World Armed Forces Pictures Thread

[swimmerXC]

Ok title explains this, although for this I REALLY do need you guys help on this one... I can only find so much and have such limited time...

Also visit largest categorized Global Military Gallery (http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/)on the Internet!

hmm I guess something from the good old USA
LPD 17 USS San Antonio
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6285/sanantonio1175sx.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6281/sanantonio117a5xa.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8404/sanantonio117b3qi.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1614/sanantonio117c4wj.jpg

[petty officer1]

http://www.eads.net/xml/content/OF00000000400004/6/11/40626116.jpg
http://www.realmofconfusion.com/G36-TrMag_Army_small.jpg
http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/news/march05/xm8/XM8%20green%201.jpg
http://images.military.com/pics/SoldierTech_A26-2.jpg
http://www.nato.int/kfor/multimedia/photos/2000/lr/pic00235_lr.jpg

Germans

[petty officer1]

http://www.armyrecognition.com/europe/France/Exhibition/Ecole_Applications_blindes/pictures/TRM_10000_ArmyRecognition_France_01.jpg
http://www.delmkd.cec.eu.int/en/Concordia/photo%20events/2003%2004%2003%20visit%20of%20Chief%20of%20Staff%2 0of%20the%20French%20Army.JPG
http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas3738.jpg
http://www.benoa.net/Photos/Dimage/PICT2912.jpg
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/features/2003oob/famas.jpg

french

[rommel]

CANADA
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/239/is20020035a5bv.jpg
http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/4792/bk2002016013a2cx.jpg
http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/cls_images/hires/2005-12-08/lk2005-0013d.jpg
http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/cls_images/hires/2005-12-08/lg2005-0085d.jpg
http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/cls_images/hires/2004-03-16/is2002-6773a.jpg

[EternalVigil]

USAF F-22 Raptor and RAF Typhoon at Nellis AFB


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/tbirdbcast/efraptor.jpg

[BrotherofSnake]

USAF

B-1B Lancer

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3513/lancer28yr8pn.jpg

F-15 Eagle

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/9718/eagle111uc7lj.jpg

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/9362/eagle126jg8ea.jpg

Thunder Birds

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6510/thunderbirds01large6qt.jpg

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/7508/thunderbirdsclimbing2af.jpg

[bd popeye]

Nice big PHAT pics boys:) :p :D ...I'm glad I've got DSL so I can see them. In the words of that great American "Mr.T".. I pitty the fool with a dial up.

USS Dwight D Esienhower CVN-69

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/cvn-69-bow-on.jpg

[bd popeye]

US Navy Blue Angels

http://www.nsula.edu/ahp/Blue%20Angels/ba20.jpg

http://www.nsula.edu/ahp/Blue%20Angels/ba38.jpg

Blue Angels over St Louis MO
http://www.nsula.edu/ahp/Blue%20Angels/f18-stl.jpg

[bd popeye]

US Army Longbow

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/ah64-image3.jpg

[bd popeye]

US Navy SEALS

http://bonusweb.idnes.cz/obrazek/ps2socom2s_17.jpg

[EternalVigil]

F-22A

http://www.f22-raptor.com/government/images/Congratulations.jpg

[BrotherofSnake]

IDF

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4930/isr531jx.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1230/israel84zp.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1317/israel809no.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9306/158571mn.jpg

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2092/257500ol.jpg

[bd popeye]

JMSDF Kongo Class

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/images/ddg-173-clouds.jpg

[EternalVigil]

USS Virginia
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/USS_Virginia.jpg/750px-USS_Virginia.jpg

Seawolf Fast Attack submarine(USS Jimmy Carter)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/cwolf02.jpg

Ohio Class sub (USS Alaska)

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ohio/images/ohio6.jpg

Trident 2 D5 being launched

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/pg63l.jpg

[Indianfighter]

Link for LCA photos (click on a photo for larger view)
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Current/Tejas.html

This link also contains the latest PV-2 photos of the LCA (painted in military colours).

I am posting the link only, as the photos are copyrighted.

[bd popeye]

Imperial Irainain AF F-14..These men could fly the wings off a Tomcat. My salute goes out to them.:)

http://www.iiaf.net/archive/aircraft/images/inflightF14A_jpg.jpg

[EternalVigil]

B2-Spirit Stealth Bomber

http://www.bugimus.com/stealth/newpics/bombers_b2_0004.jpg

B-52 Stratofortress B1-B Lancer B2 Spirit

http://www.bugimus.com/stealth/newpics/bombers_b2_0010.jpg


B2 mid air refuel
http://www.bugimus.com/stealth/newpics/bombers_b2_0009.jpg

[renmin]

Russia
Su-47&Su-27
http://www.defesanet.com.br/rv/maks2005/imagens/su-47_berkut_su-27skm.jpg

Russian Knights
http://www.defesanet.com.br/rv/maks2005/imagens/knights-2.jpg

BTR-90
http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/btr90-2.jpg

T-90
http://www.aviapress.com/book/oth/oth131/oth131_9.jpg

[rommel]

CANADA


http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/cls_images/hires/2005-12-08/lh2004-032-060.jpg
http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/cls_images/hires/2004-03-16/lf2003-0391.jpg
http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/cls_images/hires/2004-03-16/lf2003-0317.jpg

[swimmerXC]

Does this look familiar?
Russia: MiG Ye-8
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/2236/e8111b2ba.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6379/e8111c0nd.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1725/e8111d8xc.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6183/e81110gf.jpg
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5323/e8111e7wk.gif

[renmin]

Su-37 Super Flanker
http://user.sezampro.yu/~vkeza/images/su37.jpg

MiG-1.41
http://www.aeronautics.ru/img/img006/mig_141_001.jpg

MiG-31 Foxbat
http://www.testpilot.ru/russia/mikoyan/mig/31/images/mig31-4.jpg

[MIGleader]

http://www.veafotoaqui.com/images/EuroFighter-020611.jpg
a eurofighter almost pulls a cobra

http://archive.cs.uu.nl/pub/AIRCRAFT-IMAGES/Rafale.jpg
a rafale almost pulls a cobra

http://www.tecnicamilitar.hpg.com.br//imagens/00su27-cobra4m.jpg
http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/Images/cobra1.gif
learn from the master flanker!!!

[swimmerXC]

Sumdud and I already talked this over and this technically could be used....
Seeing how this thread is already filling up this quick (way to go guys)
How about we just post pictures that are NEW or RARE on the web?
Personal pictures taken by yourself from a Defense Expo or just when your in service can also be counted as rare... since it is your own and nobody else has it...
How about it?

[renmin]

learn from the master flanker!!![/QUOTE] i do believe you mean learn from Viktor Puachev. The creator of the maneuvor. The Pugachev cobra can be used in combat too, the flanker pilot can take a snap missile shot at an aircraft directly above him or even behind. Nice Move!;)


Paladin
http://www.tankmastergunner.com/images/military/pal.jpg

M270 MLRS
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/m26-mlrs.jpg

Russian Chiorny Oriol (Black Eagle) MBT
http://armor.vif2.ru/Tanks/MBT/640.jpg

Su-34
http://www.military.cz/russia/air/suchoj/Su_34/su34_2.jpg

[sumdud]

Oh, and one more thing:
No PS or CGI, real photos only!
And, it will be best that if you are posting only a product(not a photo of a practice or war), post only indigenous or custom built products for that country.
For example:
You can post an Al-Zarrar in an expo,
or a Leopard C1.
but not one of their T-84s in the garage, since it is Russian.
But you can post a T-84 firing.(Action is always welcomed.)

And here are my photos:
Tanks of South Asia
From Pakistan, the Al Khalid(Notice the shining "tongue" sticking out of the barrel)
http://www.parnellengineering.com/Al_khalidD1.jpg
The Al-Zarrar
http://www.rehanalvi.com/gallery/albums/pakdayparade/IMG_1500.jpg
compared to this
http://www.****************.com/Support/al-zarrar3.jpg

From Iran:
The Zulfiqar 1
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/images/zolfaghar1-pic2.jpg
Zulfiqar 3
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/images/zolfaghar3-pic1.jpg
No space for the 2, sorry.
No Arjun, you guys know how it is.

[bd popeye]

This thread is too much fun..Hey this is an American sailor
ME!!! in April 1972 on the port quater sponson on CVA-67
Check out that hair!

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2386/726yk.th.jpg (http://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=726yk.jpg)

I tried to post more but they did not work..I will try later

[swimmerXC]

VERY NICE POPEYE!!!
From the side you look like one of my friends
How old were you then?
Too bad I don't have any military pic
South Korean: XK-2 MBT (Courtesy of our fellow South Korean Forum (http://brd3.chosun.com/))
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/8351/xk2118064kh.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3199/xk211806a1kx.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2272/xk211806b7wa.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2764/xk211806c2ug.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3522/xk211806d1tv.jpg

[ger_mark]

http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W26K9CW7667INFODE/$FILE/Photex%20F%20124%209-640x383.jpg

http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W26KADPN464INFODE/$FILE/Open%20Spirit%202005%20a-640x513.jpg

http://www.jaegerseiten.de/images/b42.jpg

http://www.jaegerseiten.de/images/b43.jpg

http://www.jaegerseiten.de/images/b44.JPG

[bd popeye]

The US Navy still has two of these levithans held on reserve
Iowa class Battleship..Awesome!

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/dod/8505379.jpg

[bd popeye]

This ships has so far cost the French $14 billion USD!!!

FS Charles De Gaulle
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/cdg26-1.jpg

[rommel]

Some of those might have been released on the Canadian Army Forum and the Official Infantry Association's Forum, so you might have seen them on the net before.

One of my friend in Afghanistan...
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2691/22405559wy.jpg

A picture of our armor school...
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7096/mud90dm.jpg

Guess who this young fellow is...
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3899/dcim20059671kx.jpg

[EternalVigil]

LOL! Rommel someone got owned by the mud in that one pic. :p

[EternalVigil]

F-35 and F-18

http://www.codeonemagazine.com/test/photos/gallery/jsf_gallery/images/thumbnails/21_01425_s.jpg

F-35 JSF

http://www.codeonemagazine.com/photos/gallery/jsf_gallery/images/large_photos/X350085P_L.jpg


F-18E/F Super Hornet

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/fa18ef/images/fa18ef_C22-604-11_300x375.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-18-ef-usnhornt-s.jpg
F-16

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/F-16_Fighting_Falcon.jpg/800px-F-16_Fighting_Falcon.jpg

[bd popeye]

VERY NICE POPEYE!!!
From the side you look like one of my friends
How old were you then?
Too bad I don't have any military pic

I was 18....everthing on my body worked just fine....

I have a few..the ones I took with me. my ex-wife destroyed the rest:mad: :(

I will try to post the few I have but I had a lot of trouble doing the one yesterday. yes xcswimmer I followed the instructions...

I like this thread it is non controversial with no PS pics!!!

[BrotherofSnake]

sniper

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1940/csa200510280932172zq.jpg

[bd popeye]

F-4 Phanton on final approaching CVA-67 in 1972

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1091/722yn.jpg
Oh brother it's working now......standby....

Cockpit of an A-6B Intruder on CVA-67 in 1973
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7634/a6cockpitoncv6719732pm.jpg

I'm cookin' with gas now baby!!!

VF-161 F-4 0n the USS Midway CVA-41 in 1974
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2791/vf161f4oncv4119735vr.jpg

RA-5C Viglante on CVA-67 in 1972
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1606/ra5c6ya.jpg

Me on the left re-enlisting for the last time in 1985
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2517/ltjgjohnstonreupspr1hamm7sn.jpg
I still look like that..kinda sorta..my gut is much bigger!

[EternalVigil]

I thank you for your service to our country Popeye. /salute

[bd popeye]

I thank you for your service to our country Popeye. /salute

Thank you and you are welcome!

My major duty stations

"Big Daddy Popeye" USN/retired... I was in the real Navy.:D

Aug'71 -Aug'91

USS John F Kennedy CVA-67
USS Midway CVA-41
USS Hancock CVA-19
NAS Cubi Pt, Bataan, Republic of the Philippines
HSL-31 NAS North Island(NASNI) San Diego CA
VS-33 NASNI (embarked CVW-11 on USS America CV-66)
HC-11 NASNI
NAF Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory
NAS Miramar AIMD San Diego CA
NAS Miramar AIMD SEAOPDET(embarked USS Nimitz CVN-68)

F-4 from VF-14 'Top Hatters" taking the three wire on CVA-67 in 1972
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8361/trap0ur.jpg

[BrotherofSnake]

F-15J
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3300/eagle24tc3pw.jpg

Gripens
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9492/gripen3qn4ss.jpg

[bd popeye]

USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 departs San Diego on 4 Jan. 2006

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5342/cvn760vw.jpg

FS Mistral

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/6714/fsmistral027ii.jpg

[bd popeye]

USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 and JMSDF ship DD 111

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/102/cv63jmsdfdd1112xv.jpg

[bd popeye]

Description: Gas Turbine System Technician 2nd Class Leslie V. Cachero :) stands watch at the Propulsion Auxiliary Control Console aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75).

Man! we did not have anyone that looked that good on any ship I served on!

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/1741/propulsionwatch8kc.jpg

[bd popeye]

Nov '05...The Pakistani Navy frigate PNS Badr (D 184) steams alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) in the Northern Persian Gulf.

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/7351/psnbadr7taarwa6gu.jpg

[bd popeye]

One of my favorite USN CV pics the USS Midway CV-41(Left) and the USS Indpendence CV-62 in Pearl Harbour HI in August 1991. CV-62 was relieving CV-41 of her duties in the 7th fleet.

http://www.midwaysailor.com/midwaymemorabilia1/92calendar-004b.jpg

[drunkhomer]

Canadian Joint Task Force 2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/JTF2_01b.jpg http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050920/160X_JTF2_050920.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/JTF2_15b.jpg

[swimmerXC]

VLS Comparsion, Russian Sub in dry dock, Sierra 3, SAM on Russian Ships, ????? (ok whats that big white thing....)
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9522/vls5dw.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8435/drydocksub8lh.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6039/sierra34xk.png
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7858/missiles3ah.jpg
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/4788/whoa9cm.jpg

[MIGleader]

Its rather inefficient to transport gasoline like that(not to mention unsafe). Uranium? Liquid nitrogen? both too dangerous, although the russians wernt really the cautious kind.

Cosmonaut training capsule?

[bd popeye]

Its rather inefficient to transport gasoline like that(not to mention unsafe). Uranium? Liquid nitrogen? both too dangerous, although the russians wernt really the cautious kind. Cosmonaut training capsule?

I don't know what that thing is but cosmonaut training capsule sounds good. An airpalne can go in a dive in some sort of manuver and create a short state of zero gravity in the cabin.

Here's a pic of a modified Boeing 747 giving the Space Shuttle a "piggy back" ride.

http://www.planepix.com/resources/photos/Shuttle.on.747_01_RAM895.xl.jpg

[MIGleader]

If you look really closely, both the (il-76?) rear tail fins and the 747 rear tail fins have been modified in a similar manner. They might serve similar missions. This il-76 may be operated by the RKA, the russian equivalent of NASA.

[sumdud]

That modified 3M is the predesscor of the An-225 for piggy back transporting. Not that I know what it transports.

[bd popeye]

Awesome! Being a former avation ordanceman pics like this give me goosebumps!

21 March 2003 2,000-lb. Joint Directional Attack Munitions (JDAMs) are loaded onto one of four aircraft elevators for transport to the ship's flight deck aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3743/jdam8yx.jpg

[FriedRiceNSpice]

Man! we did not have anyone that looked that good on any ship I served on!

She doesn't appear to be too attractive to me. Well, maybe you old folks have different tastes.

[bd popeye]

She doesn't appear to be too attractive to me. Well, maybe you old folks have different tastes

Trust me..she looks better than some of those eerr..women I served with! A whole lot better! USN females are required to use make up etc conservativly.

Old is only a state of mind..:) Not really:D

[bd popeye]

Seems like I'm the only one posting pics here..:confused: Oh well..Pictures speak a thousand words!

5 Jan 2006 Royal Netherlands Marines assigned to the landing platform dock HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (FFG 802) fast rope from a Lynx helicopter onto the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau’s (LHA 4).

http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/958/rnmarines2sk.jpg

[bd popeye]

Tokyo, Japan (Jan. 16, 2006) - Members of Japan's Ground Self Defense Force Special Honor Guard stand in formation awaiting the arrival of the United States Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Mullen, at the Japan Defense Agency in Tokyo. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5205/jgsdf9pp.jpg

[bd popeye]

French Air Force Rafale one of my favorites.

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/rafale/images/rafale_2.jpg

[bd popeye]

USN Aircraft Carrier Memorial in San Diego CA. This monoleth has the name engraved of every USN CV.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1290/aircraftcarriermemorial5bm.jpg

[bd popeye]

West Africa (Nov. 12, 2005) - U.S. and Royal Netherlands Navy personnel monitor a Royal Netherlands Navy CB-90 utility craft as it is lifted aboard the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) off the coast of West Africa. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Steve Faulisi

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9774/cb90utilitycraft4de.jpg

[ger_mark]

1st K130 Corvette half finished

http://tinypic.com/mc57jt.gif


Schröder on his last visit, damn i hope he never comes back!

http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W26K9C3K009INFODE/$FILE/Kanzler%20Flottendienstboot-640x426.jpg


FAC in the night

http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W26K9DBF063INFODE/$FILE/TOPEX%202005_060-640x462.jpg


Operation Enduring Freedom...

http://www.marine.de/02DB070000000001/CurrentBaseLink/W26CGETU270INFODE/$FILE/MVPimHafen_Rosowski-640x426.jpg

[bd popeye]

Thsi is why the USN USAF team is so great. They have perfected the art of in air refueling. An F-14 takes on fuel from a KC-135.

Persian Gulf (Nov. 9, 2005) - An F-14D Tomcat, assigned to the “Blacklions” of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), conducts aerial refueling with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission over the Persian Gulf region. VF-213 is assigned to Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8), currently embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). U.S. Navy photo

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2123/refueling7gq.jpg

[bd popeye]

A Flanker on the Kuznetsov..nice pic!

http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/fleet/russian/surface/kuznetsov-carrier-pr1143-05.jpg

[bd popeye]

USS Enterprise on fire 14 January 1969 off the coast of Hawaii. 28 sailors were killed. It took six weeks in Pearl Harbor's shipyard to repair the damage before the "Big E" went to the waters off Vietnam. Comissioned in 1961 The Enterprise is still in comission and is now preparing for another major deployment.

http://www.raymonddale.net/nav/images/fire1a.jpg

[Gollevainen]

Waht coased the fire? I only "remember" (mean read about ) the fire in one essex class carrier during Vietnam...it got something to do missiles accidentaly launced onboard the flightdeck or something :confused: You propaply can enlighten me?

[adeptitus]

Waht coased the fire? I only "remember" (mean read about ) the fire in one essex class carrier during Vietnam...it got something to do missiles accidentaly launced onboard the flightdeck or something :confused: You propaply can enlighten me?

Here's a blurp on the accident:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)

14 January 1969: At approximately 8:19 am, a MK-32 Zuni rocket warhead attached to an F-4 Phantom was overheated by exhaust from an aircraft starting unit and detonated, setting off fires and additional explosions across the carrier. By the time the fire was finally brought under control 27 lives had been lost, and an additional 314 people had been injured. The fire had destroyed 15 aircraft, and the resulting damage forced Enterprise to put in for repairs.

The Zuni rocket only has a 20 kg warhead, but is usually carried in pods or multi-racks. So if one went boom, the rest goes boom along with the aircraft (ouch).

[bd popeye]

Prior to the CVAN-65 fire a similar type fire took the USS Forrestal CVA-59 out of action. The fire occuried 29 July 1967 off the coast of Vietnam. Forrestal was so severely damaged that it was forced to return to it's homeport of Norfolk VA for a major re-fit.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv59-forrestal/forrestal-fire.html

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv59-forrestal/cv59-fire03.jpg

[bd popeye]

No other Navy in the World can do what this picture depicts. Not yesterday, tomorrow or in the near future.

Atlantic Ocean (Nov. 3, 2005) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), center, sails alongside the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8), followed by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), right, and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), left, during an early morning vertical replenishment and underway replenishment.

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6763/6569758qd.jpg

[bd popeye]

AK47

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/AK 47.7b4.jpg

[bd popeye]

USAF C-130 Spectre Gunship

http://www.specwarnet.com/vehicles/ac-130_flares.jpg

[swimmerXC]

JAS-39 Grippen, X-31 Vector, F-15K, EC-210?, Japanese Assult ship?
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9599/jas3912506aj6md.jpg
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9562/x3112406a0wg.jpg
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/5204/f15k12406cc6lh.jpg
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/6810/austrilia123065uq.jpg
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/3756/jap125067mn.jpg

[bd popeye]

Pacific Ocean (Jan. 12, 2006) - An SH-60B Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Five One (HSL-51) prepares to land on the flight deck of the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54).

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1955/web060112n2385r2173hl.jpg

[bd popeye]

Russian Su-30 Flanker

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/340/su30flanker0id.jpg

[sumdud]

Is that kind of smoke normal? I mean the smoke coming out of the JMSDF amp-attack ship.

Pakistani SSG training on a cliff. (Wonder what'd happen if that was me?)
http://www.specwarnet.com/world/pak_ssg_9.jpg
IDF with 8 hardpoints!
http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/ching-kuo/ching-kuo_pic7.jpg
Irish CN-235MP(Spanish/Indonesian) seen here with a Spanish Santa Maria Class frigate.
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/cn235mp/images/CN235MP_4.jpg
Tornado with Taurus
http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/bcmt/images/images_lg/taurus.jpg
Original Sukhoy T-50 configuration.
http://www.hitechweb.szm.sk/fightersSF04_soubory/T-50-3view.jpg

[MIGleader]

Er popeye, that would be an su-35ub flanker, not an su-30.
(just a tip, delete after editing)

[sumdud]

Korean T-50 (No, that's not a L-15 or IDF =P)
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/korea/kai/t-50/t50rollout2_lr.jpgBrazil's EMB-145 AEW
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/brazil/images/emb145aew-4.jpg
Swedish CV-90 w/ 120mm gun. (14 rds/min claimed! :eek: )
http://ttjstk.diy.myrice.com/sweden/cv90_b4.jpg
Italian Centauro B1 ATG
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/centauro/images/centauro7.jpg

[sumdud]

Direct Competitor to China's PLZ-45 (Yes, Goll, it's your favorite. The far shooters, too)
Japan's type 99
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/images/hsp-155_hsp01l.jpg

Korean K-9
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/images/k-9-222.jpg

Israeli Slammer
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/self_propelled_artillery/slammer/slammer_g.jpg

Germany's Pzh-2000
http://www.military-page.de/gross/kmw/pzh2000/bild_pzh_02.jpg

South Africa's G-6 (53.8/67km(52 calibre)!!! O_O )
Now they are planning on making T6s out of the same gun and put it on a T-72
http://www.armyrecognition.com/Afrique/Afrique_du_Sud/vehicule_artillerie/G_6/G6_13.jpg

[MIGleader]

Sundud, they aint no match for this bad boy!
http://www.enemyforces.com/artillery/mstas.jpg
Russian MSTA-S 2S19

[bd popeye]

Er popeye, that would be an su-35ub flanker, not an su-30.
(just a tip, delete after editing)

Thanks! I'm not really familiar with any aircraft but US. I was just reading the text on the page I found that pic.

Is that kind of smoke normal? I mean the smoke coming out of the JMSDF amp-attack ship.

Yes it is . they were either purging something or what they call blowing stack gas. Kinda like the ship farting...:)

[bd popeye]

Gulf of Mexico (Sept. 9, 2005) - A Mexican Navy Mi-8 helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), off the coast of Mississippi. The Mexican and Dutch Navies have joined with the U.S. Navy in the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3499/mi84ki.jpg

[BrotherofSnake]

MiG-29
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2866/mig2920ii1kn.jpg
F-15
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1844/eagle47ss6yp.jpg
Black Hawk
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/2473/h60liberty9xh.jpg

[drunkhomer]

nice pics....i like da last one of da blackhawk

[bd popeye]

I love ships!:)

Persian Gulf (Dec. 3, 2005) – An SH-60 Seahawk helicopter prepares to land aboard the Spanish Navy frigate Alvaro de Bazan (F101) while underway in the Persian Gulf. Alvaro de Bazan is part of Carrier Strike Group Two (CSG-2), currently conducting maritime security operations.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6986/spanishfrigate1vt.jpg

[bd popeye]

Brisbane, Australia (Jan. 24, 2006) - Members of the Australian Armed Forces Drill team perform for guests and crew members aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a reception.

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2820/aussieguard7xy.jpg

[bd popeye]

Today the US Navy will comission it's 48th Arliegh Burke class DDG. The USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98 at Pensacola FL.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6506/forrestsherman2jm.jpg

[Gollevainen]

Sorry for taking so long...
Finnsih Missile FACs of hamina class, Hamina and Tornio

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7496/haminaclass8jx.jpg
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/175/hamina72dpi4js.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5233/torniomuokattu7vj.jpg
notice the Umokhoto SAM VSL system
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3228/nettitornio1pg.jpg

[Gollevainen]

And keep 'em coming...
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2927/rauma72dpi8if.jpg
A Rauma class Missile FAC Rauma herself
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6569/tuuli72dpi9tv.jpg
Aborted hovercraft missle FAC Tuuli
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9198/hameenmaa72dpi8px.jpg
Minelayer Hämeenmaa
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9997/3593at.jpg
Helsinki class missile boat
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8247/3417oj.jpg
Another Rauma class Missile boat

[bd popeye]

I knew nothing of this type technology until I read about it on navy.mil

Bayview, Idaho (Nov. 30, 2005) - The Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD), Sea Jet, undergoes sea trials on Lake Pend Oreille at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, Idaho. Funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Sea Jet is a 133-foot vessel testing an underwater discharge water jet from Rolls-Royce Naval Marine, Inc., called AWJ-21, a propulsion concept with the goals of providing increased propulsive efficiency, reduced acoustic signature, and improved maneuverability over previous Destroyer Class combatants.

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8262/sub9hn.jpg


Wait there's more..This is what it looks like out of the water.

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/8162/aesd7mu.jpg

[bd popeye]

Atlantic Ocean (Oct. 15, 2005) - A Ghanaian army Sgt. directs his men forward while engaged in amphibious operations in southwest Ghana during the West African Training Cruise '06 (WATC).

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5343/ghanasgt8es.jpg

[bd popeye]

E-2C "Hawkeye's" from the "Liberty Bells" Of VAW-115 assigned to CVW-5 onboard the foward deployed aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 prepare for launch on CV-63. VAW-115 has been based at NAF Atsugi Japan with CVW-5 continously since 11 October 1973.

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/525/e2c4cu.jpg

[bd popeye]

Spring 2005, USS Bataan LHD-5 with a load of MV-22 Osprey on board for test and evaluation.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7192/ussbataan6hh.jpg

[bd popeye]

Cpl. Channy Yin USMC, artilleryman, R Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, prepares to engage a crowd of unruly protesters during a consulate security training exercise during Joint Task Force Exercise 06, Jan. 13-25 aboard the U.S.S. Peleliu and throughout Camp Pendleton CA.

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/3057/marine9vc.jpghttp://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/949f946f97852a03852571020081a0ab/$FILE/spray_lores.jpg

[bd popeye]

Guys , most of the pics I have posted have come frome one web page

http://www.navy.mil/view_galleries.asp

That's the photo page of navy.mil. 1,000's of digtal pics for your enjoyment.

I'm pretty sure this young man went to boot camp and sonar tech school with my son. He is a Pinoy from San Diego.

San Diego (Dec. 20, 2005) - Operations Specialist 2nd Class Sherwin Mae greets his wife and daughter after returning from a five-month deployment aboard USS McClusky (FFG 41). While deployed USS McClusky seized more than 3.5 tons of cocaine, rescued 299 Ecuadorian nationals

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1835/stg24gf.jpg

[bd popeye]

US Naval Academy cheerleaders with Uncle Rummy!!!!

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8206/cheerleaders8xt.jpg

[ger_mark]

Fresh Picture from Bundeswehr's testing Aereas:

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/4033/064ca.jpg

ETAP Stealth UCAV Fighter/Bomber Prototype

[Sea Dog]

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060121-N-4039N-003.jpg

The U.S. Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer. The USS Forrest Sherman DDG98. Commissioned today - Jan 28. 2006

[bd popeye]

Ever see one of these? Me neither!

(Jan. 26, 2006) -- Ultra Armored Patrol “Concept� Vehicle which features innovative systems and components which potentially could enhance survivability and performance, followed the presentation.

The Ultra is a diesel-propelled, four-passenger vehicle capable of reaching 60 mph. The Ultra’s “blast bucket� cabin is built on a Ford F-350 chassis and, when armored, may be able to protect up to four passengers who are arranged in an outward, 360-degree facing orientation. But this has not been tested.

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/9215ead50d4c2d218525710300677a08/$FILE/ULTRA_0010.jpg


Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) unload recently uncovered artillery shells during Operation Koa Canyon (Wadi Aljundi) Jan. 20 2006. The operation has uncovered thousands of various types of weapons and explosives stored in numerous insurgent weapons caches along the Euphrates River in Iraq.

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/c8eb948ef599f64685257101006b38fd/$FILE/060120-M-7976M-066.jpg

[bd popeye]

Vladivostok, Russia (July 4, 2005) - Sailors assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) and the mine counter measures Ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) salute during a wreath laying ceremony in Vladivostok, Russia. Wilber and Patriot (MCM 7), along with USS Guardian (MCM 5), visited Vladivostok to celebrate the 145th anniversary celebration of the city, U.S. Independence Day on the Fourth of July, and to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony for Russian Sailors who scarified their lives during World War II.

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5934/russia3qg.jpg

San Diego, Calif (Jan. 22, 2004) – Executive Officer of the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Capt. Peter D. Murphy and crewmembers stands at parade rest during a burial at sea ceremony. Three flag-draped castes and the cremated remains of ten individuals were laid to rest in the Pacific Ocean. The Burial at Sea is a means of final disposition of remains that is performed on Unites States Navy vessels.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/385/burial4hb.jpg

Simi Valley, Calif. (Jun. 11, 2004) - Ceremonial Honor Guard depart the stage during a sunset interment service held in honor of former President Ronald Reagan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5273/rr5nt.jpg

[swimmerXC]

AAM see how it goes backward?, ..., east meets west, flankers
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6530/rearmissile6vg.gif
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8644/revolution126069ew.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3831/su2am.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6774/su30126068rf.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4784/su3012606a4qp.jpg

[drunkhomer]

few canadian planes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF18_19b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF18_01b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/Hercs_02b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/Hercs_01b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF18_13b.jpg

[drunkhomer]

few canadian ships
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/drunkhomer/canadiannavy.jpg
HMCS Toronto takes part in the USS George Washington Aircraft Carrier Task Group in the Persian Gulf

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/drunkhomer/canadiannavy2.jpg
From upper left to right, HMCS Charlottetown, HMCS Iroquois, USS Bataan, USS Decatur and HMCS Halifax make up an Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/030506b_OpApollo.jpg

[drunkhomer]

Canadian forces in Afghanistan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_040428.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_040629ab.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_020404a.jpg

[drunkhomer]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_040619ab.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_040508ab.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_031030.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Titan62/Canadian%20Military/CF_Afghanistan_020704b.jpg

[walter]

Some USAF Aggressor F-5E's (retired from service in 1988-89 timeframe to be replaced by F-16C, which were also soon retired with the deactivation of all four USAF Aggressor squadrons)

http://images.airliners.net/photos/photos/2/2/5/979522.jpg

http://www.studenten.net/customasp/axl/image/foto/25-4-2002-12-12-f-5_tiger_large_formation.jpg

http://www.studenten.net/customasp/axl/image/foto/14-10-2002-8-53-f-5e_tiger_ii_usaf_parked_at_raf_alconbury.jpg

http://www.airshowactionphotography.com/70_90/107.jpg

[walter]

After F-5Es, and shortly before being deactivated, USAF Aggressor squadrons switched to F-16C models:

http://hausquent.ifrance.com/hausquent/images/aggressors/aggressors_9.jpg

http://hausquent.ifrance.com/hausquent/images/aggressors/aggressors_10.jpg

http://hausquent.ifrance.com/hausquent/images/aggressors/aggressors_11.jpg

The 64th Aggressor Squadron based at Nellis AFB has since been reactivated and still operates F-16s and they will soon be joined by F-15 Aggressors--perhaps they will look similar to this:

http://www.features02.kitparade.com/images/f15djpds_title.jpg

...without Japanese marking of course.

As a side note, the 527th Aggressor Squadron, formerly based at Alconbury, England, then Bentwaters, England, has since been reactivated as the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron--taking it to the next level.

[renmin]

USA new CVN 21
http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/cvn21/images/DCS04-80-2.JPG
http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/cvn21/images/DCS03-42-2_new.jpg

[bd popeye]

renmin, CVN-21 is the program to build this class CVN and CVN-78 will be the hull number of the first of this class. The ships is still unnamed. It will not be comissioned until 2012-2013 time frame. Nice "PS" of CVN-78 in the lower right of these pics.

The next USN Cv will be the USS George H.W. Bush CVN-77..here's a pic of it under construction at Newport News VA

http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/photogallery/Carriers/DCS05-400-8.jpghttp://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/bush/images/Photo_Gallery/Med_Rez/DCS05_438_93_med.jpg

http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/bush/images/Photo_Gallery/Med_Rez/DCS05_127_30_med.jpghttp://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3739/cvn781nv.jpg

[bd popeye]

Ever wonder what Big Daddy Popeye did in the USN??
I was an Avation Ordanceman for 11 of my 20 years here are some pics of them at work.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4651/ao19ob.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6749/ao29ip.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5227/ao35pr.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/294/ao44dm.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2416/ao52cj.jpg

[bd popeye]

Pacific Ocean (Nov. 17, 2005) - A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the vertical launch system (VLS) aboard the Pearl Harbor based Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), during a joint Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test. Minutes later, the SM-3 intercepted a separating ballistic missile threat target, launched form the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. The test was the sixth intercept, in seven flight tests, by the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/784/missile14mf.jpg

Sasebo, Japan (Oct. 5, 2005) – Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jared B.C. Lamson and Fire Controlman 3rd Class John D. Hermes upload a RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow missile into a launcher cell as Chief Fire Controlman Morris C. Spaulding supervises aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8584/missile26to.jpg

[bd popeye]

Women performing various duties in the US Navy.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9923/women12mm.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6921/women25in.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7695/women37oi.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9184/women48ir.jpg

[drunkhomer]

uncle sam in iraq
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/Gulf_War_2_Iraqi_Freedom_Marines/usmc255_001.jpg

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/Gulf_War_2_Iraqi_Freedom_Marines/usmc228_001.jpg http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/Gulf_War_2_Iraqi_Freedom_Marines/usmc102.jpg

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/Gulf_War_2_Iraqi_Freedom_Marines/usmc153.jpg

[sumdud]

To popeye:
on the third picture of the ordance men's pictures, what aircraft is that with the 8-bladed propellor?

Gotta wonder, how does that SM-3 fit in there......

[bd popeye]

To popeye:
on the third picture of the ordance men's pictures, what aircraft is that with the 8-bladed propellor?

Gotta wonder, how does that SM-3 fit in there......
Sumdud, That an SH-60. It has only four rotor blades and four tail rotors. It just looks that way because the blades are moving so fast. As for the SM-3..I have no clue..I just know they go to a speical pier at a Naval weapons station to load them...More various pics later today.

Drunkhomer, nice pics from Iraq. Did you get those from army.mil?

[Gollevainen]

I think Sumdud ment the pic where two guys haul a carriage full of bombs...in that picture there is a E-2 Hawkeye...but to my knowlidge and my sources states this also, it only have four-blade propellors???

Anyway that SM-3 pic is bit misleading as it is taken very close from the actual missile. Only small parts of it is exposed thus making it look like really fat and crumple.

[bd popeye]

Sumdud's favorite USN aircraft the EA-6B Prowler.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3170/prowler16pj.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/6734/prowler27qn.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/2604/prowler35iy.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/617/prowler43on.jpg

[bd popeye]

USS Ohio SSGN-726..154 cruise missiles baby!
http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/1640/ussohiossgn7264oc.jpg

JGSDF troops in San Diego CA for training.
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/6064/jsdf7zx.jpg

USS Enterprise CV-6 in Pearl Harbor HI in 1945..aweome pic..
http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/7451/ussenterprisecv64bn.jpg

[bd popeye]

I think Sumdud ment the pic where two guys haul a carriage full of bombs...in that picture there is a E-2 Hawkeye...but to my knowlidge and my sources states this also, it only have four-blade propellors???


That is an E2-C Hawkeye. I'm going to have to look that up. It certainly does appear to have more than 4 blades. Maybe there is a time laspe in the pic???

Yep, I remember after seeing the pics that during the pre-flight the crewmen spin the props to inspect them perhaps the pic was taken during this time.

At sea aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) Captain Martin J. Erdossy, Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, conducts a pre-flight inspection of an E2-C “Hawkeye” aircraft assigned to the “Tigertails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Five (VAW-125).
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/3038/e2c16ya.jpg
http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/6645/e2c23en.jpg

Here's a pic of an C-2 Greyhound. the E-2C "cousin" Used for cargo and personnel transfer.
This one is ready to be catapulted off of CVN-69
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/8343/greyhound4ad.jpg

[bd popeye]

Sumdud wanted to know how the USN loads missiles in VLS launchers..well here's a pic..pretty simple actually.

A Crane lifts an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) aboard the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85). ESSM is an international cooperative upgrade of the RIM 7 NATO Sea Sparrow Missile.

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1454/seasparrow6cx.jpg

Here's a pic for Gollevainen of the USMC firing a M-198 155m Howitzer.

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9440/artliiery18ro.jpg

This is how the USN dispose of most of it's old ships..it's called a SINKEX.
But the the Canadians are doing the sinking this time!!!
The decommissioned destroyer Hayler (DD 997) takes fire from a 57mm Bofors gun aboard the Canadian Halifax-class multi-role patrol frigate HMCS Ville De Quebec (F 332), during a Sink Exercise conducted 300 miles off the East Coast of the United States.

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/3055/dd99711jh.jpg

[drunkhomer]

blackhawkdown

http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2002-01/21/xinsrc_d9a7f4f471bc4c39825ee586374d6f6f.jpg

http://news.xinhuanet.com/ent/2002-01/24/xinsrc_c178bb4d1a7b480ca32418c2a2db64ea.jpg

http://www.ziyue.com/movies/usa/2002/BlackHawkDown/BlackHawkDownd.jpg

[BrotherofSnake]

http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/9716/flying21dj.jpg

http://img445.imageshack.us/img445/3092/flying36vq.jpg

[bd popeye]

USN LCAC's in action!

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/7053/lcac28lw.jpg
http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/8793/lcac11mi.jpg

A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) enters the stern gate aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7).
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7933/lcac36da.jpg

The USS Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group and Landing Craft, Air Cushions (LCAC), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4), conduct steering maneuvers.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4408/lcac46hc.jpg

Pohang Beach, Korea (Mar. 26, 2004) - A Republic of Korea Type 88 K1 Main Battle Tank drives off a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) throughout a simulated amphibious attack on Pohang Beach,
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8657/tank1kv.jpg

[bd popeye]

My favorite ships Aircraft carriers!

USS Nimitz CVN-68 circa 1990 during sea trials
http://www.waggonerguide.com/images/carrier.jpg

USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/tr-cvn71.jpg

USS John C Stennis CVN-74 and USS George Washington CVN-73
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/stennis-31201.jpg

USS Enterprise CVN-65 circa 1990's
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/images/sea/cv_cvn/cvn65_17.jpg

[swimmerXC]

Russia Troops? wow they must be freezing
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4476/russianexcrise12606i6hn.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/130/russianexcrise126066dy.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9325/russianexcrise12606a6it.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1562/russianexcrise12606h7gh.jpg
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6413/russianexcrise12606g7da.jpg

[Gollevainen]

Nice pics....

It's funny how similar the 125mm grenades looks comparing to 122mm "piggyes". Also take notice of the last pic. Those cans where the russian troopers eat from are exactly the same what we used. I've remebering telling something about them in the past, well now you know what i'm talking about
...only exeption that we weren't allow to wear any hats during the eating...

[ger_mark]

Jung in Merzig

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LMADT080INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LMAFE208INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LLB8N499INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg (Note the Boxer MRAV in Background)

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LLATN716INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg


http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LLBT5132INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LLBWJ350INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LLBQM344INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/PA_1_0_LT/PortalFiles?yw_repository=youatweb&yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F87004CF5AE%2FW26LLBAK126INF ODE%2Fimage_popup.jpg


Why cant i post pictures?

[bd popeye]

Something different

A Russian AN-124 Condor aircraft lands at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans from the Netherlands to deliver a diesel powered water pump in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8635/condor1wz.jpg

Yigo, Guam (Nov. 16, 2005) – A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Five (HSC-25), maneuvers over the taxiway of Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) on the U.S. territory of Guam. Behind the Seahawk is a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron. Yes boys B-1b's are really on Guam.

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/3135/hsc252xu.jpg

This is some new body armour the US is testing. It looks heavy and cumbresome to me. But they claim it's not..That Marine does not look comfortable!

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5484/newflexiblearmor6rx.jpg

[MIGleader]

Damn...that marine must be mighty uncomfortable in that small red X. how does he even fit?

Germark, your pics might be protected by copyright, or the site you got them from does not allow direct pasting, much like sinodefence.

[bd popeye]

Damn...that marine must be mighty uncomfortable in that small red X. how does he even fit?

Germark, your pics might be protected by copyright, or the site you got them from does not allow direct pasting, much like sinodefence.

Sorry you can't see the pics MIGLeader. I can see them fine. I get most of my pics from navy.mil. None are copyrighted....So you are free to use them.

[bd popeye]

These are the real deal No "Photo shop" trickery here...

F-22 Raptor
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Nellis2004/Highlights/F22Afterburner.jpg

F-117 Nighthawk's on the tarmac, ready for action.
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-117-00000014.jpg

USS Seawolf SSN-21
http://www.jarsoftware.com/ss/USSSeawolf.jpg

USS Wasp LHD-1
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/images/sea/lha_lhd/lhd1_11.jpg

[swimmerXC]

here's a favor to Gollevainen (happy people get to see this baby now?) :)
too many pictures to post on this forum (it would take me atleast 6 posts to host all those pictures) so i just uploaded on the Defencetalk Gallery
http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/showgallery.php/cat/3345

[bd popeye]

More USN pics

AE2(avation electricain) David Chau works on an SH-60
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5300/ae3davidchau4ac.jpg

SH3(ships servicemen) Riveria cuts hair on the USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76.
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/4834/sh3riveria6zf.jpg

An American sailor stands at "parade rest" while "manning the rail" on
board the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 as it departs San Diego CA
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3073/americansailor9hn.jpg

[bd popeye]

experimental craft...

Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 17, 2006) - A RQ-8A Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) System prepares for the first autonomous landing aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Nashville (LPD 13). With an on-station endurance of over four hours, the Fire Scout system is capable of continuous operations, providing coverage at 110 nautical miles from the launch site. Utilizing a baseline payload that includes electro-optical/infrared sensors and a laser rangefinder /designator, Fire Scout can find and identify tactical targets, track and designate targets, accurately provide targeting data to strike platforms, employ precision weapons, and perform battle damage assessment.
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/7274/helo9qt.jpg

San Diego (Jan. 31, 2006) - The experimental boat ship "Stiletto" shown moored in San Diego. Stiletto is more than 80 feet in length and has a carbon-composite hull, which assist the boat to travel at speeds more than 50 knots. The boat will be used to transport special operations forces to their mission quickly. Here's a link about this boat..I'm sure some in this forum will be intrested. High res pic included!http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2006/20060131_4062.html
http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/3705/stiletto5kz.jpg

Seafighter. Expermental USN catamaran and Littoral Combat Ship(LCS). It is in San Diego also.
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1018/seafighter3un.jpg

[bd popeye]

damaged ships..

USS Cole DDG 67 under tow after attack in Nov 2000. 17 Americans were killed.
http://www.usstidewater.org/graphics/uss_cole_being_towed.jpg

USS Liberty after it was "mistakenly attacked":confused: by Israeli gunboats during the "Six Day War in June 1967" 26 Americans killed 134 wounded.
http://thewebfairy.com/liberty/liberty2.jpg

USS Belknap CG-26 after a collision with CV-67 on 22 NOV'75
Seven American sailors were killed.
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/8936/ussbelknapdlg265mc.jpg

[ger_mark]

Wasnt the USS Liberty bombed by Israeli aircraft with egyptian markings to make them join the war ?

[ger_mark]

KZO
http://www.rheinmetall-detec.de/img/KZO_Start.jpg


Puma AIFV
http://i1.tinypic.com/mtnpn5.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/mtnq1i.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/mtnrki.jpg

[bd popeye]

Wasnt the USS Liberty bombed by Israeli aircraft with egyptian markings to make them join the war ?

The ship was attacked by both Israeli gunboats and Mirage II aircraft. Egyptian markings???..not sure about that. The second link down give both US and Israeli accounts of the attack.

Ger_mark. Read these links..

http://www.ussliberty.org/

http://www.adl.org/Israel/uss.asp

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/agtr5.htm

[MIGleader]

Wasnt the USS Liberty bombed by Israeli aircraft with egyptian markings to make them join the war ?

i was under the impression these aircraft had no markings, although their radio messages were in arabic.

[Baibar of Jalat]

Hi Popeye

USS Liberty after it was "mistakenly attacked" by Israeli gunboats during the "Six Day War in June 1967" 26 Americans killed 134 wounded.

Apparently the US navy was minutes away from nuking Cario. A immediate retalition strike against was ordered by the commander of a nearby task force but someone in Washington stopped the strike. I concede i have no firm source i saw it in a decumentary on the liberty attack over 5 years ago.


USS Cole DDG 67 under tow after attack in Nov 2000. 17 Americans were killed.

You prob heard the mastermind of the cole attack has in the past few days escaped from Yemeni prision.

[bd popeye]

Hi Popeye

Apparently the US navy was minutes away from nuking Cario. A immediate retalition strike against was ordered by the commander of a nearby task force but someone in Washington stopped the strike. I concede i have no firm source i saw it in a decumentary on the liberty attack over 5 years ago.

You prob heard the mastermind of the cole attack has in the past few days escaped from Yemeni prision.

Yep the US had planes in the air from the USS America & another CVA ready to strike with conventional weapons (don't know about nukes) when it was discovered the atttackers were Israeli then Pres Johnson called off the strike. Pres Johnson then reportly said..I paraphrase.."" I don't care how many men are killed I don't want to embarrass our ally Israel"..I think that is why to this day and forever no USN ship is named after Pres Johnson.

[bd popeye]

More USN pics


South China Sea (Feb. 5, 2006) – The Military Sealift Command combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3) prepares to conduct a underway replenishment (UNREP) with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/9687/rr9wp.jpg

USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 underway in the Pacific
http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/2816/cv634as.jpg

Sailors aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), attach a cargo pendant to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during an ordnance transfer with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
http://img308.imageshack.us/img308/1438/sh606ea.jpg

[bd popeye]

Big Daddy Popeye's ships

USS John F Kennedy CVA-67
http://navysite.de/cvn/cv67_7.jpg

USS Midway CV-41
http://www.midwaysailor.com/midway1970/midway-967b.jpg

USS Hancock CVA-19
http://www.navysite.de/cv/cv19_4.jpg

USS America CV-66(VS-33 embarked)
http://navysite.de/cvn/cv66_9.jpg

USS Nimitz CVN-68(CVW-11 SEAOPDET embarked)
http://www.strategie.com.pl/teksty/zbrojownia/marynarka/navy/cvn_nimitz.jpg

[swimmerXC]

Iran Kilo, VLS, Kongo Land Trainning Center, Burke Land Trainning Center
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5430/kilo2jq.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/418/vls126060tx.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4276/vls24065qo.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3083/kongomockup5gh.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8017/cornfield0ih.gif

[bd popeye]

A-10 Thunderbolt also know as a Warthog...Best close air support aircraft ever!

http://schurem.cheeseheadz.net/planes/attack/A-10%20Warthog/A10_2shp_below.jpg

http://www.freedesktopwallpapers.net/military/a10-thunderbolt-warthog.jpg

http://schurem.cheeseheadz.net/planes/attack/A-10%20Warthog/CO2224944.jpg

[bd popeye]

US Navy Boot camp!

Recruits remove gas mask to expose themselves to tear gas!
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4452/teargas5xi.jpg

Every American sailor from Admiral to seaman recruit is trained in
shipboard firefighting. Boot camp is no exception
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4264/firefight9dw.jpg

Recruit Training Command (RTC), Great Lakes, Ill, -- Seaman Recruit Joseph Sandiford from Brooklyn, N.Y., sheds tears of pride upon his division’s successful completion of the "Battlestations Drill." This drill is the culmination of 8 weeks of training that puts recruits through arduous physical and mental challenges. The ceremony following the exercise signifies a transformation from civillian recruit to United States Navy Sailor. All recruits must pass this drill before graduating from the U.S. Navy’s boot camp. During the ceremony, they change their uniform ballcaps from "Recruit" to "Navy" which sets them apart from the rest of the junior divisions at the training command.
http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/1425/tears7gt.jpg

American Sailors stand by to pass in review for recruit graduation.
http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/623/drill7pj.jpg

[bd popeye]

My favorite Navy...:)

Gulf of Mexico (Sept. 13, 2005) – SH-60 Seahawk helicopters sit on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the early morning sun.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4104/sh60g0gf.jpg

USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 in port at Pearl Harbor HI
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8962/cvn74inpearl6gi.jpg

The guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) underway during a formation exercise with Destroyer Squadron Fifteen.
http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/705/trifecta5rx.jpg

[bd popeye]

United States Marine Corps

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Cpl. Emilio Diaz Jr., a 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment machinegunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, stands in front of a humvee before embarking on a mission near Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Diaz, a Brownsville, Texas native, received the Purple Heart for injuries he sustained while manning a .50 caliber machine gun in Iraq on 1/3’s last combat deployment when his humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device.
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/51532f9dfb0f69b085257111005f7d50/$FILE/Diaz%202_low.jpg

CAMP BLESSING, Afghanistan - A traditional Marine Corps memorial, featuring helmet, rifle, dog tags and boots, signifying the death of a fellow Marine in battle, stands in honor of Lance Cpl. Billy Brixey Jr., during a memorial service Jan. 31 aboard Camp Blessing. Brixey died Jan. 27 in Germany from wounds he sustained two days earlier in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan while serving with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Brixey, a motor transportation mechanic, was born on July 18, 1984 in Ferriday, La., and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2001, four days after the Sept. 11 attacks.
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/b99f303b75ee213a85257111005d95eb/$FILE/Brixey%20Memorial%201a_low.jpg


Caption:
The Dismounted–Data Automated Communications Terminal (D-DACT) is a handheld stylus operated Rugged Personal Digital Assistant that provides Marine Corps platoon leaders with battlefield information.
http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/ae82f18a8e1b160b852568ba007e7e5e/23e51be5e711375a8525710f0057efee/$FILE/ddact_lowres.jpg

[bd popeye]

RAF..

RAF helo over Dubai
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4912/raf18wj.jpg

Tornado in Iraq
http://img328.imageshack.us/img328/6889/raf28nn.jpg

Typhoon
http://img328.imageshack.us/img328/6942/typhoon3uc.jpg

[ger_mark]

bd popeye thats a jaguar and no tornado



Eurohawk

http://www.ila-media.de/galerie_2004/WA_Global_Hawk.jpg



Barracuda

http://i1.tinypic.com/nl27oh.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/nl27vc.jpg


Mako

a)Trainer
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/Fotos/eadsmili/MakoSte.JPG

b)Mako L
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/FRfotmil/MakoL.jpg

[swimmerXC]

Su-33's
http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/6518/su3312606a1oq.jpg
http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/9622/su3312606d3re.jpg
http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/3017/su3312606l1sx.jpg
http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/5127/su33126063ae.jpg
http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/3217/su3312606h6cr.jpg

[sumdud]

The USN may be the best navy out there, Popeye, but the USN don't have these! :)
(And definitely not as stealthy!)

La Fayette Frigate
http://r.faugere.chez-alice.fr/images/flafa/fayette.jpg
Visby Corvette
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/visby-Levkontroll_DK_020305_0016.jpg
Cross-section
http://www.kockums.se/surfacevessels/Resources/visby-raket.jpeg

[sumdud]

Cousins!!! =P
(To the Scandinavians including Goll and the Finnish people)
Any guess?
http://images.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jni/jni020405_1_i.jpg
It's the Rauma FAC
(Couldn't find any pics of the Rauma)
What is this?
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/twiimages/alst115.jpg
Hamina FAC
http://www.ship-technology.com/contractor_images/helkama/helkama4.jpg
Skjold FAC(In competition with US's LCS)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/skjold-01.jpg
Ok, not exactly a cousin.
Nansen class ASW destroyer. (ASW, seems ,more like AAW. >.> )
http://www.natoseasparrow.org/users/ships/new_shooters/F-310_1a.jpg

[bd popeye]

Guys, thanks for the correction on my pics...

That Visby Corvette is so sweet..I gotta find out more about it...
The USN has started to build LCS....The plan is for 50+..two designes are being used..Pics later....gotta go!

[EternalVigil]

Wait till our DDX is done. ;)Oh and that eurohawk Ger_mark is a global hawk the US sold the tech to germany and the EU slaps the "euro" label on it. Looks like the mako is trying to rip off the F-22 as well.Nice pic though.

[bd popeye]

USN Littoral Combat Ship designs

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lcs-gdfinalconcpethr4.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lcs-gdfinalconcpethr.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/LCS_LM_prelimnary.jpg
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lcs_lm_seaframe_msncap_05.jpg
Rayethon had a design that will not be built
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lcs-textron.jpg

[renmin]

sorry for the second post, accident.

[renmin]

Wait till our DDX is done. ;)Oh and that eurohawk Ger_mark is a global hawk the US sold the tech to germany and the EU slaps the "euro" label on it. Looks like the mako is trying to rip of the F-22 as well.Nice pic though.The DDX body design has been constructed. now to add in the tower and railguns and there is America's first steatlh destroyer. Armed with 2 railguns, and I think 12 tomahawks.
http://www.imageworksstudio.com/currentprojects/germane/germane_photos/images/DDX%20warship.jpg

[ger_mark]

Wait till our DDX is done. ;)Oh and that eurohawk Ger_mark is a global hawk the US sold the tech to germany and the EU slaps the "euro" label on it. Looks like the mako is trying to rip of the F-22 as well.Nice pic though.

Well it has different Senors but it helped alot in Barracuda UCAV programm so we already have a full UCAV demonstrator what the frenchies plan to have in 2011 ;)
EADS is also working on a Predator Version for the German Army

However the UAV tech transfer also tooked place in the other direction, the German KZO UAV and Taifun UCAV will be produced in and for US Army aswell :)

[bd popeye]

Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetry, Arlington VA


Tomb Guard Pfc. Michael Steiner marches 21 steps down the black mat behind the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Twenty-one steps was chosen because it symbolizes the highest military honor that can be bestowed, the 21-gun salute. The Tomb of the Unknowns is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentinels. The sentinels, all volunteers, are considered to be the best of the 3rd U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard), headquartered at Fort Myer, Va
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/7505/tomb36of.jpg


Tomb Guard Pfc. Michael Steiner marches behind the Tomb of the Unknowns during his 21-step march at Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/7007/tomb3xa.jpg


U.S. Army Cpl. Charlie Fowler, left, orders Pfc. Kristopher Hardon to Pass on your orders during the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, Va
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/7937/tomb24jl.jpg

[EternalVigil]

Well it has different Senors but it helped alot in Barracuda UCAV programm so we already have a full UCAV demonstrator what the frenchies plan to have in 2011 ;)
EADS is also working on a Predator Version for the German Army

However the UAV tech transfer also tooked place in the other direction, the German KZO UAV and Taifun UCAV will be produced in and for US Army aswell :)

Yeah its a good thing in my opinion that tech trasfers as smoothly as it does between the US and EU(keeps both our territories the world leader in military tech). The boeing x-45 and lockheeds darkstar looks promising.
Both those companies are building alot of differant types of UAV. I also read where the US and UK were doing a joint UAV project call the church hill. One of my CO's in the air force told me awhile back that the global hawk was already in testing to fire air to air missiles and would be fitted in the near future with raetheon AMRAAMS,FRAAM(ramjet missile),or the meteor which boeing is bringing to the US market from the EU.The Global hawk flies really high so an air-to-air long range engagment is feasible. We'll see if they can pull it off.

[ger_mark]

http://i1.tinypic.com/nlu4yd.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/nlu53d.jpg

[swimmerXC]

MiG-25
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/6072/mig25r2806d1dq.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/45/mig25ru28063lz.jpg
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/4914/mig25ru2806a5tl.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6200/mig25ru2806b6dv.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1329/mig25r28069av.jpg

[drunkhomer]

more mig-25

http://www.wpeu.net/photo2/200404/mig25a_ejecttestt.jpg

A Cold War Era Soviet-built MiG-25 Foxbat was unearthed from a sand dune
near the Al Taqqadum airfield in Iraq in July-August 2003 by U.S. Air Force engineers. The wings
had been removed, intakes sealed and fuselage covered with camouflage netting before being buried
more than 10 feet beneath the Iraqi desert.

http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge342/Unearthed%20MiG-25.jpg

australian special forces discovering more mig 25s in iraq

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/al-asad_iraq_mig-25pu_australians_2003.jpg

[bd popeye]

The USN may be the best navy out there, Popeye, but the USN don't have these!
(And definitely not as stealthy!)

That is so true. I'm am so embarrased for the USN for not having stealty FAC's and Corvettes.....Not really!!

Not when the USN has 12 of these
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/cvn-71_030204-n-0275f-502.jpg

And 11 of these
http://navysite.de/ships/Image1128.jpg

And 71 Aegis type ships like this
http://navysite.de/dd/Image218.jpg

And 63 subs of all types..Run silent..run deep...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/688-keywest.jpg

There's more..but that is quite enough!

Keep smilin'!!:D

[swimmerXC]

Burkes
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/2389/arleighburke21206b8iv.jpg
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3852/arleighburke21206f5kz.jpg
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8277/arleighburke21206i4so.jpg
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3527/arleighburke21206j1kt.jpg
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1662/arleighburke21206m6qh.jpg

[swimmerXC]

Russian VLS
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7497/vls2806a4fi.jpg
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/8144/vls2806b3xf.jpg
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/5339/vls2806e7wa.jpg
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1631/vls2806d5md.jpg
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/5529/vls2806f7yt.jpg

[bd popeye]

Euro LPH type ships

http://www.totalnavy.com/images/hms_invicible.jpg

Future Spanish LPH type
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/bpe-LL17_g.jpg

Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/C-551-Giuseppe-Garibaldi-DN-SC-95-00996.jpg

[bd popeye]

San Diego (Oct. 1, 2005) – The Swedish diesel-powered attack submarine HMS Gotland transits through San Diego Harbor with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) following close behind during the “Sea and Air Parade” held as part of Fleet Week San Diego 2005. Fleet Week San Diego is a three-week tribute to Southern California-area military members and their families.
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3254/cvn76hmsgotland8cp.jpg

The Spanish frigate SPS Santa Maria (F 81), top, the Brazilian frigate BNS Rademaker (F 49), center, and the Argentinean destroyer Almirante Brown (D 10), steam in formation off the coast of Brazil.
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/7144/saships6wz.jpg

Indian Ocean (Feb. 8, 2006) – The amphibious-assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) conducts a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the French Navy ship FS Courbet (F 712). Nassau is deployed as the flag ship for Expeditionary Strike Group Eight (ESG-8) supporting maritime security operations (MSO) in the 5th Fleet area of operations.
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6158/lha48cr.jpg

[MIGleader]

The russian VLs looks really nice. what is it? some VLs shtill or tor-m1?
i wonder why china didnt buy this upgrade for it's own sovs..

[ger_mark]

Guess who is Bin Laden?
http://i1.tinypic.com/nr0f0o.jpg


http://i1.tinypic.com/nr0fh3.jpg


http://i1.tinypic.com/nr0g3m.jpg


http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/5594/svbw066kz.jpg

Infantryman of the Future (IDZ)
http://i1.tinypic.com/nqwo3s.jpg

[renmin]

For some reason, the pictures dont apear so hear are the links
U.S. Stryker

Troop transport
http://www.digitalprognosis.com/album/images/iraqpics/the-stryker.jpg
Ambulence
http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/news/photos/fullsize/14_stryker.jpg
Anti-Tank guided missile system
http://www.dmva.state.pa.us/paarng/lib/paarng/ATGM_tow-fire.jpg
Mobile Gun System (MGS)
http://www.danskpanser.dk/images/StrykerMGS_1stor.jpg

[ahho]

renmin, you may want to correcting your link by deleting the extra http because it is linking us to the microsoft's home page

[swimmerXC]

What happened to this Eurofighter?
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/8622/ef2000crash24061rk.jpg
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/7661/ef2000crash2406a0cv.jpg
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/729/ef2000crash2406b8il.jpg
F-22?
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/579/broke212067pl.jpg
Su-33?
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/1749/su33214066at.jpg

[bd popeye]

Humm..Looks like the nose wheel landing gear collasped on landing. If so is approach may have been off. Looks like he did not punch out(eject). Humm??:confused: I know if that was a USN/USMC plane thaey would have punched out. This is just a guess on my part.....

[bd popeye]

More pics of my favorite Navy!

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Feb. 10, 2006) – Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) flagship, amphibious assault USS Tarawa (LHA 1) is moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor during a scheduled port visit.
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/504/lha16pe.jpg

San Diego (Feb. 9, 2006) - Combat Cargo Marines use a crane to load equipment onto the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) for a scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/1063/lha886tr.jpg

San Diego (Feb. 15, 2006) – The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) underway conducting high-speed surface drills off the coast of Southern California. Asheville is assigned to Submarine Squadron Eleven homeported at Naval Base Point Loma, Calif.
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/9095/ssn7580gv.jpg

[swimmerXC]

DDG KIDD (second part comming tomorrow)
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7509/kidd21406a7fa.jpg
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/4876/kidd21406b0gx.jpg
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/123/kidd21406c8vk.jpg
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8938/kidd21406d4zh.jpg
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/8481/kidd21406e4ud.jpg
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[ger_mark]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/040610-N-1823S-348_G36andpracticenade.jpg

[Vytautas]

Can somone explain me what are those guys in the last pic doing?

[swimmerXC]

Continue...
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/5238/kidd21406f7ft.jpg
http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/5889/kidd21406g4jc.jpg
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[bd popeye]

Landslide disaster in the Philippines! The USN responds..
Their job to find survivors and provide humantarian relief.

Subic Bay, Philippines (Feb. 17, 2006) - The dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), and amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) get underway shortly after arriving in Subic Bay, Philippines. Both ships were ordered back to sea, and are en route to the Philippine Island of Leyte, to provide much needed humanitarian assistance for the victims of a devastating landslide.
http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/3818/essex25si.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8810/essex16wc.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4371/essex31qw.jpg

[swimmerXC]

SA-3, last one SA-6?
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5769/sa62806e3wf.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7397/sa62806d7ch.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7104/sa62806a1od.jpg
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/1369/sa628061ln.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1176/sa322062xx.jpg
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[sumdud]

Ships of the Middle East:
The AL RIYADH class AAW frigate of Saudi Arabia. Stealthy as a La Fayette. Not a bad ship.
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/al_riyadh/images/AlRiyadh_1.jpg
The BAYNUNAH corvettes of the UAE. (OK, so this is a CGI, but that ship is being built and I doubt it is anything below a La Fayette)http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/baynunah/images/Baynunah_10.jpg
Kuwaiti UM AL MARADIM class FACs
http://www.europa1939.com/buques/corvetas/combat2.jpg
Oman's Qahir Corvettes.
http://www.janes.com/defence/gallery/saifs_gallery/images3/0032.jpg
Barzan (Vita) Class fast strike craft of Qatar.
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/qatar/images/qatar6.jpg

[ger_mark]

Lampyridae

http://www.geocities.com/unicraftmodels/germ/lampyridae/lamp-box.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/unicraftmodels/germ/lampyridae/lamp-col.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/o7txxz.jpg

http://www.military.cz/german/air/lampyridae/Lampy_1.jpg

http://www.military.cz/german/air/lampyridae/Lampy_2.jpg

[bd popeye]

I generally don't post these big pics but this time I will.
I'm very biased when it comes to the Philippines.
I think it is the most beautiful country in the tropics.

USN/USMC team conducting Philippine mudslide disaster relief.

Guinsaugon, Philippines (Feb. 21, 2006) - A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) embarked aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) awaits land transportation to the landslide area to assist with rescue and recovery efforts. In the past two days, more than 275 31st MEU Marines have been flown to the island to help in the devastating landslide that struck southern Leyte on Feb. 17, 2006.
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060221-N-2970T-005.jpg

Guinsaugon, Philippines (Feb. 21, 2006) – Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) pitch tents and create temporary homes while assisting with the rescue and recovery effort.
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060221-N-2970T-008.jpg

Leyte, Philippines (Feb. 21, 2006) - A CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to the “Flying Tigers” of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Two Six Two (HMM-262) flies to a landing area to unload personnel and supplies for survivors of the devastating landslide that struck southern Leyte on Feb. 17, 2006.
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060221-N-2970T-038.jpg

[bd popeye]

More Philippine landslide disaster relief.
No captions necessary.

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9458/web060219m8084p0143bh.jpg
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/5707/web060219m8084p0482ws.jpg
http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/6491/web060219n5067k0640ji.jpg

[swimmerXC]

Golly orignal pic for his quiz..., SLAVE Cruisers
http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/9865/whiskeylongbin218066kr.jpg
http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/2614/slavaclass21706b7vg.jpg
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http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/8162/slavaclass21706e8ds.jpg
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[ger_mark]

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/photos/8/2/2/0588228.jpg

[swimmerXC]

K-9
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9370/k9howitzer211067pm.jpg
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5193/k9howitzer21106a6vr.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4442/k9howitzer21106aa6md.jpg
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4892/k9howitzer21106ab8fo.jpg
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4793/k9howitzer21106ac8bt.jpg
go to Defencetalk if you wanna see the rest of the pictures
http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/showgallery.php/cat/3334
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[swimmerXC]

Russian scrapyard with sovs
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6014/oldsov21406a8fx.jpg
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/5203/oldsov21406b4xw.jpg
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/44/oldsov21406f6jn.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4522/oldsov21406q6he.jpg
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[bd popeye]

Imangine how toxic that water is. If a pregnant woman drank from that she would have a baby with two heads....Yuck!

Look at that mess. And some nations want to buy military hardware from them. ...I saw a show on the Discovery Channel some years ago about how the Russian Navy was in a state of disrepair. Along with very bad morale. That base shown is a toxic waste dump. Dispicable.

[swimmerXC]

Imangine how toxic that water is. If a pregnant woman drank from that she would have a baby with two heads....Yuck!

Look at that mess. And some nations want to buy military hardware from them. ...I saw a show on the Discovery Channel some years ago about how the Russian Navy was in a state of disrepair. Along with very bad morale. That base shown is a toxic waste dump. Dispicable.

Come on Popeye you can't denounce a scrapyard or Russia, I mean it's a scrapyard... it's meant to be dirty, I'm pretty sure if you saw the NYC landfill or even some car scrapyard in the US it would be the same

[bd popeye]

Come on Popeye you can't denounce a scrapyard or Russia, I mean it's a scrapyard... it's meant to be dirty, I'm pretty sure if you saw the NYC landfill or even some car scrapyard in the US it would be the same

Maybe.:o I think most of the ship scrapyards in the US are closed because of enviromental concerns...So most USN ships are sunk as reefs....

So sorry for my insults...:( But those yards do look really toxic.

[darth sidious]

would youlike to describe the scraping of the corl sea for us it took about 10 years to take the ship apart

But acording to KAWA some parts for the soves china recived in 1999 orignated here :coffee:

for china sake I hope its not true

PS is SLAVA reminds of the old ezbord forum

[bd popeye]

Darth I posted something about that in the old forum...But here I go again..

http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/investigative-reporting/works/day2/1.html

This above link is about the sorry ass way the USN & shipbreakers handled the scrapping of the Coral Sea. Excellent article.

The scrapping of the Coarl Sea took seven friggin' years. It was a disaster. the USN never did properly prepare the ship to be scrapped. All sorts of enviroment concerns arose. a couple of shipwreckers went bankrupt. This is the reason the USN may never scrap another ship. What a disaster.
Here's the link and text..

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/coralsea/

The Scrapping
Placed out of commission and struck from the Naval Vessels Register on 30 April 1991 after 44 years of service, Coral Sea was sold to N.R. Vessel Corp. of New York City on 30 March 1993, for scrapping. The scrapping was subcontracted to Seawitch Salvage of Baltimore. In service Coral Sea had recorded more arrested landings than any ship other than the training carrier USS Lexington, and after retirement she would set another record: the largest warship ever scrapped. Her vast size, and the fact that Seawolf had never attempted a project on this scale, would cause problems down the road.
During 1994 the scrapping work shifted to the aft section of the ship. All sections of the flight deck aft of the forward hangar bulkhead were removed and sections of the hangar walls were cut up. The island was demolished in June, 1994. The hulk moored beside Coral Sea is that of a vessel named Seawitch, the first project Seawitch Salvage undertook, and the source of the company's name.

Environmental issues, and problems encountered during the scrapping operation, put a stop to scrapping work in August 1994. At this stage everything above the hangar floor, except the forward flight deck and some hangar walls, had been removed. Piles of debris littered the ship.

Late in 1995 the ship's owners announced the hulk would be sold for scrapping in China. The hulk was cleaned out and made ready for the tow vbefore the Navy blocked the sale in the courts. Scrapping work resumed in March 1996, only to stop again in August, when Seawitch was indicted on criminal charges related to the scrapping. Fires broke out aboard the hulk in November 1996 and May 1997. Scrapping work had resumed by mid-1997, and proceeded at a slow pace. The lower portions of the hulk still remained in 1999, and scrapping was finally completed in August 2000.

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/coralsea/coral03.jpg
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/coralsea/coral04.jpg
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/coralsea/coral05.jpg
http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/ex4399111993.jpg

[bd popeye]

USS Coral Sea CVA-43 in port NAS Cubi Pt Philippines 1965

http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/cva43cubi.jpg

CV-43 at "Gitmo" Cuba 1948..note the "straight deck"

http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/cvb431948cuba.jpg

CV-43 anchored of St Thomas US Virgin Islands 1989

http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/cvb431989vien.jpg

[bd popeye]

US Navy..

San Diego (Feb. 15, 2006) - An HH-60H Seahawk helicopter assigned to
Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island provides an escort for security,
to the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) as she heads out to sea.
Peleliu and her crew are leaving San Diego for a six-month deployment
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/7357/lha53db.jpg

Persian Gulf (Feb. 19, 2006) - The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50),
front, receives supplies from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment
(VERTREP) with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat store ship USNS Niagara Falls
(T-AFS 3), as the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Bayleaf (A 109) approaches the
USS Nassau (LHA 4) for a replenishment at sea (RAS).
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3255/lsd508ie.jpg

Yokosuka, Japan (Feb. 23, 2006) - Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Cherng Chu,
removes a potentiometer from an aircraft radar antenna aboard the conventionally-powered
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/997/at37kb.jpg

[darth sidious]

I find it strange theat the US navy did not adopt storm bow or armoured flight deck inspite of their experince with the japanese not olny that but the flight deck of the essex class class is made out of wood! over all is strange that they turned out to be that sucessful after all

[bd popeye]

I find it strange theat the US navy
did not adopt storm bow or armoured flight deck inspite of
their experince with the japanese not olny that but the
flight deck of the essex class class is made out of wood!
over all is strange that they turned out to be that sucessful after all

Huh??:confused:

The USN did adopt hurricane bows(enclosed)and
armoured on the Midway class. The hurricane bow
came after a major re-fit in the late 50's.
The Midways were built with armoured flight decks
as have been all subsequence USN CV's.

The armoured flight deck was a British design.

The Essex/Ticonderoga class was built with a
wooden flight deck because of the numbers
built(cost cutting)during WW 2. The teal wood
was laid over sleel plating.

I served on one Essex/Ticonderoga Class the USS Hancock CV-19.

[bd popeye]

Some ships of the Essex/Tico class were never modified
Check out their uses.

USS Boxer (LPH-4) ex-CVA-21 At Mayport, Florida, in August 1965, just prior to departing for Vietnam with elements of the Army's First Cavalry Division on board. She carried 1200 personnel, 205 helicopters and 6 OV-1 airplanes to the combat zone. Aircraft on her flight deck include 6 OV-1 (dark colored-forward); 4 CH-54 (white-just forward of island); 56 CH-47 (dark colored-amidships and aft) and 36 UH-1 (white-amidships and forward). The remaining 109 helicopters are presumably stowed on Boxer's hangar deck
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h97000/h97285.jpg

USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) ex-CV-45 transfomed into an LPH. Underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa 1962-63, prior to her "FRAM II" overhaul. She has fifteen UH-34 helicopters spotted in take-off positions on her flight deck.
Photo was received by "All Hands" magazine on 22 July 1963.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96946.jpg

[darth sidious]

a wooden flight deck is not a good idea espescialy considering some of the
more sucidial weapon the japanese came up with in the late war years
that probely prevent them from handling the phantom although the size of the F-4 must have also contirbuated to thaat