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A company commander requests an air strike over his radio telephone to help the onward offensive against the "enemy" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A company commander requests an air strike over his radio telephone to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSG... More

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear as it takes off to participate in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) prepare to unload an AGM-84A Harpoon missile from an A-6E Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for an air strike against targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) prepare to unload...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear as it takes off to participate in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

Smoke from white phosphorus rockets of a 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron OV-10 Bronco aircraft identifies a target on which forward controllers will call an air strike during tactical air control training

Smoke from white phosphorus rockets of a 21st Tactical Air Support Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Technical Sergeant H.H. Deffner Re... More

SGT. Gary E. Parks, tactical air command and control specialist, left, determines coordinates for an air strike while ground forward air controller 1ST LT. Eric Wickson radio his airborne counterpart. Both Members of the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron are participating in tactical air control training

SGT. Gary E. Parks, tactical air command and control specialist, left,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Hans H. Deffner Release... More

The sun sets from view at a Coalition base in Southwest

The sun sets from view at a Coalition base in Southwest

The sun sets from view at a Coalition base in Southwest Asia August 1, 2019. In conjunction with partner forces, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve defeats Daesh in designated areas of Iraq ... More

A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet approaches

A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet approaches

A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, March 4, 2015, over Iraq. The Hornets are on a mission to str... More

An aviation ordnanceman inspects Mark 82 500-pound bombs in the forward bomb buildup area of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The bombs are being prepared for an air strike on targets in Libya

An aviation ordnanceman inspects Mark 82 500-pound bombs in the forwar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kevin S. Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Two arming specialists account for all the safety pins that were removed from bombs loaded on a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft participating in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

Two arming specialists account for all the safety pins that were remov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog refuels from a USAF KC-135

U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog refuels from a USAF KC-135

U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog refuels from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, the A1-10s are providing combat air support for Operation Inherent Resolve, Jan. 30, 2015, in Iraq. Coalition aircraft have been conducting a... More

A Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon waits

A Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon waits

A Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon waits for his wingman to be refueled by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, during combat operations in... More

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts supplies from the fast combat support ship USS DETROIT (AOE 4). The vertical replenishment is taking place prior to an air strike against targets in Libya

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) CH-46 Sea Knight helicop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron OV-10 Bronco aircraft fires white phosphorus rockets to mark a target for an air strike during tactical air control training

A 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron OV-10 Bronco aircraft fires white...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Hans H. Deffner Release... More

A cloud of smoke rises from an air strike called in while US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 1ST Platoon (PLT), K Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (3/6), and US Army (USA) Special Forces were receiving enemy contact southeast of Camp Blessing during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A cloud of smoke rises from an air strike called in while US Marine Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nagolan State: Kunar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin M. Mason, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Artist's concept of a runway area before an air strike. The design was produced to illustrate rapid runway repair procedures

Artist's concept of a runway area before an air strike. The design was...

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

A photographic montage entitled "Farewell Kennedy Shipmate." The montage depicts the arrival and departure of the body of LT. Mark Adam Lange to the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). LT. Lange was killed in action when his A-6 Intruder aircraft was shot down in an air strike over Lebanon on Dec. 4, 1984

A photographic montage entitled "Farewell Kennedy Shipmate." The monta...

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

Crewman stand by on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) as a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts a pallet of ammunition from the fast combat support ship USS DETROIT (AOE-4) during a vertical replenishment. The replenishment is taking place prior to an air strike against targets in Libya

Crewman stand by on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear as it takes off to participate in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

Aviation ordnancemen inspects pallets of Mark 82 500-pounds delivered to the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) during a vertical replenishment operation prior to an air strike against targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen inspects pallets of Mark 82 500-pounds delivered ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Flight deck crewmen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) prepare an A-6E Intruder aircraft for an air strike against targets in Libya. Bomb skids loaded with CBU-59 cluster bombs are staged in front of the aircraft

Flight deck crewmen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) prepare an A-6E In...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Scott McDaniel, a Forward Air Controller (FAC) assigned with the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP), 116th Air Support Operations Squadron (SSOS), surveys an area along Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, near Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq. The area is being cleared of threats so Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) personnel can call in an air strike

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Scott McDaniel, a Forwar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

U.S. Air Force E-3B Sentry airborne warning and control

U.S. Air Force E-3B Sentry airborne warning and control

U.S. Air Force E-3B Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) crew members conduct a mission in support of airstrikes against ISIL targets over northeastern Iraq, Oct. 2, 2014. The AWACS have been a pa... More

An U.S. fighter jet refuels from an Air Force KC-135

An U.S. fighter jet refuels from an Air Force KC-135

An U.S. fighter jet refuels from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker Aug. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

Photograph of Specialist 4th Class Jackie Coulter Holding a Dog that had Survived an Airstrike in a Village Near Laikhe

Photograph of Specialist 4th Class Jackie Coulter Holding a Dog that h...

Original caption: SP4 Jackie Coulter (Lafayette, GA) 1st Inf Div holds dog that had survived air strike in village near Laikhe, Rvn., during "Operation Buckskin". Color Photographs of Signal Corps Activity

An aviation ordnancemen stencils a message on a Mark 82 500-pound bomb in the forward bomb buildup area of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43). The bombs are being prepared for an air strike on targets in Libya

An aviation ordnancemen stencils a message on a Mark 82 500-pound bomb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aviation ordnancemen inspect Mark 82 500-pound bombs in the forward bomb buildup area of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43).  The bombs are being prepared for an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen inspect Mark 82 500-pound bombs in the forward bo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kevin S. Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division, use a up-armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), equipped with a 50 caliber M2HB machine gun mounted on top, to secure a road along Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, near Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq. The area is being cleared of threats so Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) personnel can call in an air strike. The image is silhouetted against the setting sun

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division, use a up...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A compass and map used during the land navigation portion

A compass and map used during the land navigation portion

A compass and map used during the land navigation portion of a tactical air control party exercise by members of the 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron, July 7, 2010. In order to renew TACP currencies, airme... More

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 34th Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 34th Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron receives fuel from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, Feb. 10, 2015, over the skies of Syria. The B-1 conducts air strikes against Da'esh in suppo... More

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from the

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from the

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from the 509th Bomb Wing takes-off from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. for air operations in support of Operation Odyssey Lightning (OOL), Jan. 17, 2017. OOL is an ongoi... More

Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet is refueled

Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet is refueled

Royal Canadian Air Force CF-188 Hornet is refueled by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, March 4, 2015, over Iraq. The Hornets are on a mission to s... More

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft pulls out of a hardened aircraft hangar prior to a retaliatory air strike against Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft pulls out of a hardened a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

On the phone, US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete May, a Air Liaison Officer (ALO) from Fort Stewart, Georgia, calls in an air strike at the Udairi Range in Northern Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

On the phone, US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete May, a Air Liaison ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Udairi Range Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jame... More

Lance Corporal Jason Wyatt, USMC, listens to Captain Dave Sikora, USMC, as he reports a called in an air-strike to 1ST Lieutenant Bryan Rhode. Marine F/A-18 Hornets (Not shown) and AH-1 Cobra helicopters (Not shown) took part in delivering ordnance strikes on Townshend Island as members of the U.S and Australian Forces participate in exercise Crocodile '99 in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia

Lance Corporal Jason Wyatt, USMC, listens to Captain Dave Sikora, USMC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Townshend Island State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Daniel E. Smith ... More

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 34th Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 34th Expeditionary

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron approaches a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling, Feb. 10, 2015, over the skies of Syria. The B-1 conducts air strikes against Da'esh in... More

Feb. 6 - Feb. 12, 2016 Strike Update

Feb. 6 - Feb. 12, 2016 Strike Update

WEEKLY STRIKE UPDATE: Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve conducted 122 strikes this week, 105 strikes in Iraq and 17 strikes in Syria from Feb. 6-Feb. 12. This week's strikes supported Iraqi... More

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by a KC-10 Extender over an undisclosed location April 14, 2018. The aircraft were taking part in strikes against Syrian targets in response to the use of chemi... More

A F-22 Raptors from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., fly

A F-22 Raptors from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., fly

A F-22 Raptors from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., fly off the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker on their way to Iraq, Jan. 30 2015. The F-22s are supporting the U.S. lead coalition against Da'esh. (U.S. Air Force P... More

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations against ISIL, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq before conducting an airstrike, Oct. 4, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft pulls out of a hardened aircraft hangar prior to a retaliatory air strike against Libya

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft pulls out of a hardened a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Woodward Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Aviation ordnancemen prepare to load AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation (HARM) missiles on a Strike-Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131) F/A-18 Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen prepare to load AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Aviation ordnancemen load AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation (HARM) missiles on a Strike-Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for an air strike against targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen load AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation (HARM) mis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

An AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile mounted on the wing pylon of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for a air strike on targets in Libya

An AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile mounted on the wing pylon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kevin S. Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An aviation ordnanceman aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) checks the connections on Mark 82 500-pound bombs mounted on an A-6E Intruder aircraft prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

An aviation ordnanceman aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) load CBU-59 cluster bombs onto the wing of an A-6E Intruder aircraft prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) is taxied into position for launch from the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) in support of an air strike against targets in Libya. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the wing tip, an AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile on the outside wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the fuselage station

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aviation ordnancemen stage CBU-59 cluster bombs on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen stage CBU-59 cluster bombs on the flight deck of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kevin S. Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile mounted on the wing pylon of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for a air strike on targets in Libya

An AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile mounted on the wing pylon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kevin S. Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Aircraft are staged around the island of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

Aircraft are staged around the island of the aircraft carrier USS CORA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A flight deck crew member aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) cleans the canopy of a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft in preparation for an air strike against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm

A flight deck crew member aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea Scene Camera Operator: LT. CMDR. Dave Parsons Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Oil storage tanks at a refinery that was attacked by coalition aircraft during Operation Desert Storm continue to smolder days after the air strike. The refinery is located approximately four miles west of the Kuwaiti border.

Oil storage tanks at a refinery that was attacked by coalition aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Parsons Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier from the 1ST Infantry Division, Logistics Support Area Anaconda, consults a map while on patrol to ensure the area is clear of innocent civilians before a Tactical Air Control (TAC) Party calls for an air strike

A US Army (USA) Soldier from the 1ST Infantry Division, Logistics Supp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon Ii, USAF Release Status: ... More

An U.S. fighter jet refuels from an Air Force KC-135

An U.S. fighter jet refuels from an Air Force KC-135

An U.S. fighter jet refuels from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker Aug. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations against ISIL, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq before conducting an airstrike, Oct. 4, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

CPT Terry Cathcart watches an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft make an air strike against an enemy position during exercise Thunderhog II '80

CPT Terry Cathcart watches an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft make an air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERHOG II '80 Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft loaded with GBU-10 modular glide bombs taxis towards the end of the runway. The F-111F is participating in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft loaded with GBU-10 modula...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft loaded with Mark 82 500-pound general-purpose bombs lights its afterburners while taking off for a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft loaded with Mark 82 500-p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) prepare to unload an AGM-84A Harpoon missile from an A-6E Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for an air strike against targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) prepare to unload...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

An AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile mounted on the wing pylon of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft parked aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for a air strike on targets in Libya

An AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile mounted on the wing pylon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kevin S. Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) load Mark 82 500-pound bombs on an A-6E Intruder aircraft prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An oil storage tank at a refinery that was attacked by coalition aircraft during Operation Desert Storm continues to burn days after the air strike. The refinery is located approximately seven miles west of the Kuwaiti border.

An oil storage tank at a refinery that was attacked by coalition aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Parsons Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Smoke and debris rises into the air as a 500-pound bomb impacts the target, on Taliban positions on a mountain near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan during Operation Asbury Park. The air strike is in support of US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), engaged in fighting in the area. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Smoke and debris rises into the air as a 500-pound bomb impacts the ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Siah Chub Kalay State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, ... More

Staff Sgt. James Poole, 682nd Air Support Operations

Staff Sgt. James Poole, 682nd Air Support Operations

Staff Sgt. James Poole, 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron, checks over one of their global positioning systems that will be used for a tactical air control party exercise July 7, 2010. Poole is a TACP membe... More

U.S. Air Force E-3B Sentry airborne warning and control

U.S. Air Force E-3B Sentry airborne warning and control

U.S. Air Force E-3B Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) crew members prep the jet before taking off from an undisclosed location for a mission in support of airstrikes against ISIL targets, Oct. ... More

A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon

A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon

A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, during combat operations in support of Operation In... More

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter delivers a pallet of supplies to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) during a vertical replenishment operation with the fast combat support ship USS DETROIT (AOE 4). The replenishment is taking place prior to an air strike against targets in Libya

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) CH-46 Sea Knight helicop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) attach a bomb rack to the wing of an A-6E Intruder aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is being prepared for an air strike against targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) attach a bomb rac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) load Mark 82 500-pound bombs on an Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55) A-6E Intruder aircraft prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) load CBU-59 cluster bombs onto the wing of an A-6E Intruder aircraft prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II pilot conducts a

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II pilot conducts a

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II pilot conducts a low altitude fly-over of a base in Southwest Asia August 9, 2019. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and its partner forces remain united ... More

A F-22 Raptor from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., flies

A F-22 Raptor from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., flies

A F-22 Raptor from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., flies off the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker on its way to Iraq, Jan. 30 2015. The F-22s are supporting the U.S. lead coalition against Da'esh. (U.S. Air Force Ph... More

A handcuff is left behind in an al-Qaida in Iraq torture

A handcuff is left behind in an al-Qaida in Iraq torture

A handcuff is left behind in an al-Qaida in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, Iraq, March 10, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

An F-35A Lightning II from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter

An F-35A Lightning II from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter

An F-35A Lightning II from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, takes off from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 10, 2019. The F-35A conducted a Coalition and Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service ai... More

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations against ISIL, leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq before conducting an airstrike, Oct. 4, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff S... More

Bombs explode in the desert following an air strike during Combined Arms exercises Five and Six

Bombs explode in the desert following an air strike during Combined Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D. W. Kummerfeldt Release Status: Rel... More

A ground crew prepares a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft for a retaliatory air strike on Libya. An arming supervisor gives hand signals to the pilot of the aircraft as the crewman under the wing pulls arming pins out of the GBU-10 modular glide bombs. The crewman by the landing gear is checking for foreign objects on the runway that might be sucked into an engine before takeoff

A ground crew prepares a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Woodward Release Status: Released to ... More

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to position an EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135 (VAQ-135) on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) prior to air strike on targets in Libya

An MD-3A tow tractor is used to position an EA-6B Prowler aircraft fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Bomb skids loaded with CBU-59 cluster bombs are staged on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) prior to being loaded aboard A-6E Intruder aircraft for an air strike on targets in Libya

Bomb skids loaded with CBU-59 cluster bombs are staged on the flight d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Air Force (USAF) Tactical Air Control Party (TACP), 116th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron (EASOS), Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, and members of the US Army (USA) 1ST infantry Division (ID) convoy through a small village during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The area is being cleared of threats so the TACP can call in an air strike

US Air Force (USAF) Tactical Air Control Party (TACP), 116th Expeditio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division, mans a.50 caliber M2HB machine gun mounted atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), during a patrol along Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, near Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq. The area is being cleared of threats so Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) personnel can call in an air strike. The image is silhouetted against the setting sun

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division, mans a....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle receives fuel from

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle receives fuel from

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle receives fuel from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, March 10, 2015, over Iraq. The F-15 will strike Da'esh targets in s... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel String puts

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel String puts

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel String puts his radio and gear on after a B-1B Lancer successfully dropped six GBU-38 munitions onto an al-Qaida in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, ... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Marcel Trott, a KC-135 Stratotanker

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Marcel Trott, a KC-135 Stratotanker

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Marcel Trott, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, takes off from a base in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility on a mission suppor... More

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations against ISIL, leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq before conducting an airstrike, Oct. 4, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff S... More

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by a KC-10 Extender over an undisclosed location April 14, 2018. The aircraft were taking part in strikes against Syrian targets in response to the use of chemi... More

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft is refueled by a KC-10 Extender over an undisclosed location April 14, 2018. The aircraft were taking part in strikes against Syrian targets in response to the use of chemi... More

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations against ISIL, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq before conducting an airstrike, Oct. 4, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missiles (HARM) is parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43) prior to an air strike against targets in Libya

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, armed...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Troy Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missiles (HARM), is parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) prior to an air strike against targets in Libya

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, armed...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Summers Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An armament supervisor gives the thunbs-up sign to the aircrew of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft as they prepare to take off for a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

An armament supervisor gives the thunbs-up sign to the aircrew of a 48...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

The aircrew of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft completes a preflight check on their aircraft prior to a retaliatory air strike against Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

The aircrew of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft completes ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward Release Status: Released to Public... More

Aviation ordnancemen stage Mark 82 500-lb. bombs and CBU-59 cluster bombs on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) prior to an air strike on targets in Libya

Aviation ordnancemen stage Mark 82 500-lb. bombs and CBU-59 cluster bo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Farmer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Kuwaiti Mirage 2000C fighter aircraft takes off for an air strike against Iraqi targets in support of Operation Desert Storm.

A Kuwaiti Mirage 2000C fighter aircraft takes off for an air strike ag...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Bruce Conners of Detachment A, Fleet Imaging Command Pacific, videotapes the members of a Marine tactical air control party (TACP) as they prepare for the next air strike during a live-fire exercise

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Bruce Conners of Detachment A, Fleet Ima...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Aw) Catherine T. Hogan Release Status: Released to P... More

Lance Corporal Jason Wyatt, USMC, and Captain Dave Sikora, USMC, report a called in air-strike. Marine F/A-18 Hornets and AH-1 Cobra helicopters took part in delivering ordnance strikes on Townshend Island as members of the U.S and Australian Forces participate in the exercise Crocodile '99 in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia

Lance Corporal Jason Wyatt, USMC, and Captain Dave Sikora, USMC, repor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Townshend Island State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Daniel E. Smith ... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division, use a up-armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), equipped with a 7.62 mm M240G machine gun mounted on top, to secure a road along Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, near Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq. The area is being cleared of threats so Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) personnel can call in an air strike

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division, use a up...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A U.S. Marine Corps forward air controller with Marine

A U.S. Marine Corps forward air controller with Marine

A U.S. Marine Corps forward air controller with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin observes two B-1B Lancers after a successful air strike simulation at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, ... More

Senior Airman Samuel Brown, 682nd Air Support Operations

Senior Airman Samuel Brown, 682nd Air Support Operations

Senior Airman Samuel Brown, 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron C4 systems technician, (right) and Staff Sgt. Michael Barnwell, 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron ground radio technician, navigates through... More

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet supporting operations against ISIL, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq after conducting an airstrike, Oct. 4, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

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