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Ryan Chan 陳家翹

4 months

A short introductory thread: Few things you should know before following me. 99.99% photos I posted here are NOT taken by me. They are public domain images. I found them in public domain (official websites and social media accounts).

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Ryan Chan 陳家翹

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US Transportation Command is delivering the first shipment of Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine. The shipment — containing more than 60 Bradleys — left the shores of North Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 25.

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11 Mi-17 helicopters from US Air Force 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group are placed on the flight line in preparation for transport at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, April 22. They are delivered to Ukraine.

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Taiwanese Air Force Indigenous Defense Fighter pilot's patch: Formosan black bear punching Winnie-the-Pooh.

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US Marines flying a CH-53K King Stallion transported an F-35C Lightning II from F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River in Maryland to a US Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey on April 24.

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Lockheed Martin Darkstar is at Edwards Air Force Base and will have its world debut at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show, & STEM Expo this weekend. Photos from Edwards Air Force Base Facebook page

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This is not your usual training ground. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Division conducted a situation response training at the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the world's largest underground flood water diversion facility.

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【首都圏外郭放水路を活用した事態対処訓練】 #第１師団は、#第３４普通科連隊を主体とした事態対処訓練を実施しました。動画をアップしております。師団は首都機能の維持に寄与するため、引き続き、各種事態に対処するための訓練に励んでまいります。＃陸上自衛隊＃第１師団

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Ukrainian artillerymen load an M109 self-propelled howitzer during training at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 12. Soldiers from US and Norway trained Armed Forces of Ukraine artillerymen on the howitzers.

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Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS Esbern Snare escorts two DFDS Seaways cargo ships carring material, vehicles and armor from Denmark to Latvia.

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A US Air Force F-15EX Eagle II with a loadout of 12 AIM-120s, a Sniper targeting pod & two AGM-158s is shown at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It has completed 1st phase of operational test and evaluation by launching three AGM-158s on one sortie.

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Photos from MacDill Air Force Base Facebook page. Is that Florida-style wheel chock? 🐊

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Maintainers at Hill Air Force Base in Utah stitch two damaged aircraft into a fully operational F-35A Lighting II. Nose section of AF-211 (had a nose landing-gear separation) is being replaced with undamaged nose from AF-27 (had a severe engine fire).

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The first of fourteen Australian Army M113AS4 Armoured Personnel Carriers bound for Ukraine being prepared at Joint Logistics Unit–South East Queensland, Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley. They are fitted with .50 calibre heavy machine guns. Photos from @DefenceAust

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A Russian military bomber engineer drove up to US Southwest border in late December, asking for asylum and offering to reveal some of Russia’s most closely guarded military secrets. He claimed his past employment had included in the making of Tu-160.

Exclusive: Ex-Russian military bomber engineer seeks asylum at U.S. border, offers military secrets

A Russian military bomber engineer drove up to the U.S. Southwest border in late December, asking for asylum and offering up some of Russia’s most closely guarded military secrets, according to an...

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US Air Force Strategic Development, Planning and Experimentation and 40th Flight Test Squadron Autonomous Aircraft Experimentation team conducted an operational experimentation test flight of XQ-58A at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Dec. 15, 2022.

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WOW.

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Five Russian ships including frigates are turning elsewhere for replenishment after being denied entry into Limassol of Republic of Cyprus, with the island’s foreign ministry scrapping a previous agreement citing the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Cyprus denies Russian ships access to ports

Russian ships are turning elsewhere for replenishment after being denied entry into ports of the Republic of Cyprus, with the island’s foreign ministry scrapping a previous agreement citing the...

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US Army decided to give itself a present on its 248th birthday, announcing the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) “light tank” has been rebranded the M10 Booker combat vehicle, named after two fallen soldiers who died 60 years apart.

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The Biden administration is considering a plan to jointly produce weapons with Taiwan. It aims to increase production capacity for US-designed arms, speed their transfer and strengthen deterrence toward China.

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US Marines 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) departed early from a scheduled exercise with Kuwait due to emerging events. It received orders to get back on amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and USS dock landing ship Carter Hall.

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A group of US Marine Corps Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems are set for testing during a system integration test at Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 27.

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WATCH: US Navy divers conduct an underwater survey of a P-8A Poseidon in Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii on Nov. 28. The aircraft overshot runway at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe on Nov. 20, and all nine crewmembers safely evacuated.

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Royal Air Force Typhoons and P-8A Poseidon worked with Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer HMS Defender to monitor Russian vessels exercising close to UK territorial waters, which included frigate Admiral Grigorovich, and two Stereguschiy II-class corvettes.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy support ship Shahid Baziar is towing US Navy Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel international waters of Arabian Gulf as US Navy patrol coastal ship USS Thunderbolt (PC-12) approaches in response, Aug. 30.

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An USAF F-117 flies over E. Dakota Ave. in Fresno Calif. and lands at Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sep. 15, after completing training with F-15s. Two F-117s are participating in dissimilar air combat training missions. Video from 144th Fighter Wing Facebook page

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Whiteman Air Force Base executes B-2 Spirit Elephant Walk and Fly-off as the grand finale of the base's annual Spirit Vigilance exercise. This routine training ensures US Air Force airmen are always ready to execute nuclear operations and global strike.

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A fuselage of US Air Force B-1B Lancer was transported from Abilene in Texas to Wichita in Kansas recently. It was delivered safely in only four days after traveling 761 miles through many small towns. Photos from Berard - The Mega Transport Experts Facebook page

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US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756) encountered three Chinese and four Russian naval vessels in Bering Sea, 75 nautical miles north of Kiska Island, Alaska, Sep. 19, inside US Exclusive Economic Zone.

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US Air Force B-1B Lancers and F-22 Raptors conduct air drills with South Korean F-35A Lightning IIs over Yellow Sea on Feb. 1. Photos from South Korea Ministry of National Defense.

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USAF B-1Bs BULB11 & 12 departed Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota yesterday (January 31) and participated in a joint US-ROK air exercise over the Yellow Sea, before arriving into Andersen AFB, Guam for the first Bomber Task Force deployment of 2023.

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Australian landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide sails with US amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA-6), Japanese helicopter destroyer JS Izumo and South Korean Navy amphibious assault ship ROKS Marado during Exercise Talisman Sabre in Coral Sea on July 29.

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Forty-nine F-16 Vipers and MQ-9 Reapers assigned to US Air Force 49th Wing line up on runway during an elephant walk at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 21.

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Su-34 is a very capable ground-attack aircraft - same as F-15E. Losing two in a single day is a really bad sign.

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Looking like 2 Su-34s have gone down today, Red 24 in a relatively urban setting another unknown s/n in a much more rural area

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The stern of Taiwan’s first domestically developed submarine.

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US Navy ships assigned to Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups, US Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini and Virginio Fasan sail in formation in Mediterranean Sea, Nov. 3.

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Why the radar absorbent skins of these two US Air Force F-22 Raptors look so different?

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Three US Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia fly in formation behind a KC-135R Stratotanker along U.S. east coast on Aug. 14.

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On July 26, Taiwan Air Force conducted weapons loading operations at Chiashan Air Force Base during 2nd day of Han Kuang Exercise. This air base is known for its extensive underground hangars. And it is rare for the military to release photos showing the interior of the hangars.

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Is it a rare configuration for Growler to load with six air-to-air missiles? Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G (A46-305) from No. 6 Squadron conducts air-to-air formation flying off the coast of South East Queensland on Dec. 7, 2021.

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An Afghan child sleeps on cargo floor of an US Air Force C-17 and kept warm by the uniform of an US airman during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 18. 📸 @DVIDSHub

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US Navy sailors Jinchao Wei and Wenheng Zhao arrested on charges related to allegedly spying for China. They passed along sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officials related to technologies they worked with and upcoming US Navy operations.

2 US Navy sailors arrested for allegedly spying for China

Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges related to allegedly spying for China, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday

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A drone operated by a Chinese user flying over two US Navy destroyers docked at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan.

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中国无人机飞翔在星条旗之上

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Private industry diving and salvage experts working alongside US Navy sailors use inflatable salvage roller bags to extract P-8A Poseidon from waters just off the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 2.

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WATCH: US Navy divers conduct an underwater survey of a P-8A Poseidon in Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii on Nov. 28. The aircraft overshot runway at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe on Nov. 20, and all nine crewmembers safely evacuated.

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Estonian special operation force riding motorcycles in Mali. Photo credit: Estonian Special Ooperations Forces Facebook page

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South Korea on Friday unveiled a prototype of the country's first indigenous fighter jet.

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Four USAF MC-130J Command IIs fly in formation off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2021.

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US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs escorted Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) on July 15 and conducted a live fire exercise. USS Wyoming is based at Kings Bay in Georgia. Photos from Submarine Group Ten Facebook page

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GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (Trainer version). US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is presently the only aircraft capable of and clear to employ this 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb. Photo from 131st Bomb Wing Missouri Air National Guard Facebook page.

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After concluding its visit to Oman, the 44th Chinese naval escort taskforce arrived at Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait on Oct. 18 for a five-day goodwill visit. The taskforce includes Type 052D destroyer Zibo, Type 054A frigate Jingzhou, and Type 903 replenishment ship Qiandaohu.

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South Korea began assembling a prototype of what would be the country's first indigenously developed fighter jet Thursday.

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ABILENE, Texas — The largest formation of C-130Js in USAF history flew over Abilene on Tuesday. The formation included 24 C-130Js from Dyess Air Force Base and 14 C-130Js from Little Rock AFB.

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NEW: The President of the United States selected the livery design for the “Next Air Force One,” VC-25B, a design that will closely resemble the livery of the current Air Force One, VC-25A, while also modernizing for the 21st century. (Courtesy rendering)

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BREAKING: Chinese PLAN's Liaoning aircraft carrier passed through the Miyako Strait between Okinawa and Miyako Island on Saturday, with five accompanying vessels. Source: @jointstaffpa H/T @jljzen

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US Army soldiers pose alongside members of Philippine Air Force at first-ever gathering of a US Patriot and Filipino Surface-to-Air Python and Derby air defense system during Exercise Balikatan 24 at Clark Air Base in Philippines on April 30.

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Microvanes for US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III are in the process of airworthiness certification. They help redirect airflow in this higher drag area, streamlining the aerodynamics and reducing overall fuel demand by approximately 1%.

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Short thread: US Navy 7th Fleet just posted some interesting photos of its cruisers transiting Taiwan Strait on Aug. 28. There are several PLA Navy and Taiwan Navy vessels operating nearby. Can you identify them?

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US Navy demonstrated re-arming vertical launch system aboard destroyer USS Spruance (DDG-111) in San Diego from Oct. 4-7. It is the first time US Navy has tested VLS reloading from offshore support vessel, using Military Sealift Command fleet experimentation ship MV Ocean Valor.

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A US Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie conducts its second test flight with two US Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on Feb. 23.

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Photo from US Coast Guard Air Station Miami Facebook page.

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I have never seen a Seahawk in this camouflage. Two US Navy MH-60S Seahawks, assigned to Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center, takeoff during a Seahawk Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course as part of Exercise Resolute Hunter at Camp Pendleton, California, June 22.

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US Marines conduct an arrested landing of an F-18E after a simulated tactical ballistic missile strike on flight line during Exercise Active Shield at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan on Oct. 28. 📸 @DVIDSHub

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US Air Force EC-37B Compass Call arrives at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug. 17. The EC-130H Compass Call is scheduled to be replaced by the EC-37B, the first of its kind which has the enhanced flight performance of a commercial business jet airframe.

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US Army soldiers test the Mobile-Low, slow, small-unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System and its 30mm anti-drone turret at Udairi Range in Kuwait on July 30. The electromagnetic warfare system mounted on a mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle.

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Once they receive their new F130 engines, US Air Force B-52Hs will become B-52Js. The designation resolves a question that had been debated for several years, as B-52 undergoes some of the most significant improvements in H model’s 61-year service life.

It’s Official: The Re-Engined B-52 Will be the B-52J

As soon as they get new engines, B-52H bombers will be designated as B-52J aircraft, Air Force budget documents show.

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US Army Bradley Fighting Vehicles from 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, practice battle drills and cross through water in Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Feb. 20.

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🇨🇳 US Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Finkenstadt, 64th Aggressor Squadron commander, performs pre-flight inspections before launching out for a Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Mar. 15.

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16 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs hang from US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II for a testing mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 20. This is the first time 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron has carried and employed all four bomb racks of GBU-39s on a single jet.

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US Air Force forty-nine F-16 Vipers and MQ-9 Reapers line up on flight line April 21 at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The elephant walk displayed the immense amount of air power generated by 49th Wing through its mission to build combat aircrew and lead and develop airmen.

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Forty-nine F-16 Vipers and MQ-9 Reapers assigned to US Air Force 49th Wing line up on runway during an elephant walk at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 21.

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US Air Force 509th Munitions Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, added two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators to their arsenal, so they can test their performance. Photos from Whiteman Air Force Base Facebook page

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A satellite image shows Russian naval vessels in Havana, Cuba, June 13. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

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@CovertShores

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Can someone identify that payload inside the internal bay? Following a training mission with USAF F-15s from 144th Fighter Wing, air crew for F-117 recover the aircraft and prepare to exit the pilot in Fresno, Calif. on Sep. 15. Video from 144th Fighter Wing Facebook page

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DARPA selects General Atomics and Aurora Flight Sciences to develop designs for Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale demonstrator. It will be a large flying boat similar in size and capacity to the C-17 Globemaster III.

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Turning a new page in my life.

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BREAKING: France tests its nuclear deterrent force on April 7, mobilizes as many as 50 planes including Rafales, WC-135s and A330 MRTTs, AWACS E-3s, and Mirage 2000s.

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Royal Canadian Navy offshore patrol vessel HMCS Margaret Brooke passes by Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Kazan and frigate Admiral Gorshkov, as it enters Havana’s bay, Cuba, June 14. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

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I am back on Twitter after a much needed holiday in London. I spent one day to visit @RoyalNavy base in Portsmouth and it is my first time to see an aircraft carrier in person. Luckily both @HMSPWLS and @HMSQNLZ are there.

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US Navy NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) recovered a downed Navy MH-60S helicopter from a depth of 19,075 feet off the coast of Okinawa, Japan Thursday.

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US Air Force Col. Jeffrey Anderson, 5th Maintenance Group commander, gives Staff Delegates for the House Armed Services Committee a tour of a weapons loader trainer at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Mar. 15. Those are nuclear armed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missiles.

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US conducted a successful intercept of an intermediate range ballistic missile by an upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor with a Capability Enhanced-II Block 1 Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle, launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Dec. 11.

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US and Danish forces will conduct advanced convoy protection drills using modular SM-6 missile launcher beginning the week of Sept. 18 in Bornholm, Denmark. The missile's dual-capability design can engage of terrestrial targets and maritime adversaries.

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Official LEGO version of Osprey. It’s a must BUY!!!

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Taiwanese F-16V deployed at Hualien Air Force Base are equipped with two AIM-120s, two AIM-9s, two AGM-84s, and AN/ALQ-184. Photos from Liberty Times

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JUST IN: US Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) closely monitors vessels from Chinese PLA Navy operating as part of a four-ship task force in international waters inside US Exclusive Economic Zone off Aleutian Island coast on Aug. 29. 📸 @DVIDSHub

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On Mar. 10, South Korea President Yoon Seok-yeol inspected submarine ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho. The submarine is eqipped with submarine-launched ballistic missiles. CC @CovertShores @USN_Submariner @Saturnax1 @xaviervav @CavasShips

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@Sputnik_Not He nazified himself for the sake of the denazification of Ukraine.

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Lockheed Martin has delivered first Precision Strike Missiles to US Army providing long-range precision fires capability, capable of neutralizing targets beyond 400 km.

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US Army announced initial delivery of Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 Early Operational Capability missiles on Dec. 8. Launched from M142 HIMARS and M270A2 MLRS, it is capable of neutralizing targets at standoffs greater than 400 km.

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A Common Missile Compartment (CMC) module is underway from fabrication facility in UK to assembly facility, Dec. 14. The missile tubes are shared between US Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine and UK Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarine under CMC program.

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On Mar. 9, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter watched a volley of at least six tactical nuclear missiles designed to destroy enemy airfields, according to state media.

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More photos of US Transportation Command delivering the first shipment of Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine.

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@ryankakiuchan

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Three Royal Australian Navy officers began US Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC), known commonly as “Submarine School,” where they will learn to tactically employ nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs).

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On Feb. 23, Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS Esbern Snare's stern drifted across Frederikshavn Naval Base, and collided with sister ship HDMS Absalon. Photo from Søværnet Facebook page

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@ryankakiuchan

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Bahraini, American and Lockheed Martin officials celebrated the first F-16 Block 70 for Royal Bahraini Air Force on Mar. 10 in Greenville, South Carolina. This F-16 Block 70 jet is the first of 16 jets for Bahrain, and took its first flight on Jan. 24.

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@ryankakiuchan

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A sea lion sits atop of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle after conducting waterborne operations during bilateral amphibious assault training as part of exercise Iron Fist 2022 at White Beach, Camp Pendleton, California on Feb. 1.

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@ryankakiuchan

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US Air Force Global Strike Command launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 P.M. Pacific Time Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

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More photos of US Air Force stealth bomber B-21 Raider's first flight on Nov. 10.

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@ryankakiuchan

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Several hundred American soldiers landed in Bardufoss, Norway on May 10. US Army Alaska, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division, flew directly from Alaska with 8 C-17, and landed in Norway. Photos from @NorwegianArmy CC @nukestrat @SpeckleBelly64 @GDarkconrad

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@ryankakiuchan

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A Poseidon with four Harpoons. A US Navy P-8A maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, deployed with CTF 57, takes off from a runway for a maritime domain awareness mission in the 5th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 16. 📸 @DVIDSHub Photos post on Mar. 7.

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🚨American Multi-Carrier Formation🚨 US Navy aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), right, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), center, and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), sail in formation in Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24.

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US Navy said its actions in response resulted in Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessel disconnecting the towing line to Saildrone Explorer and departing the area approximately four hours later.

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@ryankakiuchan

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An USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II from the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Fighter Wing is painted with a heritage WWII paint scheme at the Air National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa. 📸 @DVIDSHub

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Is that the longest single surveillance flight of USAF Global Hawk in Europe?

Hans Kristensen

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Finally, after a full day of operating over Europe, literally outlining the strategic divisions burdening Europe today, from the Baltic, Belarus, Ukraine, and the Black Sea, US Global Hawk #FORTE10 (11-2049) has completed its mission and is returning to its base on Sicily.

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