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Weapons crew members assigned to the 28th Munitions

U.S. Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support

Representatives of 28 countries take part in tours

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Ken Blankenship (left), and SGT Lauro Samaniego, both Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), sets up a Remote Ordnance Neutralization System (RONS) robot during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

California Air National Guard Pararescueman Technical Sergeant Jeff Borg (left), TSGT John Saftner and SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Bill Wunderlin a Loadmaster aboard a MC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 129 Air National Guard Unit, Moffett Federal Airfield, California prepare a RAM-Z Rescue package for a cargo drop onboard the aircraft. The RAM-Z has a rubber Zodiac inflatable boat with outboard motor and a complete medical kit that is parachuted into the water

Members of the 819th Civil Engineering Squadron rapid runway repair team dump pea gravel into a bomb crater while a tractor prepares to cap the hole with prefabricated cement slabs during Exercise SALTY DEMO'85. SALTY DEMO'85 is an air base survivability exercise evaluating passive and active defenses, aircraft operation and generation, and base recovery systems

Thirty-four Airmen from the 921st Contingency Response

U.S airmen offload equipment from a C-17 Globemaster

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Benjamin Rogers assigned to 402nd

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A crew places a 500-lb Mark 82 bomb, which will be loaded on an F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, on an MJ-1 bomb loader. The crew are members of 128th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 116th Tactical Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard, involved in exercise Gangbuster XI

Aviation Ordnanceman 1ST Class Michael Gettys removes the cover from the tip of an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile prior to loading the ordnance on a A-7E Corsair II aircraft. The Corsair, based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), is being armed for strikes against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm

Members of the 2nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron use an MJ-1B bomb loader to load a BDU-50 low-drag practice bomb onto the wing pylon of a 596th Bombardment Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft. They are participating in Proud Shield'92, a Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

Munitions specialists use an MJ-1B bomb loader to load a bomb on an F-4E Phantom II aircraft during gunnery meet GUNPOWDER 85

A member of the 5th Munitions Maintenance Squadron use an MJ-1 bomb loader to position Mark 82 500-lb. bombs onto the loader pylon of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during the Strategic Air Command exercise Giant Warrior '89

A demonstration in ordnance disposal is conducted by French soldiers from the Military Instruction Advisory Detachment (IMAD) of the 5th Regiment International Army Overseas (RIAOM). The French detonated two rocket propelled grenade (RPG) rounds during the demonstration. The French are providing training for the Somalian police in Baidoa and Buurhakaba

Munitions personnel use a bomb loader to move concrete-filled practice bombs. They are arming F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and F-15 Eagle aircraft for air strikes during Exercise COPE THUNDER 83-7

A munitions crew loads an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile aboard an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during the Strike Command Tactical Bombing Competition. No live ordnance will be dropped during the competition. Dummy bombs will be used to hit the targets and scoring will be based on ground observation and gun camera film

Members of the 1708th Munitions Maintenance Squadron use an MJ-1 bomb loader to load M-117 750-pound bombs onto a B-52G Stratofortress bomber aircraft during Operation Desert Storm.

Munitions crew members use an MJ1 weapons loader to remove Durandal bombs from their crates. The French-developed Durandal, which optimizes its angle of attack after release to prevent ricochets and then accelerates rapidly, is intended for prolonged disabling of enemy runways and other targets in which the effects of deep bomb penetration will maximize damage

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Base: Raf Upper Heyford

Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland

Release Status: Released to Public

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label_outline Explore Penetration, Raf Upper Heyford, Mj 1 Weapons Loader

Walking the 72-inch bubble chamber. Paul Hernandez of mechanical engineering conceived the ingenious idea of devising a hydraulic walking method. With this system the bubble-chamber magnet could make right angle turns and maneuver into very tight spaces, thus eliminating the need for an outside rigging contractor. Photograph taken May 7, 1958. Bubble Chamber-500

CPT Dave Elliott stands in front of an Italian-built SIAI-Marchetti S-211 trainer aircraft which he flies as an exchange pilot with the Singapore air force

An aerial view of a portion of the base, showing the main runway and hangar area. The 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Europe (USAFE), and the 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron, USAFE, are based at Upper Heyford

A team of Airmen from the 28th Munitions Squadron secure

United States Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Company Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, aim the barrel of their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) across a gully towards enemy targets (Not shown) in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia during exercise Crocodile '99

K meson scattering. Patent release 10/24/1958. Photograph taken August 26, 1958. Bevatron-1588

Members of an all service color guard display the colors as the remains of 27 service members missing in action are carried from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft in the largest turnover of MIAs since meetings began with North Vietnam in 1981

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Landon Favors, Weapons Loader, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), checks the safety pins on a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile attached to the wing pylon of aUSAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Starboard bow view from a low angle up at the Nimitz Class, Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) tied up on the north side of pier #11. The USS TRENTON (LPD 14) is partially seen in the distance at the right of the frame

Straight on, wide angle shot with a fisheye lens at (R-L) USAF Technical Sergeant Jay Deyoe, SENIOR AIRMAN Harvey Wagenmaker and AIRMAN First Class Ryan Stannard as they review a tactical map of the South Korean peninsula on the flight line of Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. TSGT Deyoe says; "Most boys like seeing things explode - we haven't lost that." All three Airmen are assigned to an Army unit of terminal attack controllers. this image is from the February 1999 edition of Airmen Magazine

Members of the Physiological Training Unit demonstrate parasailing for a film crew from Imax Systems Corp. The crew is shooting a motion picture documenting astronaut candidate training from the point of view of the astronaut. The film is being produced for initial release to the National Air and Space Museum

An F-4 Phantom II aircraft shows one angle of its weapon configuration while atop a pedestal at the Rome Air Development Center's Newport test site. The aircraft's antennas are being evaluated during the test

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