Todays Pics, Monday, January 28th, 2008

[Kragh]

Two F-16 fighters escorts plane carrying the danish handboll team after they won the European championship 2008.





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[Rittmester]

With soldiers like this, Russia wouldn't need guns to get their policy enforced. -If this one gave me a blink with an eye...

[kuttless]

great pics so far today

Man BD those pics from Yeman do make a statement

[Lancero]

(FILE) A file photograph dated 03 January 2004 of Ricardo Juvenal Palmera Pineda, also known as 'Simon Trinidad', leader of Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC, as in Spanish), when he was captured in Bogota, Colombia. District judge Royce Lamberth sentenced, 28 January 2008, Ricardo Juvenal to 60 years in jail under the charge of conspiration to kidnap three US citizens in southern Colombia in 2003

The propellers of one of the four rapid boats, donated to Panama from the US government, in Panama City, Panama, January 28 2007. The donation will allow proper surveillance over the Panamanian coastline. The total cost of the cooperation is 7,5 million US dollars.

Irate youths carry bows and arrows as they participate in burning a lorry in Eldoret, Kenya on 28 January, 2008. Fresh protests erupted in Eldoret, Naivasha and Nyanza Province, over a weekend of horrific ethnic violence in the Rift Valley that left 179 dead in the last four days complicating efforts by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan to mediate a solution to the month-long crisis

President of Panama, Martin Torrijos (L), presents a sword to a policeman during the Seventh Graduation Ceremony for officials, retirements and promotions of the National Police Force in Panama, which takes place on, 28 January 2008, in Panama City.

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (foreground R), Russian President Vladimir Putin (foreground 2-R), Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin, (foreground 2-L), and Russian Deputy Defense Minister for Logistics Vladimir Isakov (foreground L) during a presentation of new Russian military uniform at the General Staff of the Defense Ministry , 28 January 2008. Seventy samples of new military uniform for Russia's Army, Navy and Air Force created by Valentin Yudashkin were presented at the show

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (CI) walks with Venezuelan judges and legislators as he arrives for the solemn session which starts the judicial year for 2008 year at the General Room of the Justice Superior Court in Caracas, Venezuela on 28 January 2008.

Militares da Força Aérea observam a cadeira em que o piloto se ejectou antes da queda de um avião F-16 que hoje se despenhou num pinhal na zona limítrofe da Base Aérea (BA 5) de Monte Real, Leiria, 28 de janeiro de 2008. A Portuguese Air Force F-16B crashed while doing it's first test flight after completing M4 MLU modification. Pilot ejected safe and no one was injured on the ground.

Pakistani Police take positions outside a school where Islamic militants took dozens of school children hostage in Karak area of Bannu district in North-West Frontier Province Pakistan 28 January 2008. The armed Islamic militants today took dozens of school children hostage for several hours during a failed attempt to kidnap a government official, and released them after being given safe passage to the nearby tribal area, following negotiations with local religious leaders on behalf of Pakistani authorities. Pro-Taliban militants from the neighboring restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan routinely launch raids in the Bannu district on security officials and state installations

Goalkeeper Kasper Hvidt, who plays for the Spanish club Barcelona, enyoys a large beer, when Denmark's handball European champions arrived at Copenhagen International Airport, Denmark, 28 January. On Sunday Denmark won the final in Lillehammer, Norway, by beating Croatia 24-20

[Leaper]

Originally Posted by Kragh

Two F-16 fighters escorts plane carrying the danish handboll team after they won the European championship 2008.





Hi-res photos available:

http://forsvaret.dk/NR/rdonlyres/9A1...6219/f1603.jpg

http://forsvaret.dk/NR/rdonlyres/9A1...6217/f1601.jpg

http://forsvaret.dk/NR/rdonlyres/9A1...6221/f1605.jpg

And the threath is...what? Greenpeace?

[Mat_fr]

yeah of course !
greenpeace's militants riding on big birds with amraam !!






mat.

[Bulkowski]

I thought that was Hugo Chavez there for a second

[JustinCreddible]

great pic...
i bet not many want to be the german re-enactors tho

[He219]

Again, nice pix guys!

An OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopter fires a rocket in an attempt to destroy an improvised explosive device during Operation Browning in southern Arab Jabour Jan. 22.

Shortly after air assaulting into a farm field, Pfc. Kenneth Armbrister, an infantryman with Company A, 1-30th Infantry, scans for enemy activity during Operation Browning in southern Arab Jabour Jan 20.

A Soldier looks through the scope of a rocket-propelled grenade launcher discovered in a home in Muqdadiyah.

A Soldier displays an M-1 rifle discovered in a suspected insurgent's home

Staff Sgt. Michael Griffing provides security on the rooftop on an Iraqi compound.

Pfc. Matthew Workman (left), a forward observer, with Company A, 1-30th Infantry, pauses with his fellow Soldiers during a security halt while on patrol in southern Arab Jabour Jan. 20. Workman and Company A troops air assaulted into the region to track down insurgent cells.

Iraqi National Police Force members demonstrate tactical maneuvers during the opening of a police station in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Jan. 22, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Hendrickson

The Georgians of 1st Infantry Brigade from the Republic of Georgia stand in formation near an entry control point at a mock checkpoint in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 21. The Georgians, of 1st Infantry Brigade, took part in the entry control point training as part of a train-up on security procedures before going north to Iraq to assume a security mission.

Georgians man an entry controlled point, discuss security procedures during security training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 21. The Georgians, of 1st Infantry Brigade, took part in the entry control point training as part of a train-up on security procedures before going north to Iraq to assume a security mission.

Marines evacuate a simulated casualty who was injured during a simulated Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device attack here Jan. 23. This was one of the challenges Marines had to overcome throughout the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility. Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, was the first company to participate in the Battalion’s Field Exercise in preparation for a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray) (RELEASED)
Photo Credit: Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray
Photo Date: 01/23/2008

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Sammy Rodriguez, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment assesses a damaged vehicle to determine how to best recover it to a forward operating base in the Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 23. None of the vehicle's occupants were injured in the incident.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Sammy Rodriguez, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment makes quick work of preparing a damaged vehicle for recovery to a forward operating base in the Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 23.

[Messiah UKF]

Originally Posted by Leaper

And the threath is...what? Greenpeace?

tradition (well, all of 2 occasions) - They're 'protecting' the trophy and the team and escorting them back to Denmark. They did the same when we won the European Football.

[parabellum]

look at that ring !!! awsome! hires on this ?

[He219]

Soldiers working on the Falcon forward armament and refueling point work on two Kiowas from 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Jan. 27, at the Combat Aviation Brigade flight line.

Spc. Timothy Cross, member of Company B, 277th Combat Support Task Force, attached to 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, watches a Kiowa depart the Falcon forward armament and refueling point after being refueled, Jan. 27, at the Combat Aviation Brigade flight line.

Two Black Hawk helicopters from the Australian Army’s 5th Aviation Regiment, arrive at Emerald Airport to assist with emergency relief efforts following flooding in Emerald, Queensland.

The two Black Hawk helicopters will deliver emergency fodder to cattle stranded by floodwaters as part of the coordinated relief efforts by Emergency Management Queensland.

The Black Hawk helicopters are provided by the Australian Army’s 5th Aviation Regiment, based in Townsville.

(Date taken: 27 January 2008)

Corporal Kevin Dellaway, a Load Master with Townsville based 5th Aviation Regiment, looks at flood damage in the Clermont area.

Corporal Kevin Dellaway, a Load Master with Townsville-based 5th Aviation Regiment, unloads hay in the Clermont area.

Corporal Kev Walker, 1 Battalion Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, works with Vikings in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
[Picture: SAC Kimberley Waterson RAF] Video

[Boomstick]

Originally Posted by Rittmester

With soldiers like this, Russia wouldn't need guns to get their policy enforced. -If this one gave me a blink with an eye...

Wow! Good pics today. Thanks to those who make it happen.

[Laworkerbee]

Ok I've seen it all now.

[Jocker_89]

A man looks through the window of a vehicle after heavy snowfall in Sonada village, about 55km (34 miles) north of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri, January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Soldiers carry the coffin of former Indonesian president Suharto in Jakarta January 28, 2008, before his body is flown to Solo in Central Java for burial. REUTERS/Supri

A Palestinian boy smiles from a car in the Egyptian part of the town of Rafah January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

U.S. soldiers turn away as a Black Hawk helicopter takes off from a U.S. base in the Jaji district of the southeastern Paktia province, near the Afghan-Pakistan border January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

A Palestinian family falls down from a donkey cart after they crossed a breach on the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

A Kenyan Army soldier patrols the centre of the town of Naivasha January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Andrews

Rescue workers and local people stand near a carriage of a derailed train near Kutahya, January 27, 2008. Nine people were killed and at least 14 injured when a train left the track on Sunday in western Turkey, the state Anatolian news agency said. The accident occurred in the early hours between the towns of Kutahya and Afyon, about 200 km (120 miles) southwest of the capital, Ankara. REUTERS/Cihan News Agency

Local residents walk past a collapsed PetroChina gas station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province January 27, 2008. Two persons were injured when the gas station suddenly collapsed due to heavy snow, local media reported. REUTERS/China Daily

Palestinian men sit in the back of a vehicle during heavy rain in the Egyptian part of the town of Rafah January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Naked people protest against the use of fur in front of Barcelona's Cathedral, January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Albert Gea