World Armed Forces Pictures & Videos

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 20, 2009) Philippine Navy Special Forces Sailors confront U.S. Sailors portraying crewmembers aboard military sealift command rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50), during an at-sea boarding exercise for Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) 2009. SEACAT is a weeklong at-sea exercise designed to highlight the value of information sharing and multinational coordination within a scenario that gives participating navies practical maritime interception training opportunities. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Troy Roat/Released)

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A soldier stands guard on his vehicle after a bomb attack in Yala province, south of Bangkok August 22, 2009. Three civil servants were killed in a gun and bomb attack and a Muslim rubber tapper shot dead by suspected insurgents in Thailand's deep south on Saturday, police said.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 22: An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry after a bombing on Wednesday on August 22, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. 11 high-ranking security officials from the Iraqi army and police were detained for investigation. A series of six explosions in the city claimed the lives of over 100 people and injured more than 500.

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South Korean conservative activists scuffle with police officers as they try to enter a hotel where North Korean delegation stay during a rally in front of a hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Top South and North Korean officials in charge of inter-Korean relations held talks Saturday for the first time in nearly two years amid a series of conciliatory moves by North Korea after months of tensions on the divided peninsula.

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South Korean veterans clash with riot policemen during an anti-North Korea rally while a North Korean condolence delegation arrives at Gimpo airport in Seoul on August 21, 2009. Six North Korean officials, in an unprecedented scene, delivered a wreath from leader Kim Jong-Il for a former South Korean president and bowed their heads in mourning. AFP PHOTO/PARK JI-HWAN (Photo credit should read PARK JI-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - AUGUST 20: Czech anti-riot police detain around 150 Red Star Belgrade football fans after clashes before a Europa League playoff match against Slavia Prague on August 20, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic. Drunken hooligans vandalized a restaurant and attacked tourists in downtown Prague. (Photo by Frantisek Vlcek/isifa/Getty Images)

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Russian policemen arrest activists of the bitterly anti-Kremlin Solidarity movement as they mark the day of the Russian flag which is being commemorated throughout the country in Moscow on August 22, 2009. Russian security forces on Saturday arrested nine opposition activists who were taking part in a march in the centre of Moscow, police said. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY SAZONOV (Photo credit should read Alexey SAZONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sri Lankan Air Force pilots fly Mi-24 helicopter gunships during a passing out ceremony of 329 men and officers in the north-eastern town of Trincomalee on August 21, 2009. Sri lanka plans to maintain 2010 defence spending at the same level as in 2009 despite the defeat of Tamil Tiger separatists in May 2009. AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sri Lankan Air Force troops display their commando skills during a passing out ceremony of 329 men and officers in the north-eastern town of Trincomalee on August 21, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sergeant César Montes, a member of 1 Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment from Canadian Forces Base Valcartier checks the road while members of the Military-Civilian Cooperation (CIMIC) Team (not in photo) talk with some locals.

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Lieutenant André Paulusz of the Military-Civilian Cooperation (CIMIC) Team checks his arcs of fire during the patrol.

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Corporal Yanik L’Archer checks for possible enemy movements during a patrol

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Lieutenant Douglas Rognon, from Montréal, an Engineer at 5e Régiment du génie de combat at CFB Valcartier, patrols in Deh-e Bagh, Kandahar province, as part of Op KALAY.

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Corporal Alex Parenteau (left), from Proulxville Québec, an infantryman at 1st Battalion Royal 22e Régiment (R22R) and Corporal Bienco Bouchard (right) from Québec City, an infantryman at 3rd Battallion R22R, stand guard in Deh-E Bagh, Kandahar province, during a patrol conducted as part of Op KALAY.

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Canadian Forces soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group, designated as Task Force 1-08, participating in Operation TIMIS PREEM in the Zhari district of Kandahar, Afghanistan. The operation took place between the dates of August 20 and August 23, 2008. According to Canadian military officials shortly after the conclusion of the operation, the Canadian Forces destroyed a Taliban compound and crippled the insugents' ability to make and plant roadside bombs.

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Corbould, Canadian commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTFA), said the operation's objective was to strike at the Taliban's command and control infrastructure and take away their ability to conduct operations against Afghan and coalition forces operating in the Kandahar Province, specifically the creation and deployment of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which are used against coalition forces.

Taliban militants routinely plant IEDs along Highway Number One — the main national highway that crosses the Kandahar Province — and are a constant threat to both the Canadian Forces and other ISAF soldiers in Afghanistan.

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Ukrainian soldiers march down Kiev's main street during military parade on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence, in the captial Kiev, Monday, Aug. 24, 2008. (AP / Efrem Lukatsky)

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Ukrainian servicemen march along the main Khreshchatyk street before the Independence Day military parade in Kiev August 24, 2009. (Reuters)

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Army commandos march past colored smoke, with their parachute gear during a passing out ceremony at the Ampara Air Force camp in eastern Sri Lanka 24 August, 2009. (Reuters)

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Army commandos raise their parachutes above their heads during a passing out ceremony at the Ampara Air Force camp in eastern Sri Lanka 24 August, 2009.(Reuters)

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Russian Air Force Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) team on their Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighters perform during a demonstration flight at the Moscow International Air Show (MAKS) in Zhukovsky, Moscow region, 23 August 2009. (Reuters)

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Visitors watch the performance of a MiG-35 military jet during the MAKS-2009 international air show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, August 22, 2009. (REUTERS / Sergei Karpukhin)

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A German soldier patrols outside the police station of the Aliabad District, south of Kunduz August 24, 2009.

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Eurocopter EC120 Colibri helicopters from the Spanish Air Force's aerobatic team Patrulla Aspa perform during an aerial exhibition over San Lorenzo beach in Gijon, northern Spain. (REUTERS/Eloy Alonso)

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Condensation clouds form over the wings of a Sukhoi Su-35 jet as it peforms a tight turn during the Moscow International Air Show on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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A MiG-35 jet performs a low pass during the MAKS-2009 international air show in Zhukovsky, Russia on August 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)

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A Macedonian army Mi-24 helicopter fires rockets during a military exercise at Krivolak's training centre, 100 km (60 miles) from Skopje, Macedonia. (REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski)

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Excellent Photos Nem116!

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SteelBird said:

I saw this pix on sina.com, the comment said that Russian pilot were showing extreme landing technique. I'd like to ask does landing with one landing gear means anything in real world practice?

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Operation NANOOK 09 is a Canada Command sovereignty operation conducted with the participation of personnel, ships and aircraft from the Navy, Army and Air Force, working under the command of Joint Task Force (North) (JTFN). The operation ran from 06 to 28 August 2009, in Canada's eastern Arctic.

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