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Amazing shots.
Nice picks Lex. You have an excellent eye for quality photographs!
I like #23. The moon and the plans. Kinda puts things into perspective.
It also raises my anger that this nation, which 40 YEARS AGO landed men upon the moon, has wasted untold billions on frivolous me-first trash political programs. Money that could have already taken us to Mars, to a permanent base there, and upon the moon.
Our destiny is out there, among the stars, not confined to this little blue planet in an obscure corner of a middling galaxy. WE can industrialize Mars, and use the minerals and resources there to launch us into a universe-wide program to explore and colonize other galaxies.
We just frittered away a trillion frikkin’ dollars on political paybacks for a hack president and a hack political system. A pox on the houses of all who supported that, and who continue, 4 DECADES later, to conspire to keep humanity earth-bound, chained to a small planet in a backwater system.
But Tim, ACORN has SO MANY good works to perform with the money right here on good old terra firma.
Virgil, good friend, there isn’t enough black rum to wash away the sorrow that your comment conjurs up…
Jesus wept, but it is to wail at what we have allowed our nation to become.
Yep, OK by me!
for a minute there I was doubting you. I quickly read your favorites as 18 and 21. What the hell, 21 has nothing on 31. Then, noticed that all is right in the world, you did say 31.
Although the moon shot was pretty cool, not nearly as…
#38. Imagine, if you will, one thousand of these passing over the French coast in a trail that takes three hours to pass. That’s ten thousand men, and four and a half million pounds of bombs, on one mission.
The country that can do that can do anything. They can bend their economy to rebuild everything destroyed by those planes only months after the last bombs are dropped in anger, and do it while still fighting an enemy half a world away. They can devote their talents to other uses, bringing about a green revolution that has made starvation almost nonexistent unless outside force is used. They could put men on the moon, and return them home safely, within a few years of deciding upon that as a goal.
Or, you know, they could build drones, drive hybrid cars, and organize communities. Whatever seems like a worthy challenge at the time, I guess.
— Max
Amen, Max, amen.
I like #9 the best. It silently says so much about both communism and the human spirit.
I live only 14 miles from Volk Field, and ANG base, and sometimes pair of C-130s will fly over, and the house will shake. I can’t imagine what 500 B-24s, ( I know, this a NAVAIR site, and I should call them PB4Ys ), would feel like coming over.
SCOTT the BADGER/
You forgot to add the Navy’s name for that aircraft–the “Privateer.” How typically Navy–killing two birds with one stone by alluding to it’s swashbuckling traditions and at the same time disassociating itself from anything that smacks of “Army.” LOL!
(BTW, the name “Privateers” is the nick-name for the Univ. of New Orleans’ sports teams, paying hommage to a sea-farin’ man of note–a certain Jean Lafitte of local fame, fwiw)
I vote for 20. shows the primacy of the mission – the poor guy on the ground, whether it’s a go-faster dropping ord or a rotary winged angel coming to take ‘em to safety, both are there simply to support the booted warrior.
Agree with you on #20…a lot is said with that one picture. Best
I guess. I was going to say that I thought it was in poor taste to show the image of a wounded soldier. Perhaps I’m in the minority here.
Kris,
The reality is that soldiers get wounded. This photo shows that. It also shows soldiers flying to his aid and another soldier protecting his buddy in the meantime.
I can understand your first thoughts, but this is powerful stuff most of us rarely see. Not poor taste at all.
Soldiers taking care of soldiers.
#37
Those guys must love their job.
Speaking purely as a photographer, #40 floats my boat.
That said – it’s all plane pr0n of some kind, which is never a bad thing.
Awesome pictures!
Even cooler that I was actually there to see #6 fly.
Still haven’t figured out the how and why, but I admired it on the ground and watched in awe as it flew.
My only complaint … I missed seeing any F-18s, with the exception of seeing one taking off in the distance. That’s just wrong, I tell ya.
Two quick comments…thanks for the page. Great photos.
Re: AW1 Tim. I agree wholeheartedly.
I’m pretty sure that the guy who built the helicopter in 9 must’ve been watching MacGuyver reruns. Pretty gutsy, but bamboo is one of those great natural engineering materials – I’m not sure that I’d want to fly in it though.
Speaking of helicopters, in the comments there was the following link to this picture from a SAR out west…somebody needs to buy this pilot a beer.
https://news.washeriff.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dsc_0138.jpg