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YWB 494M (ex 64 B 2428)
International Harvester 1853FC/Superior B44F
Preserved, ex US Air Force
Oxford Bus Museum, 30 March 2002
An unusual past resident of the Oxford Bus Museum was this International Harvester with bodywork by Superior of Ohio, which although typically American was built in RHD form and may have served at the Oxfordshire bases in Upper Heyford and Croughton. It dated from 1965 and was registered YWB 494M when it came out of military service in 1973. The area where these buses were standing is now the site of the Morris Motors museum and all of the remaining exhibits now have undercover storage.
This scene depicts a Vietnam era Skyraider pilot and his crew chief inspecting the tail of their aircraft.
Figures and uniforms are Hasbro 40th Anniversary GI Joe, except for the gold helmet. The helmet is from the Timeless Talking fIghter pilot.
Offutt Field was hosting an open house in the summer of 2010. It was a great event which included the Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatics team. I shot this with a Canon 7d and 100-400 lens from about 50 yards away. I didn't catch the crew chief's name, but the ground show was as good as the aerials.
In this image, all the pilots have just closed their canopies. The USAF Thunderbird pilots conduct a great ground show. Along with enlisted men, you can see that the pilots' precision extends from the moment they put on their flight suits until they go through their debrief.
2011 Thunderbird Officers
#1 Commander Leader
Lt Col Case Cunningham
#2 Left Wing
Capt Ryan Riley
#3 Right Wing
Maj John Gallemore
#4 Slot
Capt Nicholas Holmes
#5 Lead Solo
Maj Aaron Jelinek
#6 Opposing Solo
Maj JR Williams
More information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds
thunderbirds.airforce.com/history.html
Shot with Canon 7d and 100-400L
USAF 93-0540 - General Dynamics F-16C Block 50Q Fighting Falcon - US Air Force
at London International Airport (YXU)
during the 2018 London Air Show
USAF 55 FS 'SW' - VIPER demo-team
The Cadet Chapel was the culminating architectural element of the entire U.S. Air Force Academy campus. The striking building features a succession of 17 glass and aluminum spires — each composed of 100 tetrahedrons — enclosing the upper level. Continuous panels of brilliant stained glass clad the tubular tetrahedrons, enabling diffused light to enter the building.
The 150-foot-tall chapel is situated on a podium adjacent to the Court of Honor. The program required three distinct chapels: a 900-seat Protestant chapel, a 500-seat Catholic chapel, and a 100-seat Jewish chapel. Each chapel has a separate entrance. The main floor Protestant chapel is enclosed by tetrahedrons clad in extruded aluminum separated by continuous colored glass panels, with windows of special laminated glass. The terrace-level Catholic chapel is characterized by precast masonry forming the ceiling pattern, with side walls of amber glass and strip windows of faceted glass. The Jewish chapel is a circular room enclosed in cypress frames and stained-glass slabs, with a foyer of brown Jerusalem stone donated by the Israeli Air Force.
In 1996, the Cadet Chapel won the Twenty-five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects. (Source: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) the architectural firm that designed this iconic landmark)
Senior Airman Chelsea LaFever gestures for ZZusa to "sit pretty" during training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Upon completion of training tasks, LaFever, a military working dog handler, encourages ZZusa with a treat. LaFever and ZZusa have been training and developing chemistry to complete the day-to-day mission at JBSA-Lackland. (U.S. Air force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
Staff Sgt. Jacquelyn Justice, 14th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, inspects U.S. Agency for International Development ventilators awaiting delivery to Moscow, Russia, on a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 19, 2020. The USAID Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation’s network of strategically located advisors allows USAID to partner with DOD in real-time, leveraging our combined knowledge and resources to address both persistent challenges and unforeseen adversity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)
79-1946 a KC10A Extender of the United States Air Force sitting at Prestwick. This aircraft is almost 30 years old now.
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The newest members of the US Air Force were sworn in next to the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II as a wall of fire erupted behind them at the 2016 California Capital Airshow held October 1-2, 2016, at Sacramento Mather Airport.
Senior Airman Asher Woodhouse provides rear security as the rest of his team carries a mock casualty patient toward an evacuation point during a training exercise Aug. 2 at Joint Balad Base. The training exercise is a requirement for Airman Woodhouse's five-level upgrade training. Airman Woodhouse is a pararescueman assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.
Tuscon Scrapyards, Tucson (1998)
United States - All USA 1998 visits
Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar, 53-8149 in USAF markings
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USAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 06-6161 cn 50170/F169/P161 21st Airlift Squadron Travis on the ramp at Bangor - BGR
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Luke Smith (left), Tactical Air Command and Control specialist, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Havens, Joint Terminal Air Control, of Hitchfield, Mich., who are attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team call for close air support at Combat Outpost Joghato in Afghanistan's Wardak province, April 30. They coordinate close air support, target the origin of incoming fire to the COP and improve overall security for the Soldiers on the ground.
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Smith, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, a Knoxville, Tenn., native, is the fire support non-commissioned officer for COP Joghato. Along with U.S. Army Sgt. Jordan Kriner, a forward observer from Company A, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd ABCT, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Havens, Joint Terminal Air Control, of Hitchfield, Mich., and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Luke Smith, Tactical Air Command and Control specialist, of Jacksonville, Fla., they coordinate close air support, target the origin of incoming fire to the COP and improve overall security for the Soldiers on the ground.
"Our main job right now is to establish COP security here at Joghato," said Smith. "Tech. Sgt. Havens and Tech. Sgt. Smith are our number one assets in improving security, because they have so many capabilities."
That job leads to long days and even longer nights. COP Joghato, a former Afghan national army and police compound, will soon house Soldiers from the 173rd. And, as the reinforcement of the COP is just beginning, security becomes increasingly important. Though the COP is surrounded by Soldiers manning .50 caliber weapons, Smith and his team can be found on a roof top, day or night, scanning the outlying villages for any signs of trouble.
"This area hasn't really been ventured into, so there's a lot of insurgent presence here," said Smith. "They like to use schools or clinics to shoot from and we have to be real careful with what we do on returning fire due to these structures."
The educated approach being used by insurgents in the area puts a bigger emphasis on close air support and precision firing for the Soldiers at COP Joghato. Though Smith has a team of mortar men available to return fire, the surrounding buildings provide another challenge to security. With blast radii and collateral damage to worry about if mortars are fired into a village, the importance of the Airmen becomes evident.
"It's up to us to assist the ground commander in getting positive identification," said Havens. "Once we do, it's up to him to if he wants to engage them or not, using our assets."
Recently, when the COP came under indirect fire from a nearby village, the technical sergeants quickly got to work and in the face of incoming mortar rounds. Regardless of what is happening around them, finding their target remains their top priority.
"You have to keep that mentality that it's either them or you," said Havens. "You want to find them so they don't continue to shoot at you. The quicker you can find the enemy, the quicker you can make them stop shooting at you."
"It's part of the job," said Tech. Sgt. Smith. "You have to learn to compartmentalize and you have to have priorities. Getting air support is the number one priority, not getting shot is number two and shooting back is number three."
They are a small, tight-knit team and though they are from different military services, watching them work, if not for the different uniforms, you would never know it. While construction continues at COP Joghato, security will continue to be a top priority and as personnel move in, Tech Sgt. Smith knows that there are bigger challenges ahead.
"Construction is going to be tough to do while we're establishing COP security at the same time but, our biggest challenge is going to be getting out into these villages, working with the people and letting them know why we are here," he said.