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Texas Dagger
Convair TF-102A Delta Dagger 0-62379 of the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 147 Fighter Group, Texas Air National Guard in 1971. The 111th flew the Dagger out of Ellington Field from 1960–1975....
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USS Hornet’s airwing redux
Click to big up Here we see in this U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall, Capt. Dan “Dozer” Dwyer, commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, landing...
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Warship Wednesday March 25, 2015 the Granite Ship of the Line
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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The Rising Sun leading the way
Click to bigup Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Shirane-class destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144) leads the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Gridley (DDG 101) and USS Stockdale (DDG 106)...
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Night ops
Click to big up. Its really a very stunning image. CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 24, 2015) An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to The Immortals of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (Light) (HSL) 60, lands...
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Marines over Suribachi +70
Click to big up F/A-18E Super Hornets from the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 fly over Mt. Suribachi in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima during a return transit...
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Warship Wednesday April 1, 2015: Lucky Georgios, the last man standing
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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The Mighty Eure
Much is made of how strong, heavily armored, and revolutionary the German Army’s blitzkrieg attack on France and the Lowlands was in May 1940, able to knock four Western European countries out of the...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Alphonse Mucha
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like that produced them. Combat...
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Adapt and overcome like a boss
CAMP CASEY, South Korea – Soldiers from the 4th Squadron, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (Custer’s old unit), 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, participate in a spur ride at Camp Casey...
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Warship Wednesday April 8, 2015: The Mud Lump Picket Gang
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Whoops…
75 Years ago today the pride of the German Kriegsmarine, the Hipper-class heavy cruiser Blücher, met an unlikely end. Built to raid British shipping and help screen Hiter’s new grand blue water navy,...
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RCAF Hornet does Battle of Britain at 75
During the 16 weeks in the late summer and early fall of 1940, the RAF took on the so-far undefeated Luftwaffe over the skies of the British Isles and inflicted the first true defeat suffered by the...
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Warship Wednesday April 15, 2015: Big Jean and the Boston Brawler
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Kiowas in paradise
Wesley Pritchett was selected as the Army Aviation Photo of the Year, titled Wingman. Scouts out! It shows a group of OH-58D Kiowa Warriors of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th CAB, from...
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Combat Gallery Sunday : The Martial Art of Victor Prezio
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like that produced them. Combat...
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Indochine jellyfish
French Foreign legion paratroopers during Operation Camargue, Quang Tri, Indochina, July 1953. (Source: ecpad.fr) In the bad old days of the nearly 8-year long war in Indochina, which cost the French...
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Warship Wednesday April 22, 2015: The Music City wingman
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Last ride of the Extra Joker
Click to big up Ford B-24H-30-FO B-24 H Liberator, s/n 42-95379, ‘Extra Joker’ in the last photo taken of her on August 23, 1944. She belonged to the 725th Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bombardment...
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Combat Gallery Sunday: The Martial Art of Frank Frazetta
Much as once a week I like to take time off to cover warships (Wednesdays), on Sunday, I like to cover military art and the painters, illustrators, sculptors, and the like that produced them. Combat...
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