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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Boom protecting residential areas. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-06-02_PortFourchounCocodrie_052.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Vessels of Opportunity program

Vessels of Opportunity program

LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. - Local, commercial fisherman, contracted by BP and part of the Vessels of Opportunity program, work with members of the U.S. Coast Guard to discard old boom in Port Fourchon, La., June 1... More

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Shrimp boats near Leeville,  LA outfitted with oil containing boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. [412-APD-659-2010-08-06_Cocodre_069.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-24_beach_with_EPA_team_Rick_Robyn_Blake.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Stacks of cleaned,  inspected and repared boom ready for redeployment. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. [412-APD-659-37_beach_Robyn_David_Benson_Blake.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-2010-08-07_WasteTour_100.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-24_beach_with_EPA_team_Rick_Robyn_Blake.JPG]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-675-23_beach_with_EPA_team_and_Benson2.JPG]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill)

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance [412-APD-659-2010-08-07_WasteTour_099.jpg]

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Phot...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs)

S135E006984 - STS-135 - S1 Truss and EIBA during STS-135 Approach

S135E006984 - STS-135 - S1 Truss and EIBA during STS-135 Approach

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Forward (FWD) and nadir view of the S1 Truss and the Enhanced Integrated Boom Assembly (EIBA). Image was taken by an STS-135 crewmember aboard Atlantis ... More

Tanker Tuesday - A man sitting in the cockpit of a plane looking out the window

Tanker Tuesday - A man sitting in the cockpit of a plane looking out t...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Max Morkin, 100th Operations Support Squadron boom operator from Traverse City, Mich., transfers fuel in-flight from a KC-135 Stratotanker from RAF Mildenhall, England to an F-16AM ai... More

Responders work together to load hundreds of feet of

Responders work together to load hundreds of feet of

Responders work together to load hundreds of feet of boom onto vessels at the Texas City Dike, March 23, 2014. More than 35,000 feet of boom has been deployed in response to the oil spill that occurred Saturday... More

Nebraska Air National Guard boom operators hone their

Nebraska Air National Guard boom operators hone their

Nebraska Air National Guard boom operators hone their skills refueling aircraft in the newly acquired boom operator simulator located at the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 25. The Nebraska Air Gu... More

“Gators” from Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field

“Gators” from Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field

“Gators” from Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fire M109A6 Paladins at the Udairi Range Complex, March 25, 2015. The artillery cre... More

FIRE BASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Lance

FIRE BASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Lance

FIRE BASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Lance Cpl. Christian R. Stark, a field radio operator and a provisional artillery cannon crewman, pulls the lanyard of the M777 A2 Howitzer. The cannon crewmen m... More

Miller Environmental response crews use absorbent pads

Miller Environmental response crews use absorbent pads

Miller Environmental response crews use absorbent pads and absorbent boom to collect diesel from the Port Isabel Channel in Texas, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. The Capt. Jim Green, a Kirby Inland Marine tug boat, w... More

U.S. Marines with Weapons Platoon, A Company, Infantry

U.S. Marines with Weapons Platoon, A Company, Infantry

U.S. Marines with Weapons Platoon, A Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, fire a 60mm mortar round from a handheld mortar tube during the Basic Mortarman Course at Range Mortar Positio... More

An joint agency team of U.S. Army and New Mexico’s

An joint agency team of U.S. Army and New Mexico’s

An joint agency team of U.S. Army and New Mexico’s Los Alamos Bomb Squad attends an explosive ordnance disposal class during the 2017 Ravens Challenge EOD competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Aug. 3, 2017. Rav... More

U.S. Navy Engineman 3rd Class, Yajaira Armenta Navarro,

U.S. Navy Engineman 3rd Class, Yajaira Armenta Navarro,

U.S. Navy Engineman 3rd Class, Yajaira Armenta Navarro, with harbor operations, ties a boom to a john boat during a spill training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 27, 2017. The boom is... More

A U.S. Army Reserve military police officer runs the

A U.S. Army Reserve military police officer runs the

A U.S. Army Reserve military police officer runs the command tower for a MK19 machine grenade launcher range at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 7. The 384th Military Police Battalion, headquartered at Fort Wayne, In... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion 77th Armored Regiment, maneuver their Bradleys into position during Decisive Action Rotation 14-10 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Sep... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa clear the first floor of the building during a bilateral training exercise with Spanish Special Operations Forces... More

Taft Boom - Political cartoon, public domain image

Taft Boom - Political cartoon, public domain image

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taft Boom - "Great Scottski! How You Have Shrunkoff!" - "You're More Than Welcome"

Taft Boom - "Great Scottski! How You Have Shrunkoff!" - "You're More T...

Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

GENERAL ELECTRIC GE AND BB&N TEST CONFIGURATION INST SCOOP AND MICROPHONE BOOM ARRAY

GENERAL ELECTRIC GE AND BB&N TEST CONFIGURATION INST SCOOP AND MICROPH...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/19/1973 Photographer: PAUL RIEDEL Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

ACOUSTIC CALIBRATION TRAVERSING MICROPHONE SETUP ON EXHAUSTR RIG MICROPHONE BOOM - TEST I-B3

ACOUSTIC CALIBRATION TRAVERSING MICROPHONE SETUP ON EXHAUSTR RIG MICRO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/23/1975 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

An air-to-air left side view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft being refueled by a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft. The advanced aerial refueling boom is attached between the two aircraft

An air-to-air left side view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft being refue...

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

A close-up view of the refueling boom and drogue of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 307th Air Refueling Squadron

A close-up view of the refueling boom and drogue of a KC-135 Stratotan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Tobias Van Rossum Daum Release S... More

HISS SPRAY BOOM AND INSTRUMENT RIG

HISS SPRAY BOOM AND INSTRUMENT RIG

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/29/1979 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

F-100 DISTORTION SCREENS AND NOSE BOOM

F-100 DISTORTION SCREENS AND NOSE BOOM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/26/1979 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

In-flight view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft, seen from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft boom operator's section, heading toward the tanker to be refueled. The Eagle, carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, is from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, involved in exercise Pacific Consort

In-flight view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft, seen from a KC-135 Stratotan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC CONSORT Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT George M. Holland Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

STS100-719-016 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom taken during the STS-100 mission

STS100-719-016 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom take...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the newly installed Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) / Canadarm2 boom taken during the STS-100 mission. The P6 Truss is visible ... More

STS100-719-021 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom taken during the STS-100 mission

STS100-719-021 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom take...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the newly installed Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) / Canadarm2 boom taken during the STS-100 mission. The P6 Truss is visible ... More

STS100-719-015 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom taken during the STS-100 mission

STS100-719-015 - STS-100 - View of the newly installed SSRMS boom take...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the newly installed Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) / Canadarm2 boom taken during the STS-100 mission. The P6 Truss is visible ... More

STS100-393-011 - STS-100 - View of the SSRMS boom taken during STS-100

STS100-393-011 - STS-100 - View of the SSRMS boom taken during STS-100

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) boom with Video Display Unit #2 (VDU) and Arm Control Unit #2 (ACU) taken during the STS-100... More

An air-to-air view, as seen from the boom section of a KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft, of two A-7D Corsair II aircraft (left) and two F-15 Eagle aircraft as they approach for refueling

An air-to-air view, as seen from the boom section of a KC-135A Stratot...

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

An air-to-air view of the refueling boom of a KC-10 Extender aircraft from the 78th Air Refueling Squadron (AFRES) during a training mission

An air-to-air view of the refueling boom of a KC-10 Extender aircraft ...

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

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an F-4 Phantom II aircraft of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing is refueled in flight during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Perez Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as it refuels an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II during exercise Certain Sentinel, a part of exercise Reforger '86

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CERTAIN SENTINELREFORGER '86 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt. Dave Nolan Release Status: Rel... More

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as it refuels an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II during Certain Sentinel, a part of Exercise REFORGER '86

A view from the boom operator's station of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Dave Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A boom operator directs the refueling boom from his station under the rear fuselage of a Utah Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during an aerial refueling operation for 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-111E aircraft

A boom operator directs the refueling boom from his station under the ...

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

Photographers document refueling operations from inside the boom pod of a KC-10 Extender aircraft from the 2nd Bombardment Wing. The aircraft is participating in AMALGAM WARRIOR 88, the largest air defense exercise of the year designed to afford units the

Photographers document refueling operations from inside the boom pod o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AMALGAM WARRIOR 88 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

An air-to-air view of a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft deploying a refueling boom toward a 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft during the weapons training deployment Exercise SABRE THUNDER

An air-to-air view of a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft deploying a refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SABRE THUNDER Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A view from the boom operator's station of an Alaska Tanker Task Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft which is refueling an F-15 Eagle aircraft. The Eagles need tanker support when they escort Soviet bombers from the Alaskan coast

A view from the boom operator's station of an Alaska Tanker Task Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A 185th Tactical Fighter Group A-7D Corsair aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, KC-10A Extender during the Strategic Air Command exercise Proud Visitor. Another Corsair is on the left

A 185th Tactical Fighter Group A-7D Corsair aircraft approaches the re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROUD VISITOR Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

S46-73-020 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-020 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

S46-73-047 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-047 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

S46-108-088 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-108-088 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sat...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Closeup images showing parts of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) inside of the payload bay of shuttle orbiter Atlantis including the base of the ... More

S46-73-031 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-031 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

S46-106-013 - STS-046 - The deployment of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) during STS-46

S46-106-013 - STS-046 - The deployment of the Tethered Satellite Syste...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Closeup images showing the deployment of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) from the 12-m deployment boom during STS-46. Also visible in these imag... More

S46-106-025 - STS-046 - The deployment of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) during STS-46

S46-106-025 - STS-046 - The deployment of the Tethered Satellite Syste...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Closeup images showing the deployment of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) from the 12-m deployment boom during STS-46. Also visible in these imag... More

S46-73-055 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-73-055 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operatio... More

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft from the 443rd Airlift Wing (443rd AW) approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratanker aircraft

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft from the 443rd Airlift Wing (443rd AW) ap...

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

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, approaches the refueling boom. The KC-135 is assigned to the 351st Air Refueling squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing

A view from the boom operator's window of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Kevin Hoeth, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason D. Patton, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, lines up a C-5 aircraft, from the 22nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), Travis AFB, CA, for refueling as it heads to Cairo West (a U.S. staging base in Egypt) during Operation Restore Hope II. The primary mission of the 380th ARW (Deployed) is to provide air refueling support over the Atlantic to in-bound (going into Mogadishu, Somalia) and homeward-bound C-5 aircraft, which are ferrying supplies, troops and equipment. A total of 332 personnel and 12 KC-135R Stratotankers (from Plattsburgh, Griffiss AFB, NY, and Loring AFB, Maine) ...

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason D. Patton, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Senior Airman Jason D. Patton, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refuelin... More

A C-5 Galaxy from the 436th Aircraft Wing Dover AFB, Delaware is being refueled by a KC-10 from the 60th Air Mobility Wing. KC-10 boom operator, MASTER Sergeant Terry Morges is assigned to the 79th Airlift Refueling Squadron Travis AFB, California. MASTER Sergeant Morges as well as the other KC-10 crew members are Air Force Reserve

A C-5 Galaxy from the 436th Aircraft Wing Dover AFB, Delaware is being...

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

Close-up view of TECH. SGT. Sue Keister, KC-135 boom operator, 350th Aerial Refueling Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kansas, as she prepares for a refueling mission

Close-up view of TECH. SGT. Sue Keister, KC-135 boom operator, 350th A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX ONYX Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Robinson Release Status: Released to Public... More

SGT Robert Ruiz, crew chief, 92nd Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGE), Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington sweats in the hot weather at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. He is removing panel screws from a KC-135R Stratotanker to inspect the flying boom's winch mechanism during the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment

SGT Robert Ruiz, crew chief, 92nd Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGE), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Sc... More

STS075-315-020 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom survey

STS075-315-020 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom sur...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up view of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite with a little fraying of the tether showing on the left. S... More

STS075-318-011 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom survey

STS075-318-011 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom sur...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up segment by segment photographs of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite. Views are of the boom segments a... More

STS075-318-013 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom survey

STS075-318-013 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom sur...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up segment by segment photographs of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite. Views are of the boom segments a... More

STS075-328-035 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after loss of satellite

STS075-328-035 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom aft...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite includes: view of boom near the base of the reel assembly and... More

STS075-725-000BE - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-725-000BE - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R booms segments ( Subject Terms: TETHERED SATELLITES, PAYLOAD BAY, SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS, SPACEBORNE ... More

STS075-711-032 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-032 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

STS075-725-000F - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-725-000F - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant views of the deployment of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R from the Columbia's payload bay, with the boom extended. Subject Terms: TETH... More

STS075-711-034 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-034 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

STS075-725-000AG - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

STS075-725-000AG - STS-075 - TSS-1R boom during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Very dark and distant views of light reflecting off of the extended Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R tether. Subject Terms: TETHERED SATELLITES, PAYL... More

STS075-711-014 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-014 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

STS075-325-010 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R survey photography

STS075-325-010 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R survey p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey photography of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom and hardware after the loss of the tethered satellite include: close-up of tether on ... More

STS075-328-029 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after loss of satellite

STS075-328-029 - STS-075 - Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom aft...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R boom after the loss of the satellite includes: view of boom near the base of the reel assembly. S... More

STS075-711-023 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

STS075-711-023 - STS-075 - TSS-1R during deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark views of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1R satellite at the end of its boom prior to deployment (006-13). Photographs showing the TSS-1R being... More

Boom operator, MASTER SGT. Sam Via, refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Adriatic Sea. MASTER SGT. Via is a member of the 141st Refueling Wing, Washington Air National Guard, which is deployed on a 30 day rotation to Pisa, Italy. The four man crews, pilot, copilot, navigator and boom operator will fly 5 to 10 hour missions aboard the specially equipped KC-135s circling a preplanned route over the Adriatic refueling NATO fighters participating in Operation Decisive Edge and Joint Endeavor

Boom operator, MASTER SGT. Sam Via, refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon ov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DECISIVE EDGEJOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: SRA Robert Stuart Release Status: Released to Public... More

STAFF SGT. Frank Antonsen, 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 100th Aerial Refueling Wing (ARW), United Kingdom, operates the refueling boom on a KC-135R Stratotanker

STAFF SGT. Frank Antonsen, 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 100t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Army 74th Assault Floating Company and 502nd Assault Floating Bridge Company soldiers work on an underwater mine boom designed to prevent floating mines and other demolition devices from destroying the floating bridge they are building across the Sava River between Orasje, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Zupanja, Croatia. This floating bridge will be used by IFOR troops crossing the Sava River as they re-deploy from Bosnia during in Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

US Army 74th Assault Floating Company and 502nd Assault Floating Bridg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jacqueline Richardson Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A DTC 4000K forklift or Extended Boom Forklift (EBFL) operated by a Marine attached to the 2D Force Service Support Group (FSSG), is moving a piece of equipment from the Bjugn Cave facility. Marines operating the equipment at the facility are attached to the Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade/Offload Preparation Party, (NALMEB/OPP), II Marine Expeditionary Force, Forward, (II MEF FWD). This item is being prepared for shipment to Estonia, for use in BALTIC CHALLENGE '97, a Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. The US Marine Corps has equipment stored in Norway, as part of the NALMEB Prepositioning Program. The NALMEB program contains equipment and 30 days of supplies to...

A DTC 4000K forklift or Extended Boom Forklift (EBFL) operated by a Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A DTC 4000K forklift or Extended Boom Forklift (EBFL) operated by a Marine attached to the 2D Force Service Support Group (FSSG)... More

F-16 Falcon aircraft from the 347th Composite Wing, 69th Fighter Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia prepare to refuel inflight from a KC-135 Stratotanker with the refueling boom extended while on a bombing mission over the Cherry Point Range

F-16 Falcon aircraft from the 347th Composite Wing, 69th Fighter Squad...

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

Aerial view of an F-15C Eagle being refueled as seen from boom operators window of a KC-135R tanker aircraft. The fighter plane was escorting a B-2 Bomber to an air show at RAF Fairford, England. The tanker is assigned to the 911th ARS (Red Eagles) from Grand Forks, AFB, North Dakota. The crew and plane are attached to the European tanker task force based at RAF Mildenhall, England

Aerial view of an F-15C Eagle being refueled as seen from boom operato...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Scotland (SCT) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A German GR1 Tornado high speed attack aircraft receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135R tanker. The tanker is using a modified boom with a drogue receptacle to service the aircraft. The tanker and crew is assigned to the 912th ARS from Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, on temporary assignment to the European Tanker Task Force at RAF Mildenhall, England

A German GR1 Tornado high speed attack aircraft receives fuel from a U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

A Navy E-6A Mercury, an airborne communications platform, from Strategic Command Wing One, Tinker AFB approaches the refueling boom of an USAF KC-135 tanker for a mid-air refueling during the exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98

A Navy E-6A Mercury, an airborne communications platform, from Strateg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

S46-106-000J - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-106-000J - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sa...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Closeup images showing parts of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) including the base of the extended 12-m deployment boom, the SSA 454 Ring, and t... More

S46-06-028 - STS-046 - Hoffman poses in front of a window showing the deployed TSS-1 during STS-46

S46-06-028 - STS-046 - Hoffman poses in front of a window showing the ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: During STS-46 operations, Payload Commander Jeffrey A. Hoffman poses in front of window W10 on the aft flight deck of the Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV)... More

S46-80-083 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-80-083 - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sate...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operations f... More

S46-106-000M - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-106-000M - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sa...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operations f... More

S46-106-000U - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-106-000U - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sa...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Images of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) resting upon the extended 12-m deployment boom with the Earth surface showing in the background. Subj... More

S46-05-006 - STS-046 - Several views of the TSS-1 returning to the payload bay of OV-104

S46-05-006 - STS-046 - Several views of the TSS-1 returning to the pay...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Several views showing the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) in its boom and returning to the payload bay of the Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Al... More

S46-06-032 - STS-046 - STS-46 TSS-1's Kevlar cord and extendible boom is deployed from OV-104's PLB

S46-06-032 - STS-046 - STS-46 TSS-1's Kevlar cord and extendible boom ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: During STS-46 operations, the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is extended beyond the deployer system's boom. Visible in the image is the a... More

S46-05-005 - STS-046 - Several views of the TSS-1 returning to the payload bay of OV-104

S46-05-005 - STS-046 - Several views of the TSS-1 returning to the pay...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Several views showing the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) in its boom and returning to the payload bay of the Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Al... More

S46-106-000P - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

S46-106-000P - STS-046 - STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) sa...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite is reeled out via its thin Kevlar tether into the blackness of space during deployment operations f... More

S46-06-017 - STS-046 - The TSS-1 appears in windows on the aft flight deck of OV-104 during STS-46

S46-06-017 - STS-046 - The TSS-1 appears in windows on the aft flight ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: During STS-46 operations, pictures were taken of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) on the extended deployment boom through windows W8 and W10 on t... More

A US Air Force EC-130 Hercules receives fuel from the boom of a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135 Stratotanker, from Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall, while on a mission in support of Operation Allied Force

A US Air Force EC-130 Hercules receives fuel from the boom of a 100th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Rele... More

STS092-334-008 - STS-092 - Mounting interface between Z1 truss and SGANT boom.

STS092-334-008 - STS-092 - Mounting interface between Z1 truss and SGA...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mounting interface between Z1 truss and SGANT boom. Subject Terms: STS-92, ANTENNAS, BOOM, INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Date Taken: 10/15/2000 Categor... More

The nose section of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, is seen from the KC-10 Extender, Boom Operator's window, during a refueling mission for INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE 3B

The nose section of US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, from Charleston...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: INSPECTOR GENERAL EXERCISE 3B Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Steven Cabrera, USAF Release... More

STS104-325-014 - STS-104 - SGANT antenna and boom on the Z1 truss

STS104-325-014 - STS-104 - SGANT antenna and boom on the Z1 truss

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the KU-Band Space to Ground Antenna (SGANT) and boom on the Z1 truss as seen by the STS-104 crew. Subject Terms: Antennas, Communication Equipm... More

An F-15C Eagle from the 1ST Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia is being refueled by a Boeing KC-10A Extender from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. The KC-10A can carry more than 356,000 pounds of fuel in it's six tanks; almost twice as much as the KC-135 Stratotanker. During boom refuling operations, fuel is transferred to the receiver at a maximum rate of 1,100 gallons per minute

An F-15C Eagle from the 1ST Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia is bei...

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

18th Wing Commander, Brigadier General Gary North, flies lead in a F-15D Eagle with his wingman Captain Michael Casey, (F-15C), from the 44th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, along with two F-16 Fighting Falcons piloted by Major Nathan Hill and Lieutenant Chris Heber, 36th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea, during a refueling training mission with a KC-135R Stratotanker piloted by Major James Seaward, Lieutenant David Eisenbrey, (copilot), CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Gregory Durand, (boom operator), Technical Sergeant David Steiner, (boom operator), and Colonel William Kunzweiller, (18th Operations Group Deputy Commander), over the Pacific Ocean near ...

18th Wing Commander, Brigadier General Gary North, flies lead in a F-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: 18th Wing Commander, Brigadier General Gary North, flies lead in a F-15D Eagle with his wingman Captain Michael Casey, (F-15C),... More

KC-135 boom operators point of view, refueling of a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle

KC-135 boom operators point of view, refueling of a US Air Force F-15E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Michelle S. Roquid, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

CHIEF Boom Operator, CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Mark McGrath (left) informs reporters on how the KC-135R Stratotanker's air refueling boom operates in flight. The boom is the tanker's connection with refueling aircraft. Anchorage Daily News editor Richard Mauer (left center) and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner writer Beth Ipsen (right center) are among 11 members of the news media invited on the flight. The media flight was initiated by the 168th to maintain ties with the local community informing Alaskans, within current security guidelines, on the continuing mission of the unit, as part of NOBLE EAGLE. Recently activated Guardsmen were on hand to answer questions

CHIEF Boom Operator, CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Mark McGrath (left) informs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Show... More

Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, 391st Fighter Squadron (Bold Tigers), prepares to connect with the boom and refuel from a KC-10A Extender, 763d Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Strike Eagle is armed with AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile) (outside), GBU-16 (CCG MAU-169 computer control group, MK-83 1,000-pound bomb, MXU-667 tail) (left), AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles (inside of pylons), and an extra wing fuel pod. Under the left engine is the AN/AAQ-14 Targeting Pod (part of the LANTIRN system). Air Force jets are currently conducting bombing raids against Taliban positions in Afghanistan. In response to the terrorist...

Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, 391st Fighter Squadron (Bold Tigers), pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, 391st Fighter Squadron (Bold Tigers), prepares to connect with the boom and refuel from a KC-10A E... More

A B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, engages the boom from the KC-10 Extender, 60th Air Expeditionary Group. After being refueled, the B-52H, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), will head back to Diego Garcia from a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during 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

A B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, engages the boom ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cedric H. Rudisill, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

S110E5338 - STS-110 - View of Atlantis' RMS arm in use during the first EVA for STS-110

S110E5338 - STS-110 - View of Atlantis' RMS arm in use during the firs...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' Remote Manipulator System (RMS) boom in use during the first Extravehicular Activity for the STS-110 mission. Subje... More

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