The Here, Now

[SaparotRob]

Go Grumman!

 

[michaelmaltby]

sad ... sad ... state of the times.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

The graphic simulated image taken on May 15, 2021 shows China's probe landing on Mars. The lander carrying China's first Mars rover has touched down on the red planet, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirmed on Saturday morning. It is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet other than Earth. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Gaza
Biden must let Bibi fight his way: Goodwin

 

[michaelmaltby]

A B-2 Spirit stealth aircraft flies overhead during the Speed of Sound Airshow at Rosecrans Memorial Airport in St. Joseph, Mo., May 2, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Patrick Evenson/Air National Guard)

 

[Dimlee]

Iron Dome.

 

[michaelmaltby]

An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nev. (Senior Airman Cory D. Payne/Air Force)
MQ-9 Reaper: The only option for SOCOM's 'armed overwatch' role
... a thoughtful read.

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Tech. Sgt. Vince Stokes, 141st Air Refueling Squadron book operator, walks through a KC-135R Stratotanker at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., May 6, 2021. (Master Sgt. Matt Hecht/Air National Guard)

 

[michaelmaltby]

As Europe's interest in the Indo-Pacific grows, is Japan ready to lead the way?

 

[michaelmaltby]

Hell in the Pacific: US 'would win' carrier battle
.... worthwhile read

 

[SaparotRob]

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Hell in the Pacific: US 'would win' carrier battle
.... worthwhile read

I've always been a little leery of these sites. You have confidence in their veracity? I didn't check the site out first but I accidentally hit reply.

 

[michaelmaltby]

"... You have confidence in their veracity?"
This publication reflects what the CCP considers 'permissible, constructive ..' so I read everything with that in mind. I consider it crucial to see events through Chinese eyes ... through Russian eyes .... through German eyes ... through Japanese eyes .. etc.
But 1.4 Billion people is an existential reality ...

 

[michaelmaltby]

F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are parked on the flight line at the 71st Air Base, Campia Turzii, Romania,. (Master Sgt. Megan Crusher/Air Force)

 

[JDCAVE]

Me and Randy the F/E, 2010, Abbotsford in dad's office in Vera

Vera with Mt Baker in the background.

...and the background photo for my iPad

 

[vikingBerserker]

Yes, I am <bleeping> jealous!

 

[Gnomey]

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Gulf of Alaska, May 7, 2021, in support of flight operations above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and Gulf of Alaska during Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). (MC3 Brandon Richardson/Navy

 

[michaelmaltby]

An officer speaks on a walkie-talkie as the Bastion anti-ship missile systems take positions on the Alexandra Land island near Nagurskoye, Russia, May 17, 2021. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
Russia's northernmost base projects its power across Arctic