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USMC Photo of the Day: Message from a KC-130 "Hercules" to the challengers: Retire the SAMs--now!
United States Navy - Eye on the Fleet ^
| September 4, 2003
| LCpl Andrew Williams, USMC
Posted on 01/22/2006 5:42:03 PM PST by EnjoyingLife
![030904-M-7837W-001 Central Command Area of Responsibility, 4 September 2003 -- Aerial shot over Iraq of a KC-130 'Hercules' assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler-Transport Squadron Two Thirty Four (VMGR-234) firing flares used to counter attack surface to air missiles. U.S. Marines are deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl Andrew Williams.](http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-20051111-UnitedStatesMarineCorps-030904-M-7837W-001.jpg)
Central Command Area of Responsibility, 4 September 2003: Aerial shot over Iraq of a
KC-130 "Hercules" assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler-Transport Squadron Two Thirty Four (VMGR-234)
firing flares used to counter attack surface to air missiles.
The Photographer
LCpl. Andrew Williams, United States Marine Corps, http://www.usmc.mil
The Big Photo
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/030904-M-7837W-001.jpg
The Courtesies
Above medium-sized image: http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20051111.htm
Caption: http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=9370, United States Navy - Eye on the Fleet
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aviation; flares; iraq; kc130; usmc
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To: mosquewatch.com
To: A.A. Cunningham
Was aweseom indeed, I had no idea that effect was created by supersonic flight !
42
posted on
01/22/2006 6:33:18 PM PST
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: Lady Jag
I couldn't have said it better.
43
posted on
01/22/2006 6:36:08 PM PST
by
null and void
("Never place a period where God has placed a coma" --Gracie Allen)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Do you think the Eagle is a photoshop artwork or is this an untouched picture? Looks like a triple exposure to me. I guess there's only the one Herky. The Eagle is probably caused by the flares being shot out to the side, combined with the wing vortexes and prop wash. Most any large aircraft will leave swirls in any smoke or fog it penetrates, or under certain conditions it may generate it's own, exclusive of any pyrotechnics.
44
posted on
01/22/2006 6:37:40 PM PST
by
El Gato
(The Second Amendment is the Reset Button of the U.S. Constitution)
To: EnjoyingLife
Wallpaper and screensaver
45
posted on
01/22/2006 6:39:24 PM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
I have a quesadilla with the image of the Virgin Mary on it if you have some cash laying around....
46
posted on
01/22/2006 6:43:57 PM PST
by
Uriah_lost
(http://www.wingercomics.com/d/20051205.html)
To: The_Media_never_lie
I thought it was an angel.
47
posted on
01/22/2006 6:49:05 PM PST
by
MistrX
To: EnjoyingLife
48
posted on
01/22/2006 6:50:37 PM PST
by
skr
("That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests."--Andrew Jackson)
To: mosquewatch.com
49
posted on
01/22/2006 6:55:38 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering)
To: Lady Jag
Angels of Death to the enemy, saviors of life for us and our allies... It's only the Angel of Death if it's an AC-130, or perhaps the tricked out special ops C-130, with a Daisy Cutter on board. The AC has all sorts of nasty stuff to allow it to be the Angel of Death.
Now if the weapons officer on board is one particular female officer..
"The Spectres weapons release officer was a woman, a stunning USAF captain named Allison. Allys voice on the planes intercom and over the radio, as she coordinated the deadly 105mm and 40mm explosive rounds, seemed to flow like poetry as the Taliban bodies stacked up, resulting in her being nicknamed the Angel of Death. ...
Allison, originally from New York, was proud that she was able to bring some justice to the people who were responsible for striking out at the United States on September 11. [Northern Alliance] General Dostum was utterly amazed when he heard of Ally. He immediately called his Taliban foes on the appropriate frequency, and then asked for Allison to speak on the U.S. radio. Dostum first announced to the Taliban leader that the United States has so little respect for you that they are using their women to fight you! Then Dostum held his handset up and Allison would talk over the frequency, announcing that she had heard how badly the Taliban treated women, and she was here to give them a little payback. This was also translated to the enemy over their frequencies. The extreme gravity of the insult to an Islamic fundamentalist holy warrior cannot be translated.
-- Robin Moore, The Hunt For Bin Laden: Task Force Dagger, 2003
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posted on
01/22/2006 6:56:46 PM PST
by
El Gato
(The Second Amendment is the Reset Button of the U.S. Constitution)
To: El Gato
Looks like a triple exposure to me. I guess there's only the one Herky. I take that back, after looking at the video, even though that's a different aircraft, I can see that the one Herky could have been firing the flares, two bursts just like the video, or the forward bird fired it's first followed by the trailing one doing it as the picture was taken.
51
posted on
01/22/2006 6:59:48 PM PST
by
El Gato
(The Second Amendment is the Reset Button of the U.S. Constitution)
To: Oztrich Boy
loooooooooooooooooooooooooool
52
posted on
01/22/2006 7:00:31 PM PST
by
mosquewatch.com
("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
To: EnjoyingLife
53
posted on
01/22/2006 7:01:12 PM PST
by
Dustbunny
(As happy as a toad in the Lord's pocket.)
To: Bubba
IT'S AN ANGEL. That can't be good
54
posted on
01/22/2006 7:02:47 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering)
To: El Gato
I was merely being poetic. I have the license.
55
posted on
01/22/2006 7:30:37 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and unlimited power)
To: TexasTransplant
In comment # 19 TexasTransplant says: I have some awesome photos of F-14s going ballistic that look surreal as well, they aren't edited either. I know because I took them and I developed them) Did I hear eff fourteen, as in my beloved F-14 "Tomcat"? P-p-p-lease p-p-p-post j-j-just 1 of y-y-your p-p-p-photos...
To: EnjoyingLife
>>>" Did I hear eff fourteen, as in my beloved F-14 "Tomcat"? P-p-p-lease p-p-p-post j-j-just 1 of y-y-your p-p-p-photos..."<<<
Can't they are in Storage, boxed up while I am remodeling the house, I'll put it on my ever expanding list though
To: Lady Jag
I was merely being poetic. I have the license. I figured that, but I like the little story of the Lady Captain "Angel of Death", and will look it up and re post it whenever the least bit appropriate. :) She is "one of mine" (AF) you know.
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posted on
01/22/2006 8:44:29 PM PST
by
El Gato
(The Second Amendment is the Reset Button of the U.S. Constitution)
To: El Gato
Actually, I believe I've read about her before. A friend's daughter has been in the AF @ 10 years and shares sometimes. The more of those stories the better! There are tons of stories out there we may never hear.
59
posted on
01/22/2006 8:50:26 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and unlimited power)
To: EnjoyingLife
For a few years, a C130 would show up around dusk and circle my house for an hour or so. I always guessed it was from Hurlburt. Probably actually circling a nearby church. The sound of the engines is fairly distinctive although every now and then I think I hear one and it turns out to be some commercial aircraft.
I was thinking a few months ago, that I haven't seen one in over a year.
60
posted on
01/22/2006 8:52:15 PM PST
by
yarddog
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