Cool Pictures

[Guest roadk99]

Cool Pictures - Compliments of our U.S. Military

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

Reference - Defend America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

USS Iowa BB-61 firing a broadside with her nine 16" guns in 1984.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The effect on the water is the shockwave flattening the waves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Firing"

 

 

 



 

 

 

"Later in the day ... "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A "Smoke Angel"

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC-130 Spectre releases it's flares as decoys for heat seeking missiles.

 

 

 

Video Clip 00:13 0.4mb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

A C-17 Globemaster III from 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., releases flares over the Atlantic Ocean during a local exercise above the Charleston area, May 16, 2006.

 

 

 



 

 

 

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., leaves a smoke trail after releasing flares over the Atlantic Ocean during a local exercise above the Charleston area, May 16, 2006.

 

 

 



 

 

 

Larger Image

 

 

 

The vortex from the Globemaster engine created the image of a "smoke angel" in the sky.

 

 

 

U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV

 

 

 

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accidents Happen

 

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"In Flight"

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Visit Ft. Monroe, VA

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Brett Campany]

 

This one is HMAS Anzac in the Gulf a few years ago, first shot's fired in anger since WW2.

 

Proud moment that one.