Military Photo Thread [READ FIRST POST BEFORE POSTING]

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The U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator flies over Edwards during a routine test mission. The UCAS-D program conducted the airworthiness test phase for the X-47B at Edwards, which came to a successful conclusion May 15 after more than two years of testing. Team Edwards will continue to support the program, as the 412th Maintenance Group will send personnel to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., to continue supporting in the aircraft carrier suitability test phase. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Chris Neill)
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FAC1004 (cn 382-4964) Beautiful paint job for this C-130H. Here making a stop at Lajes on the way to RIAT2012, Lajes / Azores (AB4) (TER / LPLA), Portugal, 2-jul-2012
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U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group jump from UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with U.S. Army special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps.
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Taylor Rudd of Lubbock, Texas, kneels to pray with his horse, White Horse, during the funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan Friday, July 6, 2012 in York, Neb. Hunter died June 23, 2012 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Alyssa Schukar)
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Sgt. Tim Martin, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, pulls security from the rear hatch of his Stryker vehicle during Operation Buffalo Thunder II in the Shorabak district, Afghanistan, June 30, 2012. During the eight-day mission, Afghan and American forces cleared more than 120 kilometers of rugged terrain and escorted approximately 60 truckloads of humanitarian aid for distribution to the people of Shorabak. Date Posted: 07.06.2012
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An Afghan security man aims his weapon towards Taliban militants, not pictured, during a gun battle in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 9, 2012.
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Police officers take cover during an attack on their police station by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Toribio, southern Colombia on Saturday, July 7, 2012.
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Polish Army soldiers from 18th Reconaissance Regiment, stationed in Białystok
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Participants of "Sea breeze-2012" visiting Military museum in Odesa and touring USN ship.
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A B-52 Stratofortress flies over the Pacific Ocean after an air refueling in support of exercise Rim of the Pacific. The first B-52 flew for the first time 60 years ago. The last B-52 manufactured, Tail No. 1040, rolled off the assembly line 50 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kamaile O. Long)
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A 1st Fighter Wing's F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., pulls away from a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 756th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md., after refueling off the east coast, July 10, 2012.
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Marines and a CH-53 helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 refuels an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter during Exercise Javelin Thrust 2012.
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President Barack Obama departs aboard Air Force One at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday July 10, 2012.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Harris, a Military Working Dog handler, with his dog Aaron prior to training at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, July 9, 2012.
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Soldiers from the French-German 291st Jagerbataillon take part in the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees in Paris July 14, 2012. The Arc de Triomphe is seen in the background.
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Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry hike with Afghan Uniformed Police officers and Afghan Border Patrol officers on a mountain ridge while on a mission to investigate the source of several mortar rounds that landed on Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan's Paktiya province July 14, 2012.
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Snipers with the Royal Air Force Regiment, look through the scopes of their sniper rifles as the military prepares for duty to provide security aboard helicopters high above the London Olympic games, at RAF Northolt, in London, Friday July 13, 2012. Aircraft that fail to comply with procedures within a restricted airspace zone around the Olympic venues could be subject to "lethal force" from the military, it is revealed Friday. RAF Typhoon fast jets and RAF Puma helicopters with snipers armed with hi-tech rifles will be among the military aircraft patrolling the restricted zone which comes into force during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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A British Army AH1 Apache captivates thousands of spectators with an aerial demonstration July 15, 2012, during the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, England.
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Two A-10 Thunderbolt II's from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., start a left banking maneuver after being mid-air refueled and prepare to head back to an exercise during a boss lift and training flight over Michigan, July 11, 2012. The refueling mission was conducted to recognize civilian employers who have been nominated by their guardmember employees.
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Paratroopers from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry board a waiting CH-47 Chinook helicopter as they begin a helicopter assault mission at Combat Outpost Herrera in Afghanistan's Paktiya Province July 15, 2012. Picture taken July 15.
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A paratrooper from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry photographs a rainbow towards the end of a helicopter assault mission to improve their biological database, near the town of Ahmad Khel in Afghanistan's Paktiya Province July 16, 2012. Picture taken July 16.
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A B-1B Lancer, here from the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, sits on the airfield at RAF Mildenhall July 12, 2012. The B-1B holds almost 50 world records for speed, payload, range and time of climb in its class. The National Aeronautic Association recognized the B-1B for completing one of the 10 most memorable record flights for 1994.
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Task Force – Four, based on the 8/9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
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Love the sign at the exit in this one.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Blayne Catlett, team leader, Headquarters Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, takes a knee to provide security during a patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan July 11, 2012. The Marines patrolled in support of Afghan National Army forces during Operation Gospand-Sia.
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An Australian Soldier fires a F-89 Minimi light machine gun during a platoon-size live-fire training range as part of Rim of the Pacific, 2012, July 19.
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British Soldiers from Burma Company, 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (3 Yorks) during apartnered operation with the Afghan National Army in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan , 18th July 2012
Photos: Cpl Paul Morrison, Army Photographer ©MOD/Crown Copyright 2012
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Sgt. James Matychowiak (front) and Staff Sgt. Bennie R. Mendez, soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment scan their sectors for any threats at Azikzai police station July 9, 2012, in Central Azikzai, a village cluster in Zharay district of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Matychowiak is on shift as the sniper, while Mendez helps as his spotter.
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A Somali boy greets a British Army soldier in Afgoye, 30km from the capital Mogadishu on July 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA
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