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4th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets make adjustments to their weapons at Canby Hill for weapons zeroing at Fort Knox, June 15, 2019. | Photo by Jodi Moffett, CST Public Affairs Office
1st Regiment Advanced Camp's Alpha and Bravo Companies navigate the FLRC. June 9, 2018. Fort Knox, KY. Photo by AJ Barnes.
So, I've done it; finally been published in a national magazine! Although I don't want to ever say that publications make you a good photographer, it has been a personal goal of mine since I picked up my first photography magazine and went WOW.
My aim as a photographer is primarily to capture what I see and enjoy the whole photographic process. If, as a by-product, someone else likes it enough to put it in their magazine then I'm even happier... If someone then sees it and connects with what I saw (maybe even a wow moment!) then that's just brilliant.
This image is a part of my extended 'unplaces' project (read here) and will be part of the January issue of Advanced Photographer's 'project ideas' section.
Note that at the roofline of this structure, you can see a partial collapse of an adjacent part of this place.
Cadets Tomasi Wong, left, and Khalil Hitt, right, pose for a picture after completing the final training event of Advanced Camp, the 12-Mile Foot March, in Fort Knox, Ky. August 9, 2021. | Photo by Rachael Kocour, CST Public Affairs Office
A 10th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadet looks out the window to see his fellow teammates throw the grenades before his turn at the live bay as part of Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, Ky., Jul 20. | Photos by Jordyn McCulley, CST Public Affairs Office.
1st Regiment Advanced Camp's Alpha and Bravo Companies navigate the FLRC. June 9, 2018. Fort Knox, KY. Photo by AJ Barnes.
An 8th Regiment Advanced Camp Cadet Juante Williams, from Middle Tennessee State University plots his points at the start of the Night Land Navigation Test at Fort Knox, Ky., July 2. Cadets had two hours to find their points, but only had to find one in order to pass | Photo by Matthew Billiot, CST Public Affairs Office
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe or Sturmvogel (English: "Swallow"/ "Storm Bird") was the world's second operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems and top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944.
The Me 262 was faster, and more heavily-armed than any Allied fighter, including the British jet-powered Gloster Meteor which entered service in the UK a month earlier than the Me 262. One of the most advanced aviation designs in operational use during World War II, the Me 262 was used in a variety of roles, including light bomber, reconnaissance, and even experimental night fighter versions.
The latter was a variant that was direly needed, and the development of a fast night fighter led to several prototypes and an operational interim version. Several two-seat trainer variants of the Me 262, the Me 262 B-1a, had been adapted through the Umrüst-Bausatz 1 factory refit package as night fighters, complete with on-board FuG 218 Neptun high-VHF band radar, using Hirschgeweih ("stag's antlers") antennae with a set of shorter dipole elements than the Lichtenstein SN-2 had used, as the B-1a/U1 version. Serving with 10 Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 11, near Berlin, these few aircraft (alongside several single-seat examples) accounted for most of the 13 Mosquitoes lost over Berlin in the first three months of 1945.
Anyway, the Me 262 B-1a's deficiencies were clear from the start and in parallel Messerschmitt already worked on a dedicated night fighter variant that would offer a better performance (primarily concerning range and speed) than the converted trainer, which was, nevertheless, rushed into service and gathered valuable information.
Initially, the idea of a night-fighter 262 was developed independently by Messerschmitt as the Me 262B-2. It was to have a longer fuselage accommodating the two crew, internal fuel tanks with the capacity comparable to that of a single-seat variant, and a Berlin radar antenna hidden inside the modified nose cone. However, by the end of 1944 the war situation deteriorated so rapidly that it was realized that an interim solution must be found before the B-2 could reach production status.
Instead of the complex B-2 Messerschmitt also proposed a less ambitious approach which would use as many Me 262 fighter components as possible, primarily the aerodynamic surfaces, the engines and the landing gear. This proposal was accepted by the RLM in September 1944 and became the Me 262 G.
This variant received a completely re-designed and aerodynamically refined fuselage. It was, from the start, tailored to carry the heavy radar equipment, a second crew member as radar operator and navigator and a bigger fuselage tank (the trainers that were converted into night fighters had part of their fuel capacity reduced to make place for the 2nd seat). The result was a slender, streamlined aircraft with a considerably smaller cross section than the Me 262 day fighter/bomber.
The crew was separated into two cabins in front and behind the fuselage main tank. This arrangement also offered enough space for a "Schräge Musik" installation (a pair of guns firing upwards, either two 20mm MG 151/20 or two 30mm MK 108), to allow the night fighter to attack RAF bombers from their belly blind spot.
The main armament was a pair of MK 103 30mm cannons - while this was a reduction of firepower compared to the Me 262 B-1a, the MK 103 was much more accurate, had a longer range and a much higher muzzle velocity (860 m/s (2,822 ft/s) versus 540 m/s (1,800 ft/s) with HE/M), so that targets could be engaged at longer distance with less expenditure of ammunition and further outside of the bombers' defensive fire.
The first operational version, the G-1, was ready for service in December 1944 and exclusively delivered to the NJG 6, based in southern Germany after withdrawal from Romania and regrouping.The G-1 still carried the FuG 218 Neptun radar, still coupled with a high drag Hirschgeweih antenna and with a FuG 350 Zc Naxos radar warning receiver/detector, but the G-1 was still faster than the B-1a and had a longer range on internal fuel than the B-1a with two external 300l drop tanks, which further reduced top speed. Later versions (G-2) were supposed to carry the more modern FuG 240 with a parabolic dish antenna under a more treamlined thimble nose radome, and a single seat long range reconnaissance version (G-3) was also planned, which would carry no guns but an camera array in the radar operators's place.
Anyway, only about 20 Me 262 G-1 were delivered to NJG 6 at all, and probably less than a dozen were operational when Germany surrendered. The G-3 recce variant remained on the drawing board, while two prototypes with radomes for the FuG 240 were under construction and underwent wind tunnel tests.
General characteristics:
Crew: 2
Length overall: 11.67 m (38 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 12.60 m (41 ft 6 in)
Height: 3.50 m (11 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 21.7 m² (234 ft²)
Empty weight: 3,795 kg[101] (8,366 lb)
Loaded weight: 6,473 kg[101] (14,272 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 7,130 kg[101] (15,720 lb)
Powerplant:
Aspect ratio: 7.32
Powerplant:
2× Junkers Jumo 004 B-1 turbojets, 8.8 kN (1,980 lbf) each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 900 km/h (559 mph)
Range: 1,050 km (652 mi)
Service ceiling: 11,450 m (37,565 ft)
Rate of climb: 1,200 m/min (At max weight of 7,130 kg) (3,900 ft/min)
Thrust/weight: 0.28
Armament:
2x 30mm MK 103 cannon in the lower front fuselage with 120 RPG
2x 30mm MK 108 cannon "Schräge Musik" installation with 80 RPG,
angled 70° upwards, between the cockpits
2x hardpoints under the wings, each able to carry up to 250kg (550lb), including bombs, drop tanks or unguided missiles (rarely used)
The kit and its assembly:
Connoisseurs will immediately recognize this kitbash - and the Me 262 G was spawned from the thought that the Japanese Ki-46 was such an elegant aircraft - wouldn't a jet version somehow make sense? So, initially this was supposed to become a Hikoki '46 model, but when I held some Me 262 parts next to the Ki-46's fuselage the idea of a Luftwaffe night fighter was born.
And this actually worked better than expected. This whif is a kitbash of an Airfix Ki-46 fuselage with wings, tail, engines, landing gear and Hirschgeweih from a Revell Me 262 B-1a.
Mating the parts went pretty straightforward, even though I made a mistake when I measured the position of the wing under the fuselage. Somehow it ended up 4-5mm too close to the nose - while the flaw was acceptable I decided to add a 5mm plug behind the pilot cockpit to compensate... And the added length just underlines the elegant Ki-46 lines.
In order to keep the model on its three feet lots of lead beads were hidden in the fuselage, the nose tip and even the front ends of the engine nacelles. Since the Ki-46 fuselage is considerably smaller than the Me 262's I had to fill the wing roots with putty, but that was a rather easy task.
Painting and markings:
I wanted something different from other German night fighters/bombers I had already built, yet a simple livery. Since many German night fighters left the factories in an overall RLM 76 finish I used this as a basis and just added mottles in RLM 75 on the upper surfaces - inspired by a Ta 154 Moskito night fighter prototype.
The cockpits were painted in very dark grey (RLM 66) while the landing gear and the respective wells were painted with RLM 02. Everything very conventional.
The markings were puzzled together - the national markings and stencils come from the Revell Me 262 B-1a sheet while the registration was created from single aftermarket letters, matching a hypothetical aircraft from 4. Staffel, II./NJG 6 in code and colors.
The kit received a light black in wash and some dry-brushing to emphasize panel lines. On the fuselage, however, I painted some panel lines with a pencil, since the Airfix Ki-46 is completely bare of details. Some soot stains around the guns were added with graphite and finally everything sealed under matt acrylic varnish.
A simple kitbashing project, and I am amazed how plausible the Ki-46/Me 262 mix looks, despite the mistake I made with the wing position. I wonder how a Ki-46 III with its streamlined cockpit would look in this case?
7th Regiment Advanced Camp Cadets share a light moment after completing the hand grenade qualification course at Fort Knox, July 5, 2019. | Photo by Jodi Moffett, CST Public Affairs Office
1st Regiment Advanced Camp's Alpha and Bravo Companies navigate the FLRC. June 9, 2018. Fort Knox, KY. Photo by AJ Barnes.
Advanced Camp 4th Regiment CST, completes Alt-C Rifle qualification At Camby Hills Range 2018. Photo by John Kello.
Advanced Camp Cadets from 7th Regiment perform an attack lane during a situational training exercise at Fort Knox, Ky., July 19, 2023. During STX, Advanced Camp Cadets build cohesion within their platoons while working on their tactical skills. | Photo by Kate Koennecke, Ohio State University, CST Public Affairs Office
A sqaud from Bravo Co., 1st Regt. Advanced Camp received notes on their performance on an obstacle from a Cadre on Sunday, May 26, 2019, at Fort Knox, KY. | Photo by Makayla Holder, CST Public Affairs Office
Cadets of 4th Regiment Advanced Camp complete the rappel tower and Confidence Course. Cadets must complete three successful rappels down the 64-foot rappel tower and attempt obstacles on the confidence course. | Photo by Courtney Huhta, CST Public Affairs Office.
1st Regiment Advanced Camp's Alpha and Bravo Companies navigate the FLRC. June 9, 2018. Fort Knox, KY. Photo by AJ Barnes.
Cadets from 8th Regiment Advanced Camp completed the first day of their Field Training Exercise at Fort Knox, Ky., July 26, 2023. These Cadets are challenged mentally and physically before their skills are graded on the last day. | Photo by Rosalita Mitchell, Ball State University, CST Public Affairs Office
1st Regiment Advanced Camp's Alpha and Bravo Companies navigate the FLRC. June 9, 2018. Fort Knox, KY. Photo by AJ Barnes.
(Left to Right) Cadet Brandon Haraldsen, Virginia Tech, and Cadet Michael Bartok, University of North Texas, 2nd Regiment Advanced Camp, execute the Buddy Team Live Fire (BTLF) exercise, Fort Knox, Ky., June 13, 2019. The BTLF exercise challenges Cadets to use communication, cover, movement techniques, and marksmanship skills in order to complete the exercise. | Photo by Kyle Crawford, CST Public Affairs Office
6th Regiment, Advanced Camp learned about all 17 branches the Army has to offer to new 2nd Lts. at branch orientation. Fort Knox, Ky. July 27, 2018. (Photo by Amber Vincent)
After singing with the chorus, Leah transitioned to the stage to play her cello in the Advanced Orchestra.
Two Cadets from 2nd Regiment, Advanced Camp, pull security to protect their patrol base during a Situational Training Exercise (STX) on June 16 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. | Photo by Reagan Zimmerman, CST Public Affairs Office
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and partners are raising awareness of the rules around advanced stop lines (ASLs) at traffic lights.
The work forms part of Operation Considerate, GMP’s ongoing campaign to encourage all road users to show each other consideration.
ASLs are designed to help motorists and cyclists by providing an area for cyclists to wait in front of traffic when the lights are red.
Cyclists in this area are more easily visible to motorists, and have space to move off when the lights turn green.
Police are reminding motorists that they must not enter ASL boxes when the lights are on red, as this space is reserved for cyclists.
Motorists crossing the first stop line when the lights are red are liable for a £100 fine and three points on their licence. However, if the traffic light changes from green to amber and they cannot safely stop before the first line, then they may cross it, but must ensure they stop before the second line.
The message to cyclists is very simple – do not cross the second stop line while the traffic signal is red, as doing so is illegal and could result in a £50 fine.
Superintendent Craig Thompson of GMP’s Specialist Operations Branch said: “The main aim of Operation Considerate is to ensure that all road users share the road responsibly, and knowledge of the rules around ASLs is a key part of that.
“During the first two weeks of the campaign we will be educating motorists and cyclists on ASLs at certain junctions around the city centre, and then in the following two weeks we shall be carrying out enforcement work where people may face fines for failing to observe the rules.
“When using the roads we would advise motorists to leave at least 1.5m when passing cyclists, and cyclists need to have fixed lights on their bikes, both front and back.”
Operation Considerate, which will be promoted on Twitter under #OpConsiderate, is fully endorsed by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
Greater Manchester’s Deputy PCC Jim Battle said: “Everyone has a right to feel safe on the road – pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. We all share the road and we all need to obey the rules that help us get safely from A to B.
“Advanced stop lines provide an area of high visibility for cyclists and visibility is critical to cycling safety. GMP will be urging motorists to obey the rules of ASLs and reminding cyclists to maximise their visibility using bikelights and bright clothing – especially now the nights are getting darker.”
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
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Cadets, from 5th Regt., Advanced Camp, prepare to throw a pratice grenade before heading to the live grenade portion of the range June 25, 2019, at Fort Knox, Kentucky. While stress runs high at the Christensen Grenade Range this new addition to Cadet Summer Training gives Cadets a greater background in the core tasks that it takes to become a better Officer. | Photo by Makayla Holder, CST Public Affairs Office
10th Regiment Cadets pose for a picture after completing the final training event of Advanced Camp, the 12-Mile Foot March, in Fort Knox, Ky. August 9, 2021. | Photo by Rachael Kocour, CST Public Affairs Office
A 2nd Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadet works with his squad to complete an obstacle at the field leader reaction course, Fort Knox, Ky., June 10, 2023. Squad members operate as a team to safely complete simulated missions, which helps them learn how to communicate and function as a cohesive unit during Cadet Summer Training. | Erinn Finley, Murray State University, CST Public Affairs Office.
Try Kruy, of the APS engineering support division, checks the installation of a newly installed front end system for beamlines at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advance Photon Source in May 2014. The front ends contain an X-ray beam position monitor (XBPM) that is unique in the world and will enable the beam stability needed to take advantage of the 1,000 times increase in coherence that the APS Upgrade will provide, making it the brightest high-energy synchrotron in the world. The new front end designs have two different types of next-generation XBPM both work on the principle of X-ray florescence from copper, which will reduce detection contamination and improve the long-term stability of the storage ring compared to traditional photoemission XBPMs.
8th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets complete the 12 Mile Foot March during Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, Ky., July 30, 2022. Carrying a minimum of 35 pounds, Cadets were excited to finish their final foot march before graduation. | Photo by Cristina Betz, CST Public Affairs Office