The Here, Now

[michaelmaltby]

A Boeing P-8 Poseidon flies over the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) during an exercise in the Black Sea, Feb. 9, 2021. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Will Hardy)
Navy Warships Could Head into the Black Sea as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate

 

[michaelmaltby]

Russia, after sending troops to Ukraine border, calls escalation 'unprecedented' | DW | 09.04.2021

 

[michaelmaltby]

Redesigned Brakes and Wheels Are on the Way for B-52 Bomber

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Seaman Cedric Volle stands aft lookout watch aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea, April 1, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob Hilgendorf/Navy)

 

[michaelmaltby]

China's J-20 stealth fighter jet flies without Luneburg lens, shows combat readiness - Global Times

 

[michaelmaltby]

Pilots assigned to an aviation division of the air force under the PLA Central Theater Command get ready to take off for a cross-area maneuver training exercise in late March, which involves items including cross-area maneuver, long-endurance flight after midnight, take-off and landing in unfamiliar airport and aerial strike over the sea. The training, lasting more than ten hours within one day and covering a total range of thousands of kilometers, has tested the abilities of the pilots and maintenance men. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Yu Hongchun)

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Shinpachi]

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China's J-20 stealth fighter jet flies without Luneburg lens, shows combat readiness - Global Times

Looks like CGI as texture is as rough as mine

 

[michaelmaltby]

... could be, but it is identifired as a TV frame capture

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Twenty-five F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing assemble on the flightline prior to taking off during Arctic Gold (AG) 21-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 7, 2021. (Airman 1st Class Jose Miguel T. Tamondong/Air Force)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Artillerymen assigned to a combined arms brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army load ammunitions onto a tank during a live-fire training exercise from March 26 to 29, 2021. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhang Wenju)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Storm Shadow is an Anglo-French low-observable air-launched cruise missile, developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. Storm Shadow is the British name — in French service it is called SCALP EG. Credit: Handout.
British Typhoons blast terrorist bunker hideouts

 

[michaelmaltby]

A US Air Force war game shows what the service needs to hold off — or win against — China in 2030

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Four F-22 Raptors fly alongside a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during fifth-generation fighter training near Mount Fuji, Japan, April 1, 2021. (Senior Airman Rebeckah Medeiros/Air Force)

 

[Dimlee]

Iskander (SS-26 Stone) SRBM units arriving in Voronezh (180 km to the border with Ukraine). Moscow says: to take part in the military parade.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

'War is already here': On the Russian border, Ukrainian troops wait for Putin's big push

 

[Shinpachi]

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AFT: Four F-22 Raptors fly alongside a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during fifth-generation fighter training near Mount Fuji, Japan, April 1, 2021. (Senior Airman Rebeckah Medeiros/Air Force)

I will not say 'cool' for such a rude pic anymore as flattering Japanese authorities seem not to be going to advise for the guest's manner.
Mt. Fuji is a sacred mountain for the Japanese people like Ayers Rock for Aborigines in Australia. Snapshots of such foreign military planes with it always make people unhappy. No chance for true friendship.

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion executes an air-to-air refuel during a heavy lift exercise in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-21, near Yuma, Ariz., March 31, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Camille Polete/Marine Corps)