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Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), as named by the Western Allies.
East German leader Walter Ulbricht agitated and maneuvered to get the Soviet Union's permission to construct the Berlin Wall in 1961 to stop emigration and defection westward through the Border system, preventing escape across the city sector border from East Berlin into West Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie became a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Soviet and American tanks briefly faced each other at the location during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. On 26 June 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited Checkpoint Charlie and looked from a platform onto the Berlin Wall and into East Berlin.
Polish Air Force 4242 Sukhoi Su-20R Fitter-C
The Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow - Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie
Kraków, Poland
The English Electric Lightning was a supersonic Intercepter fighter flown by the RAF. It was retired in 1988. This example is riding high over Castle Motors car showrooms in Cornwall
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De Havilland DH.115 Vampire T11 WZ507 was built at Christchurch in 1952 and delivered to the Royal Air Force in March 1953. The aircraft was retired in 1969. It is now owned by Vampire Preservation Group formed to operate WZ507 and preserve it as an airworthy aircraft.
XR713 is the only complete Lightning F3 left in the world and is seen showing her authentic 111 Squradon markings in a QRA shed at Bruntingthorpe during The Lightning Preservation Group twilight run event.
Lt Col Yurii Bulavka from the Ukrainian air force displaying the Su-27 Flanker at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2019, RAF Fairford. Lt Col Yurii Bulavka was awarded the Paul Bowen Trophy for the best solo jet display.
Feel the heat! During the evening display, the pilot threw the aircraft around using generous helpings of reheat. Powered by two Lyulka/Saturn Al-31F afterburning turbofan engines developing 123 kN each. Bucharest International Air Show 2016.
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Sukhoi - Su-27 - Cold War Aircraft - Ukrainian Air Force - BIAS - BIAS 2016
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These are the stacks for underground ventilation of the underground portion of this defunct cold war installation. Photo was originally in color, but the color of the sky worked better converted to B&W.
Roaring into the air to begin the evening display and tearing up the air with a massive afterburner flame.
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Mikoyan - MiG-21 - Cold War Aircraft - Romanian Air Force - BIAS - BIAS 2016
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Blackburn/H.S. Buccaneer S.2 XN981 of 12 Sqn. RAF during a simulated airfield attack at St. Mawgan Air Day 1990
There have been 2 changes made to the latest installment of what has to be my favorite tank. The first change is the side skirts. Instead of using that piece that leaves a spacing in between the hull and the skirts(I’m not very good with terminology and part names) I used some other kinda technique which y’all will see when I do the breakdown for the hull although for some of y’all it might seem obvious. The second is the back of the tank. In my recent pursuit to beautify the butts of my builds I have rebuilt the back of the tank, making it match the rear of the mark 1 hull. Anyway, hope y’all like it!
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Commander Gheorghe Stancu keeping his MiG-21 Lancer C low after take-off and roaring over the runway retracting the landing gear. The heat coming from the afterburner is 'melting' the background. The aircraft belongs to the 86th Air Base Fetești (Borcea).
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XH558 the last flying survivor of the Avro Vulcan bomber family performing at RAF Waddington Air show 2014.
The Avro Vulcan is a jet-powered tailless delta wing high-altitude strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company designed the Vulcan and XH558 is one of the 136 airframes that were built (including prototypes).
Groundcrew recieve Jaguar XX741 after the aicraft performed a high speed taxi run at the former RAF Bentwaters.
The iconic Flanker roaring into the sky and flying into the sun like Ikarus. I love the heat effect of the exhaust plume of the afterburner turning the air into jelly. Powered by two Lyulka/Saturn Al-31F afterburning turbofan engines developing 123 kN each. I did close my right eye, as the magnifying effect of the SLR camera can cause retinal burns if pointed at the sun. The silhouette of the Flanker is beautiful, elegant and unmistakable. Evening display during Bucharest International Air Show 2016. Explored 8th January 2017.
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A purposefully ominous shot taken at the abandoned Nike missile site in Lorton, Va just a few miles from our home. Here's what the historical marker has to say about this place:
"Located north of here was one of three Nike anti-aircraft missile complexes in Fairfax County operated by the U. S. Army and the Army National Guard between 1954 and 1974. The sites were established during the Cold War to defend Washington from Soviet air attack. This complex, along with those at Great Falls and Fairfax, was among thirteen Nike sites that surrounded Washington and Baltimore. The ring of Nike sites was reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that had protected the capital during the Civil War. This was the only Nike complex in Fairfax County containing missiles armed with nuclear warheads. It served as a model site for visits by foreign dignitaries."
Thankfully those missiles were never used.
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7.62 x 54mm calibre Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle
Sniper Shooting Range
Top Gun Prague,
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
After World War 2 and introduction of the Kalashnikov, Russia needed a new sniper rifle. Kalashnikov based design of Evgeniy Dragunov was selected in a design competition.
The new rifle was not designed as sniper rifle, but as an accurate rifle for ranges up to 400 metres. Such a rifle was needed while the Russian service rifle, the AK-47, has an effective range of around 100-200 metres.
The new rifle, called SVD, initially stood for ‘Semipolarnya Vintovka Dragunova’, Russian for ‘Dragunov semi-automatic rifle’.
When it was discovered that the SVD could also be used as a sniper rifle the name ‘Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova’, Russian for ‘Dragunov sniper rifle’ was adopted.
The SVD is better known as ‘the Dragunov’.
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The Lockheed F-94C Starfire, a Cold War-era interceptor aircraft, featured advanced radar and a redesigned nose. Introduced in 1951, it housed a crew of one and could reach speeds of 640 mph. Armed with 24 rockets, it played a crucial role in safeguarding the skies against potential aerial threats during its service.
MiG-15UTI “RED 18”
This aircraft is a Polish-built SB Lim-2 (MiG-15UTI), produced by WSK-Mielec in 1952. The aircraft is operated by the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron as a representative of the Cold War ‘enemy’.
Following its Polish Air Force service ending in 1990, the aircraft was exported to the USA, and based at Quillayute Airport just outside Forks, Washington. It was again returned to Europe in the summer of 2014. Experienced ex. Polish Air Force MiG-15 engineers carried out the maintenance of the aircraft.
Given the shared border between north-eastern Norway and Russia, and the many encounters between Royal Norwegian Air Force and Soviet aircraft during the Cold War, the Polish MiG is an appropriate addition to the Norwegian Air Force Historical Squadron.
The aircraft is painted and marked as “RED 18” to represent Russian-Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s MiG-15. He was the first human to journey into outer space in 1961. Before his cosmonaut training Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was stationed close to the Norwegian boarder and only 40 km from the Norwegian city of Kirkenes as a fighter pilot flying the MiG-15.
Seen at IWM Duxford
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From a performance of the 'Moustache Brothers', a group of comedians based in Mandalay known for mixing classical elements of puppets, music and slapstick comedy with sharp satirical critiques of the Burmese military regime. The brothers were sentenced to hard labour and imprisoned on several occasions by the military regimes at the time. Here - in 2015, a period of tentative experimentation with more democratisation and individual freedoms - the troupe were allowed to perform, but only for foreign tourists and from their home in Mandalay.
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Here is also a shot of classical Burmese puppets from their theatre garage that i published some time ago.
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