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"Svako svome jatu leti i drugih se boji,
svako trči po svoj barjak što ponosno stoji,
i na kraju nije bitno u kojoj si boji,
-Samo jedan izbor imaš drugi ne postoji."
WAY more accurate this time. The collar came out excellent if you ask me. Still not too happy with the boots, and the camo isn't the greatest, but it'll do.
Few things I want to point out:
1. He has a G18 because of the ref I used (class customize area). I can upload the ref if you want.
2. I kept the patches off because they would have to have been extremely tiny to fit the correct areas, and just wouldn't have looked good.
3. The camo is based off the in-game colors, not the actual colors.
This is also my first entry to Jeremy's (Commander Turtles) contest.
Finished this beauty :3
Big thanks to The Clucker for sending me the boonie, I couldn't have completed the fig without it!
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Pretty happy with how it came out. I decided to give him more of an ATACS based camo for his legs, instead of what appears to be desert DPM. I also didn't make the olive MK.18, since I didn't have any spare ones. And I think his shirt is a greyish-tan, but I didn't want to bother mixing paint to get the color correct and using sealant for the torso, so I just used light grey. The scarf probably could be a bit better though.
I just wanted to make an M4 that fits into almost every situation and reflects my taste in weapons. The background is made with Gimp 2.6 ,everything else with pmg.I made everything on this gun that's why I didn't give credit to anyone although some part may look familiar because I used a lot of inspiration from others.
Credits:
RAH: AK folding stock
Shockwave: XTM Handstop, AK Palm magazine, Flip-up RDS, Sling mount, and the Camouflage
Snipes: Recolorable Rail
Poke: AK-fire selector
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If I forgot you, you know the DRILL >:D
For liberty the fire in the hearts of men did forge the will to break their shackles free and shape them into swords!
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Body: Niramyth Aesthetic Enzo w. Niramyth Jonny head and Birth face applier "Achilles"
Hair: NO_MATCH - NO_COMMON
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Pants: FashionNatic "Duty" pants
Jacket: Lapointe & Bastchild S'Wear "Aviator Vintage"
Boots: FashionNatic "Sinder" boots
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Accessoires:
- Real Evil: "Dragon" necklace
- Ysoral: Luxe rings "Meka" (Bento enabled)
- CerberusXing: Chained Deceit
- CerberusXing: Chin Pointer
- Caligula sunglasses
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Pose: Le Poppycock "Lawless - Doctrine" (changed the rifle to an FN SCAR-L)
Capable to fire .45ACP
Credits
Forruner: Base of the gun
Shockwave: Fire selector
Woitek: Texture on the barrel
This is a vendor I made for the Warfighter Helmet, made by WASD.
It is inspired on WWI helmets, and it fits both medieval and steampunk themes. I tried to put some thousand-yard stare on the avatar, and this is what I got.
It will be available @ Engine Room on March 20. Make sure to take a look at it.
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 29, 2018) AAV-P7/A1 assault amphibious vehicles assigned to Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, unload service members during an amphibious landing demonstration as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Pyramid Rock Beach. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task-organized, highly capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of U.S. Marines in the Pacific. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)
FALLON, Nev. (Sept. 3, 2015) Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning IIs, attached to the "Grim Reapers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets attached to the Naval Aviation Warfighter Development Center (NAWDC) fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's (NASF) Range Training Complex. VFA 101, based out of Eglin Air Force Base, is conducting an F-35C cross-country visit to NASF. The purpose is to begin integration of F-35C with the Fallon Range Training Complex and work with NAWDC to refine tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) of F-35C as it integrates into the carrier air wing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather, stealth, fifth-generation, multirole combat aircraft, designed for ground-attack and air-superiority missions. It is built by Lockheed Martin and many subcontractors, including Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, and BAE Systems.
The F-35 has three main models: the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A (CTOL), the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B (STOVL), and the catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery, carrier-based F-35C (CATOBAR). The F-35 descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, the design that was awarded the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program over the competing Boeing X-32. The official Lightning II name has proven deeply unpopular and USAF pilots have nicknamed it Panther, instead.
The United States principally funds F-35 development, with additional funding from other NATO members and close U.S. allies, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and formerly Turkey. These funders generally receive subcontracts to manufacture components for the aircraft; for example, Turkey was the sole supplier of several F-35 parts until its removal from the program in July 2019. Several other countries have ordered, or are considering ordering, the aircraft.
As the largest and most expensive military program ever, the F-35 became the subject of much scrutiny and criticism in the U.S. and in other countries. In 2013 and 2014, critics argued that the plane was "plagued with design flaws", with many blaming the procurement process in which Lockheed was allowed "to design, test, and produce the F-35 all at the same time," instead of identifying and fixing "defects before firing up its production line". By 2014, the program was "$163 billion over budget [and] seven years behind schedule". Critics also contend that the program's high sunk costs and political momentum make it "too big to kill".
The F-35 first flew on 15 December 2006. In July 2015, the United States Marines declared its first squadron of F-35B fighters ready for deployment. However, the DOD-based durability testing indicated the service life of early-production F-35B aircraft is well under the expected 8,000 flight hours, and may be as low as 2,100 flight hours. Lot 9 and later aircraft include design changes but service life testing has yet to occur. The U.S. Air Force declared its first squadron of F-35As ready for deployment in August 2016. The U.S. Navy declared its first F-35Cs ready in February 2019. In 2018, the F-35 made its combat debut with the Israeli Air Force.
The U.S. stated plan is to buy 2,663 F-35s, which will provide the bulk of the crewed tactical airpower of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps in coming decades. Deliveries of the F-35 for the U.S. military are scheduled until 2037 with a projected service life up to 2070.
Development
F-35 development started in 1992 with the origins of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program and was to culminate in full production by 2018. The X-35 first flew on 24 October 2000 and the F-35A on 15 December 2006.
The F-35 was developed to replace most US fighter jets with the variants of a single design that would be common to all branches of the military. It was developed in co-operation with a number of foreign partners, and, unlike the F-22 Raptor, intended to be available for export. Three variants were designed: the F-35A (CTOL), the F-35B (STOVL), and the F-35C (CATOBAR). Despite being intended to share most of their parts to reduce costs and improve maintenance logistics, by 2017, the effective commonality was only 20%. The program received considerable criticism for cost overruns during development and for the total projected cost of the program over the lifetime of the jets.
By 2017, the program was expected to cost $406.5 billion over its lifetime (i.e. until 2070) for acquisition of the jets, and an additional $1.1 trillion for operations and maintenance. A number of design deficiencies were alleged, such as: carrying a small internal payload; performance inferior to the aircraft being replaced, particularly the F-16; lack of safety in relying on a single engine; and flaws such as the vulnerability of the fuel tank to fire and the propensity for transonic roll-off (wing drop). The possible obsolescence of stealth technology was also criticized.
Design
Overview
Although several experimental designs have been developed since the 1960s, such as the unsuccessful Rockwell XFV-12, the F-35B is to be the first operational supersonic STOVL stealth fighter. The single-engine F-35 resembles the larger twin-engined Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, drawing design elements from it. The exhaust duct design was inspired by the General Dynamics Model 200, proposed for a 1972 supersonic VTOL fighter requirement for the Sea Control Ship.
Lockheed Martin has suggested that the F-35 could replace the USAF's F-15C/D fighters in the air-superiority role and the F-15E Strike Eagle in the ground-attack role. It has also stated the F-35 is intended to have close- and long-range air-to-air capability second only to that of the F-22 Raptor, and that the F-35 has an advantage over the F-22 in basing flexibility and possesses "advanced sensors and information fusion".
Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee on 25 March 2009, acquisition deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force, Lt. Gen. Mark D. "Shack" Shackelford, stated that the F-35 is designed to be America's "premier surface-to-air missile killer, and is uniquely equipped for this mission with cutting-edge processing power, synthetic aperture radar integration techniques, and advanced target recognition".
Improvements
Ostensible improvements over past-generation fighter aircraft include:
Durable, low-maintenance stealth technology, using structural fiber mat instead of the high-maintenance coatings of legacy stealth platforms
Integrated avionics and sensor fusion that combine information from off- and on-board sensors to increase the pilot's situational awareness and improve target identification and weapon delivery, and to relay information quickly to other command and control (C2) nodes
High-speed data networking including IEEE 1394b and Fibre Channel (Fibre Channel is also used on Boeing's Super Hornet.
The Autonomic Logistics Global Sustainment, Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), and Computerized maintenance management system to help ensure the aircraft can remain operational with minimal maintenance manpower The Pentagon has moved to open up the competitive bidding by other companies. This was after Lockheed Martin stated that instead of costing 20% less than the F-16 per flight hour, the F-35 would actually cost 12% more. Though the ALGS is intended to reduce maintenance costs, the company disagrees with including the cost of this system in the aircraft ownership calculations. The USMC has implemented a workaround for a cyber vulnerability in the system. The ALIS system currently requires a shipping-container load of servers to run, but Lockheed is working on a more portable version to support the Marines' expeditionary operations.
Electro-hydrostatic actuators run by a power-by-wire flight-control system
A modern and updated flight simulator, which may be used for a greater fraction of pilot training to reduce the costly flight hours of the actual aircraft
Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries to provide power to run the control surfaces in an emergency
Structural composites in the F-35 are 35% of the airframe weight (up from 25% in the F-22). The majority of these are bismaleimide and composite epoxy materials. The F-35 will be the first mass-produced aircraft to include structural nanocomposites, namely carbon nanotube-reinforced epoxy. Experience of the F-22's problems with corrosion led to the F-35 using a gap filler that causes less galvanic corrosion to the airframe's skin, designed with fewer gaps requiring filler and implementing better drainage. The relatively short 35-foot wingspan of the A and B variants is set by the F-35B's requirement to fit inside the Navy's current amphibious assault ship parking area and elevators; the F-35C's longer wing is considered to be more fuel efficient.
Costs
A U.S. Navy study found that the F-35 will cost 30 to 40% more to maintain than current jet fighters, not accounting for inflation over the F-35's operational lifetime. A Pentagon study concluded a $1 trillion maintenance cost for the entire fleet over its lifespan, not accounting for inflation. The F-35 program office found that as of January 2014, costs for the F-35 fleet over a 53-year lifecycle was $857 billion. Costs for the fighter have been dropping and accounted for the 22 percent life cycle drop since 2010. Lockheed stated that by 2019, pricing for the fifth-generation aircraft will be less than fourth-generation fighters. An F-35A in 2019 is expected to cost $85 million per unit complete with engines and full mission systems, inflation adjusted from $75 million in December 2013.
The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is underway in the Strait of Gibraltar. Enterprise is completing a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The U.S. Navy has a 237-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U.S. interests around the globe. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Meshel)
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Date Taken:10.23.2012
Location:USS ENTERPRISE, AT SEA
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2014) Sailors assigned to the crash and salvage team practice rigging a damaged aircraft with the crash crane during flight deck drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is underway conducting sea trials.
Commander of Air Forces Central Command Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, and Air & Space Forces Association President and CEO Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright (Ret.) discuss issues facing Central Command and the USAF at a Air and Space Warfighters In Action event, Feb. 13, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Photo by Mike Tsukamoto/Air & Space Forces Magazine
SAN DIEGO (April 15, 2015) Sailors use the crash and salvage crane to lift a non-functional F/A-18 "Hornet" during flight deck drills aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is participating in a fast-cruise to complete the later stages of its planned incremental availability maintenance period at Naval Base Coronado.
Done a tactical one for you guys
Credits:
Shock: Lower M4 details and A2 pistol grip
Wes: Screws
Woitek: Details on rear iron sight and textures
Wiikling: 5.56mm NATO Magazine
HD Quality :D i.imgur.com/0JzQR.png
Same weapon, cleaner version
Credits:
RAH: AK folding stock
Shockwave: AK Palm magazine, and the fore-grip
Poke: AK-fire selector
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If I forgot you, you know the DRILL >:D
Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent, USAF 55wg Offutt AFB, reg. 64-4847/OF
RAF Mildenhall, October 29th 2013.
Mission
The RC-135U Combat Sent provides strategic electronic reconnaissance information to the president, secretary of defense, Department of Defense leaders, and theater commanders. Locating and identifying foreign military land, naval and airborne radar signals, the Combat Sent collects and minutely examines each system, providing strategic analysis for warfighters. Collected data is also stored for further analysis by the joint warfighting and intelligence communities. The Combat Sent deploys worldwide and is employed in peacetime and contingency operations.
Features
All RC-135U aircraft are equipped with an aerial refueling system, giving it an unlimited flying range. Communication equipment includes high frequency, very high frequency, and ultra high frequency radios. The navigation equipment incorporates ground navigation radar, a solid state Doppler system, and an inertial navigation system that merges celestial observations and Global Positioning System data. Although the flight crew stations are similarly configured, the reconnaissance equipment is slightly unique within each airframe.
The aircraft are identified by their distinctive antennae arrays on the "chin" and wing tips, large cheek fairings, and extended tail.
Crew composition includes two pilots, one navigator, two airborne systems engineers, and a minimum of 10 electronic warfare officers, or "Ravens," and six or more electronic, technical, and area specialists.
Cpl. Jasmine Duran braids a Cambodian student's hair during a community outreach project at Ream Elementary School here Dec. 15. Duran, who hails from Corona, Calif., serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's logistics combat element. The Camp Pendleton, Calif., unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14 and arrived in Southeastern Asia Dec. 11 as part of a regularly scheduled deployment.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tommy Huynh)
Commander of Air Forces Central Command Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, and Air & Space Forces Association President and CEO Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright (Ret.) discuss issues facing Central Command and the USAF at a Air and Space Warfighters In Action event, Feb. 13, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Photo by Mike Tsukamoto/Air & Space Forces Magazine
From Warfighter Requirements to Operational Capability. Gen Arnold Bunch, USAF, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command; Lt Gen Michael Guetlein, USSF, Commander, Space Systems Command; Randall Walden, USAF, Director and Program Executive Officer for the Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office at the Air Warfare Symposium, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Fla., March 4, 2022. Photo by Mike Tsukamoto/AIr Force Magazine
First AR-15 in Triton Series
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Credits:
Shock: Lower M4 details and A2 pistol grip
Wes: Screws
Woitek: Details on rear iron sight
Wiikling: 5.56mm NATO Magazine
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i.imgur.com/3NsB2.png <--Hi-Def Version
If you say this came off of Cowaduty, you are wrong, this is a modern version :P
Also, I will save the code, give me a shout if you guys want a tactical one. -Dante
Answering the Warfighters' Needs
Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration
Andrew P. Hunter, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Moderator: Tobias Naegele, Editor-in-Chief, Air & Space Forces Magazine
Photo by Mike Tsukamoto/Air & Space Forces Magazine
My entry in the 2013 LMABC for the 'Behind the Scenes Warfighters' category.
A LEGO model of the Oshkosh HEMTT tractor used by the U.S. Military.
Model features synchronized 4-wheel steering for the front wheels.
Answering the Warfighters' Needs
Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration
Andrew P. Hunter, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Moderator: Tobias Naegele, Editor-in-Chief, Air & Space Forces Magazine
Photo by Mike Tsukamoto/Air & Space Forces Magazine
Battle desk noncommissioned officers from the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division continue their work in spite of a simulated chemical threat at Ft. Riley, Kansas on September 30, 2021. The 34th ID participated in a three-week Warfighter Exercise with units from across active, reserve, and National Guard components stationed around the U.S. and Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Linsey Williams)
EAST CHINA SEA (June 11, 2015) Sailors from the air crew of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) remove chocks and chains from an AH-1W Super Cobra attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) on the ship’s flight deck. Green Bay is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek A. Harkins/Released)
Credits:
Deadly VRW: Worn Magazine effects
Shock: Camo
Wiikling: Magazine
Eddie: MK.II R.I.S. details (thanks for them bro ;)
Snipes: Recolorable rail covers
If I forgot you, YOU KNOW THE DRlLL!
Commander of Air Forces Central Command Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, and Air & Space Forces Association President and CEO Lt. Gen. Bruce Wright (Ret.) discuss issues facing Central Command and the USAF at a Air and Space Warfighters In Action event, Feb. 13, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Photo by Mike Tsukamoto/Air & Space Forces Magazine
EAST CHINA SEA (March 25, 2015) Sailors and Marines assemble for an all hands call on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Green Bay is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, along with the embarked 31st MEU, is currently underway in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Edward Guttierrez III/Released)
The 34th Infantry Division participated in a three-week Warfighter Exercise with units from across active, reserve, and National Guard components stationed around the U.S. and Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Linsey Williams)
The massive Marine Corp War Memorial overlooks the Potomac River at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The statue depicts Joe Rosenthal's iconic photo from the Battle of Iwo Jima and serves to honor all USMC personnel who have given their lives in the defense of the country since 1775.
Arlington, VA
IWO TO, Japan (May 14, 2013) Lt. Jace Miramak, right, and Lt. Logan Peck, landing signal officers, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, observe and grade the performance of a pilot's landing in an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 during field carrier landing practice at Iwo To, Japan. CVW 5, as part of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, is forward deployed in Yokosuka, Japan, in support of efforts to protect and defend the collective maritime interests of the U.S and its partners and allies in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Welsh/Released)
This exercise provides training across the spectrum of OCS readiness from requirements and development of warfighter staff integration and synchronization through contract execution supporting the joint force commander. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm/Released)
The Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 began fielding in October 2012 and serves as the tactical network communications backbone of the Army’s capability sets. With WIN-T Increment 2, Soldiers can utilize applications for maneuver, fires and intelligence from inside vehicles, enabling commanders to make decisions on-the-move rather than being tied down to a fixed command post. This ensures effective and unpredictable offensive and defensive operations.
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