The Here, Now

[Dimlee]

Royal (Flying) Marines

Watch A Marine Land on a Speeding Ship Using a Jetpack

 

[SaparotRob]

Way Cool!

 

[Airframes]

I want one !!

 

[Glider]

I bet when they asked for volunteers there was a stampede

 

[michaelmaltby]

The 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing configured six F-15E Strike Eagles to carry extra bombs to bare-base locations, taking off from an undisclosed location April 25. This new configuration is allowing the Air Force to increase combat capabilities by carrying more munitions to a forward operating base than the Strike Eagle can use on one mission. (Air Force)
'Have bombs, will travel': How agile deployments are reshaping combat in the Middle East

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Robert Barber directs a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft on April 23, 2021, in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (MC2 Juan S. Sua/Navy

 

[Wildcat]

Talking about P-8's, some news from the RAAF regarding the Indo-Pacific.
Cocos runway to be widened as Defence looks north - Australian Defence Magazine

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Airmen refuel a KC-10 Extender during exercise Nexus Dawn over Travis Air Force Base, Calif., April 27, 2021. (Air Force)

 

[michaelmaltby]

An Iraqi F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, assigned to the 9th Fighter Squadron, takes off prior to performing a Close Air Support Mission at Balad Air Base, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman)
Iraq Military: 4 Rockets Hit Iraqi Air Base, No Casualties

 

[michaelmaltby]

Extended Range Cannon Artillery System, or ERCA, being tested in an M109A7 self-propelled howitzer at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. (U.S. Army)
Army Eyes Autonomous Robotic Arm to Rapidly Resupply its Futuristic Long-Range Howitzer

 

[michaelmaltby]

The flight-proven Bell Textron V-280 Valor design advances from an aircraft with transformational speed and survivability toward a weapons system ready to support joint combined arms and maneuver operations worldwide. Credit: Bell Textron.
US chopper bid heats up, as test pilot speaks out

 

[michaelmaltby]

'Large' Chinese Military Presence at Border Hampers Bilateral Ties, Says Indian Foreign Minister

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Sailors conduct flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Sea, April 24, 2021. (MC3 Cameron Pinske/Navy)

 

[michaelmaltby]

A Marine with "The Wake Island Avengers" conducts carrier qualifications in an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth, May 2, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps/1st Lt. Zachary Bodner)
British Aircraft Carrier Departs on Landmark Deployment with Marine Corps F-35s Aboard

 

[Wurger]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

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The flight-proven Bell Textron V-280 Valor design advances from an aircraft with transformational speed and survivability toward a weapons system ready to support joint combined arms and maneuver operations worldwide. Credit: Bell Textron.
US chopper bid heats up, as test pilot speaks out

I'll take the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant over this thing any day. Go team Sikorsky-Boeing!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Syria

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!