The Here, Now

[michaelmaltby]

Tartus, Syria

 

[michaelmaltby]

An F-22 Raptor from the North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepts a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber in international airspace near Alaska on Oct. 19. NORAD said F-22s intercepted two Tu-95s, as well as a pair of Russian fighters, but that they did not enter American or Canadian airspace. (NORAD)
Spike in Russian aircraft intercepts straining Air Force crews in Alaska, three-star says

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Go Team Raptor!

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: A member of Team 21 exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while participating in the combat water survival assessment during the 2021 David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Victory Pond on Fort Benning, Ga., April 17, 2021. (Sgt. Henry Villarama/Army)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Tartus, Syria

 

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The newly arrived USNS Bob Hope is seen anchored just off the coast of Durres, Albania, April 26, 2021, where it will participate in the theater opening exercise of DEFENDER-Europe 21, which features Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore operations. (Staff Sgt. Elizabeth O. Bryson/Army)
US Army-led NATO military exercises launched in Albania

 

[michaelmaltby]

This handout photo taken from a video released on Friday, April 23, 2021 by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian military trucks are readied for loading after drills in Crimea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Russian Military Says its Troops Back to Bases After Buildup

 

[michaelmaltby]

China Launches Main Part of Its 1st Permanent Space Station

 

[SaparotRob]

It's starting to get crowded up there.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Switchblade: Era of the loitering drone has come

 

[Shinpachi]

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China Launches Main Part of Its 1st Permanent Space Station

I said "You can't win the world with imitation" to several Chinese guys and gals in the internet.
Their common answer was "We can live without the world!"

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: An F/A-18E Super Hornet sits on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea, March 26, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob Hilgendorf/Navy)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Special tactics operators assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron tandem hoist into a CV-22B Osprey during a training exercise near RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, April 15, 2021. (Tech. Sgt. Westin Warburton/Air Force)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Marines Fire Anti-Ship Missile from Back of Unmanned Truck to Hit Target at Sea

 

[michaelmaltby]

NATO Fleet Reportedly Enters Ukrainian Port of Odessa for First Time in 2021

This is 'old' news ... but interesting that Sputnik is posting it now

 

[michaelmaltby]

Arundhati Roy on India's Covid catastrophe: 'We are witnessing a crime against humanity'

 

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AFT: U.S. soldiers approach a landing zone in a UH-60 Black Hawk in Kosovo on April 16, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Tawny Schmit/Army National Guard)

 

[michaelmaltby]

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, Sunday, May 2, 2021. NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission was the first crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)