Today's Pic's. Nov. 2

[He219]

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British soldier Sgt. Ramkumar Rai with the Gurkha division is followed by children while on patrol in the hills above Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday Nov.1, 2003. International Security Assistance Forces are currently confined to Kabul but the U.N. Security Council has voted to allow the 31 country force to expand out to key cities in some of Afghanistan's most lawless provinces. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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US ambassador to the UN John D.Negroponte arrives at Kabul International Airport on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003. The 15 Security Council members are in Afghanistan to evaluate the expansion of an international force, prop up the peace process and warn warlords to stop undermining President Hamid Karzai's central government. (AP Photo /Ahmad Masood)

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German ambassador to U.N Gunter Pleuger, right, as head of a high level UN council mission speaks to reporters as Lakhdar Brahimi the UN Special Representative to Afghanistan looks on, at Kabul International Airport on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003. The 15 Security Council members are in Afghanistan to evaluate the expansion of an international force, prop up the peace process and warn warlords to stop undermining President Hamid Karzai's central government. (AP Photo/Ahmad Masood, POOL)

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KABUL (*******) - Remnants of Afghanistan's deposed Taliban regime have kidnapped a Turkish engineer working on a US-funded road project and threatened to kill him unless six of their comrades are released, Afghan officials say. Fighting between Afghan soldiers and police in southern Afghanistan left 10 soldiers and officers dead before US soldiers intervened. Both sides in the fierce, five-hour battle are loyal, in name at least, to President Hamid Karzai's US-backed government (***** Images)

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China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers march during a welcome ceremony for China's first astronaut Yang Liwei at the Hong Kong Stadium Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003. Yang hailed Hong Kong as part of the "Chinese family," while critics called his visit a calculated attempt to bolster loyalty to the unpopular Beijing-backed government of this former British colony. (AP Photo/Anat Givon)



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U.S. Army soldiers patrol with M1 Abrams tanks Baghdad's western end of Abu Ghraib, after U.S. troops clashed with Iraqi's for the second time in three days, Sunday, Nov 2, 2003. Local Iraqis said U.S. troops arrived earlier Sunday and ordered people to disperse from the marketplace and remove what the Iraqis said were religious stickers from walls. (AP Photo/Khaled Mohammed)

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U.S. Army soldiers aim their guns in Baghdad's western end of Abu Ghraib, after U.S. troops clashed with Iraqi's for the second time in three days, Sunday, Nov 2, 2003.

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U.S.Army soldiers observe the scene as smoke rises after a U.S. Chinook helicopter believed carrying dozens of soldiers to leaves abroad was struck by a missile and crashed west of Baghdad, near Fallujah, Sunday, Nov 2, 2003. 13 soldiers were killed and more than 20 wounded, the U.S. command and witnesses reported. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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U.S. soldiers carry a stretcher to the scene after a U.S. Chinook helicopter, right, believed to be carrying dozens of soldiers to leaves abroad was struck by a missile and crashed west of Baghdad, near Fallujah, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, killing 13 soldiers and wounding more than 20 others, the U.S. command and witnesses reported. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


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U.S. soldiers search trough the rubble after a U.S. Chinook helicopter believed carrying dozens of soldiers to leaves abroad was struck by a missile and crashed west of Baghdad, near Fallujah, Sunday, Nov 2, 2003, killing 13 soldiers and wounding more than 20 others, the U.S. command and witnesses reported. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)


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U.S. soldiers observe the scene after a U.S. Chinook helicopter (center, background) believed carrying dozens of soldiers to leaves abroad was struck by a missile and crashed west of Baghdad, near Fallujah, Sunday, Nov 2, 2003, killing 13 soldiers and wounding more than 20 others, the U.S. command and witnesses reported. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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A US Chinook CH-47 helicopter lands to pick-up troopers to take back to Kandahar air field Feb. 26, 2003. A similar U.S. Chinook helicopter believed carrying dozens of soldiers to their leaves abroad was struck by a missile and crashed in corn fields west of Baghdad on Sunday, Nov. 2 2003 witnesses and U.S. officials said. At least 13 soldiers were killed and 20 injured, a coalition official said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)


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French troops from the NATO Extraction Forces board a CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter of the Royal Netherlands Air Forces during training exercises near Kumanovo, 25 miles north of Skopje, Macedonia Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gets off a plane while arriving in Moscow's Vnukovo airport, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003. Sharon arrived Sunday in Moscow, where he is expected to talk with President Vladimir Putin over Israel's concerns over Iran's nuclear program and a Russian-backed U.N. resolution on a Mideast peace plan. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Palestinian youths throw stones at Israeli troops during clashes in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank town of Nablus Sunday, Nov. 2, 2OO3. The clashes broke out after Israeli troops entered Balata on Sunday. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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A veiled Palestinian woman walks past an Israeli tank during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank town of Nablus Sunday, Nov. 2, 2OO3. The clashes broke out after Israeli troops entered Balata on Sunday. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)


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A Palestinian youth sits on the ground as an Israeli soldier patrols a street in the West Bank town of Hebron during curfew hours Sunday Nov. 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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An Israeli soldier and an elderly Palestinian argue as the soldier prevents him from entering the Old City of the West Bank town of Hebron during curfew hours Sunday Nov. 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)


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The brother, no name given, of 23-year-old Mohammed Hamad weeps over his brother's body at the hospital of the West Bank town of Nablus Saturday Nov. 1, 2003. According to Palestinian sources, the man was riding a motorcycle when he was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the Askar refugee camp in Nablus. The Israeli military said soldiers shot the man after he refused calls to stop, ignored warning shots and fled from troops. The army said also that Mohammed Hamad, was only lightly wounded in the leg, but an Associated Press reporter saw the man's body in a hospital morgue with two gunshot wounds to the chest. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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A new survey reportedly shows that six out of 10 Europeans view Israel as a greater threat to world peace than North Korea, Iran or Afghanistan. A report published in the Paris-based International Herald Tribune says Europeans participating in the October poll were given a list of 15 countries and asked if any of them present a threat to world peace. Fifty nine percent said Israel was a threat. An international Jewish organization dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust calls the survey's results "shocking" and "racist." The Simon Wiesenthal Center says the result "defies logic" and shows that "anti-Semitism is deeply embedded within European society." The poll also found that about two thirds of respondents think the war in Iraq was unjustified, and that the United States should pay the full costs of Iraq's reconstruction. More than half (54 percent) oppose sending any European peacekeepers to Iraq. VOA News

[96B]

Look at that chick second from the right :P

[Seoulstriker]

Look at that chick second from the right :P

second one from the bottom left. woot

[Seoulstriker]

The brother, no name given, of 23-year-old Mohammed Hamad weeps over his brother's body at the hospital of the West Bank town of Nablus Saturday Nov. 1, 2003. According to Palestinian sources, the man was riding a motorcycle when he was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in the Askar refugee camp in Nablus. The Israeli military said soldiers shot the man after he refused calls to stop, ignored warning shots and fled from troops. The army said also that Mohammed Hamad, was only lightly wounded in the leg, but an Associated Press reporter saw the man's body in a hospital morgue with two gunshot wounds to the chest. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

hmmmmm.

was he later shot by palestinians to make him a martyr?

[Aussie2093]

Look at that chick second from the right :P

Is that a star of david around her neck? how ironic.

[UoUo]

It is David Shield.

And what so ironic ?

[Uncle Chô]

A new survey reportedly shows that six out of 10 Europeans view Israel as a greater threat to world peace than North Korea, Iran or Afghanistan. A report published in the Paris-based International Herald Tribune says Europeans participating in the October poll were given a list of 15 countries and asked if any of them present a threat to world peace. Fifty nine percent said Israel was a threat. An international Jewish organization dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust calls the survey's results "shocking" and "racist." The Simon Wiesenthal Center says the result "defies logic" and shows that "anti-Semitism is deeply embedded within European society." The poll also found that about two thirds of respondents think the war in Iraq was unjustified, and that the United States should pay the full costs of Iraq's reconstruction. More than half (54 percent) oppose sending any European peacekeepers to Iraq. VOA News

If I were American, I would show concern about that topic.

But I think the survey gave wrong answers and biassed conclusions. To the average Euro citizen, the daily Evening News broadcast images of big Israeli tanks and bulldozers destroying 2 stories buildings, with "poor little Palestinian young boys" throwing stones at the unvulnerable steel machines. The Israelis are the bad guys. And the average Euro citizen is daily told in his newspaper for about 10 years that this never ending conflict is the root for all the tensions in the Middle East and now the turning point for all Muslim extremists and Al Quaida terrorists.

What do you think Mr Fred will answer to the question " Is Israel a threat to the world peace ? " Does he knows something about the domestic affairs in Afghanistan, NK or Iran ? No. And think about how many millions of Muslims live in Europe. Only a very few minority are activists but most of them have a natural sympathy for the Palestinians. What would be their answers to the questions ?

Sounds stupid but this is the truth. By no way there is a link with the Holocaust and we don't even think to a new genocide :cantbeli:. The real Nazis nostalgic are a few thousands across Europe. On the opposite side there are some right wing extremist Jews groups that have big interest to raise the American opinions against Europe because they dispute the soft Euro policy toward the Palestinians. This is dangerous because they stir up hatred between the 2 continents for their very own purpose.

Fanatism from both sides must be fight.

[hood]

I think it's easy to read too much into that. Israel is equated with the "middle east crisis" that's been going on for so many years. Most people see it as a reason for so much of the conflict and terrorism in the world so it's clear why people answered this way. It didn't ask the question "do you hate jews?".

[NcDeuce]

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:( R.I.P.

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Hmm, that's not a UH-60. MH-60 or Pave Hawk?

[Seoulstriker]

what's the difference between a pave hawk and a blackhawk?

[Ratamacue]

TF160, it was a CH-47.

[Uncle Chô]

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Hmm, that's not a UH-60. MH-60 or Pave Hawk?
Look at the bulbous radome under the nose. To me it is a USAF or AFRES HH-60G Pave Hawk (no visible FLIR) that was probably on Combat SAR Alert at the nearby airport.

The # between the Army Blackhawk (UH-60s) and the USAF HH/MH-60Gs is their role and equipment. The UH-60 is a standart transport helicopter (beeing upgrading with new engines and avionic) for the Army. The Air Force Pave Hawk is dedicated to Combat SAR missions under adverse conditions and is also Special Ops capable. It is a sophisticated aircraft with Doppler radar, SatCom and FLIR (on the MH-60G version).

Both aircrafts share the same design, Air Force Hawks are converted UH-60s.

[NcDeuce]

Nah, this one...

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what's the difference between a pave hawk and a blackhawk?

Whoops, my bad, I should of said Black Hawk and Pave Hawk instead of MH-60 and Pave Hawk. Pave Hawks are MH-60G. Air Force Special Ops use Pave Hawks. The 160th SOAR or Army Special Ops use the MH-60K and MH-60L Black Hawks. And I think the Navy uses the MH-60GR Strike Hawk. Oh yeah and HH-60s are Pave Hawks too, some HH-60s are also called Sea Hawks and Jay Hawks...so many types! :|

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/mh-60.htm
Good information on the different types.

[Seoulstriker]

thanks, guys! woot woot

[Haiw]

damnit with all those hawk types..here's another one

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the gayhawk

[Seoulstriker]

damnit with all those hawk types..here's another one

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the gayhawk

:lol:


that's a model?

[He219]

Look at that chick second from the right :P

second one from the bottom left. woot

She looks somewhat like Sarah Jessica Parker... ;)

I totally agree with Hood's asessment with regards to the survey. Another 'poll' that should be looked at through all angles...

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Czech Republic military medics carry a boy wounded while trying to collect water from a broken water pipe in the Iraqi town of Basra on May 4, 2003. Neither the Czechs, who have about 270 personnel running a field hospital in Basra, nor the Romanians, with 800 troops in southeastern Iraq, say they're contemplating any changes despite the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

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A patrol from the British 1st Battalion of The King's Regiment passes one of the street markets in Basra, in southern Iraq, November 2, 2003. *******/ Nikola Solic

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A U.S. Army tank guards a marketplace in the Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib, November 2, 2003. Locals said skirmishes developed in a market area of the town for the second time in three days, and military bulldozers later demolished stalls set up near the roadway. *******/Ceerwan Aziz

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Iraqi students pass a British soldier protecting a school in the center of the southern Iraqi town of Basra, November 2, 2003. U.S. troops and Iraqi police tightened security in Baghdad and other cities over the weekend in response to rumors that guerrillas planned another series of bombings. *******/Atef Hassan

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U.S. Army troops search a crash site where a Chinook helicopter crashed into a field near the restive town of Falluja, November 2, 2003. *******/Akram Saleh

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A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter lifts off as troops search a crash site where a Chinook helicopter crashed into a field near the restive town of Falluja, November 2, 2003. *******/Akram Saleh

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Video grab image shows Iraqis celebrating on a vehicle burning after a roadside bomb blast hit a convoy of U.S. soldiers in civilian vehicles in Falluja November 2, 2003. One 1st Armored Division soldier in Baghdad and two U.S. civilians working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Fallujah. All three were victims of roadside bombs, the military said. *******/******* TV

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A soldier of U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) sits atop his vehicle in front of a mosque by a palace of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as he secures the area where U.S. senators were visiting troops in Tikrit, 110 miles north of Baghdad, November 2, 2003. U.S. president George W. Bush vowed on Saturday to stand firm and said leaving Iraq prematurely would strengthen the "terrorists" he said were to blame for recent deadly suicide attacks. *******/Damir Sagolj

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When David Lancia, a combat medic, was shipped to Baghdad in March, he figured he'd be needed mainly by American soldiers. Then he met Ia.Melissa Lancia, with assistance from her five-month-old daughter Natalie, sorts through some of the candy that will be sent to the children in Iraqi. Her husband, David Lancia, is a combat medic in Baghdad(Centcom photo)

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A Palestinian teenager hurls a stone at an Israeli army tank during clashes in the Balata refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Nablus, November 02, 2003. Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian motorcyclist on Saturday at a roadblock near a West Bank refugee camp, Palestinian security and medical officials said. *******/Abed Omar Qusini

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A group of Israeli soldiers patrol in an empty street of the West Bank city of Hebron, November 2, 2003 during a curfew. Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian motorcyclist on Saturday at a roadblock near a West Bank refugee camp, Palestinian security and medical officials said. *******/Nayef Hashlamoun


Some Hi-Res images from Kabul:

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CPD, SACEUR, General James L. Jones arriving at Kabul airport. NATO assumes Command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, 11 August 2003.


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Left – NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador A. Minuto Rizzo upon arrival at Kabul airport, together with SACEUR, General James L. Jones (centre) and centre right, the newly-appointed Commander of the NATO mission to Afghanistan, Lt. General Götz Gliemeroth

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German Fuchs APC vehicles at Kabul airport.

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REMOV pointed out the Belgian Pandur on the left, yesterday..
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Notice the snipers on the roof..

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A USAF Black Hawk helicopter and crew at Kabul airport.

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A United Nations Humanitarian aircraft at Kabul airport. Apache hovering in the back.

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The ISAF convoy of Armed Personnel Carriers (APCs) leaving Kabul airport.

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The audience and press during the change of command ceremony. Notice the guys in the back

[AirZone]

Look at that chick second from the right :P

second one from the bottom left. woot

they are fine.. but they are nothing compare to some reallll hotties i know.. lucky me ;)

[96B]

Can you mail some to me? woot

[GLax]

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A veiled Palestinian woman walks past an Israeli tank during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank town of Nablus Sunday, Nov. 2, 2OO3. The clashes broke out after Israeli troops entered Balata on Sunday. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)


what is the purpose of hanging chains on the back of the merkavas turret? i've been meaning to ask but i keep forgetting...

[He219]

what is the purpose of hanging chains on the back of the merkavas turret? i've been meaning to ask but i keep forgetting...
I would imagine having something to do with deflecting or detonating missiles before they have an opportunity to explode between the turret and hull, a weak spot.

Just my thoughts though...


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Senior Airman John Mejia with the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, positions captured 160mm Chinese mortars for destruction at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 24, 2003. DoD photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- (Left to right) Staff Sgts. Robert Rondash and Travis Smith, of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, line up 160 mm Chinese mortars Oct. 24 to destroy captured-enemy munitions that could be used against U.S. and coalition forces here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek)


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KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. James Jay Cook III uses the remote control detonator to set off the explosives Oct. 25. Cook and other 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordinance disposal airmen have disposed of more than 1 million pounds of captured emeny munitions here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alicia M. Sarkkinen)

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TALIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Lt. Gen. George Taylor, the surgeon general of the Air Force, is briefed by Col. Jay A. Johannigman, deputy commander of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group, on injuries sustained by an Iraqi boy from a land mine explosion at his school near here Oct. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek)

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KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's fire department clean up after an Army AH-64 Apache crashed here, Oct. 23. The Apache’s crew was not harmed when they made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff. The cause of the crash is under investigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lee A Osberry Jr.)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- An F-15 Eagle from the 12th Fighter Squadron here prepares to taxi out for a real world deployment Oct. 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Adrian Cadiz)

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COMPOSITE IMAGE -- This Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite network image uses a combination of infrared data with a specialized visual sensor that can see lights at night. The yellow streak shows a vigorous aurora over Norway and Sweden on Oct. 30. (Courtesy image)


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COMPOSITE IMAGE -- This Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite network image uses a combination of infrared data with a specialized visual sensor that can see lights at night. The aurora is seen from the Dakotas through Maine on Oct. 29. (Courtesy image)


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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A B-1B Lancer releases a payload of inert weapons here, after its record breaking flights. The B-1B unofficially set and broke almost 50 new world speed records during the air show Oct. 25 and 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Zapka)

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FILE PHOTO -- The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. It provides a relatively low-cost, high-performance weapon system for the United States and allied nations. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron here prepares for a flying mission during exercise Sea Lion 04-02 on Oct. 30. Sea Lion 04-02 is an operational readiness exercise being conducted here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Paul Holcomb)

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SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 77th Fighter Squadron here returns to base after completing a mission during exercise Sea Lion 04-02 on Oct. 30.

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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- A B-2 Spirit takes off from the flightline here on a Red Flag training mission, Oct. 23, 2003. The B-2, a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions, brings massive firepower to bear anywhere on the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael R. Nixon)


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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The final Titan II rocket streaked skyward Oct. 18, leaving in its wake a 40-year history that included a transformation from intercontinental ballistic missile to space booster. (Courtesy photo)

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CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. -- Lt. Col. Ron Boll, a C-130E Hercules Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System pilot, takes the right seat on a flight during a fire retardant drop on the Simi fire in Southern California on Oct. 28. Pilots flying eight Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes have dropped 129,600 gallons of retardant on the fire during 48 sorties and 32 flying hours as of Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)

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[Marxist203]

I saw one of those Stealth bombers there fly at the Abbotsford airshow 2 years back, it was strange looking, when you looked at it, it didn't really seem natural...hard to explain really.

[Stonewall71]

(edit, wrong thread)

[Bacon]

(edit, wrong thread)

Yes it is since this thread is from 2003!

[He219]

Wow!! 2003
Been doing this too long ..
:lol: