Today's Pic's. - Jan. 7

[He219]

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Thai rangers patrol on a van in Narathiwat province, Thailand Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. Thai government has acknowledged that this week's attacks in the country's southern provinces could be the handiwork of Islamic insurgents, after previously dismissing the region's violence as banditry. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday that although the separatist ideology has died down, "some extremists still remain." (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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Thai soldiers guard Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004 at the entrance to a military armory which was raided on Sunday in Narathiwat province, Thailand. Thai government has acknowledged that this week's attacks in the country's southern provinces could be the handiwork of Islamic insurgents, after previously dismissing the region's violence as banditry. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday that although the separatist ideology has died down, "some extremists still remain." (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)


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Woha!

Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division view a map of Fallujah during a briefing at Camp Voltorno prior to conducting early-morning raids Tuesday. The raids netted four suspects, including an Iraqi man suspected of constructing IEDs for insurgents.

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Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division cut open a suspected IED (improvised explosive device) materials storehouse during an early-morning raid on Tuesday in Fallujah.

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Combat medic Sgt. Luis Pacheco of Chicago, with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, treats an Iraqi man for a gunshot wound to the chest as another soldier searches the home during an early-morning raid Tuesday in Fallujah. Army officials said U.S. soldiers fired on the man after he brandished a rifle.

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A U.S. Army soldier of the task force Iron Horse walks on a foggy morning in Tikrit, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. Sniper attacks and driveby shootings are the new hit-and-run tactics confronting the U.S. occupiers of Saddam Hussein's birthplace, punctuating an eerie calm that has settled on this tense town since the dictator's capture. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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U.S. Army Pfc. Sanzabedee Guerrero, of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division looks at Iraqi people, during a foot patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, in this Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004 file photo. Sniper attacks and driveby shootings are the new hit-and-run tactics confronting the U.S. occupiers of Saddam Hussein's birthplace, punctuating an eerie calm that has settled on this tense town since the dictator's capture. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)


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Soldiers from the Old Guard stop to perform communications en route to a mission in rural Djibouti. As part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, the Old Guard's Bravo Co. is engaged in several missions varying from securing humanitarian missions to training with regional militaries.

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An Old Guard soldier and a soldier with the 463rd Engineering Bat., a reserve unit from W. V., meet with a local interpreter at the sie of a humanitarian mission. At the site, a CJTF-HOA mission, engineers are constructing a road in country.

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TADJOURA, Djibouti – Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Adour, director of the Tadjoura Medical Hospital, speaks to a crowd of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa members and people from the local community about the current renovations to the hospital here Dec. 6. “Before this people here thought of the United States as just a powerful military force, now the community has built many very close relationship with the Americans that helped out on this projects,” said Adour.

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TADJOURA, Djibouti – (From left to right) Abdourzak Daoud Ahmed, commissioner of the District of Tadjoura, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Adour, director of the Tadjoura Medical Hospital, Ali Issa Ali, contractor for the renovations and Army Col. Charles E. Sumpter, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's director of logistics, cut the ribbon to signify the reopening of the newly renovated Tadjoura Medical Hospital here Dec. 6. “Thank you very much and Happy New Year,” concluded Ali. He wanted to end his speech with a few words, but he wanted them to be in English so that he could speak to CJTF-HOA members without a translator.

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Army Maj. Alfred M. Kelly, project leader for renovations made to the Tadjoura Medical Hospital, consults with a community member before the dedication ceremony here Dec. 6. Kelly, along with many other Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa members, helped coordinate efforts to complete renovations to the hospital to better serve the 55,000 people in the District of Tadjoura.

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CAMEL CROSSING — Airman Michael Holder stands guard as a herd of camels cross the road during a convoy Dec. 29. Animals can carry improvised explosive devices, and security forces airmen must treat them as hazards. Airman Holder is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Tallil Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. C.E. Lewis


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A civet cat that attempted to escape is held down by a health worker as another bludgeoned it to death at a wildlife market in Guangzhou, southern China, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. Amid a mass slaughter of civet cats, Chinese authorities said Wednesday they will launch a rat-killing campaign in the southern city of Guangzhou as they try to wipe out possible sources of the SARS virus. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Health workers remove a cage filled with rats at a wildlife market in Guangzhou, Southern China, Wednesday, Jan 7, 2004. Amid a mass slaughter of civet cats, Chinese authorities said Wednesday they will launch a rat-killing campaign in the southern city of Guangzhou as they try to wipe out possible sources of the SARS virus. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)



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Mayuko Nakayama, a nurse at the Narita Airport quarantine office, looks through an infra-red camera as she waits for the arrival of the passengers from Guangzhou, China, at the airport, east of Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. At Japanese international airports, SARS patient detection has resumed after this season's first SARS case was confirmed. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

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Passengers who disembarked a flight from Guangzhou, China, are scanned by an infra-red camera at the Narita airport, east of Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. At Japanese international airports, SARS patient detection has resumed after this season's first SARS case was confirmed. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)


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Taiwan Air Force ground crew attach Taiwanese SkySword I air-to-air missiles to a Taiwan-made IDF fighter jet during annual exercises at the CCK air base, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, in Taichung, central Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

[MaxPayne]

mother****ers they are killing a cat!!!! :slap: :bash:

[Jooglae]

I hate SARS!!!! Kill all civet cats!!!!

[He219]

Taiwan Air Force ground crew attach Taiwanese SkySword I air-to-air missiles to a Taiwan-made IDF fighter jet during annual exercises at the CCK air base, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, in Taichung, central Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)


What's the 'IDF' fighter?

[Marmot1]

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[quote]CAMEL CROSSING — Airman Michael Holder stands guard as a herd of camels cross the road during a convoy Dec. 29. Animals can carry improvised explosive devices, and security forces airmen must treat them as hazards. Airman Holder is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Tallil Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. C.E. Lewis


rofl rofl rofl I wonder where they hide those improvised devices under fur or maybe in ass. rofl rofl woot

[Eddie]

Nice pics again He219!

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Wed Jan 7, 7:55 AM ET
US soldiers stand guard as families of Iraqis detained by the US authorities since last August, demonstrate 13 December 2003 demanding rights for prisoners in front of Abu Gharib prison, 20 kms north of Baghdad.(AFP/File /Ahmad Al-Rubaye )

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Wed Jan 7, 8:26 AM ET
Blindfolded Iraqi detainees are brought to a make-shift barbed wire pen during a 4th infantry division operation in Hamreen and Telog Sabee villages, some 140 miles (224 kilometers) north of Baghdad in a August 31, 2003 file photo. In what it called a gesture of reconciliation, the U.S.-led administration in Iraq will release more than 500 prisoners detained as low-level security threats over the past eight months, officials said Wednesday. *******/Arko Datta

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Wed Jan 7, 7:53 AM ET
An Iraqi passes on his bicycle between two British soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Light Infantry Division as they patrol the outskirts of Iraq's second-largest city of Basra, 550kms south of the capital Baghdad, 07 January 2004. Some 10,000 British troops control the oil fields and ports in the largely Shiite and relatively stable region. The last British combat fatality, a Royal Marine commando, was on October 31, 2003. AFP PHOTO/Mauricio LIMA(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

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British soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the Light Infantry Division patrol in the outskirts of Iraq's second-largest city of Basra, 550kms south of the capital Baghdad.(AFP/Mauricio Lima )

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Wed Jan 7, 8:32 AM ET
Looking out : A British soldier from the 1st Batallion of the Light Infantry Division looks through the window of a military vehicle during a patrol in the outskirts of Basra. (AFP/Mauricio Lima)

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Wed Jan 7, 6:19 AM ET
Family members of soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division, from left, Crystal Rourke, Ashley Owens, Gina McMullen, Roxanne Kwiecinsky, and her daughter Connie begin to yell and wave at a chartered jet as it taxis to a hangar with 200 troops returning from their deployment to Iraq at Fort Campbell, Ky., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Wed Jan 7, 6:21 AM ET
U.S. Army Specialist David Casper, left, with the 101st Airborne Division from Sonoma, Calif., kisses his wife Courtney as Crystal Rourke, right, looks over the hangar floor as troops return to Fort Campbell, Ky., from a nearly one year deployment to Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Wed Jan 7, 6:21 AM ET
U.S. Army Maj. Tim Kehoe left, with the 101st Airborne Division hugs his wife Jennifer, from Hampton, Va., after returning to Fort Campbell, Ky., from his deployment to Iraq Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. Kehoe's return was an extra special event since it fell on the couple's 15th wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Wed Jan 7, 1:06 AM ET
A U.S. Army soldier stands guard near a sign reading in Arabic, 'we compliment our army on its 83rd anniversary', during Iraq's Army Day holiday in the capital, Baghdad, Jan. 6, 2004. The Pentagon is considering naming a four-star general as the new senior U.S. officer in Iraq as part of a restructuring of military leadership there before the planned return of sovereignty by July, officials said Tuesday. (Akram Saleh/*******)

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NT Bureau
Chennai, Jan 7:
Bhishma, the indigenously-assembled version of T 90S Russian Main Battle Tank, was rolled out of the Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi, near Chennai, today.

[MaxPayne]

I hate SARS!!!! Kill all civet cats!!!!

ups i should first read the comment to the picture before i say what i think :lol:

[He219]

Alright - you all remember the Periscope Images of the Polar Bear attacking the Conning Tower ....

Now see this:



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Arctic Circle (Oct. 2003) -- As seen through the periscope of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718), a young Polar bear investigates the open water around the submarine’s rudder, while surfaced 280 miles from the North Pole. Commanded by Cmdr. Charles Harris, USS Honolulu while conducting otherwise classified operations in the Arctic, collected scientific data and water samples for U.S. and Canadian Universities as part of an agreement with the Artic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). USS Honolulu is the 24th Los Angeles-class submarine, and the first original design in her class to visit the North Pole region. Honolulu is as assigned to Commander Submarine Pacific, Submarine Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U. S. Navy photo by Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs. (RELEASED)

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Arctic Circle (Oct. 2003) -- The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) sits surfaced 280 miles from the North Pole at sunset. Commanded by Cmdr. Charles Harris, USS Honolulu while conducting otherwise classified operations in the Arctic, collected scientific data and water samples for U.S. and Canadian Universities as part of an agreement with the Artic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). USS Honolulu is the 24th Los Angeles-class submarine, and the first original design in her class to visit the North Pole region. Honolulu is as assigned to Commander Submarine Pacific, Submarine Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U. S. Navy photo by Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs. (RELEASED)

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Arctic Circle (Oct. 2003) -- Three Polar bears approach the starboard bow of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) while surfaced 280 miles from the North Pole. Sighted by a lookout from the bridge (sail) of the submarine, the bears investigated the boat for almost 2 hours before leaving. Commanded by Cmdr. Charles Harris, USS Honolulu while conducting otherwise classified operations in the Arctic, collected scientific data and water samples for U.S. and Canadian Universities as part of an agreement with the Artic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). USS Honolulu is the 24th Los Angeles-class submarine, and the first original design in her class to visit the North Pole region. Honolulu is as assigned to Commander Submarine Pacific, Submarine Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U. S. Navy photo by Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs. (RELEASED)

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Arctic Circle (Oct. 2003) -- A young Polar bear stands up to get a better look at the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) while surfaced 280 miles from the North Pole. Sighted by a lookout from the bridge (sail) of the submarine, the bear investigated the boat for almost 2 hours before leaving. Commanded by Cmdr. Charles Harris, USS Honolulu while conducting otherwise classified operations in the Arctic, collected scientific data and water samples for U.S. and Canadian Universities as part of an agreement with the Artic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). USS Honolulu is the 24th Los Angeles-class submarine, and the first original design in her class to visit the North Pole region. Honolulu is as assigned to Commander Submarine Pacific, Submarine Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U. S. Navy photo by Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs. (RELEASED)

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[Uncle Chô]

What's the 'IDF' fighter?



The Taiwanese Ching-Kuo Fighter is developed and manufactured by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation based in Taichung. The aircraft is also referred to as the Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF). The Ching-Kuo is an all-weather, multi-role fighter and is built in one-seater and two-seater configurations.

The programme to develop the aircraft, known as the An Hsiang or Safe Flight programme, started in 1982 with identification of the requirements for an air-superiority fighter. The rollout ceremony of the first prototype took place in December 1988, when the aircraft was named after the late President Chiang Ching-Kuo. The Ching-Kuo made its first flight in May 1989.

Ching-Kuo air superiority fighters have been operational in the RoC Air Force of Taiwan (Republic of China) since January 2000 and the last of a total of 130 entered service in July 2000. AIDC is developing an upgrade package which includes a digital cockpit and an upgraded radar.

WEAPONS
The aircraft has an integrated avionics and weapons control system.

A 20mm M61A Vulcan cannon is installed on the starboard side of the fuselage with a Photo-Sonics gun camera.

The aircraft has six hardpoints for carrying external stores, with two under the fuselage, one under each wing and one at each wingtip. The Tien Chien I (TC-1) or Skysword I short-range and the Tien Chien II (TC-2) or Skysword II medium-range air-to-air missiles are supplied by the China State Arsenals. TC-1 has a range of 5km and has an infrared seeker. TC-2, with a range of 60km, has active radar guidance and is armed with a high-explosive warhead weighing 22kg.

For ground attack, the aircraft can be armed with rocket pods, bombs, cluster bombs or air-to-surface missiles such as Maverick. The fighter is also being adapted to carry the TC-2A air-to-surface anti-radiation missile, which uses both active and passive radar guidance. TC-2A is being developed by the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taipei. Anti-ship missiles such as the Hsiung Feng II, similar to the Israeli Gabriel missile and supplied by the China State Arsenals, can be carried on the fuselage or underwing hardpoints. Hsiung Feng II has a range of 80km, carries a dual-mode active radar and imaging infrared (III) seeker for terminal guidance and is armed with a 225kg semi armour-piercing, high-explosive warhead. Three Hsiung Feng II missiles can be carried - one under the central fuselage and one under each wing.

FUSELAGE
The airframe design was developed under the YingYan or Soaring Eagle programme. The aircraft is of shoulder-wing monoplane (single-wing) design, incorporating composite structure materials. The aircraft is built to withstand 9g loading.

COCKPIT
The pressurised and air-conditioned cockpit has a Martin Baker Mark 12 zero zero ejection seat and a single-piece bubble canopy. The cockpit is equipped with three multifunction displays and a head-up display.

AVIONICS
The Tien Lie or Sky Thunder programme covered the development of the avionics. The design of the avionics suite is configured in line replaceable units (LRU) to allow for system growth and the easy upgrade of systems as new technologies become available.

The aircraft uses a BAE Systems (formerly Lear Astronics) fly-by-wire control system and a Northrop Grumman (formerly Litton) inertial navigation system.

RADAR
The aircraft's radar is the Golden Dragon CD-53. The multi-mode pulse Doppler radar has look-down, shoot-down capability and can operate in air and sea search mode. The radar has a range over 80 nautical miles.

ENGINE
The TFE1042 engine has been developed by the International Turbine Engine Corporation (ITEC), a joint venture between the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) and AlliedSignal. The programme to develop the engine was named Yun Han or Cloud Man. The engine, weighing 1,360lb, delivers 41.1kN maximum thrust. The modular-designed engine has full digital electronic controls.

The kidney-shaped air intakes are mounted low on the centre section of the fuselage, and the two engines are mounted side by side at the rear of the fuselage. The inspection schedule calls for a 2,000-hour hot section and 4,000-hour cold section inspection intervals. The fuel consumption is 0.81lb per hour per pound of thrust.

The aircraft is equipped with a variable speed constant frequency electrical power generator, which is supplied by Westinghouse.

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The birth of this ambitious aircraft took a lot of time because of the many technical difficulties. At one time, the acronym IDF meaned " I Don't Fly" ... ;)

Since the program took such a long time, the RoCAF bought the F-16A/B Block 20 and the latest version of the Mirage 2000-5, which led to the death of the type, with only 131 aircrafts produced instead of the 250 early planned.

It is similar to the F-16C in term of technologies but much lighter and with a shorter combat range.

[He219]

Thanks, Uncle Chô!
:D

It reminds me of the Northrop F-5 'TigerII' (http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f5e.htm)!

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San Diego, Calif. (January 5, 2004) -- A tugboat tows the decommissioned aircraft carrier Midway into San Diego bay. Midway will be moored temporarily at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., to take-on restored historical aircraft and will soon be homeported across the bay in San Diego, as the centerpiece for our nation's biggest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. When launched on September 10, 1945 as USS Midway (CVB-41) she was the largest carrier ever put to sea. For nearly 50 years she saw action in every major U.S. conflict to include military action in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. U.S. Navy photo By Photographer's Mate Airman Rebecca J. Moat. (RELEASED)

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San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2004) -- A tugboat tows the decommissioned aircraft carrier Midway into San Diego bay. The 968-foot carrier completed a six-day journey from Oakland, Calif. Midway will be moored temporarily at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., to take-on restored historical aircraft and will soon be homeported across the bay in San Diego, as the centerpiece for our nation's biggest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. When launched on September 10, 1945 as USS Midway (CVB 41) she was the largest carrier ever put to sea. For nearly 50 years she saw action in every major U.S. conflict to include military action in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. to be a prepared for a floating museum and tourist attraction in downtown San Diego. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark Rebilas. (RELEASED)



This one is funny ...

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'Safety First!'

Arabian Gulf (Jan. 6, 2004) – U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Lance L. Smith, Deputy Commander of U.S. Central Command and Rear Adm. James Stavridis, Commander, Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG), inspect laser-guided bombs staged on the flight deck aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The Enterprise CSG is currently deployed conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the continued war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Milosz Reterski. (RELEASED)



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Top U.S. administrator for Iraq Paul Bremer speaks during press conference in Baghdad Wednesday Jan. 7, 2004. U.S.-led administration said it will release 506 prisoners from detention camps soon in a show of good will. (AP Photo/Str)

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A Kurdish man walks by a fast food restaurant Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004 in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. This mountain-ringed city in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq is the country's most tranquil, prosperous and pro-American, a soothing contrast to the chaos of Baghdad and the Arab south. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Sarkoot Ghareeb, a member of the Sulaimaniyah traffic police, keeps watch over the flow of cars Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. This mountain-ringed city in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq is the country's most tranquil, prosperous and pro-American, a soothing contrast to the chaos of Baghdad and the Arab south. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) soldier, of the new Iraqi Army, stands at attention during a graduation ceremony in one of the palaces of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in Tikrit, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. The U.S. Army trained the hundred graduates during a three week course. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A Philippine civilian doctor examines an Iraqi child during a Medical Civil Assistance Program (MEDCAP) at the Al-Anbar School in, Abo Dirvash, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2004. The Philippine Civil Affairs Battalion set up security for the MEDCAP, handed out toys and played games with the children while Iraqi and Philippine civilian doctors treated patients. DoD photo by Sgt. Matthew Siemion, U.S. Army. (Released)

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Brigade Surgeon Maj. Jonathan Leong with the 173rd Airborne, treats patients during a medical assistance visit to a small village outside Riyad, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2003. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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A U.S. soldier gives gifts to local children during a medical assistance visit to a small village outside Riyad, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2003. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

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A man and a woman carry supplies after Canadian food aid was handed out to poor people along with bundles of goods including warm clothing, toys and school supplies for children in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. The aid project was started as a low-key effort by two Canadian soldiers to help a few poor people in Afghanistan. (AP PHOTO/Terry Pedwell)

[He219]

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French Navy Commander Axel Moracchini, Superintendent of Diving, talks on a cell phone as he and his divers wait for the release of their equipment at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Shiekh January 5, 2004. A French salvage operation made a slow start on Monday as Egypt again defended the safety record of the airline whose plane crashed into the Red Sea killing 148 people, including 133 French tourists. *******/Aladin Abdel Naby


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French Navy divers read a briefing note upon their arrival at Sharm el-Sheikh airport. French experts are taking part in the search for a crashed Egyptian charter plane.(AFP/Patrick Baz)


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An unidentified French Navy rescue diver waits with his colleagues for the release of salvage equipment at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Shiekh January 5, 2004. French divers may have detected a signal from the flight recorder of an Egyptian plane which crashed into the Red Sea, but French sources could not confirm an Egyptian report that the device had been found. Photo by Aladin Abdel Naby/*******

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A French Navy diver hangs from a helicopter during a search for debris from the crash site of the Egyptian Boeing 737 off Sharm al-Sheikh, January 7, 2004. The French Navy has sent for more specialized equipment that can dive to depths of 600 to 800 meters where they say they have approximately located one of the black box recorders. *******/Patrick Baz/POOL

[Uncle Chô]

Thanks, Uncle Chô!
:D

It reminds me of the Northrop F-5 'TigerII' (http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f5e.htm)!

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f5e-3.jpg

You are almost right ;)

Initially, in the early 80's the RoCaf wanted to buy the beautifull F-20 Tigershark, a Northrop private funded fighter that never went into production mainly because the USAF nor the Navy did not want to buy it, despite being an excellentl aircraft :(

http://perso.club-internet.fr/sbeillia/Info/Images/graph/bkgrnds/f20-tigershark.jpg

http://www.squadron.com/old/f20/f20_1.jpg

It also looks like the YF-17, the forunner of the F-18 :

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/YF-17/Small/EC76-5270.jpg

[Uncle Chô]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040107/i/r3544282690.jpg

A French Navy diver hangs from a helicopter during a search for debris from the crash site of the Egyptian Boeing 737 off Sharm al-Sheikh, January 7, 2004. The French Navy has sent for more specialized equipment that can dive to depths of 600 to 800 meters where they say they have located the 2 black box recorders (voice & data). (UPDATED) *******/Patrick Baz/POOL

[He219]

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Surrounded by his father Udi and his twin brothers Asaf, foreground, and Yotam, background, Israeli Noam Bahat, Center, arrives at the Karmel Prison in Atlit, near Haifa, with Wednesday Jan. 4, 2004, where he and four other Israelis are expected to serve one year each for refusing to serve in the military because of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. During the past three years of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians, many Israelis have declared their objection to serving in the territoris in light of reports of harassment and abuse of Palestinians. However, only a few have refused outright to join the military. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)


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Israeli men from right: Hagai Matar, Shimri Tzameret, Matan Kaminer, Noam Bahat and Adam Maor arrive at the Karmel military prison in Atilt near Haifa, Israel Wednesday Jan. 7, 2004 where they are expected to serve one year each for refusing to serve in the military because of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. During the past three years of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians, many Israelis have declared their objection to serving in the territories in light of reports of harassment and abuse of Palestinians. However, only a few have refused outright to join the military. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli men Matan Kaminer, second left, waves goodbye as he walks with Shimri Tzameret, second right and Noam Bahat, seen with his back to the camera, into the Karmel military prison in Atilt near Haifa, Israel Wednesday Jan. 7, 2004 where they and two other Israelis are expected to serve one year each for refusing to serve in the military because of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. During the past three years of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians, many Israelis have declared their objection to serving in the territories in light of reports of harassment and abuse of Palestinians. However, only a few have refused outright to join the military. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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GRADUATION DAY— Seven hundred and five recruits from the new Iraqi Army’s 2nd Battalion conduct a pass and review at a graduation ceremony Jan. 6, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq. The soldiers completed a nine-week basic training program and will receive advanced training pertinent to their specific missions. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. John Houghton

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Saddam Hussein Ali, 21 from Kirkuk, shows his graduation certificate from the U.S.-trained Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) in Tikrit, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004. Hussein Ali was among the 100 ICDC personnel who graduated Wednesday from the three weeks course conducted by the U.S. Army. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

[Macs.]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=511695
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=511668


VIETCONG !!! p-)

[EvanL]

http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=511695
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/03312000/news.lycos.com/news/ot_getImage.asp?op=img&id=511668


VIETCONG !!! p-)
Hey look its budanski... Diddi Mo! Diddi Mo!
haha

[He219]

Initially, in the early 80's the RoCaf wanted to buy the beautifull F-20 Tigershark, a Northrop private funded fighter that never went into production mainly because the USAF nor the Navy did not want to buy it, despite being an excellentl aircraft :(

The F-20 Tigershark (http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f20.htm) was a Superb aircraft.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f20-3.jpg

It also was one of the most cost effective fighters designs ever produced.



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Three US Army soldiers have been found guilty (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/01/07/2003086637) of mistreating Iraqi detainees at a prisoner of war camp in Iraq and ordered discharged from the service, an army spokeswoman said Monday(***** Images)


I just stumbled onto these older Sierra Leone pic's.
Excellent Hi-Res!

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Hi-Res (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/3591083904cd331585256e14006226ae/$FILE/HARRIER.jpg)

FREEDOMTOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Sierre Leone - U.S. Marine Corp AV-8B Harrier, deployed with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group, departs Freetown International Airport Aug. 14, 2003. The 398th is in Sierra Leone providing personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability.

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FREETOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Sierra Leone - A crewchief aboard a Marine CH-53 E Sea Stallion, from the USS Iwo Jima, scans for obstacles prior to take off at the Freetown International Airport Aug. 4, 2003. The 398th Air Expeditionary Group is currently in Sierra Leone to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team and FAST in Liberia.

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Hi-Res (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/9db6c47d884fc29185256e1400628016/$FILE/HAST5.jpg)

LUNGI, Sierra Leone - Marines with the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team prepare to depart Lungi, Sierra Leone, for Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, July 23, 2003. The team is assigned to provide security for the U.S. Embassy in Liberia during the nation's civil unrest.

[Trigger]

You stumble well!
Great pics woot

[He219]

Thanks Trigger!
:D



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Infantrymen shoot their rifles on a French Foreign Legion firing range in the mountains of Djibouti. The Soldiers of Company B, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, recently arrived in the African nation to serve as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, which is focused on eliminating conditions that enable the spread of terrorism in the region. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Eric McKeeby.

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SUROBI, Afghanistan (Army News Service, Jan. 7, 2003) – Just hours after Christmas day had passed, the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment “Catamounts” of 10th Mountain Division embarked on their latest mission to disrupt anti-coalition militia activity in eastern Kabul province. By the time the Catamounts had pulled out of the last village of their four-day mission, they had, in the end, recovered more than 50 RPGs, more than a dozen mortar rounds, a canister of gunpowder, improvised explosive device making materials, and dozens of grenades and small arms.

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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Michael Klinkert (right) and Airman 1st Class Christopher Coble were driving this heavily armored Humvee at about 8 p.m. Jan. 5 when they entered an unmarked minefield here. Explosions rocked the vehicle and they were stranded for about two hours until a mine-clearing vehicle was sent in. Sergeant Klinkert and Airman Coble are security forces specialists assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group here. Both are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Hi-Res (http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/031227-A-0268S-016.jpg)

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies through a mountain range in Afghanistan, carrying cargo and personnel to a Coalition facility. Army aviation assets are playing a key role in the Global War Against Terrorism. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Isaac Scruggs.


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Paratroopers search an Iraqi man's car at a traffic control point during Operation Salm in Fallujah, Iraq. The Soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company D, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. They are taking part in Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael J. Carden.

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Capt. Scott R. Cadieux gives a training class to the Afghanistan National Army. Cadieux, a mentor for the Officer and NCO Training Brigade of the ANA, is a member of the 124th Regional Training Institute, Vermont National Guard, Colchester, Vt. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy M. Williams


ISAF Assumes Control Of Kunduz
Provincial Reconstruction Team
Photos by SSg Angeline Hoffmann

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -The airfield at Kunduz.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -The Honour Guard at Kunduz airfield for the ceremony in Kunduz January 6.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -German Lt. Gen. Götz F.E. Gliemeroth, International Security Assistance Force commander, hands over the ISAF flag to Col. Kurt Schiebold, incoming German Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, during a ceremony in Kunduz January 6.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -German Lt. Gen. Götz F.E. Gliemeroth, International Security Assistance Force commander, renders a salute to Col. Kurt Schiebold, incoming German Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, during a ceremony in Kunduz January 6.

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Smile! :D

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -A ceremony marks the official transfer of the Kunduz Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) from Coalition Forces to ISAF. Deputy Minister of Interior, Mr. Hilaludin Hilal, expressed his gratitude to the forces at the ceremony.

[AFG]

nice pics

[Dalleer]

I hate SARS!!!! Kill all civet cats!!!!

Hmm....right.

Anyway, wasn't it so that you Koreans eat dogs as well?

I remember some problems rising about it during one of em' Olympics back in the day ?