Airman 1st Class Jordan Sili, 23d Maintenance Squadron (MXS) crew member, ties linked tube carriers together during a 30mm rounds processing, July 11, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. This total force integra More
An AH-64 Apache helicopter with 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to land on a forward arming and refueling point at Yakima Training Center, Yakima, More
An A-10 Warthog participates in a joint air attack team exercise at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Feb. 26. The exercise was the culmination of three weeks of training between members of the Air Force, Navy and More
Pvt. 1st Class Joshua Todak, a Stryker driver with Headquarter and Headquarters Company 5th Regiment, 20th Infantry Battalion, 1-2 Infantry Division, 7th Inf. Div., Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to More
Bosnians Maj. Enes Dzinic and Capt. Zeljko Krajina look at the ammunition drum of the A-10C’s 30 mm gun during a tour of Warfield Air National Guard Base in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (National G More
Thirty mm ammunition rounds are loaded into the mobile, hand-cranked linker to be connected with MK-15 links for use on Air Force Special Operations Command C-130 aircraft. The linker was created by the Munitio More
An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron takes off from Bagram Air Field, June 22, 2013. Recently an HH-60 and two 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt a More
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Jeffrey Cassell fires 30mm rounds from a control console aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1). Freedom is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting More
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Sean Patten, assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), does pre-fire maintenance on a 30 mm gun mount prior to a surface gunnery exercise. Freedom is underway conducting More
Family and friends from the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, get in line to climb inside an AH-64 Apache helicopter during the Wolfpack BattalionÕs family day at the aerial gun More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, fires the GAU-8 30mm cannon during a training mission on the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., range Dec. 10. The pilot made multiple passes to fire the wea More
U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Nicholas Danley and Mason Roberts, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron weapons armament technicians, inspect a GAU-8/A Gatling gun recoil adapter for proper tension at Davis-Mon More
Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Andrew Thomasy, assigned to Surface Warfare Detachment 3, puts the ammunition feeder in place for a 30mm weapons system aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3). Currently More
Staff Sgt. Angel Wollman, a member of the 122nd Aircraft Armament shop, 122nd Fighter Wing, installs a wiring harness on a 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger cannon out of an A-10C aircraft, June 16, 2015, at the Indiana Air More
An AH-64 Apache helicopter from the First Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard makes a sweeping turn just above the tree tops at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range on Camp Grayling, Mich. More
Staff Sgt. Cody Hamilton, 51st Munitions Squadron aircraft armament systems journeyman, and Airman 1st Class John Gaddis, 51st MUNS aircraft armament systems apprentice, perform a system check on a GAU-8 30mm g More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joseph Curran, pilot, 354th Fighter Squadron, dons a g-suit at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., is provi More
U.S. Army Capt. James Shorter, ground liaison officer, 354th Fighter Squadron, prepares a briefing on the status of ground forces at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron out More
A U.S. Air Force Airman, crew chief with the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, closes an access panel on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron ou More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kathryn Eckles, crew chief, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, salutes as two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs taxi at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Feb. 1, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squad More
Aircraft ordnance system mechanics from the 531st Commodities Maintenance Squadron remove the ammunition linkage from an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 24, 2016. 531st CMMXS deli More
Master Sgt. Floyd Manley, a sensor operator with the 19th Special Operations Squadron, left, and Tech. Sgt. Raymond Kessner, a sensor operator with the 18th Flight Test Squadron, prepare the mission operation p More
A rocket is launched from an AH-64D Apache helicopter assigned to 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade in support of 3rd Brigade Combat Team ground during a Combined Arms Live Fire More
ROSE BARRACKS, Germany - The 2d Cavalry Regiment, the longest serving cavalry regiment in the U.S. Army, received its first 30 mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon (ICVD), named after the soldiers who More
Staff Sgt. Brian O’Donnell (left) and Senior Airman Austin Hubbard munitions technicians with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, open cartridges of 30mm rounds at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 6, 201 More
Sgt. Kole Lewsader, left, an AH-64 Apache armament, electrical and avionics systems repairer with 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division loads 30mm ammunition in More
190308-N-DX072-1360 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 8, 2019) – Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Yuefeng Wu, left, from San Jose, Calif., and Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Joseph Bodrick, from Columbia, S.C., load ammunition rounds into More
190309-N-DX072-1012 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 9, 2019) - The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fires a Mark 46 30mm gun during a training exercise with other U.S. Navy warships. U.S. Navy warship More
A Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station - Javelin Stryker variant moves down range during the 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment live fire training exercise at Zero Point Range near Varpalota, Hungary, June 4, More
Col. Thomas Hough, commander, 2d Cavalry Regiment, and Maj. Ryan David, operations officer in charge, 2CR, observe the 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment live fire exercise near Varpalota, Hungary, June 5, 2019. More
190608-N-DX072-1040 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 8, 2019) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fires a Mark 46 30mm gun during a gunnery exercise. Green Bay is underway conducting routine operation More
A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment prepares to depart the designated rest site in Arad, Romania, June 14, 2019. 1/2CR is currently supporting exercise Saber Guardian 2019, an exer More
A serial of military vehicles belonging to the 2d Cavalry Regiment, escorted by the Romanian Military Police, conducts a tactical road march from Arad, Romania to Cincu, Romania, June 14, 2019. 1st Squadron, 2C More
190911-N-NB544-1004 ARABIAN SEA (July 11, 2019) U.S. Navy Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 3rd Class Austin Kaufman, from Oak Harbor, Wash., tracks the position of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport d More
An Airman with the 16th Special Operations Squadron monitors a 30mm GAU-23 Cannon aboard an AC-130W Stinger II conducting a training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alask More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Moore, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance shop crew chief, records the expended rounds processed through a GFU-7/E “Dragon” processor at Davis More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Devon Rodgers, an avionics technician assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, Indiana, works on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 4, 202 More
Michigan Air National Guard leaders brief Secretary Barbara M. Barrett, the 25th Secretary of the Air Force, on the lethality of the main weapon system used on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft — a 30mm Gatling-s More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Turner, a special missions aviator with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, performs a preflight inspection on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship prior to a live-fire train More
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 104th Fighter Squadron of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, flies over the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, Dec. 3, 2020, in Warren Grove, N.J. Joint Terminal More
Pvt. Emanuel Zavala (right), a cannon crewmember with 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 1-2 Infantry Division, 7th Inf. Div., Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., pulls the firing cord on an M777 howit More
Soldiers with 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., perform routine checks on an AH-64 Apache helicopter at Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Wash., Feb. 25. Pilots More
A lightweight, mobile 30mm ammunition round linker connects rounds to MK-15 links using a hand crank or a conventional electric drill. The linker was created by the Munitions Materiel Handling Equipment Focal P More
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Aaron Booker, assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), does pre-fire maintenance on a 30 mm gun mount prior to a surface gunnery exercise. Freedom is underway conducting More
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle Wilson shows Jared Waymire the inside of an AH-64 Apache helicopter cockpit at an aerial gunnery range, Nov. 2. Wilson and other members of the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, More
U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Nicholas Danley and Mason Roberts, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron weapons armament technicians, inspect a GAU-8/A Gatling gun to ensure the roll-pin is installed and the mu More
Fire Controlman 1st Class Waylon Clement, assigned to Surface Warfare Detachment 3, loads training projectile tracer (TP-T) rounds into the ammunition feeder-can of a 30mm weapons system aboard the littoral com More
An AH-64 Apache helicopter from the First Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard fires its 30mm M230 cannon at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range on Camp Grayling, Mich., during Northern St More
Staff Sgt. Robert Taylor, 51st Munitions Squadron F-16 armament floor chief, and Senior Airman Jacob Brown, 51st MUNS aircraft armament systems journeyman, put a 20-mm gun for an F-16 Fighting Falcon back toget More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Mason Vincent, pilot, 354th Fighter Squadron, reads a technical order during a preflight briefing at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-M More
U.S. Air Force Capts. Adam Cribb and Joseph Morrin, pilots, 354th Fighter Squadron, don g-suits at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kyle Fritz, crew chief, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stores the landing gear pins in the wing panel of an A-10 Thunderbolt II at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 201 More
The interior control panel of an A-10 Thunderbolt II sits unused shortly before takeoff at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Feb. 1, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., is More
Aircraft ordnance system mechanics assigned to the 531st Commodities Maintenance Squadron place a 30 mm gun onto a stand after removing it from an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. The 531st CMMXS gun shop performs More
A load of 105 mm shells rest in a munitions trailer on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 23, 2017. Munitions line drivers with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron deliver the munitions to the aircraft righ More
A U.S. Army National Guard AH-64D Apache helicopter awaits armament March 4, 2017, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The Apaches flew in support of Emerald Warrior 2017, a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise where j More
Attack Helicopter Repairmen assigned to 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade ensure the bolts on the M230 Chain Gun that’s attached to an AH-64D Apache helicopter are tightened befo More
171103-N-BK384-484 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 3, 2017) The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) fires its Mark 46 30mm gun during a live-fire exercise Nov. 3, 2017. San Diego is More
Munitions technicians with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron inspect and package 30mm rounds at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 6, 2018. They inspect the rounds for any missing parts or dents that woul More
A crew team from the 4th Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment fires a 30mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon down range during the first live ammunition test fire in the European Theater at the Grafenwoehr Tr More
A roll of linked tube carriers rest on the ground during a 30mm rounds processing, July 11, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. This total force integration training with the 23d and 476th Maintenance Squadron a More
Sgt. Kole Lewsader, an AH-64 Apache armament, electrical and avionics systems repairer with 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division directs an AH-64 Apache Attack More
190308-N-DX072-1146 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 8, 2019) - The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fires a Mark 46 30mm gun during a training exercise with other U.S. Navy warships. U.S. Navy warship More
190308-N-DX072-1390 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 8, 2019) – Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Joseph Bodrick, from Columbia, S.C., loads ammunition rounds into the Mark 46 30mm gun of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green More
A 30mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon moves down range during the 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment live fire training exercise rehearsal at Zero Point Range near Varpalota, Hungary, June 4, 2019. 1 More
Military vehicles from 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment are staged in serials in preparation for a tactical road march at Arad, Romania, June 24, 2019. 1/2CR is currently supporting exercise Saber Guardian 201 More
A Stryker infantry carrier vehicle belonging to the 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, escorted by the Romanian Military Police, conducts a tactical road march from Arad, Romania to Cincu, Romania, June 14, 201 More
190911-N-NB544-1013 ARABIAN SEA (July 11, 2019) U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Alejandro Cruz, left, from Coachella, Calif., and U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Abram Mathis, from Sacramento, Calif., man More
U.S. Air Force combat systems officers with the 16th Special Operations Squadron conduct a training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 aboard an AC-130W Stinger II at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, A More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ashley Johnson, 707th Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance shop supervisor, attaches a GFU-7/E “Dragon” processor to a munitions can at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, More
A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard, sit on the flight line in preparation for Southern Strike 2020 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 4, 2020. Sou More
Secretary Barbara M. Barrett, the 25th Secretary of the Air Force, is briefed on the capabilities of an A-10 Thunderbolt II while at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Nov. 6, 2020. Briefing the Secretar More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Turner, a special missions aviator with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, inspects a 30mm cannon on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship prior to a live-fire training missi More
A line of unserviceable demilitarized tanks are used as targets for training December 3, 2020, at the Warren Grove Gunnery Range in Warren Grove, N.J. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Estonia and the 146t More
Spc. John Hannah, an armament specialist and Manitowoc, Wis., native with 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., links together belts of 30 mm ammunition to be loa More
The lightweight, mobile 30 mm ammunition round linker and de-linker sit ready for delivery to Air Force Special Operations Command. The linker connects rounds to MK-15 links using a hand crank or a conventional More
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Justin Harrington, right, Chief Gunner's Mate Adan Macias, and Firecontrolman 1st Class Jedediah Lamping, assigned to the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) prepare to shoot a 30 m More
Observing his student, Sgt. Cameron Phillips, an AH-64 Apache armament, electrical and avionics systems maintainer with Task Force Guardians, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, shows Maj. Gen. More
Staff Sgt. Edwin Mu–oz explains the display boards for an AH-64 Apache helicopter to his sons, Gabriel and Charlie at an aerial gunnery range, Nov. 2. Mu–oz and other members of the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Ba More
An A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 40th Flight Test Squadron, executes a strafing run during a training mission on the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., range Dec. 10. The pilot also fired the 30mm cannon on multiple d More
Members of the Surface Warfare Detachment 3 observe Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Beall as he preforms a “zero fire” exercise to verify the accuracy of the 30 mm weapons system aboard the littoral combat More
An AH-64 Apache helicopter from the First Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard fires an M271 rocket at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range on Camp Grayling, Mich., during Northern Strike 1 More
U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots with the 354th Fighter Squadron, receive a preflight intelligence briefing at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Mon More
U.S. Air Force Capts. Adam Cribb and Joseph Morrin, pilots, 354th Fighter Squadron, complete preflight checklists at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Montha More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kyle Fritz, crew chief, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, closes the fuel panel on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 26, 2016. The 354th Fighter Squa More
John Baker, a 531st Commodities Maintenance Squadron aircraft ordnance system mechanic, remotely fires a 20 mm gun during a qualification test at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 25, 2016. Technicians and gun sho More
A 105 mm shell is loaded into a storage rack on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, “Angry Annie,” at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 23, 2017. The AC-130J can carry 80, 105 mm shells for close-air-support operations. (U More
A rocket is loaded into an AH-64D Apache helicopter assigned to 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade at a Forward Arming Refuel Point on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 2. (U.S. Army photo by More
A munitions technician with the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron inspects 30mm rounds at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 6, 2018. Once crew members are done inspecting the ammunition, they pack them into More
A 30mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon, named for the 2d Cavalry Regiment, returns from successfully completing the Table 3 live ammunition test fire at the Grafenwoehr Trianing Area, Grafenwoehr, Ge More
Tech. Sgt. Robert Lewis, left, 476th Maintenance Squadron (MXS) NCO in charge of line delivery, and Airman 1st Class Jordan Sili, 23d MXS crew member, feed munitions into ammo bins during a 30mm rounds processi More
Sgt. Kole Lewsader, an AH-64 Apache armament, electrical and avionics systems repairer with 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division inspects an AH-64 Apache Attac More
190308-N-DX072-1401 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 8, 2019) – Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Joseph Bodrick, from Columbia, S.C., loads ammunition rounds into the Mark 46 30mm gun of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green More
190507-N-NB544-1199 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 7, 2019) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Trevor Kimble, from Atlanta, mans the aft 30mm gun aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) More
A 30mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon and a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station - Javelin Stryker variant move into their respective battle positions during the 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment More