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LGEN Edgar S. Harris Jr., 8th Air Force commander, holds the keys of the first KC-10A Extender advanced tanker/cargo aircraft delivered to the Air Force. Delivery ceremonies took place at the McDonnell Douglas Corp. plant

LGEN Edgar S. Harris Jr., 8th Air Force commander, holds the keys of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bob Wickley Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A Army M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck is driven aboard the loading ramp of the Naval Ship (NS) Gordon (T-AKR 296). NS Gordon is capable of carrying an entire Armor Task Force, including 58 tanks, 48 other tracked vehicles plus more than 900 other wheeled vehicles. NS Gordon is one of 19 Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR, which will be built or converted at shipyards by the year 2001. NS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to Navy Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of Army and Marine Corps combat equipment.The ship is named in honor of MASTER Sergeant Gary I. Gordon,...

A Army M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck is driven aboard the loading ramp o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Army M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck is driven aboard the loading ramp of the US Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon (T-AKR 296). USNS Gor... More

A multi-purpose tractor pulls a United States Army (USA) tanker trailer through the stockyard next to United States Naval Ship (S) Gordon, in the background. S Gordon is the first United States Navy () Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-On/Roll-Off Ships, or LMSR, cargo vessel. The S Gordon is assigned to the Military Sealift Command and is being loaded at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, SC. S Gordon is a former commercial container vessel that recently underwent conversion to Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of United States Army and United States Marine Corps combat equipment. Upon completion of the loading,...

A multi-purpose tractor pulls a United States Army (USA) tanker traile...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A multi-purpose tractor pulls a United States Army (USA) tanker trailer through the stockyard next to United States Naval Ship (... More

A member of the 721 Tanker Airlift Control Element rides out to off load a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. The C-17 from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, is one of many Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft currently tasked to airlift equipment and supplies to Puerto Rico and neighboring Caribbean Islands struck by Hurricane George

A member of the 721 Tanker Airlift Control Element rides out to off lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More

In a demonstration of the new 60K Tunner Loader capabilities it is raised to the height needed to reach the cargo bay door of a KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft. The new loader will support a 60,000 pound maximum load, carry 463L pallets, is 65 feet long, 14 feet wide and has a maximum height of 18 feet

In a demonstration of the new 60K Tunner Loader capabilities it is rai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael S. Ayers Release Status: Releas... More

A US Air Force (USAF) squadron element of KC-135R Stratotankers, left and KC-130 Hercules cargo tanker aircraft line the runway at Lajes Field, Azores

A US Air Force (USAF) squadron element of KC-135R Stratotankers, left ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lajes Field Country: Azores (AZR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michelle Michaud, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), 621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), load cargo onto an M939A2 5-ton (6x6) truck at Baghdad International Airport during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TAL...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-10A Extender cargo/tanker aircraft, 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), touches down on the runway at Andersen AFB, Guam, delivering troops and equipment in support of Exercise COPE NORTH. COPE NORTH is an exercise in which US Air Force, US Marines, and the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) participate in joint training

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-10A Extender cargo/tanker aircraft, 60th Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua St... More

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter, Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15), Valions, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), hooks up and refuels from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo tanker during a mission over the Persian Gulf. The Hornet is armed with a couple of 500-pound bombs. The VFA-15 is currently embarked aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) with Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter, Strike Fighter Squadron 15 (VF...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Tabor, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The first KC-10A Extender advanced tanker/cargo aircraft prepares for takeoff after delivery ceremonies at the McDonnell Douglas Corp. plant. The aircraft is headed for Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana

The first KC-10A Extender advanced tanker/cargo aircraft prepares for ...

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

A starboard bow view of the barge cargo ship AUSTRAL RAINBOW (T-AKB-2046) moored at the PHILSECO commerical ship repair facility. The Philippine National Oil Company tanker SULTAN KUDARAT is in the dry dock on the right

A starboard bow view of the barge cargo ship AUSTRAL RAINBOW (T-AKB-20...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

As personnel from the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element, from Travis Air Force Base, California, are documented by Technical Sergeant Manuel Trejo, a videographer with the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, as they unloaded cargo and supplies from a C-141 Starlifter. The C-141 is from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, NJ. The event occurred at a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

As personnel from the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element, from Travi...

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

A United States Army Forklift is backed down a ramp between cargo decks of the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon (T-AKR 296). USNS Gordon is the first United States Navy (USN) Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR, cargo vessel. USNS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to United States Navy Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of United States Army and United States Marine Corps combat equipment. The ship can carry an entire US Army Armor Task Force, including up to 58 tanks, 48 other tracked vehicles and more than 900 trucks and other wheeled vehicles. It is more than 300 yards...

A United States Army Forklift is backed down a ramp between cargo deck...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A United States Army Forklift is backed down a ramp between cargo decks of the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon (T-AKR 296... More

A submersible single-anchor mooring system (SALM) sits aboard the Steam Ship PETERSBURG in Pohang Harbor, Oct. 20, 1998. The PETERSBURG ia a specially configured tanker which pumps fuel from shipboard tanks using the SALM for up to four miles to a receiving station ashore

A submersible single-anchor mooring system (SALM) sits aboard the Stea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Faulisi Release Status: Released to... More

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) drive up a K-loader to a C-130 Hercules to download cargo at a classified location. Members of the 615th TALCE forward deployed in several locations 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

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) drive up a...

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

A U.S. Air Force Tanker Air Lift Control Element AIRMAN marshals a U.S. Marine Corps 152nd Fixed Wing Aerial Refuel and Transport Squadron (VMGR-152) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at the Bandaranayake International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. James Harper) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force Tanker Air Lift Control Element AIRMAN marshals a U.S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Katunayake Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James Harper, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forces Tanker Airlift Control Element personnel load an HH-60 Pave hawk into an Air National Guard C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 20, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cololmbo Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forces Tanker Airlift Control Element personnel load an HH-60 Pave hawk into an Air National Guard C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Bandaranake International Airport, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 20, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Chenzira Mallory) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bandaranake Iap Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Chenzira Mallory Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter, Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VFA-94), Mighty Shrikes, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), banks away from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo tanker [not shown] after conducting aerial refueling during a mission over the Persian Gulf region. The Hornet is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the wingtip and a couple of 500-pound bombs. Tucked under the intake is an AAQ-14 LANTIRN (Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting InfraRed for Night) pod. Also on a pylon and under the fuselage, 370-gallon External Fuel Tanks. The VFA-94 is currently embarked aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike...

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter, Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VF...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) F/A-18C Hornet fighter, Strike Fighter Squadron 94 (VFA-94), Mighty Shrikes, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, Ca... More

A view of four ships moored at the PHILSECO commerical ship repair facility. The ships are , from top to bottom, the cargo ship SANTA VICTORIA (T-AK-1010), a Philippine National Oil Company tanker, the barge cargo ship AUSTRAL RAINBOW (T-AKB-2046), and the Philippine National Oil Company tanker SULTAN KUDARAT, currently undergoing repairs

A view of four ships moored at the PHILSECO commerical ship repair fac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen with the 41st Airlift Squadron (AS) and 621st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) use a 10K All Terrain (AT) forklift to repair a flat tire on a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen with the 41st Airlift Squadron (AS) and 621...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 621st Tanker Airlift Control Ele Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinto... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 621st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), use a 10K All Terrain (AT) forklift to off-load equipment from cargo aircraft at an undisclosed airfield in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 621st Tanker Airlift Control El...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 621st Tanker Airlift Control Ele Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinto... More

A US Air Force (USAF) member of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), 621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), waits on his John Deere 544E 10K forklift to off-load cargo from a USAF C-130 Hercules at Baghdad International Airport during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) member of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Joshua Johnson, Pilot, 79th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), prepares for an in-flight refueling from an USAF KC-10A Extender advanced tanker / cargo aircraft during an aerial sortie on the northern California coastline

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Joshua Johnson, Pilot, 79th Air Refuel...

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: SSGT Leeann Sunn-Wagner, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control element (TALCE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), en route to provide support for Hurricane Charley relief efforts on board a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft in route to Lakeland, Florida (FL). Lakeland Regional Airfield is the center of relief operations in Florida for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The USAF is providing support by transporting tons of equipment, personnel, and supplies via air, expediting the delivery of the much needed supplies

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control eleme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lakeland State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Muke Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

A U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle, 335th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., receives fuel from a USAF KC-10 Extender cargo/tanker over a lake in Iraq on Sept. 3, 2004. The Strike Eagle is armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, GBU-12 500-lb bombs, and equipped with a AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING AT targeting pod. Both aircraft where operating in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER Sergeant Shaun Withers) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle, 335th Fighter Squadron, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Shaun Withers, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Six pallets to offload and send to St. Thomas says LTC Daran Goolsby of the 314th Tanker Airlift Control Element, deployed at Roosevelt-Roads Naval Base. The naval base in Puerto Rico is the main hub for all relief cargo into the Virgin Islands after Hurricane Marilyn

Six pallets to offload and send to St. Thomas says LTC Daran Goolsby o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tana R. Hamilton Release Status:... More

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Erik Burger, an Air Transportation Journeyman assigned to 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey, push cargo into a C-5 Galaxy, at the Kuwait City International Airport (KCIA), in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Erik Burger, an Air Transportation Journeyman assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

Straight on medium close-up from left to right as Major Ronald Whittle, a pilot assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, discusses cargo offloading of the first C-17A Globemaster III, to a land at Huidspruit AFB, South Africa, with a member of the South African Air Force and a Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), member from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, after traveling from the United States to take part in "Operation Atlas Response." The C-17A is the first of several flights that will arrive throughout the following weeks bringing helicopters and military personnel (equipment and personnel not shown) to assist with search and rescue and with ...

Straight on medium close-up from left to right as Major Ronald Whittle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Straight on medium close-up from left to right as Major Ronald Whittle, a pilot assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charle... More

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), from Travis Air Force Base, California, unload cargo and supplies from a C-141 Starlifter from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. The 615th TALCE forward deployed to a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), from Trav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Donald Dougherty, Superintendent of Maintenance and SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) T.J. Jones, First Sergeant and CHIEF Enlisted Manager, both with 621st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), watch a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft take off from an undisclosed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Donald Dougherty, Superinte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 621st Tanker Airlift Control Ele Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinto... More

The U.S. Air Force accepts the first KC-10A Extender advanced tanker/cargo aircraft in a traditional ceremony during which McDonnell Douglas Corp. President John C. Brizendine cuts off the tie of LGEN Edgar S. Harris Jr., 8th Air Force commander

The U.S. Air Force accepts the first KC-10A Extender advanced tanker/c...

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

Three M-49 tanker trucks, left, and three M-88 armored recovery vehicles sit on a dock prior to being loaded aboard a cargo ship. The vehicles are assigned to the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized)

Three M-49 tanker trucks, left, and three M-88 armored recovery vehicl...

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

An air-to-air right side view of a KC-10 Extender aircraft advanced tanker/cargo preparing to refuel an F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft. Three more F-4s are visible

An air-to-air right side view of a KC-10 Extender aircraft advanced ta...

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

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey, deployed to the Kuwait City International Airport (KCIA), upload 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) equipment aboard cargo aircraft using a 60k Tunner Material Handling Equipment (MHE) loader, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998. Night scope image

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey, deployed to the Kuwait City International Airport (KCIA), upload 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) equipment aboard a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft from Dover AFB, using a 60k Tunner Material Handling Equipment (MHE) loader, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

Medium close shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron is refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft. Although the primary mission of the KC-10 is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters while carryling the fighters' support people and equipment during overseas deployments. The KC-10A can transport up to 75 people and about 170,000 pounds of cargo a distance of about 4,400 miles. Without cargo, the KC-10A's unrefueled range is more than 11,500 miles

Medium close shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Gary Ell, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

Bow on view of an Iraqi Commercial Oil Tanker. The vessel is currently undertow, following a non-compliant boarding and were it was found to be bearing an illegal cargo of fuel oil. Activities conducted in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Bow on view of an Iraqi Commercial Oil Tanker. The vessel is currently...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Kevin H. Tierney, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control element (TALCE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), use a John Deere 544E 10K forklift to offload a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft providing support for Hurricane Charley relief efforts at Lakeland, Florida (FL). Lakeland Regional Airfield is the center of relief operations in Florida for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The USAF is providing support by transporting tons of equipment, personnel, and supplies via air, expediting the delivery of the needed supplies

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control eleme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lakeland State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Muke Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

COL John Patterson, Air Force plant representative, accepts the keys from John C. Brizendine, president of McDonnell Douglas Corp., upon delivery of the first KC-10A Extender advanced tanker/cargo aircraft

COL John Patterson, Air Force plant representative, accepts the keys f...

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

A tanker truck is off-loaded from the vehicle cargo ship SS AMERICAN EAGLE for use during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

A tanker truck is off-loaded from the vehicle cargo ship SS AMERICAN E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mike Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

General (GEN) Johnnie E. Wilson, Commanding General United States Army Material Command, talks with other high ranking members of the United States Army after touring the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon (T-AKR 296). GEN Wilson watched as equipment was loaded onto the ship in preparation for its maiden voyage. (USNS) Gordon is the first United States Navy (USN) Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR, cargo vessel. USNS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to United States Navy Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of United States Army and United States Marine Corps combat equipment....

General (GEN) Johnnie E. Wilson, Commanding General United States Army...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: General (GEN) Johnnie E. Wilson, Commanding General United States Army Material Command, talks with other high ranking members o... More

A US Air Force (USAF) member of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), 621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), uses a John Deere 544E 10K forklift to move cargo at Baghdad International Airport during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) member of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control element (TALCE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), and aircrew members from Charleston AFB, South Carolina (SC), offload a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft providing support for Hurricane Charley relief efforts in Lakeland, Florida (FL). Lakeland Regional Airfield is the center of relief operations in Florida for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The USAF is providing support by transporting tons of equipment, personnel, and supplies via air, expediting the delivery of the needed supplies

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control eleme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lakeland State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Muke Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to P... More

A starboard bow view of the cargo ship SANTA VICTORIA (T-AK-1010) and a Philipppine National Oil Company tanker moored at the PHILSECO commerical ship repair facility

A starboard bow view of the cargo ship SANTA VICTORIA (T-AK-1010) and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Colonel Selivanov, Russian Air Force air crew member, and Captain Seletsky of the Russian Army discuss the loading capabilities of the IL-76, a Russian cargo aircraft, with Colonel Welser, Vice Commander of the Tanker Airlift Control Center, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Peacekeeper challenge '95 is a joint service training exercise at Scott AFB that involves formal military operations training with both Russian and U.S. Air Force troops to improve better understanding by both Air Forces

Colonel Selivanov, Russian Air Force air crew member, and Captain Sele...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER '95 Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

As seen from an MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, an MC-130 Special Operations tanker aircraft flies with its cargo ramp down and drogue refueling hoses trailing behind, in position to refuel, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998. Night scope used

As seen from an MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, an MC-130 Special Operati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Sce... More

Medium long shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron is refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft. Although the primary mission of the KC-10 is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters while carryling the fighters' support people and equipment during overseas deployments. The KC-10A can transport up to 75 people and about 170,000 pounds of cargo a distance of about 4,400 miles. Without cargo, the KC-10A's unrefueled range is more than 11,500 miles

Medium long shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refue...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Gary Ell, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element use a 10K-AT forklift to download cargo from a C-141 Starlifter at a classified location. Members of the 615th TALCE forward deployed to several locations 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

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element use a 10K-AT forkl...

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

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), Travis Air Force Base, California, get into position to push a pallet of cargo and equipment off an aircraft. The pallet will be pushed onto the tines of the approaching 10K-AT forklift. The 615th TALCE forward deployed to a classified location 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

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), Travis Ai...

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

Members of the 715th and 815th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), Travis AFB, California, download vehicles and cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III at a forward operating location. Members of the 615th TALCE forward deployed to several locations 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

Members of the 715th and 815th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), ...

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

With its reverse thrusts on, a KC-10 Extender comes to a stop as it lands on the rain soaked runway at a forward operating location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Although the KC-l0's primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters and simultaneously carry the fighter support personnel and equipment on overseas deployments. It can transport up to 75 people and nearly 170,000 pounds (76,560 kilograms) of cargo for a distance of about 4,400 miles (7,040 kilometers) without refueling

With its reverse thrusts on, a KC-10 Extender comes to a stop as it la...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael R. Nixon, USAF Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rey Rodriguez, a Load Team Superintendent (LTS0 with the 621st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) guides US Army (USA) soldiers boarding a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft at an undisclosed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rey Rodriguez, a Load Te...

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

U.S. Air Force 517th Airlift Squadron flight engineer STAFF SGT. Tim Singer, loadmaster AIRMAN 1ST Class Jeffery Mason and 615th Air Mobility Squadron Tanker Airlift Control Element AIRMAN 1ST Class Jerry Batalon, load relief supplies aboard a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 14, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Quinton T. Burris) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 517th Airlift Squadron flight engineer STAFF SGT. Tim S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jakarta Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

A US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat, Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213), Blacklions, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), prepares to connect and refuel from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo tanker, 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during a mission over the Persian Gulf region. Two USN F/A-18C Hornet fighters, Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87), Golden Warriors, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), wait their turn to slide in for aerial fueling. The VF-213 and VFA-87 are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8), currently embarked aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

A US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat, Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213), Blacklion...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: LTJG Scott Timmester, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Elevated starboard quarter view of the San Clemente class tanker being converted to be a T-AH 19 class hospital ship. The ship, to be named MERCY, is 70 percent complete. The vehicle cargo ship USNS REGULUS (T-AKR 292) is on the left and a Spruance class destroyer is on the left. The hospital ship USNS COMPORT (T-AH 20) (background) is also undergoing conversion

Elevated starboard quarter view of the San Clemente class tanker being...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co Release Status:... More

A cargo loader is positioned at the cargo door of a KC-10 tanker from the 90th Fighter Squadron to unload equipment

A cargo loader is positioned at the cargo door of a KC-10 tanker from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '96 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Michael D. Morford... More

A M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck pulls a support vehicle up the starboard loading ramp of the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon. USNS Gordon is the first United States Navy (USN) Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR, cargo vessel. USNS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to United States Navy Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of United States Army and United States Marine Corps combat equipment. It is more than 300 yards long and has a storage capacity of more than 300,000 square feet. The ship is named in honor of MASTER Sergeant Gary I. Gordon, US Army, who was posthumously...

A M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck pulls a support vehicle up the starboard...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck pulls a support vehicle up the starboard loading ramp of the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordo... More

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey, deployed to the Kuwait City International Airport (KCIA), upload 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) equipment aboard a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft from Dover AFB, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey, deployed to the Kuwait City International Airport (KCIA), upload 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) equipment aboard a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft from Dover AFB, using a 60k Tunner Material Handling Equipment (MHE) loader, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

An Outgoing Utility Boat passes the Steam Ship PETERSBURG, a specially configured tanker which pumps fuel from shipboard tanks, as it lists in Pohang Harbor, Republic of Korea, Oct. 20, 1998. The PETERSBURG is waiting to deploy a single-anchor leg mooring system (SALM). Once deployed, the SALM provides a semipermanent platform for continued fuel discharge operations

An Outgoing Utility Boat passes the Steam Ship PETERSBURG, a specially...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Faulisi Release Status: Released to... More

Medium close shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron is refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft (Not shown). Although the primary mission of the KC-10 is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters while carryling the fighters' support people and equipment during overseas deployments. The KC-10A can transport up to 75 people and about 170,000 pounds of cargo a distance of about 4,400 miles. Without cargo, the KC-10A's unrefueled range is more than 11,500 miles

Medium close shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Gary Ell, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) T.J. Jones, First Sergeant and CHIEF Enlisted Manager of the 621st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), marshals a container downloaded from a cargo aircraft by SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Dan Briscoe, using a 10K All Terrain (AT) forklift, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) T.J. Jones, First S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 621st Tanker Airlift Control Ele Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinto... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control element (TALCE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), discuss their upcoming mission, to provide airlift support for Hurricane Charley relief efforts, while on board a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft in route to Lakeland, Florida (FL). Lakeland Regional Airfield is the center of relief operations in Florida for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The USAF is providing support by transporting tons of equipment, personnel, and supplies via air, expediting the delivery of the much needed supplies

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621-8 tanker airlift control eleme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lakeland State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Muke Buytas, USA... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15 Strike Eagle fighter, 335th Fighter Squadron (FS), 4th Fighter Wing (FW), Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (AFB), North Carolina (NC), receives fuel through the boom of a USAF KC-10A Extender cargo/tanker, 763rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), Al Dhafra Air Base (AB), United Arab Emirates (UAE), during a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Eagle is carrying an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) [left], a pair of AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, four Guided Bomb Unit (GBU)-12 500-lbs bombs, an AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING AT targeting pod, and an AIM-120C AMRAAM [right]

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15 Strike Eagle fighter, 335th Fighter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee O. Tucker, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Elevated starboard bow view of the San Clemente class tanker being converted to a T-AH 19 class hospital ship. The ship, to be named MERCY, is 70 percent complete. The vehicle cargo ship USNS REGULUS (T-AKR 292) is on the left and a Spruance class destroyer is on the right. The amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10) is docked far right

Elevated starboard bow view of the San Clemente class tanker being con...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co Release Status:... More

Members of the 616th Aerial Port Squadron push a pallet of equipment from the cargo area of a 3rd Military Airlift Squadron C-5B Galaxy aircraft onto a K-Loader. The equipment will be used in the cleanup of the oil spilled by the tanker EXXON VALDEZ in Prince William Sound

Members of the 616th Aerial Port Squadron push a pallet of equipment f...

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: TECH. SGT. Louis Comeger Release Stat... More

621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG) Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), McGuire AFB, New Jersey, use a combination of a 25K-loader and a 10K John Deere 644E-H forklift to unload cargo off a C-130 Hercules, 43rd Airlift Wing, Pope AFB, North Carolina during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG) Tanker Airlift Control Elem...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr, USA... More

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), Travis Air Force Base, California, rush toward the rear of a C-130 Hercules from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, to move cargo and equipment that recently arrived to their location. Members of the 615th TALCE are forward deployed to a classified location 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

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), Travis Ai...

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

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), Travis Air Force Base, California, download cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), Travis Air...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 621st Air Mobility Group (AMG) Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) use a rough terrain forklift to secure an air delivered cargo pallet at a forward deployed location in Southern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 621st Air Mobility Group (A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), 621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), use a John Deere 544E 10K forklift to off-load cargo from an L100 (civilian C-130 Hercules) aircraft at Baghdad International Airport during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TAL...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Jeffrey Wisely, a member of the Pacific Air Forces Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), Yokota Air Base, Japan, marshals in a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft carrying vehicles and supplies during Operation Unified Assistance at Bandanaike International Airport, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 13, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Chenzira Mallory) (Released)

U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Jeffrey Wisely, a member of the Pacific Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bandanaike International Aiport Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chenzira Mallory, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

U.S. Air Force 615th Air Mobility Operations Group Tanker Airlift Control Element SENIOR Airmen James Rila and Jennifer Springer, tie down an ambulance on a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance relief operations for tsunami victims at Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 18, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Quinton T. Burris) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 615th Air Mobility Operations Group Tanker Airlift Cont...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jakarta Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

Aerial of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft, 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), departs after taking on fuel from an aerial tanker during a training mission over New Jersey (NJ)

Aerial of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft, 305th Air Mobility Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, CIV, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

AN air-to-air left side view of a KC-10 Extender advanced tanker/cargo aircraft refueling an E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft

AN air-to-air left side view of a KC-10 Extender advanced tanker/cargo...

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

M-1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, M-88A1 armored recovery vehicles and an M-978 heavy expanded mobility tactical truck (HEMTT) fuel tanker sit on the pier after being unloaded from the Military Sealift Command-chartered vehicle cargo ship CAPE HUDSON (T-AKR-5066). The CAPE HUDSON transported the vehicles and other equipment back from the Persian Gulf region, where they were used in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

M-1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, M-88A1 armored recovery vehicles and a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: La Porte State: Texas(TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne B. S... More

Mr. Bruce Gagne (left) and Ms. Amy K. Hunt (operating computer) brief foreign service dignitaries on the layout and load capacity for the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon (T-AKR 296). Mr. Gagne and Ms. Hunt are Systems Analysts for Stanley Associates of Alexandria, Virginia, which designed and implemented a revolutionary cargo locating and tracking system for large ships. USNS Gordon is docked at Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, South Carolina, and is being loaded for the first time since being delivered to the United States Navy on August 23, 1996. USNS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to United States Navy Military Sealift Comnd specifications to...

Mr. Bruce Gagne (left) and Ms. Amy K. Hunt (operating computer) brief ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Mr. Bruce Gagne (left) and Ms. Amy K. Hunt (operating computer) brief foreign service dignitaries on the layout and load capacit... More

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey, deployed to the Kuwait City International Airport (KCIA), upload 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) equipment aboard a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft from Dover AFB, using a 60k Tunner Material Handling Equipment (MHE) loader, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Personnel assigned to the 821st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Ope... More

Aerial port bow view of the Royal Navy DUKE CLASS: (Type 23) Frigate, Her Majestys Ship (HMS), PORTLAND (F 79), underway with an Iraqi Commercial Oil Tanker in tow. The Iraqi vessel was boarded and seized after it was found to be carrying an illegal cargo of fuel oil. Activities conducted in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Aerial port bow view of the Royal Navy DUKE CLASS: (Type 23) Frigate, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Kevin H. Tierney, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 621st Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), off-load equipment from a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft at an undisclosed airfield in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 621st Tanker Airlift Control El...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 621st Tanker Airlift Control Ele Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinto... More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) off-load medical supplies from the first civilian aircraft to land on the commercial runway at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The aircraft brought in several International Red Cross members and medical supplies, making them the first Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to arrive at BIAP since the commercial runway opened yesterday. BIAP is a primary base of operations for US military personnel, cargo and humanitarian airlift for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TAL...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMFA-251) board a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo/tanker aircraft at their home base Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), for a routine six-month deployment to Iwakuni, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: VMFA 251 Scene Camera Operator: LCP... More

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forces Tanker Airlift Control Element personnel load an HH-60 Pave hawk into an Air National Guard C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Jan.20, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Pacific Air Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cololmbo Country: Sri Lanka (LKA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe the Tennessee Salutes flyover May 12, 2020 at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Air National Guard conducted flyovers in both C... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul Gunther and Maj. Dennis Caldwell,

U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul Gunther and Maj. Dennis Caldwell,

U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul Gunther and Maj. Dennis Caldwell, 58th Airlift Squadron instructor pilots, initiate a turn while refueling with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during a Junior Reserve Officer Tra... More

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over Vanderbilt Medical

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over Vanderbilt Medical

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over Vanderbilt Medical Center during the Tennessee Salutes flyover May 12, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Air National Guard conducted flyovers in both C-17 Globemaste... More

A KC-46 Pegasus aircraft conducts air-to-air refuel

A KC-46 Pegasus aircraft conducts air-to-air refuel

A KC-46 Pegasus aircraft conducts air-to-air refuel operations with a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 9, 2020. The KC-46 is assigned to the 22nd Ai... More

Maj. Chris Foushee, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned

Maj. Chris Foushee, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned

Maj. Chris Foushee, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron, conducts air-to-air refuel operations with a KC-46 Pegasus, assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force... More

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe the Tennessee Salutes flyover May 12, 2020 at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Air National Guard conducted flyovers in both C... More

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft conducts air-to-air

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft conducts air-to-air

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft conducts air-to-air refuel operations with a KC-46 Pegasus, assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, K.S., Sept. 9, 2020. The C-17 is assigned to the ... More

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe the Tennessee Salutes flyover May 12, 2020 at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Air National Guard conducted flyovers in both C... More

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe

Healthcare workers with Vanderbilt LifeFlight observe the Tennessee Salutes flyover May 12, 2020 at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Air National Guard conducted flyovers in both C... More

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