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Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN (AOAN) Eric Mclean, assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) torques the fins on a laser guided bomb before flight operations, while the ship is underway on its maiden deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf while participating in the global war on terrorism

Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN Denver Foster moves a AGM-154A cluster bomb weapon across the hangar bay of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) for transport to the flight deck prior to night flight operations in support of OSW. TRUMAN is in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (OSW), the mission that enforces the coalition imposed southern "no-fly zone" over Iraq

US Navy Aviation Ordnancemen (AO) move AIM-9 Sidewinder short range, IR (infrared) missiles from a weapons elevator on to the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The GEORGE WASHINGTON and Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) are currently conducting operations in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions against Iraq during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 7 February 1998. U.S. Navy PHOTO by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Erik Kenney (Released) Digital Film Scan. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0003361 or search 980207N6895K002)

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), two (brown shirt) Plane Captains, conduct pre-flight checks on an USN F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, from Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five (VFA-25), before flight operations. The REAGAN is currently on its maiden deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf while participating in the global war on terrorism

Aviation Ordnancemen load Rockeye cluster bombs on to the wing of an FA-18 "Hornet". Also seen are two AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles attached to the wingtips of two F-A/18s parked side by side on the ROOSEVELT. The USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) is deployed to the Adriatic Sea in support of the NATO-led Operation Allied Force

Aviation Ordnanceman AMN David Rodriguez (front) prepares M-29 "cluster bombs" for aircraft loading aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). INDEPENDENCE is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0103524 or search 980211N4142G005)

US Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class Kevin C. Marks observes the Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Aegis Destroyer USS COLE (DDG 67) during operations in the Gulf of Aden. The COLE is conducting maritime patrol operations in the Persian Gulf as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Christopher L. Clark) (Released)

US Navy Aviation Ordnancemen (AO) Edward Green, (left) AO David Butts(middle) and (AO) David Gawne (right) hoist an AGM-88A HARM High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, medium range, air to surface, onto an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The GEORGE WASHINGTON is currently operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, 8 January 1998. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate AIRMAN Johnnie Robbins. (RELEASED)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher York, Crewmember, 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, assigned to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EEMS), places AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile) wings and fins into the universal container. The missiles will be transported to the flightline, to load onto an aircraft, in preparation for a mission

US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN (AOAN) David Rodriguez (front) moves two Mk 6/7 Rockeye II, multipurpose cluster bombs, on a dolly, for aircraft loading aboard the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0003339 or search 980211N4142G005)

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Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Felix Garza, USN

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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)

Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC, (right) and Lance Corporal Andres Almaguer, USMC, (left), make adjustments on the Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58

U.S. Army MAJ. Julie Rowan, Chaplain from Task Force Strength, Bagram Air Base gives clothes to an Afghan girl during a joint humanitarian aid mission with the Egyptian Army at Bagram, Afghanistan on Nov. 17, 2005. Task Force Strength does humanitarian missions along with coalition forces as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Jose L. Rodriguez) (Released)

CLUSTER MODEL - SWIRL CANS, NASA Technology Images

Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN Perez of Helicopter Light Anti-submarine Squadron 84 (HSL-84) signals to the pilot of an SH-2F Seasprite helicopter during a tune-up of the helicopter's engines

A C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft from 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, delivers cargo pallets, personnel, and two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, to AFB Hoedspruit, South Africa, during Operation Atlas Response. The personnel and helicopters are the first American HH-60's delivered to aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims in Mozambique, 7 March 2000. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-02914 or search 000307-F-5772H-503 )

US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN David Chamberlin performs a safety check on a rack of 500 pound Glide Bombs (GBU-12's) on the flight deck of the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). George Washington, commanded by US Navy Captain Malcolm P. Branch, is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean, and has been operating in the Adriatic Sea in support of the NATO-led Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal sits

A catapult and arresting gear crewman and an aviation ordnanceman crouch on the flight deck prior to the launch of an aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

Aviation Ordnance Second Class Joe Salas signals information to Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Rob "Frosty" Flake during an ordnance onload by a CH-46 Sea Knight conducted aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Lucier, on temporary duty to the 48th Component Repair Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, from the 3rd Component Repair Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska, actuates a 380 pump compressing engine case for support rod removal. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-08494 or search 010122-F-4177H-008)

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Keith Gedick, USAF, (standing), Team Training NCOIC, 31st Transportation Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, brings out an Ohm meter to demonstrate how to conduct an ohms of resistance check to his class. Team Training is given to all Airmen in 3-5 level upgrade training. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0302014 or search 000914F4581B003)

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