Google Maps is amazingly cool because of its overhead satellite images. I got a link about a B2 in Palmdale where there is a Plant 42. Made me realize there are lots of places where various military things have been photographed:
!http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1590000/images/_1591792_b2150.jpg!:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=plant+42+palmdale+california&ll=34.638476,-118.082857&spn=0.007843,0.010664&t=k&hl=en B2 stealth bomber overhead in “Palmdale”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=plant+42+palmdale+california&ll=34.638476,-118.082857&spn=0.007843,0.010664&t=k&hl=en.
!http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-15-e-00000019-s.jpg!:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mountain+home+air+force+base+idaho&ll=43.055238,-115.879787&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en F-15’s (not clear if they are F-15Cs or Strike Eagles F-15Es) of the 366 Composite Wing in “Mountain Home”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mountain+home+air+force+base+idaho&ll=43.055238,-115.879787&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en
!http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:CgMUN5K4VHMJ:http://www.worldfleet.net/photograph/United%2520States/Nimitz%2520Class_03.jpg!:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=san+diego+naval+air+station&ll=32.709657,-117.189070&spn=0.004925,0.010664&t=k&hl=en The “John Stennis”:http://www.cvn74.navy.mil/ CVN-74 based in “San Diego Naval Base”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=san+diego+naval+air+station&ll=32.709657,-117.189070&spn=0.004925,0.010664&t=k&hl=en
The Carl Vinson and its support ships in “Everett Washington”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=everett+naval+base&ll=47.981951,-122.229552&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en
!http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/images/norfolk-carrier1.jpg!:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=norfolk+naval+base&ll=36.958394,-76.327772&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en In Hampton Roads, there are a pair of carriers at “Naval Base Norfolk”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=norfolk+naval+base&ll=36.958394,-76.327772&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en
You’ll see a pair of assault carriers, what looks like the “Essex”:http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lha-2.htm LHA-2 and “Iwo Jima”:http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lhd-7.htm LHA-7 as well at the “Norfolk Amphibious Naval Base”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=norfolk+naval+base&ll=36.950026,-76.330701&spn=0.007832,0.010664&t=k&hl=en
An attack submarine in “San Diego”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=san+diego+submarine+base&ll=32.689058,-117.236159&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en most likely Los Angeles class but depends on the data of the photo.
An amphibious warship probably the LHA-5 “Peliliu”:http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/USS-Peleliu-%28LHA_5%29, looks like the LHD-15 in “San Diego”:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=san+diego+submarine+base&ll=32.663265,-117.122337&spn=0.004914,0.010664&t=k&hl=en as well.

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