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Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Water gushes out of the side of a cliff below Pathfinder Dam. During the spring the water flows over the right side of the dam.
Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC
Powered by 50049 and 50007, Pathfinder’s Cotswold – Eden railtour rattles over the points at Kirkby Stephen on 26 August 2019.
Richie and I had set off in search of locations to get three bites at this, but all seemed cloudy at first so we opted for this shot. Then, we thought we could get to Appleby to see if there was any opportunities there and possibly get the southbound logs. Unfortunately, although it was ahead of time before its scheduled stop at Settle, it was about ten minutes late at this point. That meant we only just got to Appleby as the logs approached but a cloud spoiled the moment anyway!
I had to remove one of the Turners Distribution articulated road tankers from the image as it was a distracting element in the view. Yeah, I just jumped up into the cab and reversed it into the line up behind the signal box.
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
The tall ship Pathfinder sailing into the Saginaw river in Bay City Michigan. She is part of the tall ships celebration. I believe about 21 tall ships are participating. Her home port is Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can see a few other ships in the lower left - they are roughly six miles distant from the Pathfinder.
Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
Ａ SUV for the hiker (mini figure series 16). All his epuipments are on board: map, compass, backpack, and a rifle to protect himself from wild animals.
If it were a trike, it would be better.
Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC
Soldiers of the Pathfinders and Groupement des Commandos Parachutiste (GCP), the advance forces of 16 Air Assault Brigade and 11e Brigade Parachutiste pictured taking part in Exercise Falcon Amarante.
British and French paratroopers are showing their readiness to deploy together on joint operations.
Across two demanding weeks in November, south west France saw Exercise Falcon Amarante testing the Airborne Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (A-CJEF) – a partnership between 16 Air Assault Brigade and 11e Brigade Parachutiste.
The two brigades provide the airborne rapid reaction forces for their respective armies, and the A-CJEF has been trained and ready since 2013 to deploy on short-notice operations ranging from war fighting to disaster relief.
Exercise Falcon Amarante is the A-CJEF’s annual test exercise, taking place in 2018 under 11e BP’s command. Some 650 British troops and 170 vehicles of the 3 PARA Battlegroup - built around the airborne infantry of 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment bolstered by artillery, engineers, medics, signallers and logisticians took part.
British troops were paired with the 3e Regiment de Parachutistes d’Infanterie de Marine as the A-CJEF, with US paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade working alongside it.
After mission planning and reconnaissance, the exercises started in earnest with some 600 British, French and US paratroopers jumping onto the Caylus training area near Toulouse. From there, a series of simulated missions tested the skills and capabilities of the 2,000-strong force.
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
37406 'The Saltaire Society' & 37401 'The Royal Scotsman' pass Hall End approaching Wickwar Tunnel with Pathfinders returning "Solent Syphons" 1Z38 Weymouth to Derby. 9th April 2005.
45106 streaks across the Strawfrank floodplain, just south of Carstairs, with the Reading-Edinburgh 'Pathfinder Scot' which would reach Edinburgh via Shotts (wish I'd driven across to the Shotts line to catch it again, can't recall why I didn't). In the distance is a southbound WCML service which has just performed the joining up manoevre at Carstairs once so commonplace. 20th August 1988.
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
DB Cargo Class 66, 66084 leads Pathfinder Tours' "The Lancheshire" unexpectedly over the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal near Winsford, running as 1Z25 13:27 Weaste to Crewe. DB Cargo Class 60, 60015 was on the rear.
The tour was booked to run along the Middlewich Branch from Northwich and then via Sandbach to Crewe, however due to a trespass incident in the Sandbach area, the tour was diverted at late notice via Hartford Junction and the WCML. After a reverse on the Down Slow at Acton Bridge it joined the Up Main at Hartford Junction and made its way to Crewe via the WCML.
I had gone to Middlewich to capture the tour there, but thanks to some timely gen from a couple of gents on board, I was able to make my way across to Winsford to capture the tour "off route".
The 66 was actually coasting at this point having shut down approaching Winsford. It was rebooted near Coppenhall and managed to complete the run into Crewe, however was subbed out by 060 at the ETD during the stock servicing break.
37419 & 37604 at Parkers crossing - 7th March 2015.
Having missed the last few loco hauled specials down the Ormskirk line, I was determined to make an effort for Pathfinder's "Lancs-Links", the three part tour that began the previous night in Crewe. This portion was the 1001 Crewe - Crewe via lots of unusual NW freight & passenger branches.
The decrepit farming machinery is a pointer to the agricultural industry on the Lancashire mosslands.
This user worked crossing is between Farington Curve Junction & Midge Hall
Seeing as I'd been to Midge Hall recently, this image was in my mind as not being particularly well processed the first time round. This is the new improved version with software that wasn't around 7 years ago!
Visitor from Oban, berthed in Rothesay Outer Harbour, Isle of Bute.
Built of wood in 1964 in Girvan, Scotland she is 18.16 metres in length, 5.64 breadth and a draft of 2.31 and tonnage of 142 tons. Registered in Oban (Scotland).
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
Well folks, it's been a while. Babalas Drive Yards proudly makes a return with the Path Finder series. A 4-6 person Inter Solar System vehicle. Designed for Military and Government dodgy-ops.
Featuring an opening cargo bay door, rotating engine pylons and partially retracting landing gear (too heavy to support itself, as usual)
Workers at Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Station get one final look at the Mars Pathfinder before it is sealed inside a protective payload fairing for flight. The Pathfinder and its PAM-D upper stage booster are perched atop the Delta II expendable launch vehicle that will propel the spacecraft into orbit.
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Date: November 27, 1996
Standing at the adjacent platform to the Statesman charter at Newton Abbot, about 500 passengers are milling around the platform waiting time. One of the platform Berts was trying to ensure nobody passed a certain sign which was positioned well before the platform end. He was wasting his time and frankly not using any common sense. On the other hand, one of the enterprising Train Managers was offering to take peoples cameras and get photos for them from the forbidden trackside. So my thanks to him for this shot of 69005/69006 standing at PLatform 3 with 1Z69 0544 Tame Bridge to Penzance.
Original custom LEGO minifigure based on the Battle Beasts line of toys.
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* Gun by BrickArms
* Vambraces by BrickForge
* Non-LEGO elements: Head
1957 Rudge Pathfinder (Lenton frame). A recreation of my childhood bike! A bit garish, but I was only 16 when I put the red mudguards on. The bike was stolen when I was 21, and this frame found (after a 6 year search) last Autumn ( On e-bay, but less than 5 miles away). I would have replaced the heavy bits of this bike with alloy as cash allowed, so make no apologies for the 70s alloy stem and bars, or the modern track 48T chainset working on the original Sturmey Archer 4 speed FM hub. Wheels are the original and quite rare Dunlop HP. Muguards, pump and bar tape NOS, paint by Argos ( A lovely job!), chrome (where needed) re-plated at Castle Chrome in Dudley. Weinmann brakes and levers NOS 500s.
This particular representation of the Pathfinder Mission is set some time in the future. The landing site has become one of the Smithsonian's off-world exhibits where spacefarers can get a closeup view of the first rover to land on Mars.
See the entire set here.
Pictured are members of the British Army Pathfinders taking part in an Urban training environment.
Pathfinders (PF) are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s airborne rapid reaction force.
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
PF operate behind enemy lines in small, self-sufficient patrols, finding and relaying vital information back to Brigade HQ to enable it to plan and execute missions.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Photos: Cpl Danny Houghton
Living up to their motto, ‘First In’, the British Army’s highly specialised Pathfinder troops jumped from a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster over Estonia as part of Exercise Swift Response this week.
The Pathfinders are 16 Air Assault Brigade's advance reconnaissance force.
They will jump ahead of everyone else to scout out enemy positions, mark dropzones and work with the main body of troops with tactical intelligence and offensive action support.
UK paratroopers have jumped alongside US, Czech Republic, Latvian, Polish and Estonian allies as part of a large-scale American-led military exercise.
Exercise Swift Response, featuring 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (16 Air Asslt BCT), the British Army’s global response force, demonstrates UK and Allied ability to deploy and work together at high readiness.
Hosted at 6th Polish Airborne Brigade (6th Abn Bde) barracks in Gliwice, Poland, and landing over Nurmsi airfield, Estonia, a total of around 1,500 personnel from the six nations are taking part in what is known in military jargon as a joint forcible entry operation.
Photos: Cpl Lee Matthews
Date: 5 Jul 1997
An enhanced version of the famous Mars Pathfinder photo of the lander and Sojourner rover. This browse version shows only part of the 360-degree panorama.
This is a geometrically-improved, color-enhanced version of the 360-degree gallery pan, the first contiguous, uniform panorama taken by the Imager for Mars (IMP) over the course of Sols 8, 9, and 10. Different regions were imaged at different times over the three Martian days to acquire consistent lighting and shadow conditions for all areas of the panorama.
In this version of the panorama, much of the discontinuity that was due to parallax has been corrected, particularly along the lower tiers of the mosaic containing the Lander features. Distortion due to a 2.5 degree tilt in the IMP camera mast has been removed.
The IMP is a stereo imaging system that, in its fully deployed configuration, stands 1.8 m above the Martian surface, and has a resolution of 2 mm at a range of 2 m. The IMP has color capability provided by 24 selectable filters -- twelve filters per "eye." Its red, green and blue filters were used to take this panorama.
The three color images were first digitally balanced according to the transmittance capabilities of a specific high-definition TV device at JPL, and then enhanced via changes to saturation and intensity while retaining the hue. A threshold was applied to avoid changes to the sky. An MTF filter was applied to sharpen feature edges.
At left is a Lander petal and a metallic mast which is a portion of the low-gain antenna. On the horizon the double "Twin Peaks" are visible, about 1-2 km away. The rock "Couch" is the dark, curved rock at right of Twin Peaks. Another Lander petal is at left-center, showing the fully deployed forward ramp at far left, and rear ramp at right, which rover Sojourner used to descend to the surface of Mars on July 5. Immediately to the left of the rear ramp is the rock "Barnacle Bill", which scientists found to be andesitic, possibly indicating that it is a volcanic rock (a true andesite) or a physical mixture of particles. Just beyond Barnacle Bill, rover tracks lead to Sojourner, shown using its Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument to study the large rock "Yogi." Yogi, low in quartz content, appears to be more primitive than Barnacle Bill, and appears more like the common basalts found on Earth.
The tracks and circular pattern in the soil leading up to Yogi were part of Sojourner's soil mechanics experiments, in which varying amounts of pressure were applied to the wheels in order to determine physical properties of the soil. During its traverse to Yogi the rover stirred the soil and exposed material from several centimeters in depth. During one of the turns to deploy Sojourner's Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer, the wheels dug particularly deep and exposed white material. Spectra of this white material show it is virtually identical to the rock "Scooby Doo," and such white material may underlie much of the site. Deflated airbags are visible at the perimeter of all three Lander petals.
Credit: NASA
Pathfinders pack a punch as first in for Global Response Force.
The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested their firepower on the windswept STANTA Ranges in Norfolk.
The Pathfinders are the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning.
A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Pathfinders work in small, self-sufficient patrols, either in vehicles or on foot. While operating with-out being spotted provides their best defence, troops need the firepower to get themselves out of trouble.
Out on the ranges last week (24-28 Jan), troops practised fire and manoeuvre tactics in their RWMIK patrol vehicles, which are mounted with Heavy Machine Guns and Grenade Machine Guns. Soldiers also fired the potent and precise NLAW anti-tank missile.
Photos:Cpl Danny Houghton RLC