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Posted: 7/29/2006 11:00:20 PM EDT
I love looking at mil stuff on google earth. Post your favorites.

Imageshack resized all my photos for some reason

Helos at NO airport, I bet this was taken during katrina


typhoon


3 decomissioned carriers


Is this the Missouri or the Iowa? Cant remember which is in san fran


Barksdale


Barksdale again


Jets in Moscow


I lived here for 5 months
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:07:45 PM EDT
[#1]
Dude, lat and long on the Typhoon please.  

I would damn near give my left nut to go on one of those (and from what I hear with Russian reactors it might come to that).

BTW:  At work this morning I met this old man wearing a submarine hat.  Turns out he was in the sub force in 1938 and on through WWII.  He was on the boat that sunk the Yamato.  How cool is that?
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:09:01 PM EDT
[#2]
I have a question about Google earth.

I have a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz. 2GB Ram, 160Gb Hard drive, and all the monitor space anyone could ever want. If I download google earth is it going to run on my system without bogging it down a lot? It looks really cool, and I want to get it.
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:09:26 PM EDT
[#3]
Mighty Mo is in Pearl Harbor.

Where was the shot of the place you live for 5 months? It looks just like the place I lived if a few improvements were made.
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:13:04 PM EDT
[#4]

Quoted:
Mighty Mo is in Pearl Harbor.

Where was the shot of the place you live for 5 months?


Al asad.

So if the Mo is in pearl, is that the Iowa? I know the Wisconsin is in Norfolk, and I think the NJ is in NJ.

Typhoon is at:  64°34'56.19"N 39°48'55.32"E
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:13:37 PM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
I have a question about Google earth.

I have a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz. 2GB Ram, 160Gb Hard drive, and all the monitor space anyone could ever want. If I download google earth is it going to run on my system without bogging it down a lot? It looks really cool, and I want to get it.


From their website:
The Google Earth client requires certain system configurations in order to run smoothly.

   Minimum configuration:

       * Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP
       * CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz - System Memory (RAM): 128MB RAM
       * Hard Disk: 400MB free space
       * Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
       * Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
       * Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen

   Recommended configuration:

       * Operating System: Windows XP
       * CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+
       * System Memory (RAM): 512MB RAM
       * Hard Disk: 2GB free space
       * Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
       * Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM
       * Screen: 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color" screen


Yes, it should be able to run it unless you use a lot of the memory for other things. The biggest thing is the network speed needs to be fast.
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:15:46 PM EDT
[#6]

Quoted:
I have a question about Google earth.

I have a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz. 2GB Ram, 160Gb Hard drive, and all the monitor space anyone could ever want. If I download google earth is it going to run on my system without bogging it down a lot? It looks really cool, and I want to get it.


Um, yeah, I think that might just about be enough...
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:16:55 PM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Mighty Mo is in Pearl Harbor.

Where was the shot of the place you live for 5 months?


Al asad.

So if the Mo is in pearl, is that the Iowa? I know the Wisconsin is in Norfolk, and I think the NJ is in NJ.

Typhoon is at:  64°34'56.19"N 39°48'55.32"E


Ripper?
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:19:11 PM EDT
[#8]
you won't notice the impact on your system.  I run it on a considerably older one with ease.
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:20:15 PM EDT
[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
Mighty Mo is in Pearl Harbor.

Where was the shot of the place you live for 5 months?


Al asad.

So if the Mo is in pearl, is that the Iowa? I know the Wisconsin is in Norfolk, and I think the NJ is in NJ.

Typhoon is at:  64°34'56.19"N 39°48'55.32"E


Ripper?


Yep yep, cans right by the chow hall. The only thing that would have been nicer is if I actually got to stay in that room instead of sleeping in 7 tons in the desert the whole time.
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:20:51 PM EDT
[#10]
thats the mothball fleet outside of benicia CA(south of vallejo, north bay area)   its a shame, its gotten smaller over the years...  

im not sure whats out there though.
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:23:48 PM EDT
[#11]
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:29:23 PM EDT
[#12]
The high one day was 130 degrees, we fried on egg on MSR Tampa

Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:30:15 PM EDT
[#13]
I tried saving an image, and when I went to open the saved jpeg I got a blacked out pic. what gives? How do I save the pics?
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:30:42 PM EDT
[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
Mighty Mo is in Pearl Harbor.

Where was the shot of the place you live for 5 months?


Al asad.

So if the Mo is in pearl, is that the Iowa? I know the Wisconsin is in Norfolk, and I think the NJ is in NJ.

Typhoon is at:  64°34'56.19"N 39°48'55.32"E


Ripper?


Yep yep, cans right by the chow hall. The only thing that would have been nicer is if I actually got to stay in that room instead of sleeping in 7 tons in the desert the whole time.


Go left 9 and up 1 for mine. I was fortunate enough to spend a little bit more time in mine though.  

Sometimes us "old" guys got it like that.

Semper Fi
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:33:52 PM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:
I tried saving an image, and when I went to open the saved jpeg I got a blacked out pic. what gives? How do I save the pics?


The easiest way is make it a power point slide then save as a JPEG, upload to photobucket (or something like it)
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:35:05 PM EDT
[#16]
How about some B1b's on the runway at Dyess here in Abilene, Tx
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:38:46 PM EDT
[#17]

Quoted:
How about some B1b's on the runway at Dyess here in Abilene, Tx
img82.imageshack.us/img82/1575/abilenegb0.jpg


That's a lot of JDAM's
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:41:25 PM EDT
[#18]
Iowa is in San Fran
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:49:21 PM EDT
[#19]
Check out Shaw AFB. There's  SHITLOAD of F-16s on the tarmac. I didn't count, but it's easily 30+.
Link Posted: 7/29/2006 11:57:59 PM EDT
[#20]
I was looking at Whiteman AFB, and I don't see any Stealth bombers. I take it they keep those in the garage? What other bases have stealth aircraft?
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:01:32 AM EDT
[#21]
The Russian planes pic should be the Monino aviation museum, just outside of Moscow. Whichy is the largest aviation Museum in Russia.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:08:13 AM EDT
[#22]
Edwards AFB
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:14:10 AM EDT
[#23]

Quoted:
This is where I landed when we parachuted into the invasion of Panama (Omar Torrijos Int'l. Airport).

i7.tinypic.com/21dq5ph.jpg


I'd like to sit and drink a few cold ones with you and hear all about that. Seriously.

All those aircraft coming south diverted my flight out of Costa Rica that morning back in '89.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:15:29 AM EDT
[#24]

Quoted:
I was looking at Whiteman AFB, and I don't see any Stealth bombers. I take it they keep those in the garage? What other bases have stealth aircraft?


Isn't that why they call them "stealth"
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:16:41 AM EDT
[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I was looking at Whiteman AFB, and I don't see any Stealth bombers. I take it they keep those in the garage? What other bases have stealth aircraft?


Isn't that why they call them "stealth"


HHhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm I suppose so.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:17:50 AM EDT
[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
I was looking at Whiteman AFB, and I don't see any Stealth bombers. I take it they keep those in the garage? What other bases have stealth aircraft?


Isn't that why they call them "stealth"


HHhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm I suppose so.


I couldn't resist, it was too easy.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:18:41 AM EDT
[#27]

Quoted:
This is where I landed when we parachuted into the invasion of Panama (Omar Torrijos Int'l. Airport).

i7.tinypic.com/21dq5ph.jpg



that is f'ing cool right there.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:23:10 AM EDT
[#28]

Quoted:
thats the mothball fleet outside of benicia CA(south of vallejo, north bay area)   its a shame, its gotten smaller over the years...  

im not sure whats out there though.


Wow, no kidding. When I moved up to that area 25 years ago, there were rows and rows of old ships. Now there's little more than a handful.

USS IOWA (BB-61) Moves To Benicia, California
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 1:36:27 AM EDT
[#29]
heres where i went to basic training. i marked my bay in the building i lived in.

Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:01:48 AM EDT
[#30]
Your screenshot-fu is very fucking weak.


After you paste the image into Paint, try resizing it so you don't waste space with the white area, task bar, etc.  

Also, ALT+PrintScr will copy only the active window to the clipboard, by the way.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:07:16 AM EDT
[#31]

Quoted:
Your screenshot-fu is very fucking weak.


After you paste the image into Paint, try resizing it so you don't waste space with the white area, task bar, etc.  

Also, ALT+PrintScr will copy only the active window to the clipboard, by the way.


Actually all he has to do it in Google Earth, just go to File > Save Image and it will save the image only not the entire app itself.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:12:43 AM EDT
[#32]
C-5 refueling in N Kalifornia

B-52's at Diego Garcia


AC-130's at Hurlburt Field in Florida


Bomb Iraqi planes in western Iraq
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 11:12:53 AM EDT
[#33]
Hmm. They updated Google Earth's Anaconda pics. My tank is gone from where it used to be. Near as I can tell, they only updated it about four-six months though, still a photo taken before the end of 2004.

NTM

Link Posted: 7/30/2006 11:23:27 AM EDT
[#34]
How do you find islands in the oceans?  I typed in Johnson Atoll and it couldn't find a record.  Same thing with Corrigedor and Iwo Jima?
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 11:26:17 AM EDT
[#35]
this is where 2 sr71s USED to be.          my cousin found them, and sent me the coordinates.  i posted it on here and someone said "great, now you're gonna make the gov't work even harder to make sure they filter stuff"

there were two of them with the noses pointing south, right below where the pin is.  the picture is DEFINITELY not updated, which means that someone did notice and had them 'removed'

they wouldnt have been sitting there if they were out of commission.......

Link Posted: 7/30/2006 11:42:44 AM EDT
[#36]

Quoted:
This is where I landed when we parachuted into the invasion of Panama (Omar Torrijos Int'l. Airport).

i7.tinypic.com/21dq5ph.jpg



That is fucking cool, Ranger.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 11:43:19 AM EDT
[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Your screenshot-fu is very fucking weak.


After you paste the image into Paint, try resizing it so you don't waste space with the white area, task bar, etc.  

Also, ALT+PrintScr will copy only the active window to the clipboard, by the way.


Actually all he has to do it in Google Earth, just go to File > Save Image and it will save the image only not the entire app itself.



Thanks!
Rhode island


Norfolk


New Orleans, assualt ships under construction. One is done now


Gitmo


Karabila
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 12:03:47 PM EDT
[#38]
More cool stuff with google earth











bulding I took picture from
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:09:15 PM EDT
[#39]
Choppers outside grozny, google earth says checnya isnt a country. I guess it agrees with the russians.

Someone find me some russian tanks!




Russia says no planes for checyans.

Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:22:57 PM EDT
[#40]
Grozny is fucked up!



Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:33:20 PM EDT
[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I was looking at Whiteman AFB, and I don't see any Stealth bombers. I take it they keep those in the garage? What other bases have stealth aircraft?


Isn't that why they call them "stealth"


There was a site, not sure if it's still around called "Terraserver" or something like that...it was a less user-friendly version of Google Earth from way back in the day...I saw a ton of B-2s at Whiteman AFB in one of their pictures.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:44:55 PM EDT
[#42]
We'll see if this works:
B2 on the ramp at Whiteman


Link Posted: 7/30/2006 9:55:03 PM EDT
[#43]
PLEASE


SOME one find the the famous mothball fleet of old navy ships.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 10:10:35 PM EDT
[#44]
How about mothballed airplanes?
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 10:16:11 PM EDT
[#45]

Quoted:
PLEASE


SOME one find the the famous mothball fleet of old navy ships.


This be the one??? In Suisun bay???
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 10:17:45 PM EDT
[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have a question about Google earth.

I have a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz. 2GB Ram, 160Gb Hard drive, and all the monitor space anyone could ever want. If I download google earth is it going to run on my system without bogging it down a lot? It looks really cool, and I want to get it.


From their website:
The Google Earth client requires certain system configurations in order to run smoothly.

   Minimum configuration:

       * Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP
       * CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz - System Memory (RAM): 128MB RAM
       * Hard Disk: 400MB free space
       * Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
       * Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
       * Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen

   Recommended configuration:

       * Operating System: Windows XP
       * CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+
       * System Memory (RAM): 512MB RAM
       * Hard Disk: 2GB free space
       * Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
       * Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM
       * Screen: 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color" screen


Yes, it should be able to run it unless you use a lot of the memory for other things. The biggest thing is the network speed needs to be fast.


I run Google Earth on my 1ghz PIII, 256 mb RDRAM, 80 gig HDD.  Runs just fine.

Jim
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 10:19:06 PM EDT
[#47]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
I have a question about Google earth.

I have a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz. 2GB Ram, 160Gb Hard drive, and all the monitor space anyone could ever want. If I download google earth is it going to run on my system without bogging it down a lot? It looks really cool, and I want to get it.


From their website:
The Google Earth client requires certain system configurations in order to run smoothly.

   Minimum configuration:

       * Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP
       * CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz - System Memory (RAM): 128MB RAM
       * Hard Disk: 400MB free space
       * Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
       * Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
       * Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color" screen

   Recommended configuration:

       * Operating System: Windows XP
       * CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+
       * System Memory (RAM): 512MB RAM
       * Hard Disk: 2GB free space
       * Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
       * Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM
       * Screen: 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color" screen


Yes, it should be able to run it unless you use a lot of the memory for other things. The biggest thing is the network speed needs to be fast.


I run Google Earth on my 1ghz PIII, 256 mb RDRAM, 80 gig HDD.  Runs just fine.

Jim


I downloaded it right after I posted that, and I have been addicted to it ever since, and it runs great. I think I need to go to a 30 inch monitor though this 24 is cool and all but wow I could only imagine.
Link Posted: 7/30/2006 10:25:24 PM EDT
[#48]
Does anyone know what this is?  From Suisun bay:



A few more:



Link Posted: 7/30/2006 10:35:11 PM EDT
[#49]

Quoted:
this is where 2 sr71s USED to be.          my cousin found them, and sent me the coordinates.  i posted it on here and someone said "great, now you're gonna make the gov't work even harder to make sure they filter stuff"

there were two of them with the noses pointing south, right below where the pin is.  the picture is DEFINITELY not updated, which means that someone did notice and had them 'removed'

they wouldnt have been sitting there if they were out of commission.......

img160.imageshack.us/img160/4686/sr71str5.jpg


The picture HAS BEEN updated.

And they WERE out of commission and were waiting to be taken a part and REMOVED  by truck to a couple of museums.


I was stationed at Edwards from 2000 to 2005 and looked at the base with Google Earth numerous times and here recently Google updated the images of the base.

While I was stationed there I also worked part time for the security company that provides security at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (where the SR's were parked and who last operated them) and got to check out the SR's a few times.


There are still two SR's at Edwards.

One at the base's museum.



And one near the visitors center at  NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.




And there is one SR-71 and one A-12 near by at the Blackbird Airpark in Palmdale, CA.


Link Posted: 7/30/2006 10:35:35 PM EDT
[#50]
Does anyone have any ideas as to what this is?  It's in the hills above the east bay (morrison canyon).  

The thing on the top left is a wire mesh airplane on its tail, and the area on the right appears to be a helicopter landing area.  I don't know what the two white things on the bottom are.  Someone said it was a radar testing station, but I don't know.

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