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Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps - Ship workers gather for reading and singing patriotic music. In most every munition plant, these meetings were held every day. Speakers of note were there to keep up the morale of the men 100%. Newark, New Jersey

Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps - Ship workers gather for reading and ...

Photographer: Mayor's Office, Newark, N.J. Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps Public domain photograph of stamp object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition (SLAM), developed for the Special Operations Forces, is displayed during Modern Day Marine Corps Exposition '97. This year marks the seventeenth year of the exposition

A Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition (SLAM), developed for the Spe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Keith A. Stevenson Release ... More

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

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force weapons loader from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing preps a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) based on a BLU-109... More

An Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, writes a message on a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) based on a BLU-109 2,000-pound bomb loaded in the bomb-bay of the Lancer prior to take-off, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda infrastructure, airfields and aircraft. Operation ...

An Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force B-1B Lancer pilot from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, writes a message on a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) ... More

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

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

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

A US Air Force (USAF) ammo personnel, 410th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), fastens a KMU-556 A/B guidance set onto a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to finish assembly at a forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Donald Veleo, with the 40th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), a Weapons Loading SPECIALIST, secures a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to a B-52 Stratofortress Bomber's external bomb rack, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Donald Veleo, with the 40th ...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Bruce Strong, 175th Fighter Wing (FW), Maryland Air National Guard (MDANG), helps guide a 500-pound Mk-82 Bomb to it's station on a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft belonging to the 175th. TSGT Strong is part of the winning team at Loadeo 2004 in Boise, Idaho. Loadeo is a competition for munition loaders in the Air National Guard A-10 community. Already loaded on the A-10 is an AGM-65 Maverick missile

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Bruce Strong, 175th Figh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Boise State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather Furrow, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Scene at a British munition factory

Scene at a British munition factory

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps - Parade to aid sale of war savings stamps. Munition plant workers in the parade at Newark, New Jersey

Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps - Parade to aid sale of war savings st...

Photographer: Mayor's Office, Newark, N.J. Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps Public domain photograph of stamp object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A sequence of three photos showing the impact of an extended-range anti-armor munition warhead on an Army M-48 full-tracked combat tank target. The left photo shows the warhead seconds before impact. The self-forging fragment of the warhead, in the middle photo, is being fired into the engine by the built-in infrared sensor. The fragment, in the right photo, penetrates and immobilizes the engine

A sequence of three photos showing the impact of an extended-range ant...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Otis Air National Guard Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Re... More

A Korean honor guard stands at attention during the closing ceremony for munition loading competition Sabre Spirit I

A Korean honor guard stands at attention during the closing ceremony f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT I Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Theodore J. Koniares Release ... More

Aerial view of B-1B bomber from the 28th BW, Ellsworth AFB, SOUTH DAKOTA (ACC), releasing a CPU-97B/Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) over the Eglin bombing range. This wide-area, adverse-weather munition gives the aircraft the capability to disable or destroy multiple armored vehicles in a single pass. Until this test, only the F-16 Falcon was capable of dispensing this weapon

Aerial view of B-1B bomber from the 28th BW, Ellsworth AFB, SOUTH DAKO...

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: SSGT. Jeffery Miller Release Status: Rel... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class Toni Tarrant, weapons specialist with the 336th Fighter Squadron Weapons Section, Seymour Johnson AFB, uses a J1 lift truck to move a dummy munition which will be uploaded to an F-15E Strike Eagle during Exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. GLOBAL GUARDIAN is held annually to test US Strategic Command's (USSTRATCOM) capabilities to deter a major attack

AIRMAN 1ST Class Toni Tarrant, weapons specialist with the 336th Fight...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) ... More

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

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) maintainers perform a periodical functional test on GBU-15 precision-guided munition, at a forward-deployed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) maintainers perform a periodical functional test o...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Munition found by soldiers of C company, 2nd Battalion,130th Infantry of the Ill. National Guard, which was buried by insurgents, Oct. 2, 2005. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Albert Eaddy) (Released)

Munition found by soldiers of C company, 2nd Battalion,130th Infantry ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 48TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM Sce... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Beau Bridges, 18th Munitions

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Beau Bridges, 18th Munitions

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Beau Bridges, 18th Munitions Sqauadron productions supervisor, reports the build time of a munitions package during a Tactical Ammunition Rapid Response Package exercise Dec. 6, 2016, ... More

Staff Sgt. Ross Escobar, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Ross Escobar, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Ross Escobar, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, prepares the bomb rack before attaching inert munitions to B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 20, 2017. Th... More

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Munition workers show patriotic spirit. Girl employees of International Arms and Fuse, Company, Plant, Bloomfield, New Jersey join in parade

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Munition workers show ...

Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

Ceremonies - France - British workers carry American Flag in Parade. British munition engineers in Coventry, England who were on strike convinced that thei move was not patriotic, went back to work. Celebrations and parades were held in Coventry to show the change of spirit. The American flag was always in evidence

Ceremonies - France - British workers carry American Flag in Parade. B...

Photographer: International Film Service Ceremonies - France Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

AIRMAN First Class Shawn Hall, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, Weapons Load crewmember prepares a bomb rack on an F-16 Fighting Falcon by installing impulse cartridges before loading an inert 1,000lb CBU-89 Gator Mine training munition. Weapons load teams are responsible for proficiency on 9 primary munitions and are evaluated monthly on 3 of the 9 primary loads. Load standardization crews assigned to the 31st Operations Group evaluate the proficiency, safety and speed of each load team

AIRMAN First Class Shawn Hall, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David J Ahlschwede, USAF Rel... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Max Hesselbein, Weapons Element Supervisor, 175th Fighter Wing (FW), Maryland Air National Guard (MDANG), holds the first place trophy presented at Loadeo 2004 in Boise, Idaho (ID). He's standing with the winning team, from left to right, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Shawn Anderson, USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Ronald Creed, USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Bruce Strong, and USAF SRA John Sayles. Loadeo is a competition for munition loaders in the Air National Guard A-10 community

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Max Hesselbein, Wea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Boise State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather Furrow, USAF Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Crew chiefs assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft

Crew chiefs assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft

Crew chiefs assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ‘Blue’ Aircraft Maintenance Unit perform a C-130 Hercules propeller swap Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 25, 2020. The 386th Air... More

U.S Airmen assigned to the 379th Bioenvironmental

U.S Airmen assigned to the 379th Bioenvironmental

U.S Airmen assigned to the 379th Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, use an M256A1 chemical agent detector kit to assess a chemical agent during a joint training exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 25, ... More

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle sits on the

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle sits on the

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle sits on the runway at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait June 10, 2020. Airman from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, other known as ‘White AMU,’ maintain ... More

Scene at a British munition factory. Sheffield, England

Scene at a British munition factory. Sheffield, England

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women at work in British munition factory

Women at work in British munition factory

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Extended-range anti-armor munition (ERAM) self-forging fragment of a warhead after impact on an M-48 full-tracked combat tank target during a validation demonstration test

Extended-range anti-armor munition (ERAM) self-forging fragment of a w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Otis Air National Guard Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Relea... More

GAU-13/A 30mm lightweight gun munition is readied for use in an LAV-25 light armored vehicle

GAU-13/A 30mm lightweight gun munition is readied for use in an LAV-25...

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: SGT. Gruart Release Status: Released to ... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (left), aircraft armament systems specialist, 18th Maintenance Group, prepares to load an AIM-7 munition on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft while Japanese 2nd LT. Mitsuhiro Kawano (right), looks on during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Japanese Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (left), aircraft armame...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Syrian Democratic Forces uncover hundreds of explosive

Syrian Democratic Forces uncover hundreds of explosive

Syrian Democratic Forces uncover hundreds of explosive remnants of war during back clearance efforts across northeast Syria May 15, 2019. The Global Coalition and its partners will continue addressing the threa... More

Scene in one of England's Munition factories

Scene in one of England's Munition factories

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SSGT Page from Headquarters Aerospace Audiovisual Service, Norton Air Force Base, California, demonstrates his television camera for students from the Seoul American Elementary School. The students were observing munition loading competition Sabre Spirit I while on a field trip

SSGT Page from Headquarters Aerospace Audiovisual Service, Norton Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT I Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Theodore J. Koniares Release ... More

Members of the 4th Weapons Squadron load SUU-65/B tactical munition dispensers onto an aircraft as they ready it for a mission during Operation Desert Shield.

Members of the 4th Weapons Squadron load SUU-65/B tactical munition di...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Marvin Lynchard Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Members of load crew 13 from the 336th Fighter Squadron Weapons Section Seymour Johnson AFB, ensure proper alignment before securing the dummy munition to a J1 lift truck operated by AIRMAN 1ST Class Toni Tarrant (second from left). The munition will then be loaded on the F-15E Strike Eagle (background) prior to the start of the aircraft-generation phase of Exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. GLOBAL GUARDIAN is held annually to test US Strategic Command's (USSTRATCOM) capabilities to deter a major attack

Members of load crew 13 from the 336th Fighter Squadron Weapons Sectio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) ... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Batson, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, Weapons Load crewmember preps two inert 1,000lb CBU-89 Gator Mine training munition prior to loading them onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon. Weapons load teams are responsible for proficiency on 9 primary munitions and are evaluated monthly on 3 of the 9 primary loads. Load standardization crews assigned to the 31st Operations Group evaluate the proficiency, safety and speed of each load team

SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Batson, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David J Ahlschwede, USAF Rel... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Munition found by soldiers of C company, 2nd Battalion,130th Infantry of the Ill. National Guard, which was buried by insurgents, Oct. 2, 2005. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Albert Eaddy) (Released)

Munition found by soldiers of C company, 2nd Battalion,130th Infantry ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 48TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM Sce... More

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (JULY 19, 2016) Canadian

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (JULY 19, 2016) Canadian

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (JULY 19, 2016) Canadian Armed Forces members practice close quarter combat skills at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than ... More

Staff Sgt. Katrina Stuhl, 310th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Katrina Stuhl, 310th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Katrina Stuhl, 310th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew chief, prepares an inert munition to be loaded onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the Annual Load Crew Competition Jan. 24, 2020, at ... More

Staff Sgt. Noah Dankocsik, 56th Equipment Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Noah Dankocsik, 56th Equipment Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Noah Dankocsik, 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance crew chief, tightens straps on a GBU-10 inert munition May 19, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. A GBU-10 is a 2,000 pou... More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. Donahue II, Deputy Commanding

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. Donahue II, Deputy Commanding

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. Donahue II, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Forces Command, visits the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Tactical Operations Center, during the Distinguished... More

Airman 1st Class Joseph Langmann, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Joseph Langmann, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Joseph Langmann, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, operates a jammer during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 20, 2017. The com... More

Scene in munition factory at Sheffield, England

Scene in munition factory at Sheffield, England

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TSGT Park, weapons load crew chief for the 6497th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, raises his hands in victory after his unit was presented with a trophy for taking top honors in the munition loading competition Sabre Spirit I. The trophy was presented to the unit by GEN Charles Gabriel, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF

TSGT Park, weapons load crew chief for the 6497th Consolidated Aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT I Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Theodore J. Koniares Release ... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Colby Davis, left and SSGT Donald Veleo, secure a 2000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition to a lift, at a forward-deployed base, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Colby Davis, left and SSGT D...

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

A weapons cache of Chinese copies of Kalashnikov type 56 assault rifle munition clips and Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), found near A'Namaneah, Iraq, by US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT 1), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A weapons cache of Chinese copies of Kalashnikov type 56 assault rifle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Mace M. Gratz, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

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

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

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

Nightscope shot as a US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing near Kirkuk, Iraq. The USA Special Forces Soldiers are on hand to advise Iraqi Army Soldiers on a coordinated ground and air assault operation in search of suspected terrorists, weapons, and munition caches in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Nightscope shot as a US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter comes i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ryan Grogan, Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class verifies serial numbers on a GBU-38 Joint Attack Direct Munition attached to an F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter aboard the U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). The ENTERPRISE Carrier Strike Group are currently underway in the Arabian Sea on a six-month deployment in support of the Global War On Terrorism. Sept. 9, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Milosz Reterski) (Released)

U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ryan Grogan, Aviation Ordnanceman 2n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Milosz Reterski, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

"Eighteen and Eighty" doing their "Bit" in one of England's munition factories

"Eighteen and Eighty" doing their "Bit" in one of England's munition f...

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps - Parade to aid sale of war savings stamps. Representation of munition plant employees in the parade at Newark, N.J

Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps - Parade to aid sale of war savings st...

Photographer: Mayor's Office, Newark, N.J. Ceremonies - War Savings Stamps Public domain photograph of stamp object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Scott Straley, 31st Maintenance Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, shows two Slovakian youths a BDU-33 practice munition at an open house display at Malacky Air Base, Republic of Slovakia

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Scott Straley, 31st Maintenance Squadron, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malacky Country: Slovakia (SVK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Members of the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, attempt to resolve a munition that is hung and wouldn't drop from an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a training sortie at Malacky Air Base, Republic of Slovakia. The 555th Fighter Squadron is taking part in weapons training deployment

Members of the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, attempt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malacky Country: Slovakia (SVK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

STAFF Sergeant Marcus Cottengim, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, Weapons Load crew team leader installs a lanyard on an inert 1,000lb CBU-89 Gator Mine training munition just prior to final loading onto the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon. Weapons load teams are responsible for proficiency on 9 primary munitions and are evaluated monthly on 3 of the 9 primary loads. Load standardization crews assigned to the 31st Operations Group evaluate the proficiency, safety and speed of each load team

STAFF Sergeant Marcus Cottengim, USAF, 510th Fighter Squadron, Aviano ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David J Ahlschwede, USAF Rel... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (right), aircraft armament systems specialist, 18th Maintenance Group, prepares to load an AIM-7 munition on a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft, while Japanese 2nd LT. Mitsuhiro Kawano (left), looks on during a Mutual Turn-around Familiarization training in support of exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 16, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN First Class Brian Gates, (right), aircraft armam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Japanese Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Airman 1st Class Joseph Langmann, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Joseph Langmann, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Joseph Langmann, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, operates a jammer during the Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Jan. 20, 2017. The com... More

Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, other known as ‘White AMU’, complete routine pre-flight checks of an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait June ... More

An explosion from a munition dropped by a Marine AV-8A Harrier aircraft during an exercise

An explosion from a munition dropped by a Marine AV-8A Harrier aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant John Hurley Jr., 31st Maintenance Squadron, passes US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Brian Tremblay, 31st Maintenance Squadron, a BDU-33 practice munition for uploading on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 555th Fighter Squadron at Malacky Air Base, Republic of Slovakia. The 555th Fighter Squadron deployed to Slovakia with 220 personnel from Aviano Air Base, Italy, to take part in weapons training

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant John Hurley Jr., 31st Maintenance Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malacky Country: Slovakia (SVK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mitch Fuqua, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

US Air Force (USAF) Aircraft Armament Journeymen with the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), use an MJ-1 Lift Truck, a.k.a. Jammer, to move a GBU-12, sans CCG MAU-169 guidance system, from the trailer as they simulate replenishment of munition during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise. The LSN will prepare 31st Fighter Wing (FW) members for an upcoming Tactical Evaluation

US Air Force (USAF) Aircraft Armament Journeymen with the 31st Aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camer... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An MQ-9 Reaper taxis to take-off on the flightline

An MQ-9 Reaper taxis to take-off on the flightline

An MQ-9 Reaper taxis to take-off on the flightline of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 10, 2020. Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, also known as ‘White AMU,’ maintain, prepar... More

Staff Sgt. Jonathon Kloessel pours fuel into a collection

Staff Sgt. Jonathon Kloessel pours fuel into a collection

Staff Sgt. Jonathon Kloessel pours fuel into a collection bin after testing at Joint Base Charleston, April 23. Fuels for Air Force aircraft are sampled and tested daily. Kloessel is a fuels laboratory technici... More

Airman 1st Class Mark Miller samples fuels at Joint

Airman 1st Class Mark Miller samples fuels at Joint

Airman 1st Class Mark Miller samples fuels at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base April 24. Fuels are sampled and tested daily. Miller is a 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician.

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the Alpha Company, 40th

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the Alpha Company, 40th

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the Alpha Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, assemble a 80 meter alpha antenna during the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 16.2 at Ka... More

Women at work in British munition factory

Women at work in British munition factory

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene in one of England's munition factories

Scene in one of England's munition factories

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Extended-Range Anti-armor Munition (ERAM) warhead fires self-forging fragment into an M-48 full-tracked combat tank target during a validation demonstration test

Extended-Range Anti-armor Munition (ERAM) warhead fires self-forging f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Otis Air National Guard Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Relea... More

Extended-Range Anti-armor Munition (ERAM) warheads, seconds before impact on an M-48 full-tracked combat tank target, during a validation demonstration test

Extended-Range Anti-armor Munition (ERAM) warheads, seconds before imp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Otis Air National Guard Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Relea... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Paul Kaehler, a weapons loader from the Weapons Standardization Section, 48th Operations Group, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, loads a CBU-87 on an F-15E Strike Eagle. The CBU-87 is a 1,000-pound, Combined Effects Munition (CEM) for attacking soft target areas with detonating bomblets

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Paul Kaehler, a weapons loader from the Wea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C James Harper, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Scott Hurd, the lead man of the load team provides guidance while USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Stephens, Aircraft Armament Journeyman, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), drives the MJ-1 Lift Truck, a.k.a. Jammer. They are moving a GBU-12, sans CCG MAU-169 guidance system, as they simulate replenishment of munition during the LOCAL SALTY NATION (LSN) exercise. The LSN will prepare 31st Fighter Wing (FW) members for an upcoming Tactical Evaluation

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Scott Hurd, the lead man of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camer... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) 410th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) maintenance personnel guides a fuse into an Mk-82 General Purpose 500-pound munition for the first ever air burst detonation for its roll in A Day+1 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, at an undisclosed forward location

US Air Force (USAF) 410th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) maintenance per...

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

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

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

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

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance crew deployed to the 363rd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), move CBU-87/103 Combined Effects Munition for upload on an aircraft during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) maintenance crew deployed to the 363rd Expeditiona...

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

Exterior view of a Baghdad residence where munition caches were found during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Exterior view of a Baghdad residence where munition caches were found ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Matthew ... More

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