How have I been missing this?
Avalon Air Show should be quite the event with the F-35 center stage. Just like the Dubai event, I see this really taking off in the future. Oh and Aussie Digger I'll never forgive you for not giving me the heads up on this...wait, I can...get me some pics!
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
MV-22 training at Camp Pendleton.
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| MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.-An MV-22 "Osprey" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 makes a vertical landing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Feb. 17. Members of the squadron rehearsed confined area landings at MCB Camp Pendleton and straight-in high-speed landings on San Clemente Island., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 2/1/2010 11:00 AM |
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| MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.-An MV-22 "Osprey" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 makes a vertical landing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Feb. 17. Members of the squadron rehearsed confined area landings at MCB Camp Pendleton and straight-in high-speed landings on San Clemente Island., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 2/1/2010 10:58 AM |
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| MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.-An MV-22 "Osprey" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 makes a vertical landing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Feb. 17. Members of the squadron rehearsed confined area landings at MCB Camp Pendleton and straight-in high-speed landings on San Clemente Island., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 2/1/2010 10:57 AM |
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| MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif.-An MV-22 "Osprey" from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 makes a vertical landing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Feb. 17. Sgt. Allen Hilliard, a crew chief with VMM-561, keeps a careful eye on the Osprey's distance to the ground to ensure a safe landing., Lance Cpl. Lisa M. Tourtelot, 2/1/2010 10:54 AM |
Pics of the day. March 2, 2011.
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| PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- On Feb. 26, 2011, an F-35B test aircraft (BF-2) completed its 100th flight with Lockheed Martin test pilot David "Doc" Nelson at the controls. The 100th flight for BF-2 accomplished further short take-off envelope expansion in preparation for shipboard testing later this year. The F-35B is the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, which is capable of short take-offs and vertical landings. It is undergoing test and evaluation at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (Headquarters Marine Corps Photo by Andy Wolfe, Lockheed Martin) |
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| A pair of MV-22 Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 Sea Elk, and VMM-161 Greyhawks, rest on the flight deck as a landing craft, with from Assault Craft Unit 5, exits USS Makin Island to conduct training during Exercise Iron Fist here March 1. This is the first time Osprey have been aboard USS Makin Island. Exercise Iron Fist is a bilateral training exercise between the Japanese Western Army Infantry Regiment, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and several Southern California based Marine units to increase military interoperability and amphibious capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Salvador R. Moreno/Released) |
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Armor is back in the game.
via Defense News.
Following the deployment of Merkava Mk 4 tanks equipped with Rafael Defense Systems’ Trophy (ASPRO-A) Active Protection Systems (APS) along the Gaza border last month (January 2011), following a Palestinian Kornet missile attack, battle testing of the system was only a matter of time. Today (1st March 2011), the Trophy was baphtized in combat, proving its worth in a first combat engagement with a hostile RPG, fired by Palestinain anti-tank team from Gaza.
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