i like the first one alot
second one doesn't do it for me too much

 

landed and unloading under cover of darkness.

 

aren't there military personnel hired to keep a look out for stuff like this?

 

thanks and i agree. something about it i dont like either

 

another one...

 

i like the colors on that one Ricky, looks real good.

 

definitely. we don't just roll in on $300 million hoping for the best. you can't stop every jihadist with a mortar 1/2 mile away though.

 

haha no man, i know that much
im talking about looking out for photos being posted on the web

i remember you saying something about them not really knowing your taking the pictures so could you get in trouble for doing so? I read an article in the new york times about them cracking down on a guy who was blogging from Afghanistan. I was just wondering if this could be considered the same thing.

 

have you been on flickr? multiple agencies in the air force now have their own flickr like air mobility command. these are the images they WANT to get out to the public. almost every base has just remade their webpages with more social networking type things going on and picture slideshows and all that jazz. the stuff highlighting the air force mission while not disclosing anything secret or confidential or anything that would jeopardize the mission in any way. they are slowly making the change realizing how social networking can help the air force mission just as much as hinder it (when done correctly).

i have photo authorization from the air force also. at one time i did not, they hired me after seeing my work.

the people blogging in afghanistan or wherever that are getting in trouble are disclosing facts and timeline events from missions that either have happened, are happening currently, or are going to happen in the future. THAT is where it becomes a problem. what i can't figure out is why you would disclose information about an upcoming mission that YOU are on and what's going to happen... like... do you want to get killed or something? i don't get that.

thanks for your vigilance though. that's good.

 

 

thanks for clearing that up snow

 

Not my shots, but these make me wish I got the f/1.4 instead of the 1.8.

 

not my pic

 

It looks better when it's on fire.

 

Daaamn, Wisconsinites..

 

x2 on what he said. along with social networking, the military want to public to see the cool things that they have to offer. you'll never see the guy that paints the side of the ship, but you will see the guy that "drives" the ship.

you're in the AIR FORCE though right? so they already had you hired....lol

i never got it either and i hate it when i see it happen. officers are horrible with it and frankly we tell the media too much info, imo. as much as it's preached everyone doesn't know or care about OPSEC. and some people want them to think they're cool with a "cool" mission, i guess. i'm NAVY and people think all we do is sail around on ships. like we don't have shore duty or special forces, etc.

 

 

man are you in air ops or somethin? im gonna cross train into that in a few years wen i can.

 

 

Should have some sweet shots after this weekend! Going to the drag races with the World-Racing family in the morning. ;D