A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber leads a flight of Egyptian, French, Greek, Italian and U.S. aircraft over the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, during Exercise Bright Star ‘99/00 on Oct. 25, 1999. [500×507]
THE GREAT NUTCRACKER OF JULY 25th. In this caricature, Charles X attempts to break a billiard ball marked “charter” with his teeth, but finds the nut too hard to crack. (1830)
Austrian conservative statesman Klemens von Metternich learning about the proclamation of the Republic in France (1848)(Charles Amédée de Noé)
“Russian soldier! While there are shells over your head, another Ibrahim is fucking your woman” (2020)
Twenty-Year-Old Arifa, a member of the pro-government Women’s Unit, guarding their village from mujahedin, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1987 [700×1287]
On August 25th, 2023, two L-39 jets of the Ukrainian Air Force, collided over the Zhytomyr Oblast. Three pilots were killed. One was Major Andrii Pilshchykov, a 2nd Class pilot and a recipient of the Order of Courage, 3rd Class, known by callsign ‘JUICE’. [1122 x 1073]