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A fuel pumping station is mounted on a pallet in the cargo bay of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A fuel pumping station is mounted on a pallet in the cargo bay of a C-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Releas... More

Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., dark blue suit, looks over military hardware at the Rock Island Arsenal during Project Rearm Part 1 dedication ceremonies. With Marsh are, from left to right: Brigadier General (BGEN) Peter J. Offringa, commanding general, Army Engineering Division; Colonel (COL) John S. Cowings, Rock Island Arsenal commander; Fred Dearborn, civilian executive assistant, secretary of the Army; Marsh; and Major General (MGEN) Fred Hissong, commanding general, Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command

Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr., dark blue suit, looks over mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: L.W. Wisenburg Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An air-to-air right side view of two F-4G Wild Weasel Phantom II aircraft from the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing. The aircraft are equipped with various armament including AIM-7F Sparrow, AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM), and AGM-45 Shrike mi

An air-to-air right side view of two F-4G Wild Weasel Phantom II aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released... More

Armament Systems Specialists from the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho load munitions onto an F16-C Fighting Falcon at Azaraq Air Base, Jordan. The plane will be participating in the Air Power Expeditionary Force. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq

Armament Systems Specialists from the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Base: Azraq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release ... More

A 61st Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules transport aircraft displays the status of the planes chafe and flares prior to flying into the former Yugoslavia region. The chafe and flares are discharged when the early warning system or a loadmaster perceives a possible threat to the plane from anti aircraft armament or surface to air missiles. The Green Hornets are deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100 day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130s every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national...

A 61st Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules transport aircraft displays the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A 61st Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules transport aircraft displays the status of the planes chafe and flares prior to flying int... More

U.S. Air Force Crew CHIEF A1C Ephraim Smallridge performs a pre-flight check of an A-10 Thunderbolt before a mission is flown against targets in Yugoslavia, (not shown) April 5,1999. The armament shown under the right wing of the A-10 is, left to right, two AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles; a pod of seven Hydra 70 rockets; and an AGM-65 maverick air-to-ground missiles. Smallride of Mount Vernon, Illinois, assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

U.S. Air Force Crew CHIEF A1C Ephraim Smallridge performs a pre-flight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Stan Parker Release Sta... More

From left-to right, United States Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Joseph Roach, StaffSergeant Michael Marriott, and loader driver, SRA Wade Hiens, all Armament Systems journeyman, 510th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Wing, deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, upload a BDU-50 (Bomb Dummy Unit) onto an F-16C Fighting Falcon, in preparation for the final taining sortie of the day. Training Exercise Iron Claw, Kuchyna AB, Slovakia, 12 September 2000

From left-to right, United States Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Joseph Roach...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRON CLAW Base: Kuchyna Air Base Country: Slovakia (SVK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua Release Status: Released to... More

An Air Force Armament Systems SPECIALIST secures Mk-82 500-pound bombs after being taken off B-1B Lancer at Diego Garcia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

An Air Force Armament Systems SPECIALIST secures Mk-82 500-pound bombs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW Scene ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Edward Guyer, Armament Systems Craftsman Team CHIEF, 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), "Shadow Warriors," Armament Flight, removes an unserviceable launch pin during scheduled maintenance on the LAU-129/A Detent Assembly during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise. As part of the exercise SSGT Guyer is in his Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 2 (MOPP-2) ensemble. The LSN provides extensive training in preparation for an upcoming Tactical Evaluation

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Edward Guyer, Armament Syste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camer... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), man their M1043 Armament Carrier High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) armed with a Browning M2 HB 0.50 heavy machine gun, at the Dispersion Area in Northern Kuwait during ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Bear Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin R. Reed, USMC Release Status: Released t... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ray Avent, Armament Systems Scheduler, 48th Munitions Squadron, performs a rounds check on a universal ammunition loader system (UALS) to make sure the ammunition is loading properly inside the munitions maintenance shop at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ray Avent, Armament Systems Sc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Chris Walkenhorst, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines ride in three High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M1026A1 Armament Carriers providing security for a convoy traveling through Port-au-Prince, Haiti (HTI). There are 1,500 Marines in Haiti as part of a multi-national military peacekeeping force

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines ride in three High-Mobility Multipurpos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company (Co.), 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Air Contingency (MAC), Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), holds his FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) at the ready, while standing up through the firing hatch of a M220 TOW (Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided) mounted M1045 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Armament Carrier, during a patrol in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (HTI), while participating in a multi-national military peacekeeping force

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company (Co.), 3rd Battalion (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Rob Abolos, Armament Systems Journeyman, 48th Munitions Squadron (MUNS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, England (ENG), administers maintenance on a LAU-128 A-120 umbilical receptacle during a weapons loading training exercise

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Rob Abolos, Armament Systems J...

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

A large number of 120 mm white phosphorous mortar rounds, found at Muqtada Al Sadr's office in Old City Najaf, Iraq, are lined up at Forward Operating Base Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq, by U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) on Sept. 10, 2004. Iraqi Intervention Forces, Iraqi National Guard and the Iraqi Police, with the assistance of representatives for the Governor of An Najaf, coordinated a raid of Al Sadr's office and discovered this armament behind a freshly plastered wall. (USMC PHOTO by CWO2 Matthew D. Middleton) (Released)

A large number of 120 mm white phosphorous mortar rounds, found at Muq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Matthew D. Middleton, USMC Release Status: Released ... More

A U.S. Army armament team loads 2.75-inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) AGM-114 Hellfire missiles onboard a AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter at Kunsan Air Base, Jeollabuk-do (Province), Republic of Korea, on Oct. 2, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Michael R. Holzworth) (Released)

A U.S. Army armament team loads 2.75-inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael R. Holzworth, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, one armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, equipped with a 40mm M203 grenade launcher (left), the other with a 5.56mm M4 carbine equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS), post security while on patrol in search for insurgents in the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Batt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jeremy W. Ferguson, USMC Relea... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (right), and STAFF SGT. Paul Riley, 18th Maintenance Group aircraft armament systems specialists, prepare to load an AIM-7 missile on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training, in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (right), and STAFF SGT....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Airman 1st Class Lauren Buchholz, a 35th Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Lauren Buchholz, a 35th Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Lauren Buchholz, a 35th Maintenance Squadron armament maintenance member, applies lubricant to an M61A1 Vulcan gun system barrel at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 22, 2020. The almasol syntemp lu... More

Airmen assigned to the 48th Munitions Squadron aircraft

Airmen assigned to the 48th Munitions Squadron aircraft

Airmen assigned to the 48th Munitions Squadron aircraft armament systems unit inspect a 20mm cannon ammunition holder at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Jan. 11. During the year, approximately 55 20mm cann... More

Maintainers raise their hands as John Johns, deputy

Maintainers raise their hands as John Johns, deputy

Maintainers raise their hands as John Johns, deputy assistant secretary of defense for maintenance policy and programs, asks who was working with the unit in 2012, the year that the 27th Special Operations Main... More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose C. Cruz, a Bonce, Puerto

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose C. Cruz, a Bonce, Puerto

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose C. Cruz, a Bonce, Puerto Rico native, now the armament technician for 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team with Armament Section, B Company, 24th Brigade Support Battalion, 170th IBCT... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tara Robinson, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tara Robinson, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tara Robinson, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron, inspects weapons parts in the armament shop at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 14, 2012. Armament troops handle disass... More

A technician prepares the seeker head of a computer-guided missile for a bench test in an armament test and development facility

A technician prepares the seeker head of a computer-guided missile for...

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

A left side view of three AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters and an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter in flight as a combined armament live fire exercise takes place during BRIGHT STAR '82. BRIGHT STAR involves troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Oman

A left side view of three AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters and an OH-58...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland ... More

A combined armament live fire exercise (CALFEX) takes place during Bright Star '82, an exercise involving troops from the U.S., Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, and Oman

A combined armament live fire exercise (CALFEX) takes place during Bri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CALFEXBRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Do... More

A right side view of two C-130 Hercules aircraft in use during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A right side view of two C-130 Hercules aircraft in use during Refueli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul Hayashi Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A 30 mm cannon loader is used to rearm the 30 mm cannon on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A 30 mm cannon loader is used to rearm the 30 mm cannon on an A-10 Thu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Lance Corporal Thomas of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) armament section services an Aero 27 bomb rack

Lance Corporal Thomas of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Departm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT R. B. Hotard Release Statu... More

Corporal Shipherd of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) armament section uses a SATS loader to place Sidewinder missiles trees on a truck

Corporal Shipherd of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT R. B. Hotard Release Statu... More

An artist's concept, by Vincent Piecyk, of an ARLEIGH BURKE Class guided missile destroyer (DDG-51) planned for delivery to the Navy in 1989. Planned armament includes two quadruple Harpoon launch canisters, Tomahawk cruise missiles, Standard-ER (SM-2) missiles in two vertical launch systems, two triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes, a Mark 45 gun mount, and two Phalanx 20mm CIW's

An artist's concept, by Vincent Piecyk, of an ARLEIGH BURKE Class guid...

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

Workers wearing protective clothing and equipment watch as molten metal is poured into a mold in the arsenal's new foundry, Building 212W. The foundry is part of the Army's program for the renovation of armament manufacturing (REARM)

Workers wearing protective clothing and equipment watch as molten meta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Mitten Release Status: Released to P... More

Aviation Electronics Technician AIRMAN Andrew Davies uses an automated test bench to troubleshoot an armament control panel for an S-3 Viking aircraft. USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are deployed in the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq by patrolling the no-fly zone under operation Southern Watch

Aviation Electronics Technician AIRMAN Andrew Davies uses an automated...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN John Bringer, Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

USAF Colonel Gary Dillis (2nd from right) relinquishes command to USAF Major General Michael Kostelnik, Commander of the Air Armament Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, presiding officer. He will then give command to USAF Colonel Polly Peyer, the new, incoming commander of the 377th Air Base Wing. This change of command took place on June 6th, 1999, at Kirkland Air Force Base, New Mexico

USAF Colonel Gary Dillis (2nd from right) relinquishes command to USAF...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jason Rhedin, USAF Release Sta... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier (foreground) assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), carrying a 5.56mm Colt M4 carbine equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS), looks on as Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Officers help a recruit to cool down during training at the military academy near Kabul, Afghanistan, where new recruits in the ANA are receiving training, advise and assistance from USA SFG Soldiers, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) Soldier (foreground) assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Sp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

Two US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), one carrying a 5.56mm Colt M4 carbine equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS), stand outside the military academy near Kabul, Afghanistan, where new recruits in the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) are receiving training, advise and assistance from USA SFG Soldiers, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Robby Gallegos, Aircraft Armament SPECIALIST, attaches forward fins to a AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the flight line at 4 Wing Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, during Exercise MAPLE FLAG 2002

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Robby Gallegos, Aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Canadian Forces Base, Cold Lake State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Derrick C. Goode, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Michael Fontenot, Aircraft Armament Maintenance System Apprentice, 48th Munitions Squadron, conducts checks on a LOW-106 missile launcher in preparation for an in-processing inspection, inside the munitions maintenance shop at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Michael Fontenot, Aircraft Arm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Chris Walkenhorst, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Hundley, Armament Systems Journeyman, 48th Munitions Squadron (MUNS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, England (ENG), removes the arm of a SUU-20 Bomb Dummy Unit Missile Launcher from the housing during a weapons loading training exercise

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Hundley, Armament...

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

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Fox Company (F Co.), 2nd Battalion (BN), 5th Marine Regiment (2/5th MARS), M1044 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Armament Carrier moves forward during convoy training operations being conducted on Delta Prospect Range (Range 400), which is aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Center (MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Fox Company (F Co.), 2nd Battalion (BN), 5th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Patrick Green, USMC Release ... More

RGD-5 anti personnel hand grenades (left), F-1 anti personnel hand grenades and Iraqi fragmentation hand grenades, found at Muqtada Al Sadr's office in Old City Najaf, Iraq, are lined up at Forward Operating Base Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq, by U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) on Sept. 10, 2004. Iraqi Intervention Forces, Iraqi National Guard and the Iraqi Police, with the assistance of representatives for the Governor of An Najaf, coordinated a raid of Al Sadr's office and discovered this armament behind a freshly plastered wall. (USMC PHOTO by CWO2 Matthew D. Middleton) (Released)

RGD-5 anti personnel hand grenades (left), F-1 anti personnel hand gre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Matthew D. Middleton, USMC Release Status: Released ... More

A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) (front), 120 mm High Explosive (HE) bombs (rear, center), 120 mm white phosphorous mortar rounds (rear, right) and 82 mm Type 53 HE mortar rounds (rear, left), found at Muqtada Al Sadr's office in Old City Najaf, Iraq, are displayed at Forward Operating Base Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq, by U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) on Sept. 10, 2004. Iraqi Intervention Forces, Iraqi National Guard and the Iraqi Police, with the assistance of representatives for the Governor of An Najaf, coordinated a raid of Al Sadr's office and discovered this armament behind a freshly...

A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) (front), 120 mm High...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) (front), 120 mm High Explosive (HE) bombs (rear, center), 120 mm white phospho... More

A U.S. Army armament team loads an 2.75-inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) AGM-114 Hellfire missile onboard a AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter at Kunsan Air Base, Jeollabuk-do (Province), Republic of Korea, on Oct. 2, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Michael R. Holzworth) (Released)

A U.S. Army armament team loads an 2.75-inch Folding Fin Aerial Rocket...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael R. Holzworth, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Paul Riley, (left), 18th Maintenance Group aircraft armament, shakes hand with Japan Air Self-Defense Force 2nd LT. Mitsuhiro Kawano, (right), after a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Paul Riley, (left), 18th Maintenance Group a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

U.S. Air Force 354th Armament Flight, 354th Maintenance Squadron, 354th Maintenance Group, 354th Fighter Wing armament system apprentice AIRMAN First Class Christian Rodriguez, installs an in-flight safety lockout bolt on a Mav-12 bomb rack at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Jan. 18 2005.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Anthony Nelson Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 354th Armament Flight, 354th Maintenance Squadron, 354t...

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: A1C Anthony Nelson Jr., USAF Release St... More

A technician prepares a seeker head of a computer-guided missile for a bench test in an armament test and development facility

A technician prepares a seeker head of a computer-guided missile for 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

A left side view of five AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters in flight as a combined armament live fire exercise takes place during BRIGHT STAR '82. BRIGHT STAR involves troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia and Oman

A left side view of five AH-1G Cobra gunship helicopters in flight as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland ... More

A 30 mm cannon loader, foreground, after it was used to rearm the 30 mm cannon on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, background, during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A 30 mm cannon loader, foreground, after it was used to rearm the 30 m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A 30 mm cannon loader is loaded aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A 30 mm cannon loader is loaded aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul Hayashi Release Status: Releas... More

STAFF Sergeant Self of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) armament section checks the fittings on nitrogen recievers

STAFF Sergeant Self of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Departmen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT R. B. Hotard Release Statu... More

Two armament specialists check the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the wing of a 58th Tactical Training Wing's, Luke AFB, Arizona, F-16 Falcon aircraft. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Two armament specialists check the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the win...

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

AMN Bradley W. Sampson of the 37th Equipment Maintenance Squadron runs a check on an ejector rack using an AWM-13A multiple weapons system tester in the squadron armament shop

AMN Bradley W. Sampson of the 37th Equipment Maintenance Squadron runs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: R... More

Mr. Dearborn, Mr. Allen Carton, deputy assistant chief of engineers, Colonel (COL) Oliver, COL Cowings, Rock Island Arsenal commanding officer; and Major General (MGEN) Marvin D. Brailsford, commanding general, US Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command (AMCCOM), study components of an M198 Howitzer gun barrel during the Rearm Part II dedication ceremony at the Army arsenal

Mr. Dearborn, Mr. Allen Carton, deputy assistant chief of engineers, C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Mitten Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 350th Air Refueling Squadron refuels an F-4G Wild Weasel Phantom II aircraft from the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing as three other aircraft stand alongside. The aircraft are equipped with various armament including AI

A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 350th Air Refueling Squadron r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released... More

An aerial view of the amidships superstructure and armament of the Soviet Krivak II class guided missile frigate GROMKY (FFG 962)

An aerial view of the amidships superstructure and armament of the Sov...

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

A worker wearing protective clothing and equipment watches as molten metal is poured into a mold in the arsenal's new foundry, Building 212W. The foundry is part of the Army's program for the renovation of armament manufacturing (REARM)

A worker wearing protective clothing and equipment watches as molten m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Mitten Release Status: Released to P... More

Sergeant Mark posts the commanding general's flag in front of the headquarters for the U.S. Army Armament Munitions and Chemical Command Building

Sergeant Mark posts the commanding general's flag in front of the head...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rock Island State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tony Lopez Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

The severely damaged right front wheel unit (the wheel and axle are completely gone) and radiator of the 3/5 Cavalry US Army M1026 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Armament Carrier (basic armor and carrying a 7.62mm M60 Machine Gun) that struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. This HMMWV was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The severely damaged right front wheel unit (the wheel and axle are co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Benjamin A. Lebron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, throws a trail of water upon landing at Malacky Air Base, Republic of Slovakia. The 555th is in Slovakia for a Weapons Training Deployment which will improve their efficiency at armament delivery

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Avia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malacky Country: Slovakia (SVK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Claus Fausting, Aircraft Armament Systems Craftsman for the 555th Fighter Squadron prepares a pylon to receive practice munitions for another sortie at Malacky Air Base, Republic of Slovakia. The 555th is in Slovakia for a weapons training deployment

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Claus Fausting, Aircraft Armament Systems ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malacky Country: Slovakia (SVK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

US Air Force (USAF) Armament Delivery Specialists SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kieshia Reese (left), AIRMAN First Class (A1C), Shawn Humphries (center) and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Christopher Johnson, use a small munitions trailer to transport a triple ejector rack (TER), on the flight line at Zaragoza AB, Spain

US Air Force (USAF) Armament Delivery Specialists SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zaragosa Air Base Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dave Ahlschwede, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kristol Barfield (left), Maintenance Crew Member, Apprentice, and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Davis, Maintenance Crewchief, Journeyman, 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS)"Shadow Warriors,"Armament Flight refer to the Technical Order (TO) while performing scheduled maintenance during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kristol Barfield (left), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camer... More

US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbines equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS) and blank firing devices, move in to investigate unidentified personnel, during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) training exercise conducted during DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbines equipp...

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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matt Delmonte, Aircraft Armament Systems Apprentice, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), sprays a primer coat on a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft from the 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) as he prepares it for a new paint job. A new paint job will help keep the metals on the jet from being damaged by corrosive materials. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level maintenance for three fighter squadrons supporting 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matt Delmonte, Aircraft A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst, USA Release Status: Released to ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Lundin (left), and USAF AIRMAN (AMN) William Sword, Conventional Maintenance Crewmembers, 48th Munitions Squadron (MUNS), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), work on a RAMS (Rapid Assembly Munitions System) to assemble these 1,000-pound bombs. The RAMS is used to put together bombs during wartime and critical situations. Assemblies such as these allow for the 48th Munitions Squadron to provide munitions and armament systems maintenance for three fighter squadrons

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Lundin (left), an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: AB Stacey Jeanpaul, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), found at Muqtada Al Sadr's office in Old City Najaf, Iraq, are lined up at Forward Operating Base Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq, by U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) on Sept. 10, 2004. Iraqi Intervention Forces, Iraqi National Guard and the Iraqi Police, with the assistance of representatives for the Governor of An Najaf, coordinated a raid of Al Sadr's office and discovered this armament behind a freshly plastered wall. (USMC PHOTO by CWO2 Matthew D. Middleton) (Released)

A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), found at Muqtada Al...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Matthew D. Middleton, USMC Release Status: Released ... More

Chief Master Sgt. David W. Wade, Command Chief Master

Chief Master Sgt. David W. Wade, Command Chief Master

Chief Master Sgt. David W. Wade, Command Chief Master Sergeant of Air Combat Command toured the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron’s Armament Flight at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Aug. 1, 2019. The A... More

AH-64 Armament/Electrical/Avionic Systems Repairer

AH-64 Armament/Electrical/Avionic Systems Repairer

AH-64 Armament/Electrical/Avionic Systems Repairer (15Y) Soldiers of Delta 2-6 Cavalry Squadron, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, work together to load rockets and 30mm cannon ammunition in... More

A 30 mm cannon loader is used to rearm the 30 mm cannon on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A 30 mm cannon loader is used to rearm the 30 mm cannon on an A-10 Thu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public ... More

AMN Patricia K. Boston of the 37th Equipment Maintenance Squadron performs maintenance on a multiple ejector rack in the squadron armament shop

AMN Patricia K. Boston of the 37th Equipment Maintenance Squadron perf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: R... More

A convoy carries armament, supplies and other equipment needed to support the mission in Kuwait is on its way to a refueling point. The convoy is from A Co., 269th Armor, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga

A convoy carries armament, supplies and other equipment needed to supp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Blaze E. Lipowski Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft launches an AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) toward a QF-100 target drone. (Substandard image)

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

The rear and IFOR marked driver side of the 3/5 Cavalry US Army M1026 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Armament Carrier (basic armor and carrying a 7.62mm M60 Machine Gun) that struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. This HMMWV was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The rear and IFOR marked driver side of the 3/5 Cavalry US Army M1026 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Benjamin A. Lebron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A US Army videographer uses a video camera to document the damage done to a 3/5 Cavalry US Army M1026 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Armament Carrier (basic armor and carrying a 7.62mm M60 Machine Gun) that struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine, while other US Army soldiers observe. Both the videographer and one other soldier are carrying M16A2 Rifles strapped across their backs. This HMMWV was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina

A US Army videographer uses a video camera to document the damage done...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Benjamin A. Lebron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Shop interior, medium shot, left front view, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jeff Moses (foreground), John Martucci (center), and STAFF Sergeant Tracy Brown (background), Armament Section, 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, perform a routine inspection on an F-15 wing weapons pylon, 8 February 2000

Shop interior, medium shot, left front view, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jeff M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Craig Clapper Release Status: Rel... More

United States Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Joseph Roach, Armament Systems journeyman, 510th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Wing, deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, secures a BDU-50 (Bomb Dummy Unit) after uploading onto an F-16C Fighting Falcon in preparation for the day's final sortie. Training Exercise Iron Claw, Kuchyna AB, Slovakia, 12 September 2000

United States Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Joseph Roach, Armament Systems j...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRON CLAW Base: Kuchyna Air Base Country: Slovakia (SVK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua Release Status: Released to... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jake Laforet, Armament Delivery SPECIALIST, 510th Fighter Squadron, uploads BDU-33 practice bombs into a Suspended Underwing Unit (SUU-20) attached to a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, on the flight line at Zaragoza AB, Spain

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jake Laforet, Armament De...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zaragosa Air Base Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David J Ahlschwede, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

AIRMAN First Class Adriane Bean, right, Weapons Load Crew Member for the 71st Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, checks for error readings while Technical Sergeant Cary WIlliams, Weapons Instructor, supervises Gun System Operational Check training at Langley's Maintenance University. The TFE-20 F-15 Armament Trainer is a full scale mock-up of aircraft armament controls allowing checks to be taught without using an actual aircraft

AIRMAN First Class Adriane Bean, right, Weapons Load Crew Member for t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Eric Dorfner, an Aircraft Armament Systems Craftsman, with the 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), at Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, makes a minor repair to an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft triple ejector rack cable

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Eric Dorfner, an Aircraft Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bo... More

On the F-16 Fighting Falcon BRU-42 Triple Ejector Rack (TER), US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Stephens, Aircraft Armament Journeyman, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), completes the connection of the CCG MAU-169 guidance system, completing the GBU-12 (Paveway II) a laser guided bomb, during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise. As part of the exercise A1C Stephens is in his Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) ensemble. The LSN provides extensive training in preparation for an upcoming Tactical Evaluation

On the F-16 Fighting Falcon BRU-42 Triple Ejector Rack (TER), US Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camer... More

Along the road to Iraq at the start of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM a pair of M1046 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) TOW missile carriers (left) and M1114 HMMWV Up-Armored Armament Carrier (right) stop to survey the area

Along the road to Iraq at the start of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM a pair ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT Scene Camera Operator: CPL Mace M. Gratz, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Member armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbine equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS), secure a downed US Air Force (USAF) pilot for extraction during the rescue training exercise DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Member armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbine equipp...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter lands to extract personnel as a US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbines equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS) and blank firing devices, calls in more air support during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) training exercise conducted during DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter lands to extract per...

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bernard Harper, a Readiness Journeyman with the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), instructs SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher C. Croley, an Aircraft Armament Journeyman for the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), on the proper way to don his chemical Mission-Oriented Protective Postures level 4 (MOPP-4) gear during a Chemical Warfare training class

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Bernard Harper, a Readiness Jo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Lakisha Croley, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matt Delmonte, Aircraft Armament Systems Apprentice, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), prepares a USAF F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft from the 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) for a new paint job. A new paint job will help keep the metals on the jet from being damaged by corrosive materials. The 48th EMS provides intermediate and organizational level maintenance for three fighter squadrons supporting 48th FW, US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), US European Command and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitments

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matt Delmonte, Aircraft A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Christopher Walkenhorst, USA Release Status: Released to ... More

From left-right, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STAFF SGT. Paul Riley and SENIOR AIRMAN Charles Lester, 18th Maintenance Group, aircraft armament systems specialists, Japanese 2nd LT. Mitsuhiro Kawano, (right), load an AIM-9 missile on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

From left-right, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STAFF ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

From right to left, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STAFF SGT. Paul Riley and SENIOR AIRMAN Charles Lester, 18th Maintenance Group aircraft armament systems specialists, load an AIM-7 missile on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training, in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

From right to left, U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, STA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

U.S. Army SGT. Edward Rhyan (left), Ohio Army National Guard, and SPC. Brian Pummill, Missouri Army National Guard, both assigned to Armament Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, decorate a small Christmas tree in the Armament Office at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Oct. 29, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Edward Rhyan (left), Ohio Army National Guard, and SPC....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Erwin Orbe, USA ... More

U.S. Army SGT.1ST Class Erwin Orbe assigned to the Armament Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade poses for a photograph with a Talon Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robot, at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Nov. 11, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. SGT. 1ST Class Orbe is carrying his 5.56 mm M16A4 rifle. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT.1ST Class Erwin Orbe assigned to the Armament Platoon, B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Erwin Orbe, USA ... More

U.S. Army SPC. Jason Lockett, assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, checks for armament parts inside the shop benchstock at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 28, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Erwin Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Jason Lockett, assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Erwin Orbe, USA ... More

Aiirman Scott Rodriguez, above, 363rd Training Squadron

Aiirman Scott Rodriguez, above, 363rd Training Squadron

Aiirman Scott Rodriguez, above, 363rd Training Squadron armament apprentice course student, works on a bomb rack as instructor Staff Sgt. Stephen Jervis watches at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 15, 2018.... More

Pfc. Tyler Simpson, AH-64D Apache armament and electrical

Pfc. Tyler Simpson, AH-64D Apache armament and electrical

Pfc. Tyler Simpson, AH-64D Apache armament and electrical systems repairer, Company B, 404th Aviation Support Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, helps a third-grade child with her re... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament expeditor, expresses his surprise after learning he has been promoted through the Stripes for Exceptional Per... More

Airman Jordan Stout, left, Staff Sgt. Stephen Jervis,

Airman Jordan Stout, left, Staff Sgt. Stephen Jervis,

Airman Jordan Stout, left, Staff Sgt. Stephen Jervis, back left, and Airman Scott Rodriguez, 363rd Training Squadron armament course Airmen, secure a bomb rack to a cradle at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Tilton, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Tilton, 20th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Tilton, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron weapons technician, uses a hammer and punch to secure roll pins on a M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon exit unit at Shaw Air Fo... More

An air-to-air view of an F-15A Eagle aircraft making a hard left turn over the Armament Division Range. The aircraft is carrying two advanced medium range air-to-air missiles mounted under its left wing

An air-to-air view of an F-15A Eagle aircraft making a hard left turn ...

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

A 30 mm cannon loader is moved into position for rearming of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A 30 mm cannon loader is moved into position for rearming of an A-10 T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public ... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft is guided into position for Refueling and Armament Team operations. Visible on the right wing pylon is an AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pod

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft is guided into position for Refueling ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A fuel line is connected to the tank of a A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations

A fuel line is connected to the tank of a A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Two members of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) armament section service an LAU-7 Sidewinder missile launcher

Two members of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT R. B. Hotard Release Statu... More

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