2011 results of the year in pictures: Air Force - part of 2

2011 results of the year in pictures: Air Force - part of 2

Let's continue the conversation about the results of the past 2011 year for the Russian Air Force. In addition to the production of new aircraft, last year the modernization of military aircraft was continued. At present...
Tank training ground in Vliland

Tank training ground in Vliland

Nowadays, the abandoned tank training ground in Vlieland, the Netherlands, where tankers practiced shooting at the old Leopard-1 and M-47. Functioned from 1954 to 2004 year ....
The remains of the Libyan fleet in Tripoli

The remains of the Libyan fleet in Tripoli

A small photo report appeared on the Turkish website www.turkishny.com 6 in January 2012, capturing the surviving or disabled Navy ships in Tripoli naval base ...
Photo from Afghanistan for December 2011 of the year

Photo from Afghanistan for December 2011 of the year

During 2010, the NATO 711 fighters died in Afghanistan, and 2011 - in 565. This is the most significant reduction in mortality compared with the previous year in ten years of war. NATO troops were crucial ...
Hike to 61 armored repair plant

Hike to 61 armored repair plant

61 armored repair plant, in St. Petersburg, is interesting for its rich collection. We offer to make a "tour" of the company, having familiarized with this photo selection ....
Military parade in Dar es Salaam

Military parade in Dar es Salaam

9 December 2011 was held at the central stadium of the administrative capital of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, a military parade to mark the 50 anniversary of the declaration of independence of Tanganyika (continental ...
Su-34 at the Baltimore airfield

Su-34 at the Baltimore airfield

At the end of December, the Baltimore airfield received the next two Su-34 front-line bomber, the last in the outgoing year. This time the shooting took place on the territory of the airbase. The flight failed again ...
Air Force Museum, Israel

Air Force Museum, Israel

The museum is a huge collection of aircraft and helicopters, which were in service with the Israeli Air Force, as well as examples from the country's civil aviation. The museum is within walking distance ...
2011 year in photos (Part of 3)

2011 year in photos (Part of 3)

We bring to your attention another collection, which is the last part of a photo report for the year, in three parts ....
Marked by war

Marked by war

How do soldiers' faces change - before, during, and after the war? Here are the Young Men (Marked) - a project of the Dutch photographer Claire Felicie (Claire Felicie). This is a series of triptych portraits of 13 soldiers ...
2011 year in photos (part of 2)

2011 year in photos (part of 2)

We bring to your attention the next selection, which is the second part of the photo report for the year, in three parts ....
2011 year in photos (part of 1)

2011 year in photos (part of 1)

2011 was a year of social unrest and economic crisis. But other high-profile events, too, were in abundance. The earth experienced a fall in regimes, the emergence of a new country (South Sudan), a tsunami and ...
Military parade in Bucharest (PHOTOS)

Military parade in Bucharest (PHOTOS)

We present photos of the military parade in honor of the National Day of Romania, held in Bucharest on the Triumphal Arch Square. In a modest military parade took part 1500 military ...
Amphibious assault landing

Amphibious assault landing

On September 14 I had the opportunity to attend one of the stages of the exercises of the coastal forces and the Pacific Fleet in Kamchatka. The scene of action - Zavoyko Bay (Avacha Bay) ....
In anticipation of the end of the war in Iraq

In anticipation of the end of the war in Iraq

Less than one month left before the planned withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, but the country's future is still uncertain. Since the coalition forces invaded Iraq in March of 2003 ...
46 Special operational team or four days in Chechnya

46 Special operational team or four days in Chechnya

At the beginning of November, a delegation of the Moscow region visited the 46-th separate operational brigade (OBRON) with a patronage visit. The delegation included representatives of 19-mi municipalities ...
419 aircraft repair plant near Petersburg

419 aircraft repair plant near Petersburg

There are many different abandoned military facilities near St. Petersburg and around it: grass-covered runways, old aircraft hangars that remember the Great Patriotic War, military equipment dumps, ...
Two days on a motorcycle in the Chernobyl zone

Two days on a motorcycle in the Chernobyl zone

Recently I decided to go to the Chernobyl zone. Since I was accustomed to travel on a motorcycle, legal bus tours did not attract me at all. Other ways to the Zone are closed, but, as they used to say ...
RAC "MiG"

RAC "MiG"

Almost every boy in his childhood admired fighters, and I am no exception. I remember, there were also aviation parades on Tushinskaya, where my parents were taking me, there I was the first to see it live ...
Tigers in Uruguay

Tigers in Uruguay

In May of this year, there was news that the Uruguayan Interior Ministry was buying Russian Tiger armored vehicles. Now there are photos showing that the "Tigers" are indeed in ...
Builders in Rostock free the Soviet tank

Builders in Rostock free the Soviet tank

While working on the reconstruction of the Varna dam in the German city of Rostock, on November 16, builders discovered parts of an old Russian tank. The following day, Thursday, November 17, was produced ...