Azriel Aidid

Think "cheap" means "second best"? Think again. The Dassault Mirage 5 started life as a watered-down, daylight-only variant of the Mirage III, designed to be easy on the wallet and even easier to maintain. This simplicity became its secret weapon; it eventually outsold every other version of the Dassault delta series. Nearly 60 years after its first flight, the Mirage 5 is still flying, making do with the Pakistanis!

Militarily airframe: crashes Martin-Baker:

Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter, 22553, from the Royal Libyan Air Force, about to land at RAF Luqa, Malta, 25th May, 1969

Libyan Air Force Soko G-2s Galeb, 1980s

Betapa bangang leadership TDM nak kena tunggu sampai 2026 untuk baru sedar tak semua jawatan dalam tentera perlu penglihatan 20/20 untuk layak berkhidmat

Советские подлодки проекта 613 в составе ВМС Индонезии.

reminder that these missiles were radio command guided, meaning someone could send one of these titanic dildos straight into an enemy tank

1980年5月22日、光州事件当時旧全羅南道庁付近の市民軍、チャ・ボクファン氏の姿。イ・チャンソン当時中央日報記者が撮影した。 昔も今も韓国は徴兵制国家であり、国民の半数以上が軍務経験者で銃器を扱った経験があるため、このような市民軍はかなりの戦闘力を有していた。 #韓国 #歴史 #光州事件

Into retirement! A-4 SKYHAWKS EN ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 = A-4B : 49 unidades A-4C : 25 A-4Q : 16 A-4AR : 36 Total : 126 cazas Skyhawk. credit Edu Bravo

-Lucky Point, Singapore 9/7/92 Singapore Navy RPL60 Class RPL62 -Pasir Gundany shipyard, Malaysia 9/7/92 Malaysian Navy Musytari Class KD Musytari (160) & KD Penyu (A4) Jerong Class KD Tudak (3506) & KD Yu (3508) LST541 Class KD Sri Banggi (1501) (ex USS Henry County) #oldships

Iraqi Army Aviation Command Mil Mi-8T 'Hip-C' flying past a group of soldiers and BMP-1 of the Iraqi Army during the Iran-Iraq War in the East Basra Sector in Basra, Basra Governorate, Iraq in the 1980s.

Prinsip mudah utk pembaca sejarah Malaysia (Malaya pd waktu itu) menjelang Perang British-PKM forced villageisation = Kampung Baru = pembasmian etnik = ethnic cleansing

Would be interesting if Sybil Kathigasu actually gets canonized as Malaysia’s first Catholic saint. She was tortured by the Japanese army (her nails were torn out) as she aided the Japanese resistance by providing medical care to MPAJA. The Florence Nightingale of Malaysia

Bougainville Revolutionary Army fighters using a resurrected WW2 Japanese Type 96 AA cannon to fight the PNGDF. Bougainville, 1995. 40 years after the end of WW2.

Evolutions of Malaysian Army Chiefs' uniforms. Note that new gen PTD had tonnes of shoulder patches and specialties patches/wings/badges.

1980年代、訓練中に休憩を取る韓国軍海兵隊。海兵隊特有の赤い名札が印象的だ。写真に写っている小銃はM16A1である。 #韓国 #韓国軍 #海兵隊 #歴史

Rare pic of Malay Giyugun during Japs occupation of Malaya

1994년 훈련중 kts88/90 장비를 사용중

Phantom FG.1 XT866 PTF W at RAF Leuchars first flew May 1968 in USA and was delivered to NASU Yeovilton Nov. allocated to 767 NAS, with side number 158, until 1972 when Squadron disbanded, and aircraft were handed over to RAF to form Phantom Training Flight (PTF) at RAF Leuchars

The 'Hind' legs and 'Hip' of the Indian Air Force. Some oldie pix from our archives on a nice warm Sunday morning.. .....office cleanup happening 😆