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Winter Morning (Kodak Portra 160)

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The Battle of the Pyramids 21 July 1798 by Louis-François Lejeune

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A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II prepares to take off from the USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean to conduct a simulated expeditionary strike mission, Dec. 12, 2023.

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Maritime, Land, Air, Space & Cyberspace - the pieces that make up #NATO's Multi-Domain Operations puzzle. Each piece is unique, but together they create a complete picture of security and defense, effectively synchronizing collective efforts.

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#WeAreNATO

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Capt. Jim Edwards of the 354th FG - 356th FS, climbing out of P-51B 43-12478 AJ+Q 'El Lobo', previously named, 'Sonava Buggar', with ground-crew the 9th AF.

Boxted in Essex, in April 1944.

Minor Image Repair & Colourisation by HowdiColourWorks.

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LT. Patricia A. Denkler, assigned to Training Squadron 4 (VT-4), performs a preflight check on a TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft. Denkler became the first Navy woman to be carrier qualified in a jet aircraft when she landed aboard the aircraft carrier USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16)

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P-47D Thunderbolt flown by Lt. Col. Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski with his ground crew, 1944

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Saab Draken fashion show

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USS Phoenix (CL-46) firing her 6"/47 guns during the pre-invasion bombardment of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, circa 24-26 December 1943

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British Achilles crossing the Savio River with a blown up Panther tank in the water

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Deanie Parish. WASP pilot. In front of her Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. 1940′s

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Brass astrolabe, Iran, circa 1650

from The Khalili Collections

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USS MASSACHUSETTS.

ORIGINAL HISTORIC WARTIME CAPTION.

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) reveals anti-aircraft defensive weapons. New features including the faired, falling-away stack, 20 mm gun mounts in staggering total and the newest and latest in radar detection equipment, with Task Force en-route to attack Taroa Island on Maloelap Atoll in the Marshalls. Low aerial taken by plane from USS Enterprise (CV-6), January 1944. (National Museum of U.S. Navy)