US Navy (USN) Pilots assigned to the "Vikings" of Tactical Electronic ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark J. Rebilas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More
Flight deck personnel carry stretchers to a waiting SH-3 Sea King heli...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More
A flight deck crew member signals to a pilot during flight operations ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: Walsworth Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter approaches for a landing on the fli...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Lucas / SSGT Drago Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More
A UH-1N helicopter approaches for a landing on the flight deck of the ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Lucas / SSGT Drago Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More
An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from Fighter Attack Squadron 125 (VFA-125) p...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Don Choquette Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A flight deck crewmen signals to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter du...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More
Flight deck crewmen stand by as F/A-18A Hornet aircraft are prepared f...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Salman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More
An MD-3A tow tractor tows an EA-6B Prowler aircraft across the flight ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Knepp Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Flight deck crewmen refuel an F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraf...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More
An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 R.R. Knepp Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More
A flight deck crewman directs an A-7E Corsair II aircraft onto a catap...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles R. Solseth Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More
An A-6 Intruder aircraft taxis on the flight deck during flight operat...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles R. Solseth Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More
A-6E Intruder aircraft and A-7E Corsair II aircraft line the flight de...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 D.E. Houser Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A flight deck crewman gives the thumbs-up signal during flight operati...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More
Flight deck crewmen stand by during flight operations aboard the nucle...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More
Attack Squadron 143 (VA-143) ordnancemen and flight deck crewmen servi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More
Sailors scrub down the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Nuclear-powere...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More
Flight deck crewmen carry out flight operations on the flight deck of ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WEST WIND 88 Base: USS Forrestal (CV 59) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Dittmar, USN Release Stat... More
Flight deck crewmen stand by as a Marine Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513)...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D.P. Flynn, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More
Steam rises from a catapult track behind a flight deck crewman carryin...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Constellation (CV 64) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Wilcox Release Status: Rel... More
Two flight deck crewmen wait for flight operations to resume aboard th...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More
An aerial view of the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carr...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to Pub... More
An F/A-18C Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Two (VFA-82) clea...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: At Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Sammy Dallal Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More
STS096-354-037 - STS-096 - PLT Husband at his station on the forward f...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-96 pilot Rick Husband reviews a checklist from his station on the Discovery's forward flight deck during flight operations. Subject Terms: ASTRONAU... More
STS096-354-035 - STS-096 - PLT Husband at his station on the forward f...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-96 pilot Rick Husband reviews a checklist from his station on the Discoverys forward flight deck during flight operations. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUT... More
Flight deck personnel have chocks at the ready in support of flight op...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Tina Ackerman, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More
US Navy Lieutenant Commander R.D. Jones discusses flight operations ar...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED SPIRIT Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Lawrence M. Shannon, USN Release Status: Release... More
Airmen Yocinda Buxton stands an integrity watch on the flight deck of ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 H. Dwain Willis, USN Release Status: Released to... More
US Navy AIRMAN Apprentice Charles Hines refuels a EA-6B Prowler aircra...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 H. Dwain Willis, (Cvn 75) Release Status: Releas... More
A high oblique aerial view of the US Navy (USN) NIMITZ CLASS: Aircraft...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Arabian Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Summer M. Anderson, USN Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More
Two US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft sits chained to the...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark J. Rebilas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More
US Navy (USN) EA-6B Prowler aircraft assigned to the "Vikings" of Tact...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark J. Rebilas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More
US Navy (USN) flight deck Safety Observer assigned to the "Fighting Vi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jordon R. Beesley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More
A US Navy (USN) Sailor removes a catapult seal from the flight deck in...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Christopher B. Long, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More
U.S. Navy aviation boatswain's mate equipmentmen perform maintenance i...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Aaron Burden, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More
A U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (right) guides an F/A-18F Super ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Jacob Fadley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More
MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 prepare to land on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during exercises for Bold Alligator 2012. Bold A... More
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Stephan Hunt, from
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the "Bounty Hunters"
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171019-N-ZQ712-085 5TH FLEET AREA OF OEPRATIONS (Oct.
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Flight Operations. Warship photograph collection
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Flight Operations. Warship photograph collection
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USS New Orleans Flight Operations
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201214-N-NC885-1034 NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 14, 2020)
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Air department sailors give the all clear for an aircraft
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An F/A Hornet launches from the flight deck of the
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A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the
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A U.S. Sailor kneels behind an EA-18G Growler, assigned
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