The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Derek Oakley, left, and Maj. Chris Lovegren, both pilots assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron, conduct preflight checklists in the cockpit of a B-1B Lancer aircraft prior to taking off from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 24, 2009. Oakley is participating in the flight to obtain his aircraft commander certification. (DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Corey Hook, U.S. Air Force/Released)

 

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A PBY-6A Catalina aircraft drops a load of water from its bomb bay doors over Crescent Harbor, Wash., Sept. 25, 2009. The aircraft?s departure marked the end of a weeklong visit to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and Oak Harbor. The visit coincided with the 67th anniversary of NAS Whidbey Island and the 11th anniversary of the PBY Memorial Foundation. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tucker M. Yates, U.S. Navy/Released)

 

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An aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 begins its final approach before landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) while under way in the Gulf of Oman Oct. 31, 2009. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a routine deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (DoD photo by Lt. Cmdr. Troy Wilcox, U.S. Navy/Released)

 

[cfam]

Can't see your photobucket pic, but sounds like that's a third baby blue one then. The two in my pics went to Oceana and Miramar, or were supposed to, anyway.

There's one up at Lemoore too, baby blue with sea control wing atlantic on the tail. VFA-122 uses it for range spotting. I hitched a backseat ride in it when I was out there for the centrifuge last summer.

 

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Staff Sgt. Carlos Paniagua, Patrol and Explosives Detection Dog Handler, 95th Military Police Battalion, K9 Detachment NCOIC, and his dog, Rex, sit on a Blackhawk's hoist as they get raised up into the Blackhawk during a K9 MEDEVAC training held at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo on July 13, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Darriel Swatts, 69th Public Affairs Detachment.)

Showed this one to my dog, Killian...she said there aren't enough chewie's in the world...

 

[Gatordev]

There's one up at Lemoore too, baby blue with sea control wing atlantic on the tail. VFA-122 uses it for range spotting. I hitched a backseat ride in it when I was out there for the centrifuge last summer.

Sounds like that's the one in HJ's pic. The ones we sent off had HSM stuff on the tail. Not sure if they ever got rid of the Sea Control abbreviation on the side, though. We lost them in June, so it's possible it went to Lemoore instead, which further irks me. The one in HJ's pic has "49" on the nose. We didn't have that painted on there, but one of our Bunos was 161949 (the other being 161945), so it's possible it could be it. I really wish we could get even just one back...<sigh>.

 

[jmcquate]

Here's a link (not sure about copywrite) to one of the most amazing shot I've ever seen.

http://assets.theatlantic.com/static/coma/images/issues/200903/200/bowden_f22_003_200.jpg

It's from an article in the Atlantic Monthly about Col Cesar Rodriguez. It's a HUD video still from an Iraqi MiG-29 that’s about to take a Sparrow in the nose. The kill was done by an F-15 flown by Craig Underhill. The image was recovered by the wreckage.

 

[Angels]

Showed this one to my dog, Killian...she said there aren't enough chewie's in the world...

HAHA! When I saw the pic I was thinking how my one dog would probably love it! I'm not sure how much that dog likes it since it is wearing a muzzle..

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

We can't even get one of our dogs to go up stairs, forget a helo hoist.

 

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100 combat missions
Maj. William Gottenberg, a pilot with the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, taxies a U-2 Dragon Lady in after completing his 100th U-2 combat mission from a base in Southwest Asia March 9, 2010. Major Gottenberg is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

 

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Joint STARS
The 751st Electronic Systems Group's E-8C Joint STARS test aircraft, T-3, performs flight testing with JT8D-219 engines during a December deployment to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. In February, 633rd Electronic Systems Squadron officials awarded two major contract actions to continue the Joint STARS re-engining program's system design and development phase activities. (Courtesy photo)

 

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WASP celebrate Women's History Month
Geri Nyman (left), and Betty Blake, members of the Women Air Service Pilots, pose for photographs March 4, 2010, in front of a P-51 Mustang near the 56th Operations Support Squadron on Luke AFB, Ariz. Ms. Nyman and Ms. Blake are members of the WASP. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ronifel Yasay)

 

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DatePhotoTaken 3/19/2010 12:44:00 PM
Byline: Ash
ID 31
VRIN# 1003197659mm4.JPG
Unit Marine Attack Squadron 231
Dateline AFG
Caption Ace of Spades at work.

 

[Ave8tor]

+1 for the Harrier love... keep it coming!

 

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Standing by on a hill top, Soldiers with the 101st Division Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division watch as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Nov. 4, 2008. The Soldiers searched a small village in the valley below for IED making materials and facilities. (Photo by Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez, CJTF-101 Public Affairs)

That's my company on my last deployment. Got rid of those piece-of-shit D models for the F models. Just got to Kandahar, as soon as I snap some good ones I'll share.