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Aircrew members of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing prepare for a mission in support of the joint Australian, New Zealand and US (ANZUS) Exercise TRIAD '84

Aircrew members of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing prepare for a mission...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TRIAD '84 Base: Ohakea Air Base Country: New Zealand (NZL) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT David N. Craft Release Status: Releas... More

U.S. Air Force C-17 aircrew members from the 14th Airlift Squadron, help download a C-17 Globemaster III carrying US Army support equipment for Task Force Hawk. TFH is the US Army's contingent operation currently building up in Albania as part of NATO's air offensive campaign in Yugoslavia. The 14th Airlift Wing is part of the 437th Air Expeditionary Unit that is base out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This is mission in direct support of Operation Sustain Hope

U.S. Air Force C-17 aircrew members from the 14th Airlift Squadron, he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

West Virginia Air National Guard Airmen and Aircrew members from the 167th Airlift Wing, Shepherd Field, W. Va., take shelter in a simulated bunker during an attack on Sept. 23, 2004. In the background sits one of the units C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. The AIRMAN is participating in Readiness Safeguard Ability To Survive and Operate (ATSO) training exercise at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Volk Field, Wis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Rob Jensen) (Released)

West Virginia Air National Guard Airmen and Aircrew members from the 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Jeff Rohloff, USAF Release Status: Release... 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...

Aircrew members of the 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) from Little Rock Air...

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

Inside the KC-130/R Hercules, after a brief stop at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352)'s aircrew members prepare for a take off, back to their home base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area

Inside the KC-130/R Hercules, after a brief stop at Kandahar Airport, ...

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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Adam Lasher, Flight Engineer, 76th Helicopter Flight (HF), Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), carefully guides his USAF UH-1N Iroquois pilots in for a safe landing on Platform Irene off the Central Coast of California. Aircrew members from the 76th HF routinely perform search and rescue (SAR) training missions off the Central Coast of California

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Adam Lasher, Flight Engineer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Leeann Sunn-Wagner, USAF Re... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker into an E-3 Sentry AWACS receptacle during an aerial refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. A1C Howard, a boom operator with the 349th Air Refueling Squadron, deployed with about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, ...

AIRMAN 1ST Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Airman 1st Class (A1C) Todd Howard, USAF, eases the refueling boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker into an E-3 Sentry AWACS receptacl... More

An MH-47E Chinook, carrying "rescued" 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aircrew members, departs from a simulated terrorist camp. On the ground Special Forces soldiers from Operational Detachment Alpha 954, 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group, West Virginia Army guard, along with an Air Force Combat Control Team STAFF Sergeant, provide cover and protect a simulated coffin. The event is part of exercise WHITETAIL 2001

An MH-47E Chinook, carrying "rescued" 128th Air Refueling Wing, Genera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG/AMC Scene Camera... More

Aircrew members from 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, blindfolded by their "captors" are escorted to their holding cells during simulated hostage situation as part of survival training exercises. The event is part of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001

Aircrew members from 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Intern...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG Scene Camera Ope... More

Major Dennis Hayward, USAF, (right) gives a SOF (Supervisor Of Flying) brief to aircrew members from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, before they deploy, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Major Dennis Hayward, USAF, (right) gives a SOF (Supervisor Of Flying)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Co... More

Inside the KC-130/R Hercules, after a brief stop at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352)'s aircrew members prepare for a take off, back to their home base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area

Inside the KC-130/R Hercules, after a brief stop at Kandahar Airport, ...

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

At approximately 11:45 PM (JST), The bodies of three US service members arrived at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, onboard a C-130 Hercules. Aircrew members render a salute as an Army and Air Force joint honor guard team, carry one of the transfer cases off the aircraft. Names are being with held pending notification to next of kin. The three were recovered from the crash of a US Army MH-47E Chinook in the Bohol Sea near the island of Apo. The Chinook carried eight US Army personnel, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and two US Air Force para-rescue jumpers, 320th Special Tactics Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan

At approximately 11:45 PM (JST), The bodies of three US service member...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mary L. Smith, USAF Release St... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Anthony Heindl, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Survivor Equipment Fabrication Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, perform the long folding process on an Aces II ejection seat recovery canopy parachute. When completed it is stuffed into the parachute container. The EMS survivor equipment shop meets the needs of over 220 aircrew members and relocated to a $1,700,000 state of the art maintenance facility from two condemned World War II huts

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

Aircrew members of the 62nd Airlift Squadron, 314th Airlift Wing, are issued pistols while preparing for an airdrop mission as part of an operational readiness inspection (ORI) and exercise Ocean Venture '92

Aircrew members of the 62nd Airlift Squadron, 314th Airlift Wing, are ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera... More

A C-141B Starlifter from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, fires off a salvo of flares on its final pass over the "danger zone" during a training exercise. The exercise allowed loadmasters to use a new Plexiglas bubble to look for surface-to-air missle plumes and allowed aircrew members to practice evasive maneuvers

A C-141B Starlifter from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, fires off...

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

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members with the 374th Airlift Wing (AW), install the canopy of their 20-man life raft during water survival refresher training

Yokota Air Base, Japan, US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members with the 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: Digital Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

For their extra-ordinary support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Humanitarian Relief Operations (HUMRO), US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members from the 437th Airlift Wing (AW) receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), at a ceremony held at Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC)

For their extra-ordinary support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Hum...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAF Scene Camera Operat... More

SPECIALIST (SPC) Michael Penny signals his aircrew members that their AH-1 Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 1-114th Aviation Battalion (ABN), Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG), is prepared to takeoff on a mission in support of Exercise PATRIOT 05, from Volk Field, Wisconsin (WI). (A3603)

SPECIALIST (SPC) Michael Penny signals his aircrew members that their ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian E. Christiansen, USAF Release Status:... More

US Navy (USN) aircrew members from Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 14 (HM-14), Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), unload water and food for survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). Department of Defense (DoD) units mobilized in support of humanitarian relief operations in the Gulf Coast region

US Navy (USN) aircrew members from Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: JTF-KATRINA, FLEET COMBAT CAMERA Scene Came... More

US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry is led to the UH-60 helicopter by aircrew members of the 7th Battalion, 1ST Aviation Regiment, Katterbach, Germany, at Camp Able Sentry

US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry is led to the UH-60 helicopte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ABLE SENTRY Base: Camp Able Sentry State: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Russ Pollanen Release... More

Aircrew members of a KC-135 aircraft from the 96th Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, hold a crew briefing at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan prior to taking off on a refueling mission. The crew members are (Left to Right) 2nd LT. Mathew C. Brennan (Hometown: Baltimore, MD) navigator; 1ST LT. Ken A. Shugart (HT: Desota, TX) co-pilot; Captain Matt T. Stephens (HT: Hazlet, NJ) pilot; and Captain Rod F. Cosgrove (HT: Colorado Springs, CO) navigator. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq

Aircrew members of a KC-135 aircraft from the 96th Air Refueling Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prince Hassan Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing swim towards a twenty-man life raft during survival training exercise in Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI as parts of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001. The crewmembers are wearing their LPUs (Life Preserver Unit) with the floatation assembly fully inflated to aid their bouncy

Aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing swim towards a twent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter, transporting distinguished visitors and guests, lands at Range 2205, Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), to drop off various pilots and other aircraft personnel, who are simulating aircrew members downed by several simulated missile attacks, as part of a search and rescue training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopter, t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A Bloom, USAF Release Status... More

Aircrew members of an AH-1 Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 1-114th Aviation Battalion (ABN), Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG), prepares for a mission in support of Exercise Patriot 05, from Volk Field, Wisconsin (WI). (A3603)

Aircrew members of an AH-1 Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 1-114th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian E. Christiansen, USAF Release Status:... More

Medium shot, front view, a crew chief from the 319th Air Refueling Wing, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, adjusts a communication cable at the nose of a KC-135 Stratotanker on April 11, 2000. The maintainer and other flightline personnel and alert aircrew members are busily performing their duties under the watchful eyes of inspectors as the base undergoes an Operational Readiness Inspection

Medium shot, front view, a crew chief from the 319th Air Refueling Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Paul Holcomb Release Sta... More

US Air Force Major General Williams, Commander, 21st Air Force, dicusses C-5 Galaxy aircraft issues with Aircrew members from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, during his visit to Dover AFB

US Air Force Major General Williams, Commander, 21st Air Force, dicuss...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William M. Plate Jr., USAF CIV. Release... More

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, (kneeling), a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, briefs his crew before taking off on a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the Balkan region

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, (kneeling), a KC-135 Stratotanke...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Istres State: Provence-Aples-Cote D'Azur Country: France (FRA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Cam... More

Off the coast of Wisconsin on Lake Michigan, aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, onboard their LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Rafts, light signal flares during survival training. The red smoke will help them stand out against the gray water when the rescue aircraft close in on them. The aircrews are part of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001

Off the coast of Wisconsin on Lake Michigan, aircrew members from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

Former prisoners of war (POW) US Army (USA) CHIEF Warrant Officer (2) (CWO2), Ronald D. Young, Jr. (left) and USA CWO2 David S. Williams (co-pilot seat) speak with US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members, 300th Airlift Squadron AS, Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), on the flightdeck of the C-17A Globemaster III aircraft that will take them and five other former POWs home. The former POWs were captured during engagements in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Former prisoners of war (POW) US Army (USA) CHIEF Warrant Officer (2) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Adam Lasher, Flight Engineer, 76th Helicopter Flight (HF), Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), carefully scans the Pacific Ocean, searching for survivors. The crew recently performed water-extraction-training mission. Aircrew members from the 76th HF routinely perform search and rescue (SAR) training missions off the Central Coast of California

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Adam Lasher, Flight Engineer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Leeann Sunn-Wagner, USAF Re... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control element (TALCE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), and aircrew members from Charleston AFB, South Carolina (SC), offload a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft providing support for Hurricane Charley relief efforts in Lakeland, Florida (FL). Lakeland Regional Airfield is the center of relief operations in Florida for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The USAF is providing support by transporting tons of equipment, personnel, and supplies via air, expediting the delivery of the needed supplies

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control eleme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lakeland State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Muke Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Chewning, a loadmaster from the 57th Weapons Squadron, talks to aircrew members inside his C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft during a Composite Force Operations (CFO) exercise at Biggs Army Air Field, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2004. The CFO phase of the U.S. Air Force Mobility Weapons School/ Weapons Instructor Courses employs a realistic scenario requiring the students to plan and execute airdrop, air land and air refueling operations in a dynamic, mature theater. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Matthew Hannen) (Released)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Chewning, a loadmaster from the 57th W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Biggs Army Air Field State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: ... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Anthony Heindl, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Survivor Equipment Fabrication Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, perform the long folding process on an Aces II ejection seat recovery canopy parachute. When completed it is stuffed into the parachute container. The EMS survivor equipment shop meets the needs of over 220 aircrew members and relocated to a $1,700,000 state of the art maintenance facility from two condemned World War II huts

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Anthony Heindl, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Survivor Equipment Fabrication Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, perform the long folding process on an Aces II ejection seat recovery canopy parachute. When completed it is stuffed into the parachute container. The EMS survivor equipment shop meets the needs of over 220 aircrew members and relocated to a $1,700,000 state of the art maintenance facility from two condemned World War II huts

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

After successfully loading two MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, aircrew members from the 317th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, begin downloading them from a C-17 GlobeMaster III aircraft

After successfully loading two MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, aircrew m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Paul Godwin Release Status: ... More

Captain (CAPT) Brad Cook, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker co-pilot, makes instrument adjustments during an aerial refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Cook deployed with about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located at Istres French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the Balkan region

Captain (CAPT) Brad Cook, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker co-pilot, makes...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Kenneth Fidler, USAF Release ... More

Aircrew members from 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, in the process of erecting a canopy over their LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Raft, during survival training on Lake Michigan as part of Exercise WHITETAIL 2001. Individual aircrew members are wearing LPU-10/P life preservers

Aircrew members from 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Intern...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

At Flight Operations, aircrew members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing (Wisconsin Air National Guard) perform final paperwork checks prior to stepping to their aircraft. They are deploying in support of Operation INFINITE JUSTICE. (Operation INFINITE JUSTICE later changed to Operation ENDURING FREEDOM)

At Flight Operations, aircrew members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INFINITE JUSTICE / ENDURING FREEDOM Base: General Mitchell Angb, Milwaukee State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of Am... More

US Navy (USN) aircrew members prepare to load a handicapped man into a waiting US Army (USA) National Guard (NG) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near the New Orleans Superdome during humanitarian assistance operations. The joint effort is led by the Department of Defense (DoD) in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Louisiana (LA)

US Navy (USN) aircrew members prepare to load a handicapped man into a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: JTF-KATRINA, FLEET COMBAT CAMERA Scene Came... More

Aircrew members leave a building after a preflight briefing during exercise Glad Customer '82

Aircrew members leave a building after a preflight briefing during exe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLAD CUSTOMER '82 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

An instructor briefs Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 aircrew members prior to an annual training mission

An instructor briefs Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 aircrew members prior...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert L. Lawson, USN (Ret.) Release... More

Aircrew members aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prepare cargo for transport in support of Operation PHOENIX TUSK, under Operation GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE, a humanitarian relief effort for the African nation of Zaire

Aircrew members aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prep...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX TUSKGUARDIAN ASSISTANCE Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America ... More

General Michael E. Ryan, CHIEF of STAFF, Headquarters US Air Force, takes a question from Captain Christopher Leat during a discussion of aircrew issues with aircrew members of the Airlift Squadrons from Dover Air Force Base

General Michael E. Ryan, CHIEF of STAFF, Headquarters US Air Force, ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael J. Sanders, USAF CIV Release St... More

After a successful "rescue" by Special Forces from Operational Detachment Alpha 954, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, West Virginia Army National Guard, Kenova, West Virginia, of "captive" aircrew members, an MH-47E Chinook helicopter lands to evacuate them from the "terrorist" camp. The MH-47E is crewed by Company "B," 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The event is part of exercise WHITETAIL 2001

After a successful "rescue" by Special Forces from Operational Detachm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Chris Dries, USAF R... More

At Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), emergency Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) are on display. These MREs were the type dropped in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Humanitarian Relief Operations (HUMRO), by US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members from the 437th Airlift Wing (AW)

At Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), emergency Mea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 437th Airlift Wing/AMC S... More

Two US Navy (USN) aircrew members, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2), Golden Falcons, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), prepare a stretcher in a village near Tsunami struck Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia so that they can transport a seriously injured Indonesian woman to a medial facility

Two US Navy (USN) aircrew members, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submari...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: PH3(Aw) Gabriel Piper, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, are given information concerning their rotation to South Korea during a briefing Oct. 15, 2014, at Wheeler Army Airfie... More

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations Squadron reviews his in-flight checklist aboard an MC-130J Commando II from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 22, 2012. Aircrew members read safety checklists... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Anthony Heindl, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Survivor Equipment Fabrication Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, perform the long folding process on an Aces II ejection seat recovery canopy parachute. When completed it is stuffed into the parachute container. The EMS survivor equipment shop meets the needs of over 220 aircrew members and relocated to a $1,700,000 state of the art maintenance facility from two condemned World War II huts

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tabari Thompson (left), USAF, and AIRMAN First C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

AMN Cindy S. Caraferno, from the 100th Services Squadron, prepares a high-protein breakfast for aircrew members

AMN Cindy S. Caraferno, from the 100th Services Squadron, prepares a h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Re... More

An instructor briefs Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 aircrew members prior to an annual training mission

An instructor briefs Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 aircrew members prior...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert L. Lawson, USN (Ret.) Release... More

An instructor briefs Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 aircrew members prior to an annual training mission

An instructor briefs Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 aircrew members prior...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert L. Lawson, USN (Ret.) Release... More

Aircrew members from the 906th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, pull a hose from a fuels truck into position on the Alpha ramp at the base. The airmen performed crew servicing procedures under the watchful eyes of inspectors during an Operational Readiness Inspection on April 11, 2000

Aircrew members from the 906th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE ORI Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (U... More

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, and AIRMAN 1ST Class Fausto Olivo, USAF, (right), KC-135R crewchief, perform pre-flight aircraft checks before a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, patrolling the ...

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, and Airman 1st Class Fausto Olivo, USAF, (right), KC-135R c... More

For their extra-ordinary support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Humanitarian Relief Operations (HUMRO), US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members from the 437th Airlift Wing (AW) receive the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), at a ceremony held at Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC)

For their extra-ordinary support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Hum...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAF Scene Camera Operat... More

Two US Navy (USN) aircrew members, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2), Golden Falcons, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), carry an Indonesian woman, seriously injured when the Tsunami struck the area, to a waiting helicopter for transportation to a medical facility

Two US Navy (USN) aircrew members, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submari...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: PH3(Aw) Gabriel Piper, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

[Hurricane Dolly] Welasco,TX, July 25, 2008 -- Members of the Texas Search and Recover Team, Texas-Task Force 1 and aircrew members of the Texas Army National Guard teamed up together to rescue two survivors trapped in their car along the levee near Edinburgh,Tx, three days after Hurricane Dolly stranded them. Barry Bahler/FEMA

[Hurricane Dolly] Welasco,TX, July 25, 2008 -- Members of the Texas Se...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

The 522nd Special Operations Squadron patch is proudly

The 522nd Special Operations Squadron patch is proudly

The 522nd Special Operations Squadron patch is proudly displayed on a flight suit during a training flight from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 22, 2012. The 522nd SOS is the U.S. Air Force's first MC-130J Co... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Anthony Heindl, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Survivor Equipment Fabrication Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, prepares to air and inspect suspension lines of an Aces II ejection seat recovery canopy parachute. The EMS survivor equipment shop meets the needs of over 220 aircrew members and relocated to a $1,700,000 state of the art maintenance facility from two condemned World War II huts

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Anthony Heindl, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintena...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

Army Airborne Ranger speaks about jump safety to 437th AW Aircrew members at a mass briefing at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina during mobility exercise (MOBEX) CRISIS LOOK 97-03. During CRISIS LOOK, 437th Airlift Wing is tasked with supporting the Army's 82nd Airborne Division / 18th Airborne Corps

Army Airborne Ranger speaks about jump safety to 437th AW Aircrew memb...

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

US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members are issued cold weather gear before an Antarctica mission during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002

US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members are issued cold weather gear befor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002 Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michele A... More

Aircrew members from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, fill out baggage tags prior to deploying in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Aircrew members from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air Nation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Co... More

Air Force Aerial Transporters and aircrew members from the 405th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) discuss a little problem during the loading of a Case 1550 bulldozer onto a C-17A Globemaster III, 62nd Airlift Wing (AW), McChord AFB, Washington, attached to the 405th AEW, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Air Force Aerial Transporters and aircrew members from the 405th Air E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Thumrait Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing Scene C... More

U.S. Air Force CAPT Kenneth Cates (left), a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft pilot assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron, conducts a pre-flight briefing with his aircrew members prior to a training sortie at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Nov. 23, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Michael A. Kaplan) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT Kenneth Cates (left), a B-52H Stratofortress aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael A, Kaplan, USAF Relea... More

Australian service members, Indonesian police officers and US Navy (USN) aircrew members carry an injured Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sailor to an awaiting Australian C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft [not shown] to fly him and another crash survivor, of a RAN Sea King helicopter in Nias, Indonesia, to Australia for treatment

Australian service members, Indonesian police officers and US Navy (US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nais State: Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joshua Smith, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

U.S. Navy LT. Chris Sloan gives a presentation to Patron Squadron (VP) 16 aircrew members on Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Emergency Destruct Plan (EDP), assigned to Sigonella, Sicily, in support of the global war on terrorism. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Charles E. White) (Released)

U.S. Navy LT. Chris Sloan gives a presentation to Patron Squadron (VP)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAS SIGONELLA Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Charles E. W... More

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Stephanie Fulton, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), Survivor Equipment Fabrication Flight, 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, uses a sewing machine to repair a PCU-15/P parachute harness. The EMS survivor equipment shop meets the needs of over 220 aircrew members and relocated to a $1,700,000 state of the art maintenance facility from two condemned World War II huts

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Stephanie Fulton, USAF, 48th Equipment Maintenance...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. To... More

Aircrew members leave the Strategic Airlift Command building during Exercise Glad Customer '82

Aircrew members leave the Strategic Airlift Command building during Ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLAD CUSTOMER '82 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

The aircrew members from the US Army, A Company, 7th Battalion, 1ST Aviation Regiment, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Katterbach, Germany, performs a preflight inspection on the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter before their mission at Camp Able Sentry II

The aircrew members from the US Army, A Company, 7th Battalion, 1ST Av...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMSE Base: Camp Able Sentry State: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Russ Pollanen Rele... More

The aircrew members from the US Army's, A Company, 7th Battalion, 1ST Aviation Regiment, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Katterbach Germany, performing a preflight inspection on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter with United Nation's designations prior to their mission at Camp Able Sentry II

The aircrew members from the US Army's, A Company, 7th Battalion, 1ST ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Able Sentry State: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Russ Pollanen Rel... More

A student at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida's Joint Service Water Survival Training Course is hoisted aboard a Navy helicopter, after successfully using a hand signal for his 'rescue' from the surf. The Air Force's 17th Training Squadron work with the Navy personnel in training aircrew members of both services on water survival techniques at the Florida Naval Air Station.Published in AIRMAN Magazine, December 1996. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A student at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida's Joint Service Wate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Val Gempis Release Status:... More

7th and 8th Airlift Squadron's aircrew members sit at a table during a preflight briefing prior to flying a resupply mission to McMurdo Base, Antarctica. The 62nd Airlift Wing crews and their C-141B Starlifters from McChord Air Force Base, Washington are deployed to support the joint, U.S. Armed Forces and New Zealand Defense Force, military operation which provides logistic support to the U.S. National Science Foundation's Program on Antarctica

7th and 8th Airlift Squadron's aircrew members sit at a table during a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard Kaminski Rel... More

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, performs his pre-flight walk around the aircraft, with crewchief AIRMAN 1ST Class Fausto Olivo, USAF, before taking off on a refueling mission over the Adriatic Sea. CAPT Ramrakha and about 20 other aircrew members and maintenance personnel are deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US detachment located on this French air base. The McConnell active duty personnel join the primarily Air National Guard flying and maintenance operations here. The group flies aerial refueling missions in support of NATO Operation JOINT FORGE, refueling US and NATO aircraft, ...

Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, pe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Captain (CAPT) Sushil Ramrakha, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, performs his pre-flight walk around the aircraft, with crew... More

After a successful "rescue" by Special Forces from Operational Detachment Alpha 954, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, West Virginia Army National Guard of "captive" aircrew members, an MH-47E Chinook helicopter is brought in to evacuate them from the "terrorist" camp. The MH-47E is crewed by Company "B," 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The event is part of exercise WHITETAIL 2001

After a successful "rescue" by Special Forces from Operational Detachm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Whitetail 2001 State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Kenneth Pagel, USAF ... More

Air Force Aerial Transporters and aircrew members from the 405th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) check wood planks on the aircraft ramp for alignment as a Case 1550 bulldozer is loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Air Force Aerial Transporters and aircrew members from the 405th Air E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Thumrait Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing Scene C... More

US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members from the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia, tie a US flag to cargo in the interior of a C-130 Hercules prior to a mission over Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members from the 320th Air Expeditionary W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota, receive a post flight briefing for a B-52H Stratofortress Bomber mission

US Air Force (USAF) aircrew members from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Stacia M... More

US Air Force (USAF) Aircrew members from the 356th Airlift Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio (OH), fly an Aeromedical Evacuation flight onboard their USAF C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Aircrew members from the 356th Airlift Squadron, W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 447th Air Expeditionary Group Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stacy L. Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Chris Smolinski, Crewchief, 745th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), waits for the aircrew members on the rear ramp of the USAF C-130 Hercules at an undisclosed forward operating base (FOB) in Southwest Asia during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Chris Smolinski, Crewchief, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

U.S. Air Force (USAF) Aircrew members from the 6th Airlift Squadron (AS), McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., fly a USAF C-141B Starlifter on its final local mission on Sept. 1, 2004, as it faces retirement on Sept. 16, 2004 after 40 years of service and nearly nine million flying hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenn Mann) (Released)

U.S. Air Force (USAF) Aircrew members from the 6th Airlift Squadron (A...

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: Kenn Mann, CIV, USA Release Status:... More

A US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2) recovers a Search and Rescue (SAR) swimmer from San Diego Bay, California (CA) during training. The purpose of the training is to enhance operational readiness and effectiveness of the squadron's pilots and aircrew members

A US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Helicopter A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Josa Mike Leporati, Usn Release Status: Rele... More

Aircrew members of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing prepares for a mission in support of the joint Australian, New Zealand and US (ANZUS) Exercise TRIAD '84

Aircrew members of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing prepares for a missio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TRIAD '84 Base: Ohakea Air Base Country: New Zealand (NZL) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT David N. Craft Release Status: Releas... More

CPT Mike Pompoco, right, briefs the crew of a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection. The aircrew members are, from left: SSGT Clint Coleman, 1LT Jim Turner, CPT Gary Maynard, CPT James Faber and CPT Rich Stuckey

CPT Mike Pompoco, right, briefs the crew of a 69th Bomb Squadron B-52 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GHOST WARRIOR Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A view of titanium frames being developed at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, for the eyeglasses of aircrew members. The frames can be bent or twisted without losing their shape

A view of titanium frames being developed at Brooks Air Force Base, Te...

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

The aircrew members from the US Army's, A Company, 7th Battalion, 1ST Aviation Regiment, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Katterbach, Germany, perform a preflight inspection on the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter before their mission at Camp Able Sentry II. The helicopter is painted with the United Nations designation

The aircrew members from the US Army's, A Company, 7th Battalion, 1ST ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Able Sentry State: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Russ Pollanen Rel... More

Aircrew members from the 351st Air Refueling Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom guide a KC-135R Stratotanker back to base on 31 Mar 99. The tanker, belonging to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing is returning from a refueling track after performing in-flight refueling to NATO aircraft (not shown) participating in Operation Allied Force. This image was shot through a Starlight System

Aircrew members from the 351st Air Refueling Squadron based at RAF Mil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin Release Sta... More

Mr. Glen Felgate (left) a Videographer from Reuters News Service and US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Trautt, a Videographer assigned to the 786th Communications Squadron, document Portuguese Aircrew members and local laborers loading humanitarian relief supplies onto a Portuguese Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa, during Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

Mr. Glen Felgate (left) a Videographer from Reuters News Service and U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Maupoto Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

From the KC-10 Extenders flight deck, aircrew members and Katie (far right) from the MTV "Road Rules 10" wave to aircrew members onboard another KC-10 during the cast's final mission. MTVs Road Rules 10 (dubbed "The Quest") cast members spent two days at Fort Dix with the Air Mobility Warfare Centers 421st Ground Combat Readiness Squadron, training and testing as a medic augmentation team in a humanitarian medical relief scenario to the fictional country of Ozlahnd. They then spent a day at McGuire AFB observing a refueling mission. This is their last challenge "to discover the virtue of perseverance." The last of ten virtues learned through challenges over the season before they can...

From the KC-10 Extenders flight deck, aircrew members and Katie (far r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: From the KC-10 Extenders flight deck, aircrew members and Katie (far right) from the MTV "Road Rules 10" wave to aircrew members... More

As part of the training aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are blindfolded by their "captors". The simulated hostage situation is part of the survival training exercises in WHITETAIL 2001

As part of the training aircrew members from the 128th Air Refueling W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG/AMC Scene Camera... More

Singapore Air Force (SAF) aircrew members help to prepare US Air Force (USAF) 27th Fighter Wing (FW) F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission while participating in Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

Singapore Air Force (SAF) aircrew members help to prepare US Air Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A Bloom, USAF Release Status... More

Aircrew members of an AH-1 Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 1-114th Aviation Battalion (ABN), Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG), prepares for a mission in support of Exercise PATRIOT 05, from Volk Field, Wisconsin (WI). (A3603)

Aircrew members of an AH-1 Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 1-114th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian E. Christiansen, USAF Release Status:... More

The pilot and aircrew members of an AH-1 Iroquois helicopter assigned to the 1-114th Aviation Battalion (ABN), Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG), prepares for a mission in support of Exercise PATRIOT 05, from Volk Field, Wisconsin (WI). (A3603)

The pilot and aircrew members of an AH-1 Iroquois helicopter assigned ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brian E. Christiansen, USAF Release Status:... More

US Navy (USN) aircrew members from Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 14 (HM-14), Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), unload supplies for Hurricane Katrina survivors from a USN CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). Department of Defense (DoD) units mobilized in support of humanitarian relief operations in the Gulf Coast region

US Navy (USN) aircrew members from Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: JTF-KATRINA, FLEET COMBAT CAMERA Scene Came... More

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, are given information concerning their rotation to South Korea during a briefing Oct. 15, 2014, at Wheeler Army Airfie... More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Seth Schubert , 2nd

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Seth Schubert , 2nd

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Seth Schubert , 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, provides information to U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, on the... More

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations Squadron watches an aircraft get marshaled in by aircrew members on the flightline at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 22, 2012. During the training flight t... More

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force aircrew members wave

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force aircrew members wave

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force aircrew members wave a final farewell to their American counterparts, Dec. 8, as they depart Iraq on their last mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry

U.S. Army soldiers of the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, are given information concerning their rotation to South Korea during a briefing Oct. 15, 2014, at Wheeler Army Airfie... More

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an MC-130J Commando II

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an MC-130J Commando II

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an MC-130J Commando II during a training flight from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 22, 2012. During the flight aircrew members simulated situations they might face in real worl... More

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations

An aircrew member from the 522nd Special Operations Squadron reviews a preflight checklist on the flightline at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 22, 2012. Aircrew members read safety checklists as a required p... More

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