The Here, Now

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Sailors conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the fast-combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Sea, April 13, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Trent P. Hawkins/Navy)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Australia mulls military options in event China invades Taiwan | Taiwan News | 2021/04/19

 

[michaelmaltby]

NASA's Mars helicopter achieves first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet

 

[Dimlee]

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NASA's Mars helicopter achieves first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet

Ray Bradbury gave Igor Sikorsky a big pat on the back.

 

[Dimlee]

Canadian and Ukrainian servicemen do training exercises at Yavorivsky training ground. (Near Lviv, Ukraine).

 

[Dimlee]

Lviv, Ukraine.
Delivery of... Easter eggs, I guess. And maple syrup.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... can you comment on the mood there, D ..?

 

[michaelmaltby]

Donbas region

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[michaelmaltby]

".... Ray Bradbury gave Igor Sikorsky a big pat on the back."

Rotors - counter-rotors - turning 3x faster than required in Earth's atmosphere.

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Army Reserve Spc. Arianna Hammel applies camouflage paint to prepare for a range qualification during day one of the 2021 U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition at Fort Jackson, S.C., April 8, 2021. (Sgt. Hubert D. Delany III/Army Reserve)

 

[michaelmaltby]

This handout photo released on April 14, 2021, by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian navy ships during drills in the Black Sea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
AFT: Russia defends restricting foreign navy ships off Crimea amid troop buildup near Ukraine

 

[michaelmaltby]

Birds of a feather ......

 

[Wurger]

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Birds of a feather ......
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Antiques Road Show!

 

[Dimlee]

... can you comment on the mood there, D ..?

People are so different... But "resolute" is probably the right word for many in active service and in reserve.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Thanks, D, for the insight ..
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[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: A KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel an F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April, 13, 2021. (Master Sgt. Natalie Stanley/Air National Guard)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Russian paratroopers load into a plane for airborne drills during maneuvers in Taganrog, Russia, on April 22, 2021. (AP Photo)
Russia orders troop pullback but keeps weapons near Ukraine

 

[MIflyer]

A shot I took earlier this morning. To the right you see the 2nd stage of the booster carrying 4 astronauts to the ISS. To the left is the first stage of the booster, beginning its descent to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic.