Picture of the Day (Other eras)

[sheikyerbouti]

 It's a superior product from Singapore with better armour, drivetrain, suspension and engine horsepower.

[hOMEr_jAy]

A coalition force member maintains security during an Afghan led security patrol with Afghan National Police to deny enemy freedom of movement in Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2012.

[IrishReloaded]

German forces in Astan.

[DaWorg!]

[Korsakov829]

Indian Mountain Battery, 1914.
The tent was airbrushed away in another photo to make it seem like it was really near the front, but this was taken in a training camp. But even this one isn't all there, its been cropped on the right a little bit.

[:| Hi]

What are those things Worg posted?

[Korsakov829]

What are those things Worg posted?

Czech Aero L159A ALCA.

[hOMEr_jAy]

On 22 July 2003, Task Force 20, aided by troops of the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, had a showdown with Uday, Qusay and Qusay's 14-year-old son Mustapha during a raid on a home in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. He had been the Ace of Hearts on the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards (with Qusay being the Ace of Clubs). Acting on a tip from an unidentified Iraqi, the blocking element from the 101st Airborne Division provided security while the Task Force 20 operators attempted to apprehend the inhabitants of the house. After U.S. troops hotwired Uday's Lamborghini, he revealed himself, upon which a gunfight ensued. The assault element withdrew to request backup. As many as 200 American troops, later aided by OH-58 Kiowa helicopters and an A-10 "Warthog", surrounded and fired upon the house, thus killing Uday with Qusay and Qusay's son. After approximately four hours of battle, soldiers entered the house and found four bodies, including the Hussein brothers' bodyguard.

[IrishReloaded]

about the planes: front planes is carring two maveriks (should be AGM 65 -D ) and the plane in the backround has 2 CBU 97 or 87 cluster bombs - interesting

[Sander93]

On 22 July 2003, Task Force 20, aided by troops of the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, had a showdown with Uday, Qusay and Qusay's 14-year-old son Mustapha during a raid on a home in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. He had been the Ace of Hearts on the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards (with Qusay being the Ace of Clubs). Acting on a tip from an unidentified Iraqi, the blocking element from the 101st Airborne Division provided security while the Task Force 20 operators attempted to apprehend the inhabitants of the house. After U.S. troops hotwired Uday's Lamborghini, he revealed himself, upon which a gunfight ensued. The assault element withdrew to request backup. As many as 200 American troops, later aided by OH-58 Kiowa helicopters and an A-10 "Warthog", surrounded and fired upon the house, thus killing Uday with Qusay and Qusay's son. After approximately four hours of battle, soldiers entered the house and found four bodies, including the Hussein brothers' bodyguard.

Damn, calling in Kiowas and a Warthog to blow up someone's house. They really wanted this guy dead huh.

[hOMEr_jAy]

^Well, Saddams sons were sadistic psychos, responsible for some very bad stuff that happened during his reign. So arresting or killing them would definately win some "hearts and minds" in the Iraqi population and is a logical thing to do for the responsible NATO forces.
I´ve got some more pictures of this incidents which I´ll post in the coming days, btw.

[DaWorg!]

What are those things Worg posted?

Sorry, forgot to write it there. L-159's as Hi said. Advanced training, and light ground attack aircraft.




US soldiers on exercise in West Germany in the 1980s with M161 Vulcan air defence system

[hOMEr_jAy]

Also, footage of the incident.

[Tankbuster]

...his Su-7 hit by a Sidewinder missile. The explosion carried away half the rudder, the elevators, ailerons and flaps and were all heavily damaged. Wg. Cdr. Mangat disengaged successfully and then returned to  his base despite the extensive damage to his aircraft... Not a single Su-7 was, in fact, lost to enemy air action, even though a number of aircraft were damaged in air combat. ... He later related, "The immediate symptoms were a shuddering of the aircraft followed by the fuel-warning light coming on. However, the aircraft continued to respond perfectly,"... flew back to base with pieces of the missile embedded in the tail and aft fuselage of the aircraft.

[siben]

Must be frustrating seeing your rocket impact perfectly and then see the other aircraft just fly away like nothing happened.