Featured Modern military photos "perfectly timed."

Sorry these are not antique-I won't cry if the thread is deleted but some of the photos in this gallery are quite amazing, and they are all real, no photoshopping was used.

http://imgur.com/a/LAdE3?gallery

 

Really amazing! This is why I always check out your entries, even if most of the time, I haven't a clue what you discuss.

 

Hi Spring,
OMG what a wonderful collection. Thank you so much for posting it.
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Those are really cool!

I never knew there were parachuting dogs.

 

Amazing photos!

 

Great photos!

 

Very nice.

 

Glad u like them. If anyone wants to know more about what's being shown in any of them, feel free to ask here and I'm sure one of us can 'splain it more or less.

 

I have a question.
I thought dogs went down with their handler, but in the one photo it looks like it is on it's own.
Was he dropped? Or does he have his own shute. And if he does, who pulls the cord?
(it's been really bothering me.)

 

Good question-I dunno but looks like they are dropped low enough so their chutes are deployed right on leaving the plane if they are jumping solo. Troops would have to meet them on the ground to detach the chute unless something automatic has been developed. Here's some WWII footage-notice wagging tail in midair-that pup must like to do it.

 

Ah! Thank you!!!
I even thought about this while trying to get to sleep last night.

 

Now you can replace counting sheep jumping over the fence with counting doggies jumping out of airplanes!

 

It probably opens automatically.
...and we thought that bird poop was an issue.....

 

WOW! I've some of these but not most. Thank you!

 

Those are some great and truly amazing images. Glad you shared them. Very cool.

 

USS Wisconsin (BB- 64) is the Battle Wagon. The other could be the USS Iowa.