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A left side view of an 8-inch projectile assembled with fins open, mounted on a cart prior to firing

A left side view of an 8-inch projectile assembled with fins open, mou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

Dressed in wet suits and carrying their masks, snorkels, fins and hoods, students at the Navy Rescue Swimmers School march to class. Upon completion of the four-week course, the students will become certified search and rescue swimmers

Dressed in wet suits and carrying their masks, snorkels, fins and hood...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) stand by to arm one of their squadron's F-14A Tomcat aircraft with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). A box of stabilizing fins for the Sparrow missiles is in the foreground. The EISENHOWER is on station in the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) stand by to ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kettenhoffen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aviation ordnancemen hold up an AIM-7 Sparrow missile as one of its stabilizing fins is attached before the missile is loaded onto a Strike Fighter Squadron 303 (VFA-303) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft

Aviation ordnancemen hold up an AIM-7 Sparrow missile as one of its st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Dave Fraker Release Status:... More

STAFF SGT. Paul Cornell, 23rd Munitions Squadron, Pope AFB, NC, attaches fins to a GBU-12 bomb during this combat ammunition production exercise.Published in AIRMAN Magazine July 1996. Exact Date Shot Unknown

STAFF SGT. Paul Cornell, 23rd Munitions Squadron, Pope AFB, NC, attach...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CAPEX 96 Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. John K. Mcdowell Release Status: Released to ... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David Candaleria, Weapons SPECIALIST, 144th Fighter Wing (FW), California Air National Guard (ANG), Fresno, California (CA), prepares and checks the guidance fins on a AIM-9M Sidewinder missile on an F-16C, Block 25, Fighting Falcon at Davis Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The 144th FW deployed to Davis Monthan for Operation SNOWBIRD, a combat training exercise and operation to prepare the wing for desert operations in preparation for overseas deployment

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David Candaleria, Weapons SPEC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Christopher Drudge, USAF R... More

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov.

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov.

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov. 5 at White Beach Naval Facility during the scout swimmers course. Helocasting requires the Marines to hover 10 feet above the water in an aircraft and jump out... More

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/17/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/17/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians Signalman First Class Joel Blea (left) and Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes (right) remove their swim fins after completing their search of one of the ponds west of New York Lake for four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. The men are part of the Navy's Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California assisting in the A-10 recovery effort

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians Signalman First Class Jo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: New York Lake State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Varney, a Weapons Loader with the 510th Fighter Squadron (FS), checks the fins of an Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (AIM-120) before it is loaded onto an aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Varney, a Weapons Loade...

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

U.S. Air Force Ammunition Maintenance Technicians assemble the fins on a GBU-15, 2000-pound precision-guided munitions, while deployed with the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea, on September 9, 2004. Pictured left-to-right: SENIOR Airmen Paul Rodriquez; SENIOR Airmen Daniel Schiller; and AIRMAN 1ST Class Jason Smith (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Steven R. Nabor) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Ammunition Maintenance Technicians assemble the fins on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kwang-Ju Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Steven Nabor, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Balloons - Miscellaneous - Italian Balloon, fins inflated, Fort Omaha, Nebraska

Balloons - Miscellaneous - Italian Balloon, fins inflated, Fort Omaha,...

Photographer: Committee Public Information Balloons - Miscellaneous Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shot of a case of tail fins for 120mm mortar shells found inside a room at Government ordnance Facility #1 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR

Shot of a case of tail fins for 120mm mortar shells found inside a roo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC James Gordon, USA Release Stat... More

Marines hold on to a combat rubber raiding craft en

Marines hold on to a combat rubber raiding craft en

Marines hold on to a combat rubber raiding craft en route to an objective area Nov. 5 at White Beach Naval Facility during the scout swimmers course. The Marines endured various challenges and evaluations throu... More

Right side view of an E-1329 Bigeye missile, attached to a sled, immediately after a firing test, with fins open

Right side view of an E-1329 Bigeye missile, attached to a sled, immed...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: J. Partin Release Status: R... More

Students wearing goggles, snorkels, SAR-1 flotation vests, and fins push themselves into the pool during a training session, part of the twenty-day, intensive training course at the Navy Rescue Swimmer School. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Students wearing goggles, snorkels, SAR-1 flotation vests, and fins pu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

A student wearing an SAR-1 flotation vest, snorkel, goggles, and fins pushes himself into the pool as his classmates and instructors stand by at the Navy Rescue Swimmer School. The men are taking part in the school's twenty-day, intensive training course. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A student wearing an SAR-1 flotation vest, snorkel, goggles, and fins ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

Aviation ordnancemen hold up an AIM-7 Sparrow missile as one of its stabilizing fins is attached fefore the missile is loaded onto a Strike Fighter Squadron 303 (VFA-303) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft

Aviation ordnancemen hold up an AIM-7 Sparrow missile as one of its st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Dave Fraker Release Status:... More

California Air National Guard (ANG) Pararescueman MASTER Sergeant Ken Chapman helps Technical Sergeant Jeff Borg with his swim fins onboard an MC-130 "Combat Shadow" aircraft as Load master Tom Reyes watches. All are members of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, California

California Air National Guard (ANG) Pararescueman MASTER Sergeant Ken ...

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

SENIOR AIRMAN Craig Basil and AMN Kevin Eberlin, from the 31st Munitions Squadron Camp Darby, Italy, prepares BSU-49, bomb fins, for storage within the weapons area. 31st Munitions Squadron is a 129-person, Geographically Separated Unit (GSU), assigned to the 31st Logistics Group, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano AB, Italy. The 31st Munitions Squadron (31 MUNS) operates on US Army installation, Camp Darby, Italy, which is located approximately 280 miles southwest of Aviano AB. 31st MUNS are responsible for USAFE's largest and most dispersed conventional munitions stockpile, providing a unique capability to globally distribute munitions using air, sea, over-the-road and rail transportation

SENIOR AIRMAN Craig Basil and AMN Kevin Eberlin, from the 31st Munitio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Darby, Livorno State: Toscana Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Dennis Henry Release Status... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Craig Basil and AMN Kevin Eberlin, from the 31st Munitions Squadron Camp Darby, Italy, prepares BSU-49 bomb fins for storage within the weapons area on 14 June 2001. 31st Munitions Squadron is a 129-person, Geographically Separated Unit (GSU), assigned to the 31st Logistics Group, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano AB, Italy. The 31st Munitions Squadron (31 MUNS) operates on US Army installation, Camp Darby, Italy, which is located approximately 280 miles southwest of Aviano AB. 31st MUNS are responsible for USAFE's largest and most dispersed conventional munitions stockpile, providing a unique capability to globally distribute munitions using air, sea, over-the-road and rail ...

SENIOR AIRMAN Craig Basil and AMN Kevin Eberlin, from the 31st Munitio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Senior Airman Craig Basil and Amn Kevin Eberlin, from the 31st Munitions Squadron Camp Darby, Italy, prepares BSU-49 bomb fins ... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Jason Tremmel, Weapons Loader, 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Osan Air Base, Korea, inspects the tail fins attached to Mark-82 bombs during a quarterly proficiency evaluation on Aug. 27, 2004. Training is conducted to ensure that weapons Airmen meet safety and time requirements when loading weapons on an aircraft. (US Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Jason Tremmel, Weapons Loader, 25th Aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osan Air Base State: Kyonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

A left side view of a Skipper laser-guided bomb (LGB) with fins restrained while on a dolly

A left side view of a Skipper laser-guided bomb (LGB) with fins restra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert Mann Release Status:... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Steven McGuire, left, and A1C Thomas Plante, both members of the 400th Munitions Maintenance Squadron, position AIM-9 Sidewinder missile fins during Sabre Spirit, Pacific Air Forces'first command-wide competition to test the skill

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Steven McGuire, left, and A1C Thomas Plante, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

STAFF Sergeant Marcus Cottengim, USAF, (left), and SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Batson, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, Weapons Load crew team installs a guidance control unit on an inert GBU-24B (Paveway III) training bomb. The four control fins will be installed as soon as the unit is firmly attached. The GBU-24B is loaded onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon. Weapons load teams are responsible for proficiency on 9 primary munitions and are evaluated monthly on 3 of the 9 primary loads. Load standardization crews assigned to the 31st Operations Group evaluate the proficiency, safety and speed of each load team

STAFF Sergeant Marcus Cottengim, USAF, (left), and SENIOR AIRMAN Scott...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David J Ahlschwede, USAF Rel... More

US Navy (USN) Damage Controlman Second Class (DC2) Jim Dodimead and DC2 Brian Mulligan, both of Damage Control, Atlantic Ordnance Command Expeditionary Force, use a forklift to upload ordnance and bomb fins onto a transport truck at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Damage Controlman Second Class (DC2) Jim Dodimead and DC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kuwait Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jason L. Andrade, USMC Release St... More

Sgt. Jon C. Walters, left, from Matoaca, Virginia,

Sgt. Jon C. Walters, left, from Matoaca, Virginia,

Sgt. Jon C. Walters, left, from Matoaca, Virginia, briefs the Marines over the procedures of engaging urban terrain from the water Oct. 30 at White Beach Naval Facility during the scout swimmers course. The cou... More

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft, right, and an S-3A Viking aircraft, left, are launched from the catapults aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during fight deck operations. Another Tomcat lines up behind the right catapult while three F/A-18C Hornet aircraft are positioned behind the left catapult as they await launch. The tail fins and wing tips of the Hornet directly behind the left catapult are painted in the high visibility paint scheme of the Naval Air Weapons Center

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft, right, and an S-3A Viking aircraft, left, ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Straight on medium shot from a high angle down on US Marine Lance Corporal Gallagher from Headquarters Service Battalion, Okinawa, Japan, as he helps a fellow Marine from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, take off his fins after a tiring swim during a cold water training exercise at Iwakuni, Japan

Straight on medium shot from a high angle down on US Marine Lance Corp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R... More

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

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher York, Crewmember, 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, assigned to the 363rd Expeditionary Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EEMS), places AGM-88 HARM (high-speed antiradiation missile) wings and fins into the universal container. The missiles will be transported to the flightline, to load onto an aircraft, in preparation for a mission

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher York, Crewmember, ...

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

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Casey, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, installs fins on an AIM 120 missle during a live-load competition at the William Tell 2004 exercise Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 12, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Demetrius Lester) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Casey, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Demetrius Lester Release Status: ... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN (AOAN) Eric Mclean, assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Five (VFA-115) torques the fins on a laser guided bomb before flight operations, while the ship is underway on its maiden deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf while participating in the global war on terrorism

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS RONALD RE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kathleen Gorby, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/17/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

An airman prepares to attach tail fins to an AIM-7 Sparrow air to air missile to be loaded on a 36th Tactical Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle aircraft

An airman prepares to attach tail fins to an AIM-7 Sparrow air to air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bitburg Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Pat Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

A student wearing goggles, fins, and an SAR-1 flotation vest takes part of the twenty-day, intensive training course at the Navy Rescue Swimmer School. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A student wearing goggles, fins, and an SAR-1 flotation vest takes par...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

Weapons technicians attach the tail fins to a BDU-45/B 500-pound practice bomb in the weapons assembly area aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

Weapons technicians attach the tail fins to a BDU-45/B 500-pound pract...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Borbely Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) arm one of their squadron's F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during Operation Desert Shield. In the foreground is a box of stabilizing fins for the AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the weapons skid directly behind the box. An AIM-9 Sidewinder missile is on the skid at left

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) arm one of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhoffen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN (AOAN) Raymond Perry, left, and AOAN Christopher Randolph attach high-drag fins to a Mark 82 500-pound bomb aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). The KENNEDY is deployed to the Red Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield

Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN (AOAN) Raymond Perry, left, and AOAN Chris...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Moore Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN David Olmstead, weapons load crew, 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, adjusts and tightens fins on a AIM-120 air-to-air missile loaded on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The men, along with the rest of the 8th Fighter Wing are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Bylica and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN ...

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

USAF personnel attach the flight control fins to an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) to the wingtips of an F-16CJ. The crew prepares the aircraft for deployment to support a local Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) exercise

USAF personnel attach the flight control fins to an AIM-120 Advanced M...

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

Personnel from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 235 (VMFA-235) do a final check of the fins on an AIM-7 Sparrow III missile before loading it aboard an F-4 Phantom II aircraft

Personnel from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 235 (VMFA-235) do a fina...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT C. Taylor Release Status:... More

SGT. Dave Jones, a member of the 58th Tactical Fighter Wing weapons section, checks the fins on an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during a simulated chemical warfare exercise in support of Exercise Nomad Thrust '88

SGT. Dave Jones, a member of the 58th Tactical Fighter Wing weapons se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST '88 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato... More

The tail fins of a line of F-4D Phantom II aircraft depict markings from Air National Guard units of Michigan, North Dakota, Texas, Kansas and Oregon. The Phantoms are parked in line at the Aerospace Maintenance Regeneration Center, where stored planes that have been removed from service are either sold for scrap, returned to the inventory, or sent to museums

The tail fins of a line of F-4D Phantom II aircraft depict markings fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Michael Haggerty Release S... More

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft taxis on the flight deck during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The Hornet's wing tips and tail fins exhibit the high visibility paint scheme of the Naval Air Weapons Center

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft taxis on the flight deck during flight oper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of the 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, inspects the tail fins on an AIM-120 missile on an F-16 Fighting Falcon (not shown) before on Thursday, April 8, 1999, supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

A member of the 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, inspec...

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

A1C Michael Irick,78th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carlina, removes the tail fins of an AIM-120 missile on Monday, April 19, 1999. The missile is going to be removed from the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon because it failed relability tests. Irick is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy to support NATO Operation Allied Force

A1C Michael Irick,78th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Ca...

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

California Air National Guard (ANG) Pararescueman MASTER Sergeant Ken Chapman helps Technical Sergeant Jeff Borg with his swim fins onboard an MC-130 "Combat Shadow" aircraft as Load master Tom Reyes shine a flashlight on his feet. All are members of the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Federal Airfield, California

California Air National Guard (ANG) Pararescueman MASTER Sergeant Ken ...

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

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Marcus Cottengim, USAF, (left), and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Scott Batson, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, Weapons Load crew team finalizes the loading of a guidance control unit (GCU) on an inert GBU-24B (Paveway III) training bomb. SSGT Cottengim reviews the checklist as SRA Batson closes the cover to the gyro on the GCU. The four control fins will be installed later. Weapons load teams are responsible for proficiency on 9 primary munitions and are evaluated monthly on 3 of the 9 primary loads. Load standardization crews assigned to the 31st Operations Group evaluate the proficiency, safety and speed of each load team

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Marcus Cottengim, USAF, (left), and SENIOR AIRMA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David J Ahlschwede, USAF Rel... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeremy Pow, 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU), installs fins on the AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The AIM-120 is mounted on the wing of an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon from South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG). The 157th AMU, South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) a forward-deployed unit in Southwest Asia, supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeremy Pow, 157th Aircraft M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Edward E. Snyder, USAF Release... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/17/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

ZUNI ROCKET MODEL TAIL FINS IN THE 10X10 FOOT WIND TUNNEL

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/17/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) arm one of their squadron's F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). In the foreground is a box of stabilizing fins for the AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the weapons skid directly behind the box. An AIM-9 Sidewinder missile is on the skid at left. The EISENHOWER is one of the U.S. Navy ships sent to the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) arm one of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhoffen Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

AIRMAN First Class Badua (left) and STAFF Sergeant Gerling attach the fins of an AGM-88 HARM missile into place of the F-16 Fighting Falcon during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Both airmen are from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and are deployed at Doha, Qatar, as part of the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF). AEFs help build predictability and stability into the way the Air Force schedules its people to respond to contingencies. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

AIRMAN First Class Badua (left) and STAFF Sergeant Gerling attach the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Frank Rizzo, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: "No Wimps Allowed" Category: Feature Place: Honorable Mention Feature/Second Place Portfolio and the National Press Photographers Association Award. Aching arms and legs don't deter these USAF recruits from spending hours learning swimming techniques. They are training to be a part of one of the most elite specialties in the military - Combat Controller and Pararescue forces. Before completing the course, trainees must meet final requirements, which include a 6-mile run in 42.3 minutes, a 4,000-meter swim with fins in 80 minutes, and 75 push-ups, 80 sit-ups, 13 pull-ups, 14 chin-ups and 85 flutter kicks in two minutes each. And all of...

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: "No Wimps Allowed...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: "No Wimps Allowed" Category: Feature Place: Honorable Mention Feature/Seco... More

USAF personnel attach the flight control fins to an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) to the wingtips of an F-16CJ. The crew prepares the aircraft for deployment to support a local Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) exercise

USAF personnel attach the flight control fins to an AIM-120 Advanced M...

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

A USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Aviation Boatswains Mate (fuels) 1ST Class, Air Department, Fuels Division, measures the fins at the head of the JP-5 jet fuel purifier. The fins wear away over time, so measuring them at regular intervals and replacing them if they become too worn ensures proper fuel filtration

A USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Aviation Boatswains Mate (fuels) 1ST Class, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Kitty Hawk Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Justin C.... More

As a team, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Gehringer, USAF, and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Chris Vetters, USAF, 127th Maintenance Squadron Munitions, remove guidance fins from the Guidance/Control Group of an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile

As a team, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Gehringer, USAF, and SENIOR AIRM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Com... More

060728-N-5681S-134 (Jul. 28, 2006)US Naval Sea Cadets Corps students conduct flutter kicks while wearing duck feet fins during a three-week Naval Special Warfare course taught by USN Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) members and USN Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 personnel at Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Little Creek, Virginia (VA). This course teaches the cadets about positive teamwork skills.U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Michael Starkey (RELEASED)

060728-N-5681S-134 (Jul. 28, 2006)US Naval Sea Cadets Corps students c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Michael Starkey, USN Re... More

200820-N-NH257-1014 ARABIAN SEA (August 20, 2020) Aviation

200820-N-NH257-1014 ARABIAN SEA (August 20, 2020) Aviation

200820-N-NH257-1014 ARABIAN SEA (August 20, 2020) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Andy Coronado, from Long Beach, Calif., inspects wing and fin tips on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). N... More

Sgt. Gerry Pratama, from Anahuac, Texas, climbs up

Sgt. Gerry Pratama, from Anahuac, Texas, climbs up

Sgt. Gerry Pratama, from Anahuac, Texas, climbs up the latter after performing the helocasting practical application Nov. 4 during the scout swimmers course at White Beach Naval Facility. Marines rehearsed the ... More

The sunset highlights F-15 Eagle aircraft tail fins on the flight line during the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '86

The sunset highlights F-15 Eagle aircraft tail fins on the flight line...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '86 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

Steam from the launch of another aircraft drifts over an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft lining up on the catapult in preparation for launch during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The tail fins and wing tips of the Hornet are painted in the high visibility paint scheme of the Naval Air Weapons Center

Steam from the launch of another aircraft drifts over an F/A-18A Horne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft stands chocked to the flight deck as the pilot performs a preflight check of the plane during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The Hornet's tail fins and wing tips are painted in the high visibility paint scheme of the Naval Air Weapons Center

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft stands chocked to the flight deck as the pi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher Godfrey, a weapons troop assigned to Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), attaches fins to an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile or AMRAAM Slammer on an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter during a wing exercise

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher Godfrey, a weapons...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSG... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

Marines participating in the scout swimmers course

Marines participating in the scout swimmers course

Marines participating in the scout swimmers course carry a rubber raiding craft Nov. 4 at White Beach Naval Facility. The Marines were taught different amphibious insertion techniques using boats and aircrafts.... More

Sgt. Geoffrey P. Mann, from Orlando, Florida, holds

Sgt. Geoffrey P. Mann, from Orlando, Florida, holds

Sgt. Geoffrey P. Mann, from Orlando, Florida, holds on to a combat rubber raiding craft after helocasting to get to an objective Nov. 5 at White Beach Naval Facility during the scout swimmers course. The Marine... More

18th Tactical Fighter Wing F-15 Eagle aircraft participating in the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '86 bear the emblem of a samurai warrior on their tail fins

18th Tactical Fighter Wing F-15 Eagle aircraft participating in the ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '86 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

An F/A -18A Hornet aircraft comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during flight operations aboard the vessel. The Hornet's wing tips and tail fins exhibit the high visibility paint scheme of the Naval Air Weapons Center

An F/A -18A Hornet aircraft comes in for a landing on the flight deck ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Flight deck crew members stand by as an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft taxis toward a catapult in preparation for launch during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The Hornet's tail fins and wing tips are painted in the high visibility paint scheme of the Naval Air Weapons Center

Flight deck crew members stand by as an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft taxis ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Trombecky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

GUNNER's Mate 3rd Class James Pittman checks the 2nd stage fins of a RIM-2 Terrier missile in the Mk 10, Mod 7 guided missile cruiser USS JOUETT (CG-29) during Operation Southern Watch

GUNNER's Mate 3rd Class James Pittman checks the 2nd stage fins of a R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Robert Wilson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

SRA Travis Hargitt, 52nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, removes the fins from a 2.75 inch rocket before disposing of the warheads and motors. SRA Hargitt and his unit is in Tuzla in support of JOINT ENDEAVOR

SRA Travis Hargitt, 52nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, Spangdahl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeffrey Allen Release... More

A1C Michael Kraemer, 48th EMS, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, attaches tail fins to a GBU-12, 500-pound, laser-guided bomb on Tuesday, April 13, 1999. The bombs are being used against targets in Yugoslavia (not shown) as part of NATO Operation Allied Force

A1C Michael Kraemer, 48th EMS, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, attache...

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

A1C Michael Irick,78th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, removes the tail fins on an AIM-120 missile on Monday, April 19, 1999. The missile is being removed from the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon (partially shown) because it failed reliability tests. Irick is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy to support NATO Operation Allied Force

A1C Michael Irick,78th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Ca...

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

Private First Class Samual Gregorey, USMC, drives the MHU-83 C/E Munitions Loading System. Other members from the 533rd Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) prepare to load three 305 pound Mk 81 practice bombs with Mk 15 bomb retarding fins attached, onto the F/A-18D Hornet during Exercise TANDEM THRUST. The F-18 is also carrying six BDU-48/B 10-pound practice bombs on the A/A37B-6E Multiple Ejector Rack. TANDEM THRUST is a combined US, Australian, and Canadian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. The purpose Exercise TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and execution...

Private First Class Samual Gregorey, USMC, drives the MHU-83 C/E Munit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Private First Class Samual Gregorey, USMC, drives the MHU-83 C/E Munitions Loading System. Other members from the 533rd Marine S... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dennis Torres (left) and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Lawrence, both Weapons Loaders, assigned to the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), inspect the fins on an AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (respectively), during an End-of-Runway (EOR) inspection on a F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dennis Torres (left) and USA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Karen Z. Silcott, USAF Release Stat... More

060728-N-5681S-129 (Jul. 28, 2006)US Naval Sea Cadets Corps students do flutter kicks while wearing duck feet fins during a three-week Naval Special Warfare course taught by USN Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) members and USN Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU-2) personnel at Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Little Creek, Virginia (VA). This course teaches the cadets about positive teamwork skills.U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Michael Starkey (RELEASED)

060728-N-5681S-129 (Jul. 28, 2006)US Naval Sea Cadets Corps students d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Michael Starkey, USN Re... More

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov.

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov.

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov. 5 at White Beach Naval Facility during the scout swimmers course. Helocasting requires the Marines to hover 10 feet above the water in an aircraft and jump out... More

Components of the Soviet Sagger AT-3 anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) system on display. From, left to right, a cutaway Sagger missile, a complete Sagger missile with fins extended, a Sagger carrying case containing a warhead and rocket motor, the top half of a carrying case with a missile on its launch rail, and a joystick control unit

Components of the Soviet Sagger AT-3 anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) sy...

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

Wearing his LPU-9/P (Life Preserver Unit) for over water flights, Lieutenant Eric Lacouture, USAF, 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy inspects the fins of a dummy AIM-9 Sidewinder on the wing tip of his F-16 Fighting Falcon. This is part of his "walk around" before boarding for a training mission

Wearing his LPU-9/P (Life Preserver Unit) for over water flights, Lieu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jeremy Smith, USAF Release St... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jesse Q. Mathes makes adjustments to the fins of an AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation missile (HARM) attached the wing pylon of a 20th Fighter Wing F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft, during Operational Readiness Exercise Sea Lion 02-01 at Shaw AFB, South Carolina (SC)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jesse Q. Mathes makes adjust...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command Scene Camer... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) John Phillips, 405th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron (EMS), pulls two strake fins together on a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) John Phillips, 405th Expeditio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jessica Kochman, USAF Release S... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4th Infantry Division and the Iraqi Army 9th Mechanized Brigade carried out a joint raid near Taji, Iraq on 20 January 2006 in an attempt to fins a suspected weapons cache and insurgent activity. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

Soldiers of the Comanche Company, 7th Battalion, 10th Cavalry Unit, 4t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: ... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 366, prepares to land during a helocast training exercise near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 10, 2015. HMH-366 supported M... More

Senior Airman Mark Schelkoph, 455th Expeditionary

Senior Airman Mark Schelkoph, 455th Expeditionary

Senior Airman Mark Schelkoph, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions crew chief loads A-10C flares into a container on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 11. After it’s loaded, line delivery picks ... More

Maj. Breck Perry, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, climbs

Maj. Breck Perry, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, climbs

Maj. Breck Perry, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, climbs onto a boat from the water Oct. 30 at White Beach Naval Facility during the scout swimmers course. The students were tasked to stealthily approach urban t... More

(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Aaron Parkins and Staff

(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Aaron Parkins and Staff

(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Aaron Parkins and Staff Sgt. Brian Smith, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance munitions crew chiefs, disassemble munitions on the munitions assembly conveyor pad on Bagram Air Field, Afgh... More

Convential maintenance crew chiefs assigned to the

Convential maintenance crew chiefs assigned to the

Convential maintenance crew chiefs assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions load A-10C chaff and flairs into a containers on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 11. After its loaded, l... More

The Pyramid Rock Body Surfing Competition requires

The Pyramid Rock Body Surfing Competition requires

The Pyramid Rock Body Surfing Competition requires its competitors to wear fins during their heats at Pyramid Rock beach aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2015. The annual competition is held every year ... More

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov.

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov.

Marines helocast from a CH-53E Super Stallion Nov. 5 at White Beach Naval Facility during the scout swimmers course. Helocasting requires the Marines to hover 10 feet above the water in an aircraft and jump ou... More

Tech. Sgt. Steven Weisbrod, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Steven Weisbrod, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. Steven Weisbrod, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance munitions crew chief, loads A-10C flare into a container on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, July 11. After its loaded, line delivery will pick up the c... More

Staff Sgt. Steven Lloyd, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Steven Lloyd, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Steven Lloyd, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance munitions crew chief loads A-10 munitions onto a trailer on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Line delivery will pick up the container and transport it to t... More

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