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Airplanes - Parts - Manufacturing airplanes for the government by Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. General arrangement Holt Flare Lamging Light Bracket on right hand lower plane

Airplanes - Parts - Manufacturing airplanes for the government by Dayt...

Date Taken: 4/15/1918 Photographer: Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Airplanes - Parts

Flare Effects from the Sun - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Flare Effects from the Sun - U.S. National Archives Public Domain phot...

Photographs of the Activities of Maj. Albert W. Stevens

A smoke flare marks the landing zone for members of the 82nd Airborne Division and British Paratroopers during a re-enactment of a World War II parachute jump on the 40th anniversary of D-day, the invasion of Europe

A smoke flare marks the landing zone for members of the 82nd Airborne ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saint Mere-Eglise Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

A nighttime view of a magnesium flare fired above a target range during a live fire Exercise"MAD MOMENT."

A nighttime view of a magnesium flare fired above a target range durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MAD MOMENT Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Relea... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kevin McGuire prepares an inert flare during an OV-10 Bronco aircraft static load as CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Dave Ferry, judge, stands by during Sabre Spirit, Pacific Air Forces'first command-wide competition to test the skill

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kevin McGuire prepares an inert flare during an ...

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

US Navy Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator 3rd Class Aaron Cook, of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37 (HSL-37), prepares to throw a smoke flare out of his SH-60B Seahawk helicopter while training off the coast of Ecuador while embarked aboard USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57). Reuben James is en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Reuben James will be conducting bilateral operations with the Chilean navy

US Navy Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator 3rd Class Aaron Cook, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chris Desmond, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Adam Rainey, lights a smoke flare to draw attention to rescuers during his survival training refresher course at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA)

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Adam Rainey, lights a smoke...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG Scene Camera Operator: M... More

Two Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Airmen work on flare boxes for a JASDF F-15J Eagle fighter aircraft prior to it taking off from Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission while participating in Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

Two Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Airmen work on flare boxes...

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: SSGT Adrian Cadiz, USAF Release Statu... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mark their position with a white star cluster flare to alert other friendly forces during a fire fight while conducting a cordon-and-search operation in Jurf as Sakhr, Babil Province, Iraq. These Marines are participating in Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK, which is a combined US and British offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jurf As Sakhr State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Jose Collantes (right) gives the final instructions on how to launch a flare to SGT. April S. Stout from Combined Joint Task Force 76, Afghanistan during a Joint Heavy Weapons Range outside of Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan on Oct. 16, 2005. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Jose L. Rodriguez) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Jose Collantes (right) gives the final instructio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76 Scene Camera Opera... More

US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class (AO3) Cary Buel, assigned to Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), installs a MJU-49/B Decoy Flare Unit into an ALE-47 Counter Measure Dispensing system on a USN P-3C Orion aircraft at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq. VP-9 is currently on deployment conducting reconnaissance and maritime patrol operations supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class (AO3) Cary Buel, assign...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Eric J. Benson, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Cary Buel, assigned to Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), installs the back plate on a MJU-49/B Decoy Flare Unit, before installing it in the ALE-47 Counter Measure Dispensing system on a USN P-3C Orion aircraft at Tallil Air Base , Iraq. VP-9 is currently on deployment conducting reconnaissance and maritime patrol operations supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 1ST Class Brett A. Custer) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Cary Buel, assigned to Patrol...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Eric J. Benson, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An HH-60 Pavehawk with the 101st Rescue Squadron, 106th

An HH-60 Pavehawk with the 101st Rescue Squadron, 106th

An HH-60 Pavehawk with the 101st Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing conducts training around Westhampton Beach, Nov. 25, 2014. During this time the aircrew tested the aircraft's defensive systems and conducted ... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ed Fattmann, an instructor assigned

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ed Fattmann, an instructor assigned

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ed Fattmann, an instructor assigned to the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center (AATTC), prepares to ignite a signal flare near Bilpin, Australia, on March 9, 2017. The AATTC was conduc... More

SSGT David Brandonberg of the 33rd Air Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepares a flare for a routine practice flare drop from an HH-53 Jolly Green giant helicopter

SSGT David Brandonberg of the 33rd Air Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Sea, Southwest State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Robert Kay Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

TSGT John Holland, 10th Security Police Squadron, sets up a trip flare in preparation for an ambush during a training exercise at Spanhoe Air Field, Wakerly

TSGT John Holland, 10th Security Police Squadron, sets up a trip flare...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: North Hamptonshire Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Larry Young Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

STS050-44-010 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare.

STS050-44-010 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb an...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare. Subject Terms: STS-50, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), SUNRISE EARTH LIM... More

STS055-26-034 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-034 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb with window frame at the bottom of all scenes. All scenes are overexposed. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER)... More

STS055-26-030 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-030 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb. Scenes are framed by the overhead window frame. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), SUNSET, EARTH LIMB, CLOU... More

STS055-26-008 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-008 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb. Scene #s 6, 7 and 8 are framed by the overhead window frame. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), SUNSET, EAR... More

An S-3B Viking from the Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), Blue Wolves, based at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), in flight. The Viking is carrying an Aero ID 300 (300 gallon) fuel tank (left side) and a Douglas D-704 Buddy-Buddy refueling tank with extendable snorkel (a.k.a. Buddy Store). The Flare ports are visible near the rear of the aircraft

An S-3B Viking from the Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), Blue Wolves, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Aw) M.K. Miller, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Airmen First Class Frank Shoaf, USAF, (front), and Jeff Dean, USAF, crewchiefs, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, replace flare modules, part of the countermeasures to protect the C-17 Globemaster III. Many Air Force personnel are deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily

Airmen First Class Frank Shoaf, USAF, (front), and Jeff Dean, USAF, cr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene... More

Lake City, FL, May 15, 2007 -- Firefighters work to snuff out flare ups of the Florida Bugaboo Fire. The Bugaboo Fire still rages in some areas. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized 5 Fire Management Assistance Grants between March 27th and May 10th 2007, to help Florida fight fires in 16 counties. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

Lake City, FL, May 15, 2007 -- Firefighters work to snuff out flare up...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Senior Airman Jarred Cotter, 60th Maintenance Squdaron,

Senior Airman Jarred Cotter, 60th Maintenance Squdaron,

Senior Airman Jarred Cotter, 60th Maintenance Squdaron, replaces flares in a flare module at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., April 5, 2017. The squadron's munitions flight is responsible for munitions valued at ... More

U.S. Marine Corps pilots with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

U.S. Marine Corps pilots with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

U.S. Marine Corps pilots with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), participate in a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) near Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island, Calif., May 21, 2014. SAREX was conducte... More

SEARCH AND RESCUE - US Coast Guard photo

SEARCH AND RESCUE - US Coast Guard photo

(Sept. 5)--Illustration of survivor in raft with lit flare. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO

PH1 Ted Salois Tinian, Marianas Islands....A Marine is silhouetted by a burning flare as he moves toward a Seabee camp during exercise Kennel Bear '89. Marines from Marine Barracks Guam are acting as aggressors against Seabees from Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and Marines from the 3rd Force Service Support Group. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH1 Ted Salois Tinian, Marianas Islands....A Marine is silhouetted by ...

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

A smoke flare marks the landing zone for members of the 82nd Airborne Division and British paratroopers during a re-enactment of a World War II parachute jump on the 40th anniversary of D-day, the invasion of Europe

A smoke flare marks the landing zone for members of the 82nd Airborne ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saint Mere-Eglise Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC 5 Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

STS050-44-016 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare.

STS050-44-016 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb an...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare. Subject Terms: STS-50, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), SUNRISE EARTH LIM... More

STS055-26-035 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-035 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb with window frame at the bottom of all scenes. All scenes are overexposed. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER)... More

An F-15 Eagle from the 18th Wing, in a vertical ascent above the clouds at sunset, fires a flare and blasts afterburner flames

An F-15 Eagle from the 18th Wing, in a vertical ascent above the cloud...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Michael Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

At the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, TSGT. Dan Skoronsky (center) 128th Security Police Flight, demonstrates to other security policemen how to set up a trip flare during their Air Base Ground Defense training (ABGD)

At the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, TSGT. Dan Skoronsk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Douglas State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Bill Kojis Release Status: Released to P... More

LCPL Jones from Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion 6th Marine Reggiment sends a flare down range at Range 400 during COMBINED ARMS EXERCISE (CAX) 4-98. CAX 4-98 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), Twenty Nine Palms, California

LCPL Jones from Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion 6th Marine Reggiment send...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CAX 3/4-98 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command... More

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Lauri Hrovatin, 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Wisconsin (WI), Air National Guard (ANG), practices flare signaling while participating a Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) at the ANG Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Volk Field, Air National Guard Base (ANGB), WI

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Lauri Hrovatin, 128th Air R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Daniel J. Richardson, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Marcus Glenn, a B-52H Stratofortress bomber Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) assigned to the 340th Weapons School at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), removes a safety pin from the Flare Door prior to a training mission over the Utah Test and Training Range

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Marcus Glenn, a B-52H Stratofortress...

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

A 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron precision-guided

A 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron precision-guided

A 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron precision-guided munitions crew chief, transports ammo into a storage yard at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 13, 2013. The 455th EMXS ammo flight is responsible o... More

A Marine with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support

A Marine with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support

A Marine with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group prepares to throw an M-69 training grenade on a grenade range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2013. Service members ... More

Airmen from the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive

Airmen from the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive

Airmen from the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team perform procedures to render a hung flare from an F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft safe, Nov. 9, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, ... More

Expended Mark 124 flares lay in a storage container

Expended Mark 124 flares lay in a storage container

Expended Mark 124 flares lay in a storage container during combat survival training July 23, 2014, Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Alaska. The signal flares can emit orange or red smoke depending on day or ... More

Senior Airman Matthew Meyer, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft

Senior Airman Matthew Meyer, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft

Senior Airman Matthew Meyer, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons flight, attaches flares to an HH-60 Pave Hawk during a pre-flight check at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2015. ... More

C-130 Hercules aircraft approach a drop zone for airdropping of Korean troopers as combat controllers (in the foreground) signal the aircraft with a flare smoke and marking panels. They are participating in exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

C-130 Hercules aircraft approach a drop zone for airdropping of Korean...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Daniels Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A security policeman fires an M127A1 illumination flare during Exercise VOLANT SCORPION

A security policeman fires an M127A1 illumination flare during Exercis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

STS055-26-007 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-007 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb. Scene #s 6, 7 and 8 are framed by the overhead window frame. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), SUNSET, EAR... More

STS055-26-029 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-029 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb. Scenes are framed by the overhead window frame. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), SUNSET, EARTH LIMB, CLOU... More

A day/night smoke flare is tossed out in an opening by Captain Shannon Doyle an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot for the 75th Fighter Squadron at Pope AFB, North Carolina, to signal in HH-60H Seahawk helicopter personnel. This was during a Combined Search And Rescue (CSAR) scenario for DESERT RESCUE IX exercise. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

A day/night smoke flare is tossed out in an opening by Captain Shannon...

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

Captain (CAPT) Barry O'Donnel, USAF, 162nd Fighter Wing (FW), Tucson, Arizona Air National Guard, pops a signal flare during water survival training. Training conducted during the July "Unit Training Assembly" at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego, California

Captain (CAPT) Barry O'Donnel, USAF, 162nd Fighter Wing (FW), Tucson, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AZANG Scene Camera Ope... More

Airmen First Class Frank Shoaf, USAF, (left), and Jeff Dean, USAF, crewchiefs, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, replace flare modules, part of the countermeasures to protect the C-17 Globemaster III. Many Air Force personnel are deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily

Airmen First Class Frank Shoaf, USAF, (left), and Jeff Dean, USAF, cre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene... More

Airmen First Class Frank Shoaf, USAF, (right), and Jeff Dean, USAF, crewchiefs, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, replace flare modules, part of the countermeasures to protect the C-17 Globemaster III. Many Air Force personnel are deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily

Airmen First Class Frank Shoaf, USAF, (right), and Jeff Dean, USAF, cr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene... More

SFOR (Stabilization Force) members help themselves to Thanksgiving dinner served at the dining facility at Camp Butmir, Sarajevo. The Thanksgiving Day meal put on by the British contingent with an American flare during Operation JOINT FORGE. The main entrees included Ham, Turkey, Roast Duck, T-bone steaks, and Lobster Tail

SFOR (Stabilization Force) members help themselves to Thanksgiving din...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Butmir State: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT John P. Rohrer, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

In-Situ Burning of Oil - A boat is in the water with black smoke coming out of it

In-Situ Burning of Oil - A boat is in the water with black smoke comin...

VENICE, La.-A boat with the Vessel of Opportunity program stands by while oil and gas is flared off during a controlled in-situ burn which supports in the cleanup of surface oil July 17, 2010. A trained special... More

Master Sgt. James Cole, a 130th Fire and Emergency

Master Sgt. James Cole, a 130th Fire and Emergency

Master Sgt. James Cole, a 130th Fire and Emergency Services Craftsman, plots points on a map in preparation for FLARE Apr. 7, 2019 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. FLARE is a 13... More

Chief Master Sgt. Dave Grose, Flight Engineer Superintendent

Chief Master Sgt. Dave Grose, Flight Engineer Superintendent

Chief Master Sgt. Dave Grose, Flight Engineer Superintendent assigned to the 130th Operations Group, calls in information while participating in FLARE Apr. 9, 2019 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Cent... More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 180th Airlift Squadron,

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 180th Airlift Squadron,

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 180th Airlift Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, practice using signal flares during Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) training at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, ... More

A B-1B Lancer has its chaff and flare dispensers changed out by 405th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) Weapons Loaders at a deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A B-1B Lancer has its chaff and flare dispensers changed out by 405th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Thumrait Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing Scene C... More

A member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) checks an M-49 surface trip flare attached to a tree while setting up an aggressor force base camp during a joint-service escape and evasion field training exercise at Outlying Field Choctaw

A member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) checks an M-49 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Schading, USAF Release Status: ... More

SSGT Tom Hatch, 16th Special Operations Squadron, conducts an M-49 surface trip flare demonstration at the aggressor forces base camp during a joint-service escape and evasion field training exercise at Outlying Field Choctaw

SSGT Tom Hatch, 16th Special Operations Squadron, conducts an M-49 sur...

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

STS050-44-006 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare.

STS050-44-006 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb an...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare. Subject Terms: STS-50, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), SUNRISE EARTH LIM... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Brown of the 37th Airlift Squadron, explains the AN/ALE-47 chaff/flare dispensing system onboard a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany to other maintenance personnel

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Brown of the 37th Airlift Squadron, ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John P. Snow Release Status: Released ... More

Onboard the LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Raft an aircrew member from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, lights a signal flare as part of their survival training. The aircrews are participating in Exercise WHITETAIL 2001, this part held on Lake Michigan off the coast of Wisconsin

Onboard the LRU-15/F-2B 20 Man Life Raft an aircrew member from the 12...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WHITETAIL 2001 Base: Lake Michigan State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

A US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4), performs a flare maneuver alongside the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), while the ship is underway in the Pacific Ocean participating in "Tiger Cruise 2004," a air and sea power demonstration. The STENNIS and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are returning home from a five-month deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean

A US Navy (USN) SH-60F Seahawk, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Hel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 (Aw) Mark J. Rebilas, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

[Severe Wildfire Threat] Mason, OK, January 15, 2006 -- After containing a fire that burned 375 acres, firefighters extinguish hotspots so that it doesn't flare up again. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo

[Severe Wildfire Threat] Mason, OK, January 15, 2006 -- After containi...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

US Army USA) trainees negotiate the Night Infiltration Course under a night flare at the USA Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina (SC)

US Army USA) trainees negotiate the Night Infiltration Course under a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stacy L. Pearsall, USAF Release Stat... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ioan Cardos, left, shows Col. Vance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ioan Cardos, left, shows Col. Vance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ioan Cardos, left, shows Col. Vance L. Cryer how they operate the M777A2 Lightweight Howtizer during MEU Exercise 14 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 20, 2014. Carlos is a gun chief with Ind... More

An Airman assigned to the 130th Civil Engineering Squadron,

An Airman assigned to the 130th Civil Engineering Squadron,

An Airman assigned to the 130th Civil Engineering Squadron, calls in information while participating in FLARE Apr. 9, 2019 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. FLARE provides 130th ... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Snyder, 455th Expeditionary Munitions

Staff Sgt. Joshua Snyder, 455th Expeditionary Munitions

Staff Sgt. Joshua Snyder, 455th Expeditionary Munitions Flight munitions inspector, uses a technical orders to complete a munitions inspection Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 13, 2013. Before use or assembl... More

Helicopter maintainers from the 455th Expeditionary

Helicopter maintainers from the 455th Expeditionary

Helicopter maintainers from the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform preflight checks on an HH-60 Pave Hawk at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2015. Helicopter maintainers here ensu... More

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Combat Marksmanship

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Combat Marksmanship

II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Combat Marksmanship Program participants mark shots on their targets while flares illuminate the sky during night qualification, Sept. 9, 2008. Due to the dynamic nature... More

Staff Sgt. Christopher Bowman, a firefighter assigned

Staff Sgt. Christopher Bowman, a firefighter assigned

Staff Sgt. Christopher Bowman, a firefighter assigned to the 130th Fire and Emergency Services listens as Chief Master Sgt. Steven Carver, 130th FES Superintendent, gives him feedback on performance while parti... More

U.S. Marine Corps pilots with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

U.S. Marine Corps pilots with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

U.S. Marine Corps pilots with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), participate in a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) near Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island, Calif., May 21, 2014. SAREX was conducte... More

PH1 Ted Salois Tinian, Marianas Islands....Two Marines are silhouetted by a burning flare as they move toward a Seabee camp during exercise Kennel Bear '89. Marines from Marine Barracks Guam are acting as aggressors against Seabees from Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and Marines from the 3rd Force Service Support Group. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH1 Ted Salois Tinian, Marianas Islands....Two Marines are silhouetted...

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

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft releases a decoy flare during Exercise COPE THUNDER '86-3. During the exercise more than 60 aircraft from the US and the Far East will be pitted against each other in daily combat scenarios, dogfights and bomb runs

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft releases a decoy flare during Exercis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '86-3 Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt James R. Ferguson Release Status: Released to Publi... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tom Hatch, 16th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), attaches an M-49 surface trip flare to a tree while setting up an aggressor force base camp during a joint-service escape and evasion field training exercise at Outlying Field Choctaw

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tom Hatch, 16th Special Operations Squadron (SOS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Schading, USAF Release Status: ... More

An AIM-54C Phoenix missile and two chaff and flare dispensers sit on skids beside a Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103) F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm

An AIM-54C Phoenix missile and two chaff and flare dispensers sit on s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea Scene Camera Operator: SRA Chris U. Putman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

STS050-44-014 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare.

STS050-44-014 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb an...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare. Subject Terms: STS-50, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), SUNRISE EARTH LIM... More

One of two Marine CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters fires a flare while in flight over desert terrain

One of two Marine CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters fires a flare while in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CAPT. Ron Cult Release Status:... More

STS055-26-033 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-033 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), SUNSET, EARTH LIMB, CLOUDS Date Taken: 5/6/1993 Categories: Earth Obse... More

STS055-26-004 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

STS055-26-004 - STS-055 - Solar Flare, Clouds and Earth Limb

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Solar flare, clouds and Earth limb. Scene #s 6, 7 and 8 are framed by the overhead window frame. Subject Terms: STS-55, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), SUNSET, EAR... More

An S-3B Viking from the Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), Blue Wolves, based at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), in flight. The Viking is carrying an Aero ID 300 (300 gallon) fuel tank (left side) and a Douglas D-704 Buddy-Buddy refueling tank with extendable snorkel (a.k.a. Buddy Store). The Flare ports are visible near the rear of the aircraft

An S-3B Viking from the Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), Blue Wolves, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Aw) M.K. Miller, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Sharome Rudolph downloads a flare from an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Sharome Rudolph downloads a flare from an F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Alc Jessica Moore, USAF Release Stat... More

SGT. April S. Stout from Combined Joint Task Force 76, Afghanistan fires a flare during a Joint Heavy Weapons Range. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Jose L. Rodriguez) (Released)

SGT. April S. Stout from Combined Joint Task Force 76, Afghanistan fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jose L. Rodriguez, USA Release... More

In-Situ Oil Burn, US Coast Guard Photo

In-Situ Oil Burn, US Coast Guard Photo

VENICE, La. - Raw oil and gas is burnt off during a controlled in-situ burn which supports in the cleanup of surface oil July 17, 2010. A trained specialist lights a flare within a U-shaped boom and monitors th... More

A C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National

A C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National

A C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, flys over Wyoming during a training mission on Sept. 24, 2019. The 153rd Airlift Wing's primary mission is to provide combat airlift to our state... More

An HH-60 Pavehawk with the 101st Rescue Squadron, 106th

An HH-60 Pavehawk with the 101st Rescue Squadron, 106th

An HH-60 Pavehawk with the 101st Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing conducts training around Westhampton Beach, Nov. 25, 2014. During this time the aircrew tested the aircraft's defensive systems and conducted ... 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

A C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National

A C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National

A C-130 from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, fires off flares over Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center during a training mission on Sept. 24, 2019. The 153rd Airlift Wing's primary mission i... More

A Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15SG Strike Eagle

A Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15SG Strike Eagle

A Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15SG Strike Eagle deploys flares as part of an aerial demonstration during the Singapore International Airshow at Changi International Airport, Singapore, Feb. 21, 2016. Sing... More

Airmen assigned to the 130th Maintenance Group un-plug

Airmen assigned to the 130th Maintenance Group un-plug

Airmen assigned to the 130th Maintenance Group un-plug a generator from a C-130H Apr. 8, 2019 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. FLARE provides 130th members the opportunity to ho... More

A "downed" Royal Air Force CPT Roger A. Hamilton uses a flare to signal a United States Air Force CH-53 Super Jolly helicopter during exercise Reforger '80

A "downed" Royal Air Force CPT Roger A. Hamilton uses a flare to signa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Base: Diepoltz German Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Wickley Release Stat... More

A crew member on a P-3C Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 8 (VP-8) prepares to drop a flare during UNITAS XXV, the silver anniversary hemispheric naval exercise involving Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela

A crew member on a P-3C Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 8 (VP-8) pre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A flare marks the location of a gunnery target during a"Quick Draw"close-in weapons support drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67)

A flare marks the location of a gunnery target during a"Quick Draw"clo...

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

A Marine is silhouetted against a buring flare as he moves toward a Seabee camp during Exercise Kennel Bear '89. Marines from Marine Barracks Guam are acting as aggressors against Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 (NMCB-3) and Marines from the 3rd Force Service Support Group (3RD FSSG)

A Marine is silhouetted against a buring flare as he moves toward a Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KENNEL BEAR '89 Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ted Salois, USN Relea... More

STS050-44-009 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare.

STS050-44-009 - STS-050 - Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb an...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Artistic sunrise sequence with earth limb and lens flare. Subject Terms: STS-50, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), SUNRISE EARTH LIM... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Tim Tweeter, a pararescue specialist from the 38th Air Rescue Squadron (38th ARS), sits in the tall weeds and fires a smoke flare to signal a helicopter

SENIOR AIRMAN Tim Tweeter, a pararescue specialist from the 38th Air R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Camp security personnel restrain one of the Inspector General's opposing force after he tried to penetrate the camp perimeter. This infiltrator was captured after he tripped a perimeter warning flare. They are participating in Exercise Condor Contest, part of a Space Command Operational Readiness Inspection which deployed 155 members of the 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. to Camp Guernsey Army National Guard Base, Wyo

Camp security personnel restrain one of the Inspector General's opposi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CONDOR CONTEST Base: Camp Guernsey State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. ... More

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Loflin (left) and SRA Power, both from Cannon AFB, New Mexico, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, carefully take out the F-16 Fighting Falcon flare packs so they can later be installed. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Loflin (left) and SRA Power, both from Cannon AFB,...

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

Students of the Arctic Aircraft Recovery School sponsored by the 109th Airlift Wing (AW) are instructed in the use of the A/P-25S-5A Daytime Signal Flare. The school is located on the Ice cap of Greenland just three miles from the abandoned DYE II site, it was part of the DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line

Students of the Arctic Aircraft Recovery School sponsored by the 109th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001 Base: Kangerlussuaq State: West Greenland Country: Greenland (GRL) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Ca... More

AIRMAN First Class Scott McCormrick, USAF, 437th Maintenance Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, places a voltage tester into an empty flare bay, checking for stray voltage, prior to replacing the flares. The flares serve as countermeasures to protect the C-17 Globemaster III. Many Air Force personnel are deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily

AIRMAN First Class Scott McCormrick, USAF, 437th Maintenance Squadron,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene... More

AIRMAN First Class Scott McCormrick, USAF, 437th Maintenance Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, places a voltage tester into an empty flare bay, checking for stray voltage, prior to replacing the flares. The flares serve as countermeasures to protect the C-17 Globemaster III. Many Air Force personnel are deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily

AIRMAN First Class Scott McCormrick, USAF, 437th Maintenance Squadron,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene... More

STAFF SGT. Jose Collantes (right) gives the final instructions on how to launch a flare to SGT. April S. Stout from Combined Joint Task Force 76, Afghanistan during a Joint Heavy Weapons Range. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Jose L. Rodriguez) (Released)

STAFF SGT. Jose Collantes (right) gives the final instructions on how ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jose L. Rodriguez, USA Release... More

A Marine with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support

A Marine with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support

A Marine with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group fires an M-32 Multiple Grenade Launcher during a grenade training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 17, 2013. Ser... More

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