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As US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corie Hudson (center left), raises a GBU-32 (2,000-pound) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) into the bomb bay of a USAF B-2 Spirit with the MHU-83C/E Munitions Loading System, USAF Weapons Team Member #2, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Hall (left) and USAF Weapons Team CHIEF, SSGT Michael Copeland, prepare to secure it. All are with the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO). The bomber will fly half way around the earth for a combat sortie in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

As US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corie Hudson (center l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Giles (left) and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Ross, Weapons Load crewmembers, 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, load a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 1,000-pound bomb on an F-16CJ during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Falcon also has an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (left) already on the wing

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Giles (left) and ...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), New York Air National Guard (NYANG), Syracuse, New York (NY), in flight over Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on each wing tip, a pair of GBU-12 500-pound bombs (left), a pair of 370-gallon tanks, and a GBU-31 (Guided Bomb Unit) BLU-109 (Bomb Live Unit) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition). It also has a AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening AT targeting pod under the intake

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Aerial of a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Falcon is carrying a pair of Guided Bomb Unit (GBU)-12 500-lbs bombs and a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) under the wings and a pair of AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on the wing tips

Aerial of a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, 332nd Ai...

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

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. Wade Tolliver, Pilot, F/A-22 Raptor, and Director of Operations, 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va., releases a 1,000 lb. GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Utah Test and Training Range, Hill Air Force Base, Oct. 20, 2005, during the Combat Hammer Air-to-Ground Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, Elgin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. Wade Tolliver, Pilot, F/A-22 Raptor, and Direc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Re... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ariel A. Reyes a Munitions Handler assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, helps to guide an MJ-1 weapons loader transporting an M-117 750-pound general purpose bombs from the weapons bay on a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, while deployed at an undisclosed operating location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Three GBU-32 Mk-84 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) mounted under the wing of the aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ariel A. Reyes a Munitions Han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Greg Kobashigawa, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), flies a mission over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). The aircraft is armed with a 1,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Re... More

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber from the 37th Bomb Squadron (BS), Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD), flies over the Gulf of Mexico prior to being cleared onto the Eglin AFB, Land Range to drop GBU-31 1,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) on a ground target

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber from the 37th Bomb Squadron (...

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 Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status... More

The US Air Force (USAF) weapons load crew from the 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, use an MJ-1 Lift Truck to load a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 1,000-pound bomb on a USAF F-16CJ Fighting Falcon during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Falcon also has an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (left) already on the wing

The US Air Force (USAF) weapons load crew from the 22nd Expeditionary ...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Cameron Warren, Pilot, 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), signs a Mk-84 Bomb JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) before departing on his B-52H Stratofortress for a combat mission over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqi's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Cameron Warren, Pilot, 40th Expedit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

A US Air Force (USAF) weapons crew from the 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), loads a GBU-31A 1000lb Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guided Bomb onto an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) weapons crew from the 157th Aircraft Maintenance...

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

A pair of US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcons, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), New York Air National Guard (NYANG), Syracuse, New York (NY), in flight over Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Falcons are armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on each wing tip, a pair of GBU-12 500-pound bombs (left), a pair of 370-gallon tanks, and a GBU-31 (Guided Bomb Unit) BLU-109 (Bomb Live Unit) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition). The Falcon on the right also has a AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening AT targeting pod under the intake

A pair of US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcons, 174th Fighter Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Lucian Williamson, left and SSGT Justin Smith, with the 510th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), load a GBU-31 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter at a forward deployed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Lucian Williamson, left and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Bravo Company, 2-501st, 1ST Armo Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Re... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Stephen Church, inspects Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) or precision-guided munitions, at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Stephen Church, inspects ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 555th FS (Fighter Squadron), armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), GBU-12 500-pound bombs, and a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), photographed following at refueling mission flown over Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the ...

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

An Air Force load crewmember from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, maneuvers an MHU-83 C/E Munitions Loader with a 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) based on a Mk-84 bomb to be loaded on a B-1B Lancer during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda infrastructure, airfields and aircraft. Operation ...

An Air Force load crewmember from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, man...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force load crewmember from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, maneuvers an MHU-83 C/E Munitions Loader with a 2,000-pound ... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Robert Hunt an F-16 Crew CHIEF watches his F-16 Falcon, loaded with Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), during the pre-launch checklist, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Robert Hunt an F-16 Crew CHIEF watches his F-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Gaddis, USAF Releas... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), flies a mission over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT). The aircraft is armed with a 1,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Re... More

Aerial of a US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and a MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Aerial of a US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attac...

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

US Air Force (USAF) test pilot USAF Major (MAJ) John Teichert, releases a guided bomb unit (GBU)-32 1,000-lbs joint direct attack munitions (JDAM) from a USAF F/A-22A Raptor fighter at supersonic speed for the first time near California's Panamint Mountain range

US Air Force (USAF) test pilot USAF Major (MAJ) John Teichert, release...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Darin Russell, CIV, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and U.S.

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and U.S.

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and U.S. Air Force construct Joint Direct Attack Munitions at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Feb. 9, 2016. The RAAF has employed more than 1,600 munitions a... More

A Joint Direct Attack Munition detonates on target

A Joint Direct Attack Munition detonates on target

A Joint Direct Attack Munition detonates on target during the culminating event in the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) course 1-20 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. ... More

At the weapons trailer an Air Force munitions loader from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, preps Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), base on the Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb, to load on a B-1B Lancer bomber during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. B-1B bombers have dropped over 3.8 million pounds of weapons and over 60 percent of all JDAMs to date. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon

At the weapons trailer an Air Force munitions loader from the 28th Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW Scene ... More

Two 1000-pound inert simulated Joint Defense Attack Munitions "JDAM" sit atop an ammunition trailer in front of a line of US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft, being readied for missions associated with Operational Readiness Exercise Sea Lion 02-01, at Shaw AFB, South Carolina (SC)

Two 1000-pound inert simulated Joint Defense Attack Munitions "JDAM" s...

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

An Air Force load crew from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, prepare GBU-32, a 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to be loaded on a B-1B Lancer bomber during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda infrastructure, airfields and aircraft. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on ...

An Air Force load crew from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, prepare G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force load crew from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, prepare GBU-32, a 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) ... More

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance workers deployed to the 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), prepare a GBU-31/32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) onto a MHU-110 Munitions Handling Trailer for upload on a B-1B Lancer

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance workers deployed to the 28th Expeditio...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) team of munitions specialists from the 405th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron (EMS), install the fin assemblies to the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) team of munitions specialists from the 405th Exp...

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

These GBU-31A 1000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) will be loaded on F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighters assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

These GBU-31A 1000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) will be ...

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David Martinez, left and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Asher, of the 7th Munitions Squadron (MS), move a Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) bomb to a Munitions Depot during a Surge Exercise at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David Martinez, left and AIRMA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command Scene Camera Operat... More

(Left) Col. Frank N. Latt, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing,

(Left) Col. Frank N. Latt, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing,

(Left) Col. Frank N. Latt, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, (middle) Assistant Wing Commander, Maj. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, Assistant Deputy Commandant, and (right) Col. Ti... More

A US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, South Carolina (SC) secure a 1000-pound inert simulated Joint Defense Attack Munitions "JDAM" to an MJ-1 weapons loader, during Operational Readiness Exercise Sea Lion 02-01

A US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) assigned to the 20th Fight...

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) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Brown keeps a hand on the tail section of a 1000- pound inert bomb as SSGT Scott Stanton drives an MJ-1 weapons loader. The bombs are simulated Joint Defense Attack Munitions "JDAM" and will be uploaded onto the waiting USAF F-16CJ aircraft at Shaw AFB, South Carolina (SC), during the Operational Readiness Exercise Sea Lion 02-01

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Robert Brown keeps a hand on...

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

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 1,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squ...

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 Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status... More

US Air Force (USAF) ammo personnel, 410th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), assemble a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) ammo personnel, 410th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lindsey M. Slocum, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tony "Chilli Dawg" Rodriguez mans the MHU-83C/E Munitions Loading System to maneuver a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-32 2,000-pound bomb as USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Colby Davis signals and guides the munition onto its cradle on the MHU-110 Munitions Handling Trailer during day two of operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In the background sits a USAF B-2 Spirit bomber

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tony "Chilli Dawg" Rodri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Janice H. Cannon, USAF Release Sta... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), New York Air National Guard (NYANG), Syracuse, New York (NY), receives fuel from a USAF KC-135R, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), over Afghanistan while supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on each wing tip, a pair of GBU-12 500-pound bombs (left), a pair of 370-gallon tanks, and a GBU-31 (Guided Bomb Unit) BLU-109 (Bomb Live Unit) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Peter Terrebonne, a B-52H Stratofortress bomber Radar Navigator assigned to the 340th Weapons School, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), performs a preflight inspection on a 2000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) rack prior to a test mission over the Utah Test and Training Range

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Peter Terrebonne, a B-52H Stratofort...

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

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations, speaks with 366th Munition Squadron Airmen at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. Teel’s visit to the 366th MUN... More

An Airman from the 23d Maintenance Squadron attaches

An Airman from the 23d Maintenance Squadron attaches

An Airman from the 23d Maintenance Squadron attaches a nose cone to a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during a bomb building course, May 10, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. To ensure readiness to complet... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Meir (left) and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Daniel Yost, load a GBU-32 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon pylon prior to a mission from a desert air base in the Arabian Gulf Region during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Meir (left) and USA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Stefan Alford, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corie Hudson, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), drives an MHU-83C/E Munitions Loading System carrying with a GBU-32 (2,000-pound) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). The JADM will uploaded into an aircraft for a combat sortie in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Corie Hudson, 509th Aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Amado (left) and USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Stacy Brenenstall, 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), load a GBU-31 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon in the Arabian Gulf Region during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Amado (left) and USAF A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Stefan Alford, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An aerial of a US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress, 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), loaded with Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) heads toward Iraq on it's mission to provide close air support for coalition troops stabilizing the country of Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An aerial of a US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress, 40th Expeditio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

Over the Middle East, an US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), prepares to connect for refueling operations with a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 163rd Air Refueling Wing, 196th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Grizzlies, March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The F-18 is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and a MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Over the Middle East, an US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 398th AEG Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert J. Horstman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris Hickman (left), USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Greg Lewis (center), and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Gerald Brown, (right rear), 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS) Ammo, push a GUB-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), into position. At this station they will finish taking them apart and prepare it for shipment at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Chris Hickman (left), US...

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

A video plays at the at a ribbon cutting ceremony aboard

A video plays at the at a ribbon cutting ceremony aboard

A video plays at the at a ribbon cutting ceremony aboard Townsend Bombing Range, the East Coast’s premier air-to-ground bombing range, to commemorate its expansion and modernization, Jan 29. The video explained... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matt Ashley, left, a munitions

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matt Ashley, left, a munitions

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matt Ashley, left, a munitions systems controller, and Airman 1st Class Clint Hatton, a munitions crew member, perform a joint direct attack munition post-assembly inspection during... More

A B-52H Stratofortress from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing heads back, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), to Diego Garcia after a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

A B-52H Stratofortress from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing heads back...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), released a 1,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Re... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), release's a 1,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) over the Utah Test and Training Range during Exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program conducted at Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Re... More

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber from the 37th Bomb Squadron (BS), Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD), flies over the Gulf of Mexico prior to being cleared onto the Eglin AFB, Land Range to drop GBU-31 1,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) on a ground target

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber from the 37th Bomb Squadron (...

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 Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Roger, Radar Navigator, 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), jots a final message on a JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munitions) prior to the first ever B-52H Stratofortress bomber sortie with a configuration of Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) and JDAMs for military targets in Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Roger, Radar Navigator, 23rd Expeditio...

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Adams, Munitions Systems Journeyman, works on the tail section of an MK 84 Bomb, Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-32, at Diego Garcia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Adams, Munitions Systems ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocelyn Rich, USAF Relea... More

Using an M-1 Bomb Lift Truck, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Lucan Williamson and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Brent Wallis, with the 510th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), load a GBU-31 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter at a forward deployed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Using an M-1 Bomb Lift Truck, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Bravo Company, 2-501st, 1ST Armo Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Re... More

Lance Cpls. Katelyn Denham, Jamie Malinowski and William

Lance Cpls. Katelyn Denham, Jamie Malinowski and William

Lance Cpls. Katelyn Denham, Jamie Malinowski and William Rousseau, aviation ordnance technicians with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 11, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, hand... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Ross, Weapons Loader, 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany, checks a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 1,000-pound bomb on an F-16CJ during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Falcon also has an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) (left) already on the wing

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Ross, Weapons Loader, ...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), upload GBU-31 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) onto a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, as they prepare for the largest bombing sorties conducted by coalition forces since the beginning of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Civil En...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Janice H. Cannon, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), armed with GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and Mark 82 500-pound general purpose bombs, parked on the flight line at a forward deployed location, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 40th Expedi...

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

Aerial of a US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and a MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Aerial of a US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 398th AEG Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert J. Horstman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Josh Rodriguez (left) and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Clinton Glasgo, Weapons Load Crew Members, 509th Maintenance Group (MXG), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), prepare a GBU-31 (Guided Bomb Unit) Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to be loaded onto a USAF B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber aircraft during Exercise SPIRIT FORCE 04-06, which is a convention Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) that tests a units ability to deploy to a hostile environment and perform continuous day-to-day mission requirements

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Josh Rodriguez (left) and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tia Schroeder, USAF Release Sta... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Expeditionary Warfare

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Expeditionary Warfare

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific, conduct the culminating event of the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) course 1-20 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, T... More

An Air Force weapons loader from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing delivers a BLU-109 2,000-pound bomb, with a JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) attachment, for loading into a B-1 Lancer bomber during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The B-1 can hold 24- 2,000-pound bombs in its three bomb bays. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda ...

An Air Force weapons loader from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing deliv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force weapons loader from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing delivers a BLU-109 2,000-pound bomb, with a JDAM (Joint Direct... More

Three GBU-32 Mk-84 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) mounted under the wing of a US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing. The aircraft is deployed at an undisclosed operating location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Three GBU-32 Mk-84 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Greg Kobashigawa, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2A Stealth Bomber aircraft from the 325th Bomb Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), drops a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) over the Utah Test and Training Range during exercise Combat Hammer, a Weapon System Evaluation Program (WSEP) conducted at Hill AFB, Utah (UT)

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2A Stealth Bomber aircraft from the 325th Bomb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Re... More

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mich... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Colby Davis guides the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-32 2,000-pound bomb onto its cradle on the MHU-110 Munitions Handling Trailer during day two of operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Colby Davis guides the Joint...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Janice H. Cannon, USAF Release Sta... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jeffrey King and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Richard Freeland, Combat Cameramen, document the uploading of GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), onto the external wing bomb rack of a B-52 Stratofortress Bomber, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jeffrey King and Technica...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Janice H. Cannon, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Chancy Smith, with the 405th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron (EMS), torques the bolts down on the strake fin on a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Chancy Smith, with the 40...

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

Over the Middle East, an US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (VMFA-115), Silver Eagles, Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), prepares to connect for refueling operations with a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker, 163rd Air Refueling Wing, 196th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Grizzlies, March Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The F-18 is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles (wing tips), a GBU-12 (left), and a MK-83 1,000 lbs Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Over the Middle East, an US Marine Corps (USMC) F/A-18 Hornet, Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 398th AEG Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert J. Horstman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jesse Thompson (right) and USAF SRA Elizabeth Stenbakken, Missile Maintenance troops augmenting Munitions Systems Troops, upgrade the system software of an KMU-556 in the tail kit of a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-32 at Diego Garcia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jesse Thompson (right) and USA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocelyn Rich, USAF Relea... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Lucas Teel, 366th Fighter Wing deputy commander of operations and 366th Munitions Squadron Airmen pose in front of an assembled GBU-31 Version 3 munition at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ida... More

A GBU-31 Version 3 munition lays on a munition assembly

A GBU-31 Version 3 munition lays on a munition assembly

A GBU-31 Version 3 munition lays on a munition assembly conveyor at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 28, 2020. The assembly was accomplished as part of the immersion tour where U.S. Air Force Col. Luca... More

A B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, engages the boom from the KC-10 Extender, 60th Air Expeditionary Group. After being refueled, the B-52H, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), will head back to Diego Garcia from a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

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

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

Air Force munitions specialists from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing use an MHU-83 C/E Munitions Loader to download Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) based on the Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb, from a B-52 bomber and place it on munitions cart during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Air Force munitions specialists from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW Scene ... More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS HARRRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), sailors assigned to the aviation ordnance crew, use munitions trailers to position GBU-31 1000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) on deck. The Truman and Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) currently on a six-month deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS HARRRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 7...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Chris Stoltz, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Damion Martin, with the 405th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron (EMS), tightens the screws on a fin assembly to a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Damion Martin, with the 405th ...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) weapons crew from the 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), loads a GBU-31A 1000lb Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guided Bomb onto an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) weapons crew from the 157th Aircraft Maintenance...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Anthony King, right and TSGT Art Cavannaugh, Weapons Technicians with the 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), begin loading these GBU-31A 1000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) on waiting F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighters assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Anthony King, right and ...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), prepare a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft armed with GBU-31 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, as they prepare for the largest bombing sorties conducted by coalition forces since the beginning of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Civil En...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Janice H. Cannon, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle McClien, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS) Ammo, plugs a cable into the GUB-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), in order to check the global positioning system (GPS) at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle McClien, 379th Expe...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing (FW), deployed with the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, GBU-12 500-pound bombs and GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), as it executes a left wing over banking maneuver, over the mountains and high desert of Afghanistan in support of Operation Mountain Lion, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 4th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Lance Cheung, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron S. Mauk, a designated marksman

U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron S. Mauk, a designated marksman

U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron S. Mauk, a designated marksman assigned to the personal security detail, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior r... More

Airmen from the 23d Maintenance Squadron, perform equipment

Airmen from the 23d Maintenance Squadron, perform equipment

Airmen from the 23d Maintenance Squadron, perform equipment checks during a bomb building course, May 10, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. To ensure readiness to complete their mission efficiently, Airmen pra... More

Lance Cpls. Katelyn Denham, Jamie Malinowski and William

Lance Cpls. Katelyn Denham, Jamie Malinowski and William

Lance Cpls. Katelyn Denham, Jamie Malinowski and William Rousseau, aviation ordnance technicians with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 11, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, hand... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Expeditionary Warfare

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Expeditionary Warfare

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific, conduct the culminating event of the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) course 1-20 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, T... More

A US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, South Carolina (SC) secure a 1000-pound inert simulated Joint Defense Attack Munitions "JDAM" to an MJ-1 weapons loader, during Operational Readiness Exercise Sea Lion 02-01

A US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) assigned to the 20th Fight...

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

A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, takes control of the aircraft as he engages a B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, with the refueling boom. The B-52H, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), will head back to Diego Garcia from a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-10 will stand by for other aircraft in need of fuel. In response to the orist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting...

A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, takes control of the aircraft as he engages a B-52H Stratofor... More

View of a B-1B Lancer bomb bay loaded with Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) based on a BLU-109 2,000-pound bombs, for support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

View of a B-1B Lancer bomb bay loaded with Joint Direct Attack Munitio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Larry A. Simmons Release S... More

Air Force munitions specialists from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing download Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) based on the Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb, from a B-52 Stratofortress bomber during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Air Force munitions specialists from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, US... More

A GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) glides towards a ground target on the Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Land Range

A GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) glides toward...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mich... More

A US Air Force (USAF) ammo personnel, 410th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), guides a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) onto a trailer for transportation at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) ammo personnel, 410th Maintenance Squadron (MXS)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lindsey M. Slocum, USAF Release ... More

An elevator onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS HARRRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), carrier rows of GBU-31 1000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, from the carrier hangar deck to the flight deck, in preparation for the days mission. The Truman and Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) currently on a six-month deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An elevator onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS HARRRY S. T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Chris Stoltz, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brodrick "Rock" Hudson, assigned to the 405th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron (EMS), completes a final inspection of assembled Joint Direct Attack Munitons (JDAM), at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brodrick "Rock" Hudson, ass...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) team of munitions specialists from the 405th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron (EMS), install the fin assemblies to the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) team of munitions specialists from the 405th Exp...

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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Phillip Gargas, Munitions Systems Apprentice, works on an MK 84 Bomb, Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-32, at Diego Garcia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Phillip Gargas, Munitions...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocelyn Rich, USAF Relea... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), New York Air National Guard (NYANG), Syracuse, New York (NY), in flight over Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Falcon is armed with AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) on each wing tip, a pair of GBU-12 500-pound bombs (left), a pair of 370-gallon tanks, and a GBU-31 (Guided Bomb Unit) BLU-109 (Bomb Live Unit) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition). It also has a AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening AT targeting pod under the intake

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 174th Fighter Wing (FW), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

During Sunday's drill member of the US Air Force (USAF) 192nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron (MMXS), participated a weapons buildup. They train in order to keep their skills sharp and learn any new procedures developed. SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Marcus Macon, left and SRA Earl Collins align a Strake, or fin assembly to the outside of the Joint Defense Air Munition (JDAM) bomb. The small fins help give the weapon a straight track as it flies through the air

During Sunday's drill member of the US Air Force (USAF) 192nd Munition...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Richmond International Airport State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Alexander Duckett, a rifleman assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Alexander Duckett, a rifleman assigned

U.S. Army Pfc. Alexander Duckett, a rifleman assigned to Blackhawk Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior provides security a... More

Senior Airman Briant Rogers, 51st Munitions Squadron

Senior Airman Briant Rogers, 51st Munitions Squadron

Senior Airman Briant Rogers, 51st Munitions Squadron crew member, prepares to connect a Joint Direct Attack Munition to a firmware update under the supervision of Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Snuffin, 51st MUNS conventio... More

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