Friday, July 6, 2012

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Paratroopers, Afghans engage enemy in Muqor

U.S. Army Sgt. David Pickard, a team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, prepares to sweep a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Pickard is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

Afghan National Army soldiers fire an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun during a firefight with insurgents June 30, 2012, outside of Muqor, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The soldiers are on a partnered patrol with paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, uses an armored vehicle for shelter from insurgent fire while communicating with his company commander, June 30, 2012, outside of Muqor, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. At left is his radioman, Pfc. Blaze Glocar.

U.S. Army Sgt. David Pickard, a team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires his M4 carbine at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The vehicle he is using for cover is a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle.

A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team walks past a robot used to inspect and diffuse improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The robot is being used to inspect a bridge for mines.

U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal personnel carry a robot forward to inspect a suspected roadside bomb June 30, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. When infantrymen find roadside bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance, EOD takes care of it.

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US Marines & Philippine forces participate in a hostage rescue drill in Maasim of Sarangani province, the Philippines, on July 4, 2012. The Philippines and the U.S. formally opened a nine-day joint naval exercise on Monday, which is more known as the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). (Xinhua/Jeff Maitem)

German police work at the criminal site in Karlsruhe, Germany, after a hostage-taking on July 4, 2012. Five people died including the gunman in a gunman hostage incident in southern Germany. (Xinhua/Rao Bo)

Members of the Venezuelan Army take part in a military parade for the 201st anniversary of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, in Caracas, on July 5, 2012.

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BOSTON HARBOR (July 4, 2012) USS Constitution passes the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during its annual July 4th underway as part of an event for Boston Navy Week. Boston Navy Week is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The eight-day long event commemorates the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and coalition ships from around the world. Boston Navy Week is being held in conjunction with Boston Tall Ships and the commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Michael Achterling/Released)

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BOSTON (July 3, 2012) USS Constitution, right, sails during its annual turn-around cruise for July 4th as part of Boston Navy Week 2012. Boston Navy Week is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Daniel Johnston/Released)

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ARABIAN SEA (July 5, 2012) Sailors load cargo onto an MV-22B Osprey assigned to the Raging Bulls of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and combat flight operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tim D. Godbee/Released)

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ARABIAN SEA (July 5, 2012) An MV-22B Osprey assigned to the Raging Bulls of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 lifts off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)

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ARABIAN SEA (July 5, 2012) An MV-22B Osprey assigned to the Raging Bulls of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 lifts off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary S. Welch/Released)

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ARABIAN SEA (July 4, 2012) An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Sun Kings of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 116 lands aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 27, 2012) Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) rigid hull inflatable boat are along side a Chinese vessel fishing in Senegal's Exclusive Economic Zone after dropping off a joint-boarding team of U.S. Coast Guard and Senegalese navy members and an inspector from Senegal'Äôs Department of Fisheries to conduct a routine inspection. Simpson recently supported African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operations, a branch of the Africa Partnership Station (APS), in an effort to build maritime safety and security on and off shore. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Mennuto/Released)

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BOSTON (July 3, 2012) Private 1st Class Kevin Graham shows a girl how the M2-40 machine gun works aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during a public visit at Boston Navy Week. Boston Navy Week is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David P. Coleman/Released)

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PEARL HARBOR (July 2, 2012) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits the waters of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is the world'Äôs largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 30, 2012) Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Drew Miller, from Westmont, Ill., gives signalman training to Seaman Anjelica Hilario-Figueroa, from New York, during an underway replenishment aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason Dunham is deployed with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Jamieson/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (July 1, 2012) A landing craft air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, enters the welldeck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship (LHD 7). Iwo Jima, with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is the flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed as the U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan L. Correa/Released)

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SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 5, 2012) Navy Diver 2nd Class Christopher Vanriper, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 5, Platoon 503, repels from an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 14, onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while participating in a fast rope and repelling exercise. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that will protect and defend the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos/Released)

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Officials display a total of 649 kg (1430 pounds) of cocaine during a news conference held by the Customs and Excise Department in Hong Kong July 6, 2012. Customs officers seized a record amount of cocaine with a street value of HK$760 million ($89.7 million), a government radio reported on Friday. The drugs were found in a container coming from Ecuador at the Kwai Chung Container Terminals and three men have been arrested so far.

Chinese rescue workers evacuate residents from the flood-hit town of Nanchong in southwest China's Sichuan province on July 5, 2012.

This picture taken on July 5, 2012 shows Chinese police handing over Taiwanese fugitive Yu Zhaocong (C-white shirt) to their Taiwanese counterparts at a ceremony in Nanning, southwest China's Guangxi province. Yu was on the run and hiding in mainland China after he escaped Taiwan by boat following an alleged murder he committed in Pingtung.

Chinese rescue workers carry a boat to a flood-hit area in the town of Nanchong in southwest China's Sichuan province on July 5, 2012.

[Rattfink]

These guys fail at cammy paint.

[GorkoSan]

These guys fail at cammy paint.

...yes, bu Hugo commends them on their patriotic paint.

[hogdriver]

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The U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator flies over Edwards during a routine test mission. The UCAS-D program conducted the airworthiness test phase for the X-47B at Edwards, which came to a successful conclusion May 15 after more than two years of testing. Team Edwards will continue to support the program, as the 412th Maintenance Group will send personnel to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., to continue supporting in the aircraft carrier suitability test phase. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Chris Neill)

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An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft flies high over Edwards Feb. 4, 2011 while making its first flight. The program wrapped up its mission here in May 2012 after more than two years of successful flight testing. (Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka)

[LoboCanada]

Damn, the future is here^

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Only a year for flight testing and this has only a computer or five in it!!! Maybe it's the addition of a human that delayed the F22/53 programs so long.
Computers don't get anoxia.

[santana]

Members of the Venezuelan Army take part in a military parade for the 201st anniversary of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, in Caracas, on July 5, 2012.

[santana]

Colombian Air Force C-130H in its way and arriving at RIAT 2012

FAC1004 (cn 382-4964) Beautiful paint job for this C-130H. Here making a stop at Lajes on the way to RIAT2012, Lajes / Azores (AB4) (TER / LPLA), Portugal, 2-jul-2012
Picture and credits: Joao Tostao

FAC1004 (cn 382-4964) almost landing on rwy 33 on a sunny day , Lajes, Azores, Portugal
Picture and credits: Tiago Alonso Silva

Tuesday July 3rd marked the arrival of the first aircraft at RIAT 2012 when the Colombian Air Force C-130H Hercules touched down. It's especially welcome as this will be the first time the South American nation has participated at the Air Tattoo.

[santana]

There will be some unusual planes flying in the skies around Tucson and Davis-Monthan next week, as the base welcomes members of the Colombian Air Force.

Eight Colombian Air Force Kfir Fighter jets will be operating from Davis-Monthan's Operation Snowbird facilities next week. In addition to the fighters will be two tankers, one airlift aircraft and about 130 Colombian Air Force personnel. They will be here training for the next two weeks, in anticipation of their participation in a Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

These pilots and personnel will comply with all of the base's traffic patterns and noise abatement procedures. It is not out of the ordinary to see 'strange' aircraft flying in the Tucson skies, Operation Snowbird facilities are used by units for training on future deployments. Davis-Monthan and surrounding sites offer an edge to military units who are training for deployment, the terrain here is similar to what they would encounter overseas.

Source
http://davismonthan.tucsonnewsnow.co...ird-facilities

Colombian Air Force
Red Flag 2012 Exercises

Recent pictures of the Colombian Air Force Kfirs in Red Flag 2012

Colombian Air Force arriving at Davis Monthan US Air Force Base in Tucson Arizona, To begin training exercises for Red Flag 2012

source
http://www.fac.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=74648#

[santana]

More "Recent" Pictures of Colombian Air Force Fighters in its way and arriving at Red Flag 2012

*Pictures and Credits: Colombian Air Force

[Trigger]

Four of those Columbian Kfirs just flew over en route to the range. Loud as hell. I love it!

[santana]

Well gents its Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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