Air Power

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dennis C. Cantrell, Usn Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dennis C. Cantrell, USN Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dennis C. Cantrell, Usn Release Status: Relea More

The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds, was created in 1953 and is the third oldest formal flying aerobatic team in the world. The squadron’s name is taken from the legendary crea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary Coppage, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary Coppage, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary Coppage, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nicklaus Abdou, left, and 1st Lt. Tyler Faley, right, 76th Airlift Squadron C-21A Learjet pilots, read flight specifications at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 23, 2020. The 76th AS was More

An F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter jet assigned to the 16th Weapons Squadron (WPS) prepares to land at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 9, 2020. The 16th WPS falls underneath the U.S. Air Force Weapons School More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Case Cunningham, 18th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Taylor, 18th Maintenance Group command chief, greet U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty at the Kadena Passenger Terminal More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shane Mccoy, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shane Mccoy, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shane Mccoy, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shane Mccoy, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul R. Caron Jr., USAF Release Status: Rel More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT E More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT T More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: A1C Au More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Elisabeth Ann Saccotelli Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: CVN72; CVW-2 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Julian T. Olivari, USN Release Status: Released to Publ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcconnell Afb State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Maurice Hessell ,USAF Release Status: Relea More

A C-17 Globemaster III taxis to the ramp at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 3. The newest most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force, the C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all More

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III taxis to the ramp at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can also transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromed More

An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands at Balad Air Base. The 22nd EFS flies missions daily in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 22nd EFS is deployed from Sp More

A C-17 Globemaster III taxis to the ramp at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 3. The newest most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force, the C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all More

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III taxis to the ramp at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can also transport litters and ambulatory patients during aerome More

An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takes off Jan. 3. The 4th EFS flies missions daily in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The F-16 can fly more than 500 miles, deliver it's More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kayla Jerido, 86th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection apprentice, and her mother, Angei Jerido, smile for a photo at Cooper Beach, New York, Dec. 13, 2011. At a very young a More

Master Sgt. Nate Cook, assigned to the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Security Forces Squadron, meets Gavin Zerges, 3, of Loveland, Colo., at the Air Power Air Show, at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base, More

Sgt. Brian Coleman, a Wyoming Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, assigned to the C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, helps Hanna Wiggam, 5, of Burns, Wyo., put on his helmet, while More

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III with the 535th Air Lift Squadron drops pallets July 26, 2012, over the Pohakuloa Training Area, (PTA) Hawaii, in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2012. Twent More

Senior Airman Amanda Torres, 22nd Operations Support Squadron aviation resource management journeyman, files a daily aircrew report March 22, 2013, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. In addition to her duties in th More

A pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., break off after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, over the skies of Afghanistan Dec. More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, flies over a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey at the Dubai World Central in Jebel Ali, Dubai, Nov. 15 in preparation for the 2013 Dubai A More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph Lucero stands in front of a MV-22 Osprey during a preflight engine run at the 2013 Dubai Airshow at the Dubai World Central airport in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 16, 201 More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph Fry explains the capabilities of the AH-1Z Cobra during the 2013 Dubai Airshow at the Dubai World Central airport in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 17, 2013. The U.S. parti More

U.S. Navy Lt. Mike Lane talks to a spectator about the E-2 Hawkeye during the 2013 Dubai Airshow at the Dubai World Central airport in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 17, 2013. The U.S. participates in th More

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman from the 31st Rescue Squadron calls down to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. George Reed, 31st RQS pararescueman and simulated caught parachute victim, during element leader upgrade trai More

A C-130J Super Hercules sits in its parking spot at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2014. The C-130s are deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Wagner/Released)

Staff Sgt. Daniel Dunwald, 52nd Medical Operations Squadron physical therapy technician and certified kinesio tape practitioner, teaches others the benefits of using k-tape during the recent medical group train More

U.S. Air Force Airmen show off their mustaches at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 26, 2014. The Airmen responded to U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh III when he challenged the Air Force to a mustache competi More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II drops a BDU-33, a practice bomb, at the Grayling Air Gunnery Range, Mich., April 11, 2014. The A-10 is flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron, based at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mic More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 9, 2014. Deployed service members help operate 46 different types of aircraft in-and-out of the busiest single runway airfie More

GDSM Karl Simonaitis and PTE Carson Howe with Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS), signal coordination with the CH-47 Chinook pilot to pick up an L-188 Light Gun aboard Main Operating Base (MOB) Price, Hel More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Vincent Sherer, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing pilot, checks his equipment before a sortie at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2014. Sherer flies the A-10 Thunderbolt II to provide over More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Brandon W. Motley (right) and Thomas Vamvakos, tactical air control party specialists with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, watch for air support on the Grayling Air Gunne More

U.S. Air Force 169th Air Support Operations Squadron and Latvian National Armed Forces tactical air control party specialists take notes during a reconnaissance mission warning order at Operation Northern Strik More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard wait in formation before a colors presentation at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2014. The Airmen celebrated the Air Force’s 67t More

U.S. Air Force Airman Kimberly Collins, 52nd Force Support Squadron fitness apprentice and native of Morris, Ala., logs participants' laps during the Turbo-Charged Challenge No. 1 at the Eifel Powerhaus at Span More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis to the parking area at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, Feb. 11, 2015. The A-10s are deploying as part of a Theater Security Package heading to Europe. The Air Force has been rotatin More

William Schott, Iwo Jima survivor, walks through a gauntlet outside Sheppard Elementary School at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 13, 2015. Children from the school met with WWII veterans during the Iwo Ji More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Scott Kindsvater, 82nd Training Wing commander, and U.S. Air Force Airman Treyton-Thomas Joupperi, 364th Training Squadron student, stand together after Joupperi’s speech at Sheppard A More

Col. Sara Custer, 2nd Mission Support Group commander; and Judy Williams, Bossier City sheriff, attend the Barksdale Express grand reopening at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 5, 2019. The Express has comp More

Team Barksdale joins together with the local community to celebrate the Barksdale Express grand reopening at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 5, 2019. The Express has completed renovating its space to bette More

George McNamara, Express general manager, Renwick Dwight Scott, Barksdale Express store manager, and Col. Michael Miller, 2nd Bomb Wing commander, attend the grand reopening of the Barksdale Express at Barksdal More

Women's History Month kicked off at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas with the "women in history" 5K fun run and team relay March 6, 2015. What started as Women's History Week in 1982 later transformed into a month More

David Mounsey, 82nd Training Wing fire chief, answers questions in front of a panel of 10 board members from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International, at the Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center More

Michaelle Kitchen, Midwestern State University associate professor of counseling, kinesiology and special education, delivers a speech at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, March 24, 2015. Kitchen’s speech was par More

Tech. Sgt. Gregory Kirchner, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman, scans a KC-135 Stratotanker part with the unit’s new 3-D laser imaging arm March 25, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Bas More

The Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, community gather for a base-wide picnic March 28, 2015. Airmen and their families were invited to the picnic that included outdoor carnival games, lunch, an Easter egg hunt, More

The Air Force Honor Guard presents the colors in a retirement ceremony for Tech. Sgt. Daniel Reynoso of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) at the "Missing Man" memor More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Hung Nguyen, 82nd Training Wing chaplain, blesses a bowl of water to be used in a housing ceremony at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 8, 2015. The ceremony took place to welcome a new f More

Airmen from the 82nd Training Wing attend a retreat ceremony with officers from the Wichita Falls Police Department at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 15, 2015. May 15 is dedicated as National Peace Officer More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Maurice Price, 366th Training Squadron student, climbs a utility pole as part of his training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2015. The mission of the 82nd Training Wi More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 510th Fighter Squadron from Aviano Air Base, Italy takes off at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, May 26, 2015, during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2015. Nine nations will participate durin More

Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, shakes hands with several Airmen from the 31st Fighter Wing at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, June 1, 2015. Roberson thanked Airmen More

A Polish air force ceremonial guardsman salutes with a saber as Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland, More

Paul Brown entertains U.S. Air Force Airmen from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, during the JC AllStars performance July 3, 2015. The JC AllStars are a nonprofit band with a mission to give back to the troops t More

An aircraft armament-training classroom in the 363rd Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, was dedicated to Kent “Doc” Salvage, July 14, 2015. Salvage served more than 20 years to the Air Force a More

U.S. Air Force Airmen, in attendance with the Wichita Falls community, listen to Medal of Honor recipient retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Leroy Petry, retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dana Bowman and retired U.S. More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ava Margerison, 82nd Training Wing public affairs officer and native of Wayzata, Minn., paddles her team's cardboard boat to the finish line at the Sheppard Air Force Base pool, Aug. 1, 2 More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Goodrick, (left), from Nellis Air Force Base Nev., is a student in the 366th Training Squadron Hotline Training Course and native of Lawrence, Kan., trains with Airman 1st Class More

Airmen attend the retirement ceremony of military working dog Larry at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 12, 2015. Larry was granted an early retirement after more than 8,000 working hours and more than 2,00 More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 35th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron near the Korea More

Jarrod Smith, (left), Clay Jacobs, (middle), and Christopher Freeman, (right), take a break at a rest stop at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, during the Hotter'N Hell 100 bike race Aug. 29, 2015. Freeman is a v More

10th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul J. Selva speaks to Pacific-nation allies during a Pacific Air Chief's Symposium, in Arlington, Va., Sept. 18, 2015. (DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K More

A joint service honor guard pays respect to service members at the POW/MIA table during an Air Force birthday ceremony at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 18, 2015. The POW/MIA table, also known More

First Lt. Brady Amack, 95th Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptor pilot, conducts a final check before takeoff from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 5 during a training mission. The 95th FS projects unrivaled combat a More

A T-6 Texan performs during Thunder Over South Georgia, Nov. 7, 2015, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The open house featured different aerial acts as well as different static display aircraft. (U.S. Air Force pho More

86th Munitions Squadron Airmen open a container carrying armaments Dec. 8, 2015, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Airmen sort, inspect, ship and maintain accountability for munitions staying at Ramstein, as w More

A 28th Bomb Wing B-1 taxis down the runway at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., after returning from deployment in Southwest Asia, Jan. 19, 2016. The B-1 was part of a record setting deployment, which dropped mor More

In 2016, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., celebrates the 100th anniversary of the purchase of the land for Langley Air Force Base, one of the earliest military bases in America specifically built for air power. More

Senior Airman Bright Mills (left), Staff Sgt. Joshua Meyer (middle), and Staff Sgt. Gerry Reed (right), are a three-member biomedical equipment repair team who fixed a $103,000 x-ray machine at Sheppard Air For More

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Forward Operating Base of the Future demonstration focuses on alternative energy sources such as smart controllers, microgrids, advanced batteries and sola More

Senior Airman Luke Pommier, 91st Air Refueling Squadron, watches for F-35A Lightning II receivers from the boom pod of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refuel mission over the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force More

An F-15E Strike Eagle flies during a training exercise, March 4, 2016, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. During the training, the aircraft conducted tactical air and ground maneuvers, as well as weapons training. (U More

Airmen assigned to the 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform final maintenance checks on 493rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagles at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, March 7, 2016. The 48th Fighter Wing fl More

Fourteen KC-135 Stratotankers line up during a simulated alert call, March 24, 2016, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The elephant walk was part of an exercise, which displayed the rapid mobility capabilities More

Three of five U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt IIs, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, sit on the flight line of Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 16, 2016, after having flown missio More

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II, with the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, takes off from Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 19, 2016. The A-10Cs flew as part of a newly stood up Air C More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jonathan Simmons, a weapons load crew member deployed from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, inspects an A-10C Thunderbolt II prior to the aircraft’s takeoff April 21, 2016, at Clar More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jay Perocho Acasio, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the 51st Operations Support Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, looks out over his home country during a HH-60G More

People arrive for the AirPower over Hampton Roads Open House at Langley Air Force Base, Va., April 24, 2016. The open house provided an avenue in which the public witnessed modern and historical military aircra More

160424-N-CZ759-049 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 24, 2016) - Sailors and guest aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE), the flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, look observe air More

An F-22 Raptor taxis down the flight line prior to taking off during the AirPower over Hampton Roads Open House at Langley Air Force Base, Va., April 24, 2016. The Raptor is part of the Air Combat Command F-22 More