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A close-up view of eight AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM) loaded on the rotary launcher in the bomb bay of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft

A close-up view of eight AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM) l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utah Test And Training Range State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More

Airmen service an AGM-69A short range attack missile (SRAM) in the bomb bay of an aircraft

Airmen service an AGM-69A short range attack missile (SRAM) in the bom...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, writes a message on a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) based on a BLU-109 2,000-pound bomb loaded in the bomb-bay of the Lancer prior to take-off, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda infrastructure, airfields and aircraft. Operation ...

An Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, writes a message on a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) ... More

U.S. Air Force 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron SENIOR AIRMAN Tyrone Beverly (left), and STAFF SGT. Chris Carter (right), perform a preflight inspection inside the bomb bay of a B-1 Lancer bomber aircraft training model during the Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter Competition at Dyess Air Force Base, TX., on Jan. 21, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Domonique Simmons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron SENIOR AIRMAN Tyrone ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AIRMAN Domonique Simmons Release Status: R... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Howard Thomas (left), 96th Bomb Squadron, shows members from the rhythm and blues recording group "Kool and the Gang," Robert "Kool" Bell and Rodney Ellis, the bomb bay on a USAF B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (LA)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Howard Thomas (left), 96th Bomb Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SSG... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Patricia Kent and her son Phillip explore the interior bomb bay of a vitage B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Patricia Kent and her son Ph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tampa State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chad Chisholm, USAF... More

AGM-69 short range attack missiles (SRAMS) and Mark 28 thermo-nuclear bombs, background, in the bomb bay of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, as a downloading operation takes place during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

AGM-69 short range attack missiles (SRAMS) and Mark 28 thermo-nuclear ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL SHIELD '84 Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Came... More

MASTER Sergeant Jorge Olvera, 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, makes a Production Inspection of the B-1B Lancer bomb drop system that carries two BDU 50s in each bomb bay during exercise CORONET BAT. It will soon launch on a non-stop around the world sortie, that will include five in-flight refuelings, and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category

MASTER Sergeant Jorge Olvera, 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

A U.S. B-52 Bomber sits on a flightline with munitions

A U.S. B-52 Bomber sits on a flightline with munitions

A U.S. B-52 Bomber sits on a flightline with munitions loaded on a newly installed conventional rotary launcher in its bomb bay, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 17, 2017. The CRL will allow the B-52 to carry ... More

Weapon attachment points are revealed by the open doors of the bomb bay on a B-1B bomber

Weapon attachment points are revealed by the open doors of the bomb ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rob Bussard Release Status: Released ... More

Japanese aircrewmen load a MK-46 air launched torpedo into the bomb bay of a P-3 Orion aircraft as US Navy ordnancemen from VP-47 watch

Japanese aircrewmen load a MK-46 air launched torpedo into the bomb ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 August Sigur Release Stat... More

Weapon attachment points are revealed by the open doors of the bomb bay on a B-1B bomber

Weapon attachment points are revealed by the open doors of the bomb ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rob Bussard Release Status: Released ... More

A 93rd Bomb Squadron B-52 bomb load crew uses an MJ-1B Munitions Loader to position a 750-pound unguided, general purpose M117 bomb into the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress for a bombing mission over the Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Both the load crew and the B-52 crew from Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana are here to participate in Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST 2001 a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military exercise for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. The biannual exercise is held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area in Queensland, Australia

A 93rd Bomb Squadron B-52 bomb load crew uses an MJ-1B Munitions Loade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Raaf Darwin State: Northern Territory Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jessica ... More

Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dustin Duncan, and USAF SSGT Brian Trainer, Hydraulic Technicians, 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), install a control valve on a weapons bay power drive unit

Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF ST...

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

A close-up view of AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile mounted on a rotary missile launcher in the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

A close-up view of AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile mounte...

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

Munitions personnel use a weapons loader to load missiles into the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft

Munitions personnel use a weapons loader to load missiles into the bom...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Buster Kellum Release Status:... More

Members of the 42nd Bombardment Wing load training versions of the AGM-69 short range attack missile (SRAM) into the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during the 1985 Strategic Air Command Combat Weapons Loading Competition

Members of the 42nd Bombardment Wing load training versions of the AGM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Bob Simons Release Status:... More

AN air-to-air left side view of an F-106 Delta Dart aircraft with its bomb bay open during a training mission. The aircraft are from the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

AN air-to-air left side view of an F-106 Delta Dart aircraft with its ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: ... More

Members of the 96th Munitions Maintenance Squadron inspect an inert AGM-69A short range attack missile (SRAM) after removing it from the bomb bay of a B-1B bomber aircraft

Members of the 96th Munitions Maintenance Squadron inspect an inert AG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Kit Thompson Release Status: Re... More

An underside view of the bomb bay of a B-1B bomber, with doors open

An underside view of the bomb bay of a B-1B bomber, with doors open

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Rob Bussard Release Status: Released ... More

As US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corie Hudson (center left), raises a GBU-32 (2,000-pound) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) into the bomb bay of a USAF B-2 Spirit with the MHU-83C/E Munitions Loading System, USAF Weapons Team Member #2, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Hall (left) and USAF Weapons Team CHIEF, SSGT Michael Copeland, prepare to secure it. All are with the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO). The bomber will fly half way around the earth for a combat sortie in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

As US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corie Hudson (center l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), remove a cluster bomb rack from the bomb bay of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed at a forward operating base in Southwest Asia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Maintena...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Members of the 42nd Bombardment Wing attach electrical connections in the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during the 1985 Strategic Air Command Combat Weapons Loading Competition

Members of the 42nd Bombardment Wing attach electrical connections in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Bob Simons Release Status:... More

U.S. Air Force personnel secure a Mark 52 air-delivered underwater mines into the bomb bay of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft during exercise Team Spirit '86

U.S. Air Force personnel secure a Mark 52 air-delivered underwater min...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unkn... More

A senior airman services an AGM-69A short range attack missile (SRAM) in the bomb bay of an aircraft

A senior airman services an AGM-69A short range attack missile (SRAM) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Members of the 96th Munitions Maintenance Squadron remove an inert AGM-69A short range attack missile (SRAM) from the bomb bay of a B-1B bomber aircraft

Members of the 96th Munitions Maintenance Squadron remove an inert AGM...

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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class Michael Morris, a weapons load crewmember assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), loosens a vent plate inside the bomb bay of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed at a forward operating base in Southwest Asia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class Michael Morris, a weapons load ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

U.S. Air Force 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron SENIOR AIRMAN Tyrone Beverly performs a preflight inspection inside the bomb bay of a B-1 Lancer bomber aircraft training model during the Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter Competition at Dyess Air Force Base, TX., on Jan. 21, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Domonique Simmons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron SENIOR AIRMAN Tyrone ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AIRMAN Domonique Simmons Release Status: R... More

Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dustin Duncan, and USAF SSGT Brian Trainer, Hydraulic Technicians, 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), install a control valve on a weapons bay power drive unit

Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF ST...

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

A close-up view of M-117 750-pound bombs loaded into the bomb bay of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft prior to a bombing mission against Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm

A close-up view of M-117 750-pound bombs loaded into the bomb bay of a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Chester O. Falkenhainer Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A U.S. B-52 Bomber sits on a flightline with a newly

A U.S. B-52 Bomber sits on a flightline with a newly

A U.S. B-52 Bomber sits on a flightline with a newly installed conventional rotary launcher installed in its bomb bay, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 17, 2017. The CRL will allow the B-52 to carry more smart... More

Lt. Cmdr. Queron Thompson, originally from Ozark, Ala.,

Lt. Cmdr. Queron Thompson, originally from Ozark, Ala.,

Lt. Cmdr. Queron Thompson, originally from Ozark, Ala., and attached to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, shows off the P-8 Poseidon aircraft's bomb bay to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force leadership, June 6, 2014. Com... More

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