Hawker Hunter and Vigilant Sub...

Veteran Hawker Hunter jets have returned to RNAS Yeovilton to help train warships fend off air attack.
Three of the one-time fighters – which were based at the Somerset air station for nearly a quarter of a century – are flying from there in a trial run, working with Hawk jets to test the Fleet undergoing training off Plymouth.

and....

The most powerful weapon in the Navy’s arsenal, ballistic missile submarine HMS Vigilant, sailed for the first time in more than three years today.
The nuclear submarine departed Devonport to begin trials after a £300m revamp which means she is effectively a new boat inside.

Wow.


Maybe we can get the Brits to sell us the ballistic sub!  We got the Harriers (which were practically brand new...did you know they just got finished upgrading them?!?!?!?!) for a song...We got such a great deal that the British Ministry of Defence embargoed their personnel from discussing it! Forgive me Grand Logistics, Grim, Darren and TD!  Couldn't help myself!

Army Civilians “Shaping the Fight” – Sniper Weapons

Great vid and it provided information I didn't know.

I thought that these were developed and supported solely by uniformed personnel.  I didn't think civilians were involved at all.

But let me add that knowing that civilians would be a focus of the film, I decided to play a drinking game.  Every time someone said "warfighter" you had to take a shot....

Feeling good now!

Time to upgrade these puppies...

The U.S. Air Force accepted F-22 tail number 4192 at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Ga., site on March 23, 2012. This F-22 Raptor was then flown to Joint Base Langley-Eustis (Va.) where it will be based.

 

 

Time for the USAF to stat doing some design studies on these puppies...

*stretched fuselage for more fuel and weapons and maybe a WSO.
*fully developed avionics upgraded to F-35 standards.
*big wings, subsonic engines for a ultra high flying, ultra long endurance strato bomber.

and that's just off the top of my head and I'm not a jet guy.  These all might be impractical but hey, I'm trying and so should the USAF.  I'm convinced that drones, while useful in a COIN, are less relevant in other scenarios.

Time will tell but we should maximize all the systems that we have in hand now.

Royal Navy and Marines Cold Response pics.

Landing Craft from HMS Bulwark prepare to disembark Royal Marines during the amphibious Exercise Cold Response in Norway.
Photographer: LA(PHOT) Martin Carney

Landing Craft from HMS Bulwark are lined after disembarking Royal Marines during the amphibious Exercise Cold Response in Norway.
Photographer: LA(PHOT) Martin Carney

Royal Marines are pictured during the amphibious Exercise Cold Response in Norway.
Photographer: LA(PHOT) Martin Carney

HMS Illustrious (foreground) and HMS Bulwark are pictured near Harstad, Norway during Exercise Cold Response.Photographer: LA(PHOT) Martin Carney

HMS Illustrious and HMS Bulwark (foreground) are pictured near Harstad, Norway during Exercise Cold Response.Photographer: LA(PHOT) Martin Carney

At an academy near you. Condom Olympics?!?!

Wow.

Read this over at Military.com

At the beginning of the school year, gay pride events at a military academy with titles like "condom Olympics" and "queer prom" would have been unthinkable. This week, they're a reality.

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Sea King Rescue Helo...

You see it back there don't you???  Oh, the hottie's name is Helen Skelton...she's on some tv show....

Turn it up Tuesday....

Crank it up (unless you're in an office...lyrics not safe for work!)....