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A left side view of an AIM-7F Sparrow III air-to-air missile being launched from a Skyguard missile launcher

A left side view of an AIM-7F Sparrow III air-to-air missile being lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Hams Release Status: Releas... More

A left front ground view of an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft on the flight line at Armitage Field

A left front ground view of an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft on the fl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sam Wyatt Release Status: R... More

An AGM-45 Shrike air-to-surface missile is on display during the Center's anniversary celebration

An AGM-45 Shrike air-to-surface missile is on display during the Cente...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Maechele Release Status... More

S34-83-083 - STS-034 - STS-34 earth observations

S34-83-083 - STS-034 - STS-34 earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-34 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-34 Date Taken: 10/21/1989 0:00 Cate... More

A view of one of the Combat Communications Group trailers where all communications traffic to and from China Lake is directed during Exercise Gallant Eagle

A view of one of the Combat Communications Group trailers where all co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camer... More

CHIEF Mater Sergeant (CMSGT) Richard Lindsey takes the new crew of a restored B-47E Stratojet aircraft through a final preflight check list. The aircraft is one of the last flyable B-47s in the world and will be flown to Merced, California, where it will be displayed with other preserved aircraft in the Castle AFB Museum, China Lake Weapons Center

CHIEF Mater Sergeant (CMSGT) Richard Lindsey takes the new crew of a r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Castle Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael J. Haggerty Release Sta... More

A US Navy test parachutist makes a descent at the Naval Weapons Center

A US Navy test parachutist makes a descent at the Naval Weapons Center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Barbara Scratchard Release Status: Released... More

A left side view of a Skipper laser-guided bomb (LGB) with fins restrained while on a dolly

A left side view of a Skipper laser-guided bomb (LGB) with fins restra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert Mann Release Status:... More

A left side view of an extended range guided projectile (ERGP) on a stand prior to ordnance testing

A left side view of an extended range guided projectile (ERGP) on a st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rober Mann Release Status: ... More

Ground-to-air right side view of a Royal Air Force Buccaneer aircraft performing touch and go operations during Test and Evaluation Squadron Five's (VX-5) airshow

Ground-to-air right side view of a Royal Air Force Buccaneer aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: D. Cornelius Release Status... More

An Air Force member loads a pallet of supplies into the rear of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft with a Case rough terrain fork lift truck during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

An Air Force member loads a pallet of supplies into the rear of a C-14...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

An air-to-air right side view of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, armed with an AIM-7 Sparrow missile, over the China Lake Test Range, California

An air-to-air right side view of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, armed wit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Test Range State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bob Lawson Release Status: Released ... More

A right side view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter armed with a Sidearm missile

A right side view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter armed with a Sidearm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S. Wyatt Release Status: Re... More

Right side close-up view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter armed with a Sidearm missile

Right side close-up view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter armed with a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Wyatt, S. Release Status: R... More

Two flatbed trailers carrying several bombs on them are towed to an aircraft bomb loading area during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Two flatbed trailers carrying several bombs on them are towed to an ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Naval Weapons Center. A series of four view as a Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) missile is fired from its Vertical Launch System (VLS) during tests

Naval Weapons Center. A series of four view as a Vertical Launch ASROC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An AGM-123 Skipper II low-level, laser-guided bomb

An AGM-123 Skipper II low-level, laser-guided bomb

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An air-to-air right side view of a restored B-47E Stratojet aircraft. The aircraft is one of the last flyable B-47s in the world and will be flown to Merced, Calif., where it will be displayed with other preserved aircraft in the Castle AFB Museum, China Lake Weapons Center

An air-to-air right side view of a restored B-47E Stratojet aircraft. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Michael Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An Air Force staff sergeant and a Marine private look over a loading schedule during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

An Air Force staff sergeant and a Marine private look over a loading s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

An Air Force sergeant pushes a pallet of field equipment down a loading ramp and out the rear cargo doors of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a jointAir Force/Marine Corps exercise. Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment from China Lake Proving Grounds to Norton Air Force Base after field maneuvers

An Air Force sergeant pushes a pallet of field equipment down a loadin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Simons Release Status: Release... More

Weapons technicians prepare an A-7D Corsair II aircraft for the uploading of 500-pound bombs during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Weapons technicians prepare an A-7D Corsair II aircraft for the upload...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Engineer Dwight Weathersbee displays an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level, laser-guided bomb

Engineer Dwight Weathersbee displays an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An aircrew survival equipmentman repacks a parachute for US Navy test parachutists at the Naval Weapons Center

An aircrew survival equipmentman repacks a parachute for US Navy test ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Barbara Scratchard Release Status: Released... More

The US Navy test parachutist shoulder patch

The US Navy test parachutist shoulder patch

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Barbara Scratchard Release Status: Released... More

An Air Force member loads a pallet of collapsible fuel containers onto a flat bed trailer with a Case rough terrain fork lift truck during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  A C-141B Starlifter aircraft is parked in the background.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

An Air Force member loads a pallet of collapsible fuel containers onto...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Rel... More

Marines nap under camouflage netting while a Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft taxis in the background during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise. Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment from China Lake Proving Grounds to Norton Air Force Base after field maneuvers

Marines nap under camouflage netting while a Air Force C-141B Starlift...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Simons Release Status: Re... More

An air-to-air right side view of an A-6E Intruder aircraft on an early morning flight

An air-to-air right side view of an A-6E Intruder aircraft on an early...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 William T. Howe Release... More

Kneeling in the shadow of a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), CPT Jones, Commanding Officer of Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, informs his vehicle commanders of the route to be taken at 0300 hours the following morning. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE

Kneeling in the shadow of a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), CPT Jones, Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Ca... More

A US Navy (USN) EA-6B Prowler jet, Testing and Evaluation Squadron 9 (AIRTEVRON NINE)(VX-9), Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake, California (CA), makes an arrested landing onboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). The LINCOLN is currently conducting operations in preparation for an up coming deployment

A US Navy (USN) EA-6B Prowler jet, Testing and Evaluation Squadron 9 (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Lewis Hunsaker, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An air-to-air right side view of an Air Force F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft armed with (from left to right) an AGM-45 Shrike, a Standard ARM missiles, an ALQ-119 ECM pod, and AGM-65 Maverick and an AGM-88 Harm missile

An air-to-air right side view of an Air Force F-4G Wild Weasel aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: G. Davies Release Status: R... More

Naval Weapons Center. A right side view of a Marine AV-8 Harrier aircraft armed with a Sidearm missile

Naval Weapons Center. A right side view of a Marine AV-8 Harrier aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S. Wyatt Release Status: Re... More

A vertical launch system (VLS) magazine is prepared for the testing of a vertical launch ASROC (VLA) missile

A vertical launch system (VLS) magazine is prepared for the testing of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

Engineer Dwight Weathersbee displays an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level, laser-guided bomb

Engineer Dwight Weathersbee displays an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An AGM-123A Skipper II low-level, laser-guided bomb

An AGM-123A Skipper II low-level, laser-guided bomb

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

A US Navy test parachutist prepares to release his parachute during a water landing at the Naval Weapons Center

A US Navy test parachutist prepares to release his parachute during a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Barbara Scratchard Release Status: Released... More

An Air Force members load a pallet of supplies into the rear of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft with a Case rough terrain fork lift truck during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

An Air Force members load a pallet of supplies into the rear of a C-14...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

Marines attempt to get some sleep while seated next to military vehicles parked in the cargo hold of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

Marines attempt to get some sleep while seated next to military vehicl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) are parked next to a runway during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) are parked nex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Rel... More

Air Force members back an M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) up the rear cargo ramp of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

Air Force members back an M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) W. Mark Skinner, Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake and Point Mugu, California (CA), serves as Grand Marshall of the Grand Prix of Houston during Navy Week Houston. Sponsored by the Navy Office of Community Outreach, twenty such weeks are planned this year in cities throughout the Country

US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) W. Mark Skinner, Commander, Naval Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Houston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sk2 John P. Stone, USN Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A left front ground view of an A-7C Corsair II aircraft with a Skipper Laser-Guided Bomb (LGB) mounted under its wing

A left front ground view of an A-7C Corsair II aircraft with a Skipper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sam Wyatt Release Status: R... More

Left side view of an A-7B/E Corsair II aircraft cockpit mounted on a rocket test sled. The model manufactured by Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. is being used to test safety features in the aircraft cockpit

Left side view of an A-7B/E Corsair II aircraft cockpit mounted on a r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: B. Craddock Release Status:... More

A close-up view of a Skipper II laser guided bomb mounted on the wing of an A-6 Intruder aircraft

A close-up view of a Skipper II laser guided bomb mounted on the wing ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

Aerial oblique view of the Range Control Center with Armitage Field in the background, looking west

Aerial oblique view of the Range Control Center with Armitage Field in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: M. Mallard Release Status: ... More

A right front view of two Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft on the flight line during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A right front view of two Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

An articulated hydraulically-operated crane is used to reload a Vertical Launch System (VLS) magazine. The crane, which can be used either dockside or at sea, loads the sealed missile canisters into individual VLS cells

An articulated hydraulically-operated crane is used to reload a Vertic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

A group of US Navy test parachutists board a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter prior to a jump at the Naval Weapons Center

A group of US Navy test parachutists board a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Barbara Scratchard Release Status: Released... More

STS064-92-012 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

STS064-92-012 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. Subject Terms: STS-64 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE... More

STS073-711-047 - STS-073 - Earth observations taken from shuttle orbiter Columbia

STS073-711-047 - STS-073 - Earth observations taken from shuttle orbit...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken from shuttle orbiter Columbia during STS-73 mission. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-73 Date Taken: 10/26/... More

A Marine scout team from the 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance (LAR) unloads minefield guide stakes from a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) during DEEP STRIKE 97

A Marine scout team from the 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance (LAR) unlo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Ca... More

An air-to-air left side view of an F-18A Hornet aircraft with AIM-9L Sidewinder dummy missiles mounted on its wing tips. The aircraft is from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4) assigned to Fighter/AEW Wing Pacific

An air-to-air left side view of an F-18A Hornet aircraft with AIM-9L S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Griff Davis Release Status:... More

Aerial oblique view, looking north-west, showing construction progress of the Harpoon Guidance Simulation Laboratory

Aerial oblique view, looking north-west, showing construction progress...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S. Wyatt Release Status: Re... More

Side view of an AIM-9 Sidewinder tactical missile mounted on a stand

Side view of an AIM-9 Sidewinder tactical missile mounted on a stand

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: C. Grounds Release Status: ... More

A weapons technician operates a bomb loader to upload a bomb onto the wing pylon of an A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A weapons technician operates a bomb loader to upload a bomb onto the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Weapons technicians prepare to upload bombs onto an A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Weapons technicians prepare to upload bombs onto an A-7D Corsair II ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

A crew chief confers with an A-7D Corsair II aircraft pilot via intercom as a preflight inspection of the aircraft takes place during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A crew chief confers with an A-7D Corsair II aircraft pilot via interc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Storekeeper 2nd Class Massey check a computer printout in her office

Storekeeper 2nd Class Massey check a computer printout in her office

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King Release Statu... More

An air-to-air left side view of a restored B-47E Stratojet aircraft with its landing gear down and its parachute brake deployed. The aircraft is one of the last flyable B-47s in the world and will be flown to Merced, California, where it will be displayed with other preserved aircraft in the Castle AFB Museum, China Lake Weapons Center

An air-to-air left side view of a restored B-47E Stratojet aircraft wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael J. Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A US Navy test parachutist makes a descent with a new canopy type parachute at the Naval Weapons Center

A US Navy test parachutist makes a descent with a new canopy type para...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Barbara Scratchard Release Status: Released... More

An air-to-air right side view of three A-7E Corsair II aircraft of Attack Squadron 22 (VA-22) carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and Mark 82 500-pound bombs.  The aircraft are en route to a target range at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake

An air-to-air right side view of three A-7E Corsair II aircraft of Att...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHC Robert L. Lawson, USN (Ret.) Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The driver of an M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) is directed to a parking space as he drives his vehicle out the rear cargo doors of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

The driver of an M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMW...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Rel... More

Pallets of collapsible fuel containers await airlift during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

Pallets of collapsible fuel containers await airlift during a joint Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

Marines gather around a Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

Marines gather around a Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Rel... More

A left front ground view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with five AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles mounted under the wings

A left front ground view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with five...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sam Wyatt Release Status: R... More

Front view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter armed with two Sidearm missiles

Front view of an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter armed with two Sidearm miss...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S. Wyatt Release Status: Re... More

An air-to-air right side view of an A-7E Corsair II aircraft loaded with Mark 82 bombs over the Coso Bombing Range. The pilot is LCDR R. Kapernick

An air-to-air right side view of an A-7E Corsair II aircraft loaded wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: D. Cornelius Release Status... More

Weapons technicians upload a bomb onto the wing pylon of an A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Weapons technicians upload a bomb onto the wing pylon of an A-7D Corsa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

A Rapid Deployment Force patch is worn by an Ohio Air National Guardsman participating in exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A Rapid Deployment Force patch is worn by an Ohio Air National Guardsm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

A weapons technician places a fuse into the nose of a 500-pound bomb before it is uploaded onto an A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A weapons technician places a fuse into the nose of a 500-pound bomb b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

An A-7D Corsair II aircraft pilot reads maintenance forms while he inspects his aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

An A-7D Corsair II aircraft pilot reads maintenance forms while he ins...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Pallets of equipment and supplies are loaded onto a flatbed trailer from the rear cargo doors of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

Pallets of equipment and supplies are loaded onto a flatbed trailer fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Rel... More

S40-77-039 - STS-040 - Earth observations

S40-77-039 - STS-040 - Earth observations

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-40 earth observations. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-40, COLUMBIA (ORBITER) Date Taken: 6... More

S48-74-046 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission

S48-74-046 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY ... More

S48-604-054 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission

S48-604-054 - STS-048 - Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mis...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY ... More

A Marine scout team from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, unload guiding stakes from their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) as they prepare to guide the remainder of the company through a simulated mine field

A Marine scout team from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Ca... More

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Bruce Fecht (foreground left), Commanding Officer (CO), Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 (VX-9) inspects the uniform of US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Jeffery Alexander, during a morning inspection at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake, California (CA)

US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Bruce Fecht (foreground left), Commanding...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naws China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Darryl L. Welborne Sr., USN Release St... More

A right front ground view of an LTV A-7E Corsair II aircraft with a HARM instrumentation pod and a Mark 82 practice bomb mounted under its right wing

A right front ground view of an LTV A-7E Corsair II aircraft with a HA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Clare Grounds Release Statu... More

A left side view of an 8-inch projectile assembled with fins open, mounted on a cart prior to firing

A left side view of an 8-inch projectile assembled with fins open, mou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An A-7 Corsair II aircraft crew mounts a Skipper II laser guided bomb on the plane

An A-7 Corsair II aircraft crew mounts a Skipper II laser guided bomb ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

Ground-to-air view of four aircraft flying in formation during Test and Evaluation Squadron Five (VX-5) airshow. The aircraft over Armitage Field, are (from left to right, clockwise) an A-7E Corsair II, an A-4M Skyhawk, and A-6E Intruder and an AV-8C Harrier

Ground-to-air view of four aircraft flying in formation during Test an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: D. Cornelius Release Status... More

A view of bombs prior to being uploaded onto Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft on the flight line during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A view of bombs prior to being uploaded onto Air National Guard A-7D C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

A weapons technician places a fuse into the nose of a 500-pound bomb before it is uploaded onto an A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A weapons technician places a fuse into the nose of a 500-pound bomb b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

A left front view of an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level laser-guided bomb mounted on the wing pylon of an A-7 Corsair aircraft

A left front view of an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level laser-guided bom...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

Engineer Dwight Weathersbee displays an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level, laser-guided bomb

Engineer Dwight Weathersbee displays an AGM-123A Skipper II low-level,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An air-to-air left side view of a restored B-47E Stratojet aircraft with its landing gear down. A T-33 Shooting Star aircraft is visible in the background. The aircraft is one of the last flyable B-47s in the world and will be flown to Merced, Calif., where it will be displayed with other preserved aircraft in the Castle AFB Museum, China Lake Weapons Center

An air-to-air left side view of a restored B-47E Stratojet aircraft wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Michael Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An air-to-air right side view of a KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft of Aerial Refueling Squadron 208 (VAK-208) over a target range at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake

An air-to-air right side view of a KA-3B Skywarrior aircraft of Aerial...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Robert L. Lawson, USN ... More

Air Force personnel push pallets of collapsible fuel containers out the rear cargo doors of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

Air Force personnel push pallets of collapsible fuel containers out th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Rel... More

An A-6E Intruder aircraft in flight over the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, during an early morning test flight

An A-6E Intruder aircraft in flight over the Naval Weapons Center, Chi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 William T. Howe, USN ... More

STS064-92-011 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

STS064-92-011 - STS-064 - Earth observations during STS-64 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. Subject Terms: STS-64 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE... More

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (AIRTEVRON) Nine (VX-9, ßVampiresß), Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), China Lake, California (CA), is on landing approach to NAWS China Lake after flying an operational flight test mission over the Owens Lake region of the Eastern High Sierras and Mojave Test Ranges to evaluate the prototype of the APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naws China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CDR Ian C. Anderson, Usn Release Status: R... More

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (AIRTEVRON) Nine (VX-9, ßVampiresß), Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS), China Lake, California (CA), flies an operational flight test mission over the Owens Lake region of the Eastern High Sierras and Mojave Test Ranges to evaluate the prototype of the APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naws China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CDR Ian C. Anderson, Usn Release Status: R... More

A view of a Sparrow air-to-air missile ready for a vertical launch at the test site

A view of a Sparrow air-to-air missile ready for a vertical launch at ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

Right side view of an E-1329 Bigeye missile, attached to a sled, immediately after a firing test, with fins open

Right side view of an E-1329 Bigeye missile, attached to a sled, immed...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: J. Partin Release Status: R... More

A front view of a Marine AV-8 Harrier aircraft with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile mounted on the right wing

A front view of a Marine AV-8 Harrier aircraft with an AIM-9 Sidewinde...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S. Wyatt Release Status: Re... More

A ground crewman inspects the fuselage of an A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A ground crewman inspects the fuselage of an A-7D Corsair II aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

A 121st Tactical Fighter Wing patch is worn by an Ohio Air National Guardsman participating in exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A 121st Tactical Fighter Wing patch is worn by an Ohio Air National Gu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

A right front view of several Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft on the flight line during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

A right front view of several Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

An air to air right side view of Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) and Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, F-5E Tiger II aircraft, and an F-5F Tiger II aircraft following a training session at China Lake Electronic Warfare Range

An air to air right side view of Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) and Fight...

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

A U.S. Navy test parachutist jumpmaster checks a student's altimeter prior to a training jump at the Naval Weapons Center

A U.S. Navy test parachutist jumpmaster checks a student's altimeter p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Barbara Scatchard Relea... More

Air Force members back an M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) up the rear cargo ramp of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during a joint Air Force/Marine Corps exercise.  Members of the Air Mobile Contingency Force, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines are working with members of the Air Force's 63rd Military Airlift Wing to airlift Marines and 737 tons of vehicles, supplies and equipment to China Lake Proving Grounds for field maneuvers

Air Force members back an M988 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Simons Release Status: Released... More

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