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Special Operations personnel rappel down from a Air Mobility Command's MH-53J Pave Low helicopter. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Special Operations personnel rappel down from a Air Mobility Command's...

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

A right front view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's aircraft inventory, the MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low III helicopter, parked on the flight line

A right front view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lee Schading Release Status: Releas... More

A front close-up view of an MH-53J helicopter of the 21st Special Operations Squadron, equipped with the new Pave Low infrared system for night operations, in-flight near the English coast

A front close-up view of an MH-53J helicopter of the 21st Special Oper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: North Sea Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dave Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopter from the 20th Special Operations Squadron lifts off from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

A U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopter from the 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A US Air Force (USAF) MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft assigned to 67th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) refuels a USAF MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st SOS. Both Squadrons are deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, to support Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

A US Air Force (USAF) MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft assigned to 67th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF ... More

An MH-53J Pave Low helicopter flies over the full honor funeral (not shown) for US Air Force Second Lieutenant Richard Vandegeer at Arlington National Cemetery on October 27, 2000

An MH-53J Pave Low helicopter flies over the full honor funeral (not s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jennifer Gangemi, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt Field, Florida, is taken off a C-17A Globemaster III, at an unknown forward deployed location. The tasking of this equipment is part of the mobilization for the attack on terrorism during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr, USAF Release Status: Released to Public ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gregg Thompson, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Easy Company 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares for a flight in an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter to practice Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gregg Thompson, a squad a...

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

Flight deck personnel and helicopter crews do final checks before take off on two U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters from the 20th Special Operations Squadron on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

Flight deck personnel and helicopter crews do final checks before take...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public C... More

The remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter are lifted and readied for positioning to load onto a "lowboy" transport trailer. The helicopter crashed near Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina on the night of June 2, 1999. Air Force Special Operations Command requested that the aircraft be recovered and returned to Hurlburt Field, Florida

The remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter are lifted an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dave Davenport Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A US Air Force MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, from the 31st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Kadena Air Base, Japan, takes off from Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea, after an infiltration during Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000

A US Air Force MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, from the 31st Special Opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Victo... More

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt Field, Florida, is downloaded from a C-17A Globemaster III at an unknown forward deployed location. The tasking of this equipment is part of the mobilization for the attack on terrorism during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Contact. A MH-53J Pavelow helicopter connects with the drogue from the fuel hose from an MC-130E Combat Talon as part of an aerial refueling mission. The helicopter and crew are from the 16th Special Operations Wing, which is deployed to the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South at a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Contact. A MH-53J Pavelow helicopter connects with the drogue from the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operation Enduring Freedom Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AFSOC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Re... More

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW), performs preventive maintenance on the rotor assembly of a MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW), performs preventive...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), sits on a hardstand after a night's snowfall

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter assigned to the 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Per... More

Visitors inspect the new MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter at a roll out ceremony introducing the first of 41 modified HH-53 helicopters to the public. Some of the modifications include new instrument panels, consoles, various secure voice radio and satellite communications systems and titanium armor plating over critical avionics systems. The helicopter will be tested for the next six months before being turned over to the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Visitors inspect the new MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter at a roll out...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gary R. Coppage Release Stat... More

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron push an MH-53J helicopter, one of the first group to arrive in Europe equipped with the Pave Low infrared system for night operations, onto the flight line

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron push an MH-53J helicop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Flight deck personnel and helicopter crews do final preflight checks on two U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters as the aircraft warm engines on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

Flight deck personnel and helicopter crews do final preflight checks o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 34366 Base: USS George Washington @@(Cvn 73) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg L. Snaza Release... More

View from inside the C-5 Galaxy as an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, UK, is uploaded at RAF Mildenhall by 352nd maintenance personnel and the C-5 loadmaster onto a C-5B Galaxy assigned to the 439th Airlift Wing Westover Air Reserve Base, MA

View from inside the C-5 Galaxy as an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Brad Fallin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Air to air view, an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Operations Group, as it trails a refueling drogue of a HC-130 aircraft (not shown) over the English countryside

Air to air view, an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Speci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), flies along the coast of Central Mozambique where the flooded Limpopo River flows into the Mozambique Channel, as conducts aerial refueling operations while supporting Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), lands at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, while re-deploying from Mozambique, as humanitarian relief missions in Southern Africa comes to a close. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Re... More

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Phil Fraley an instructor at the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, scans out the open window of the right gunner's door for aircraft and obstacles during a recent training flight aboard a MH-53J Pave Low III E helicopter. From AIRMAN Magazine, July 2000 article"Front Cover"

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Phil Fraley an instructor at the 58th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan Release Status: Re... More

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt Field, Florida, is downloaded from a C-17A Globemaster III at an unknown forward deployed location. The tasking of this equipment is part of the mobilization for the attack on terrorism during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A MH-53J/M Pave Low, 20th Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Hurlburt ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) flight crew on an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), pre-flight their aircraft during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) flight crew on an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter dep...

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

A left rear view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's aircraft inventory, the MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low III helicopter, parked on the flightline

A left rear view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lee Schading Release Status: Releas... More

A right front view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's aircraft inventory, the MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low III helicopter, parked on the flight line

A right front view of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to ... More

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron tow an MH-53J helicopter, one of the first group to arrive in Europe equipped with the Pave Low infrared system for night operations, on the flight line, while another is unloaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron tow an MH-53J helicopt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Dave Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A member of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit works on a 1ST Special Operations Wing MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter that is being prepared for shipment to the Persian Gulf region to support Operation Desert Shield

A member of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit works on a 1ST Special ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G... More

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "Night Ops" CATEGORY: Portfolio PLACE: Second Place Portfolio CAPTION INFORMATION: A pararescue search team prepares for a night mission in an Air Force MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter at Kirtland AFB, NM. IMAGE FILE #DD-SP-01-00040

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1999 TITLE: "Night Ops" CATEG...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: MSG David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter crews from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, after re-deploying from Mozambique, as humanitarian relief missions in Southern Africa comes to a close. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter crews from the 21st ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Re... More

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ron Bishop, an MC-130E Combat Talon loadmaster from the 16th Special Operations Wing, Hulbert Field, Florida, sits on the open ramp and watches for a pair of MH-53J Pavelow Helicopters arriving for an aerial refueling mission. TSGT Bishop deployed with the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South to a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ron Bishop, an MC-130E Combat Talon loadmast...

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

An MH-53J from the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW), Hurlburt Field, Florida on a nighttime mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An MH-53J from the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW), Hurlburt Field,...

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

Aerial view light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF), 6th Special Operations Wing (SOW), MH-53J Pave Low helicopter refueling in flight from a KC-130 Hercules aircraft during a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Aerial view light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF), ...

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

Aerial view light enhanced photography showing the door gunner position onboard a US Air Force (USAF), 6th Special Operations Wing (SOW), MH-53J Pave Low helicopter on a mission, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. A second MH-53J Pave Low helicopter is visible in the background

Aerial view light enhanced photography showing the door gunner positio...

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

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) offload a MH-53J Pave Low helicopter from a C-17 Globemaster III, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) offload a MH-53J Pav...

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

At Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, US Marine Corps (USMC) members deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), exit an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter while practicing Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction (SPIE), in order to combat terrorism in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

At Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, US Marine Corps (USMC) members d...

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

Air to air top front view of a Air Mobility Command's Special Operations MH-53J Pave Low helicopter. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air top front view of a Air Mobility Command's Special Operatio...

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

Representative Earl Hutto, Democrat-Florida, addresses guests at roll out ceremonies for the first of 41 MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopters. Improvements on the modified HH-53 helicopter include: new instrument panels, consoles, various secure voice radio and satellite communications systems and titanium armor plating over critical avionics systems. The helicopter will be tested for the next six months before being turned over to the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Representative Earl Hutto, Democrat-Florida, addresses guests at roll ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gary R. Coppage Release Stat... More

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron unload their first shipment of MH-53J helicopters, equipped with the Pave Low infrared system for night operations, from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron unload their first shi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dave Nolan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter is loaded into a C-5 Galaxy aircraft, for use in Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter is loaded into a C-5 Galaxy aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE '89 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

Members from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron practice on and off loading of a lightweight special tactics vehicle from a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter during Foal Eagle '93

Members from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron practice on and off lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Mike Reinhardt Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Air to air view of a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Operations Group as it trails a refueling drogue of an HC-130 aircraft (not shown) over the Mildenhall runway. The HC-130, also from the 352nd, and the MH-53J provide a demonstration to the over 200,000 people visiting Air Fete '97

Air to air view of a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR FETE '97 Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Brad Fallin Release St... More

An MC-130P from the 67th Special Operations Squadron and an MH-53J from the 21st Special Operations Squadron demonstrate an aerial refueling over Ely, Cambridgeshire, during a practice for the RAF Mildenhall's Annual Air Fete for 2001. Hosted by the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Air Fete is Europe's largest military sponsored air show, with an expected audience of more than 300,000. This year's theme is "Silver Wings," as the show will celebrate its 25th Anniversary this year

An MC-130P from the 67th Special Operations Squadron and an MH-53J fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andrew E. Lynch, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A MH-53J Pavelow helicopter connects with the drogue from the fuel hose from an MC-130E Combat Talon as part of an aerial refueling mission. The helicopter and crew are from the 16th Special Operations Wing, which is deployed to the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South at a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

A MH-53J Pavelow helicopter connects with the drogue from the fuel hos...

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

During Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Navy SEALS disembark an MC-130E Combat Talon, from the 16th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, to provide perimeter security for a maintenance team performing critical repairs to a MH-53J Pavelow Helicopter at a forward deployed airfield. 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

During Operation ENDURING FREEDOM Navy SEALS disembark an MC-130E Comb...

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

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joshua Pein, a MH-53J Pave Low helicopter Crew CHIEF from the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW), performs a little preventive maintenance during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joshua Pein, a MH-53J Pave Low helicopter Cre...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) flight crew deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), prepares an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter for a night mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) flight crew deployed to the Combined Joint Task ...

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

SGT. David Henson of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit takes a break atop a 1ST Special Operations Wing MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter that is being prepared for shipment to the Persian Gulf region to support Operation Desert Shield

SGT. David Henson of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit takes a break ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G... More

Members of a Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team fast-rope from a 20th Special Operations Squadron MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter to the bridge of the vehicle cargo ship CAPE MOHICAN (T-AKR-5065) during the joint service Exercise Ocean Venture '82. The SEALS are practicing shipboard insertion and exfiltration techniques. The high-endurance cutter USCGC DALLAS (WHEC-716) is in the background

Members of a Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team fast-rope from a 20th Speci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Ship Cape Mohican Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Janel Schroeder ... More

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter prepares to land behind a row of F-16C fighting Falcon aircraft of the Air Force's Thunderbirds flight demonstration team during an air show

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter prepares to land behind a row of F-1...

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: OS2 John Bouvia Release Status: Released... More

Flight deck personnel of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) standby as soldiers of the 75th Special Forces Group wait to board U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters during Fleet Exercise 2-94

Flight deck personnel of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEOR...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: 34366 Base: USS George Washington @@(Cvn 73) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg L. Snaza Release... More

352nd Maintenance personnel place smaller nose wheels on an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter to facilitate loading it into the cargo hold of a C-5 Galaxy. The MH-53J Pave Low is assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, UK. The smaller wheels allow more clearance when loading into the C-5

352nd Maintenance personnel place smaller nose wheels on an MH-53J Pav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

As a crane lifts the remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter, an M246 all-terrain truck equipped with a boom and winch controls the rate of roll via the cables seen leading off to the right, while personnel pull on the orange nylon strap attached to the sponson on the bottom to swing the aircraft upright. The helicopter crashed near Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina on the night of June 2, 1999. Air Force Special Operations Command requested that the aircraft be recovered and returned to Hurlburt Field, Florida

As a crane lifts the remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dave Davenport Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An MC-130P from the 67th Special Operations Squadron and an MH-53J from the 21st Special Operations Squadron demonstrate an aerial refueling over RAF Mildenhall during a practice for the base's Annual Air Fete for 2001. Hosted by the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Air Fete is Europe's largest military sponsored air show, with an expected audience of more than 300,000. This year's theme is "Silver Wings," as the show will celebrate its 25th Anniversary this year

An MC-130P from the 67th Special Operations Squadron and an MH-53J fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United Kingdom (UK) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Rasheen A. Douglas, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Technical Sergeant Ron Bishop, an MC-130E Combat Talon loadmaster from the 16th Special Operations Wing, Hulbert Field, Florida, sits on the open ramp and is in the role of quarterback between two MH-53J Pavelow helicopters and the MC-130. His mission is to keep the three aircraft moving smoothly together during the aerial refueling mission. The helicopters and crew are from the 16th Special Operations Wing which is deployed to the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South in a classified location in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush ...

Technical Sergeant Ron Bishop, an MC-130E Combat Talon loadmaster from...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Technical Sergeant Ron Bishop, an MC-130E Combat Talon loadmaster from the 16th Special Operations Wing, Hulbert Field, Florida... More

Light enhanced photography showing the door gunner position onboard a US Air Force (USAF), 6th Special Operations Wing (SOW), MH-53J Pave Low helicopter on a mission, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Light enhanced photography showing the door gunner position onboard a ...

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

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) offload a MH-53J Pave Low helicopter from a C-17 Globemaster III, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) offload a MH-53J Pav...

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

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Terry Butterfield, a Production Superintendent, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Laurence Shaw, a Crew CHIEF and SSGT Francisco Casimirlewis, a sheet metal craftsman with the16th Helicopter Maintenance Squadron (HMXS), examine a buckle in the metal frame of an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Terry Butterfield, a Produc...

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) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Corey Wright, Aircraft Structural Maintenance Technician, inspects MH-53J Pave Low blade weights to insure continuity and even coating have been accomplished in a three-part combination spray paint and drying booth that reaches temperatures of 200-plus degrees Fahrenheit. This acts to accelerate the timeliness of repairs by baking paint and primer onto parts for a faster turnaround time. SSGT Wright is on a 90-day deployment from Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to the 100th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), as part of the centralized intermediate repair facility (CIRF) program

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Corey Wright, Aircraft Struc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) John H. Kirkpatrick, assistant commander, Fleet Support and Field Activity Management, Naval Air Systems Command, speaks during the roll out of the first of 41 MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopters. Improvements on the modified HH-53 helicopter include: new instrument panels, consoles, various secure voice radio and satellite communications systems and titanium armor plating over critical avionics systems

Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) John H. Kirkpatrick, assistant comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gary R. Coppage Release Stat... More

VIPs stand together on the flight line in front of one of the latest additions to the Air Force's aircraft inventory, the MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low III helicopter. They are, left to right: Colonel (COL) Dale E. Stovall, commander, 1ST Special Operations Squadron; Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr.; Major General (MGEN) Robert B. Patterson, commander 23rd Air Force; and MGEN (selectee) Wayne A. Downing, director of the Washington, District of Columbia (DC) office of Special Operations Command

VIPs stand together on the flight line in front of one of the latest a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to ... More

An MH-53J helicopter, equipped with the new Pave Low infrared system for night operations, is prepared for flight in a maintenance hangar of the 21st Special Operations Squadron

An MH-53J helicopter, equipped with the new Pave Low infrared system f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dave Nolan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An Army Special Forces Zodiac raft is loaded into an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron during Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command

An Army Special Forces Zodiac raft is loaded into an MH-53J Pave Low I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE '89 State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Kit Thompson ... More

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter takes off for a demonstration during an air show. In the foreground a ground crewman services an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of Thunderbirds, the Air Force's flight demonstration team

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter takes off for a demonstration during...

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: OS2 John Bouvia Release Status: Released... More

Two U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters from the 20th Special Operations based at Hurlburt Field, Fla. are spotted on elevator #2 on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during the joint special operations Fleet Exercise 2-94

Two U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters from th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public C... More

U.S. Soldiers of Special Forces A Team from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) prepare to embark on U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

U.S. Soldiers of Special Forces A Team from the 5th Special Forces Gro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Fleet Exercise 2-94 Base: USS George Washington @@(Cvn 73) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg L. ... More

A long line of people wait to tour a MH-53J Pave Low III E Helicopter during Air Power Expo '94

A long line of people wait to tour a MH-53J Pave Low III E Helicopter ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPO '94 Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

Air to air view of a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Operations Group, over the English countryside

Air to air view of a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

An MH-53J PAVE LOW III helicopter assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing, which supported President Clinton's visit to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, sits on the flight line near Air Force One

An MH-53J PAVE LOW III helicopter assigned to the 58th Special Operati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t... More

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, taxis in to be loaded with humanitarian relief supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa during Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. USAF personnel are deployed to South Africa to provide humanitarian relief to the people forced from their homes in the flooded regions of Mozambique. A USAF MH-53J Pave Low helicopter is visible in the background

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Sq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Maupoto Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force personnel from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Kadena Air Base, Japan, practice ropeladder exfiltration with a US Air Force 31st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Kadena Air Base, Japan, MH-53J Pave Low helicopter at Taegu Air Base, Republic of Korea, during Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000

US Air Force personnel from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Victor Owens, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) offload a MH-53J Pave Low helicopter from a C-17 Globemaster III, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) offload a MH-53J Pav...

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

Representative Earl Hutto, Democrat-Florida, speaks during the roll out ceremony for the first of 41 MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopters. Improvements on the modified HH-53 helicopter include: new instrument panels, consoles, various secure voice radio and satellite communications systems and titanium armor plating over critical avionics systems

Representative Earl Hutto, Democrat-Florida, speaks during the roll ou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gary R. Coppage Release Stat... More

General (GEN) J.J. Lindsay, commander in chief, US Special Operations Command Headquarters, left, Representative E. Hutto, Democrat-Florida, center, and Brigadier General (BGEN) T. Eggers, Air Force General officer for Special Forces, hold a press conference before the roll out of the new MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter. Improvements on the modified HH-53 helicopter include: new instruments on the modified HH-53 helicopter include: include new instrument panels, consoles, various secure voice radio and satellite communications systems and titanium armor plating over critical avionics systems

General (GEN) J.J. Lindsay, commander in chief, US Special Operations ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gary R. Coppage Release Stat... More

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron check out the nose gear of an MH-53J helicopter, one of the first group to arrive in Europe equipped with the Pave Low infrared system for night operations

Members of the 21st Special Operations Squadron check out the nose gea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Dave Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A member of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit helps ready a 1ST Special Operations Wing MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter for transport to the Persian Gulf region to support Operation Desert Shield

A member of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit helps ready a 1ST Speci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G... More

Members of a Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team fast-rope from a 20th Special Operations Squadron MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter to the bridge of the vehicle cargo ship CAPE MOHICAN (T-AKR-5065) during the joint service Exercise Ocean Venture '92. The SEALs are practicing shipboard insertion and exfiltration techniques

Members of a Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team fast-rope from a 20th Speci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Cape Mohican Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Janel Schroeder Rele... More

A "lowboy" transport trailer with the remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter on it's deck wends it's way along a United States Forest Service fire break headed for a hard surface road. The helicopter crashed near Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina on the night of June 2, 1999. Air Force Special Operations Command requested that the aircraft be recovered and returned to Hurlburt Field, Florida

A "lowboy" transport trailer with the remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dave Davenport Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A US Air Force MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, from the 31st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Kadena Air Base, Japan, takes off from Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea, after an infiltration during Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000

A US Air Force MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, from the 31st Special Opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Victo... More

A gunner for the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW), Hurlburt Field, Florida, mans a 50 caliber machine gun on the ramp of a MH-53J helicopter, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A gunner for the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW), Hurlburt Field, F...

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

Light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF), 6th Special Operations Wing (SOW), MH-53J Pave Low helicopter, preparing to launch on a mission, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF), 6th Special ...

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

Aerial view light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF), 6th Special Operations Wing (SOW), MH-53J Pave Low helicopter on a mission, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Aerial view light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF), ...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dennis Thurston, a Crew CHIEF from 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares for takeoff in an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter to practice Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dennis Thurston, a Crew C...

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 Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Donny Townsend, a Crew CHIEF from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares for takeoff in an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter for a Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Donny Townsend, a Crew CHIEF fro...

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

Air to air front of a Air Mobility Command's Special Operations MH-53J Pave Low helicopter. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air front of a Air Mobility Command's Special Operations MH-53J...

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

A left side view of an MH-53H Pave Low helicopter, background, an MH-53J Enhanced Pave Low III helicopter, center, and an MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. The MH-53J and the MH-60G are the two latest additions to the Air Force's aircraft inventory

A left side view of an MH-53H Pave Low helicopter, background, an MH-5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lee Schading Release Status: Releas... More

An MH-53J helicopter of the 21st Special Operations Squadron, equipped with the new Pave Low infrared system for night operations, flies low near the English coast

An MH-53J helicopter of the 21st Special Operations Squadron, equipped...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: North Sea Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dave Nolan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron prepares for cold weather operations during JAGUAR BITE 89, a joint Army Air Force exercise conducted by the US Special Operations Command

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE 89 Base: Phelps Collins Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

A member of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit works on a 1ST Special Operations Wing MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter that will be transported to the Persian Gulf region to support Operation Desert Shield

A member of the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit works on a 1ST Special ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. G... More

A night vision image of a MH-53J PaveLow helicopter from the 31st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Osan Air Base, in flight during a night training mission. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A night vision image of a MH-53J PaveLow helicopter from the 31st Spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Marvin Krause Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Flight deck personnel use two MD-3A tow tractor to move two U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopters from elevator #2 to their take off positions on board the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

Flight deck personnel use two MD-3A tow tractor to move two U.S. Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopter from the 20th Special Operations Squadron lifts off from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94

A U.S. Air Force MH-53J combat search and rescue helicopter from the 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Air to air view of an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Operations Group, as it trails a refueling drogue of an HC-130 aircraft (not shown) over the English countryside

Air to air view of an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Spe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Brad Fallin Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

US Air Force personnel from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), Kadena Air Base, Japan, practice ropeladder exfiltration with a US Air Force 31st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Kadena Air Base, Japan, MH-53J Pave Low helicopter at Taegu Air Base, Republic of Korea, during Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000

US Air Force personnel from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron (STS), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Victor Owens, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Carter, A1C William Burcham and other members of the 16th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Hurlburt Field, Florida, haul the propellers blades of a MH-53J/M Pave Low from a C-17A Globemaster III onto an Oman Airfield

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Carter, A1C William Burcham and other...

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

A US Air Force (USAF) aerial gunner deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), communicates with the pilot during pre-flight checks on board an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) aerial gunner deployed to the Combined Joint Tas...

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

A member of the 21st Special Operations Squadron works on the engine of an MH-53J helicopter, equipped with the new Pave Low infrared system for night operations, to prepare it for its functional flight check

A member of the 21st Special Operations Squadron works on the engine o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dave Nolan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron is refueled just after sunset during Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command

An MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE '89 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Kit Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Members of a Navy sea-air-land (SEAL) team move out after disembarking from an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing during the joint Air Force/Navy special operations exercise Chili Flag '90

Members of a Navy sea-air-land (SEAL) team move out after disembarking...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CHILI FLAG '90 State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT David N. Craft Rel... More

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