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Close up of Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Randy Petyak, USAF, Commander, 25tht Fighter Wing, Osan AB, Korea as he sits in the cockpit of his USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during an exercise at Osan AB

Close up of Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Randy Petyak, USAF, Commander, 25...

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

A view of the pilot from inside the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft, as two A-7 aircraft are visible through the canopy. The aircraft are from Light Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) assigned aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66)

A view of the pilot from inside the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: W. M. Welch Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The pilot of a 26th Aggressor Squadron F-5E Tiger II aircraft signals by hand prior to takeoff during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7

The pilot of a 26th Aggressor Squadron F-5E Tiger II aircraft signals ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Perez Releas... More

A KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling boom operator of the 9th Air Refueling Squadron refuels an F-4 Phantom II aircraft during Theater Force Employment Exercise IV

A KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling boom operator of the 9th Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THEATER FORCE EMPLOYMENT IV Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Schading Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A flight-line support technician checks out the controls in the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

A flight-line support technician checks out the controls in the cockpi...

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

Pilots conduct a preflight check of a C-130 Hercules aircraft before taking off in support of Operation Desert Shield

Pilots conduct a preflight check of a C-130 Hercules aircraft before t...

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

1LT Mark Morris, a navigator with the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, evaluates the performance of student pilots MAJ Richard Davis and CPT Chris Hofstad as the trainees fly a mission over Texas in a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft

1LT Mark Morris, a navigator with the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Sq...

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

The pilot of an A-10A Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing of England Air Force Base, La., communicates with his crew chief following a mission during Operation Desert Storm.

The pilot of an A-10A Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the 23rd Tac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Prentes Tramble Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

Brig. GEN. John Brooks, Aircraft Commander and the Commander of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany completes the combat exit checklist as the C-130 transport aircraft leaves Bosnian airspace as (left to right) Captain Kyle Reid and STAFF SGT. Richard Davis look on. The general was flying with these members of the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. who are providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of the operation

Brig. GEN. John Brooks, Aircraft Commander and the Commander of the 86...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David W. Richards Release Status: Released t... More

LCDR Bryan Kust sits in a F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

LCDR Bryan Kust sits in a F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator aboard the ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Chris Howell Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana. [Damage, cleanup, city views, emergency centers, HUD personnel.]

Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana. [Damage, cleanup, city views, emergency ...

Photographer: Brian Sullivan--HUD Photo Creation Date: 11/2/2005 - 11/9/2005 Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana. [Damage, cleanup, city views, emergency centers, HUD personnel.]

A close up view from inside the cockpit of a US Air Force B-1B Lancer aircraft as USAF Lieutenant Colonel Michael Kock from the 28th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas maneuvers the aircraft into refueling position with a waiting KC-135 Stratotanker refueling boom. From AIRMAN Magazine, August 2000 article "One Hot Bomber."

A close up view from inside the cockpit of a US Air Force B-1B Lancer ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lance Cheung Release Status: Released... More

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Laut steps out of an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter after completing his final flight as an Air Force pilot. LTC Laut distinguished himself in a career of more than 32 years, all of it on flying status. He is the senior pilot in the California Air National Guard and the most senior helicopter pilot in the Air Force. He was rated in seven different airframes and 22 different variations. He received a Silver Star for gallantry in Vietnam and completed his career with more than 7,500 hours of flight time, more than 250 hours in combat

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Laut steps out of an HH-60G Pav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andrew Hughan, USAF Release... More

SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Butch Turner, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator, at the controls as he reuels a German Air Force Tornado ighter (not shown) lying air patrol over the Balkans. The 117th ARW deployed to Istres Air Base or the past month as part o the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group, a small US Air Force detachment located on this French air base as part o Operation JOINT FORGE. The 16th Expeditionary Operations Group is a unit o the 16th Air Expeditionary Wing, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)."The United States has agreed to provide a orce o approximately 6,900 U.S. Service member to help maintain a capable military orce in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No timetable...

SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Butch Turner, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Butch Turner, USAF, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator, at the controls as he refuels a German Air Forc... More

Air Force Captain Patrick Jackson from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, pilots a KC-135R Stratotanker during a routine training mission over the Pacific Ocean

Air Force Captain Patrick Jackson from the 909th Air Refueling Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Marvin Krause, USAF Release St... More

General Gregory Martin, United States Air Forces in Europe Commander, along with Major Daniel Holmes, a pilot from the 48th Operational Support Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, England, sit in the cockpit of an F-15E Strike Eagle prior to take off at RAF Lakenheath. General Martin was playing host to General Jean-Pierre Job, CHIEF of staff for the French Air Force during his visit to RAF Lakenheath

General Gregory Martin, United States Air Forces in Europe Commander, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C James L. Ha... More

Captain Cesar Sandan, USAF, 7th Special Operations Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, UK, in the co-pilots seat, performs pre-flight checks on an MC-130H Combat Talon II before a local proficiency training flight

Captain Cesar Sandan, USAF, 7th Special Operations Squadron, RAF Milde...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Carly S. Burke, USAF Release S... More

Aircraft crewmembers from the 731st Airlift Squadron (AS), Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, go over the drop procedures and coordinates. Reserve and active duty C-130's at Ramstein Air Base (AB) participate in a mass tactical exercise that will air drop in excess 140 tons of cargo and over 520 US Army Combat Paratroopers from Vinceza, Italy

Aircraft crewmembers from the 731st Airlift Squadron (AS), Peterson Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justi... More

United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle L. Buck, a Boom Operator aboard a KC-10 Extender with the 79th Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS), 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), refuels a B-52H Stratofortress bomber returning from a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

United States Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michelle L. Buck,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Greg Kobashigawa, USAF Release ... More

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) C-130E Hercules aircraft Pilot, assigned to the 41st Airlift Squadron (AS), 43 Airlift Wing (AW), is seated at the cockpit controls of his aircraft, during a mission flow in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) C-130E Hercules aircraft Pilot, as...

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

Inside the US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bomber, USAF Major (MAJ) Jeffrey (left), Aircraft Commander, and USAF MAJ Gregory, Pilot, 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), perform final pre-flight checks prior to a mission against Iraqi targets, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Inside the US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bomber, USAF Major...

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 Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Adam Banks, a Crew CHIEF aboard a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Two Six Four (HMM-264), scans for obstacles upon landing at the Freetown International Airport, while deployed with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST), at Lungi, Sierra Leone, in support of Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Adam Banks, a Crew CHIEF ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Justin D. Pyle, USAF Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Joshua Johnson, Pilot, 79th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), prepares for an in-flight refueling from an USAF KC-10A Extender advanced tanker / cargo aircraft during an aerial sortie on the northern California coastline

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Joshua Johnson, Pilot, 79th Air Refuel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Leeann Sunn-Wagner, USAF Releas... More

A U.S. Air Force aerospace ground equipment SENIOR AIRMAN refuels a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, on Jan. 18, 2005, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Scott T. Sturkol) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force aerospace ground equipment SENIOR AIRMAN refuels a C-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Karshi-Khanabad Air Base Country: Uzbekistan (UZB) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott T.Sturkol, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO) James Wingfield, a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter pilot assigned to the 1-114th Aviation Battalion (ABN), Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG), reviews his preflight checklists prior to a mission in support of Exercise PATRIOT 05. (A3603)

CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO) James Wingfield, a UH-1 Iroquois helicopte...

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

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Jeff Bartkoski (foreground), Commanding Officer of the Amphibious Command Ship, USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) looks back over the flight deck from the cockpit of a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter, assigned to Bravo Company, 2-52nd Aviation Regiment. CAPT Bartkoski piloted the Army helicopter during multiple landing aboard his ship, during a joint training evolution, conducted while the ship is underway in the Korean Straits, off the coast of the Republic of Korea (ROK)

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Jeff Bartkoski (foreground), Commanding O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Marc Rockwell-Pate, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

Capt. Chad Hillen and Capt. Aaron Wargo, pilots assigned

Capt. Chad Hillen and Capt. Aaron Wargo, pilots assigned

Capt. Chad Hillen and Capt. Aaron Wargo, pilots assigned to the 379th Expeditionary bomb Squadron, work their way through pre-flight checklists from the cockpit of a B-1 at an undisclosed air base in Southwest ... More

Capt. Kevin Loughrin (right), an Air Force National

Capt. Kevin Loughrin (right), an Air Force National

Capt. Kevin Loughrin (right), an Air Force National Guardsman with the 702nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, recently deployed from the 164th Airlift Squadron in Mansfield, Ohio. The 702 EAS mission, assigned t... More

First Lt. Jacques Boulier of 101st ARW Bangor, Maine,

First Lt. Jacques Boulier of 101st ARW Bangor, Maine,

First Lt. Jacques Boulier of 101st ARW Bangor, Maine, completes a preflight checklist before a refueling mission.

Lt. Col. Jeff Capretto of the 164th Airlift Squadron,

Lt. Col. Jeff Capretto of the 164th Airlift Squadron,

Lt. Col. Jeff Capretto of the 164th Airlift Squadron, pilots one of two C-130H Hercules in formation for the first time since its return to the unit, Sept. 3, 2014, Mansfield, Ohio. The 179th Airlift Wing expec... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson, 1st Combat

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson, 1st Combat

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson, 1st Combat Camera Squadron aerial combat photojournalist, takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to photograph a large formation exercise during Cope North 15, ... More

Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, Thunderbird 1 Commander/Leader,

Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, Thunderbird 1 Commander/Leader,

Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, Thunderbird 1 Commander/Leader, closes the canopy of a Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcon at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., during a training sortie Jan. 23, 2018. The Thunderbirds training s... More

Capt. Nick Bargiband and 1st Lt. Timothy DiMarino,

Capt. Nick Bargiband and 1st Lt. Timothy DiMarino,

Capt. Nick Bargiband and 1st Lt. Timothy DiMarino, both pilots with the 757th Airlift Squadron here, fly a YARS C-130H Hercules en route to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on July 10, 2019. YARS aircrew members... More

191011-N-NB544-1011 MANILA BAY (Oct. 11, 2019) U.S.

191011-N-NB544-1011 MANILA BAY (Oct. 11, 2019) U.S.

191011-N-NB544-1011 MANILA BAY (Oct. 11, 2019) U.S. Marine Capt. Jesse Dolan, from Dallas, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), performs a pre-flight inspection of a UH-1Y Venom ... More

A gunner aboard a Spanish army AS532s Cougar, belonging

A gunner aboard a Spanish army AS532s Cougar, belonging

A gunner aboard a Spanish army AS532s Cougar, belonging to the Aspuhel 19 unit, keeps a keen eye on his side of the helicopter as they take off from a forward operating base in Regional Command-West, Afghanista... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Karen O'Neal, 81st Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Karen O'Neal, 81st Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Karen O'Neal, 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technician from Yokosuka, Japan, checks systems inside the cockpit of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft in Monte Real, Portugal, ... More

Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Josh Westbrook,

Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Josh Westbrook,

Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Josh Westbrook, a flight engineer with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, surveys the area during a Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear Defense... More

Capt. Robert D. Jones describes features of the HC-130J

Capt. Robert D. Jones describes features of the HC-130J

Capt. Robert D. Jones describes features of the HC-130J for Braeden Hahn during his visit to Air Station Elizabeth City. Air Station Elizabeth City invited Braeden Hahn and his family to tour the facilities Ju... More

A Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J pilot taxis to parking

A Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J pilot taxis to parking

A Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J pilot taxis to parking spot shortly after landing, Feb. 17, 2016, at the Geronimo Landing Zone on Fort Polk, La. The RCAF aircrew spent two week at Little Rock Air Force Base, ... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Roger Gates, 21st Airlift Squadron

U.S. Air Force Maj. Roger Gates, 21st Airlift Squadron

U.S. Air Force Maj. Roger Gates, 21st Airlift Squadron pilot, renders a salute from a C-17 Globemaster III to a passing aircraft on the flight line at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 26, 2019. The C-17 is cap... More

PHILIPPINE SEA (March 23, 2020) U.S. Navy Lt. j.g Robert

PHILIPPINE SEA (March 23, 2020) U.S. Navy Lt. j.g Robert

PHILIPPINE SEA (March 23, 2020) U.S. Navy Lt. j.g Robert Warley, from North Field, N.J., aligns an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Wolf Pack” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75, from the landing ... More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Riley Richards, a pilot assigned

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Riley Richards, a pilot assigned

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Riley Richards, a pilot assigned to the 61st Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, runs through a preflight checklist onboard a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in support of Operation Freedom's ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonothon M. Stutesman,

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonothon M. Stutesman,

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonothon M. Stutesman, a CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief instructor, with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), surveys the area before conducting an external... More

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves received a C-17 cockpit briefing

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves received a C-17 cockpit briefing

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves received a C-17 cockpit briefing from 1st Lt. Timothy Simmons.

Capt. Kyle Wagner, right, 167th Airlift Wing pilot,

Capt. Kyle Wagner, right, 167th Airlift Wing pilot,

Capt. Kyle Wagner, right, 167th Airlift Wing pilot, mans the controls of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, flies above dur... More

Two distinguished visitors visited the Idaho Army National

Two distinguished visitors visited the Idaho Army National

Two distinguished visitors visited the Idaho Army National Guard today. Mr. John Hastings, deputy assistant secretary of defense for readiness programming and resources, and Mr. Michael Mehrman, chief financial... More

U.S. Navy Ensign Quinn Nystrom, a student naval flight

U.S. Navy Ensign Quinn Nystrom, a student naval flight

U.S. Navy Ensign Quinn Nystrom, a student naval flight officer assigned to Training Squadron 86 (VT-86) from Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., checks his communication system before a training flight at MacDil... More

Capt. Peter Shufeldt, an instructor pilot assigned

Capt. Peter Shufeldt, an instructor pilot assigned

Capt. Peter Shufeldt, an instructor pilot assigned to the 33rd Flying Training Squadron, puts on his helmet and mask before taking off in the T-6 Texan II, May 2, 2019, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Shufel... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 looks out the window of a UH-1Y Huey helicopter as it flies over Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2019. HMLA-169 successfully launched a formation of 12 a... More

U.S. Air Force Col. William Marshall, 48th Fighter

U.S. Air Force Col. William Marshall, 48th Fighter

U.S. Air Force Col. William Marshall, 48th Fighter Wing commander, prepares to takeoff for his final flight at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England July 7, 2020. Marshall will relinquish command on July 10, as h... More

Lt. Col. John “Rocky” MacRae, assigned to the 134th

Lt. Col. John “Rocky” MacRae, assigned to the 134th

Lt. Col. John “Rocky” MacRae, assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, prepares to launch for a training mission in an F-35A Lightning II at Northern Lightning, a training exercise he... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Van Tassell and Lt. Col.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Van Tassell and Lt. Col.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Van Tassell and Lt. Col. Lisa Berente, pilots from the 191st Air Refueling Squadron, Utah Air National Guard, complete the preflight check on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker before a re... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Bechtel with Marine Medium

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Bechtel with Marine Medium

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Bechtel with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif. cleans the windsh... More

Maj. Jason Eddy, a 93rd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

Maj. Jason Eddy, a 93rd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135

Maj. Jason Eddy, a 93rd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker instructor pilot, begins a pre-flight check with other crew members before a training mission at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Feb. 6, 2014.... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Montgomery, maintainer

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Montgomery, maintainer

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Montgomery, maintainer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251, helps install a new motor on a Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 7, 2017... More

Lt. Col. John Harbour, 349th Air Refueling Squadron

Lt. Col. John Harbour, 349th Air Refueling Squadron

Lt. Col. John Harbour, 349th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 detachment commander and Capt. Alex Brose, 349th ARS co-pilot, fly the KC-135 Stratotanker as it off-loads fuel during a mission in support of exercise... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicolas Barragan, 39th Airlift

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicolas Barragan, 39th Airlift

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicolas Barragan, 39th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules pilot, pilots the aircraft while wearing aircrew eye and respiratory protection system equipment for an exercise at Dyess Air F... More

A Romanian service member sits with children at the

A Romanian service member sits with children at the

A Romanian service member sits with children at the front of a romanian helicopter during a field trip at the Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport, Romania, May 30, 2019. The event hosted by US, Italian an... More

Members of the 143rd Airlift Wing, Rhode Island Air

Members of the 143rd Airlift Wing, Rhode Island Air

Members of the 143rd Airlift Wing, Rhode Island Air National Guard airlift unit located at Quonset Point, R.I., pilot the C-130J during a validation flight in preparation for the Africa Aerospace & Defence 2010... More

Capt. Bill Davidson, KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, prepares

Capt. Bill Davidson, KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, prepares

Capt. Bill Davidson, KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, prepares his aircraft for landing after a mission for Red Flag 11-2, Jan. 27. Red Flag is a combined exercise that provides a realistic combat training environmen... More

U.S. Air Force first lieutenants Jonathan Taylor and

U.S. Air Force first lieutenants Jonathan Taylor and

U.S. Air Force first lieutenants Jonathan Taylor and Jeremy Roberts, both pilots with the 15th Airlift Squadron, perform pre-flight checks at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., before a mission to deliver supplies an... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Benjamin Visser, a pilot with

U.S. Air Force Capt. Benjamin Visser, a pilot with

U.S. Air Force Capt. Benjamin Visser, a pilot with the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., hands a checklist to another crewmember aboard a B-52 Stratofortress bomber while flying a mission during e... More

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Michael J. Cuttic, a

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Michael J. Cuttic, a

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Michael J. Cuttic, a crew chief assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 366, looks out of a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard Ft. Ambrose, Va., Sept. 9, 2014. HMH-366 transpo... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Hole, pilot, and Capt.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Hole, pilot, and Capt.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Hole, pilot, and Capt. Thomas Bryceland, co-pilot, both assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Squadron, initiate takeoff in the KC-135 Stratotanker for the last time during the last t... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Shannon Haskell, a crew chief assigned

U.S. Army Sgt. Shannon Haskell, a crew chief assigned

U.S. Army Sgt. Shannon Haskell, a crew chief assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), Vermont National Guard, prepares for a simulated evacuation mission as part of V... More

Participants of the 76th Joint Civilian Orientation

Participants of the 76th Joint Civilian Orientation

Participants of the 76th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference(JCOC) board a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter enroute to the USS Iwo Jima in Souda Bay, Greece, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. The JCOC participants w... More

(Left) Capt. Ryan Miller and Maj. Dan Allen, both pilots

(Left) Capt. Ryan Miller and Maj. Dan Allen, both pilots

(Left) Capt. Ryan Miller and Maj. Dan Allen, both pilots for the 96th Air Refueling Squadron, prepare the KC-135R Stratotanker for their final approach during a touch and go landing on Marine Corps Air Station ... More

A U.S. Soldier of Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd

A U.S. Soldier of Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd

A U.S. Soldier of Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, pilots a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while conducting infiltration operations during ex... More

Col. Charles Velino, 15th Operations Group commander,

Col. Charles Velino, 15th Operations Group commander,

Col. Charles Velino, 15th Operations Group commander, Maj. Justin Carmona, 535th Operations Support Squadron pilot, and Capt. Reinier Villanueva, 15th Operations Support Squadron C-17 flight instructor pilot, c... More

KC-135 Stratotanker pilots Lt. Col. Drew McDowell (left),

KC-135 Stratotanker pilots Lt. Col. Drew McDowell (left),

KC-135 Stratotanker pilots Lt. Col. Drew McDowell (left), 1st Lt. CJ Healey (right), and boom operator Master Sgt. Sean Price (right, foreground) conduct pre-takeoff checks prior to a refueling mission over Ida... More

U.S. Marine Maj. Lukas Frank aircraft commander with

U.S. Marine Maj. Lukas Frank aircraft commander with

U.S. Marine Maj. Lukas Frank aircraft commander with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron, (HMH-464) Marine Air Ground Task Force-8 (MAGTF-8) operates a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter as part of the Air Assault Co... More

Ensign Ben McCrossan, assigned to the guided-missile

Ensign Ben McCrossan, assigned to the guided-missile

Ensign Ben McCrossan, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), stands watch as the coxswain on a Mark VI patrol boat assigned to Coastal Riverine Group (CRG) 1 Det. Guam, in Apra H... More

Senior Airman Clayton Fisher, 9th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Clayton Fisher, 9th Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Clayton Fisher, 9th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, left, and Senior Airman Shelby Ries, 7th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron propulsion journeyman, perform an engine test in a B-1B Lancer airc... More

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunner Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunner Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock

AC-130U Gunship aerial gunner Tech Sgt. Dan Spurlock from the 4th Special Operations Squadron mans the 40 mm gun Jan. 27, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Force ... More

Tech. Sgt. Milan Gonos, 312th Airlift Squadron flight

Tech. Sgt. Milan Gonos, 312th Airlift Squadron flight

Tech. Sgt. Milan Gonos, 312th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, conducts a pre-flight inspection Oct. 11, on a C-5 Galaxy at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The flight is part of an acceptance inspection on a rec... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Courtney D. O’Brien, left, an

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Courtney D. O’Brien, left, an

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Courtney D. O’Brien, left, an instructor with Marine Aviation Weapons Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), and Capt. Graham C. Castro-Miller, a pilot attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor C... More

1st Lt. Benjamin Boyle, Navigator with the 164th Airlift

1st Lt. Benjamin Boyle, Navigator with the 164th Airlift

1st Lt. Benjamin Boyle, Navigator with the 164th Airlift Squadron, practices the decontamination process during a readiness exercise May 18, 2019, at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio. Throughout the exer... More

Tech. Sgt. Michael McArty, 374th Operations Group C-130J

Tech. Sgt. Michael McArty, 374th Operations Group C-130J

Tech. Sgt. Michael McArty, 374th Operations Group C-130J evaluator loadmaster, poses for a photo, April 10, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. McArty was selected as Airlifter of the Week for his dedication to es... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Eric Burkhalter, 145th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Eric Burkhalter, 145th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Eric Burkhalter, 145th Logistics Readiness Squadron small air terminal, drives a pallet loader and follows hand and arm signals as he approaches a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Nor... More

Two U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilots, assigned

Two U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilots, assigned

Two U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker pilots, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, perform in-flight checklists during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve April 27, 2017. T... More

U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Neil Hede, commander

U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Neil Hede, commander

U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Neil Hede, commander of the 327th Airlift Squadron, performs preflight checklist before a training mission at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Jan. 28, 2016. The final two-hour ... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Chris Valadez and Capt. Shaun

U.S. Air Force Capt. Chris Valadez and Capt. Shaun

U.S. Air Force Capt. Chris Valadez and Capt. Shaun Skorlich, pilots with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, track their course to refuel aircraft in support of exercise Valiant Shield 18, Sept. 18, 2018. Valiant... More

A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 327th Airlift Squadron,

A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 327th Airlift Squadron,

A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 327th Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., fly a C-130J Super Hercules Aug. 07, 2017 in support of Exercise Mobility Guardian. More than 3,000 Airmen, Soldiers, ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Anderson (left)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Anderson (left)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Anderson (left) and Senior Airman Christoffer Horner, 909th Aircraft Maintenance Unit KC-135R crew chiefs, monitor aircraft instruments during an engine power run Jan. 25, ... More

Lt. Col. Stephanie Brown and Maj. Ben Jones, pilots

Lt. Col. Stephanie Brown and Maj. Ben Jones, pilots

Lt. Col. Stephanie Brown and Maj. Ben Jones, pilots for the 815th Airlift Squadron from the 403rd Wing, throttle the C-130J for takeoff after completing the air/land mission for exercise Swift Response 19, June... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 75th Fighter

An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 75th Fighter

An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 75th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, prepares for flight May 2 at Hill AFB, Utah. Airmen and aircraft from Moody AFB, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and Naval ... More

A U.S. Airman from the 55th Helicoopter Maintenanc

A U.S. Airman from the 55th Helicoopter Maintenanc

A U.S. Airman from the 55th Helicoopter Maintenanc Unit performs pre-flight checks on an HH-60G Pavehawk at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 8, 2019. During the exercise Davis-Monthan Aiman proved the... More

160815-N-YL257-302 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 15, 2016) Naval

160815-N-YL257-302 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 15, 2016) Naval

160815-N-YL257-302 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 15, 2016) Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Miguel Guerrero looks outside of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the “Tridents” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squa... More

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-17-08_SOI_K_GCan] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff,  Park volunteers, and visitors] [48-DPA-10-17-08_SOI_K_GCan_DOI_1847.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-17-08_SOI_K_GCan] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempt...

Complete assignment is listed as: Subject: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, [for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service... More

The 37th Tactical Aircraft Squadron, in their chemical warfare gear, flies a C-130 Hercules aircraft to Wunstdorf German Air Force Base, West Germany, during exercise Reforger '80

The 37th Tactical Aircraft Squadron, in their chemical warfare gear, f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Base: Luxembourg International Airport Country: Luxembourg (LUX) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert Wickley Rel... More

TSGT Pat Knowles, from the 1363rd Audiovisual Squadron, shoots motion picture of a pararescue team member during a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter mission. The latter, from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, is involved in exercise Team Spirit '81

TSGT Pat Knowles, from the 1363rd Audiovisual Squadron, shoots motion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Cheong Ju Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bert Mau Release Status: Released to Pub... More

PH1 Chuck Dutkiewicz Pacific Ocean....The pilot and co-pilot man the controls in the cockpit of an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter during an anti-submarine warfare exercise. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

PH1 Chuck Dutkiewicz Pacific Ocean....The pilot and co-pilot man the c...

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

A view of the cockpit of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during take-off. The aircraft is being used during exercise Ocean Venture '82

A view of the cockpit of a KC-10A Extender aircraft during take-off. T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera ... More

A member of the Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Search and Rescue (SAR) team demonstrates rappelling procedures to a local group. Behind him is a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter

A member of the Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, Search and Rescue (S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bear Valley State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Robert Bennett Release Status: Released to... More

SPECIALIST Fourth Class John J. Ortiz, enrolled in the 35K course, works on the console area of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter at Brandt Hall

SPECIALIST Fourth Class John J. Ortiz, enrolled in the 35K course, wor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Kenneth J. Hayes Release Status: Released to ... More

A plane director stands by during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3)

A plane director stands by during flight operations aboard the amphibi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS R.W. Bayles Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Marine readies an M134 7.62 mm machine gun mounted in the door of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter

A Marine readies an M134 7.62 mm machine gun mounted in the door of a ...

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

An interior view of the cockpit of SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter during anti-submarine warfare operations off the coast of Southern California

An interior view of the cockpit of SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter during a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dutkiewicz, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artwork: Pilots at Alpena, Michigan - Artist: John M. Downs

Artwork: Pilots at Alpena, Michigan - Artist: John M. Downs

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

View from inside the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress bomber pilot and co-pilot as they prepare for the takeoff roll. Exact Date Shot Unknown

View from inside the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress bomber pilot and...

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

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