Art & Image Thread

[Matt Wiser]

El Paso isn't that far from where the front lines were at Las Cruces: maybe 25 miles at the most. Ivan did have balls, though, putting heavy transports into a field well within strike range and not that far from the front lines. They were using two fields, it should be pointed out: El Paso IAP and Biggs AAF.

A Soviet vehicle that had a very low life expectancy at the front lines: the ZS-88: a PsyOps loudspeaker vehicle based on the BTR-80. GIs did like the pop music played, but opened fire when broadcasts from Moscow Martha or Havana Hussy were replayed.

[Wolfman]

Those were always worth killing if nothing else of a more valuable nature was available…

[Lordroel]

Photo: A Soviet MiG-23MLD pilot studies his map before a strike mission out of Soviet operated airfield somewhere in Soviet occupied Texas, 1986. The Soviet pilot is carrying a compact AKS-74U carbine. During World War III, VVS pilots often flew with these “Krinkovs” for a grim reason: if you went down over Free American territory, survival came down to what you had in your hands. More firepower meant better odds.

[Lordroel]

Photo: a Harrier GR3, of the Royal Air Force was shot down and crashed into the sea during the Battle of the Baltic exits ( 21st March 1987) and was later recovered by the Royal Danish Navy.

[Matt Wiser]

Baja War, Day two: a Marine M-1A1 from the First Tank Battalion engages Mexican forces during the push east along Mexico Highway 2: