Iwo

23 Feb 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island's highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American Marines fighting for control of Suribachi's slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second flag along with a motion-picture cameraman.

Thanks to Jim Homan for sharing.

Watch here:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1-xGKIn_cnM

Hill 327 Danang 197-71 at LZ BA Puglisi

The blast wall protects the office buildings from the helo rotor wash - Hill 327 Danang Vietnam.

More scoop about MASS-3 Vietnam at:     mass-3.blogspot.com/

The Blue Angels’ C-130 Hercules

The Blue Angels’ C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as "Fat Albert", flies over the Silent Drill
 Platoon on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona on March 4, 2014. The Marine Corps pilots
 who fly the C-130 must be aircraft commander qualified with at least 1,200 flight hours. 
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar L Olive IV/Released)
 
A larger, high-res version can be viewed or downloaded here:

http://www.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/WeekInPhotos/2014-03/hires_hires_140304-M-ZR832-618c.jpg

Vietnam Air War Photos

Great pictures, lot of effort to put this together.

Follow this link to view, full screen.Put your cursor over the picture and it will tell you what/where it is.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aviatorr727/sets/72157625615256098/

World War I Photos

Click to see more photos

Air Support Video for Khe Sanh, Vietnam 1967

Click to see some interesting video of air support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjdNK6lhdM

Search Results

Battle of Khe Sanh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Khe Sanh was fought during the first four months of 1968. Besieged during the Tet Offensive, the Marine base at Khe Sanh held out against heavy attacks by the North ... Battle of Dak To · Raid on Son Tay · Battle of Hamburger Hill ...
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One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins at Khe Sanh, 14 miles below the DMZ and six miles from the Laotian border.



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The bodies of US Marines lie half buried on Hill 689, west of KheSanh, in 1968. The siege at Khe Sanh was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war.

Drones and Air Control

The Navy successfully conducted take-offs and landings from a fairly new nuclear aircraft carrier, the USS George W. Bush, with a new stealth jet called the X-47B.

What is so different about this plane is the fact that it is a 'drone'.  Yes, it is completely unmanned.  Drones come in all sizes, and the X-47B is likely one of the larger ones.

What is so ironic about all of this is, the fact that the enemy cannot detect a plane like this in the first place.  In the unlikely event they get lucky at shooting one down, there will be no human loss of life or captivity.  

As you view the flight deck crew signaling the plane, they are simply signaling the on-board cameras, who in turn are being manned by staff inside the command intelligence center ( CIC ) onboard the ship.

Also check out the short distance this plane needs for a takeoff.  Impressive

indeed.

We have come a long way in Air Control.  It appears to me that eventually most combat and combat support missions will be flown by drones.


Click below for the video.

X-47B UCAS Aviation History Under Way - YouTube

Thanks to Colonel Byron Hill for submitting this.