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The first Air Force all-female flight to fly an overseas mission included: from left to right, CAPT. Guiliana Sangiorgio, aircraft commander; CAPT. Barbara Akin, 1ST pilot; 1ST LT. Terri Ollinger, copilot; TECH. SGT. Donna Wertz, flight engineer; STAFF Sgt. Denise Meunier, flight engineer; Sgt. Mary Eiche, load master; and Airman 1st Class Bernadette Botti

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Release St More

CAPT. Guiliana Sangiorgio (wearing glasses), aircraft commander, thanks members of her crew after completing a flight from Germany. They are the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women flew to fly an overseas mission. The women flew a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft from McGuire to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Relea More

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Ken Gould, aircraft commander, checks a map while in the cockpit of a C-130B Hercules aircraft en route to Hawaii during a joint airborne/air transportability training exercise. The aircraft and its crew are assigned to 757th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 910th Tactical Airlift Group, Air Force Reserve

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bertram Mau Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crewmen of the first Orion aircraft to land in China pose for a photograph after arriving at Qingdao Airport. They are, from the bottom of the ramp, LCDR Jerry Jackson, aircraft commander; ATC Michael D. West, MS1 Tony Aquino, ADCS Ronald Montgomery, SCPO Michael Bobbit, RMC Armando M. Carillo, LCDR Wayne Jones and MSC Angel Galas. The VP-3A Orion aircraft is used by ADM James A. Lyons Jr., commander in chief, US Pacific Fleet, and will transport Lyons and his staff back to Hawaii after a port visit by U.S. Navy ships

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Qingdao State: Shanghi Country: China (CHN) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di More

CAPT. Richard Berger, left, aircraft commander, and 1ST LT. Mike Mathews perform a preflight inspection in the cockpit of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during a Military Airlift Command channel cargo mission. Both are with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: Released t More

A crew chief from the 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron talks with CAPT. Askew, aircraft commander, and 1ST LT. Shintaku, the electronic warfare officer, as they sit in the cockpit of their EF-111A Raven aircraft prior to takeoff. The aircraft is one of four EF-111As being deployed to Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Raf Upper Heyford Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Cynthia Alde More

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia team members (left to right) MAJ A. Farsi, navigator; CAPT E. Murbarak, copilot; and LCOL B. Harbi, aircraft commander, plann a precompetition mission during RODEO 92

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 92 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: More

CPT Dave Ledum (right, a KC-10 Extender co-pilot assigned to the 9th Air Refueling Squadron, March AFB, CA., and CPT Mark Madison, KC-10 aircraft commander from the 6th AREFS, March AFB, CA., preflight their aircraft prior to a RODEO 92 tanker competition mission

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 92 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: More

Interior of the C-17, the first one to be delivered to the Air Force, cockpit enroute from McDonnell Douglas plant in Long Beach, CA. Aircraft Commander, LTC Giles Gentry, 437th Airlift Wing (left) at the controls and co-pilot, MAJ Joseph B. Niemeyer, 17th Airlift Squadron on right. On far left is second co-pilot, MAJ Paul Skyes, 317th Airlift Squadron, on far right is Mr. David Swain, McDonnell Douglas Vice President in charge of C-17 production and in center is McDonnell Douglas avionics technician, Mr. Arlanders Ewing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to Public C More

CAPT. John G. Cushing, aircraft commander of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, flies his aircraft to a designated refueling track where they will refuel a C-5 aircraft during Operation Restore Hope II. Working out of Moron AB, the primary mission of the 380th ARW (Deployed) is to provide air refueling support over the Atlantic to in-bound (going into Mogadishu, Somalia) and homeward-bound C-5 aircraft, which are ferrying supplies, troops and equipment. A total of 332 personnel and 12 KC-135R Stratotankers (from Plattsburgh, Griffiss AFB, NY, and Loring AFB, Maine) are deployed to Moron. (Exact date ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Capt. John G. Cushing, aircraft commander of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refuelin More

In cockpit of an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules, Aircraft Commander and Pilot LTC Jon Bolli (left) and CPT Kathy Luken, co-pilot with the 123rd Airlift Wing's 165 Airlift Squadron fly supplies to Entebbe, Uganda. The flight and supplies are part of the multinational humanitarian relief effort to aid the refugees of the Rwandan civil war

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Entebbe Country: Uganda (UGA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Andy Dunaway Release Status: Released to Public More

CAPT. Gibson, an aircraft commander on a C-130 for the 118th Nashville Tenn, deployed to Mombasa, Kenya, talks with AIRMAN 1ST Class Allison Vasey, an Intelligence Operations SPECIALIST for the 438th Operations Support Squadron, Office of Special Investigations (OSS/OSI), McGuire AFB, NJ, about the runway at Kigali, Rwanda, prior to take off for a mission

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Entebbe Country: Uganda (UGA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Andy Dunaway Release Status: Released to Public More

KC-135R crew members (L-R) 2nd Lieutenanat Kenneth E. Copley, co-pilot, Technical Sergeant Matthew D. Foster, boom operator, and Lieutenant Colonel Michael A. Lorenz, aircraft commander/pilot participate in a crew briefing. Two KC-135R aircraft and crews from the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, responded to a short notice historical B-1B Global Power exercise on 2 June 95 in support of exercise CORONET BAT

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT Base: Rickenbacker Ang Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT More

Lieutenant Colonel Michael A. Lorenz, aircraft commander/pilot (left) and 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth E. Copley, copilot, perform a preflight check prior to taking their part in exercise CORONET BAT. Two KC-135R aircraft and crews from the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio responded to a short notice historical B-1B Global Power exercise on 2 June 95

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT Base: Rickenbacker Ang Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT More

CAPT. Janet Grunfelder, aircraft Commander, and CAPT. Shane Ostler, co-pilot, guide the KC-135R through a left turn. The aircraft is enroute to a rendezvous point over the Mediterranean

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

Captain Mike Pinkam pilot and aircraft commander with the 41st Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina has a laugh during his flight to Tuzla Air Base. The 41st Airlift Squadron fly C-130 aircraft and are deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Louis Briscese More

Aircrew members of the 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas listen to their Aircraft Commander's brief prior to the days mission to Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia. Green Hornet Co-Pilot Captain Steve Wisser (on right) is deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany for a 100-day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130 Hercules everyday to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla). Tuzla is the dispersion and collection point for supplies, vehicles and personnel. They pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD enforces the Dayton Peace Accords and with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Aircrew members of the 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas listen to their Aircraft Commander's More

Major Doug Kreulen, aircraft commander and operations officer for the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, conducts the combat entry checklist before entering Bosnian air space. The 61st Airlift Squadron is providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of Operation JOINT GUARD

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David W. Richards Release Status: Released t More

Brig. GEN. John Brooks, Aircraft Commander and the Commander of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany completes the combat exit checklist as the C-130 transport aircraft leaves Bosnian airspace as (left to right) Captain Kyle Reid and STAFF SGT. Richard Davis look on. The general was flying with these members of the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. who are providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of the operation

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David W. Richards Release Status: Released t More

Air Force Reserve CPT Paul J. Brake, C-5 aircraft commander assigned to the 68th Airlift Squadron, 433rd Airlift Wing, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, at the pilot's position during the flight to Armenia. The C-5 and its crew delivered a fire truck, ambulance, utility vehicle, food and blankets for the people of Tblisi, Georgia under provisions of the Denton Amendment program. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1977

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yerevan Country: Armenia (ARM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Rose Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph More

Captain Kyle Underwood, aircraft commander of the KC-135 Stratotanker, and Captain Kyle John Rudsenske, co-commander, both from the 136th Air Refueling Group, make adjustments to the instrument panels to prepare the aircraft for take-off

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) More

Royal Air Force (RAF) Flight Lieutenant (FLT) Jock Johnston, Aircraft Commander, LXX Squadron, RAF Lyneham, United Kingdom (UK), plots a flight plan at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA). FLT Johnston and his team are at McChord AFB participating in the US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Sta More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Keith Boone, Pilot, 97th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma (OK), gives a thumbs-up from the Aircraft Commander's seat on the flight deck of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft while participating in the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Sta More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Tim Diemer (right), Rodeo 98 Umpire from Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), checks the data readouts while Captain (CPT) Frederick H. Boehm (left), Aircraft Commander, 97th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Altus AFB, Oklahoma (OK), sits in the right seat and scans the airspace outside the flight deck of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft while participating in the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Sta More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Keith Boone, Pilot, 97th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma (OK), performs pre-flight preparations in the Aircraft Commander's seat on the flight deck of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft while participating in the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Sta More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Keith Boone, Pilot, 97th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma (OK), manipulates the throttle controls from the Aircraft Commander's seat on the flight deck of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft while participating in the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung, USAF Release Sta More

Major Brad Sherlock, aircraft commander of a C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, is happy to finally be landing on the ice at McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica. Major Sherlock and his crew have been turned around three times and cancelled before takeoff three times due to poor weather conditions on the ice at Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98. Deep Freeze is the transportation of cargo and personnel from the National Science Foundation to McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica from Christchurch, New Zealand

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98 State: Mcmurdo Sound Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison Jr., USAF Release S More

Medium close up, left side view, Captain Paul Alfonso, Jr., USAF, reviews procedures for refueling his KC-135 from a technical order on the Charlie ramp at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The Captain and the other crew members from the aircraft spent a portion of the afternoon on 25 February, 2000, going over servicing procedures following an aircraft generation exercise. Crew servicing becomes necessary when an aircraft lands at an area with no crew chiefs or others who might be qualified to get the plane refueled and off the ground. Captain Alfonso is an Aircraft Commander with the 911th Air Refueling Squadron

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS LOOK 00-02 Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Ca More

Left side rear view medium close-up shot over the left shoulder of US Air Force Major Randy Smith, C-130 Hercules pilot Major Randy Smith, Pilot and Aircraft Commander with the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, comes around to line up before a personnel drop into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, Germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000. The 37th AS dropped members of the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy (not shown)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to More

US COAST GUARD MISSIONS DAY YORKTOWN VIRGINIA

Yorktown, Va. (April 27) -- Lt. Mark Morin, aircraft commander of an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Cod prepares to take flight for a search and rescue demonstration during Coast Guard Missions More

STAFF Sergeant John Chasse, 92d Aircraft Generation Squadron speaks to the aircraft commander during pre-flight checks for the first 92d Air Refueling Wing launch at March Air Reserve Base, California. The 92d Air Refueling Wing has relocated operations due to runway repairs at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT More

STAFF Sergeant John Chasse, 92d Aircraft Generation Squadron speaks to the aircraft commander during pre-flight checks for the first 92d Air Refueling Wing launch at March Air Reserve Base, California. The 92d Air Refueling Wing has relocated operations due to runway repairs at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: STAF More

SENIOR AIRMAN Garth Horton, USAF, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, snaps a salute to the aircraft commander after marshaling out the aircraft, for a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, from Naval Air Station, Sigonella, Sicily

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene More

Colonel (COL) Anthony Mauer, 100th Air Refueling Wing Operations Group Commander (ARWOGC) and Aircraft Commander (AC), assists Captain (CAPT) Devin Shanks, his co-pilot, with his emergency "Quick Don" oxygen mask before flying a refueling mission, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Borgas International Airport Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Op More

Aircraft Commander, Captain K. Whitehouse, USMC, from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) walks away from his KC-130/R after landing at a forward operating airstrip in the area of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352 Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele More

Inside the KC-130/R on the airstrip at Kandahar Airport Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) aircrew member prepare for takeoff as they head back to their home base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area. From left to right, Flight Engineer STAFF Sergeant Craig Ramirez (left), Aircraft Commander, Captain K. Whitehouse and Flight Navigator CWO2 Charles Duval (right)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352 Scene C More

Inside the KC-130/R on the airstrip at Kandahar Airport Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) aircrew member prepare for takeoff as they head back to their home base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area. From left to right, Flight Engineer STAFF Sergeant Craig Ramirez (left), Aircraft Commander, Captain K. Whitehouse and Flight Navigator CWO2 Charles Duval (right)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352 Scene C More