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Photo of the day - April 2021
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I recently bought a new-to-me P7-14, which makes shots like this one possible. 
We do the same in the US. For example, in the base or station, Eielson AFB, "Eielson" is the name of the place, and the AFB added to the name means, "Air Force Base." However, when "Royal" is mentioned in reference to an air force, everybody knows that one is talking about the AF of England.
Things can get complicated and even funny when one thinks about our US Air Force if we included "America," because there are three Americas: North, Central, and South America. Would you imagine how long it would take to pronounce, "United States of North America Air Force"?
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Now in the US some of the bases have combined so that for instance, we have Joint Base Andrews, which started out back in 1942 as Camp Springs Air Base in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is under the jurisdiction of the USAF 316th Wing Air Force District of Washington. What was formerly simply called Andrews AFB merged in 2009 with the Naval Air Facility in Washington, DC, to form the joint base.
The name of this particular base may sound familiar to many Americans and to those in other countries because it has a special air mission -- it is responsible for transporting senior government and military leaders, so it is where Presidents of the US depart from and arrive at when flying in or out of the US. So, Andrews is "the home of Air Force One."
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As we support the RAF photography sections I'm quite familiar with them. My favourite base is RAF Make-believe. Thats the one the technician guy goes to on a Friday when he fancies a long weekend! (long standing work based joke).
My last job was at FT. Lewis in Tacoma, which is next to McChord. That became Joint Base Lewis McChord, I used drive between the two on the way in, even though I had a pass, we weren't allowed on the McChord Base. The road I took was right at the end of the main runway, and the C-130's were about 50' over my head when they took off.
Time for a bath. Taken with the 'bazooka', 150-600mm Sigma, hand-held.
I found something actually blooming in my yard today. these flowers make me so happy; i'd seen buds in recent days but was suprised to see one actually opened.
From the Cobblestone gardens, 2009 Olympus E-10
Ever had some lunch in your teeth but nobody in the meeting told you? Photo taken at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Photo taken at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
G9 , 100-400@264 , f5.6 @1/3200 , ISO 1600
Looks more like he thinks he is cool, grass instead of a tootpickEver had some lunch in your teeth but nobody in the meeting told you?
