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54th Fighter Group pilots train over White Sands Missile Range

Crew members prepare an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a training sortie over the White Sands Missile Range's 10000 square mile range at Holloman Air force Base N.M. Aug. 5. The 54th FG is a detachment of Luke AFB Ariz. and is stationed on Holloman to facilitate high-speed training live-fire weapons training and night flying operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leah Ferrante/Released)

A member of a 311th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a training sortie over the White Sands Missile Range's 10000 square mile range at Holloman Air force Base N.M. Aug. 5. The 54th FG is a detachment of Luke AFB Ariz. and is stationed on Holloman to facilitate high-speed training live-fire weapons training and night flying operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leah Ferrante/Released)

Capt. Jake Pippenger 54th Fighter Group pilot inspects an F-16 Fighting Falcon to prepare for a training sortie over the White Sands Missile Range's 10000 square mile range at Holloman Air force Base N.M. Aug. 5. The 54th FG is a detachment of Luke AFB Ariz. and is stationed on Holloman to facilitate high-speed training live-fire weapons training and night flying operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leah Ferrante/Released)

Capt. Jake Pippenger 54th Fighter Group pilot enters the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to a training sortie over the White Sands Missile Range's 10000 square mile range at Holloman Air force Base N.M. Aug. 5. The 54th FG is a detachment of Luke AFB Ariz. and is stationed on Holloman to facilitate high-speed training live-fire weapons training and night flying operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leah Ferrante/Released)

Pilots from the 54th Fighter Group prepare for takeoff in an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a training sortie over the White Sands Missile Range's 10000 square mile range at Holloman Air force Base N.M. Aug. 5. The 54th FG is a detachment of Luke AFB Ariz. and is stationed on Holloman to facilitate high-speed training live-fire weapons training and night flying operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leah Ferrante/Released)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off for a training sortie over the White Sands Missile Range's 10000 square mile range at Holloman Air force Base N.M. Aug. 5. The 54th FG is a detachment of Luke AFB Ariz. and is stationed on Holloman to facilitate high-speed training live-fire weapons training and night flying operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leah Ferrante/Released)

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The following images are three weeks old but I haven't seen them posted before. Because the F-16 is such a fine looking bird I simply had to post those pics no matter what.

An U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 480th Fighter Squadron Spangdahlem Air Base Germany drop a guided bomb at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany July 15 2014. The aircraft are conducting joint and combined training with U.S. Dutch and student joint terminal attack controllers on the ground in Grafenwoehr. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)

An U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 480th Fighter Squadron Spangdahlem Air Base Germany approaches the impact area at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany July 15 2014. The aircraft are conducting joint and combined training with U.S. Dutch and student joint terminal attack controllers on the ground in Grafenwoehr. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)

An U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 480th Fighter Squadron Spangdahlem Air Base Germany overflies the impact area at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany July 15 2014. The aircraft are conducting joint and combined training with U.S. Dutch and student joint terminal attack controllers on the ground in Grafenwoehr. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)

An U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 480th Fighter Squadron Spangdahlem Air Base Germany fires flares at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area Germany July 15 2014. The aircraft are conducting joint and combined training with U.S. Dutch and student joint terminal attack controllers on the ground in Grafenwoehr. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)

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President Barack Obama followed by his daughter Malia walks down the steps of Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base Md. Saturday Aug. 9 2014 as they go to board Air Force One en route to Martha's Vineyard. President Obama is opening a two-week summer vacation in Martha's Vineyard just as the U.S. is engaged in airstrikes against Islamic militant targets in Iraq. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Barack Obama second from left walks from Marine One with Vice Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrew Air Force Base Col. Preston Williamson IV third from left followed by his daughter Malia Obama left first lady Michelle Obama second from right and Christine Williamson to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base Md. Saturday Aug. 9 2014.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take cover during airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq Friday Aug. 8 2014.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand guard as smoke rises after airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq Friday Aug. 8 2014. The Iraqi Air Force has been carrying out strikes against the militants and for the first time on Friday U.S. war planes also directly targeted the group which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak on August 8 2014 (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

These photos provided by the U.S. Defense Department shows pallets of bottled water are loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq Aug. 8 2014. Airmen with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron airdropped 40 bundles of water for displaced citizens in the vicinity of Sinjar Iraq. American planes conducted a second airdrop of food and water early Saturday for those trapped in the Sinjar mountains said Pentagon chief spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk toward the front line with militants from the extremist Islamic State group at the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq Friday Aug. 8 2014.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters detain a man suspected as a militant for the Islamic State group as airstrikes target Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq Friday Aug. 8 2014.

St. Louis County Police investigate a situation after an armed man entered an hospice building demanding drugs on Saturday Aug. 9 2014 in St. Louis County Mo. Officer Brian Schellman says no one was hurt and said it "looks like a failed robbery attempt." Schellman says the man was armed with a handgun walked into the de Greeff Hospice House and directed a nurse to take him to where the narcotics were. The nurse started walking with the man toward the back of the building and then ran. Schellman says the armed man ran out of an unlocked door likely before police arrived. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch Huy Mach

Smoke rises in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike Saturday Aug. 9 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Police officers stand near a crowd that is gathering by the scene where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson Mo. near St. Louis on Saturday Aug. 9 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Carson)

Protestors confront police during an impromptu rally Sunday Aug. 10 2014 to protest the shooting of Michael Brown 18 by police in Ferguson Mo. Saturday Aug. 9 2014. Brown died following a confrontation with police according to St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar who spoke at a news conference Sunday. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar left delivers remarks as Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson listens during a news conference Sunday Aug. 10 2014 in Ferguson Mo. where the men addressed issues surrounding the shooting of Michael Brown 18 by Ferguson police Saturday Aug. 9 2014. Brown died following a confrontation with police according to Belmar. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)

A police officer holds his weapon as he secures the area ahead of arrival of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is the front-runner in Turkey's presidential election in a poll station in Istanbul Turkey on Sunday Aug. 10 2014. Turks were voting in their first direct presidential election Sunday - a watershed event in Turkey�s 91-year history where the president was previously elected by Parliament. Prime Minister RecepTayyip Erdogan who has dominated the country�s politics for the past decade is the strong front-runner to replace the incumbent Abdullah Gul for a five-year term. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A member of security holds his weapon as the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to the crowd in downtown Istanbul Turkey on Sunday Aug. 10 2014.

Smoke rises in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike Saturday Aug. 9 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic

Firefighters try to extinguish fire after a cleaning materials factory was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday Aug. 10 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Iranian Revolutionary Guards inspect the site of a passenger plane crash near the capital Tehran Iran Sunday Aug. 10 2014. An Iranian passenger plane crashed Sunday while taking off from an airport near the capital Tehran killing 39 people on board state media reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Pro-Russian rebels on a tank drive on a road in Donetsk eastern Ukraine Sunday Aug. 10 2014. Fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels there for a cease-fire to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe." One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early Sunday morning and continued into the day city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukrainian fire fighters have a break as they put out the fire at the destroyed building after shelling in Donetsk eastern Ukraine Sunday Aug. 10 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

A picture taken from Israel on August 10 2014 shows an Israeli Merkava tank rolling along the border with Gaza (AFP Photo/David Buimovitch )

06 AUG 2014...New Bern NC - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kristin Toler a field radio operator with the Fire Support Coordination Center 10th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division poses for a photo with retired Sgt. Maj. Ernest Flowers III the commanding officer of the New Bern Young Marines during a Young Marine meeting at the New Bern Mall in New Bern N.C. July 18 2014. Toler spent most of her life as a Young Marine before joining the Marine Corps in 2013. Now she gives back to the organization by volunteering once a week. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photos by Sgt. Dwight A. Henderson/Released)

Aug 09 2014....CAMP PENDLETON Calif. - Loved ones and family members of Marines ride a light armored vehicle during a Jane Wayne Day event at the School of Infantry here Aug. 9. The day started off with one group breaking off to learn how to operate different weapons systems such as the M16 service rifle and the M9 service pistols using the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer. They travelled to Range 210C to conduct a live-fire shoot with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. "It was a fun experience" said Kaylee Walter whose husband serves as the executive officer for India Company Marine Combat Training Battalion SOI-W. "It was surprising how heavy the weapon was and how hard it was to hit the target. It really gave me a whole new understanding and appreciation as to what my husband does."

Ft. Stewart Ga. - The Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 departed July 30 and made their way to Fort Stewart in Hinesville Ga. for Field Exercise 2-14. Field Exercise 2-14 is a 10 to 12 day field exercise the squadron conducts in order to get Marines and sailors tactically ready with weapon familiarization performing land navigation living in the field and gives them a chance to execute their Military Occupational Specialties in the field according to Master Sgt. Daniel Rodriguez the motor transport chief for MWSS-273.

Afghan security forces gather around destroyed vehicles following a suicide car bombing in Kabul Afghanistan on Aug. 10 2014. A suicide car bomb hit Kabul city on Sunday leaving at least four persons dead and two dozen others wounded local media reported. (Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud)

An Afghan policeman arrives at the site of suicide car bombing in Kabul Afghanistan on Aug. 10 2014. A suicide car bomb hit Kabul city on Sunday leaving at least four persons dead and two dozen others wounded local media reported. (Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud)

Afghan soldiers inspect the site of suicide car bombing in Kabul Afghanistan on Aug. 10 2014. A suicide car bomb hit Kabul city on Sunday leaving at least four persons dead and two dozen others wounded local media reported. (Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud)

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Aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the U.S. Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 conduct operations aboard the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina Aug. 9 2014. The 24th MEU is taking part in Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration or PMINT the 24th MEU's second major pre-deployment training exercise. PMINT is designed to bring Marines and Sailors from the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 together for the first time aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

A CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts operations aboard the USS Iwo Jima Aug. 9 2014 off the coast of North Carolina. The 24th MEU is taking part in Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration or PMINT the 24th MEU's second major pre-deployment training exercise. PMINT is designed to bring Marines and Sailors from the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 together for the first time aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

A CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts operations from the USS Iwo Jima Aug. 9 2014 off the coast of North Carolina. The 24th MEU is taking part in Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration or PMINT the 24th MEU's second major pre-deployment training exercise. PMINT is designed to bring Marines and Sailors from the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 together for the first time aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to board a CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) 24th MEU aboard the USS Iwo Jima Aug. 9 2014 off the coast of North Carolina. The 24th MEU is taking part in Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration or PMINT the 24th MEU's second major pre-deployment training exercise. PMINT is designed to bring Marines and Sailors from the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 together for the first time aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force ride in an MH-60S Seahawk from the U.S. Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 after launching from the USS Iwo Jima Aug. 9 2014 off the coast of North Carolina. The 24th MEU is taking part in Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration or PMINT the 24th MEU's second major pre-deployment training exercise. PMINT is designed to bring Marines and Sailors from the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 together for the first time aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

A UH-1Y Huey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit takes off from the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina August 9 2014. The 24th MEU is currently taking part in Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration or PMINT the 24th MEU's second major pre-deployment training exercise. PMINT is designed to bring Marines and Sailors from the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 together for the first time aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

An AH-1W Cobra from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit takes off from the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of North Carolina August 9 2014. The 24th MEU is currently taking part in Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration or PMINT the 24th MEU's second major pre-deployment training exercise. PMINT is designed to bring Marines and Sailors from the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 together for the first time aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Eiler Fire 2014

Richard Cordova the public information officer for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) takes photos of a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it lands at the helibase in Whitmore Calif. Aug. 8. The California National Guard supported Cal Fire with helicopters and crew during the Eiler FIre in the Lassen National Forest.

A California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from B Company 1-126th General Support Aviation Battalion carrying a 1400 gallon Bambi Bucket takes off towards the Eiler Fire in Lassen National Forest Aug. 8. The California National Guard supported the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection with helicopters and crew capable of transporting personnel and dropping water onto the wildfire. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/ Spc. Brianne Roudebush/ Released)

A California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from B Company 1-126th General Support Aviation Battalion transporting contracted personnel who cut down hazardous trees lands at the helibase in Whitmore Calif. Aug. 8. The California National Guard supported the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection with helicopters and crew capable of transporting personnel and dropping water onto the wildfire. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/ Spc. Brianne Roudebush/ Released)

Two California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters wait as a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from B Company 1-126th General Support Aviation Battalion carrying support crews lands at the helibase in Whitmore Calif. Aug. 8. The support crews were brought in to chop down hazardous trees during the Eiler Fire in the Lassen National Forest.

Two California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters rush toward a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from B Company 1-126th General Support Aviation Battalion to meet support crews arriving at the helibase in Whitmore Calif. Aug. 8. The support crews were brought in to chop down hazardous trees during the Eiler Fire in the Lassen National Forest.

Contracted personnel who cut down hazardous trees exit a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from B Company 1-126th General Support Aviation Battalion at the helibase in Whitmore Calif. Aug. 8. The California National Guard supported the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection during the Eiler Fire in Lassen National Forest by providing helicopters and crews capable of transporting personnel and dropping water onto the wildfire. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/ Spc. Brianne Roudebush/ Released)

11 August 2014. Chuck Hagel arrives in Sydney Australia. The Australian Government will host United States Secretary of State John Kerry and United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in Sydney on 12 August for the 2014 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN).

Cypriot Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides and and Chief of Cypriot National Guard General Georgios Mpasiakoulis visited formations and units of the National Guard of Cyprus

SAN PEDRO Calif. (Aug. 9 2014) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class James Gozon holds the American flag during evening colors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is on a scheduled port visit to Los Angeles. Museum ship USS Iowa (BB 61) in the background. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua R. Nistas/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 7 2014) Sailors launch aircraft from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card/Released)

RIO DE JANEIRO (Aug.5 2014) The future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) approaches Rio De Janeiro Brazil for a scheduled port visit. America is traveling through the U.S. Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet areas of responsibility on its maiden transit "America visits the Americas."The ship is scheduled to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct. 11 in San Francisco. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Scorza/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 8 2014) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Keiko Sand from Ashtabula Ohio operates an aircraft communications system in the combat direction center of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway participating in an operational reactor safeguard examination. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 4 2014) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) center conducts a connected and vertical replenishment-at-sea with the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) top and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45). Makin Island is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th and 5th fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lawrence Davis/Released) Makin Island is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th and 5th fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lawrence Davis/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 4 2014) Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Kyle Daggett from Milford Penn. assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 the Wildcards observes aboard an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter as it transports cargo to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during a replenishment-at-sea. . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lawrence Davis/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 5 2014) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Desert Hawks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 takes off from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). Arleigh Burke is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/Released)

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Aug. 4 2014) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Laser Hawks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 Detachment 2 equipped with the Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) conducts flight operations. Operated from the MH-60S helicopter ALMDS provides rapid wide-area reconnaissance and assessment of mine threats in littoral zones confined straits and choke points. The Laser Hawks began the operational testing and demonstration of ALMDS in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility on the system's maiden deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey/Released)

SASEBO Japan (Aug. 4 2014) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is anchored in Sasebo Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo released by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Abby Rader/Released)

QINGDAO China (Aug. 6 2014) Capt. Richard McCormack left commanding officer of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) examines the helicopter bay during a tour of the People's Liberation Army (Navy) guided-missile frigate CNS Yancheng (FFG 546) hosted by Capt. Zhang Ruo Fei. Blue Ridge and U.S. 7th Fleet Sailors visited Qingdao to build partnerships with the People's Liberation Army (Navy) during a goodwill port visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelby Sanders/Released)

International special forces competitions in honor of the 40th anniversary of Russia's famous "Alfa" special forces group. The competitions were attended by teams from Russia Belarus Armenia and Kazakhstan: