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A walk through the town of Detroit Sept. 15, after

Oil wells burn out of control, darkening the sky with smoke, after being set ablaze by retreating Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment

ARFF Marines start spraying the approaching fuel fire

The burning remains of large structure along the convoy route the Marines are taking through Basra Province, Southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment,

Sailors perform operations on the flight deck of the

Water is sprayed over a fire at the Afghan National

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A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies over an oil well set ablaze by Iraqi troops during Operation Desert Storm

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14 Tomcat aircraft flies over oil well fires still burning in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies over an oil well still burning in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

A Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14B Tomcat aircraft flies over the desert as an oil well burns in the background during Operation Desert Storm

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies over part of A1 Jaber Airfield. The airfield was heavily damaged during Operation Desert Storm

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies past several burning oil wells following Operation Desert Storm.

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Desert Shield

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies past a hardened aircraft hangar damaged during Operation Desert Storm

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from the Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker while other Tomcats fly alongside. The aircraft are flying over Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies over oil wells set ablaze by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: LT. Steve Gozzo

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Corporal (CPL) Thomas Marantz, USMC, Civil Affairs SPECIALIST, 3RD Civil Affairs Group, Camp Pendleton, CA doubles as an administrator and interpreter with the 99th Medical Group, Nellis AFB, Nevada during a medical exercise at Cerro Membre, Paraguay, part of Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Under Combined Task Force Guarani Springs joint service personnel are conducting engineering and medical operations in enabling required joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructures of four schools, four water wells, and also conduct three Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay

Captain (CPT), Christopher Comeaux, USA, CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot, assigned to Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Division, Iowa National Guard, Davenport, IA performs a preflight inspection of the aircraft, before flying to Asuncion, Paraguay during Operation NEW HORIZONS. The mission flown to support personnel at Asuncion, Paraguay is part of Combined Task Force Guarani Springs, which will conduct engineering and medical operations in Paraguay from 10 March to 30 June 2001 enabling joint service training between US and Paraguayan military personnel. The task force will renovate, construct and improve infrastructure of four schools; four water wells; and conduct three Medical...

An Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) before it is dropped into a "Catcher's Mitt" during a ground ejection test from the wing of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft at the Pacific Missile Test Center

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, conducts a news conference prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility during Operation Desert Storm. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

USAF medical personnel assigned to the 99TH Medical Group, Nellis AFB, Nevada assemble their equipment, after off loading from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 106TH Division, Iowa Air National Guard, for a medical exercise at Cerro Membre, Paraguay during Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Under Combined Task Force Guarani Springs joint service personnel are conducting engineering and medical operations in enabling required joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructures of four schools, four water wells, and also conduct three Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A demolished Iraqi T-55 main battle tank lies abandoned in the desert after Iraqi forces deserted the region during Operation Desert Storm

A pilot from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) is assisted by his plane captain as he straps into the cockpit of his F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter flies by the battle-damaged control tower at Kuwait International Airport while patrolling the skies after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

SENIOR AIRMAN Wells, 621st Air Mobility Operations Group, makes last minute adjustments to baggage on a C-17A Globemaster III bound for Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, with the Hurricane Response Force from McGuire ARB, New Jersey

Iraqi army soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 52nd

The charred remains of an Iraqi M-1974 122mm self-propelled howitzer lie next to the road leading out of Kuwait City following the retreat of Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm

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