{"id":5332,"date":"2021-09-21T03:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T03:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/21\/best-pix-sept-19-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:18:53","slug":"best-pix-sept-19-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/photo-galleries\/2021\/09\/21\/best-pix-sept-19-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Pix Sept. 19, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3517\" height=\"2512\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3429\" data-id=\"3429\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thunderbirds.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thunderbirds.jpg.jpg 3517w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thunderbirds.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thunderbirds.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thunderbirds.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thunderbirds.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Thunderbirds.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1463 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3517px) 100vw, 3517px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An F-16 &#8220;Thunderbird&#8221; with the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron   approaches show center during the third and final day of the Cleveland National Air Show Sept. 6 in Ohio.  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Myers\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4782\" height=\"3188\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3436\" data-id=\"3436\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fire-Power.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fire-Power.jpg.jpg 4782w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fire-Power.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fire-Power.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fire-Power.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fire-Power.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fire-Power.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4782px) 100vw, 4782px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Army paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, fire the M3 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, also known as the Carl Gustaf, during live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 15. (Alejandro Pe\u00f1a\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6122\" height=\"4373\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3459\" data-id=\"3459\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Taiwan-Passage.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Taiwan-Passage.jpg.jpg 6122w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Taiwan-Passage.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Taiwan-Passage.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Taiwan-Passage.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Taiwan-Passage.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Taiwan-Passage.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1463 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6122px) 100vw, 6122px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lt. j.g. Chunchun Waskin, left, and Seaman Samuel Figueroa Lopez scan the sea for surface contacts aboard the guided missile-destroyer Barry as it transits the Taiwan Strait Sept. 17. (MC3 Justin Stack\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8256\" height=\"5504\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3470\" data-id=\"3470\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Disembark-Walk.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Disembark-Walk.jpg.jpg 8256w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Disembark-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Disembark-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Disembark-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Disembark-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Disembark-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 8256px) 100vw, 8256px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Participants in the live-fire exercise Jaded Thunder disembark from a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 after an incentive flight at Hulman Field in Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 22. 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Lonnie Wiram\/Air National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3477\" data-id=\"3477\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ndonesian-Air-Force-F-16.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ndonesian-Air-Force-F-16.jpg.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ndonesian-Air-Force-F-16.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ndonesian-Air-Force-F-16.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ndonesian-Air-Force-F-16.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ndonesian-Air-Force-F-16.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An Indonesian Air Force F-16 flies next to a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, in the Indo-Pacific region Sept. 1. This is the first time a B-52 has integrated with the Indonesian Air Force. (Courtesy of Indonesian Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3072\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3488\" data-id=\"3488\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5Hawkeye-Launches.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5Hawkeye-Launches.jpg.jpg 3072w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5Hawkeye-Launches.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5Hawkeye-Launches.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5Hawkeye-Launches.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5Hawkeye-Launches.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5Hawkeye-Launches.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3072px) 100vw, 3072px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, assigned to the \u201cBlack Eagles\u201d of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113, launches off the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in the Pacific Sept. 5. (MCSN Mason Congleton\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"9390\" height=\"6260\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3495\" data-id=\"3495\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Live-Fire.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Live-Fire.jpg.jpg 9390w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Live-Fire.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Live-Fire.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Live-Fire.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Live-Fire.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Live-Fire.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 9390px) 100vw, 9390px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, engage in a combined arms live-fire exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 15. (Pfc. Vincent Levelev\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3797\" height=\"2531\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3501\" data-id=\"3501\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Mail.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Mail.jpg.jpg 3797w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Mail.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Mail.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Mail.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Mail.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-Mail.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3797px) 100vw, 3797px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marine Corps Sgt. Louis Martin, left, and Cpl. Montana Bingen, both fixed-wing aircraft crew masters with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport 152, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, prepare to deploy cargo rigged with a parachute from the back of a C-130 aircraft during an air delivery exercise over Ie Shima island, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 15. (Sgt. Hailey D. Clay\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"7655\" height=\"5103\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3508\" data-id=\"3508\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wrecking-turfjpg.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wrecking-turfjpg.jpg.jpg 7655w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wrecking-turfjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wrecking-turfjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wrecking-turfjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wrecking-turfjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Wrecking-turfjpg.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 7655px) 100vw, 7655px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Airmen from the 91st Security Forces Group Tactical Response Force prepare for the Global Strike Challenge at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Aug 27. 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Audit\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5996\" height=\"3997\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3514\" data-id=\"3514\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ready-Rappel.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ready-Rappel.jpg.jpg 5996w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ready-Rappel.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ready-Rappel.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ready-Rappel.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ready-Rappel.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ready-Rappel.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5996px) 100vw, 5996px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. soldiers with various units across Europe rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault course conducted by an Army National Guard mobile training team from Fort Benning, Georgia, at the 7th Army Training Command&#8217;s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 16. 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