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[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6796850621_5801657f9e_o.jpg[/img] [release] Gun one, occupied by a gun line team from 2nd platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fires a 155mm M777 Lightweight Howitzer during a live fire exercise at training range 52 on Fort Riley, Kan., Jan. 23. The 2-32 FA is the first battalion in the 1st Infantry Division to fire the M777 on Fort Riley. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gene A. Arnold, 4IBCT PAO[/release] [img]http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/120131-N-YB753-037.jpg[/img] [release] ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 31, 2012) Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 launch from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian Morales/Released) [/release] [img]http://i41.tinypic.com/2q9xjio.jpg[/img] [release] Capt. Brandon Lavalley, a pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, flies toward the Nevada Test and Training Range on day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Coalition partners from South Korea and Saudi Arabia participated in the joint training exercise that's been around since 1975. [/release] [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/2ziof81.jpg[/img] [release] Capt. Brandon Lavalley (left) and Maj. Derrick Vincent, both pilots assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, fly toward the Nevada Test and Training Range on day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Coalition partners from South Korea and Saudi Arabia participated in the joint training exercise that's been around since 1975. [/release] [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/luw76.jpg[/img] [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/5upr41.jpg[/img] [release] Capt. Brandon Lavalley, a pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, flies toward the Nevada Test and Training Range on day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/5upr41.jpg[/img] [release] Capt. Brandon Lavalley, a pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, flies toward the Nevada Test and Training Range on day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i40.tinypic.com/6zok6w.jpg[/img] [release] Captains Thor Boland, Mike Broderick Brandon Lavalley, pilots assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, return from the Nevada Test and Training Range on day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/2wfuv4m.jpg[/img] [release] Captains Thor Boland and Mike Broderick, pilots assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, return from the Nevada Test and Training Range on day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/11tad0m.jpg[/img] [release]Captains Thor Boland, Mike Broderick Brandon Lavalley, pilots assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, return from the Nevada Test and Training Range on day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i40.tinypic.com/169gw8x.jpgp[/img] [release] Capt. Mike Broderick (right) breaks from Capt. Brandon Lavalley on the final approach during day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/23ruyq9.jpg[/img] [release] Capt. Brandon Lavalley, a pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, breaks right on a final approach over northern Las Vegas during day three of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 25, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Coalition partners from South Korea and Saudi Arabia participated in the joint training exercise that's been around since 1975. [/release] [img]http://i43.tinypic.com/14w9chy.jpg[/img] [release] 1st Lt. Matthew Van Baren, a pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, gives a Fighting Fuujins gesture prior to taxi during Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 24, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Coalition partners from South Korea and Saudi Arabia participated in the joint training exercise that's been around since 1975. [/release] [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/zn79sg.jpg[/img] [release] Capt. Michael Leary, a pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron, returns from a mission on day two of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 24. [/release] [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/vipruh.jpg[/img] [release] Airman 1st Class Mark Pennington, a 388th Fighter Wing weapons technician, post-flights an F-16 after a bombing mission on day two of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 24, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i44.tinypic.com/11w9dp0.jpg[/img] [release] Senior Airmen Nancy Bartel and Diana Medina, both back-shop armament technicians, post flight an F-16 on day two of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 24, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. [/release] [img]http://i42.tinypic.com/4lg5k5.jpg[/img] [release] The sun sets on a 4th Fighter Squadron F-16 on the second day of Red Flag 12-2, Jan. 24, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Coalition partners from South Korea and Saudi Arabia participated in the joint training exercise that's been around since 1975. [/release] [img]http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/120127-N-PB383-090.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.barksdale.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/120125-F-VW421-098.JPG[/img] [release] A B-52H Stratofortress pilot prepares the cockpit for departure on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 25. Six jets were scheduled to fly a training mission to a Utah bombing range to drop M-117 bombs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea F. Liechti)(RELEASED) [/release] [img]http://www.barksdale.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/120125-F-BX159-001.jpg[/img] [release]Senior Airman Kyle Matinzi and Airman 1st Class Sudarien Smith, both with the 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, salute a B-52H Stratofortress before its departure for a surge mission at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 25. Surge missions ensure combat readiness and play an important role in the Barksdale mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kristin High)(RELEASED) [/release] [img]http://i41.tinypic.com/280m4gh.jpg[/img] [release] A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle departs for a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range during Red Flag 12-2 Jan. 27, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the NTTR. [/release] [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/efmqfq.jpg[/img] [release]A Republic of Korean Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle departs for a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range during Red Flag 12-2 Jan. 27, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the NTTR. [/release] [img]http://i39.tinypic.com/106ettl.jpg[/img] [release]A Lousiana Air National Guard F-15 Strike Eagle departs for a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range during Red Flag 12-2 Jan. 27, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the NTTR. [/release]

Those pictures are fucking gigantic, my browser almost crashed.

yeah awesome pics.. where do you get these?

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straight from AZ best fest [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6e3S8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w6APu.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XZght.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/6707/42593634852411517046512.jpg[/IMG] "Love is in the air. A very happy Valentine's Day from the IDF!" yeah it is kinda late, just wanted to share with you..

[QUOTE=mastfire;34659061]straight from AZ best fest [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6e3S8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/w6APu.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XZght.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Fuck yes, Arizona Centennial Celebration, fist-bump. Did you talk to the guy with the motorcycle? He says he bought it right here in Arizona from a company called Ural, they manufacture a variant of the old German WWII motorcycles. Ural.com, sexy stuff if not amazingly expensive.

[IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/k24qp.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/okq5pz.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/71miy8.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]Servicemen operate a Russian armoured personnel carrier (front) and self propelled artillery units during a rehearsal for the annual Victory Day parade at a base near the settlement of Alabino, some 30 km (19 miles) south-west of the capital Moscow March 19, 2012. Russia will celebrate the 67th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. [/QUOTE][IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/2hohffq.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]A television presenter, dressed in the uniform of a Tsars' Russia epoque soldier, is seen as a Russian missile launcher Topol-M moves past him in the background, during a rehearsal for the annual Victory Day parade at a base near the settlement of Alabino, some 30 km (19 miles) south-west of the capital Moscow, March 19, 2012[/QUOTE] [IMG_thumb]http://i43.tinypic.com/3444hw3.jpg[/IMG_thumb] Command Sgt. Maj. Glen Vela, from Fort Worth, Texas, the senior enlisted advisor for the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, scans the skies of northern Afghanistan during a command battle-field circulation March 14. [IMG_thumb]http://i42.tinypic.com/wkmr0k.jpg[/IMG_thumb] Col. John Novalis (right), the commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 William Ham (left), the brigade’s standardization instructor pilot, fly over the skies of northern Afghanistan in an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter during a command battle-field circulation March 14. [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/35iooht.jpg[/IMG] Members of a SWAT team and the Border Guards participate in a drill at a military training ground outside of Zamosc, near the Ukrainian border, March 15, 2012. Various units of Poland's anti-terrorist police, together with a special section of the Border Guards and other emergency services, are participating in a series of joint exercises leading up to the Euro 2012. Photo taken March 15, 2012. [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/2zxxlpd.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/2i8j20x.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/mt9qfo.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/2mfx8o9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/28tcg2w.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/o8wh3r.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/34h749d.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]Members of a SWAT team and the Border Guards participate in a drill at a military training ground outside of Zamosc, near the Ukrainian border, March 15, 2012 [/QUOTE] [IMG]http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3805/542454.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]Gunner, a yellow Labrador and improvised explosive device detection dog with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, accompanies Marines as they pay their final respects during the memorial service for Cpl. Conner T. Lowry here, March 10, 2012. Lowry died March 3, 2012, in Kajaki district, Afghanistan. [/QUOTE]