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A1C Ryan Hill, 509th Maintenance Squadron performs a deflection check on an umbrella seal of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing aircraft. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, retracts its landing gear during a take-off for an exercise sortie. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

A1C Ryan Hill, 509th Maintenance Squadron prepares the surface of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing aircraft for painting during the exercise. Along with personal protective equipment, he is in a sealed paint vapor enclosure attached to the aircraft surface. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

A1C Ryan Hill, 509th Maintenance Squadron prepares the surface of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, "Spirit of Oklahoma" from the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing aircraft for painting. Along with personal protective equipment, he is in a sealed paint vapor enclosure attached to the aircraft surface. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

In the late afternoon sunlight a B-2 Spirit, stealth bomber, from the 509th Bomb Wing stands ready in its hangar. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

509th Security Force Squadron personnel use an under-vehicle mirror to inspect beneath vehicles entering and leaving the priority-A area around the B-2 Spirit, stealth bomber hangars. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

The crew of a B-2 Spirit, stealth bomber, from the 509th Bomb Wing do a preflight inspection in the B-2s hangar. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing makes an evening landing after completing an exercise sortie. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, taxis out to take-off during an exercise sortie. In the background are several of the unique hangars used to store and service the aircraft. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

A1C Ryan Hill, 509th Maintenance Squadron performs a deflection check on an umbrella seal of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing aircraft. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

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Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN

Base: Whiteman Air Force Base

State: Missouri (MO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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28/10/1997
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label_outline Explore Deflection, Component Forces, Spirit Stealth Bomber

A CH-47 Chinook from B Company, 2/238th General Support

A close-up of the exterior of the cockpit area of a B-2 Spirit, stealth bomber, from the 509th Bomb Wing, inside the hangar. Inside the cockpit pilots can be seen climbing into their seats prior to engine start. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steve McElwain, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Capehart place the landing door edge covers on the landing gear doors of their B-2 Spirit bomber, "The Spirit of Pennsylvania," at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). B-2 bombers often particapate in Red Flag exercises on the Nellis air ranges

Medium shot, right front view, high angle, STAFF Sergeant Brian Schamm, USAF, 89th Security Forces Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, digs a foxhole for a defensive fighting position during a deployment to Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. During the deployment, wing personnel will be evaluated on Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) skills, humanitarian scenarios and base defense. The primary objectives of this exercise are to train and prepare troops for Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployments. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-06362 or search 000404-F-0352L-005)

More than 350 children and their teachers pose for

Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit aircraft approaching the refueling boom of a Alaskan Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while conducting refueling operations during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 02. Northern Edge '02 is an annual joint training exercise held in Alaska designed to exercise joint operations techniques, procedures and enhance interoperability among the services

Chnage of Commander Ceremony. United States Air Force Lieutenant General William T. "Tom" Hobbins (center) assumes command of 12th Air Force, US Southern Command Air Forces and Air Force component commander, US Strategic Command from LTG Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong (left). Presiding officer was General John P. Jumper (right), Commander, Air Combat Command. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, 7 August 2000

SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Patty Dupree, a volunteer from the 90th MXS during the search and recoveries exercise, into an emergency medical unit after she arrived by helicopter. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ronnie Lock, a Security Police (SP) assigned to the 310th Space Group (SG), aims his 5.56mm M16A1 rifle with a 40mm M203 grenade launcher equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear from the kneeling position during the Security Forces Tactics competition conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) California (CA), during Exercise GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002. Guardian Challenge, a four-day space and missile competition, is hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA to test the wartime readiness of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) professionals

U.S. Air Force Jet Engine Mechanics assigned to the 20th Component Maintenance Squadron, prepare to test an F110 jet engine in the engine test cell at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., on September 9, 2004. Pictured left-to-right: SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Hay; MASTER SGT. Kenneth Carr; and AIRMAN 1ST Class Jonathan Alicea. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Paul Holcomb) (Released)

AIRMAN First Class James T. Smith, USAF, Ground Radio Technician, 100th Communications Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, detaches a bad component from a faulty circuit card from a land line telephone console

A NATO AWACS taxis onto the runway at NATO Air Base

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