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Celebrating the UK Air Defence Squadrons, another shot of the Royal Air Force fast-jet assets, '1986 style' in the shape of a Coningsby based 229 OCU Tornado F.2 leading a Leuchars 43 Squadron Phantom FGR.2, followed by a Binbrook Lightning F.3 and lastly a Brawdy (?) based Hawk T.1 - the latter having outlived all the others and is still in service nearly three decades later.
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KARACHI: September06 – Cadets of Pakistan Air Force, Risalpur Academy prepares to take over the charge during change of guard ceremony at mausoleum of Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the eve of Pakistan Defence Day. APP photo by Jahangir Khan
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the lalst full week of November, 2016.
Adjacent to The People's Park, a large compound is the site of continuing work along this section of the river. Some of the works are nearing completion.
Work here along the riverbank, between Glenwood and The Maltings, involved stabilisation measures (digging out a channel, and dropping in large boulders) intended to reinforce this newly constructed/shaped length of bank. To facilitate an easier run for fish, a central channel has been delineated with larger boulders, and slightly raised shelf on each side.
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers from the Scoutspataljon during a Vehicle and foot patrol in Gao, Mali.
Photos: maat Maria Tõkke
Remote Radar Head (RRH) Trimingham is equipped with a Lockheed Martin AN/TPS-77 (Type 92) Air Defence Radar. It is located on the coast road between Cromer and Mundesley, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Trimingham, Norfolk. The radar station is a satellite station of RAF Neatishead in Norfolk. This radar station is controlled and maintained by a section of Radar Technicians and Operators and supported by a team of Ground Engineers. Trimingham provides extensive coverage of the East coast of the United Kingdom and helps contribute to the recognised air picture and defence of the UK.
The radar station was established on the cliff top at Trimingham by the British Army in the latter part of 1941. It was used to detect German Navy E-Boats and Luftwaffe low flying aircraft and was then equipped with a CD Mk.4 radar. The station also operated as an Oboe Navigation Station used by Mosquito Pathfinder bombers to guided them to their targets.
In April 1942, Trimingham was transferred from the authority of the War Office over to the Air Ministry. The site had now been installed with a Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL)/CD Type 54 radar on a 200 ft. (61 m) tower. By 1945 the Oboe equipment had been removed. In 1947 Trimingham was placed in the Northern Signals Area under No. 90 Group. Between 1948 and 1949 the site was placed under care and maintenance.
In January 1949 the site was re-activated and in 1950 was renamed No. 432 Signals Unit (432 SU). In June 1950 RAF Trimingham was selected to be a Centimetric Early Warning Station (CEW). Between this event and 1961 the radar station had various systems installed at the site and operated constantly as part of the UK's ROTOR early warning systems until February 1964 when the site was mothballed. By 1965 the station had been largely dismantled and all the radar arrays had been removed apart from the Type 54 behind Beacon Hill Cottage but that was also removed by 1972. In 1981 RAF Trimingham was closed and the site had been sold. The guardhouse was converted into a private house.
By the latter part of the 1980's the MoD decided to re-purchase the site. The RAF installed a Marconi Type 91 Martello radar acting as a Ready Platform, along with RAF Hopton, Norfolk and RAF Weybourne, Norfolk, for the UKADGE Series II (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment) Radar System controlled from the R3 underground control centre at RAF Neatishead. The guardhouse was converted into staff accommodation and offices and basic mess facilities. In May 1996 the Marconi Type 91 radar at Trimingham was sold to the Turkish Ministry of Defence and it was replaced by what used to be known as No. 86 Signals Unit, with a Type 93, Plessey type ADGE-305, NATO designation TGRI 50011, that had been moved from Hopton when that base was closed. The Type 93 was originally a mobile installation but at Trimingham it was fixed to a permanent mounting, due to constant cracking issues with the frame and mobile trailer. The Kevlon dome composed of irregular polygons erected around it became known locally as the Trimingham golf ball.
The Type 93 was replaced by the Type 101 radar, which was itself replaced by the TPS-77 radar which has increased capabilities to detect targets in the vicinity of the now prolific wind farms along the North Sea coast.
Today the TPS-77 feeds constant data back to the Control and Reporting Centres (CRC) at RAF Boulmer in Northumberland and RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. RAF Neatishead has now been downgraded to a remote radar head which is actually at Trimingham, Neatishead only being retained as the circuits from Trimingham pass through Neatishead.
As part of a major upgrade of RRH sites around the UK the MoD began a programme titled HYDRA in 2020 to install new state of the art communications buildings, radar towers and bespoke perimeter security
An amazing nest entrance, made by this stingless bees. This specie is quite aggressive in the defence of their homes. Every time i approached to take the shot i was completely swarmed in few minutes. Of course is a cute atack, that honey smell and tones of bees in the hair, beard (both of wich i have quite a lot hehe) can make you laugh... until one of them grab a good bite, then you consider moving on.
There is also a making of this photos, it demand carryng a heavy wood stair trough the trail, hanging poorly on top of it while holding the camera and the flash, but it is all woth it.
Reserva Biologica Poço das Antas, RJ, Brasil
Irish Defence Force Special Forces from the Army Ranger Wing, during the large-scale Counter-Terrorism Training Exercise: Ullamh
Photo: Irish Defence Force
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the third full week of July, 2016.
We took a trip down to the Harbour area, just to acquaint ourselves with the works here. This is a section of the flood protection scheme that I have pretty much ignored -- it's inconvenient for me to access, and others cover it much better.
Moving upriver slightly, to a newly constructed walkway, close to Seapoint Court. Nice work done by the guys from Wills Bros Ltd.
However the cynic in me wonders how long it will be before the local druggies shift locations. Although, perhaps it's a wee bit too exposed for them?
In the foreground is the Railway bridge, and in the distance we can see some construction works taking place on the Ravenswell Road, temporarily closed due to on-going works.
That is the site of the old Bray Golf Club -- hotly contested as a (potentially) poorly considered site for a shopping centre development complex, and still an area of ground that has to act as a flood plain in the event of tidal surges.
Temporary 'boom' across the river (not to repel marauding Viking longships, but to drain/filter excess water from the opposite bank.
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"The main work items on the project consisted of the construction of a reinforced earth embankment with 11m long "cut-off Sheet pile wall" within this embankment and a 90m long Sheet Piled Retaining wall (15m long sheet piles) which were anchored for stability using 16.0m long anchors inclined at a various angles. This Sheet Piled Retaining wall was then clad with Granite Randon Rubble stone and resulted in an impressive 5.0m high stone wall along the river. A reinforced concrete flood defence wall complete with stone cladding was also constructed as well as erosion protection measures including underpinning and rock armour installation within the river during low tides. The scheme was completed with the construction of a footpath complete with railings and street lighting along the entire length."
(Wills Bros. Ltd).
Contract Value: €1.1m
The crew of a Royal Air Force Griffin helicopter of the Defence Helicopter Flying School, practices approaches to the runway at their home station RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.
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07-D-76758 Ireland Civil Defence Ford Transit Mini Bus World Rescue Change Fire Service College 2014
New Year's Eve morning, peering over the flood defences that protect the Wilford/West Bridgford area of Nottinghamshire from the Trent, seen in the background with the reflection of the trees on the Victoria Embankment.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the 2nd week of May, 2016. 14 months previously we'd watched low-level maintenance work on the opposite banks, and (I) predicted that destabilised sections might be a problem. To address the serious problem of surface runoff/seepage destabilising the bank structure, they excavate and lay out a drainage pipe system, to better channel the water and slow down the erosion of the banks. The section of this bank, directly opposite the apartment complex, was critically exposed after the winter rains. The roots of many trees were exposed, with the bank itself starting to rapidly erode. Specific work involved the removal of soil, back-filling with large boulders, integrated drainage system, and finally re-facing with new soil.However, even with the total mechanism of the process, it ultimately ends up with a man -- and a rake. Power to the individual!
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the fourth week of July, 2016.
And we're back to the Rehills/Slang section -- between La Vallee and Rivervale.
Where previously this area was an organised structure of vast earth mounds, which ebbed and flowed with the removal of material, saw the import and removal of enormous mounds of stone material, and emerged as a relatively levelled piece of ground -- we saw the arrival of a fleet of 4-axle trucks bearing fresh mounds of stone. This continued for the best part of a week.
And what has been dumped, has to be sorted, and piled, and graded . . . and ultimately moved on to somewhere else!
In fairness to this contractor (Jons Construction) they recognise the need to control the working environment . . . and YES, that involves watering the access route to the disposal zone.
To this untrained eye, there's a lot of time and effort that goes in to moving, dropping, sorting, grading, stacking, gathering, loading, shifting, dumping, replacing . . . and repeating this exercise.
Obviously material has to be stored before/during/after it's needed along the various stretches of the protection works.
Could it be done more efficiently !!
44 Infantry Group Mission Readiness Exercise
130 Defence Forces soldiers from the 44 Infantry Group are entering the final phase of intense training in preparation for the forthcoming deployment to the United Nations Disengagement Observation Forces, (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights region of Syria.
The training took place in the Glen Immal Co Wicklow. The personnel of the unit have a mix of experience, from first trip soldiers and officers, to highly experienced Senior NCO's and Commanders.
The 44 Infantry Group wil deploy to Syria in March, taking over from the 43 Infantry Group who have been serving with UNDOF since September 2013.
The Mission Readiness exercise put commanders and soldiers through a demanding series of scenarios based on the potential threats they may be encountered in the volatile mission area. The Troops face a series of scenarios involving simulated explosive strikes, air mobile helicopter drills,anti-ambush tactics, detailed operational planning and medical evacuation exercises.
Israeli Soldiers from the Caracal Battalion during their basic training – 2012
The Caracal Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces, composed of both male and female soldiers, of both Jewish and Arab descent.[It is named after the Caracal, a small cat whose sexes appear the same. As of 2009, approximately 70% of the battalion was female.It is part of the 512th "Sagi" Brigade of Israel's Southern territorial command.
Prior to Caracal's formation in 2000, women had been prevented from serving in direct combat positions with the IDF. The unit has since been tasked with patrolling the Israeli-Egyptian border. It took part in Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005.
The unit badge, adopted in 2009, incorporates the Sagi Brigade badge, with the addition of the Caracal cat.
New recruits in the Caracal Battalion, are issued the Israeli-made Tavor assault rifle. Battalion members partake in a four-month basic training period that includes physical training at the Givati Brigade training base.
Soldiers specialize in various weapons including machine guns, advanced weaponry, grenades, and mortars.
All female soldiers who join the battalion are required to sign up for a third year of military service, the same as their male counterparts. The men are drawn from Nahal garinim, or have volunteered.
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers from the Scoutspataljon during a Vehicle and foot patrol in Gao, Mali.
Photos: maat Maria Tõkke
Combat Intelligence Soldiers Train in the South
The Combat Intelligence Corps operates to collect intelligence in the field. They must make use of their surroundings and environment in order to camouflage themselves. The Nahshol Company is a combat intelligence company which is made up solely of women, from the soldiers to the company commander. These are some photos from their routine exercise in the Southern Region.
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Estonian Defence Force Soldiers live-fire training while serving in Mali with BKN-10 as part of the French led Operation Barkhane.
Photos: n-ltn Liis Vaksmann
As part of Defence Expo 2018 Exhibition at Thiruvidanthai, an Airshow took place on 14042018. Photos taken are presented here
The Godwin Battery
Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, the Godwin Battery was established at Kilnsea. This was added to during the Second World War. It had gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, a hospital, and was the terminus for a military railway running down to further fortifications at Spurn Point. The principal material used in the construction of the installation was concrete, applied on an attack-proof scale.
Today, the fort is falling into the sea. Losses of villages and farms, churches and houses in the past may only be imagined from descriptions in contemporary accounts. At Kilnsea, the destructive forces of coastal erosion can be observed ‘live’.
The Estonian Ministry of Defence has purchased new service rifles from LMT Defense, formerly known as the Lewis Machine & Tool Company, and will supply the Country's Defence Force with two new service weapons.
The LMT MARS platform of AR-15 and AR-10 pattern rifles, as well as a 40 mm grenade launcher compatible with these Rifles.
Both Rifles will be replacing the current issue Rifles, the Israeli-built Galil-AR and the Swedish-made Ak4 (a licensed copy of the H&K G3A3).
The grenade launchers included in the contract are LMT’s M203 rail-mounted 40 mm GLs.
Photos @kaitsevagi.edf
The last 25 of my 2020 100x, where x = plant defences and protection.
1. More baby spines, 2. Cucamelon close up, 3. Cucamelon cut, 4. Scarred, 5. Ready for Spring, 6. Morning Sun, 7. Rosa rubiginosa (Eglantine), 8. Warts and all, 9. Protective Layers, 10. Rosa spinosissima (Burnet Rose), 11. Scarred, 12. Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium), 13. Baby Defences, 14. Ready to Grow, 15. Scarred, 16. Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium), 17. Healed, 18. Spiny Leaves, 19. Autumnal Prickles, 20. Dogwood (Cornus), 21. Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus), 22. Aloe sp 1, 23. From the Nature Table, 24. Lots of Little Flowers, 25. The Holly Bears a Berry...
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River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken during the first week of September, 2016.
Constant traffic nowadays with hard material being trucked in and dumped in storage areas along The Slang/Rehills section of the river bank.
Further work is now being undertaken to upgrade the protection of the riverbank edge with the laying down of extra stone material.
With the recent convoys of trucks bringing in vast quantities of stone, we now see that;
(a) some of the larger boulders are intended to be used as reinforcements along the base of certain bank edges (which have to be excavated again), and;
(b) some of the medium size stones look like they will be used to create secondary shelves along the riverside.
At the same time, the guys are working (or playing?) on changing the profile of the stepped terrace along the face of the Slang/Rehills section.
Seems like every time they do this, and we believe it is a 'finished' piece of work, they confound us later by ripping it up all over again.
I know there is value in maintaining this area as a smooth accessible strip. But the degree of attention they apply to this is then wasted by the randomness with which they undo all the previous work.
I call it the 'Biggest Sandpit/Playarea' in Wicklow, in Leinster, in Ireland.
Late evening mini-convoy of earth-moving vehicles with the sun casting long shadows.
Israeli Mostly Female Combat Unit "karakal" Perform Large Combat Exercise
Soldiers from the Karakal battalion participate in a graduation march near the Israeli-Egyptian border on September 03, 2014 near Azoz, Israel. The mixed-sex Karakal combat battalion was formed in 2004 and is based in the Negev desert on the border with Egypt and Jordan.
(September 2, 2014 - Source: Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images Europe)
When the war came to the Antarion IV, the factories became a significant target for heavy bombers of the enemy faction. As a result, each factory was upgraded to defend itself and ultimately the factories on Antarion IV became as heavily armed as the war machines they produced.
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This microscale vignette was created for the Eurobricks Micro Sci-Fi contest.
Paratroopers with C Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3PARA) glide gently to Earth at the dropzone for Exercise Wessex Storm on Salisbury Plain.
The British Army's airborne and armoured reaction forces came together, with the fast and light forces of 16 Air Assault Brigade training with the slower but more powerful troops from 12 Armoured Infantry Brigade.
Exercise WESSEX STORM has seen the airborne infantry of C Company, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment and the Apache attack helicopters of 4 Regiment Army Air Corps work alongside 1st Battalion Scots Guard, a mechanised infantry unit.
The training on Salisbury Plain places the troops in a scenario where 16 Air Assault Brigade has carried out the theatre entry phase of an operation and is clearing the way for the heavier forces of 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade to take over.
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Mankind's attempt to hold back the ocean at Burnham-On-Sea.
The converging lines caught my eye in this scene, amazingly we pay money for the latest cameras and sometimes things look a lot better in plain old black & white :-D
44 Infantry Group Mission Readiness Exercise
130 Defence Forces soldiers from the 44 Infantry Group are entering the final phase of intense training in preparation for the forthcoming deployment to the United Nations Disengagement Observation Forces, (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights region of Syria.
The training took place in the Glen Immal Co Wicklow. The personnel of the unit have a mix of experience, from first trip soldiers and officers, to highly experienced Senior NCO's and Commanders.
The 44 Infantry Group wil deploy to Syria in March, taking over from the 43 Infantry Group who have been serving with UNDOF since September 2013.
The Mission Readiness exercise put commanders and soldiers through a demanding series of scenarios based on the potential threats they may be encountered in the volatile mission area. The Troops face a series of scenarios involving simulated explosive strikes, air mobile helicopter drills,anti-ambush tactics, detailed operational planning and medical evacuation exercises.