The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

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Taliban safehouse, gone!
An F-15E Strike Eagle drops a flare Dec. 18, 2009, during the demolition of the "Taliban Hotel," a safehouse in Khost Province used by insurgents infiltrating Afghanistan. An explosive ordnance disposal team deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash., partnered with Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, and Afghan national security forces to level the structure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Otero)

Target practice
An F-4 Phantom II practices Oct. 23, 2009, for the Southwest Open House at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The F-4 is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targeting Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chris Flahive)

Into the night
Floodlights illuminate an F-16 Fighting Falcon outside a hardened aircraft shelter at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2010. Flightline operations continue into the night to keep the base's F-16s, pilots and maintenance crews ready to deploy at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

 

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Helicopter training
Students from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Ala., piloting UH-1H Iroquois helicopters, practice formation-flight patterns. The 23rd FTS is the third and final phase of undergraduate pilot training before the student pilots can obtain their wings. It is the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilot training for special operations, combat search and rescue, missile support and distinguished visitor airlift missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Anthony Jennings)

 

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02/11/2010
SLING LOAD
U.S. Army soldiers attach three fuel blivets to a CH-47F Chinook helicopter for transport to Obeidi, an Iraqi outpost near the Syrian border, to establish a temporary Forward Arming and Refueling Point for aircraft operaitons in the area, Feb. 10, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, and the 3rd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo

 

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02/12/2010
AGGRESSOR FALCONS
Three U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 64th Aggressor Squadron fly in formation after refueling during exercise Red Flag on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 4, 2010. Red Flag, a realistic combat training exercise involving the U.S. Air Force and its allies, is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald

02/10/2010
THREE-SHIP FORMATION
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors fly in a three-ship formation to the Nevada Test and Training Range, Feb. 4, 2010, during Red Flag, a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The Raptors are assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron on Elmendorf Air Base, Alaska, and the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. U.S Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Taylor Worley

02/09/2010
RED FLAG RAPTOR
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, prepares to regroup after being refueled Feb. 2, 2010, during Red Flag over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish

 

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Va-room!
An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off before dawn with Capt. Cory Farrer at the controls Feb. 3, 2010, on the final day of an operational readiness exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The jet's afterburners kicked up a plume of steam and snow as the aircraft lifted. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

 

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. --
A P38 Lightning, F-86 Sabre, F-4 Phantom and A-10 Thunderbolt break over Nellis for the Air Combat Command heritage flight during the 2009 Aviation Nation Nellis Open House Nov. 13. The Nellis Open House is an opportunity for the Las Vegas community to view aerial demonstrations and static displays of various aircraft from the military. The open house also acts as the final air show of the year for the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

A U.S. Navy F-18 Hornet receives fuel from a 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-10A Extender over Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)

 

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DatePhotoTaken 10/31/2009 3:15:00 PM
Byline Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon
Dateline YUMA, Ariz.
Caption A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey prepares to refuel midflight above the Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 31, 2009, during the final exercise of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course. The tilt-rotor aircraft was refueled by a Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules plane, also participating in course. Students of the biannual course, run by Yuma-based Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, graduated Nov. 1 and will return to their units to serve as instructors on the latest aviation tactics.

DatePhotoTaken 10/31/2009 3:07:00 PM
Byline Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon
Dateline YUMA, Ariz.
Caption Sgt. Thomas E. Bahr, student and loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, watches from the rear ramp of a KC-130J Hercules plane as an MV-22 Osprey refuels midflight above the Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 31, 2009, during the final exercise of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course. During the exercise, Hercules planes and crew refueled other aircraft midflight, simulated supply air drops and transported personnel and equipment. Students of the biannual course, run by Yuma-based Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, graduated Nov. 1 and will return to their units to serve as instructors on the latest aviation tactics. Bahr, 24, is a native of Rochester, Mich. The squadron is based in Cherry Point, N.C.

 

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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron leads a formation of two F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron, two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-2 attack fighters from the 6th Tactical Fighter Squadron, two U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron 136 and a Japanese E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from 601st Squadron on a flight over Guam during exercise Cope North Feb. 15, 2010. The U.S. Air Force and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force conduct Cope North annually at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to increase combat readiness and interoperability, concentrating on coordination and evaluation of air tactics, techniques and procedures. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey, U.S. Air Force/Released)


Here is a link to the full size photo.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4363078116_e642e75c3f_o.jpg

 

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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter swiftly departs the flight line during dusk on Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 11, 2010. The helicopter is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, which conducts aviation operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to support U.S. and Iraqi forces. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski

 

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100216-N-4774B-856 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 16, 2010) A member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Group (EODMUG) 3 suspends an American flag from an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter flying over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is taking part in Southern Seas 2010 as part of a scheduled homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

100216-N-4774B-834 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 16, 2010) F/A-18 Super Hornets assigned to the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81, lead by an E-2C Hawkeye, fly in formation near the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a flight demonstration. Carl Vinson is taking part in Southern Seas 2010 as part of a scheduled homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

 

[highside7r]

AE606,
BZ on the pics, you have both my current Army unit and my former Navy squadron in there!

 

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Follow the leader
A B-52 Stratofortress leads a formation of two F-16 Fighting Falcons; two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 attack fighters and two U.S. Navy EA-6B Prowlers Feb. 15, 2010 near Guam during Exercise Cope North. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

 

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100216-N-4774B-856 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 16, 2010) A member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Group (EODMUG) 3 suspends an American flag from an SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter flying over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is taking part in Southern Seas 2010 as part of a scheduled homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)


is that Blue Death?

 

[highside7r]

Affirm, I always wanted to put one on the starboard weapons rack to see what the fast movers would think!

 

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Finally figured out that the "F-16" and Prowler section in the break I was seeing was part of Cope North and was actually an F-2. Sweet!