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  1. OpanaPointer

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    "A USAF F-15E Strike Eagle flies over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 10, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sean Carnes) [3694 X 2458]."
     
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    "Vietnam War. March 1971. 'Blackhorse' tankers check map coordinates from the deck of their M48 Patton tank just a few kilometres east of the Cambodian border. (1600 x 1104)"
     
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    "UK. October 1940. Battle of Britain. An RAF 'Erk' takes the opportunity to relax in the shade provided by the wing of a Hawker Hurricane between sorties. (782 x 476)"
     
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    "Seven WW1 aircraft being transported in the belly of an RCAF C-17 in 2017. Remarkably, 4 aircraft (Nieuport 11s) fit with only their tail fin removed. The other 3 (Sopwith Pups and an SE5a) required some disassembly [2048x1536]."
     
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    "A mortar company of the 92nd Infantry Division passes ammunition and heaves it toward the Germans in an almost endless stream near Massa, Italy. This company is credited with liquidating several machine gun nests in November 1944."
     
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    "A model of how the battlecruiser USS Lexington would have looked before being converted to an aircraft carrier - they still saw fit to arm the carrier as a heavy cruiser with eight 8"inch guns... See image source in comments [3205 x 1127]."
     
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    Schräge Musik painting

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    Really cool pic, might have to pinch it for my wallpapers.
     
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    I'm so busted. :cool:
     
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    "USS Flasher (SS-249),one of the most successful American submarines. She received three Presidential Unit Citations and six battle stars, sinking 21 ships for a total of 100,231 tons.[5099 × 4156]"
     
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    "[3000 x 2395]USS Enterprise (CVN-65) underway at high speed, Jan 1, 1998."
     
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    ""First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government", 14 February 1778 - by Edward Morgan, featuring the Continental Navy Ship Ranger, commanded by Captain John Paul Jones."
     
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    "British and USN F-4F Wildcats - both with the US star - on the deck of HMS Victorious, in the Pacific, 1943 [1195 x 636]."
     
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    "HMS Swiftsure, a Minotaur class light cruiser, on 31 January 1951. She was the last British cruiser completed during the Second World War [1830 x 659]."
     
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    "[1300 x 955]HMS Vanguard entering No. 1 drydock at Gibraltar for her annual below waterline inspection, Jan 28, 1954."
     
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    "[5946 x 4694]USS Wyoming (AG-17) view taken in Nov, 1941, showing Captain Van Leer Kirkman, USN (center), with unidentified press and radio women, at Norfolk, Virginia. Note splinter padding on bridges; range-finder positions; life rafts on turret."
     
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    Would look good at any dining table...those masts and rigging would have tested the artist...but over all an artists dream to do something like this.
     
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    "USS Rizal- Wickes Class Destroyer, donated by the Insular Government of The Philippines to the United States for WWI."

    USS Rizal (DD-174) - Wikipedia
     
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    "Vietnam War. Phuoc Tuy Province. 26 December 1969. A Centurion Mk V/1 tank from the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC), on Route 44 near the Long Hai Hills. (640 x 438)"
     
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