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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.
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: EnjoyingLife

That is an awesome shot!


81 posted on 01/28/2006 7:54:23 PM PST by Lady Jag ( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and world domination)
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To: WSGilcrest; FreedomCalls; Ruy Dias de Bivar; lancer; Doe Eyes; mosquewatch.com; Lady Jag
VMGR-452 KC-130 flyby, Stewart, New York (first 59 seconds of the video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqHDkAE3cNQ
82 posted on 03/15/2007 8:20:50 PM PDT by EnjoyingLife
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To: The_Media_never_lie

***Do you think the Eagle is a photoshop artwork or is this an untouched picture?***

This is an actual video also called "Angel Flares". It is NOT photoshopped.

Does anyone have the actual video to post here?


83 posted on 03/15/2007 8:41:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Videos:

1. http://www.archive.org/download/Herc_Salvo2/Herc_Salvo2.mpg or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyXkD8TVUQ or http://www.archive.org/details/Herc_Salvo2

2. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2308/angel_decoys or http://ronsworld1.homestead.com/files/jett.mpg

84 posted on 03/28/2007 5:58:35 AM PDT by EnjoyingLife
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Is this what you mean? I always loved this... (this image from my own website bandwidth, feel free to use)
85 posted on 01/01/2011 10:23:54 AM PST by Jen Shroder
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To: mosquewatch.com

The photo was not edited. The “angel” is the smoke remaining from a previous flare release some distance back.

There is visual compression from the use of a telephoto lens. The aircraft are more separated than it appears as is the smoke angel.


86 posted on 01/01/2011 10:29:55 AM PST by MediaMole
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To: Jen Shroder

Thank you!


87 posted on 01/01/2011 12:00:44 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (I visited GEN TOMMY FRANKS Military Museum in HOBART, OKLAHOMA! Well worth it!)
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