Today's Pix - Tuesday, May 8th 2007

[Big Lebowski]

A British Royal Air Force GR4 Tornado takes on fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker operating out of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Tuesday during an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission

An Iraqi army soldier assists U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Jones with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division down a steep canal crossing during a combined mission near Yusufiyah, Iraq

Spc. Scott with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division takes cover in a field while monitoring radio communication during a combined mission with Iraqi army near Yusufiyah, Iraq

Spc. Scott with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division checks down range using his scope during a combined mission with Iraqi army near Yusufiyah, Iraq

An Iraqi army soldier walks through field during a combined mission with U.S. Army soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division near Yusufiyah, Iraq

U.S. Army soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division patrol through farm land during a combined mission with Iraqi army near Yusufiyah, Iraq

Cpt. Blake Keil, Battery Commander of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division checks his map during a combined mission with the Iraqi army in Yusufiyah, Iraq

Pvt. Barnhill of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division scans ahead with the prone position during a combined mission with the Iraqi army in Yusufiyah, Iraq

Sgt. Ryan Jones of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division watches ahead while under cover during a combined mission with the Iraqi army in Yusufiyah, Iraq

Iraqi army soldiers inventory 53mm projectiles found hidden in a canal during a combined mission with U.S. Army Soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division near Yusufiyah, Iraq

Iraqi army soldiers unload 53mm projectiles found hidden in a canal during a combined mission with U.S. Army Soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division near Yusufiyah, Iraq

An Iraqi army soldier unloads 53mm projectiles that were found hidden in a canal during a combined mission with U.S. Army Soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division near Yusufiyah, Iraq

An Iraqi army soldier searches for contraband weapons in a canal during a combined mission with U.S. Army Soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division near Yusufiyah, Iraq

An Iraqi army soldier searches for contraband weapons in a canal during a combined mission with U.S. Army Soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division near Yusufiyah, Iraq

Iraqi army Lt. Col. Abdul Mohsen, Battalion Commander of 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Division Iraqi Army inspects a rocket found during a combined mission with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division in Yusufiyah, Iraq

[PrivatePyle]

Love the 1st pic, did not realise they could refuel our jets using a hose and basket from the KC-135 wrecking ball.

[soraflair]

Marine Corps:

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (May 2, 2007)— Marines of Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, began pre-deployment training recently, to enhance the combat readiness or their unit. The Marines here are practicing facing and pivot movements for failure to stop drills.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (May 2, 2007)— Marines of Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, began pre-deployment training recently, to enhance the combat readiness or their unit. The Marines here are practicing facing and pivot movements for failure to stop drills.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (May 2, 2007)— Marines of Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, began pre-deployment training recently, to enhance the combat readiness or their unit. The Marines here are practicing improvised explosive device drills by evacuating from the rear of a seven-ton truck, rolling safely away and then setting up a perimeter to secure the area and return fire if necessary.

[marek]

Many thank's for the 10th. Mount Div. pictures!

[Big Lebowski]

Soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division are given a class on Improvised Explosive Devices by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Delbert D. Lapointe, 192nd Combat Engineer Battalion. The soldiers are currently students at the Iraqi School of Infantry, Camp Yassir, Iraq

Soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division patrol through an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) training area. The training area is to teach the soldiers how to identify the most recent ways insurgents are hiding and setting up their IEDs. The soldiers are currently students at the Iraqi School of Infantry, Camp Yassir, Iraq

Soldiers with 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division practice cordoning off buildings and clearing rooms. The soldiers are currently students at the Iraqi School of Infantry, Camp Yassir, Iraq

Iraqi soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division get together for a group photograph at Camp Yassir, Iraq. The soldiers are currently students at the Iraqi School of Infantry and will be graduating tomorrow

[He219]

Great pix Big Lebowski!

An Iraqi girl walks past a U.S. marine on patrol in the Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. U.S marines and soldiers and Iraqi soldiers searched a neighborhood for weapons and explosives

Iraqi youths ride bicycles past U.S. marines on patrol in the Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. U.S marines and soldiers and Iraqi soldiers searched a neighborhood for weapons and explosives

U.S. marines and Iraqi soldiers on patrol the Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. U.S marines and and soldiers and Iraqi soldiers searched a neighborhood for weapons and explosives

Russian photojournalist Dmitry Chebotayev, center right, takes photos of an Iraqi police officer unloaded from a Stryker vehicle, in Baqouba, Iraq, Sunday, May 6, 2007. Chebotayev died Sunday May 8, 2007 when a massive bomb exploded under the U.S. Stryker troop carrier he was traveling in as it moved down a trash-strewn road in this insurgent-plagued city northeast of Baghdad, killing him instantly along with six American soldiers. He was 29

A German peacekeeper checks an ethnic Albanian man at checkpoint in the village of Spenadi, in southern Kosovo on Monday, May 7, 2007. Some 2,300 German soldiers serve in NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo ahead of the decision on the future of troubled province. Kosovo's future status is being discussed at the U.N. Security Council, amid ethnic Albanian demands for independence and Serbia's efforts to prevent secession

A German peacekeeper talks to a child as they stop an ethnic Albanian family at checkpoint in the village of Spenadi, in southern Kosovo on Monday, May 7, 2007. Some 2,300 German soldiers serve in NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo ahead of the decision on the future of troubled province. Kosovo's future status is being discussed at the U.N. Security Council, amid ethnic Albanian demands for independence and Serbia's efforts to prevent secession.

German peacekeepers man a checkpoint as two German helicopters fly above in the village of Spenadi, in southern Kosovo on Monday, May 7, 2007. Some 2300 German soldiers serve in NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo ahead of the decision on the future of troubled province.

German peacekeepers join Kosovo Albanian children performing a dance during the opening of a school, built with the help of funds raised by German NATO soldiers, in the village of Ternje, in southern Kosovo on Monday, May 7, 2007.

An elderly Serb wearing a traditional cap applauds in the churchyard of St. Tzar Lazar Orthodox church, in Krusevac, Serbia, Saturday, May 5, 2007, as veterans gathered to form a paramilitary unit. Serb war veterans from the Balkan wars gathered in the central town of Krusevac, about 150 km (90 miles) southeast of Belgrade to form a paramilitary unit and pledged to fight for Kosovo if the breakaway province is granted independence as proposed in a Western-backed plan. Kosovo is formally part of Serbia, but is dominated by ethnic Albanians who are seeking independence for the region. Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since a 1998-99 Serb-Albanian war.

A former Serb fighter , right, reacts as he watches a bride and groom arriving for their wedding in St. Tzar Lazar Orthodox church, in Krusevac, Serbia, Saturday, May 5, 2007, as veterans gathered to form a paramilitary unit in the church yard.

Former Serb fighters wearing uniforms at St. Tzar Lazar Orthodox church, in Krusevac, Serbia, Saturday, May 5, 2007, as veterans gathered to form a paramilitary unit in the church yard. Serb war veterans from the Balkan wars gathered in the central town of Krusevac, about 150 km (90 miles) southeast of Belgrade to form a paramilitary unit and pledged to fight for Kosovo if the breakaway province is granted independence as proposed in a Western-backed plan. Kosovo is formally part of Serbia, but is dominated by ethnic Albanians who are seeking independence for the region. Kosovo has been run by the United Nations since a 1998-99 Serb-Albanian war

In this Dec. 2, 2004, file photo, Army trucks drive to the live ammunition ranges during military convoy training at Fort Dix, N.J. Six Islamist terrorists of Yugoslavic origin were arrested early Tuesday, May 8, 2007, on charges they plotted to attack the Army base and "kill as many soldiers as possible," federal authorities said

Journalist and tourists gather around the the podium, or base, of what Israeli archaeologists say is King Herod's tomb, at the mountain fortress of Herodium, near the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, at a hilltop compound south of the city, the Hebrew University announced

Estonian government ministers, Minister of Population Affairs Urve Palo, third right, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, 2nd right, and Defence Minister Jaak Aaviksoo, right, watch as flowers are laid for people killed in World War II at a cemetery in Tallinn, Estonia, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. At a different cemetery in Tallinn the controversial Bronze Soldier Monument dedicated to Soviet soldiers was re-erected

From right: Estonian government ministers, Defence Minister Jaak Aaviksoo, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and Minister of Population Affairs Urve Palo, put flowers at the Bronze Soldier Monument dedicated to Soviet soldiers at the cemetery of the Estonian Defence Forces in Tallinn, Estonia, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The Monument was moved from central Tallinn to the cemetery by the decision of Estonian government

The Bronze Soldier Monument dedicated to Soviet soldiers at the cemetery of the Estonian Defense Forces in Tallinn, Estonia, is surrounded by flowers on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The monument was removed from downtown Tallinn by the decision of Estonian government and placed at its new home in the cemetery.

A Polish Army soldiers salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers during a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

Polish Army soldiers carry wreaths as they march towards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers during a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

A Polish Army soldier lays down a wreath in front the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Two WWII veterans stand in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Honour Guards march, while Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier outside Kremlin wall in Moscow on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Russia will mark the 62nd anniversary of Victory in WWII on Wednesday, May 9.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with former Soviet Defense Minister, Marshal Sergei Sokolov before a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall in Moscow on Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, walks prior to a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier outside Kremlin wall in Moscow on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, while military generals stand at the background. Russia will mark the 62nd anniversary of Victory in WWII on Wednesday, May 9

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks with flowers as he takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier outside Kremlin wall in Moscow on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Russia will mark the 62nd anniversary of Victory in WWII on Wednesday, May 9.

A skull is seen covering the end the gun barrel of a Merkava tank at an Israeli army base on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, Tuesday , May 8, 2007. Efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking shift into higher gear in the coming week, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert traveling to Jordan and his foreign minister heading to Cairo to discuss a sweeping Arab peace proposal, an Israeli official said Tuesday

Ein Maedchen steht am Dienstag 8. Mai 2007 vor dem Brandenburger Tor in Berlin auf einem 'Panzer fuer den Frieden'. Mit dem bemalten Panzer wollen die Kuenstler Ulrike Rosenbach und Michael Fischer-Art zusammen mit der Deutschen Friedensgesellschaft - Vereinigte Kriegsdienstgegner, DFG-VK, an den 62. Jahrestag der Kapitulation Nazi-Deutschlands am 8. Mai 1945 erinnern und gleichzeitig gegen eine Verlaengerung des Mandats fuer die Bundeswehr in Afghanistan protestieren. A young girl stands on top of a painted 'Peace-Tank' in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. The painted tank by artists Ulrike Rosenbach and Michael Fischer-Art is supposed to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the capitulation of Hitler's Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945 , ending World War II in Europe and is aimed at protesting against the further deployment of German troops in Afghanistan

South Korean chief delegator Army Maj. Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, center left, and other delegates cross the border line to meet their North Korean counterparts for a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. North Korea raised the contentious issue of its western sea border with South Korea at the start of military talks Tuesday, casting a shadow over plans for test runs of trains across the heavily fortified frontier dividing the peninsula

In this photo released by the Defense Ministry, South Korean chief delegate Army Maj. Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, center, and other delegates are guided by North Korean soldier, left, after they crossed the border line for a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. North Korea raised the contentious issue of its western sea border with South Korea at the start of military talks Tuesday, casting a shadow over plans for test runs of trains across the heavily fortified frontier dividing the peninsula

In this photo released by the Defense Ministry, South Korean chief delegate Army Maj. Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Lt. Gen. Kim Yong Chol before a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. North Korea raised the contentious issue of its western sea border with South Korea at the start of military talks Tuesday, casting a shadow over plans for test runs of trains across the heavily fortified frontier dividing the peninsula.

South Korean chief delegator Army Maj. Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Kim Young Chul before a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

South Korean chief delegator Army Maj. Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, right, talks with his North Korean counterpart Lt. Gen. Kim Yong Chol during a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. North Korea raised the contentious issue of its western sea border with South Korea at the start of military talks Tuesday, casting a shadow over plans for test runs of trains across the heavily fortified frontier dividing the peninsula

Admiral Rodolfo Codina, head of the Chilean Navy, shakes hands with his Bolivian counterpart Jose Alba during a meeting in La Paz, Monday, May 7, 2007. Codina is the highest ranking Chilean naval official to ever visit Bolivia, which lost its coastline in a 1879-83 war with Chile and has since maintained an international campaign demanding restoration of an outlet to the Pacific Ocean

An armed Portuguese paramilitary police stands guard as election workers prepare to load ballot boxes into a UN helicopter to be distributed to remote sub-districts at the airport in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, May 8, 2007

An armed Portuguese paramilitary police officer stands guard as election workers prepare to load ballot boxes into a UN helicopter to be distributed to remote sub-districts at the airport in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

Armed Portuguese paramilitary police guard a vehicle carrying ballot boxes to be distributed to remote sub-districts at the airport in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. East Timor goes to the polls Wednesday to pick a new president, with voters in the tiny nation to choose between Nobel peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta and an ex-fighter who spent years in the jungle battling Indonesian rule.

Marine Capt. Kristian Larsen shakes hands with Garth Haddock, a WWII pilot who once flew with the famed Black Sheep Squadron, at the Coeur d'Alene Airport in Idaho, Friday, April 27, 2007. Larsen, stationed in Southern California, arranged a training flight back to his hometown of Coeur d'Alene and asked to meet Haddock after reading about him in a Spokesman-Review story. Haddock and a contingent of other veterans greeted Larsen's F-18 as it landed Friday evening

Belgian military guards stand next to a remembrance plate during a ceremony to unveiling a plaque to commemorate Belgians who saved Jews from the Holocaust, in Brussels, Tuesday May 8, 2007. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt faced frail men in dark fedoras and children in bright skullcaps Tuesday and solemnly apologized for the help of Belgian authorities in the deportation of Jews toward the Nazi extermination camps during World War II

French President Jacques Chirac, center, re-lights the flame of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Tromphe as he attends his last Victory Day parade as French president in Paris, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

French President Jacques Chirac, center, stands under the Arc de Triomphe, as he attends his last Victory Day parade, Tuesday May 8, 2007, in Paris. Outgoing President Chirac led the last Victory Day parade by a French president who saw World War II. Others unidentified

French President Jacques Chirac bows his head as he attends his last Victory Day parade under the Arc de Triomphe , Tuesday May 8, 2007, in Paris. Outgoing President Chirac led the last Victory Day parade by a French president who saw World War II.

French President Jacques Chirac, top left, stands in his command car as he attends his last Victory Day parade, Tuesday May 8, 2007 in Paris. Out-going President Chirac led the last Victory Day parade by a French president who saw World War II. Military officials are unidentified.

An Air Malta car rides past French businessman Vincent Bollore's private jet, on the tarmac of Malta international airport, outside Gzira on the northeastern coast of Malta, a Mediterranean archipelago, Tuesday, May 8, 2007. French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy used Bollore's jet to land in Malta on Monday. He then boarded a yacht with members of his family for a few days of rest, before taking over from President Jacques Chirac on May 16.

View of the yacht Paloma on which French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy and his family relax off Marsaxlokk, Malta island, Tuesday May 8, 2007. Sarkozy is on the yacht in the Mediterranean, taking time to relax before he takes over from Jacques Chirac on May 16. People aboard are not identified

French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy and his son Louis are seen aboard the yacht Paloma, off Marsaxlokk, Malta island, Tuesday May 8, 2007. Sarkozy is on the yacht in the Mediterranean, taking time to relax before he takes over from Jacques Chirac on May 16.

Kingfisher Airlines owner Vijay Mallya is frisked by a security personnel as he prepares to board an Airbus A380 flight at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 7, 2007. The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, made its first landing in India on Sunday, amid hopes by its maker that more Indian airlines will buy the super jumbo as the country's rapid globalization drives demand for long-haul flights. Kingfisher Airlines is buying five of the jets, with the first to be delivered in 2111

A Palestinian man reads a local newspaper during a weekly protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in front of the International Red Cross office in Gaza City, Monday, May 7, 2007. Security was beefed up at the main U.N. compound in Gaza City on Monday, with workers reinforcing the entrance gate and snipers inspecting the roof, after what is believed to be a shadowy group of Muslim extremists attacked a U.N.-run school in its first daytime operation

Thai soldiers confront with protesting Thai-Muslim villagers, top, during a protest outside Ingkhayuth military base in Pattani province, southern Thailand Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Hundreds of villagers took part in the protest demanding Thai soldiers to release 24 suspected Muslim militants who are being kept at this base. Since a Muslim rebellion flared in Thailand's three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat in early 2004, near-daily bombings, drive-by shootings and other attacks have killed more than 2,000 people

A U.S. trooper scans the surroundings in front of the provincial capitol of the volatile island province of Jolo in southern Philippines, a known stronghold of of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and Jemmah Islamiyah, March 27, 2007. The ongoing U.S. military presence here, mainly to help Philippine troops in its battle against Muslim terrorists, has fostered a long-missing sense of security across the southern part of the Philippine archipelago

U.S. troops guard a busy intersection in downtown Jolo in southern Philippines during the dedication ceremony, led by US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney (unseen), for the rebuilt cooperative store which was bombed last year by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists March 27, 2007. The ongoing U.S. military presence here, mainly to help Philippine troops in its battle against Muslim terrorists, has fostered a long-missing sense of security across the southern part of the Philippine archipelago.

Filipino Muslims pass by U.S. troops guarding a busy intersection in downtown Jolo in southern Philippines during the dedication ceremony, led by US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney (unseen), for the rebuilt cooperative store which was bombed last year by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists March 27, 2007.

Students at Gulhane Military Medical Academy march during a ceremony in Ankara on October 29, 2001 as the nation celebrates the 78th anniversary of the founding of modern republic by national hero and first president Kemal Ataturk. Ataturk's modernizing reforms gave women western-style social and political rights making Turkey the first democracy in the Islamic world

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Ireland's Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, Britain's Northern Ireland Minister Peter Hain and Northern Ireland's First Minister Ian Paisley, from left, are seen in the First Minister's office at Stormont Parliament Building Tuesday May 8, 2007. The unopposed election of Democratic Unionist Party chief Paisley and Irish Republican Army veteran McGuinness to lead a new 12-member administration heralded an astonishing new era for Northern Ireland following decades of bloodshed and political stalemate that left 3,700 dead.

[marek]

This was the real artwork!!!



Thank's for the pictures Mr.He!

[msnger]

badass motherduckers

[He219]

Looks almost like a Wiesel .. prop or not?

Senior Airman Andrew Caro (left) and Staff Sgt. Dustin Maglinti take aim toward a target building during a training scenario for the 37th Training Wing's Emergency Services Team May 4 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Airman Caro and Sergeant Maglinti are close precision engagement team members and are hidden in brush wearing their "ghille suits." The Lackland AFB team took first place April 24 at the Southeast Texas SWAT competition held in ********, Texas. Airman Caro was on the winning team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Members of the 37th Training Wing's Emergency Services Team use a team lift technique to enter a target building during training May 4 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. A five-man team consisting of 1st Lt. Stephen Addington, Senior Master Sgt. Matt Harmatuk, Tech. Sgt. Jason Attinger, Tech. Sgt. Justin King and Senior Airman Andrew Caro competed in the Southeast Texas SWAT Competition April 24 in ********, Texas. Lackland AFB's team took a first place in the competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

After repelling off the outer wall, 1st Lt. Stephen Addington swings through the open window of a target building during Emergency Services Team training May 4 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Lieutenant Addington was on the team that competed at the Southeast Texas SWAT Competition April 24 in ********, Texas. The Lackland AFB team placed first in the competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Staff Sgt. Bryan Garcia (left) and Master Sgt. Ronald Thompson cover each other as they make their way up a flight of stairs to the attic to clear a target building during a training session May 4 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Sergeants Garcia and Thompson are members of the 37th Training Wing's Emergency Services Team at Lackland AFB, who competed in the Southeast Texas SWAT competition April 24 and took a first. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

[Cat_Behemoth]

What car is it?
Looks fine

[Lancero]

Awesome pics He & Big Lebowski

Um helicoptero da Forca Aerea Portuguesa resgatou hoje um passageiro norte-americano com problemas cardiacos que estava a bordo de um navio de cruzeiro a 260 milhas nauticas da ilha acoriana das Flores, 08 de Maio de 2007. FOTO FORCA AEREA PORTUGUESA/LUSA

Portuguese Air Force recued an 82 year old american, suffering from a heart attack in the 'Royal Cliper', 260 nm from the Azores.

IRAQ SECURITY-epa01003123 US soldiers secure an area in Sadr city in Baghdad, 08 May 2007. Iraqi forces, backed by US troops, are conducting a security operation in Sadr city as a part of Baghdad's security plan. EPA/ALI ABBAS

IRAQ SECURITY-epa01003073 A picture made available on 08 May 2007 shows blindfolded detainees inside a military base in Baquba, north-east of Baghdad, 07 May 2007. Iraqi forces had arrested ten suspected insurgents and confiscated their weapons during a raid in a village near Baquba. EPA/STR

FRANCE V-E COMMEMORATION-epa01003421 French President Jacques Chirac (L) greets WWII veterans at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 08 May 2007, during the main ceremony commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi-Germany in WWII. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

RUSSIA VETERAN VICTORY DAY-epa01003393 A WWII veteran decorated with lots of medals takes a rest on his way to a veteran party in Moscow, Russia, 08 May 2007. Russia will celebrates the Victory Day on 09 May 2007 , marking the 62 anniversary of Soviet Union's victory over nazi-Germany. EPA/STR

RUSSIA VICTORY DAY-epa01003279 Russian World War II veteran walks along a line of the gravestones at the largest martial cemetery in Moscow, 08 May 2007. Russia will celebrate 62nd anniversary of Soviet Union's victory over Nazi-Germany in WWII on 09 May. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV

RUSSIA VICTORY DAY PUTIN-epa01003175 Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov (L) and President Vladimir Putin (C) watch marching soldiers during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier marking the 62nd anniversary of the victory over the Nazi Germany in the WWII, 08 May 2007. EPA/VLADIMIR RODIONOV/pool PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/ITAR-TASS POOL

EAST TIMOR ELECTION-epa01003063 An Australian peacekeeping trooper during a patrol in Dili, 08 May 2007. Parliamentary Chief Francisco Lu-Olo Guterres will face the Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta on 09 May runoff after they failed to win a majority in the April 9 election, East Timor's first since independence in 2002 after 24 years under Indonesian rule. EPA/ANTONIO DASIPARU

IRAN TAJIKISTAN AHMADINEJAD RAHMONOV-epa01003170 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and his Tajik counterpart Imamali Rahmonov during the welcoming ceremony at the presidential office in Tehran 08 May 2007. EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh

THAILAND SOUTHERN VIOLENCE-epa01003144 A Thai soldier on guard as several hundred protestors block a road outside a military camp in Pattani, southern Thailand, demanding release of 22 persons detained by the authorities for suspected involvement in the on-going insurgency, 08 May 2007. The demonstration started last Thursday in neighbouring province Yala where several groups of demonstrators blocked the Yala-Betong road. Nearly 2,000 people have died in violence in the south since 2004 in three Muslim majority provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala. EPA/ABDULLAH WANGNI

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS-epa01003471 A Palestinian boy and his father wait for the permission from an Israeli soldier (L) to pass the Hawara checkpoint at the West Bank town of Nablus, 08 May 2007. EPA/PAVEL WOLBERG

KOSOVO NATO GERMAN SOLDIERS-epa01003315 A German soldier serving in Kosovo as part of the 17,100 NATO-led peace force stands at the top of an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint in the village of Spenadi, 07 May 2007. German peacekeepers contingent is the biggest numbering 2,300 troops based in southwestern Kosovo. EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

BELGIUM-epa01003299 Former soldiers gather in front of the unknown soldier flame in Brussels, Belgium, 08 May 2007. They commemorate killed soldiers and the first time soldiers of African and Asian origin fought in wars. EPA/ERIC VIDAL BELGIUM OUT

NORTH KOREA GENERALS FROM NORTH AND SOUT KOREA MEET-epa01003014 A handout photograph released by the Defense Ministry, South Korean Army delegate chief Jeong Seung-jo (C) and other delegates are guided by North Korean soldier (L) after they crossed the border line for a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, on Tuesday 08 May 2007. EPA/DEFENCE MINISTRY / HO

CHINA POLICE RECRUIT-epa01003020 Policemen check the height of applicants for a provincial police academy in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province 07 May 2007. Over 14,500 high school students in the province are vying for some 2,000 positions this year. EPA/LARRY LEUNG

MIDEAST ISRAEL ARCHAEOLOGY-epa01003406 Israeli soldiers on guard duty at the tourist site of Herodian, West Bank, 08 May 2008, on the site of what is believed to be the podium of the Tomb of King Herod on the slopes of the ancient hilltop fortress called Herodian, several km south of Bethlehem, in the Judean Desert hills of the West Bank. Professor Ehud Netzer of the Archaeology Institute of Hebrew University unveiled the discovery of the tomb of the the Roman-appointed King of Judea who lived from 37 BC to 4 BCE. King Herod was a great builder and in his lifetime constructed this monumental hilltop fortress and palace as well as expanding the Second Temple in Jerusalem and building Caesarea and the fortress community at Mazada. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

BRAZIL POPE SECURITY-epa01003476 Several Brazilian soldiers patrol the outside of the Sao Bento monastery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 08 May 2007, which will house Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to this South American country. Almost 3200 soldiers will be in charge of security operations during the Pope's visit to Brazil. EPA/Sebastião Moreira

INDIA KASHMIR SEARCH OPERATION-epa01003183 Indian policemen frisk Kashmiri civilians during a surprise search operation in central Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 08 May 2007. Indian paramilitary troopers and police cordoned off the busy Lal Chowk area, subjected pedestrians to an identification parade and detained at least eight persons for questioning. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN

MEXICO AHUMADA ARREST-epa01003508 Mexican businessman Carlos Ahumada Kurz, born in Cordoba (Argentina) and owner of Grupo Quart, a newspaper (El Independiente) and two Mexican soccer clubs (Santos Laguna and Leon) is detained in Mexico City, 08 May 2007, by agents of the Attorney General's Office of the District of Mexico City, shortly after being liberated after serving a three-year prison sentence on corruption-related crimes. Ahumada was once again released today, after giving declarations to the local municipal justice department. EPA/GERARDO PEREZ BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

USA TORNADO-epa01003449 An arial view of what's left of the town of Greensburg, Kansas, 08 May 2007 in Kiowa County. A mile wide tornado destroyed seventy five percent of the town on 04, May 2007. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

SOMALIA PEACEKEEPER-epa01003236 African Union (AU) peacekeepers from Uganda stand atop a tank as they secure the sea port in Mogadishu, Somalia, 08 May 2007. Somalia's interim government has declared victory over insurgents in the capital, urging more than 350,000 people who had fled the fighting to return to the city. More than 1500 have been killed and over 3000 wounded in clashes between Islamic insurgents and Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops since February 2007. EPA/IBRAHIM ELMI

SWITZERLAND SOCCER EURO 2008-epa01003229 Police restrain soccer supporters at the Cornavin railway station in Geneva, during a riot prevention drill ahead of the Soccer Euro 2008, 08 May 2007. EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI

GEORGIA ESTONIA-epa01003101 Estonian President Toomas Hendrik (R) adjusts a ribbon on the wreath during a wreath laying ceremony at the memorial of those who died for Georgia's unity in Tbilisi, 08 May 2007. Toomas Hendrik is on official visit in Tbilisi. EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE

[Big Lebowski]

Paratroopers from the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, work to recover a damaged vehicle during Operation Black Eagle in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

An 8th Iraqi Army Division soldier directs pedestrian traffic off of a street during a raid for suspected militia members during Operation Black Eagle, in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

Eighth Iraqi Army Division soldiers prepare to capture suspected militia members during Operation Black Eagle, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

An 8th Iraqi Army Division soldier pulls security during a raid for suspected militia members during Operation Black Eagle, in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

An 8th Iraqi Army Division soldier peers over a wall during a raid to capture suspected militia members during Operation Black Eagle, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

An 8th Iraqi army soldier gives a status report to Lt. Col. Ali Abd Al Amir (center) prior to conducting a raid for suspected militia members during Operation Black Eagle, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Campbell of the 0800 Military Transition Team (MTT) swabs a detainees hands for explosives residue during Operation Black Eagle, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

Detainees wait as 8th Iraqi Army Division soldiers check their identification papers during Operation Black Eagle, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq

[NuclearHead]

Great pix Big Lebowski!



Kingfisher Airlines owner Vijay Mallya is frisked by a security personnel as he prepares to board an Airbus A380 flight at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 7, 2007. The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, made its first landing in India on Sunday, amid hopes by its maker that more Indian airlines will buy the super jumbo as the country's rapid globalization drives demand for long-haul flights. Kingfisher Airlines is buying five of the jets, with the first to be delivered in 2111

That sounds about right

thnx for the pics

[marek]

Looks almost like a Wiesel .. prop or not?

LOL! Yeah, right! But the gun is in wrong place. Indolent artist's!



BTW! This is fine!


Thank's again!

[tomonator]

great pics yet again.