Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Layout

An aircraft carrier flight deck (shown from above) allows aircraft to take off from catapults in the front of the carrier while landing aircraft approach from the rear. The meatball guides landing aircraft toward the runway, and large arresting wires snag incoming aircraft to a halt. Flight deck management and ship navigation take place in the island, and large elevators move aircraft from the flight deck to the hangar bay below.

GBU-16 Smart Bomb

              GBU-16 Smart Bomb an aviation ordnanceman makes a final check on a GBU-16 Paveway 1 smart bomb on board the USS George Washington. As as a picture shows the US Navy installing and preparing the GBU-16 Smart Bomb

Modern Military Helmet

 

Modern military helmets, made of lightweight but sturdy materials, are designed to protect the head from bullets and from shell and grenade fragments.
The Helmet, protective covering for the head, generally made of metal, leather, or plastic, used in warfare, certain occupations, and sports. Military helmets have been worn from the earliest times and have been made in many different forms. The simplest form, a close-fitting skullcap, apparently made of iron, leather, and bronze, is represented on Assyrian reliefs. Elaborations of this form were used by the Greeks, Etruscans, and the late Romans and included protective devices for the neck and face, and plumes or carved figures that surmounted the crown.

All-purpose Jeep Sturdy

              Jeep, sturdy, all-purpose, small but high-powered open automobile, first mass-produced for the United States armed forces in 1940. Combining the ruggedness of a truck with the speed and mobility of a light car, the original jeep, called a “peep” during World War II (1939-45), was about 3 m (11 ft) long and 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, carried six passengers, and could travel about 105 km/h (about 65 mph). Essential features were a powerful engine, two- and four-wheel drive, and deep-treaded tires. A standard jeep can haul a load of half a ton or more and maneuvers well over mud or hilly terrain. Modern jeeps, available commercially, are often capable of traveling at speeds of 144 km/h (90 mph) or greater. The popular name is derived from the abbreviation of (g.p.) “general-purpose”  vehicle.