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Fancy seedy bread, hummus, heritage tomatoes, garnish of homegrown parsley, chives, lovage and nasturtium leaves.
The 673d Air Base Wing hosts its third quarterly awards ceremony in the Frontier Theater at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2019.
#BaloncestoAdeba & #BaloncestoMaristas B Tercer partido liga federada cordobesa. Infantil Femenino Temporada 2016/2017.
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A Royal Netherlands Air Force/Koninklijke Luchtmacht General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon in action at Volkel Air Base
Peacock cottage Old Basing. Cloned out telegraph pole wires and aerial. Sepia toned and rounded the corners to emulate an old picture.
The Citadelle Laferrière or, Citadelle Henry Christophe, or simply the Citadelle (in English, spelled Citadel), is a large mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti, approximately 17 miles (27 km) south of the city of Cap-Haïtien and five miles (8 km) uphill from the town of Milot. It is the largest fortress in the Americas and was designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a World Heritage Site in 1982—along with the nearby Sans-Souci Palace. The mountaintop fortress has itself become an icon of Haiti. The Citadel was built by Henri Christophe, a key leader during the Haitian slave rebellion, after Haiti gained independence from France at the beginning of the 19th century.[1]
The massive stone structure was built by up to 20,000 workers between 1805 and 1820 as part of a system of fortifications designed to keep the newly-independent nation of Haiti safe from French incursions. The Citadel was built several miles inland, and atop the 3,000 ft (910 m) Bonnet a L’Eveque mountain, to deter attacks and to provide a lookout into the nearby valleys. Cap-Haïtien and the adjoining Atlantic Ocean are visible from the roof of the fortress. Anecdotally, it is possible to sight the eastern coast of Cuba, some 90 miles (140 km) to the west, on clear days.
The Haitians outfitted the fortress with 365 cannons of varying size. Enormous stockpiles of cannonballs still sit in pyramidal stacks at the base of the fortress walls. Since its construction, the fortress has withstood numerous earthquakes, though a French attack never came.
Henri Christophe initially commissioned the fortress in 1805. At the time, Christophe was a general in the Haitian army and chief administrator of the country's northern regions. In 1806, along with co-conspirator Alexandre Pétion, Christophe launched a coup against Haiti's emperor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Dessalines's death led to a power struggle between Christophe and Pétion, which ended with Haiti divided into northern and southern states, with the north under Christophe's presidency by 1807. He declared himself king in 1811.
The Citadel was part of a system of fortifications that included Fort Jacques and Fort Alexandre, built on the mountains overlooking Port-au-Prince. Dessalines ordered those forts built in 1805 to protect the new nation against French attacks.
3/4/21: USF BSB at Stanford at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond in Palo Alto, CA. Image by Chris M. Leung for USF Dons Baseball
U.S. Air Force Col. Nicholas Gentile Jr., out-going commander of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, takes his final flight in a SCANG F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, commonly known as a "fini-flight", with family and friends to celebrate this milestone of his career, June 23, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder)
Partida entre Palmeiras e XV de Piracicaba, válida pelo Campeonato Paulista Sub-20, na Academia de Futebol 2, em Guarulhos-SP. (Foto: Fabio Menotti)
June 8, 2008 match of the Port Huron, Michigan Welkins versus the Woodstock, Ontario, Canada Actives.
(National Museum of the United States Air Force collection, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA)
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From exhibit signage:
LOCKHEED
SR-71
BLACKBIRD
As of March 2020, the "Blackbird" remains the fastest- and highest-flying production aircraft. Developed at the height of the Cold War, the SR-71 flew top secret missions around the world for more than 20 years.
Entering service in 1966, under the code name PROJECT SENIOR CROWN, the secretive Blackbird performed flights over dangerous hot spots, including North Vietnam, Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, and the Persian Gulf. At 80,000 feet, the Blackbird could photograph 100,000 square miles in one hour. The SR-71 also flew reconnaissance missions along the borders of Communist China and the Soviet Union.
The United States Air Force retired the SR-71 in 1990, with a brief return to service in the mid-1990s. No SR-71 was ever lost to hostile action.
SPEED
2,193 miles per hour.
In 1974, an SR-71 flew from New York to London in only 1 hour, 54 minutes, beating the previous record by almost three hours.
FASTER THAN A BULLET
SR-71: 3,216 feet per second
Bullet: 2,930 feet per second
DISTANCE
In 1971, an SR-71 flew 15,000 miles nonstop in 10.5 hours - circumnavigating the continental United States twice - averaging about 1,500 miles per hour and slowing down only to refuel in flight.
ALTITUDE
85,069 feet
SR-71: 16.1 miles high
U-2: less than 70,000 feet high
737: about 30,000 feet high
FLYING THE SR-71
Blackbirds operated from three primary locations: Beale Air Force Base, California, USA; Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan; and Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. With aerial refueling, SR-71s could cover the world.
Only a few elite pilots and reconnaissance systems officers (RSOs) operated the SR-71. Just 93 pilots and 89 RSOs flew operational SR-71 missions.
On March 21, 1968, in the aircraft on display, Major (later General) Jerome F. O'Malley and Major Edward D. Payne conducted the first operational SR-71 sortie. During its career, this aircraft accumulated 2,981 flying hours and flew more sorties than any other SR-71.
COLD WAR NECESSITY
In the mid-1950s, the United States recognized the need for a U-2 replacement. Lockheed proposed the ultrafast Blackbird design to meet this need. The first Blackbird version, the single seat A-12, was built for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Ther term 'Blackbird' refers to not just one aircraft, but a 'family' that included the United States Air Force's SR-71 and YF-12A, the CIA's A-12, the M-21 carrier, and the D-21 remotely piloted aircraft.
From 1967-1968, A-12s flew classified missions under the name PROJECT BLACK SHIELD, spying on missile sites and military activities in Southeast Asia and North Korea. PROJECT BLACK SHIELD depended heavily on United States Air Force support, including maintenance, film processing, aerial refueling, and basing in Okinawa, Japan.
ENGINEERING MARVEL
The Blackbird flew higher and faster than any aircraft in existence, while being significantly less visible on radar. This required solving extremely difficult technological problems.
Heat heavily influenced the Blackbird's construction. Aerodynamic friction at high speed heated parts of the plane to 600 degrees Fahrenheit. When using the afterburners, the engine cowlings would reach 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.
In order to reduce visibility on radar, engineers made extensive use of "plastic" laminates, triangular seams, vertical tails canted inward at 15 degrees, and radar-absorbing paint.
Engineers blended the leading edges and fuselage into chines to reduce radar visibility, provide extra lift, and improve the aerodynamic performance of the plane.
THE J58 ENGINE
The SR-71 was powered by a unique engine and specially developed fuel. The SR-71 maintained Mach 3 flight from the J58's continuous ramjet afterburner. JP-7 fuel remained stable at extreme temperatures and was chemically ignited.
Intake air had to be slowed down to less than the speed of sound. Air moving this fast was too hot for the turbojet engine to use to create thrust. The addition of moveable spikes on each engine regulated the air flow regardless of the flight speed.
At high speed, the SR-71 used continuous afterburner, which was directly fed by air from the intake though external tubes. This "ramjet" feature added to the thrust already provided by the powerful turbojet section.
SR-71 crews wore full-pressure suits in case the cockpit depressurized or they had to eject at high altitude.
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