A gate guardian or gate guard is a withdrawn piece of equipment, often an aircraft, armoured vehicle, artillery piece, or locomotive, mounted on a plinth...
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The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, before it changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister...
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2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019. Withers, Tony (January 1998). "RSAF Gate Guardian Panavia Tornado IDS 765 – Dhahran, Saudi Arabia". Flickr. Retrieved...
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Dvarapala (redirect from Temple guardian)
IAST: Dvārapāla Sanskrit pronunciation: [dʋaːɽɐpaːlɐ]) is a door or gate guardian often portrayed as a warrior or fearsome giant, usually armed with a...
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RAF Brize Norton (section Gate guardian)
a gate guardian. In October 2017 however, a sculpture by local artist David Harber was unveiled to mark the station's 80th anniversary. Named Gate Guardian...
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Army Australia A23-001 – RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Point Cook A23-009 – gate guardian at RAAF Base Pearce A23-020 – Fighter World, RAAF Base Williamtown A23-022...
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RAF Leeming (section Gate Guardian)
to Leeming, and conducted a successful talk down landing. Leeming's gate guardian is now a Tornado F3, commemorating its history as an air defence base...
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RAF Lakenheath (section Gate guardian)
may be redeployed to Lakenheath in the near future. RAF Lakenheath's gate guardian is North American F-100D Super Sabre, serial number '54-2269'. The aircraft...
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RAF Odiham (section Gate Guardian)
station. The station's motto is 'Promise and Fulfil'. RAF Odiham's gate guardian is a former US Army Boeing CH-47F Chinook. The airframe was donated...
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conventional winch-launched glider, operated at Sealand from 1963. The gate guardian at the main gate until 1988 was Spitfire TD248. It was restored to flying condition...
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Liminal deity (redirect from Threshold guardian)
cannot be easily placed into a single category of existence Gate guardian – Symbolic guardian at a military facility Household deity – Deity or spirit associated...
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associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate. The etymology of the name Garmr remains uncertain. Bruce Lincoln...
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Torii (redirect from Torii Gate)
A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, [to.ɾi.i]) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically...
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RAF Scampton (section Gate guardians)
delivery of Lancaster Mk.I R5868 which would one day become the Station's gate guardian. In turn both resident squadrons were then replaced at Scampton by No...
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RAF Coltishall (section Gate guardians)
Defence'. Prior to closure, Coltishall had two gate guardians. The first (on display outside the main gate and security fence) was a Jaguar S which was...
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RAF Waddington (section Gate guardians)
active service, and was preserved as the gate guardian at Waddington. A Hawker Hunter F.6A acts as gate guardian outside the No. 8 Squadron facilities at...
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2006 to become Beacon Barracks. However, as of August 2023, the RAF's "gate guardian" aircraft, a Harrier GR3 (pictured), remains in place. Beacon Barracks...
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Gabriella. "Pope at Mass: Guardian angels, our daily gate to the Father", Vatican News, October 2, 2018 "Feast of the Guardian Angels (2 October 2014)"...
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States as part of the Littlefield Collection and another is in use as a gate guardian outside the Royal Tank Regiment Officers' Mess, which was restored by...
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Guardians of the Gate is a 1991 Everdur bronze sculpture depicting a family of sea lions by Miles Metzger, located northwest of Pier 39 and adjacent to...
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by the current guardian in 1988. At a service commemorating the Battle of Britain in September 2010, a new Hawker Hurricane gate guardian in the markings...
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Supermarine Spitfire gate guardian to the passenger terminal, and the unveiling of a new replica Hawker Hurricane gate guardian near the eastern station...
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Baldur's Gate 3 is a 2023 role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios. It is the third main installment to the Baldur's Gate series...
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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. A few F-4s are also preserved as gate guardians, and some are also owned privately. On display F-4E 67-0237 – RAAF Museum...
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Kevin Briggs (redirect from Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge)
Sergeant Kevin Briggs (also known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge) is a California Highway Patrol officer noted for his work in suicide intervention...
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RAF Marham (section Gate guardians)
the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2019. "Tornado gate guardian moved from RAF station". BBC.co.uk. BBC News. 5 March 2020. Retrieved...
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Himself, Radio News Army Men Series – All Voices (sans Females) Baldur's Gate Series – Minsc, Firkraag, Gorion, Tazok, Abazigal, Gromnir Il-Khan, Demogorgon...
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States Marine Corps On display F9F-2B 0421/3-A-106 (Argentine Navy) - Gate guardian at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base (Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) at...
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its propeller turned by the use of an electric motor. In 1992, the gate guardian was taken to the 178th Fighter Wing of the Ohio Air National Guard,...
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The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor [ˈbʁandn̩ˌbʊʁɡɐ ˈtoːɐ̯] ) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks...
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