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A special operations forces team is tasked to intercept a convoy heading to a terrorist cell. The convoy is carrying a crate containing VX nerve gas. The team's objective is to ambush the convoy and retrieve the crate of VX gas.
After recovering the VX gas, the team was extracted by two HH-60 helicopters
Final part of Operation Alcatraz.
"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world."- Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower.
80 years ago today, the largest land, air, and sea invasion in the history of the world took place. After years of careful planning and deception, the Allied powers began the invasion of Nazi occupied Europe. In the early morning hours of June 6th, 1944, American and British paratroopers descended from their planes into the towns of Normandy to secure strategic towns and bridges, while the Allied navy was transporting the ground forces across the English Channel. The Americans would land at Omaha and Utah beaches, while the British and Canadians would land at Gold, Sword, and Juno beaches. They were also accompanied by free French, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Czech and others from occupied nations. A total of 156,000 of allied troops would take part in the invasion.
Upon landing, the Allies would encounter fierce German resistance, and the defenses of the Atlantic Wall. Despite suffering heavy casualties, the landings were successful. The Germans did not expect landings at such a scale to take place in Normandy, and instead prepared for landings at Calais. Within months, much of France would be liberated, with few remaining German holdouts. By the end of the invasion, a total of 1.4 million allied troops would be in France, with more on the way. The success of the invasion would pave the way for the eventual end of the war against Nazi Germany.
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Location: Asghar Tower, Algier.
Time: 01: 20 AM.
Date: 30th December.
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Hercules Actual: "Trident this is Hercules how copy?"
Oracle: "Solid copy Hercules. Send traffic."
Hercules Actual: "We are in the elevator going to the VIP floor. When we need the power cut it has to happen immediately. Where are you Trident?"
Trident Actual: "We are one mike out from the power room."
Hercules Actual: "We are coming up on the VIP floor now. Cut the power now!"
Trident Actual: "Affirmative. All power gone"
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Hercules Actual: "I count three tangos all in by the second elevator door. Rodriguez, Aberquero, Alvarado paint 'em up on my mark. Now!"
*fizfizfiz*
Hercules Actual: "All hostiles counted for. Stack up on number 769"
Hercules 2-3: "I'm ready"
Hercules 2-1: "Me too"
Hercules 2-2: "Door charge planted"
Hercules Actual: "Breaching in 3...2...1..."
*BOOM*
Hercules Actual: "GO GO GO!"
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And this is the third part of Operation: Broadsword. The whole point of the OP is to capture an HVT from the "Asghar Tower".
Not sure which photo is better the one with the little bit of green light or the one with only the clear. Please mention your opinion on both the build and which photo.
Thanks.
A special operations forces team is tasked to intercept a convoy heading to a terrorist cell. The convoy is carrying a crate containing VX nerve gas. The team's objective is to ambush the convoy and retrieve the crate of VX gas.
After insertion, the team patrols towards the ambush site.
Part two of Operation Alcatraz.
Officer Michelle "Cupcake" Brown and her buddy Officer Joe "Coffee" hand out toys to kids in Lego City.
Officer Brown is a LAPD minifigure from Brick Police. You can find them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrickPolice and their website: www.brickpolice.com
Officer Joe "Coffee" is from the 2013 Lego City Advent Calendar. He arrived with a coffee cup, that's how he got his nickname :-)
A special operations forces team is tasked to intercept a convoy heading to a terrorist cell. The convoy is carrying a crate containing VX nerve gas. The team's objective is to ambush the convoy and retrieve the crate of VX gas.
The team ambushing the convoy.
Part six of Operation Alcatraz.
Union Pacific Railroad Operation Lifesaver caboose at North Little Rock, Arkansas on July 31, 1986, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. This car was known as EAST ONE when it was on the Missouri Pacific. Yeah, I know, I could have framed this shot better. I was not an invited guest, so I grabbed the shot from my car and moved on.
A special operations forces team is tasked to intercept a convoy heading to a terrorist cell. The convoy is carrying a crate containing VX nerve gas. The team's objective is to ambush the convoy and retrieve the crate of VX gas.
The team reached the ambush site. Snipers setup an overwatch.
Part three of Operation Alcatraz.
Shhhh
I'm performing surgery
Close your mouth, close your eyes
He has a ticking part
That may pop out
And cause someone surprise
Don't worry
There won't be much blood
It will be quick, he'll never know
That his ticking part
His missing part
Is something that has to go
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 14, 2020) An F-35B Lighting II assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) launches at night from amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rufus Hucks)
Intelligence obtained from Operation Blue Moon indicated that an exchange of radioactive material will be taking place in the Middle East in an area within the Russian sphere of influence. Additionally, intelligence suggested that the Russian arms dealer, codename Panther, will be personally at the exchange.
To capture the radioactive material and the High Value Individual Panther, a Victorian special operations task force was assigned with the operation. As soon as the task force arrived at the forward operating base Camp Oasis, they immediately made preparations for the upcoming operation.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
If you have the chance and the time, visit the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier museum in San Diego's harbor. Take the time for the guide island tour. On the command center for flight deck operations you will find the list shown in the picture. Quite interesting detail you will get on the ready room's tour, all the names are pilots which are died, missing or get captured.
"SIXPACK 3"
845 Naval Air Squadron | Commando Helicopter Force | RNAS Yeovilton, UK
Portland, 09/12/2022.
[Helicopter news footage from the CLB invasion of France]
["We managed to get this footage... looks like a civilian sports car was destroyed, no driver visible; two dead NATO soldiers, however-- one being dragged into an alley, the other in front of the car and... and a third soldier, ankles and arms broken, on his knees with a gun to the back of his head, dear god, this is terrible!"]
-News clip, translated from french
Borders are just lines on paper. Viva la Uprising!
A decade after Western Maryland operations were integrated into the B&O and three years after the proud company was officially merged out of existence, WM caboose 1812 clears the boarded up train order office and deactivated interlocking at Emory Grove, MD. The train is westbound headed to Hanover, PA via the WM's Hanover Subdivision, usually referred to by fans and crews as the "Dutch Line". At this time, the former East Subdivision main line via Union Bridge was severed between Emory Grove and Westminster.
Members of a U.S. military based Special Operations force raided a compound early in the morning around 0100 Hours. Their objective was to seize a known warehouse and near by buildings that contained potential weapon caches and armed militants, They successfully destroyed 5 weapon caches that were located, and neutralized an estimated 11 hostile persons
A surveillance team from the Combined Anti-Terrorism Task Force continued to surveil an insurgent lieutenant and a courier of a known arms dealer. The team followed them to a shipping container port.
The team witnessed a briefcase being exchanged and a container being loaded onto a container truck. Afterwards, the insurgent lieutenant drove off with the container truck.
The forward deployed team was put on stand-by to intercept the container truck. The surveillance team continued to follow the courier while a UAV was dispatched and followed the container truck.
To be continued...
A special operations forces team is tasked to intercept a convoy heading to a terrorist cell. The convoy is carrying a crate containing VX nerve gas. The team's objective is to ambush the convoy and retrieve the crate of VX gas.
The team reached the ambush site. Snipers setup an overwatch.
Part three of Operation Alcatraz.
And BAM! Three days before Brickcon. Excuse the indecent photo; I've been butchering my time into education, building, packing, writing, and food. Moving left to right, we have a mutated survivor, a typical farmer who had the time to make it into the city before everything went awry, a stay-at-home dad, hazardous environment officer, and the Medici brothers. Onto vehicles, we have a billboard (which will have an image on it, just wait a few days,) a small buggy, which is a personal favorite toy among my collection, and an anti-aircraft cannon. Why a cannon? Well why not?
See you guys there!
Colonel Robert Olds' F-4C following a North Vietnamese MiG-21 Fishbed during Operation Bolo. This month is the 50th anniversary of that famous air battle.
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Still testing out Blender, so I thought I'd pit my F-4C against its nemesis; the MiG-21. Awe was kind enough to donate his stellar MiG-21, 'cuz he's a boss.
Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) CALGARY conducts Officer of the Watch maneuvers during Operation PROJECTION on October 16, 2018.
Photo: LS Zachariah Stopa, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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Once this was the biggest airfield in Eastern Germany with thousands of Soviet soldiers living here - but when the Iron Curtain was lifted, they left. For 30 years now, this has been a ghost town. This time, we set out to explore a Soviet wasteland! Learn the full story in this episode on YouTube: youtu.be/t-pYZenXMyk
Aug 2oth 1968. The rumble of Russian tanks broke the silence of the streets of Prague Czechoslovakia. 250,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 2000 tanks entered the Country.
Operation Neptune, the naval portion of Operation. Overlord, is often overlooked but was absolutely crucial to the success on D-Day. This bunker on Utah Beach was capture on 6 June 1944 and used by. the U.S. Navy communications group that was essential in landing the men, equipment, and supplies that sealed the fate of Hitler's West Wall.
Utah Beach in Normandy, France.
www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-o...
A Victorian special operations task force was assigned to ambush an exchange of radioactive material and capture a high value individual (HVI) codename Panther, a Russian arms dealer.
The tasks were assigned to the TF through drawing straws. The assault team consisted of Team 8, the Squadron Master Chief (Callsign Orca-minor), and two machine gunners from Team 7. The extraction team consisted of Team 55 with Squadron Commander (Callsign Orca-actual), and a fire support section from the Special Operations Regiment. The extraction team are mounted in two GMV, one LAV-FSV, one LAV-ICV, and one HMWV Cargo. The remaining operators from Team 7 in two HH-60 Pave Hawks would be the QRF and positioned at FOB Spade. Video links with the Task Force's TOC, Victoria’s National Command Centre (NCC), United States’ Situation Room and United Kingdom’s COBRA were also setup to monitor the mission on the day of the exchange.
As the assault team patrol to the exchange site after being inserted into the AO by high altitude high opening (HAHO) insertion, the extraction team departed the staging base and arrived at a rendezvous point.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
Our collaboration (created by Deltaforceguy) at Brickfair VA 2012.
Based off Operation: Iraqi Freedom.
The 2017 field season was record-breaking for Operation IceBridge, NASA’s aerial survey of the state of polar ice. For the first time in its nine-year history, the mission, which aims to close the gap between two NASA satellite campaigns that study changes in the height of polar ice, carried out seven field campaigns in the Arctic and Antarctic in a single year. In total, the IceBridge scientists and instruments flew over 214,000 miles, the equivalent of orbiting the Earth 8.6 times at the equator.
The mission of Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest-running airborne mission to monitor polar ice, is to collect data on changing polar land and sea ice and maintain continuity of measurements between ICESat missions. The original ICESat mission launched in 2003 and ended in 2009, and its successor, ICESat-2, is scheduled for launch in the fall of 2018. Operation IceBridge began in 2009 and is currently funded until 2020. The planned overlap with ICESat-2 will help scientists connect with the satellite’s measurements.
Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/big-year-for-icebridge
For more about Operation IceBridge and to follow future campaigns, visit: www.nasa.gov/icebridge
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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The OBL (Osama Bin Ladin) raid has been accurately recreated in lego for the one and only Brick Fair Virginia 2013. This collaborative MOC has been registered as an official collaboration and will be on display in a specific place at the convention for attendees and the public to veiw.
Toledo's own 180th ANG flew a flight of four F16's around the city this day over various local hospitals and first responder locations. Fortunately the weather was beautiful and I picked a spot where I could get them passing over downtown which as it worked out was a head on run towards where I was standing along the river. Toledo, OH 5/6/2020
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy
Normandy (French: Normandie, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne, and Seine-Maritime. It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 sq mi), comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3.37 million accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language.
The historical region of Normandy comprised the present-day region of Normandy, as well as small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: Îles Anglo-Normandes) are also historically part of Normandy; they cover 194 km² and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown dependencies over which Queen Elizabeth II reigns as Duke of Normandy.
Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by mainly Danish and Norwegian Vikings ("Northmen") from the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and the Viking jarl Rollo. For a century and a half following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by Norman and Frankish rulers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France (and later Europe) from Nazi control, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on D-Day was far from ideal and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks as the invasion planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and the time of day that meant only a few days each month were deemed suitable. Adolf Hitler placed German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in command of German forces and of developing fortifications along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an Allied invasion.
The amphibious landings were preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and an airborne assault—the landing of 24,000 US, British, and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight. Allied infantry and armoured divisions began landing on the coast of France at 06:30. The target 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast was divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. Strong winds blew the landing craft east of their intended positions, particularly at Utah and Omaha. The men landed under heavy fire from gun emplacements overlooking the beaches, and the shore was mined and covered with obstacles such as wooden stakes, metal tripods, and barbed wire, making the work of the beach-clearing teams difficult and dangerous. Casualties were heaviest at Omaha, with its high cliffs. At Gold, Juno, and Sword, several fortified towns were cleared in house-to-house fighting, and two major gun emplacements at Gold were disabled, using specialised tanks.
The Allies failed to achieve any of their goals on the first day. Carentan, St. Lô, and Bayeux remained in German hands, and Caen, a major objective, was not captured until 21 July. Only two of the beaches (Juno and Gold) were linked on the first day, and all five beachheads were not connected until 12 June; however, the operation gained a foothold which the Allies gradually expanded over the coming months. German casualties on D-Day have been estimated at 4,000 to 9,000 men. Allied casualties were at least 10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead.
Museums, memorials, and war cemeteries in the area now host many visitors each year.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longues-sur-Mer_battery
The Longues-sur-Mer battery (in German: Marineküstenbatterie (MKB) Longues-sur-Mer) was a World War II German artillery battery constructed near the French village of Longues-sur-Mer in Normandy. The battery was sited on a 60 m (200 ft) cliff overlooking the sea and formed a part of Germany's Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications. It was located between the Allied landing beaches of Gold and Omaha and shelled both beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944). The battery was captured on June 7 and played no further part in the Normandy campaign.
The battery is the only one in Normandy to retain all its original guns in situ and was listed an historical monument in October 2001. It remains in a good state of conservation.
A door gunner with the Tactical Aviation Detachment watches out of a CH-146 Griffon helicopter during Operation IMPACT on September 27, 2017.
Photo: Op IMPACT, DND
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Un mitrailleur de porte du détachement d’aviation tactique à bord d’un hélicoptère CH-146 Griffon assure la surveillance au cours de l’opération IMPACT, le 27 septembre 2017.
Photo : Op IMPACT, MDN
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CSX's Operation Lifesaver 50th Anniversary unit rolls CSX train I015 (Chambersburg, PA to Bedford Park, IL, stacks) by the old Acme steel mill, now under the banner of Cleveland-Cliffs in Riverdale, Illinois on CSX's former B&OCT Barr Sub.
CSXT 4568 is a SD70MAC and was built by EMD for CSX as CSXT 768 in March of 2000.
Operation Perch began on 7 June and was the attempt to capture Caen after the direct attack on D-day failed. The plan called for the 7th Armoured Division, supported by the 50th Division to strike south to capture Tilly-sur-Seulles, following which the 7th Armoured Division would capture Villers-Bocage and Evrecy. On 7 June, the 50th Division occupied Bayeux and advanced 3 miles (4.8 km) south. On 8 June a column from the division started south over the Caen–Bayeux railway into the Bocage. Advancing 6,000 yards (5,500 m) to the bridges between Tilly and Saint-Pierre (~1 mile (1.6 km) to the east), they were joined by the 8th D.L.I. but had placed themselves in a salient facing the Panzer Lehr Division and the SS Hitlerjugend Division. Saint-Pierre was captured after close-quarters fighting by 8 D.L.I. and 24th Lancers on 9 June. Counter-attacked on 10 June, they were for a time surrounded. This counter-attack blunted the advance to Villers-Bocage that day and the 69th Brigade attack on Cristot. The 8th D.L.I was finally withdrawn on 12 June after losing 212 officers and men in the struggle. During this time the remainder of the division had fought forward to hold a line (either side of the 7th Armoured Division) between La Belle Epine and Point 103 (~1 mile (1.6 km)) to the north-east of Saint Pierre.
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