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A rear view of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft landing during exercise Busy Prairie II

A right side view of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft taking off during exercise Busy Prairie II

A front view of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft approaching the airfield to land during exercise Busy Prairie II

AN air-to-air right side view of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft over a lake during exercise Busy Prairie II

An aerial view of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft parked in a hot-bladder pit refueling site during exercise Busy Prairie II

An aerial view of a hot-bladder pit refueling site and a parked B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during exercise Busy Prairie II

A pilot flies a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during exercise Busy Prairie II

A right front view of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft landing during Exercise Glad Customer '82. The aircraft is assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron

A view of pilots flying a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during exercise Busy Prairie II

An aerial view of an EC-135 airborne command and control aircraft, left, and a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft parked on the side of a tent city during exercise Busy Prairie II

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II

Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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ec command control aircraft control aircraft stratofortress tent city tent city exercise texas aerial view b 52 h stratofortress biggs army air field el paso exercise busy prairie ii staff sergeant b 52 bomber stratofortress bomber high resolution busy prairie ii b 52 h stratofortress aircraft biggs army air field ssgt bill thompson el paso b 52 stratofortress jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives
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03/06/1981
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label_outline Explore Control Aircraft, Exercise Busy Prairie Ii, Busy Prairie Ii

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is unloaded at sunrise during exercise BRIGHT STAR '80

Pilot MAJ Bob Aboe and co-pilot 1LT John Burda of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prepare for a flight in an EC-135C Stratolifter advanced airborne command post aircraft (AABNCP).

A right side view of aircraft in flight over the desert during exercise Bright Star '82. The aircraft are from front to back: a MiG-21, F-16 Fighting Falcon, MiG-17 and an A-10 Thunderbolt II

Three US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant Majors (SMJ) from various organizations meet to discuss the progress of construction currently underway at Tent City, Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Pictured left-to-right, SMJ Estrada, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; SMJ Bradley, Marine Air Communication Squadron 38 (MACS-38), and SMJ Willy Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 (HQS-3)

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Major General Reed Ernst, Deputy Commander Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Reserve Mobility and past commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing signs the EC-130E Hercules number 63-7783 after a decommissioning ceremony as Colonel (ret) Nickolas Bereschak past commander of the 193rd Tactical Electronics Warfare Group watches. The aircraft is the first to be decommissioned as part of the units conversion to C-130J's

A parade of front line aircraft dress the Nellis AFB ramp areas during the United States Air Force's 50th Anniversary and Air show. On display are the B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer and other historic planes

A US Air Force (USAF) EC-130E Command Solo aircraft Number 63-7828 from the 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW), Pennsylvania Air National Guard (ANG) is marshaled on the flight line at Middletown, Pennsylvania (PA). The Command Solo aircraft is being decommissioned after having acquired the highest number of flying hours in the fleet and will surpass 28,000 flying hours on its final flight. The 193rd SOW will transition to the new EC-130J Command Solo II aircraft. The aircraft bears the signature of many of its former and present crew chiefs in honor of its retirement

A Wounded Eagle - Two men standing in front of a fighter jet

U.S. Army personnel move their belongings and cots from the hangar to the tent city during the operation

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An air-to-air right side view (from top to bottom) of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, and an Egyptian (Soviet built) MiG-21 aircraft

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ec command control aircraft control aircraft stratofortress tent city tent city exercise texas aerial view b 52 h stratofortress biggs army air field el paso exercise busy prairie ii staff sergeant b 52 bomber stratofortress bomber high resolution busy prairie ii b 52 h stratofortress aircraft biggs army air field ssgt bill thompson el paso b 52 stratofortress jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives