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An F-15 Eagle from Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, takes off from the Doha International Airport, Qatar, for a morning sortie during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

Members of the Jordanian military line up to tour the cockpit of a 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of BRIGHT STAR'87. The US Central Command exercise represents a Joint Chiefs of STAFF eff

An F-15 Eagle takes off for a training sortie Feb.

An F-16 with the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18s with Marine Fighter Attack

With the sun on the horizon, a US Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harrier rolls onto the flight line at Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDAND)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Alicia Valenzuela, dedicated

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the New Mexico Air National Guard (NMANG) makes its first landing at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An aerial overhead view of two US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcons, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), launching flares somewhere over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft Co-pilot, assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), man's his position in the cockpit as he maneuvers the aircraft into position to conduct aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105), connects to the refueling drogue of a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender aircraft, assigned to the 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), attached to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, during a refueling mission flown in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft Pilot assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), South Carolina (SC), Air National Guard (ANG), checks an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), during the preflight inspection of his aircraft, at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Two USAF C-21 Lear Jet aircraft are visible in the background

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Austin Brant, a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft Crew CHIEF, from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), attached to the 40th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) stands ready to marshal his aircraft on the flight line at an undisclosed location, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Andrew Vincelette, crewmember, 20th Fighter Wing (FW), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), assigned to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EEMS), performs a post check on a missile after a mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Military personnel use construction equipment to unearth an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat-B reconnaissance aircraft from beneath the sands at Al Taqqadum airfield west of Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Several MiG-25s and Su-25 aircraft have been found buried in various locations

A US Marine Corps (USMC) troop searches an Iraqi man before boarding a C-130 Hercules cargo airplane in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Patricia Logue, Production Superintendent, 20th Fighter Wing (FW), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), assigned to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EEMS), assists in a post check on AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles after a mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified US Navy (USN) Aircraft Handling Officer directs a USN F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft into launch position aboard the USN NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) as Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) conducts flight operation in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified US Army (USA) Soldiers guards an abandoned Iraqi L-29 Jet Trainer aircraft at the East Samarra Airfield in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The L-29 is under investigation because of the possibility of it being converted to an Unman Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which could be used as a chemical weapon delivery system. (SUBSTANDARD)

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Samarra

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SPC Kathy Jo Young, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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1950 - 1959
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A Light Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 63 (VFP-63) RF-8A Crusader aircraft approaches for a landing aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41)

Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound retarded delivery bombs onto the wing pylon of an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

[Paris International Air Show 1953]

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), and Firemen from the Savannah, Georgia (GA), Fire Department, work to extinguish a fire inside a mock-up aircraft trainer at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

Dam/Levee Break ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Oxbow, N. D. , April 6, 2009 --Joe Shoemaker, a representative from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers discusses placement of sand bags in Oxbox, ND. with members of the Oxbow city engineers. Karl Berg, another representative from the Corps stands behind him. The Corps has been advising and assiting the residents of Oxbow with their flood preparations. Oxbow citizens are preparing for the possibility of additional flooding later in the week. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

A front view of a Navy A-4 Skyhawk aircraft rolling in after landing during Exercise Sandgroper '82. Royal Australian Air Force Macchi jet trainer aircraft are in the background

A right rear view of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 37 (VFA-37) of Carrier Wing (CVW-3) parked on the flight line. Behind the F/A-18C is an T-2C Buckeye trainer aircraft of Training Squadron 23 (VT-23)

[Assignment: 48-DPA-02-25-08_SOI_K_Pres_Palau] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [meeting at Main Interior] with government delegation from the Republic of Palau, [led by Palau President Tommy Remengesau. Secretary Kempthorne and President Remengesau discussed, among other subjects, the possibility of creating a National Heritage Area on the Palau island of Peleliu, along with the upcoming Review of the Palau-U.S. Compact of Free Association.] [48-DPA-02-25-08_SOI_K_Pres_Palau_IOD_1075.JPG]

An Air Force C-17A Globemaster III, 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, prepares to depart Germany loaded with Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) containers. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from a C-17 aircraft as well as the first combat airdrop mission...

Sailors move an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Thunderbolts

A Super Etendard aircraft of the Argentine Navy passes the landing signal officers station as it prepares to briefly touch down on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The plane is taking part in touch-and-go landings aboard the LINCOLN during the vessel's circumnavigation of South America

T-34C Mentor aircraft line the airfield after they were flown to the base to avoid the possibility of being damaged by Hurricane Gilbert. The planes are U.S. Navy aircraft from Training Wing 4, based at Corpus Christi, Texas

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