Hofburg Palace during an Austrian Army presentation on Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag) at Heldenplatz in Vienna October 26, 2010

Cyclops Squadron from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) is now on the ground in Helmand province putting the new Wolfhound and Mastiff vehicles to good use supporting 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment.
(not to sure about these no MG's mounted !)



(Oct. 26, 2010) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 launches from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is conducting a 2010 Fall patrol in the western Pacific Ocean

whydave

whydave

A group of Afghan Commandos, with 3rd Commando Kandak, and U.S. Special Forces Soldiers, with Special Operations Task Force - South, wait to board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before an operation to rid insurgents from PanjwaÕi District, Oct. 15, 2010, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

US soldiers from 2nd Platoon Chaos Company 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division detonate an abandoned building to avoid it being used by the Taliban in the Siah Choi area of Zari district of Kandahar province, south of Afghanistan on October 23, 2010

Private security contractors guard a part of a route as NATO supply trucks drive past in the province of Ghazni, south-west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010

Soldiers of German armed forces Bundeswehr rush to rescue a comrade acting as a wounded victim of an ambush during a training session


An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crew participates in a combat search and rescue demonstration Oct. 1, 2010, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The HH-60 and its crew are assigned to Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.


U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company sleep by the moonlight at their remote base near the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, October 24, 2010.Picture was taken using a 30 second exposure.

TIM1500 thermal imagers are used on remote weapon stations and allow soldiers to detect and identify enemy targets while remaining inside their vehicles through remotely controlled, vehicle mounted platforms
I need one of these !!!:)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 26, 2010) A Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS *****sburg (CG 64) is fired
NO this !!!I have to have one !:D

Project 22350 will have Palash/Palma CIWS.
Dear God I need new underpants !!!

Gatling

Fans of Russian gear look away now

US ARMY's MK 777 (rpg) full metal tacticool ,

Gatling

in standard form

MerryDespot

Captain Chaos wrote: »

It's crazy, the amount of countries out there with little to no airforce and the USAF can justify shooting down early model F-16s as target practice that are worth around 25 million US each. Granted they have no use for them with the top end F-16 Blocks and the F-35 coming online.

Pork barrelling Dude - there's not a senator or congressman in the US who wouldn't back a military project that would bring manufacturing to his/her district. As long as that continues there'll be boneyards full of perfectly good aircraft (albeit with miles on the airframes - but certainly not wrecks) that are too 'out of date' to be of use.

swiftblade

MerryDespot wrote: »

Pork barrelling Dude - there's not a senator or congressman in the US who wouldn't back a military project that would bring manufacturing to his/her district. As long as that continues there'll be boneyards full of perfectly good aircraft (albeit with miles on the airframes - but certainly not wrecks) that are too 'out of date' to be of use.

The plane graveyard in Nevada? i think, has fully workable planes that can be called into service if needed. As was said it's all about money. Think about most of the arms the Us forces use. Most are produced in the Us....

whydave

U.S. Army Sgt. Sherri Gallagher of Prescott, Ariz., representing TRADOC, fires at targets during the M-4 Range Qualification event for the Department of the Army's 10th annual Best Warrior Competition held on Fort Lee, Va., Oct. 21, 2010.



Russian rapid reaction police soldiers landind from the helicopter during a training at the base outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 29, 2010.

HN. Donald Howard of Columbus, Ohio, and from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company climbs over a mud wall during a patrol in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, October 31, 2010.

U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company stand by a wall during a night patrol in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, October 31, 2010.

whydave

How to fight from a room airsoft style !

Gatling

XM8 varient seen in Iraq not sure of the date be intrested if there's other pics of the M8 outside of the states

whydave

SSgt. Ysidro Gonzalez of Alice, Texas, from the 1st Battalion 8th Marines Alpha Company shoots his weapon while under fire from Taliban insurgents during a gun battle in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, November 1, 2010.

HN. Donald Howard (2nd R) of Columbus, Ohio checks on concussed Alpha Company 1st Battalion 8th Marines Sgt. Thomas James Brennan (L) of Randolph, Massachusetts, LCpl. James Roche (2nd L), LCpl. John Chun, both of New Jersey and LCpl. James Edward Orr (R) of Eufaula, Alabama in a compound offering cover after rocket propelled grenades exploded near their positions during a battle against Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, November 1, 2010.

you can see the round exiting the launcher!!

Spent cartridges spring from the weapon of Sgt. Thomas James Brennan of Randolph, Massachusetts, from the 1st Battalion 8th Marines Alpha Company as he fires at Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, November 1, 2010.

pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing jumps from an HC-130P/N King while performing a freefall rescue demonstration Oct. 27, 2010, at Cocoa Beach, Fla. As part of the demonstration for Air Force Week Cocoa Beach, the Airman will swim to shore.


EJECT!!!!!

whydave

A Macedonian army Mi-24 helicopter fires rockets during the "Balkan Flash 2010" military exercise at Krivolak army training centre, 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Skopje, November 2, 2010

Macedonian army female soldiers observe a military drill named Balkan Flash 2010 in the military training area Krivolak in central Macedonia, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010

Czech soldiers move a wounded comrade to a casualty collection point during a cordon and search operation in Wa' khan village at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center.

An unmanned vehicle is seen during a demonstration as part of a Homeland Security Conference at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv November 2, 2010. Israel is considering making the driverless vehicles a part of a new security regimen to be instituted at the airport by 2012.

whydave

A Belarus Interior Ministry soldiers overcome obstacles during rigorous physical examinations for the 'Madder Beret' outside Minsk in Volovshchina on November 3, 2010.