On August 19, 1950,
@USMC
Pfc. Richard M. Lewry was killed in action while serving with Company H, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines in Korea. He was awarded the Purple Heart and is laid to rest in Section 12. We honor his service.
https://twitter.com/ArlingtonNatl/status/1560631420044836864
Q: What did the lightning ⚡ say to the fireworks 🎇?
A: 'Hey! You stole my thunder. ⛈️
It shouldn't come as a shock, but seeing flashy images of our Coast Guard aircraft leaves us feeling pretty electrified.
Happy #NationalAviationDay! 🚁 🛩️
📷 by AET2 Cullen Owens
https://twitter.com/USCG/status/1560635286060777472
Counter-Attack! 💥
U.S. Marines with
@2dMarDiv
conduct a counter-attack during Technology Operational Experimentation Exercise 22 on
@camp_lejeune
, which is focused on emerging Naval concepts and logistics operations for maritime command and control networking.
@USMC
https://twitter.com/iimefmarines/status/1560599862839615488
"A CUT ABOVE THE REST'"
Marines and airmen attached to the Method of Entry School, Weapons Training Battalion Quantico, breach through a hatch on Marine Corps Base Quantico. This course trains teams in the planning and preparation of methods of entry techniques.
@USMC
@USNavy
https://twitter.com/MCB_Quantico/status/1560607749469339648
Thank you anon
Next?
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1560624068453449728
Then take his other knee…
Lightning always strikes twice.
@TheF35
was given the name "Lightning II" after the Lockheed P-38 of World War II. Today it is the most survivable and connected fighter aircraft in the world. #NationalAviationDay #FighterFriday #F35
https://twitter.com/LockheedMartin/status/1560642750457884672
Aug 19th 1055 AM EDT: A special Tropical Weather Outlook has been issued, raising the probability of tropical cyclone formation to 60% within the next two days for the disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. More info: http://hurricanes.gov #99L
https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1560641742029746176
The man, the myth, the mustache! Today’s #FacialHairFriday looks at records related to the life of artist Salvador Dalí.
https://twitter.com/USNatArchives/status/1560643097637187586
Guess we'll put this one under here.
Just because it's a really cool company name.
https://twitter.com/boomaero/status/1560647538914385920
They would never come for us themselves.
All they can do is try to find someone to do their dirty work for them.
Cowards.
#OTD 1960, this C-119 made the first aerial retrieval of an object returning from space – the Discoverer XIV #satellite – containing secret reconnaissance film by snagging the satellite’s parachute with recovery gear. See it at
@AFmuseum
and learn more 👉
https://twitter.com/AFMFoundation/status/1560582393525927936
#OTD 1960, US pilot Francis Powers was sentenced to 10 years’ confinement after the Soviets shot down his U-2 reconnaissance aircraft & captured him. Powers was later released to the US in exchange for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. We celebrate Powers’ legacy this #NationalAviationDay
https://twitter.com/NCSCgov/status/1560654494857560066
#OTD in 1961, the Swedish HMS Bavern had perhaps the rarest of submarine accidents when it was involved in a fender-bender with a car. The Volvo had been parked on a hill but slipped out of gear and rolled down the slope to collide with the docked sub, causing minor damage.
https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1560657496137953280
Winding the clock a few
I like it.
Nice