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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #25 on: February 19, 2012, 12:41:31 PM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #26 on: March 08, 2012, 06:28:59 AM »
Here's one for the sailors and/or BB fans.



Source: http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#a=search&s=DN-SC-05-10848&chk=6cfe0&guid=1e6d725e0a3ea5a3569e5c8ae4613cd7e8395b73

See the three buttons under the picture?  Click the one on the right to download it.  Make sure the high-res option is selected on the pop-up.

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #27 on: March 08, 2012, 12:33:48 PM »
So fuzzy and cute!
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #28 on: March 10, 2012, 04:20:49 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #29 on: March 10, 2012, 12:26:33 PM »
"just some cool photos.... nothing more ,nothing less"
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #30 on: March 11, 2012, 04:03:18 AM »


Supposedly a real photo
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #31 on: March 11, 2012, 08:45:19 AM »
Yes, it's a real photo; I've seen others of it from other angles.  The particular evolution is called an "Elephant Walk" though I don't know its purpose.

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2012, 08:46:30 AM »
Obvious purpose: to provide great photo op...and to make ground crews' life a misery.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #33 on: March 11, 2012, 03:12:18 PM »
you mean fodd crews?
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #34 on: March 20, 2012, 02:30:34 AM »










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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #35 on: March 20, 2012, 02:40:23 AM »
« Last Edit: December 21, 2012, 04:28:21 AM by jcf »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #36 on: March 20, 2012, 05:45:35 AM »
Are the tailcodes Photoshopped?  Iowa ANG usually has IA as theirs is all.

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #37 on: March 22, 2012, 03:43:58 PM »
Australian Army 155mm M777


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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #38 on: March 22, 2012, 04:02:28 PM »
 :)
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #39 on: March 23, 2012, 07:17:55 AM »
cool, that is some camera timing there!
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #40 on: March 24, 2012, 05:04:48 AM »


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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #41 on: March 24, 2012, 05:32:29 AM »
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #42 on: March 31, 2012, 06:39:56 AM »
How to disrupt a beach party:

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #43 on: April 04, 2012, 02:33:26 AM »
Nice size comparison huh?



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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #44 on: April 04, 2012, 02:43:54 AM »
Hmmm...model a VW Beetle WITH an GAU-8!!!! >:D
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #45 on: April 04, 2012, 04:47:36 AM »
I used to drive a beetle that Sounded like a GAU-8 ....  :D

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #46 on: April 04, 2012, 05:51:54 AM »
^ What? Like a prolonged fart?
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #47 on: April 05, 2012, 06:34:01 AM »
Found this while researching some new profiles. 



http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ames_Reseach_Center_Aircrafts_1981_on_ramp.jpg


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ames_Reseach_Center_Aircrafts_1981.jpg

Some neat shot of the test birds.  Didn't know they had a few of them.
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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #48 on: April 14, 2012, 04:28:21 AM »




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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #49 on: April 14, 2012, 06:03:48 PM »
Who, I repeat, who profaned a classical MiG-15 silhouette with this paint scheme? It just don't look right for me.