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This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the ass end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear??? If this does not impress you ... nothing ever will. Gives me the chills and a serious case of the vertigo ... I can't even imagine having the nerve ... much less the talent and ability ... God Bless our military!!!!!
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(March 2, 2006)
Karla Comfort received a lot of looks and even some salutes from people when she drove from Benton, Ark., to Camp Pendleton, Calif., in her newly-painted, custom Hummer H3 March 2. The vehicle is adorned with the likeness of her son, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. John M. Holmason, and nine other Marines with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division who where all killed by the same improvised explosive device blast in Fallujah, Iraq, in December.
For Karla Comfort, having the vehicle air brushed with the image of the 10 Marines was a way to pay homage to her hero and his fellow comrades who fell on Iraq's urban battlefield.
"I wanted to let people know (Marines) are doing their jobs honorably, and some of them die," said the 39-year-old from Portland, OR"I don't want people to forget the sacrifices that my son and the other Marines made."
Leading up to her son's death, Karla Comfort had received several letters from him prior to his return. He had been deployed for five months, and Comfort "worried everyday he was gone until she got the letters and found out the date he was coming home," she said.
Marines knocked on the front door of her home in Farmington, Mich., at 3 am with the dreadful news.
"I let my guard down when I found out he was coming home," she said. "There are times that I still cannot believe it happened. It's very hard to deal with."
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Karla Comfort came up with the idea for the rolling memorial when she and her two other sons attended John's funeral in Portland, Oregon.
"I saw a Vietnam(War) memorial on a car, and I said to my son Josh, 'we should do something like that for John,' she recalled. "He loved Hummers."
She purchased the vehicle in January and immediately took it to AirbrushGuy &Co. in Benton, Ark., where artist Robert Powell went to work on changing the plain, black vehicle into a decorative, mobile, art piece.
"I only had the vehicle for two days before we took it in," she joked.
Two hundred and fifty man-hours later, Powell had completed the vehicle. The custom job would have cost $25,000. Out of respect for Karla Comfort's loss and the sacrifices the Marines made, AirbrushGuy &Co. did it for free. Comfort only had to purchase the paint, which cost $3,000.
"I love it," she said. "I'm really impressed with it, and I think John would be happy with the vehicle. He would have a big smile on his face because he loved Hummers."
Karla Comfort gave Powell basic instructions on what to include in the paint job. But in addition to the image of her son in Dress Blues and the faces of the nine other Marines, there were several surprises. "He put a lot more on than I expected," she said. "I think my favorite part is the heaven scene."
On the left side of the vehicle, a detail of Marines are depicted carrying their fallen comrades through the clouds to their final resting place. The American flag drapes across the hood, the words, "Semper Fi" crown the front windshield and the spare tire cover carries the same Eagle Globe and Anchor design that her son had tattooed on his back.
"All the support I have been getting is wonderful," she said.
Karla Comfort decided to move back to her hometown of Portland, and making the cross-country trip from Arkansas was a way for her to share her son's story. It's also her way of coping with the loss.
"Along the way I got nothing but positive feedback from people," she said. "What got to me was when people would salute the guys (Marines). It's hard to look at his picture. I still cry and try to get used to the idea, but it's hard to grasp the idea that he's really gone."
Let's get this Hummer going around the world, we won't forget! Pass it on.
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This is amazing... F-15 Accident
A simulated dogfight training took place between two F-15D's and four A-4N Skyhawks over the skies of the Negev, Israel ...
"At some point I collided with one of the Skyhawks, at first I didn't realize it. I felt a big strike and I thought we passed through the jet stream of one of the other aircraft. Before I could react, I saw the big fireball created by the explosion of the Skyhawk. The radio started to deliver calls saying that the Skyhawk pilot has ejected, and I understood that the fireball was the Skyhawk that exploded, and the pilot was ejected automatically.
There was a tremendous fuel stream going out of my wing and I understood it was badly damaged. The aircraft flew without control in a strange spiral. I reconnected the electric control to the control surfaces, and slowly gained control of the aircraft until I was straight and level again. It was clear to me that I had to eject. When I gained control I said: "Hey, wait, don't eject yet!" No warning light was on and the navigation computer worked as usual; (I just needed a warning light in my panel to indicate that I was missing a wing...),"
My instructor pilot ordered me to eject. The wing is a fuel tank, and the fuel indicator showed 0.000 so I assumed that the jet stream sucked all the fuel out of the other tanks. However, I remembered that the valves operate only in one direction, so that I might have enough fuel to get to the nearest airfield and land. I worked like a machine, I wasn't scared and didn't worry. All I knew was as long as the sucker flies, I'm gonna stay inside.
I started to decrease the airspeed, but at that point one wing was not enough So I went into a spin down and to the right. A second before I decided to eject, I pushed the throttle and lit the afterburner. I gained speed and thus got control of the aircraft again. Next thing I did was lower the arresting hook. A few seconds later I touched the runway at 260 knots, about twice the recommended speed, and called the tower to erect the emergency recovery net. The hook was torn away from the fuselage because of the high speed, but I managed to stop 10 meters before the net.
I turned back to shake the hand of my instructor, who had urged me to eject, and then I saw it for the first time - no wing!"
This is definitely a testament to modern combat aircraft design. I figure the fuselage acting as an airfoil, a high thrust to weight ratio and two engines (differential thrust) helped in this impressive feat.
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loạt ảnh này là ảnh fake rồi bác ạ !!! nó sửa lại bằng photoshop đấy, không phải ảnh thật ... Về nguyên tắc thì nếu như tiêu tùng mât 1 cánh máy bay thì máy bay sẽ nô ngay lâp tức, nếu không nổ thì nó sẽ xoay vòng quanh ... cái ảnh này trên ttvnol.com bọn em đã cãi nhau mất bao lâu rồi ...
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Those sneaky marines...
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THOSE SNEAKY MARINES..... ....
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If a muslim sees a naked woman --- they are suppose to kill themself!
Ya got to love the Marines!
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AsTime Goes On
As time goes on and years pass by,
Now its time to say goodbye.
Life is sweet and must be cherished,
So young at heart and yet not so.
As time goes on, now eighteen years old,
Choices to be made, as duty has called.
Oh! Mom and dad, how do I tell you,
That home is somewhere else now.
As time goes on, how do I make you understand,
I don't want to be here, but I had to go.
Please don't be sad, remember how we use to laugh?
To see your smiles, or hug you all!
As time goes on, the end is near,
How I wish I was there, instead of here.
Now its time to say goodbye.
Dad! Wipe those tears from mom's eyes.
As time goes on, time has passed,
For the good times are gone, and for where I am, I am.
Mom, dad I know your proud of me!
For I stood tall, for that soldier you wanted me to be.
As time goes on, the end has come,
For no more tears shall be shed.
As I lay here, and my eyes are closed,
As time has stopped for me, time to let me go.
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Hei Binh.
Such a beautiful picture of the soldier 'armed to the teeth' and the tiny little kitten. LOVELY. Have a great weekend. =))))
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how moving the picture and the poem !!!
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