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Army’s Green Berets conduct elite training (36 photos)

Army’s Green Berets conduct elite training (36 photos)

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Army’s Green Berets conduct elite training (36 photos)

Posted: 10 Sep 2015 03:10 PM PDT

A U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Beret exits a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into a bay during helocast training at Eglin Base Air Force Base, Fla.

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“Steel Rain” action in 1,600pix-width…actually, high-res (90 HQ Photos)

Posted: 10 Sep 2015 01:35 PM PDT

a-MLRS-FB-600-5Make sure to click to see the full gallery of: FB-15 in higher-res (15 HQ Photos) Be sure to LIKE US while you're there

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I know…my HQ galleries are looking pixelated

Posted: 10 Sep 2015 11:27 AM PDT

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Was the F6F Hellcat the most lethal U.S. Aircraft in WW2? (96 HQ Photos)

Posted: 10 Sep 2015 10:07 AM PDT

The Grumman F6F was best known for its role as a rugged, well-designed carrier fighter which was able, after its combat debut in early 1943, to counter the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and help secure air superiority over the Pacific Theater. Such was the quality of the basic simple, straightforward design, that the Hellcat was the least modified fighter of the war, with a total of 12,200 being built in just over two years. Hellcats were credited with destroying 5,223 aircraft while in service with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. This was more than any other Allied naval aircraft. Postwar, the Hellcat was phased out of frontline service, but remained in service as late as 1954 as a night fighter. U.S. Navy and Marine F6F pilots flew 66,530 combat sorties and claimed 5,163 kills (56% of all U.S. Navy/Marine air victories of the war) at a recorded cost of 270 Hellcats in aerial combat (an overall kill-to-loss ratio of 19:1 based on claimed but not confirmed kills). On average, the Hellcat flew 55 MPH faster than the Zero; at about 20,000 feet it was 70 MPH faster. At altitudes in excess of 10,000 feet, it had a comparable rate of climb. At all altitudes, due to its heavier weight and greater power, it could out-dive the A6M. As for the business end of things: While all F6F-5s were capable of carrying an armament mix of one 20 mm (.79 in) M2 cannon in each of the inboard gun bays (220 rounds per gun), along with two pairs of .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns (each with 400 rounds per gun), this configuration was only used on later F6F-5N night fighters. The F6F-5 was the most common F6F variant, with 7,870 being built. This weaponry configuration consisted of six wing-mounted .50 caliber machine guns, each with 400 rounds of ammunition. In addition, the Hellcat could carry a up two 1,000 pound bombs. Its most destructive weapons were six 5-inch HVAR's (High Velocity Aircraft Rockets), which the author Barrett Tillman described as "equal to a destroyer's broadside." text source 1 text source 2

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Kill or be Killed: WWII training film (Video)

Posted: 09 Sep 2015 05:41 PM PDT

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US Pacific Fleet joint training with Japan (62 HQ photos)

Posted: 09 Sep 2015 04:31 PM PDT

Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.

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