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A young girl hugs her father, Sgt. Roberto Acuna, Operations Chief with 3rd Radio Battalion, while he holds her in his arms during a slow dance at the Officers’ Club during the annual Father Daughter Dance on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 20, 2013. The dance offers the dads, who are often deployed or training, the opportunity to spend quality time with their daughters.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg/Released)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 24, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the "Tophatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Javier Reyes)
6th Annual Father's Day Auto Show
Classic Autos Cruise into Napa Valley for Father’s Day
V Marketplace celebrates the “art of the driving machine”
The Napa Valley will proudly welcome car connoisseurs from around the Bay Area and beyond as V Marketplace in Yountville, hosts the 26th Annual Father’s Day Invitational Auto Show. Auto entries are by invitation. The event is Free to the Public.
From the national champions, to the local favorites, to the one-of-a-kind collector curiosities, more than 150 early and late model autos spanning almost 100 years of production can be seen at this non-competitive, open-class invitational exhibition. Whether nostalgia means rolling down the road in a classic 1928 Model A Phaeton, sliding into the drive-in with a ‘57 Chevy, or cruising the fast lane in a Ferrari, this show-stopping collection presents some of the finest autos to grace the highway in any era and is the perfect gift for Father’s Day!
V Marketplace has also invited local nonprofits to add to the festivities. Firing up their grill, serving delicious sausages and hot dogs, will be the Fire Explorers and the Yountville Fire Department. Manning the booth where cool beverages can be found will be the Native Sons of the Golden West and the Native Daughters of the Golden West. Operation Love will be on site collecting donations to provide care packages to our deployed armed forces stationed in harms way. All proceeds from these sales go directly to the nonprofits.
Make it a Father’s Day weekend escape to Napa Valley! Surrounded by lush gardens, beautiful water features, and meandering cobblestone walkways, V Marketplace, provides a beautiful backdrop for this annual event. Visitors can look forward to a unique variety of distinctive specialty shops, galleries, restaurants, wine tasting, hot air ballooning and Michael Chiarello’s Bottega Ristorante.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 8, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Jovan Mitchell, from Oakland, California, assigned to the “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, conducts maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk in the hangar bay aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, deployed from San Diego, Jan. 3, in support of global maritime security operations. An integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic, relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy’s role across the full spectrum of military operations — from combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. U.S. 3rd Fleet works together with our allies and partners to advance freedom of navigation, the rule of law, and other principles that underpin security for the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jett Morgan)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 19, 2020) A crash-and-salvage team prepares to rescue a simulated patient during a flight deck fire drill on the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gabriel A. Martinez)
Some background:
The VF-1 was developed by Stonewell/Bellcom/Shinnakasu for the U.N. Spacy by using alien Overtechnology obtained from the SDF-1 Macross alien spaceship. Its production was preceded by an aerodynamic proving version of its airframe, the VF-X. Unlike all later VF vehicles, the VF-X was strictly a jet aircraft, built to demonstrate that a jet fighter with the features necessary to convert to Battroid mode was aerodynamically feasible. After the VF-X's testing was finished, an advanced concept atmospheric-only prototype, the VF-0 Phoenix, was flight-tested from 2005 to 2007 and briefly served as an active-duty fighter from 2007 to the VF-1's rollout in late 2008, while the bugs were being worked out of the full-up VF-1 prototype (VF-X-1).
The space-capable VF-1's combat debut was on February 7, 2009, during the Battle of South Ataria Island - the first battle of Space War I - and remained the mainstay fighter of the U.N. Spacy for the entire conflict. Introduced in 2008, the VF-1 would be out of frontline service just five years later, though.
The VF-1 proved to be an extremely capable craft, successfully combating a variety of Zentraedi mecha even in most sorties which saw UN Spacy forces significantly outnumbered. The versatility of the Valkyrie design enabled the variable fighter to act as both large-scale infantry and as air/space superiority fighter. The signature skills of U.N. Spacy ace pilot Maximilian Jenius exemplified the effectiveness of the variable systems as he near-constantly transformed the Valkyrie in battle to seize advantages of each mode as combat conditions changed from moment to moment.
The basic VF-1 was deployed in four sub-variants (designated A, D, J, and S) and its success was increased by continued development of various enhancements including the GBP-1S "Armored" Valkyrie, FAST Pack "Super" Valkyrie and the additional RÖ-X2 heavy cannon pack weapon system for the VF-1S for additional firepower. The FAST Pack system was designed to enhance the VF-1 Valkyrie variable fighter, and the initial V1.0 came in the form of conformal pallets that could be attached to the fighter’s leg flanks for additional fuel – primarily for Long Range Interdiction tasks in atmospheric environment. Later FAST Packs were designed for space operations.
After the end of Space War I, the VF-1 continued to be manufactured both in the Sol system and throughout the UNG space colonies. Although the VF-1 would be replaced in 2020 as the primary Variable Fighter of the U.N. Spacy by the more capable, but also much bigger, VF-4 Lightning III, a long service record and continued production after the war proved the lasting worth of the design.
The versatile aircraft underwent constant upgrade programs. For instance, about a third of all VF-1 Valkyries were upgraded with Infrared Search and Track (IRST) systems from 2016 onwards, placed in a streamlined fairing in front of the cockpit. This system allowed for long-range search and track modes, freeing the pilot from the need to give away his position with active radar emissions, and it could also be used for target illumination and guiding precision weapons.
Many Valkyries also received improved radar warning systems, with sensor arrays, depending on the systems, mounted on the wing-tips, on the fins and/or on the LERXs. Improved ECR measures were also added to some machines, typically in conformal fairings on the flanks of the legs/engine pods.
The U.N.S. Marine Corps, which evolved from the United States Marine Corps after the national service was transferred to the global U.N. Spacy command in 2008, was a late adopter of the VF-1, because the Valkyries’ as well as the Destroids’ potential for landing operations was underestimated. But especially the VF-1’s versatility and VTOL capabilities made it a perfect candidate as a replacement for the service’s AV-8B Harrier II and AH-1 Cobra fleet in the close air support (CAS) and interdiction role. The first VF-1s were taken into service in January 2010 by SVMF-49 “Vikings” at Miramar Air Base in California/USA, and other units followed soon, immediately joining the battle against the Zentraedi forces.
The UNSMC’s VF-1s were almost identical to the standard Valkyries, but they had from the start additional hardpoints for light loads like sensor pods added to their upper legs, on the lower corners of the air intake ducts. These were intended to carry FLIR, laser target designators (for respective guided smart weapons) or ECM pods, while freeing the swiveling underwing hardpoints to offensive ordnance.
Insisting on their independent heritage, the UNSMC’s Valkyries were never repainted in the U.N. Spacy’s standard tan and white livery. They either received a unique two tone low visibility gray paint scheme (the fighter units) or retained paint schemes that were typical for their former units, including some all-field green machines or VF-1s in a disruptive wraparound livery in grey, green and black.
Beyond A and J single-seaters (the UNSMC did not receive the premium S variant), a handful of VF-1D two-seaters were upgraded to the UNSMC’s specification and very effectively operated in the FAC (Forward Air Control) role, guiding both long-range artillery as well as attack aircraft against enemy positions.
The UNSMC’s VF-1s suffered heavy losses, though – for instance, SVMF-49 was completely wiped out during the so-called “Zentraedi Rain of Death” in April 2011, when the Zentraedi Imperial Grand Fleet, consisting of nearly five million warships, appeared in orbit around the Earth. Commanded by Dolza, Supreme Commander of the Zentraedi, they were ordered to incinerate the planet's surface, which they did. 70% of the Earth was utterly destroyed, according to the staff at Alaska Base. Dolza initially believed this to be total victory, until a massive energy pulse began to form on the Earth's surface. This was the Grand Cannon, a weapon of incredible destructive power that the Zentraedi were unaware of, and it disintegrated a good deal of the armada that was hanging over the Northern Hemisphere. While the Zentraedi were successful in rendering the weapon inoperable before it could fire a second time, the SDF-1 began a counterattack of its own alongside the renegade Imperial-Class Fleet and Seventh Mechanized Space Division, which destroyed the Imperial Grand Fleet. After this event, though, the UNSMC as well as other still independent services like the U.N. Navy were dissolved and the respective units integrated into the all-encompassing U.N. Spacy.
The VF-1 was without doubt the most recognizable variable fighter of Space War I and was seen as a vibrant symbol of the U.N. Spacy even into the first year of the New Era 0001 in 2013. At the end of 2015 the final rollout of the VF-1 was celebrated at a special ceremony, commemorating this most famous of variable fighters. The VF-1 Valkryie was built from 2006 to 2013 with a total production of 5,459 VF-1 variable fighters with several variants (VF-1A = 5,093, VF-1D = 85, VF-1J = 49, VF-1S = 30, VF-1G = 12, VE-1 = 122, VT-1 = 68)
However, the fighter remained active in many second line units and continued to show its worthiness years later, e. g. through Milia Jenius who would use her old VF-1 fighter in defense of the colonization fleet - 35 years after the type's service introduction!
General characteristics:
All-environment variable fighter and tactical combat Battroid,
used by U.N. Spacy, U.N. Navy, U.N. Space Air Force and U.N.S. Marine Corps
Accommodation:
Pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk-7 zero/zero ejection seat
Dimensions:
Fighter Mode:
Length 14.23 meters
Wingspan 14.78 meters (at 20° minimum sweep)
Height 3.84 meters
Battroid Mode:
Height 12.68 meters
Width 7.3 meters
Length 4.0 meters
Empty weight: 13.25 metric tons;
Standard T-O mass: 18.5 metric tons;
MTOW: 37.0 metric tons
Power Plant:
2x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001 thermonuclear reaction turbine engines, output 650 MW each, rated at 11,500 kg in standard or 225.63 kN in overboost
4x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NBS-1 high-thrust vernier thrusters (1 x counter reverse vernier thruster nozzle mounted on the side of each leg nacelle/air intake, 1 x wing thruster roll control system on each wingtip)
18x P&W LHP04 low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles
Performance:
Battroid Mode: maximum walking speed 160 km/h
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 2.71; at 30,000+ m Mach 3.87
g limit: in space +7
Thrust-to-weight ratio: empty 3.47; standard T-O 2.49; maximum T-O 1.24
Design Features:
3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry wing; vertical take-off and landing; control-configurable vehicle; single-axis thrust vectoring; three "magic hand" manipulators for maintenance use; retractable canopy shield for Battroid mode and atmospheric reentry; option of GBP-1S system, atmospheric-escape booster, or FAST Pack system
Transformation:
Standard time from Fighter to Battroid (automated): under 5 sec.
Min. time from Fighter to Battroid (manual): 0.9 sec.
Armament:
2x Mauler RÖV-20 anti-aircraft laser cannon, firing 6,000 pulses per minute
1x Howard GU-11 55 mm three-barrel Gatling gun pod with 200 RPG, fired at 1,200 rds/min
4x underwing hard points for a wide variety of ordnance, including…
12x AMM-1 hybrid guided multipurpose missiles (3/point), or
12x MK-82 LDGB conventional bombs (3/point), or
6x RMS-1 large anti-ship reaction missiles (2/outboard point, 1/inboard point), or
4x UUM-7 micro-missile pods (1/point) each carrying 15 x Bifors HMM-01 micro-missiles,
or a combination of above load-outs
2x auxiliary hardpoints on the legs for light loads like a FLIR sensor, laser rangefinder/
target designator or ECM pod (typically not used for offensive ordnance)
The kit and its assembly:
This fictional VF-1 was born from spontaneous inspiration and the question if the USMC could have adopted the Valkyrie within the Macross time frame and applied its rather special grey/green/black paint scheme from the Nineties that was carried by AH-1s, CH-46s and also some OV-10s.
The model is a simple, vintage ARII VF-1 in Fighter mode, in this case a VF-1D two-seater that received the cockpit section and the head unit from a VF-1J Gerwalk model to create a single seater. While the parts are interchangeable, the Gerwalk and the Fighter kit have different molds for the cockpit sections and the canopies, too. This is mostly evident through the lack of a front landing gear well under the Gerwalk's cockpit - I had to "carve" a suitable opening into the bottom of the nose, but that was not a problem.
The kit was otherwiese built OOB, with the landing gear down and (finally, after the scenic flight pictures) with an open canopy for final display among the rest of my VF-1 fleet. However, I added some non-canonical small details like small hardpoints on the upper legs and the FLIR and targeting pods on them, scratched from styrene bits.
The ordnance was changed from twelve AMM-1 missiles under the wings to something better suited for attack missions. Finding suitable material became quite a challenge, though. I eventually settled on a pair of large laser-guided smart bombs and two pairs of small air-to-ground missile clusters. The LGBs are streamlined 1:72 2.000 lb general purpose bombs, IIRC from a Hobby Boss F-5E kit, and the launch tubes were scratched from a pair of Bazooka starters from an Academy 1:72 P-51 kit. The ventral standard GU-11 pod was retained and modified to hold a scratched wire display for in-flight pictures at its rear end.
Some blade antennae were added around the hull as a standard measure to improve the simple kit’s look. The cockpit was taken OOB, I just added a pilot figure for the scenic shots and the thick canopy was later mounted on a small lift arm in open position.
Painting and markings:
Adapting the characteristic USMC three-tone paint scheme for the VF-1 was not easy; I used the symmetric pattern from the AH-1s as starting point for the fuselage and gradually evolved it onto the wings into an asymmetric free-form pattern, making sure that the areas where low-viz roundels and some vital stencils would sit on grey for good contrast and readability. The tones became authentic: USMC Field Green (FS 34095, Humbrol 105), USN Medium Grey (FS 35237, Humbrol 145) and black (using Revell 06 Tar Black, which is a very dark grey and not pure black). For some contrast the wings' leading edges were painted with a sand brown/yellow (Humbrol 94).
The landing gear became standard white (Revell 301), the cockpit interior medium grey (Revell 47) with a black ejection seat with brown cushions, and the air intakes as well as the interior of the VG wings dark grey (Revell 77). To set the camouflaged nose radome apart I gave it a slightly different shade of green. The GU-11 pod became bare metal (Revell 91). The LGBs were painted olive drab overall while the AGMs became light grey.
Roundels as well as the UNSMC and unit tags were printed at home in black on clear decal sheet. The unit markings came from an Academy OV-10. The modex came from an 1:72 Revell F8F sheet. Stencils becvame eitrher black or white to keep the low-viz look, just a few tiny color highlights bereak the camouflage up. Some of the characteristic vernier thrusters around the hull are also self-made decals.
Finally, after some typical details and position lights were added with clear paint over a silver base, the small VF-1 was sealed with a coat of matt acrylic varnish.
A spontaneous interim project - and the UMSC's three-tone paint scheme suits the VF-1 well, which might have been a very suitable aircraft for this service and its mission profiles. I am still a bit uncertain about the camouflage's effectiveness, though - yes, it's disruptive, but the color contrasts are so high that a hiding effect seems very poor, even though I find that the scheme works well over urban terrain? It's fictional, though, and even though there are canonical U.N.S. Marines VF-1s to be found in literature, none I came across so far carried this type of livery.
The Typhoon FGR.Mk 4 is a highly capable and extremely agile fourth-generation multi-role combat aircraft, capable of being deployed for the full spectrum of air operations, including air policing, peace support and high-intensity conflict. Initially deployed in the air-to-air role as the Typhoon F.Mk 2, the aircraft now has a potent, precision multi-role capability as the FGR4. The pilot performs many essential functions through the aircraft’s hands on throttle and stick (HOTAS) interface which, combined with an advanced cockpit and the Helmet Equipment Assembly (HEA), renders Typhoon superbly equipped for all aspects of air operations.
Although Typhoon has flown precision attack missions in all its combat deployments to date, its most essential role remains the provision of quick reaction alert (QRA) for UK and Falkland Islands airspace. Detachments have also reinforced NATO air defence in the Baltic and Black Sea regions.
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Sailors wave from the deck of HMS Defender as she departs Portsmouth for her maiden deployment.
HMS Defender sailed from Portsmouth on 2nd June 2014 on her maiden deployment to the Middle East where she will carry out maritime security operations.
The Type 45 destroyer will police busy shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean, conducting security and counter piracy operations. Later she will head to the Arabian Gulf to contribute to the UK’s long-standing commitment to security in the region.
Defender is the fifth of the Royal Navy’s six new Type 45s. Built by BAE Systems on the Clyde, she was commissioned into the Navy’s fleet in March 2013.
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After the events on Geonosis, Command asked me if I wanted some new squad mates, but I told them that no one could replace Mitch and Micky and I didn't want some rookies that had no clue what was going on, so I told them that Nix and I could handle Taris. When we got home to our Venator, we were informed that the first part of the attack would involve an air drop so we had to be outfitted with new armor. I sure hope when we get to the ground I can get rid of this equipment. Well I guess this is the first mission without Mitch and Micky....
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I'm going to see how those stickers do over the next few days and if they start to peel rather quickly I'll update this.
Also, Justin, would I have to include the air drop equipment throughout the entire mission or will we be permitted to change it after 11.1?
I was taking a couple shots to help Marion with a project, and I really liked how this one turned out.
Asian Hercules III lifting the first of 11 suction bucket jacket foundations for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre.
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As you probably saw, the idea behind the MOC was to create a robot capable of modify its size :)
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It is amazing to watch a lady bug pop those wings out and take off. Since I could never seem to catch the moment when she was taking off I decided to try it when she was lying on her back. It was realatively easy. I took about 200 shots using rapid shutter speed and natural sunlight. Too bad it was late in the day as you can tell by the shadow. I included a mosaic of the entire process in the comment section. See my blog at: 37photomoto.blogspot.com
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BASE AÉREA DE MORÓN (LEMO) SPAIN / BOEING B52H STRATOFORTRESS (MSN 464439) USAF (61-0012) / BOMBER TASK FORCE DEPLOYMENT
B-52H Stratofortresses, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, depart out of Morón Air Base, Spain, in support of Bomber Task Force Europe May 19, 2021. Strategic bomber missions enhance the readiness and training necessary to respond to any potential crisis or challenge across the globe.
2nd Bomb Wing
2.ª Ala de Bombardeo - Barksdale AFB
Luisiana (Código de cola: LA)
11.º Escuadrón de Bombardeo (Raya de cola: dorada)
20.º Escuadrón de Bombardeo (Raya de cola: azul)
96.º Escuadrón de Bombardeo (Raya de cola: roja)
El Boeing B-52 Stratofortress es un bombardero estratégico subsónico de largo alcance, propulsado por motores de reacción, fabricado por la compañía estadounidense Boeing, y que está en servicio en la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos (USAF) desde 1955.
A partir de la obtención del contrato el 5 de junio de 1946, el B-52 pasó por varias etapas de diseño; desde el primer prototipo de ala recta propulsado por seis motores turbohélice, hasta el prototipo final YB-52, de ala en flecha y propulsado por ocho turborreactores. El avión realizó su primer vuelo el 15 de abril de 1952 con «Tex» Johnston como piloto de pruebas.
El B-52 Stratofortress reemplazó gradualmente al Convair B-36 entre 1955 y 1959. Aunque fue construido para portar armas nucleares en las misiones de disuasión de la Guerra Fría, y tras haber participado en un gran número de guerras, el Stratofortress solamente ha lanzado municiones convencionales. Hoy en día sus capacidades de bombardeo convencional son más importantes para la consecución de los objetivos de la USAF, para los cuales su gran radio de acción y capacidad de carga de hasta 32 toneladas de armamento han probado su valía.
La USAF ha tenido a los B-52 en servicio activo desde 1955, inicialmente con el Mando Aéreo Estratégico. En 1992, con la disolución de ese mando, todos los aviones fueron absorbidos por el Mando de Combate Aéreo, y en 2009 pasaron a formar parte del recién creado Mando de Ataque Global de la Fuerza Aérea. Su mayor rendimiento a velocidades subsónicas elevadas y sus costes de operación relativamente bajos han mantenido al B-52 en servicio a pesar de la llegada de aviones más modernos con intención de reemplazarlo, como el experimental North American XB-70 Valkyrie, el supersónico Rockwell B-1 Lancer y el furtivo Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. En enero de 2005, el B-52 se convirtió en la segunda aeronave, después del bombardero británico English Electric Canberra, en cumplir 50 años en servicio continuado con su operador principal.
El B-52H tenía la misma tripulación y cambios estructurales que el B-52G. La mejora más significativa fue el cambio de los motores originales por los nuevos turbofán Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3 más grandes, los cuales, a pesar de los problemas de fiabilidad iniciales (corregidos en 1964 con el programa Hot Fan), ofrecieron un considerable mejor rendimiento y menor consumo de combustible con respecto a los turborreactores originales de la primera línea de producción en serie Pratt & Whitney J57.
Se le actualizó el equipo de contramedidas electrónicas y la aviónica, se le incorporó un nuevo sistema de control de tiro, y el armamento defensivo de la cola fue cambiado de ametralladoras a un cañón automático M61 Vulcan de 20 mm. Se le preparó para cuatro ejemplares del previsto misil balístico GAM-87 Skybolt, aunque no llegó a incorporarse. Esta versión voló por primera vez el 10 de julio de 1960, y entró en servicio el 9 de mayo de 1961. Es la única variante que continúa en servicio.
El último aparato producido, el B-52H número de serie 61-0040, salió de la fábrica el 26 de octubre de 1962. Entre 1991 y 1994 se les eliminaron los cañones de cola a todos los B-52H, y aunque se mantuvieron los instrumentos asociados por si se necesitaba volver a instalarlos, se prescindió de los artilleros que los manejaban.
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
c/n 464439
serial 61-0012 / LA
named "Loko"
Seen in operation at Moron AB (LEMO) during temporary deployment
c/n 873 / 4345, l/n GS278
Operated by TLG-51, a Luftwaffe tactical reconnaissance wing based at Schleswig, Jagel, Germany.
Seen landing during a two week deployment to RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK.
22nd September 2017
HMS St Albans deploys on security operations in the Middle East. Picture: LA(Phot) Paul Hall
Crowds of family and friends gathered on the blustery shoreline of Old Portsmouth today, to wave off loved ones on board the Type 23 Frigate HMS St Albans as she left her home port for a nine-month deployment, focussing on maritime security operations, in the Middle East.
St Albans will continue the work that her sister ship, HMS Richmond, carried out earlier this year as part of the Royal Navy’s long term presence East of Suez.
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Frozen Swamps Recon Unit with their COW (Compact Open Walker). Entry for the Star Wars Battlepack contest at Eurobricks.
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Talon: Alright men here's the deal, gear up and get ready to ship out to Malaysia. Commandos will scout out the ports and will return with info on the terrain and what we're up against. This is where you come in. Do not botch this mission, understood?
Cobra Squad: YESSIR!!
Two Fairchild Republic A-10A "Thunderbolt IIs" (Warthog) of the "Red Devils" of the 107th Fighter Squadron from Selfridge Air National Guard Base Mich., fly toward Southwest Asia in a deployment of some 350 Michigan Air National Guard Airmen from the base. The Michigan Airmen will be supporting U.S. Central Command operations in the region.
Guam (Sept. 18, 2022) - The Sentinel-class fast response cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) arrives to Apra Harbor Sept. 18, 2022, following a 43-day patrol across Oceania. The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a routine deployment in Oceania as part of Operation Blue Pacific, working alongside Allies, building maritime domain awareness, and sharing best practices with partner nation navies and coast guards. Op Blue Pacific is an overarching multi-mission U.S. Coast Guard endeavor promoting security, safety, sovereignty, and economic prosperity in Oceania while strengthening relationships with our regional partners. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Ray Blas) 220918-G-G0020-459
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