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Sailors catch up on their tans while others load 14’ shells aboard USS New Mexico (BB-40), she was in service from 1918-1946.

Antknot wrote: ↑Sun Jul 27, 2025 2:10 pm

On August 5, 2004, the Battle of Najaf began between U.S. forces and the members of the Mehdi Army who were loyal to the radical cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr.

Pictured above, U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are photographed while they take up fighting positions, as the sun begins to set on the first day of the battle. They would continue to engage the members of the Mehdi Army, long into the night and over the next several weeks.

Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.

On August 6, 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook helicopter, call sign Extortion 17, was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.

The resulting crash killed all 38 personnel on board, which included:

23 U.S. Navy SEALs
2 U.S. Air Force Pararescue
1 U.S. Air Force Combat Control Team member
1 pilot and 2 crewmen of the U.S. Army Reserve
1 pilot and 1 crewman of the U.S. Army National Guard
7 members of the Afghan National Security Forces
1 Afghan interpreter
1 U.S. military working dog

Navy SEALs:
PO1 Darrick C. Benson
CPO Brian R. Bill
PO1 Christopher G. Campbell
PO1 Jared W. Day
PO1 John Douangdara & Navy SEAL Dog “Bart”
CPO John W. Faas
CPO Kevin A. Houston
Lt. Cmdr. Jonas B. Kelsall
MCPO Louis J. Langlais
CPO Matthew D. Mason
CPO Stephen M. Mills
CPO Nicholas H. Null
PO1 Jesse D. Pittman
SCPO Thomas A. Ratzlaff
CPO Robert J. Reeves
CPO Heath M. Robinson
PO2 Nicholas P. Spehar
PO1 Michael J. Strange
PO1 Jon T. Tumilson
PO1 Aaron C. Vaughn
SCPO Kraig M. Vickers
PO1 Jason R. Workman

U.S. Army:
SGT Alexander J. Bennett
SPC Spencer Duncan (youngest onboard)
CWO Bryan J. Nichols
CWO David R. Carter (oldest onboard)
SSG Patrick D. Hamburger

U.S. Air Force:
TSgt John W. Brown
SSgt Andrew W. Harvell
TSgt Daniel L. Zerbe

They shall never be forgotten.

Nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder," the De Havilland Mosquito WWII aircraft was a blistering fast, versatile fighter-bomber made almost entirely of wood.

On Apr. 26, 1971, pilot Lt. Col. Thomas Estes and RSO Lt. Col. Dewain Vick flew SR-71 #968 15,000 miles in 10 hours 30 minutes non-stop on a grueling marathon mission to test the endurance of the J58 engines and the Blackbird airframe, but mostly to see how many times they could refuel before the liquid nitrogen gave out. At Blackbird speeds and temperatures, oxygen becomes explosive and can spontaneously ignite in the tanks and fuel lines. In order to prevent this, all 6 fuel tanks are purged with pure nitrogen after being filled.

The Blackbird also carries 260 liters of liquid nitrogen in 3 dewars [for this flight the SR-71 only had 2 – 106 liter liquid nitrogen dewars. The 3rd 50 liter dewar was added in the mid 1980’s. This nitrogen expands into its gaseous form as it is pumped into the fuel tanks to top them off as fuel is consumed. Without the nitrogen, the empty fuel tanks would cavitate from the increased pressure when returning to lower altitudes to refuel. This process involves pumping nitrogen into the tanks while allowing air to vent out, which removes oxygen from the fuel and makes it chemically inactive. This greatly reduces the risk of explosion in extreme heat and pressure conditions.

Ukrainian sniper claims world record kill shot from 2.5 MILES away wiping out two Russians with a single bullet

https://www.the-sun.com/news/14986488/u ... kill-shot/