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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

AS07-03-1545 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, Saturn IVB during docking maneuvers

AS07-03-1545 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, Saturn IVB during docking ...

The original database describes this as: Description: The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers at an approximate altitude of 125 nau... More

AS06-02-1486 - Apollo 6 - Apollo 6 Mission Image - Georgia and South Carolina

AS06-02-1486 - Apollo 6 - Apollo 6 Mission Image - Georgia and South C...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the east coast of the United States as photographed from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's unmanned Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Satu... More

AIRMAN First Class Mark Stanley is the flight recorder for the altitude chamber. The chamber is used to help train personnel for high altitude flying

AIRMAN First Class Mark Stanley is the flight recorder for the altitud...

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

Dr. James A. Whalen, physicist, collects high altitude ionosphere behavior data fro the SWEPT frequency sounder receiving system in the Auroral Ionoshperic Research room of the Air Force Geophysics laboratory

Dr. James A. Whalen, physicist, collects high altitude ionosphere beha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hanscom Air Force Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT William W. Magel Release St... More

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Navy communications satellite (FLTSATCOM) is being put into a high altitude test cell. The engine also underwent the impact, vibration and acceleration (IVA) test

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Na...

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 Military Airlift Command (MAC) C-130 Hercules aircraft drops a pallet of supplies using the low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) during the joint US/South Koren Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84

A Military Airlift Command (MAC) C-130 Hercules aircraft drops a palle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul Hayashi Release Status... More

An air-to-air view of three F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing en route to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Each aircraft is carrying external fuel tanks, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and an AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod. The center aircraft is also carrying a low altitude navigation, targeting infrared night (LANTIRN) navigation pod on the left side of its engine intake

An air-to-air view of three F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Marv Lynchard Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A ground crewman guides a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (388th) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft onto the taxiway. The 388th TFW is deploying to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. Mounted on the aircraft's left outboard wing pylon is an AN/ALQ-131 Electronic CounterMeasures (ECM) pod; mounted on the side of the engine intake is a Low Altitude Navigation, Targeting Infrared Night (LANTIRN) navigation pod

A ground crewman guides a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (388th) F-16C Fi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH... More

The mobile chase pilot assists the U-2R pilot by telling him the plane's altitude while landing at Beale AFB. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine, May 1994

The mobile chase pilot assists the U-2R pilot by telling him the plane...

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: MSGT. Rose S. Reynolds Release Status... More

Overview of the tent city at Prince Sultan Air Base looking in a easterly direction. The white trailers contain the command center while the "H" shaped tents in the upper center of the photograph comprise the dining facility. Altitude was approximately 7,000 feet. Personnel are working in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (monitoring the no-fly zone over Iraq)

Overview of the tent city at Prince Sultan Air Base looking in a easte...

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

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

Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver "recovers" after the Colorado Army National Guard's High Altitude Training Squadron UH-1N helicopter departs the "ouch" landing zone at the base of the A-10 debris field as another member (upper right corner) of the recovery team crouches down

Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver "recovers" after the Colorado Army Nati...

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

CW03 John Ogburn (left), a UH-1N helicopter instructor pilot from the Colorado National Guard's High Altitude Training Site, gets a first hand look at the area he has been flying over in support of the A-10 recovery effort

CW03 John Ogburn (left), a UH-1N helicopter instructor pilot from the ...

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

Aircrew students sit in the altitude chamber for training under the watchful eye of the course instructor at Vance Air Force Base. The chamber will simulate conditions at various altitudes from sea level to extreme high altitude

Aircrew students sit in the altitude chamber for training under the wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vance Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Terry Wasson, Civilian, USAF Release St... More

STS060-09-029 - STS-060 - Aurora Australis or Southern Lights as seen from STS-60 Shuttle Discovery

STS060-09-029 - 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

A US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket lifts from its launchpad, toward an impact area 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 LAAD Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, were using the versitile rockets as fast-moving targets, firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)

A US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket lifts from its la...

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: CPL Timothy A. Pope, Us... More

In the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster, US Army Major James Nazar performs a function check of his equipment before flying a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) mission, January 22, 2001

In the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster, US Army Major James Nazar perf...

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, USAF Release Status:... 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

Members from the 1ST Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, and Thailand Airborne soldiers run through last minute preparations prior to jumping from 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

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

Combined Joint Forces participating in COBRA GOLD 2001, salute during the High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump for the Exercise COBRA GOLD 2001 opening ceremony at Phitsanulok, Thailand. 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

Combined Joint Forces participating in COBRA GOLD 2001, salute during ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 01 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Leslie Lawrence, USAF Release Status: Rel... 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

Members of the US Air Force and Army break down boxed Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) then fill Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) with them. 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 break down boxed Humanitarian Dai...

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 looks outside, into te nigt sky, before dropping is cargo of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded wit Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs). Air Force C-17s delivered HDRs in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afgan refugees wo ave massed inside te borders of Afganistan. Te C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inces tall and 48 by 48 inces square, eac filled wit 420 HDRs. Te HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, ig altitude airdrop. Tis is te first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and te first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17. In addition to te...

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster looks outside, into te ni...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster looks outside, into the night sky, before dropping his cargo of Tri-Wall Aerial Del... More

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Ron Pierce, a C-17 Loadmaster from the 7th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, reads a book prior to a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) air drop, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Ron Pierce, a C-17 Loadmaster from the 7th Airl...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Agustin Juradosegovia, Supply, 4th Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion (BN), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), waits for his turn to qualify with the 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle at the range during his annual weapons qualification

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Agustin Juradosegovia, Supply, 4...

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

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), performs a weapon's check of his 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

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), sites in the target with his 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle at the range located 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

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), holds a magazine prior to reloading his 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle at the range 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Robert Williams (left), a GUNNER with 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense (3rd LAAD), uses a high-pressure spray to clean parts, while performing preventive maintenance on a power generator at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Robert Williams (left), a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Willia... More

Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, 1st Cavalry Division Deputy

Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, 1st Cavalry Division Deputy

Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, 1st Cavalry Division Deputy Commanding General (right) and his command group secure a landing zone as their UH-60 Black Hawk approaches a hillside above the Dawlat Shah District Center ... More

Corporal Chris Kaaz, point man, Company C, 1st

Corporal Chris Kaaz, point man, Company C, 1st

Corporal Chris Kaaz, point man, Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, observes the drop zone from inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prior to executing a high altitude high opening jump at Joint Base Lewis-Mc... More

Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion

Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion put on skiing equipment during Exercise Arctic Edge 20 at Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 3, 2020. The purpose of the exercise is to increase the squadron’s profici... More

Two AH-1 Cobra helicopters face each other while hovering at low altitude during joint Air Force and US Readiness Command training exercise Brave Shield XIX

Two AH-1 Cobra helicopters face each other while hovering at low altit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Fehringer Release Status: Released to Public... More

Combat Control Team member MSGT James Charvat from the First Special Operations Wing descends to the ground by HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute

Combat Control Team member MSGT James Charvat from the First Special O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rodney Prouty Release Status: Released to... More

Combat Control Team member, MSGT James Charvat from the First Special Operations Wing, carries his HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute into the woods

Combat Control Team member, MSGT James Charvat from the First Special ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rodney Prouty Release Status: Released to... 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

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 Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drop is executed by a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Rock Drop Zone during exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) drop is executed by...

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

A view of a damaged target after being hit by a High Altitude Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) warhead, launched from an A-7 Corsair II aircraft

A view of a damaged target after being hit by a High Altitude Anti-Rad...

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: PH2 Holmes Release Status: R... More

An artist's concept of a satellite system that is part of the High Altitude Large Optics (HALO) program. The concept was done by Mr. Aldo DeSantis of the Rome Air Development Center's Technical Illustration Section

An artist's concept of a satellite system that is part of the High Alt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rome State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... 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

A C-130 Hercules aircraft passes over an assault airstrip to make a low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) drop of supplies during the joint South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '90

A C-130 Hercules aircraft passes over an assault airstrip to make a lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '90 Base: Yoju Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT David Underwood Release Status: Relea... More

An Attack Squadron 95 (VA-95) A-6E Intruder aircraft gains altitude while flying off after missing the arresting wire on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The LINCOLN is underway during its circumnavigation of South America

An Attack Squadron 95 (VA-95) A-6E Intruder aircraft gains altitude wh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A French high altitude paratrooper comes in for a landing at the Allied Rapid Reaction Command headquarters as part of a demonstration jump in celebration of Americas Independence Day

A French high altitude paratrooper comes in for a landing at the Allie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Moses Mlasko Release Status... More

The hangar of the Army's High Altitude Training Site in home to over 65 personnel taking part in the A-10 recovery effort. This number includes the newly arrived Navy EOD Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California comprising of 15 members

The hangar of the Army's High Altitude Training Site in home to over 6...

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 UH-1N helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard High Altitude Training Site at Eagle lands near the lake to stands by in the event of a medical emergency during the Navy's search for the missing bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

A UH-1N helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard High Altitude...

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 United States Navy, F-14B "Tomcat" outfitted with a Low Altitude Navigation Target Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod, one of the Navy's newest targeting systems, (mounted bottom, left) launches from the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The George Washington and Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VF-102) (pictured) are currently deployed to the Persian Gulf. Operation Southern Watch, 10 February 1998. (Duplicate image, see also DNSD0003426 or search 980210N0507F001)

A United States Navy, F-14B "Tomcat" outfitted with a Low Altitude Nav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Brian Fleske, USN Release Status: Released to ... 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 AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles on its wingtips, 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

STS060-09-033 - STS-060 - Aurora Australis or Southern Lights as seen from STS-60 Shuttle Discovery

STS060-09-033 - 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 and right profile shot medium close-up as prior to a High Altitude Low Opening exercise STAFF Sergeant Tim Hanks, helps another member of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia prepare his parachute before boarding a HC-130 (not shown) during Exercise Desert Rescue VII, at 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

Left and right profile shot medium close-up as prior to a High Altitud...

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

Marines from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, prepare a US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket for launch on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area. Using the versatile rockets as fast-moving targets, the Marines practiced firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)

Marines from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, statio...

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: CPL Timothy A. Pope, Us... More

Aboard the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Ken Brown, secures a Low Altitude Navigational Targeting Inferred for Night (LANTIRN) to an F-14B Tomcat fighter, in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 2000

Aboard the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), Photographer's Mate Seco...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PHAN James Wagner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A member of the Royal Thailand Armed Forces calls out time position before jumping from 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

A member of the Royal Thailand Armed Forces calls out time position be...

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

In participation with EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, STAFF Sergeant Lee T. Gaudreau with the 320th Special Tactical Squadron, Okinawa, Japan (hometown is Haverhill, Mass.), completes a High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump from the HC-130 near the B-16 range at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada.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

In participation with EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, STAFF Sergeant Lee T....

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

Participating in EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, 1ST Combat Camera videographer STAFF Sergeant H. Chris Scrivener 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. 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, 1ST Combat Camera videogra...

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

In participation with EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, AirForce member with the 320th Special Tactical Unit, Okinawa, Japan, performs High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump from the HC-130 near the B-16 range at Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada.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 AirStation, Nevada

In participation with EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, AirForce member with ...

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

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, performs 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, 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (LAAD) conduct a cleanup at the conclusion of their FIM-92 Stinger, Man Portable Air Defense (MANPADS) ground-to-air missile firing exercise, Marine Corps Base (MCB) 29 Palms, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battali...

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

A US Marine Corps (USMC), Continental Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) scale target (Su-25 Frogfoot) is launched from a trailer mounted launcher. Used by the USMC 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (LAAD) as a target for the FIM-92 Stinger, Man Portable Air Defense (MANPADS) ground-to-air missile, Marine Corps Base (MCB) 29 Palms, California

A US Marine Corps (USMC), Continental Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) s...

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

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Ron Pierce, a C-17 Loadmaster from the 7th Airlift Squadron (AS), McChord Air Force Base, Washington, gives the thumbs up as the High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) air drop pallets are released over northern Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Ron Pierce, a C-17 Loadmaster from the 7th Airl...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Robert Williams (left), a GUNNER with 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense (3rd LAAD), uses a high-pressure spray to clean parts, while performing preventive maintenance on a power generator at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Robert Williams (left), a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Willia... More

Reconnaissance and surveillance patrol hones Marines’ readiness

Reconnaissance and surveillance patrol hones Marines’ readiness

Sergeant Ben Deweese, assistant team leader, Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, makes final gear preparations prior to a three-day reconnaissance and surveillance patrol aboard Joint Base Lewis McCord, Wa... More

Lance Cpl. Takota A. Carruth provides security during

Lance Cpl. Takota A. Carruth provides security during

Lance Cpl. Takota A. Carruth provides security during Exercise Arctic Edge 20 at Fort Greely, Alaska, Jan. 31, 2020. The purpose of the exercise is to increase the squadron’s proficiency in extreme cold weather... More

Lance Cpl. Tony J. Tart keeps watch over a danger area

Lance Cpl. Tony J. Tart keeps watch over a danger area

Lance Cpl. Tony J. Tart keeps watch over a danger area while the platoon conducts a foot patrol during training at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue May 17-19. More than 30 Marines with Battery B, 2nd ... More

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force recently conducted training aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 18 to Sept. 17, 2014.... More

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

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

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Francia Bienvue, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron physiology technician, dons her mask before going through a rapid decompression test with high-altitude training students in a hyp... More

Donner Laboratory scientist William Siri studying blood behaviour in humans at the high altitude biology laboratory at Chacoltaya Mountain in Bolivia, 17,000 feet above sea level. Morgue 1957-5 (P-1). [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Donner Laboratory scientist William Siri studying blood behaviour in h...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Photograph of Astronaut Cooper Sealed Inside the Cabin of the 30' Altitude Chamber

Photograph of Astronaut Cooper Sealed Inside the Cabin of the 30' Alti...

This item is a Photograph of Astronaut Cooper Sealed Inside the Cabin of the 30' Altitude Chamber. Source Files on Project Gemini

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Navy communications satellite (FLTSATCOM) is being put into a high altitude test cell

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Na...

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

BURST DISC ET016 ON HPF HIGH PRESSURE FACILITY ALTITUDE EXHAUST SYSTEM

BURST DISC ET016 ON HPF HIGH PRESSURE FACILITY ALTITUDE EXHAUST SYSTEM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/22/1978 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

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

Aerial view of the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) taken from a 25,000-foot altitude

Aerial view of the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) taken from a 25,...

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: PHC Thornsley Release Status... More

An artist's concept of the F-16 multimission cockpit head up display, showing a pilot's view of the low altitude navigation and targeting infra-red system for night

An artist's concept of the F-16 multimission cockpit head up display, ...

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

An underside view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying Low Altitude Navigation, Targeting Infrared Night (LANTIRN) pods on the fuselage

An underside view of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying Low Al...

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

Trailing a drogue chute, a C-130E Hercules aircraft of the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron approaches for a low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) demonstration during Air Fete '84

Trailing a drogue chute, a C-130E Hercules aircraft of the 37th Tactic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jose Lopez Jr. Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A view of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility exhaust ducting. Air is drawn from the test cell through this ducting to simulate high altitude/low pressure conditions and to cool the hot exhaust gases from the engine before the air is vented into the atmosphere

A view of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility exhaust ducting. Air...

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: Unknown Release Status: Released t... More

The low altitude parachute extraction system is used to deliver a vehicle to the landing zone from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86

The low altitude parachute extraction system is used to deliver a vehi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E Hercules aircraft delivers cargo by a low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) airdrop at Templehof Central Airport during a demonstration

A 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E Hercules aircraft delivers car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

An F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 94th Tactical Fighter Squadron gains altitude after taking off during exercise Coronet Archer

An F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 94th Tactical Fighter Squadron gains a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CORONET ARCHER Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter gains altitude as it lifts a partially dismantled Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) SH-3H Sea King helicopter from the deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The Sea King helicopter will be carried to the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67)

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion he...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 William A. Lipski Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

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

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), its after...

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

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 soldier from the Mixed Air Defense Artillery Regiment 2 locks onto a UH-1 helicopter during his unit's participation in Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise. He is shouldering a FIM-43 Redeye Low Altitude Surface to Air missile

A soldier from the Mixed Air Defense Artillery Regiment 2 locks onto a...

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

Corporal Orlando Villarreal, an Avenger GUNNER from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, from Cherry Point, North Carolina keeps a lookout for hostile aircraft over the NASA Test Site, New Mexico as part of exercise Roving Sands '96

Corporal Orlando Villarreal, an 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

An F-16 Falcon can be seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-10 as it moves to the refueling boom. The F-16 is returning from a bombing run. Visible under the wings (left to right) is an AMI pod for training, a SUE rack, fuel tank, LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation Targeting Infrared, Night) navigation pod, fuel tank, TUR rack, and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

An F-16 Falcon can be seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Came... 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 a UH-1N helicopter waits for her crew. Additional UH-1N helicopters used to train crews can be seen in the background

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

The hangar of the Army's High Altitude Training Site in home to over 65 personnel taking part in the A-10 recovery effort. This number includes the newly arrived Navy EOD Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California comprising of 15 members

The hangar of the Army's High Altitude Training Site in home to over 6...

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

After completing a dive, Engineman SENIOR CHIEF Charles Payne, a member of the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California, rests with the aid of supplemental oxygen. 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, a membe...

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 practice palletized cargo bundle is pulled from inside a Kingdom of Spain Spanish Air Force 352nd Squadron (352 Escuadron) 35th Tactical Transport Wing (Ala 35), Getafe Air Base (AB), Madrid, Spain, EADS/CASA CN-235-300 cargo transport aircraft by parachute (PLADS Parachute Low Altitude Delivery System) while on a drop mission over a Drop Zone (DZ) in Washington state, during the airdrop competition portion of the US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA)

A practice palletized cargo bundle is pulled from inside a Kingdom of ...

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

Left side rear view medium shot, as prior to a High Altitude Low Opening exercise US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Tim Hanks (standing), briefs two members of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia prepare his parachute before boarding a HC-130 (not shown) during Exercise Desert Rescue VII, at 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

Left side rear view medium shot, as prior to a High Altitude Low Openi...

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

Right side profile medium close-up shot as prior to a High Altitude Low Opening exercise STAFF Sergeant Tim Hanks, helps SENIOR AIRMAN Justin Shook of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia prepare his parachute before boarding a HC-130, (not shown) during Exercise Desert Rescue VII, at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. 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

Right side profile medium close-up shot as prior to a High Altitude Lo...

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

Medium shot. An A-10 Thunderbolt decends after refueling from a McGuire AFB, KC-10 aircraft (Not shown). The A-10 aircraft is specifically designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other ground vehicles. The A-10 has excellent manueverability at low air speeds and altitude, and are highly accurate weapons-delivery platforms. They can loiter near battle areas for extended periods od time and operate under 1000 foot ceilings (303.3 meters) with 1.5-mile (2.4 kilometers) visibility. Their wide combat radius and short takeoff and landing capability permit ...

Medium shot. An A-10 Thunderbolt decends after refueling from a McGuir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Medium shot. An A-10 Thunderbolt decends after refueling from a McGuire AFB, KC-10 aircraft (Not shown). The A-10 aircraft is s... More

Marines of 2d Low Altitude Arial Defence (LAAD) Battalion (Alpha Battery) went on a motivated 3 mile "Mud Run". The Marines were able to get down and dirty while at the same time boost morale within the group. Members will later spend lots of time getting their 5.56mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifles clean

Marines of 2d Low Altitude Arial Defence (LAAD) Battalion (Alpha Batte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2d LAAD Scene Camera Operator: ... More

An Army CH-47 Chinook aircrew member from the 4/123rd Aviation Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, prepares his aircraft for flight during a joint-combined US/Thai High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump in support of Exercise COBRA GOLD at Phitsonulok, Thailand. 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

An Army CH-47 Chinook aircrew member from the 4/123rd Aviation Regimen...

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

Members from the 1ST Special Forces Group, Ft. Lewis, Washington and Thailand Airborne soldiers prepare their parachutes prior to boarding an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The US/Thai airborne soldiers are participating in a combined US/Thai Army High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) jump in preparation for the opening ceremony activities at this years Exercise COBRA GOLD 01. COBRA GOLD '01 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, Ft. Lewis, Washington and T...

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

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