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SSGT Horton assists an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft pilot in an altitude chamber during training. The pilot is assigned to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

SSGT Horton assists an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft pilot in an altitude c...

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

A High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) parajumper the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron descends over a landing zone during tactical air control training

A High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) parajumper the 21st Tactical Air S...

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. Deffener Releas... More

A close-up view of Mark 5 bombs and a low altitude navigation targeting infrared for night (LANTIRN) pod on an F-15E Eagle aircraft

A close-up view of Mark 5 bombs and a low altitude navigation targetin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jeffrey S.... More

An underside view of an F-16D Falcon. The tail flash shows a "WEREWOLVE" , the mascot for the 69th Fighter Squadron. Visible on the underside is an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, fuel tanks and a LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared, Night) system

An underside view of an F-16D Falcon. The tail flash shows a "WEREWOLV...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

Straight on rear view medium close-up shot as US Air Force members of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia jump out of a HC-130 troop door during a high altitude low opening exercise during Exercise Desert Rescue VII near Naval Air Station Fallon, Navada. Members of the 41st Rescue Squadron are participating in a muti-service rescue exercise to prepare for themselves for when a real situation may occur

Straight on rear view medium close-up shot as US Air Force members of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, two U.S. Air Force Pararescue jumpmasters check the drop zone prior to conducting static and high altitude low opening (HALO) jumps from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, two U.S. Air Force Pararescue jumpma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel relax before conducting static and high altitude low opening (HALO) jumps from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue pers...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, wearing his Oxygen mask due to the high altitude and open aircraft, looks over his pre-drop checklist before dropping his cargo of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). Air Force C-17s delivered HDRs in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each lled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a rst of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the rst operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the...

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, wearing his Oxygen mask ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, wearing his Oxygen mask due to the high altitude and open aircraft, looks over his... More

As seen through a Night Vision scope, an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III co-pilot inspects a circuit panel in the cockpit while enroute to deliver the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR's). Air Force C-17s delivered HDRs in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop...

As seen through a Night Vision scope, an Air Force C-17 Globemaster II...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: As seen through a Night Vision scope, an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III co-pilot inspects a circuit panel in the cockpit while e... More

A frosty nose shot of an F-15E Strike Eagle, 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The Strike Eagle is considered the most advanced two-seat tactical fighter aircraft in the world. A large array of avionics and electronic systems make the F-15E able to fight at low altitude, day or night, in severe weather. The Strike Eagle has a primary function as an air to ground attack aircraft but is capable of air-to-air battle

A frosty nose shot of an F-15E Strike Eagle, 492nd Fighter Squadron (F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA James L. Harper... More

Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Mazure (left) and SSGT Ron Davenport (right), 107th Fighter Squadron (FS), Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), run a test on an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft Pitot tube, which is used to record air speed, temperature, altitude, and elevation, at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), At Ta Mim Province, Iraq (IRQ), while deployed to conduct an Armed Reconnaissance mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Mazure ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Glenn Wilkewitz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier from Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment (DET) 144, Alpha Company (A CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Special Forces roup (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), lands during High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training over the Yukon Training Area in Alaska (AK) during Exercise NORTHERN EDE 04. NORTHERN EDE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More than 9,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Coast uardsmen from active duty, Reserve, and National...

A US Army (USA) Soldier from Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachmen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Army (USA) Soldier from Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment (DET) 144, Alpha Company (A CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST... More

Six U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon fighters, 18th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on final check at the end of the runway as they prepare for take off for routine training on Sept. 20, 2004. Using the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) system pods, the 18th FS Blue Foxes employ the F-16 Fighting Falcon, day and night, in offensive counter air, interdiction, and close air support roles. (U.S. Air Force photo by SENIOR AIRMAN Joshua Strang) (Released)

Six U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon fighters, 18th Fighter Squadr...

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: SRA Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status:... More

Three US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers participate in a low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers are jumping in chalks of eight from USA UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces. (SUBSTANDARD)

Three US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers particip...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maniago State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Harris (foreground), Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) AIRMAN, walks away from a US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter after participating in a 173rd ABN BDE low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers will jump in chalks of eight from UH-60 helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Harris (foreground), T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maniago State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A U.S. Air Force CAPT. Michael Hiatt, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 71st Fighter Squadron, 1ST Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va., piloted by , pushes through the clouds over Virginia en route to low altitude training, Jun. 8, 2005. (U.S. Air Force photo by TECH SGT. Ben Bloker) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force CAPT. Michael Hiatt, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 71st Fighter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ech SGT Ben Bloker, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drops over Fort Irwin during exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Cargo riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare cargo for the Lo...

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

A US Army, UH-1N Iroquois helicopter from Detachment One, Army Aviation High Altitude Training Site Eagle, takes off from Vail, Colorado, in route to an A-10 crash sit, 6 July 1997

A US Army, UH-1N Iroquois helicopter from Detachment One, Army Aviatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vail State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

Pararescueman, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Louis Haack, Pararescue Supervisor of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California stands in the read troop door a MC-130 Combat Shadow aircraft. SMSGT Haack is wearing a full HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute load, demonstrating the amount of equipment that the Pararescueman need to carry and be expert in. The HALO jump system is used when troops are needed to parachute into remote or hostile areas where flying an aircraft is too dangerous or vulnerable to being shot down. The 129th Rescue Wing is one of only three Rescue Wings in the Air National Guard, their mission...

Pararescueman, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Louis Haack, Parare...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Pararescueman, US Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Louis Haack, Pararescue Supervisor of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air ... More

In a maze of boxes, an Air Force member builds a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS). Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17

In a maze of boxes, an Air Force member builds a Tri-Wall Aerial Deliv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), perform a high altitude low opening (HALO) parachute jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Doug Kestranek, a Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), prepares his equipment for a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Doug Kestranek, a Pararescu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), perform a high altitude low opening (HALO) parachute jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Oper... More

US Army (USA) MASTER Sergeant (MSG) Daniel Olivas, Operations Sergeant, Special Forces Operations (SFO), Detachment 144, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), departs the aircraft during High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training as part of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. The Soldiers jumped from a USA UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) flown by pilots of Alpha Company (A CO), 4th Battalion, 123 Aviation Regiment (4/123 AVN), Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK). NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It...

US Army (USA) MASTER Sergeant (MSG) Daniel Olivas, Operations Sergeant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) MASTER Sergeant (MSG) Daniel Olivas, Operations Sergeant, Special Forces Operations (SFO), Detachment 144, Alpha C... More

US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers sit in a field watching a USA 173rd ABN BDE UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter take off carrying eight USA 173rd ABN BDE Soldiers to participate in a low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers will jump in chalks of eight from UH-60 helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers sit in a field...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maniago State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Danish pilot Claus"MIR"Rasmussen flies a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft mounted with a Danish Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red for Night pods and AIM 9M Sidewinder missiles, flies over Mount Whitney and Owens Lakebed in Calif., on Jan. 27, 2005.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by Bobbi C. Zapka) (Released)

Danish pilot Claus"MIR"Rasmussen flies a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bobbi C. Zapka Release Status: Rele... More

Marines from Battery A, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense

Marines from Battery A, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense

Marines from Battery A, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion unload Stinger missiles off an MV-22 Osprey at the Air Force Dare County Bombing Range, March 8, during Exercise Sandman. Ospreys, from Medium Tilt... More

An aerial view of the base taken at an altitude of approximately 10,000 feet

An aerial view of the base taken at an altitude of approximately 10,00...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David N. Craft Release Status: Rel... More

Members from the 1ST Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, and Thailand Airborne soldiers jump from the ramp of an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD. US and Thai forces are participating in a combined Army High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump in preparation for the opening ceremony activities at this year's Exercise COBRA GOLD. COBRA GOLD is regularly scheduled, joint-combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. This year's exercise, the 20th in the series, will focus on peace enforcement operations

Members from the 1ST Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 01 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Efrain Gonzalez, USAF Release Status: Re... More

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, several U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel perform a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, several U.S. Air Force Par...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

Members of the US Air Force and Army fill Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). US Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs delivered HDRs in support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

Members of the US Air Force and Army fill Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Sys...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmasters inspect the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) enroute to the drop zone. Air Force C-17's delivered HDRs in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17. In addition to the humanitarian efforts,...

Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmasters inspect the Tri-Wall Aerial...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmasters inspect the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily R... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert D. Mathis, with the 6th Combat Training Squadron (CTS) Tactical Air Controller Party (TAC-P) with Air Ground Operation School (AGOS), Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), checks MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) John Knipes oxygen gear, during a High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) training mission over NV

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert D. Mathis, with the 6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 66th PJS, 6CTS Scene Camera Operator... More

A U.S. C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wa., continues to gain altitude after it takes off at Michigan Air National Guard (MIARNG) Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich., on Oct. 16, 2004, in support of Exercise Crisis Look 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (Released)

A U.S. C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Alpena State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Sturkol, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

US Army (USA) Private (PVT) Sanchez (center), Parachute Rigger, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), inspects a reserve parachute in preparation for a 173rd ABN BDE low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers will jump in chalks of eight from USA UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces

US Army (USA) Private (PVT) Sanchez (center), Parachute Rigger, 173rd ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maniago State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A crew member of the 436th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, dressed in chemical warfare gear, removes the altitude direction indicator from the cockpit of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft during a chemical warfare defense equipment test

A crew member of the 436th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, dressed in c...

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: SSGT Dwight A. Jackson Release Status: ... More

A Combat Control Team (CCT) jumps from a USAF C-130 for a High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) drop during the Drop Zone event of RODEO '93. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A Combat Control Team (CCT) jumps from a USAF C-130 for a High Altitud...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '93 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SGT M.R. Preston Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), carries a Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) system and is fitted with AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) missiles, flies near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Figh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: A1C Greg L. Davis, USAF... More

A United Kingdom (UK) Royal Air Force (RAF) Combat Control Team (CCT) member (left) and a US Air Force (USAF) 62nd Special Tactics Squadron (STS) CCT member prepare to land after performing a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) non-competition demonstration jump at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition

A United Kingdom (UK) Royal Air Force (RAF) Combat Control Team (CCT) ...

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

Straight on rear view medium close-up shot as USAF STAFF Sergeant Tim Hanks, a member of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, looks at the drop zone out of a HC-130 troop door during a high altitude low opening exercise during Exercise Desert Rescue VII, near Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada. Members of the 41st Rescue Squadron, are participating in a multi-service rescue exercise to prepare for themselves for when a real situation may occur

Straight on rear view medium close-up shot as USAF STAFF Sergeant Tim ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

Interior, left side front view, medium close-up shot as USAF STAFF Sergeant Tim Hanks, a member of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, awaits the signal to jump out of a HC-130 during a high altitude low opening exercise during Exercise Desert Rescue VII, near Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada. Members of the 41st Rescue Squadron, are participating in a multi-service rescue exercise to prepare for themselves for when a real situation may occur

Interior, left side front view, medium close-up shot as USAF STAFF Ser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel prepare to conduct static and high altitude low opening (HALO) jumps from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue pers...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian Oswald (Hometown: San Anselimo, California), a pararescueman assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, confers with a HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft crewmember from the 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force, Georgia prior to conducting a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

A US Army member fills a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). US Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs delivered HDRs in support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

A US Army member fills a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

Members of the US Air Force load Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRIADS) containing Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) on to a 60K-loader. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first, the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

Members of the US Air Force load Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRI...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

Members of the US Air Force load Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRIADS) containing Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) on to a 60K-loader. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first, the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

Members of the US Air Force load Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRI...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

Members of the US Air Force and Army fill Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). US Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs delivered HDRs in support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

Members of the US Air Force and Army fill Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Sys...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

Bundles containing wheat, blankets and dates fill the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster prior to a High Altitude High Opening (HAHO) air drop over northern Afghanistan

Bundles containing wheat, blankets and dates fill the cargo bay of a C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release S... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Steve Ramos (right), briefs MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Ron Pierce, a C-17 Loadmaster from the 7th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington, about possible physiological effects he may experience during a High Altitude High Opening (HAHO) airdrop

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Steve Ramos (right), briefs MASTER Sergeant (MSG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release S... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle, 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), taxis from the runway at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The Strike Eagle is considered the most advanced two-seat tactical fighter aircraft in the world. A large array of avionics and electronic systems make the F-15E able to fight at low altitude, day or night, in severe weather. The Strike Eagle has a primary function as an air to ground attack aircraft but is capable of air-to-air battle

An F-15E Strike Eagle, 494th Fighter Squadron (FS), taxis from the run...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SRA James L. Harper Jr., USAF Release Status: Re... More

A nose shot of an F-15E Strike Eagle, 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The Strike Eagle is considered the most advanced two-seat tactical fighter aircraft in the world. A large array of avionics and electronic systems make the F-15E able to fight at low altitude, day or night, in severe weather. The Strike Eagle has a primary function as an air to ground attack aircraft but is capable of air-to-air battle

A nose shot of an F-15E Strike Eagle, 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), 48t...

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: SRA James L. Ha... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), and Airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group (SFG), board a C-130 Hercules aircraft, as they prepare to conduct high altitude low opening (HALO) and static line parachute jumps over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert D. Mathis, with the 6th Combat Training Squadron (CTS) Tactical Air Controller Party (TAC-P) with Air Ground Operation School (AGOS), Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), checks MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) John Knipes parachute gear, during High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) training mission over NV

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert D. Mathis, with the 6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 66th PJS, 6CTS Scene Camera Operator... More

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Alpha Company (A CO), 4th Battalion, 123 Aviation Regiment (4/123 AVN), Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK), lands at a Yukon Territory drop zone (DZ) during High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training as a part of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More than 9,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve, and National Guard units are participating in...

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Alpha Company (A CO), 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk), Alpha Company (A CO), 4th Battalion, 123 Aviation Regiment (4/123 AVN), Fort Wainw... More

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter, Alpha Company (A CO), 4th Battalion, 123 Aviation Regiment (4/123 AVN), Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK), approaches a Yukon Territory drop zone (DZ) during High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training as a part of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More than 9,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve, and National Guard units are...

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter, Alpha Company...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter, Alpha Company (A CO), 4th Battalion, 123 Aviation Regiment (4/123 AVN),... More

A variable geometry Garrett AiResearsh TFE-731 turbofan engine is being tested at simulated altitude above 40,000 feet

A variable geometry Garrett AiResearsh TFE-731 turbofan engine is bein...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Charley Powell, USAF Release Statu... More

Maintenance personnel change an altitude indicator in the cockpit of a C-141B aircraft while wearing new chemical warfare ensembles

Maintenance personnel change an altitude indicator in the cockpit of a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Release Sta... More

Newsman David Hartman is assisted with his equipment prior to entering high altitude chamber training for a B-1 bomber flight

Newsman David Hartman is assisted with his equipment prior to entering...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P... More

A Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drop takes place from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Brim Frost

A Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drop takes place fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '83 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

Soldiers and airmen work together to prepare a load of munitions to be dropped using the low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) during Exercise Brim Frost '83

Soldiers and airmen work together to prepare a load of munitions to be...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Brim Frost '83 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

Combat Control team members perform the first High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) jump from a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston AFB. The jump was made over North Auxiliary Airfield in North, S.C. HALO jumps are normally made at 10,000 feet or higher, allowing the parachutists to free-fall and open their chutes at a low altitude, landing undetected in hostile environments. This maneuver also allows the aircraft to evade any potential ground attack. Exact Date Shot Unknown .Published in AIRMAN Magazine November 1994

Combat Control team members perform the first High Altitude, Low Openi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul Griffin Release S... More

Members of the civilian media document the pararescuemen from the 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico as they load equipment from a Jeep into the UH-1N helicopter in preparation for their initial reconnaissance of the A-10 crash site near Gold Dust Peak. The helicopter belongs to the Army's High Altitude Training Squadron

Members of the civilian media document the pararescuemen from the 58th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Interior, right side profile, close-up shot as USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Marshall W. Deny of the 9th Special Operation Squadron, looks out the troop door window of a HC-130 aircraft, prior to a static line high altitude low opening exercise over a drop zone near Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada. Members of the 9th Special Operation Squadron, are participating in a multi-service rescue exercise to prepare for themselves for when a real situation may occur

Interior, right side profile, close-up shot as USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Mars...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

US Air Force Major General Kenneth Hess, Third Air Force Commander, Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall, United Kingdom, receives a briefing from 2nd Lieutenant Chad Campbell, an Avionics Flight Commander from the 48th Component Repair Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, about the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod used on the F-15E Strike Eagle. MGEN Hess was visiting RAF Lakenheath for a familiarization of the bases' mission

US Air Force Major General Kenneth Hess, Third Air Force Commander, Ro...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Grant Davis, USA, 1ST Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, prepares his parachute prior to boarding an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Phitsanulok, Thailand. U.S. and Thai forces are participating in a combined Army High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump in preparation for the opening ceremony activities at this year's Exercise COBRA GOLD. COBRA GOLD is regularly scheduled, joint-combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. This year's exercise, the 20th in the series, will focus on peace enforcement operations

Lieutenant Colonel Grant Davis, USA, 1ST Special Forces Group, Fort Le...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 01 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Efrain Gonzalez, USAF Release Status: Re... More

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian Oswald (Hometown: San Anselimo, California), a pararescueman assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, gives the "thumbs up" call to other pararescue personnel just prior to conducting a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump on board a HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force, Georgia. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Technical Sergeant Brian O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

1ST Combat Camera videographer STAFF Sergeant H. Chris Scrivener (Hometown: San Antonio, Texas) documents elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel conducting final checks prior to conducting high altitude low opening (HALO) jump from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft during EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

1ST Combat Camera videographer STAFF Sergeant H. Chris Scrivener (Home...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Comm... More

Air Force members buildup Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRIADS). Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17

Air Force members buildup Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRIADS). A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

Members of the Air Force build Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS). Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17

Members of the Air Force build Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

In a maze of boxes, an Air Force member builds a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS). Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17

In a maze of boxes, an Air Force member builds a Tri-Wall Aerial Deliv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

A Member of the US Army fills a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

A Member of the US Army fills a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIAD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

Members of the US Air Force and Army fill Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) boxes with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR). US Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs delivered HDRs in support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

Members of the US Air Force and Army fill Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Sys...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster writes a message on the outside of a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) enroute to the drop zone. Air Force C-17s delivered HDRs in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17. In addition to the...

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster writes a message on the o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster writes a message on the outside of a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loade... More

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), and Airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group (SFG), rest aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft, as they prepare to conduct high altitude low opening (HALO) and static line parachute jumps over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) David Hutton and Chris Anson, 4th Force Reconnaissance Company (Force Recon Co), Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (HI), float down during HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) military free fall training at Schofield Barracks in Oahu, HI

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) David Hutton and Chris Anso...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 4th Force Reconnaissance Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nicholas J. ... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment 144, Alpha Company (A CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), search for the drop zone during High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training over the Yukon Training Area in Alaska (AK), during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. The Soldiers jumped from a USA UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) flown by pilots of Alpha Company (A CO), 4th Battalion, 123 Aviation Regiment (4/123 AVN), Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK). NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures....

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) Soldiers from Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment 144, Alpha Company (A CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Specia... More

Eight US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers load into a USA UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter as they participate in a 173rd ABN BDE low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers will jump in chalks of eight from UH-60 helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces

Eight US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers load int...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maniago State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Francia Bienvenue, 633rd

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Francia Bienvenue, 633rd

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Francia Bienvenue, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace and operational physiology journeyman, secures an oxygen mask for a U.S. Navy sailor before an altitude chamber-traini... More

SGT Horton assists an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft pilot in an altitude chamber as another technician mans the chamber's control panel. The pilot, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is undergoing training

SGT Horton assists an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft pilot in an altitude ch...

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

A low altitude right front view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft preparing to land. The Stratotanker is at the base to have a high bypass engine modification made

A low altitude right front view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft prep...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Boeing Military Airplane Co. Rel... More

Soldiers and airmen work together to prepare a load of munitions to be dropped using the Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) during exercise Brim Frost

Soldiers and airmen work together to prepare a load of munitions to be...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '83 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

A crewman gives the "Thumbs Up" sign as he prepares to conduct a Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) during exercise Brim Frost

A crewman gives the "Thumbs Up" sign as he prepares to conduct a Low A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '83 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

MAJ. Robert Adams, a T-37 Tweet aircraft pilot instructor with the 560th Flying Training Squadron, maintains exact altitude and distance from another T-37 while demonstrating fingertip formation during a training flight

MAJ. Robert Adams, a T-37 Tweet aircraft pilot instructor with the 560...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Bill Thompson Release Status: Rel... More

An air-to-air left side view of an F-15C Eagle aircraft with a low altitude navigation targeting infrared night (LANTIRN) pod mounted on the left forward station. The aircraft is in flight near Edwards Air Force Base

An air-to-air left side view of an F-15C Eagle aircraft with a low alt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Paul Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighters from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), carry Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) systems and are fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles on the wingtips, fly near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighters from the 78th F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: A1C Greg L. Davis, USAF... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Doug Fenski, 62nd Special Tactics Squadron (STS) Combat Control Team (CCT), prepares to land after performing a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) non-competition demonstration jump with other members of the USAF 62nd STS CCT and a United Kingdom (UK) Royal Air Force (RAF) CCT at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Doug Fenski, 62nd Specia...

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

United Kingdom (UK) Royal Air Force (RAF) Combat Control Team (CCT) members wait for their last member to land after performing a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) non-competition demonstration jump with members of the US Air Force (USAF) 62nd Special Tactics Squadron (STS) CCT at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), during the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition

United Kingdom (UK) Royal Air Force (RAF) Combat Control Team (CCT) me...

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

As Air Force Stars Jump Team member appears to drop onto his shoulder, STAFF Sergeant Ray Herrera, USAF, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, transmits wind velocities from a Kestrel 300 wind meter to the incoming team during a HARP (High Altitude Release Point) landing at the 2001 Airshow at Offutt Air Force Base

As Air Force Stars Jump Team member appears to drop onto his shoulder,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jac... More

Boxed Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) are destined for Afghanistan. When opened, C-17A Globemaster IIIs will carry 35,000 loosely packaged in 84 Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) boxes on each mission. In a three way first, the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery. This will be its first combat airdrop mission and is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

Boxed Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) are destined for Afghanistan. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

Members of the US Army fill a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). US Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs delivered HDRs in support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

Members of the US Army fill a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

A US Army member fills a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). US Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs delivered HDRs in support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. Eighty-four TRIAD boxes, each measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, filled with 420 HDRs will be loaded onto a C-17A Globemaster III. In a three way first the C-17A will deliver the first operational TRIAD delivery, it will be its first combat airdrop mission and this is the first of its kind, high altitude airdrop for HDRs

A US Army member fills a Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jere... More

AIRMAN First Class Thomas Biscoglio from the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, inspects the intake of an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to a training mission. Under the intake a LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night) Navigation Pod AN/AAQ-13 (right of nose gear) and a Targeting Pod AN/AAQ-14 (left of nose gear). The F16's were diverted to the Utah Air National Guard base due to an accident at Hill AFB; an F-16C crashed after the nose-gear tire blew during a high-speed takeoff

AIRMAN First Class Thomas Biscoglio from the 421st Fighter Squadron, H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Salt Lake City State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Mark Savage, ... More

The tail fin of an F-15E Strike Eagle, 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The Strike Eagle is considered the most advanced two-seat tactical fighter aircraft in the world. A large array of avionics and electronic systems make the F-15E able to fight at low altitude, day or night, in severe weather. The Strike Eagle has a primary function as an air to ground attack aircraft but is capable of air-to-air battle

The tail fin of an F-15E Strike Eagle, 492nd Fighter Squadron (FS), 48...

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: SRA James L. Ha... More

An F-16 Falcon fighter from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) assigned to Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, flies low over the base armed with AIM-120 (AMEAAM) Slammer missiles and the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pods under its fuselage, while on a training mission in support of exercise Northern Edge 2002

An F-16 Falcon fighter from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS) assigned to...

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 Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release St... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jason Wu, Engineer Sergeant, Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment (DET) 144, Alpha Company (A CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), repacks a parachute between jumps during High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training as part of Exercise NOTHEN EDGE 04. NOTHEN EDGE is Alaska's (AK) annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More than 9,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from active duty,...

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jason Wu, Engineer Sergeant, Special Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jason Wu, Engineer Sergeant, Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment (DET) 144, Alpha Company (A... More

US Air force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Wierzsanowski, Pilot, 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), maneuvers his F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft to look for other aircraft flying at 45,000 ft. altitude as he participates in a simulated dog fight aerial combat 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

US Air force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Wierzsanowski, Pilot, 18th Fighter S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Harris (right), Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) AIRMAN, checks the parachute of a US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldier, seated inside a USA 173rd ABN BDE UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter, as he and other Soldiers participate in a low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers will jump in chalks of eight from UH-60 helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Harris (right), Tactic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maniago State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Harris (right), Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) AIRMAN, works with US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers seated inside a USA 173rd ABN BDE UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter as they participate in a low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers will jump in chalks of eight from UH-60 helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Harris (right), Tactic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Maniago State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Priscilla Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Marines from 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

Marines from 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

Marines from 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion prepare to board one of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366's CH-53D Sea Stallions at the Air Force Dare County Bombing Range, March 8, after participating i... More

A U.S. Air Force C-130B Hercules aircraft passes low over a drop zone in South Vietnam to deliver a pallet of supplies to ground forces in a forward area. The low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) is successfully being used to resupply forward area sites where it is impossible for an aircraft to land

A U.S. Air Force C-130B Hercules aircraft passes low over a drop zone ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saigon Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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