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E-3A Awacs Belgian Air Force Days - Air Base Kleine-Brogel - Kleine Brogel - - 08/09/2018 - photo: claude piscitelli
This is my kashyyyk undeground base! I love how it turned out! WIP on the inside. Outside is pretty much done! Inspiration for this goes to commdr_Neyo! and it has it functions like roof can slide and clones get out by there (ill take the pics when the inside is done)
U.S. Air Force Airmen and Space Force Guardians basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held July 15, 2021, for the 433rd Training Squadron at the Pfingston Reception Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19). (U.S. Air Force photo by Thomas A. Coney)
This are pictures of my new clone base, be sure to check out my youtube(jedimasterproductions) to se more pictures and a video of it.
A hike up Clausland Mountain in Orangeburg NY. Nike Park was a former radar fire control base for the NIke Missile system. Doing a little research I found that the NIke missile system was a series of radars and fire control bases. This was one of the radars that covered the East Coast US. Any of the fire control centers could launch missiles from any of the launch sites in hopes of shooting down Soviet ICBMs during a nuclear war.
As a child in the 1980s we had heard there were missiles up here. I remember uneasily talking with friends about the possibility of nuclear war, and while we had a vague notion there were missiles nearby New York City was nearby and we figured that the Soviets would spare no warheads on the economic hub of the US. Me and my friends were nerds and understood what megatons meant, and that ICBMs would come in at 10s of thousands of miles per hour and each carrying multiple warheads, the most powerful that could be built, it was a somewhat futile attempt. The movie "The Day After", plenty of sci-fi, and Carl Sagan books showed us that the world after nuclear war was not one that we probably wanted to inhabit. While I don't remember being in despair about nuclear war, it was a shadowy being on the fringe of my consciousness except when there were conflicts where the superpowers were egging on the combatants or if I was alone in bed and thinking about it. Then it became a scary reality. My hike up here revived those memories.
Going up there was slightly surreal and the reality of the place was kind of....well.... so normal. It is now a park and picnic spot. You can see remnants of its time as a military base.... parking lots trailer like buildings, transformers, water treatment and storage tanks, gasoline tanks, gates and so on, but even those things were normal. It was a place of plywood huts and vacuum tube computers, Kids apparently come here often to drink and graffiti and the graffiti is an interesting juxtaposition to my images of the place. Once a spear head on the vanguard of the Cold War it is now scribbled with graffiti proclaiming peace and love (and plenty of childish 12 year old boy humor). TH interesting thing to me is that the graffiti-ers were not born in the time of the Cold War and never knew what this place was.
I spent an hour or two doing some drawing, admiring the summer sky, and enjoying the position over the Hudson River below and watching people come and go walking dogs or sneaking up there at lunch time to read books and such.
66054 heads back to the new DB Cornish HQ at Goonbarrow having shunted the final 5 wagons away at St. Blazey.
About two weeks ago, the crest (top part with the eagle and graduation year) came off the base of my Texas A&M “Aggie Ring.” Now, a class ring to a Texas Aggie is a very important thing. In fact, our ring is probably more important to us than a West Point ring is to a USMA grad or even one of the lesser ROTC schools like the Citadel or VMI.
Now, I had worn that Aggie Ring every day for over 30 years. I had it with me in combat in Iraq, and for over 20+ years in the military. Needless to say, I was very upset when Balfour (the company that has made Aggie rings for decades and decades) told me it couldn’t be repaired. Part of me understood because after 30 years of continuous wear, the old ring was worn down to almost smooth metal in many places and the text on it could no longer be read. For a very minor fee, Balfour offered me a new ring that they said would take up to 8 weeks to manufacture and deliver. I was very surprised when the new ring arrived after only about 14 days!
Traditionally, when a Texas A&M student gets their new Aggie Ring, he or she takes it to a bar named the Dixie Chicken in College Station, Texas and drops it into a pitcher of Shiner Bock beer. You then drink the entire pitcher and catch the ring with your teeth and put it on for the first time! Now, the Jersey Shore where I live is a bit far from Texas, but we do have Shiner Beer. Unfortunately, most of the bars that are around me only sell beer by the pint or bottle because they don’t want to attract the sort of people who drink beer by the pitcher. Besides, I’ve moved up from drinking beer which I did from 18 to 21 to bourbon. I did order a pint of beer, dropped the new Aggie Ring into it, watched it foam and then drank it down and caught the ring in my teeth before putting it on for the first time.
Here are a photo of the old broken Aggie Ring, and its new replacement both in and out of a nice pint of beer that I had to drink it out of before I could wear it and next to a fine glass of Maker’s Mark Bourbon which I immediately had to get the taste of beer out of my mouth (I’m not in college anymore and don’t really drink beer.) I had forgotten how detailed the designs are on the Aggie Ring, each of which stand for something related to the USA, Texas, or the military. and the hundreds of little “holes” on the bottom of the ring which represent (not in a good way) the students that unfortunately have to go to Texas University (t.u.) in Austin, Texas (an otherwise nice town.)
Details of the ring are as follow: Design of the class ring at A&M is as deep in symbolism as it is in tradition. The shield on the top of the ring symbolizes protection of the good reputation of the alma mater. The 13 stripes in the shield refer to the 13 original states and symbolize the intense patriotism of graduates and undergraduates of A&M. The five stars in the shield refer to phases of development of the student; mind or intellect, body, spiritual attainment, emotional poise, and integrity of character. The eagle is symbolic of agility and power, and ability to reach great heights as ambitions.
One side of the ring symbolizes the seal of the State of Texas authorized by the constitution of 1845. The five-pointed star is encircled with a wreath of olive or laurel leaves symbolizing achievement and a desire for peace and live-oak leaves symbolizing the strength to fight. They are joined at the bottom by a circled ribbon to show the necessity of joining these two traits to accomplish one’s ambition to serve.
The other side with its ancient cannon, saber, and rifle symbolizes that the men of Texas fought for their land and are determined to defend their homeland. The saber stands for valor and confidence. The rifle and cannon are symbols of preparedness and defense. The crossed flags of the United States and Texas recognize the dual allegiance to nation and state.
KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 24, 2022) - An F-15C Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron flies overhead in support of surge operations at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2022. Surge operations provide aircrew and support personnel the opportunity to train the skills necessary to maintain a ready force, capable of ensuring the collective defense of the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessi Roth)
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Since 2nd world war, this place sheltered German and later French classical submarines as well as their construction. Thousands of people worked or lived there as soldiers or workers. I was one of them during summer time and still get in mind the very strange atmosphere of the submarine totally nuded of all the stuff inside for its regular maintenance, laying in the waterless dock above my head lighted by neons in the dust night. Today, this place is becoming a sea sail racing base and the Tabarly Academy will open doors soon.
Goodbye the iron shark.
Hilford HP5+ - Filtre 0 - Minolta 600si - Angenieux 28-70
This photo was taken after the biopsy. It's a bit hard to see where that was taken but I think the irregular raised area in the centre must be the remnants. Look how damaged the 'normal' skin looks!
U.S. Air Force basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held Dec.17, 2020, for the 323rd Training Squadron at the Pfingston Reception Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19). (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)
The base of the controller. It has a USB jack for charging / pairing, and a smaller (also USB, I think) jack marked as "EXT".
Finally, it has two charging pins either side of the jacks for when it's placed in the docking station.
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U.S. Air Force basic military graduation and coining ceremony is held March 11, 2021, for the 324th Training Squadron at the Pfingston Reception Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Due to current world events, the graduation ceremonies will be closed to the public until further notice for safety and security of the newly accessioned Airmen and their family members due to coronavirus (COVID-19).
My Blacktron Base, built March 2010 - My biggest moc since i came out from my dark ages - It started as a small outpost, but grew and grew, so that i had to stop the build because i run out of parts - If i ever manage to visit a convention i have to transfer it on a standart baseplate - I also tried to build some playable features and came out with a foldable entrance stairway, a Tower with a roof that can be opened and a foldable Ladder, the big canopie can be removed and there are several balconies to mount the weapons -
Based on the concept of Tri Hita Karana, The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary (Monkey Forest Ubud) will be a featured of international tourist destination to create peace and harmony to the visitors. As well as can be the heart of the city, the conservation of rare plants and plants for ritual purpose, and as a natural laboratory for educational institutions.
Catalog #: 10_0016000
Title: Brass Strike IV Homestead Air Force Base
Date: 1969
Additional Information: Brass Strike IV Homestead Air Force Base
Tags: Brass Strike IV Homestead Air Force Base, Brass Strike IV Homestead Air Force Base, 1969
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Bombardier CL-415 Firefighting Airtanker
2008 at the Fire Attack Base/Airport in Ramona (San Diego County), California.
I recall first utilizing the Canadian-built "Superscooper" in the '90's as disastrous brush fires burned multi-million dollar homes in the hills above the ultra-expensive Malibu Colony, just up to coast from Los Angeles. While we stood-by with our fire engines protecting multi-million dollar homes from the fire's advance through thick brush we saw the Superscoopers continually "scoop and drop": Filling their water tanks in the ocean, then flying to the nearby flames and dropping the fire-killing liquid. Without aerial water-dropping aircraft, we are simply overwhelmed in such conditions; airtankers slow the fire enough that ground firefighting forces can get close enough to finally "slay the dragon" -- fire.
An effective aerial firefighter that visits southern California (under lease, complete with crew) during our well-known extreme fire seasons. They are of course limited by the availibility of water -- and a "run" long enough to fly a course that allows them to put-down on water while continuing flight, rapidly scooping-up the precious fire-extinguishing water... fresh or saltwater. They remain controversial because of the high cost, versus less-expensive helicopters and other aerial-firefighting fixed-wing aircraft. They must fly thousands of miles to be "in place" in SoCal during fire season.... and the price paid fire or no fire. When working in major fires their value becomes golden, considering the homes and other man-made property they can save.
hpwren.ucsd.edu photos. Ramona AAB is also the site for the 'webcam' that shows activity at the base -- firefighting and wildlifeHere is the link to the hpwren cam hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/RamonaAAB.html .... unless there is fire activity, it can be less than exciting.