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Third Battalion, 325th Infantry paratroopers practicing high altitude, low opening (HALO) jumping descend from 10,000 feet over Aviano Air Base

Third Battalion, 325th Infantry paratroopers practicing high altitude,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Overview of the tarmac of Prince Sultan Air Base looking in a easterly direction. In the upper right of the tarmac is where Operations is located, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (monitoring the no-fly zone over Iraq). There is a C-5 Galaxy, a C-130 Hercules and several KC-135 Stratotankers on the ramp. Altitude was approximately 7,000 feet

Overview of the tarmac of Prince Sultan Air Base looking in a easterly...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards, USAF ... More

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard's High Altitude Training Squadron at Eagle County Airport lifts off to conduct a reconnaissance flight with Air Force BGEN Donald A. Streater, A-10 recovery operations commander. The flight will provide the first look at the aircraft crash site at Gold Dust Peak

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard's High ...

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

Major Joel E. Best, Commander of Detachment One, Army Aviation High Altitude Training Site, Eagle Colorado, briefs all members of the A-10 Thunderbolt recovery team on procedures for up coming UH-1N Huey helicopter flights to the crash site

Major Joel E. Best, Commander of Detachment One, Army Aviation High Al...

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 t... More

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the High Altitude Training Squadron (HATS) flies above the "ouch" pad touch down point, near the lower debris field, as it brings in more personnel for the A-10 recovery effort. Some of the recovery team members can be seen at the bottom of the frame

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the High Altitude Training Squadron (HAT...

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

An Army High Altitude Training Site UH-1N helicopter lands at one of 18 locations used to determine the impact of the A-10 crash near Gold Dust Peak. The team will evaluate the pristine environment for any negative impact due to the crash

An Army High Altitude Training Site UH-1N helicopter lands at one of 1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Near Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: R... More

STS060-09-032 - STS-060 - Aurora Australis or Southern Lights as seen from STS-60 Shuttle Discovery

STS060-09-032 - STS-060 - Aurora Australis or Southern Lights as seen ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-60 crew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery observed the display of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights. The multi-hued shafts of light, extendin... More

Left side Profile of a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft as US Marines, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, wait patiently to board the plane. The Marines are scheduled to conduct a night combat jump with an altitude on 6-thousand feet during the Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Left side Profile of a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft as US Marine...

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

Members from the Royal Thailand Armed Forces prepare their parachutes prior to boarding an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Phitsanulok, Thailand. The U.S. and Thai airborne soldiers 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 Royal Thailand Armed Forces prepare their parachutes ...

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, Air Force pararescue AIRMAN First Class Michael Flores (Hometown: San Antonio, Texas), a member of the 66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, receives a "hit" of oxygen from a MA-1 walk around bottle 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, Air Force pararescue AIRMA...

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 Marine Corps (USMC) FIM-92 Stinger ground-to-air missile is launched from an Avenger (Pedestal Mounted Stinger) mounted on an M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), Heavy HUMMER Variant (HHV), by the USMC 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (LAAD), Marine Corps Base (MCB) 29 Palms, California

A US Marine Corps (USMC) FIM-92 Stinger ground-to-air missile is launc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ma... More

In a forest of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) two US Air Force personnel prepare them to receive some 420 loose Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) per box. 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

In a forest of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) two US Air For...

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 Member of the US Air Force ties down Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRIADS) filled with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) bound for Afghanistan. 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 Member of the US Air Force ties down Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Carlos Carrasco, Radio Operator, 4th Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion (BN), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), looks down at his shot chart for the 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle at the range in the 33 Area during his annual weapons qualification

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Carlos Carrasco, Radio Operator,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division S... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, carries a FIM-92 Stinger, Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missile past an M1097 Avenger, Pedestal Mounted Stinger System, during the Battalion Fire Exercise (BNFEX), at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Low Alt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL David J. Callaway,... 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

Eight US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers sit in the open cargo bay doors (four on each side) of 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 sit in 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

Unserviceable flags are burned during 2nd Low Altitude

Unserviceable flags are burned during 2nd Low Altitude

Unserviceable flags are burned during 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion's flag disposal ceremony outside of Battery A, June 14. “The flag code says to dispose of the American flag in an honorable way,” sai... More

A Marine with Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

A Marine with Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

A Marine with Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, coordinates with aircraft to evacuate a simulated casualty during a three-day reconnaissance and surveillance patrol aboard Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash... More

Airplanes - Materials - Castor Bean Culture, Dade City, Florida. The oil which is made from the beans is used as a lubricant for airplane engines since high altitude does not freeze it. The industry is practically new in this country as a result of war needs. Several tons of castor seeds were supplied by the British government in order to get the industry properly started here. From Geo. H. Walker

Airplanes - Materials - Castor Bean Culture, Dade City, Florida. The o...

Date Taken: 6/5/1918 Photographer: Geo. H. Walker Airplanes - Materials

Airplanes - Flight - First photograph to be released of the first Liberty Motor to fly. Now that the censorship has been released this photo shows the first aeroplane to be equipped with a Liberty Motor in flight. The late Col. Roosevelt made a flight in this machine. It was on August 21, 1917 that this plane with a Liberty Motor climbed 7,000 feet in 10 minutes and reached its maximum altitude of 19,000 feet in forty-one minutes. The speed developed was faster than that of the Nieuport Scout, on eof the leading European planes at that time

Airplanes - Flight - First photograph to be released of the first Libe...

Date Taken: 8/21/1917 Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Airplanes - Flight

AS07-07-1748 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, India, Nepal, China

AS07-07-1748 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, India, Nepal, China

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo 7,India,Nepal,South China,Himalayas,Mount Everest,Ganges River,Ghaghra River,Tsho and Terinam Tsho. Very high oblique. The world's dozen peaks which... 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

Artwork: "Pease AFB Altitude Chamber" Artist: Marbury Brown

Artwork: "Pease AFB Altitude Chamber" Artist: Marbury Brown

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

A view of a radar configuration aboard the ex-USS SAVAGE, used for the High Altitude Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Project at the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) range

A view of a radar configuration aboard the ex-USS SAVAGE, used for the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Shirley Bueltel Release ... 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

An artist's concept of a Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) scenario for attacking an armored column

An artist's concept of a Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Belcher/G. F. Jones Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft on the first flight with both the navigation and targeting pods of the LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation, Targeting Infrared, Night) system installed. The navigation pod is under the left side of the air intake and the targeting pod is on the right

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft on t...

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

An AQM-81A Firebolt Model 305 high altitude, high speed target (HAHST) drone

An AQM-81A Firebolt Model 305 high altitude, high speed target (HAHST)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

An air-to-air left side view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft carrying a low altitude dispenser (LAD) bomb

An air-to-air left side view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft carrying a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... 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

A C-130E Hercules aircraft makes a low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) drop during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

A C-130E Hercules aircraft makes a low altitude parachute extraction s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Steve Mcgill Release Status... 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

An air-to-air right side view of two F-15E Eagle aircraft. The plane in the foreground, piloted by LT. COL. M. Decuir and LT. COL. John M. Delouey of the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron (336th TFS), is equipped with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, Mark 5 bombs and a Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod. The F-15E in the background, flown by CAPT. Mark W. Mouw and CAPT. Gregory W. Torba of the 336th TFS, is also equipped with a LANTIRN pod

An air-to-air right side view of two F-15E Eagle aircraft. The plane i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: A1C Thomas F. Fischer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft of the Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team is shown flying at very low altitude down the runway

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft of the Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstrati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Cecil Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LT. Jeff R. Hilton Release Sta... More

Corporal Orlando Villareal, and Avenger GUNNER from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion from Cherry Point, North Carolina, confirms the simulated destruction of hostile aircraft in the skies over NASA Test Site, New Mexico during exercise Roving Sands '96

Corporal Orlando Villareal, and Avenger GUNNER from the 2nd Low Altitu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Nasa Test Site State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

Armed F-16Cs of the 36th Fighter Squadron show their hardware as they rise into the sky for an operational mission. From outside in is an AIM 120 AMRAAM, an AIM 9L Sidewinder, and a GBU 24A 2000 pound bomb. The 36th Fighter Squadron performs air interdiction, close air support, and counter-air missions with LANTIRN (Low Altitude and Targeting Infrared for Night) equipped fighters. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine September 1996

Armed F-16Cs of the 36th Fighter Squadron show their hardware as they ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: John K. Mcdowell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

SSGT Anthony Zillinsky (left) and SRA Larry Chambers, 494th Fighter Squadron sensor systems technicians, troubleshoot a Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night pod. Exact Date Shot Unknown .Published in AIRMAN Magazine March 1997

SSGT Anthony Zillinsky (left) and SRA Larry Chambers, 494th Fighter Sq...

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

CW03 John Ogburn, an instructor pilot from the Colorado Army National Guard's HIgh Altitude Training Squadron at the Eagle County Airport, tows out a UH-1 helicopter. The morning's reconnaissance flight will provide the first look at the A-10 crash site near Gold Dust Peak

CW03 John Ogburn, an instructor pilot from the Colorado Army National ...

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

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard's High Altitude Training Squadron at Eagle County Airport lifts off to conduct a reconnaissance flight with Air Force BGEN Donald A. Streater, A-10 recovery operations commander. The flight will provide the first look at the aircraft crash site at Gold Dust Peak

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard's High ...

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

As the sun rises in the east, another day begins at the Army's High Altitude Training Site for the A-10 recovery operation as UH-1N helicopters wait for their crews

As the sun rises in the east, another day begins at the Army's High Al...

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

A-10 recovery team members walk back to their base of operations at Eagle Airport after returning from a day of searching the Gold Dust Peak area where the A-10 crashed. In the background is the Army's High Altitude Training Site and a UH-1N helicopter

A-10 recovery team members walk back to their base of operations at Ea...

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

BGEN Don Streater, commander of the A-10 recovery operation, sits as sound and camera technicians from ABC's Good Morning America program prepare for a live interview in the hangar of the Colorado Army National Guard's High Altitude Training Site

BGEN Don Streater, commander of the A-10 recovery operation, sits as s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... 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

STS060-09-031 - STS-060 - Aurora Australis or Southern Lights as seen from STS-60 Shuttle Discovery

STS060-09-031 - STS-060 - Aurora Australis or Southern Lights as seen ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-60 crew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery observed the display of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights. The multi-hued shafts of light, extendin... More

The Avenger air-defense system, mounted atop an High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), awaits its turn to fire on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area during a 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion missile targeting exercise. Marines from the 2nd LAAD Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, were using the versatile US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." rockets as fast-moving targets, firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system

The Avenger air-defense system, mounted atop an High-Mobility Multipur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Jose A. Rubio, Usmc... More

US Army Lieutenant Colonel Peter Davis, right, performs a last minute check of his equipment as MASTER Sergeant Andy Serrano checks the location of the aircraft during a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) mission, January 22, 2001

US Army Lieutenant Colonel Peter Davis, right, performs a last minute ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stan Parker Release Status: Relea... More

A US Navy (USN) Sailor assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit One (NSWU1), takes a picture of the other jumpers exiting the ramp of helicopter during a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump over Orote Point, Santa Rita, Guam

A US Navy (USN) Sailor assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit One (NSW...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Santa Rita State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Marjorie Mcnamee, USN Release Status: Released to... 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 Navy (USN) Photographerßs Mate AIRMAN (PHAN) Eugene Kretschmer changes the laser wavelength setting on a LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared for Night) Pod on the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72), while the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN is underway conducting combat operations in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH in the Persian Gulf

US Navy (USN) Photographerßs Mate AIRMAN (PHAN) Eugene Kretschmer chan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Bernardo Fuller, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Kvalvik, a GUNNER assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, sets up the Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) for the M1097 Avenger, Pedestal Mounted Stinger System, during the battalion live fire exercise at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Kvalvik, a GUNNER assigne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL David J. Callaway,... 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

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, assigned to the Marauders of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Two (VFA-82), climbs in altitude after departing Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, assigned to the Marauders of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LT Perry Soloman, Usn ... More

Green Beret Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group

Green Beret Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group

Green Beret Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) exit a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a High Altitude-Low Opening (HALO) airborne operation. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Moeller, 5th ... More

Sgt. Shane P. Santelli, the motor transport chief of

Sgt. Shane P. Santelli, the motor transport chief of

Sgt. Shane P. Santelli, the motor transport chief of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s A Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, puts the finishing touches on one of his paintings in the 2nd LAAD... 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

Marines with Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, provide security for their team during a simulated casualty evacuation aboard Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash, April 10, 2015. Marines with the company opera... More

Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Atlantic Airship, largest in world, makes debut in England. The Atlantic airship, or R-33, makes its debut recently at Shelby, England. Flight proved successful for she remained three hours in air reaching an altitude of 2,000 feet

Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Atlantic Airship, largest in world, make...

Date Taken: 3/20/1919 Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Balloons - Hangars and Beds

Airplanes - Types - Loening Monoplane with 300 H.P. Hispano Motor. Front view of machine in which Maj. Schroeder established new world's record by carrying three passengers to an altitude of 21,000 feet. Taken at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. Note the design of wing structure; also manner in which wings fasten to upper body longitudinals and are braced to bottom of body. Latter feature cuts weight of machine in half. Designed by Grover C. Loening, of the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation, New York City. From S.C. Loening

Airplanes - Types - Loening Monoplane with 300 H.P. Hispano Motor. Fro...

Photographer: S.C. Loening Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Astronaut Cooper inside 30' Altitude Chamber and Using Food Packets

Photograph of Astronaut Cooper inside 30' Altitude Chamber and Using F...

This item is a Photograph of Astronaut Cooper inside 30' Altitude Chamber and Using Food Packets. Source Files on Project Gemini

AS14-76-10347 - Apollo 14 - Apollo 14 Mission image - High altitude views of the Earth.

AS14-76-10347 - Apollo 14 - Apollo 14 Mission image - High altitude vi...

The original database describes this as: Description: High altitude views of the Earth. Images were taken from the CSM on the Apollo 14 mission. Original film magazine was labeled 0,film type was SO-368 (Ektac... More

A solid-propellant apogee motor for the NATO III communications satellite (SATCOM) is being put into a 110,000-foot altitude test. The engine also underwent the impact, vibration and acceleration (IVA) test

A solid-propellant apogee motor for the NATO III communications satell...

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: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More

A NASA WB-57F aircraft takes off on a high altitude air-sampling mission during Project Airstream. Project Airstream measures background radiation and chemical pollutants in the atmosphere

A NASA WB-57F aircraft takes off on a high altitude air-sampling missi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROJECT AIRSTREAM Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Michael Longfellow Rel... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Dittel, altitude chamber instructor, keeps an eye on the personnel who are going through the high altitude training

SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Dittel, altitude chamber instructor, keeps an eye...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cupid Richardson Release Stat... More

An aerial port bow view of the target destroyer ex-USS SAVAGE with cameras and antennas positioned on its decks, for use during the High Altitude Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) project at the Pacific Missile Test Center

An aerial port bow view of the target destroyer ex-USS SAVAGE with cam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lyle Humphrey Release Status... More

A view of a radar configuration aboard the ex-USS SAVAGE, used for the High Altitude Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Project at the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) range

A view of a radar configuration aboard the ex-USS SAVAGE, used for the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Shirley Bueltel Release ... More

Major Robert A. Shumway, pilot, and Captain James W. Wilson, co-pilot, rely on the electro-optical viewing screens to guided them safely as they fly their B-52H Stratofortress aircraft at a low altitude

Major Robert A. Shumway, pilot, and Captain James W. Wilson, co-pilot,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPT Rosell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Captain (CPT) Charles Taylor, copilot, working from the cockpit of an EC-130H Hercules aircraft, prepares to link up his plane with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for refueling at an altitude of approximately 12,000 feet. Taylor is with the 66th Electronic Combat Wing. The EC-130H"Compass Call"aircraft is based at Sembach Air Base, Germany. Its mission is to provide electronic countermeasures (ECM) to reduce the enemy's capability to wage war

Captain (CPT) Charles Taylor, copilot, working from the cockpit of an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of an Air Force combat control team comes in for a landing after making a high altitude, low opening (HALO) parachute jump

A member of an Air Force combat control team comes in for a landing af...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: National Guard Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart Release Status... More

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101) gains altitude after takeoff, its landing gear still down. VF-101 provides F-14 readiness training for Atlantic fleet units

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101) gains alti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky, USN Release S... More

Trailing the tow wire for an aerial banner target, a Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft gains altitude after being launched from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise

Trailing the tow wire for an aerial banner target, a Fighter Squadron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tom Lynaugh Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

After completing a dive, Engineman SENIOR CHIEF Charles Payne rests with the aid of supplemental oxygen as Dive MASTER Medical Surgeon Commander Leland J. Morrison looks on. Both are members of the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobil Unit 7 from San Diego, California. The high altitude of the lakes in the Rockies places extra stress on the divers searching for the 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

After completing a dive, Engineman SENIOR CHIEF Charles Payne rests wi...

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

A stinger missile leaves its tube on an M-1097 AVENGER as Marines of 2d Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion show off their capabilities during FireEX. The AVENGER has eight Stinger missiles and one .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Chassis

A stinger missile leaves its tube on an M-1097 AVENGER as Marines of 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D LAAD Scene Came... More

A United States Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket, at the moment of lift-off from its launchpad, on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area during a 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion missile targeting exercise. Marines from the 2nd LAAD Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, were using the versatile rockets as fast-moving targets, firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) (not shown)

A United States Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket, at th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Jose A. Rubio, Usmc... More

US Air Force personnel load Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRIADS) filled Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) on to a 60K-loader. 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

US Air Force personnel load Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery Systems (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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Cresencio Onofre, a Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) team member, assigned to the 48th Component Repair Squadron, swaps out Liate Control Computer (LCC) computer stations, at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Cresencio Onofre, a Low Alti...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Chris Bautista, Motor Transportation Operator, 4th Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion (BN), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), aims at the target with a 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle at the range located in the 33 Area, during his annual weapons qualification

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Chris Bautista, Motor Transporta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division S... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter, 18th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, takes 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)

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter, 18th Fighter Squadron,...

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

A US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldier participates 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

A US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldier participates ...

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

Eight US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) Soldiers sit as they wait to 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 sit as 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

Special Forces Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces

Special Forces Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces

Special Forces Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) glide toward the ground under their RA-1 Ram-Air Parachute System canopies during a High Altitude-Low Opening (HALO) airborne operation. (U.S... More

Cpl. Kiefer Brown, the embark chief with 2nd LAAD Bn.,

Cpl. Kiefer Brown, the embark chief with 2nd LAAD Bn.,

Cpl. Kiefer Brown, the embark chief with 2nd LAAD Bn., looks at Marine Corps insignias dating back to 1914 during a unit field trip to the National Museum of the United States Marine Corps in Quantico, Va., Dec... More

Smoke surrounds three Marines following the launch

Smoke surrounds three Marines following the launch

Smoke surrounds three Marines following the launch of a a FIM-92 Stinger missile during the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion’s team and section leader’s course Feb. 8. The Stinger Missile is designed to d... More

For training purposes, in case a grenade is dropped

For training purposes, in case a grenade is dropped

For training purposes, in case a grenade is dropped in the pit, Sgt. Cameron S. Neivert, a section leader with 2nd platoon, Battery B, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, tackles Petty Officer 3rd Class Kri... More

A Mountain Warfare Instructor leads Marines with 2nd

A Mountain Warfare Instructor leads Marines with 2nd

A Mountain Warfare Instructor leads Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, in skiing drills during Mountain Training Exercise 1-17 in the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Cali... More

Airplanes - Materials - Castor Bean Culture, Dade City, Florida. The oil which is made from the beans is used as a lubricant for airplane engines since high altitude does not freeze it. The industry is practically new in this country as a result of war needs. Several tons of castor seeds were supplied by the British government in order to get the industry properly started here. From Geo. H. Walker

Airplanes - Materials - Castor Bean Culture, Dade City, Florida. The o...

Photographer: Geo. H. Walker Airplanes - Materials Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Entering the 30' Altitude Chamber

Photograph of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Entering the 30' Altitude Chamber

This item is a Photograph of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Entering the 30' Altitude Chamber. Source Files on Project Gemini

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