Lockheed P-3C Orion operated by the German Navy departing Hohn Air Base, Germany

Fairey Firefly. Aboard HMS Theseus during the Korean War

VS-27 Grumman S2F-1 Tracker 136615 (AU-10) by Wing attack Plan R Via Flickr: Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Tracker/Bu.No. 136615 -Upgraded to S-2F. -1961: VS-27 as AU-10. -VS-32 as AT-42. - 1966: VS-32. -8/1966: Put into storage at MASDC. -Converted to US-2A. -1968: MCAS New River Base Flight. -11/19/1968: Written off. Photo Credit's: Unknown to me (Reprint). Photo date: 1961-62. Location: Aboard USS Essex (CV-9)? The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventional design — propeller-driven with twin radial engines, a high wing that could be folded for storage on aircraft carriers, and tricycle undercarriage. The type was exported to a number of navies around the world. Introduced in 1952, the Tracker and its E-1 Tracer derivative saw service in the U.S. Navy until the mid-1970s, and its C-1 Trader derivative until the mid-1980s, with a few aircraft remaining in service with other air arms into the 21st century. Argentina and Brazil are the last countries to still use the Tracker. Design and development- The Tracker was intended as a replacement for the Grumman AF Guardian, which was the first purpose-built aircraft system for ASW, using two airframes for two versions, one with the detection gear, and the other with the weapon systems. The Tracker combined both functions in one aircraft. Grumman's design (model G-89) was for a large high-wing monoplane with twin Wright Cyclone R-1820 nine cylinder radial engines, a yoke type arrestor hook and a crew of four. Both the two prototypes XS2F-1 and 15 production aircraft, S2F-1 were ordered at the same time, on 30 June 1950. The first flight was conducted on 4 December 1952, and production aircraft entered service with VS-26, in February 1954. Follow-on versions included the WF Tracer and TF Trader, which became the Grumman E-1 Tracer and Grumman C-1 Trader in the tri-service designation standardization of 1962. The S-2 carried the nickname "Stoof" (S-two-F) throughout its military career; and the E-1 Tracer variant with the large overhead radome was colloquially called the "stoof with a roof.". Grumman produced 1,185 Trackers. At least 99 and possibly 100 aircraft carrying the CS2F designation were manufactured in Canada under license by de Havilland Canada. U.S.-built versions of the Tracker were sold to various nations, including Australia, Japan, Turkey and Taiwan. Sensors and armament- The Tracker had an internal torpedo bay capable of carrying two lightweight aerial torpedoes or one nuclear depth charge. There were six underwing hard points for rocket pods and conventional depth charges or up to four additional torpedoes. A ventrally-mounted retractable radome for AN/APS-38 radar and a Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) AN/ASQ-8 mounted on an extendable rear mounted boom were also fitted. Early model Trackers had an Electronic Support Measures (ESM) pod mounted dorsally just aft of the front seat overhead hatches and were also fitted with a smoke particle detector or "sniffer" for detecting exhaust particles from diesel-electric submarines running on snorkel. Later S-2s had the sniffer removed and had the ESM antennae moved to four rounded extensions on the wingtips. A 70-million-candlepower searchlight was mounted on the starboard wing. The engine nacelles carried JEZEBEL sonobuoys in the rear (16 in early marks, 32 in the S-2E/G). Early Trackers also carried 60 explosive charges, dispensed ventrally from the rear of the fuselage and used to create sound pulses for semi-active sonar (JULIE) with the AN/AQA-3 and later AQA-4 detection sets, whereas the introduction of active sonobuoys (pingers) and AN/AQA-7 with the S-2G conversion saw these removed. Smoke dispensers were mounted on the port ventral surface of the nacelles in groups of three each.

"CANADIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE MEN KEEP THE BOMBERS ROLLING TO BRITAIN THROUGH GREAT CANADIAN-BUILT LABRADOR BASE," Toronto Star. May 15, 1943. Page 11. ---- On their way to Britain these Flying Fortresses stop off at Goose Bay air base for re-fueling. A constant stream of aircraft roars in and out of the base. One of the largest in the world, the base is a tribute to Canadian technical and engineering genius.

Typical of construction men who have built the great Labrador link on the bomberroute to Britain are Victor Meloche of Hull (left) and Jim Wallace of Montreal. The men topped their Victory Loan quota in the first week.

Fishing for smelts through the ice is a popular Sunday pastime withpersonnel at the base and fliers with an hour or two to spare. Sergt.J. E. Mundee of Sussex, N.B., squats on a log to try his luck.

Capt. N. R. Shultz. Sackville, N.B., former engineer, is among the Canadian army and air force men who garrison the big Labrador base.

Squadron Leader W. F. Napier, R.C.A.F., from Campbellton. N.B., is another of themen who help maintain the constant bomber flow to Britain.

Squadron Leader Powell. of London. Eng., is on duty at the base.He is a veteran of the London blitz and a former fighter pilot.

Hunter Class Frigate FFG

"Imagine what their families would be going through!" Sure, weeping their loss I guess. But unlike us they also still have an obscene amount of wealth in their hands and would likely make sure it stays in their hands at the expense of many working class people. The kid is literally the only one I feel bad for and not much for that because he's my age and I myself am a working class pakistani teenager.

Why are y'all "eat the rich" until it actually comes to the eating part? Did nobody realize that if we french revolution this shit as so many suggest we do, the people we'd kill would have families and friends too? So many tragedies caused by them in the world and that thought makes you queasy?

They are, in fact, humans too. Humans that are capable of alot of cruelty. Their death is infact a loss of human life and it's absolutely fucking hilarious that you picked now to realize that. So what now? Are you gonna fight for their rights? Rehabilitate them? Loser.

Just say you don't truly want to eat the rich and go. You may want wealth redistribution and equity, but you don't want to get your hands dirty to do that. There's no shame in admitting it, just know that you won't be making that big of a difference.

Edit: It came to my attention that the 19 year old was reluctant and terrified at entering the submersible and confided in his aunt about it. He may have been an adult but clearly did not deserve dying because of his father on fathers day, he had an ounce of self preservation unlike his idiotic old man but went there for his approval anyway.

The rest? Fuck em.

Another edit: So apparantly the news source that reported the above was sketchy so idk

As a rule, I try not to actively make fun of people dying, even if I don't feel they deserve mourning.

But this image. It's so concise it's poetic. It's so encompassing it's beautiful. It's everything. I've been staring at it for hours.

Whenever someone says, "I did my own research," while talking about GMOs, Nuclear power, vaccines, or another hot-button science topic I want you to remember this image. Because it is the pinnacle of hubris in the face of the unrestricted knowledge we've been blessed with.

A British sailor throwing a lance bomb from a Royal Navy Drifter.

The lance bomb is exactly what it looks like. roughly 15 kilos of explosives on the end of a stick, to be thrown directly at a submarine that has surfaced alongside a ship.

Apparently one thrown from the small auxiliary ship the HMS Gleaner of the Sea (a repurposed fishing boat) hit the German submarine UB-13 and sank it in April 1916.

A Royal Navy Drifter similar to the HMS Gleaner of the Sea.

Why? Because let’s be honest, there’s no ethical way to becoming a billionaire.

It’s not like people’s being cynical or jealous about their billions. No. It has nothing to do with that. The truth is that more often than not, those shitloads of money came from the worst and most evil sources one could ever imagine.

Billionaires are basically the ones behind all the worldwide networks of traffic and dark shit, one way or another. They’re the ones behind disparities and poverty, unemployment, poor life quality, hunger and sickness. They’re the ones behind wars and shitty economy models, deforestation, animal cruelty and extinction, global warming.. they’re the ones behind innocent beings’ deaths.

And still, they’ve got the fucking nerve to casually spend 250,000 USD on a totally unnecessary, touristic trip to a mass grave (courtesy of their already wealthy, evil ancestors, of course) at the bottom of the ocean.

Anyone who ever dares to spend such amount of money for a few hours long trip, knowing that the world is going down, is not a honest nor a valuable human being. Period.

So yes, the less people like them, the better. The earth does need to heal. And no, I cannot stand those who still defend the planet’s greatest poison. They evidently don’t have a single ounce of self reflection.

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The last two USN  S-3B Vikings photographed over Laguna Peak near Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California on Dec. 18, 2015.

ASSC X PRO HUNTER SUBMARINER 1/1

VS-28 Lockheed S-3A Viking 159728 by Wing attack Plan R Via Flickr: C.N. 394A-1057. Burned on NAS Alameda flightline in 1979. Finally SOC in 1990 and scrapped. Photo Credit's: Unknown to me (reprint scan)

"Crewmen man the rail of USS HORNET (CVS-12), as the carrier arrives in port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with the Apollo 12 Command Module and three astronauts aboard."

Date: November 28, 1969

Naval History and Heritage Command: K-80892

“At Hamilton Inlet,” Toronto Star. March 24, 1942. Page 5. ---- AT HAMILTON INLET on the Labrador coast, Canada is commencing to build a huge airport. Equipment has already arrived and workers are now clearing 1,000 acres of muskeg and wood land to commence operations.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS now going up at the Hamilton Inlet airdrome. These three pictures were taken by William Todd, Toronto, who was a cook at the camp for four months and has just returned. The airport, when completed, will be a base for Canadian operations against German u-boats operating in the western Atlantic.

WOODEN BUILDINGS AT THE INLET house the workers who are busy clearing the woods and muskeg to make room for the huge airdrome. Aside from being a base for Atlantic patrol operations, the airdrome will be used as an alternate jumping off place for the Atlantic bomber ferry service. This part of the coast is not subject to the heavy fogs that frequently delay ferry planes at the Newfoundland airports.

TYPICAL of the country is this family of one of the workers on the new airdrome at Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador coast.