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FORT IRWIN, Calif. – U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, work with a role player to eliminate a possible threat during Decisive Action Rotation 15-03 at National Training Center here, Jan. 16, 2015. Soldiers and civilians at the NTC act as role players to provide various training scenarios that Soldiers may encounter in wartime operations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ashley Marble, Operations Group, National Training Center)
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY - Pararescuemen and Combat Rescue Officers (also known as PJ's and CRO's, respectively) conduct training jumps from the back of a C-17 Globemaster over FS Gabreski ANG on August 30, 2016.
The C-17, having flown from McChord Field, dropped rescue personnel several times throughout the day.
(US Air NAtional Guard / Staff Sergeant Christopher S. Muncy / released)
Soldiers competing in the CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Army Best Medic Competition begin with a physical fitness test - the Army Combat Fitness test
(ACFT) - aimed at directly connecting fitness with combat readiness for all Soldiers. The U.S. Army Medical Command hosts the Army Best Medic Competition at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, Texas, Sept. 16-20, 2018. More than 27 two-Soldier teams from all around the world travel to Texas to compete in the finals to be named the Army’s Best Medic. The competition is a 72-84 hour arduous test of the teams’ physical and mental skills.
Competitors must be agile, adaptive leaders who demonstrate mature judgement while testing collective team skills in areas of physical fitness, tactical marksmanship, leadership, warrior skills, land navigation and overall knowledge of medical, technical and tactical proficiencies through a series of hands-on tasks in a simulated operational environment.
(U.S. Army photo by David E. Gillespie/RELEASED)
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
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Various resolutions / crops
In-game theater mode with HUD turned off
Boxing Club Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Elancourt : Quart de finale de la Coupe de ligue, combat Pro Marvin Petit , Entraineur Tanguy Farrugia (Boxe BCSQY) contre Sébastien Benito.
Boxing fight Marvin Petit, coach Tanguy Farrugia (Boxing Club Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Elancourt , BCSQY) against Sébastien Benito.
Dramatized shot of BAe 146 "Jumbolino" on 400 ft final approach at Berlin-Tempelhof, soon-to-be-ex innercity airport.
found these while cleaning up a closet today....THE boots that I thought had gotten lost in the move...... so I put on Nitzer Ebb (thanks, Matt!!) and continued the cleaning.....
"Combat Helilift: Private First Class Vernon L. Robinson, left (Barstow, California) and Lance Corporal Steve H. Ridinger (Indianapolis, Indiana) wait tensely aboard a CD-46D helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 [HMM-263], carrying them on an assault wave. The Leathernecks are attached to the 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, participating in a multi-battalion operation south of An Hoa Combat Base (official USMC photo by Gunnery Sergeant Bob Jordan)."
From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
Civil War Reenactment held at Kearney Park in Fresno, CA on October 27th, 2007. © All rights reserved.
Long exposure shot of this minature tank I bought that shoots little fireworks, pretty cool looking in my opinion. Joliet, IL
(•) – The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013.