visibility Similar

The Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association Stars

An air-to-air right front view of an Airborne Early Warning Squadron 110 (VAW-110) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft

A Pilatus PC-12 from the 318th Special Operations Squadron

A right side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the base range during testing and evaluation. The KC-135 is assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard

A UC-35 fixed-wing jet from the 12th Combat Aviation

code Related

A Marine from the 3rd Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Platoon wheels the fuselage of a Pioneer RPV out of its storage crate during Operation Desert Shield.

A close-up view of the artwork on the fuselage of a Pioneer remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) assigned to the Marine Corps 3rd RPV Platoon during Operation Desert Shield.

A Marine from the 3rd Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Platoon checks over a Pioneer RPV as it sits at the end of its launch rail prior to a flight during Operation Desert Shield.

Marines retrieve a Pioneer Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) after it lands on a runway following a test flight in support of Operation Desert Shield

Two Marines from the 3rd Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Platoon prepare a Pioneer RPV for launch during Operation Desert Shield.

A Pioneer remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) assigned to the Marine Corps' 3rd RPV Platoon sits at the bottom of its launch rail prior to a flight during Operation Desert Shield.

Assisted by another Marine, a member of the 3rd Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Platoon drains some fluid from the fuselage of a Pioneer RPV being prepared for launch during Operation Desert Shield.

A Pioneer remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) assigned to the Marine Corps' 3rd RPV Platoon sits on the roadway before being placed on its launch rail for a flight during Operation Desert Shield. The launch rail is mounted on an M-927 5-ton cargo truck.

A Marine positions a Pioneer remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) during Operation Desert Shield

A Pioneer remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) touches down on the runway after a flight during Operation Desert Shield. The Pioneer is assigned to the Marine Corps' 3rd RPV Platoon.

description

Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Jubail

Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. J.R. Ruark

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

label_outline

Tags

pioneer vehicle rpv runway flight shield operation desert shield marine platoon rd rpv platoon staff sergeant us marine corps drone high resolution desert shield rpv platoon saudi arabia military aircraft propeller driven aircraft 1990s aircrafts 1990 s us national archives
date_range

Date

27/11/1990
create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
link

Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

label_outline Explore Rpv, Pioneer, Drone

An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

Air-to-air left side view of a Soviet Tu-16 Badger E aircraft

An Australian P-3C Orion aircraft flies over the East Indian Ocean

A drone launched from the deck of the frigate USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089) is lifted back aboard with the use of a winch during exercise Unitas XX

Members of C Btry., 1ST Bn., 319th Air Field Arty. Regt., secure M-102 105mm towed howitzers to the slings of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters for a two-gun raid training mission during Operation Desert Shield

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

A low flying C-130 Hercules assigned to Yokota AB, Japan, lines up to make a supply drop during exercise COBRA GOLD

Wearing an MCU-2P protective mask as part of a Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) warfare drill, LT. Thomas Stubblefield signals to the deck edge operator during the launch of an A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The KENNEDY is operating in support of Operation Desert Shield

Members of a minehunting unit prepare to lower the sonar device of an AQS-14 minehunting system from a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter during operations off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The system is being used to locate inert mines planted by U.S. forces as part of a minehunting exercise during Operation Desert Shield

A Maintainer from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft

A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler/ Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 pulls onto the tarmac at Wajir air field in Northern Kenya to execute a combat off-load during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

Topics

pioneer vehicle rpv runway flight shield operation desert shield marine platoon rd rpv platoon staff sergeant us marine corps drone high resolution desert shield rpv platoon saudi arabia military aircraft propeller driven aircraft 1990s aircrafts 1990 s us national archives