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Photographer David B captured this stunning shot of a Roseate Spoonbill in flight.

Date: Late January 1940. Location: The Bay of Kiel, Germany. Event: Battleship Scharnhorst of the German Navy takes a break from gunnery exercises in Western Baltic due to extreme frosts. Note ocean liner Monte Olivia, serving as an accommodation ship now, on the left.

My last view of E-3G AWACS 81-0005 on final approach to runway 36 at Tinker AFB on January 6, 2026 as “Sentry60” and oh what a view it was. Farewell “Balls-5”, this is how I’ll remember you.

Nothing happened fellas, someone sneazed a bit harder in there ! All good now, ready for action again ! Murica 🦅🇺🇸

No heart, bronze makeup vs. Purple Heart, Bronze Medal.

Trump thinks Zelensky is nothing more than a great salesman. In fact, Zelensky is far beyond Trump's ability to grasp. Trump simply has no understanding of honor, or decency, or morality, or courage, or patriotism, or intelligence. And he hates anyone who does understand.

Today in 1918, 91 French civilians are killed as a shell from Germany's "Paris Gun" strikes a church during Good Friday mass. Officials have no idea that the city is being targeted by super long-range artillery; they blame the deaths on a bomb from a high-altitude Zeppelin.

Man in the wrong place Samuel Danziger survived Auschwitz, but not his visit to Stuttgart, where he found his wife and children again. On March 29, 1946, the 35-year-old Polish Jew lay dead on the pavement of Reinsburgstrasse in Stuttgart, hit in the head by a police bullet. 1/n

To chyba najlepsze zdjęcie pancernika RM Conte di Cavour, jakie widziałem. Okręt jest już po modernizacji i wchodzi go Grand Harbor na Malcie. Wydaje się być pilnie strzeżony przez załogi "pukawek" artylerii nadbrzeżnej👇

Fun fact. There were just 32 years between the maiden flight of the Spitfire and the Concorde's.

🇸🇾 A Syrian Father who lost his leg in an Air strike holding his Son born without limbs due to his mother being exposed to nerve gas during the War. Photo by Mehmet Aslan

The Picasso bug, Africa’s living masterpiece.

“My father observed that most buildings, and most buildings that we truly love, are not the work of architects. The agreeable settledness of the old English town, he reasoned, was the work of local craftsmen…” —Sir Roger Scruton

The striking similarity between the Profiles of a Common Buzzard and a B-2 Bomber. More amazing photos: bit.ly/3vlLOd6

Jaguar with overwing missiles. credit BAFN

The Rey R.1 was an experimental aircraft built in 1949. It was designed to conduct research on a spring-loaded articulated wing design to allow automatic correction of roll caused by gusts of wind. A very beautiful aircraft, all in roundness.

🚨 WHY IRAN’S STRIKE ON A U.S. E-3 SENTRY IS A BIG DEAL 1. The U.S. E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet is tiny. The U.S. now has only about 17 aircraft left after decades of retirements. Losing even one is a serious strategic loss. 2. Six E-3s were deployed to the Gulf theatre, nearly 40% of the entire fleet. One aircraft destroyed removes a large share of the airborne radar coverage available for the war. 3. The E-3 may be ageing but it is the airborne command centre of this air war. Its radar can detect aircraft, missiles and drones hundreds of kilometres away. 4. It tracks hundreds of targets simultaneously and directs fighter patrols, intercepts, tankers and air defence across the battlespace. 5. The strike strongly suggests external targeting support for Iran, widely believed to include Russian intelligence help. It also shows these prized aircraft were operating out of Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia (which has been hit once before!) because U.S. staging options in the Gulf are shrinking after Iran demonstrated reach against nearly every major American base. 6. Iran clearly targeting the sensor layer of the war. Earlier strikes damaged/destroyed THAAD radars and other radar systems that form the backbone of Gulf missile defence. 7. Destroying an AWACS is psychologically and reputationally damaging. These aircraft normally operate far behind the front line with fighter escorts and layered air defence. 8. The loss piles onto other equipment losses in the war, steadily eroding U.S. infrastructure and operational depth in the theatre. 9. The E-3 cannot be easily replaced. It uses the old Boeing 707 airframe and production ended decades ago, meaning there is no production line to replace losses. 10.The E-3’s intended successor, the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, is mired in politics. The U.S. therefore has no immediate replacement capacity if more AWACS aircraft are lost.

Fact: The Antonov 124 was so large, a 747 full of cargo could land in it, slashing loading times.