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A view of the crashed EC-135N Stratolifter aircraft inside the hangar. All 21 people on board were killed. The cause was ruled as mechanical failure

A view of the crashed EC-135N Stratolifter aircraft inside the hangar....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey W. Sanborn Release Status: Rel... More

Onlookers watch from the railing as a 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron EC-130E Hercules aircraft starts its engines prior to taking off on a search and rescue (SAR) mission. The aircraft is electronically equipped to maintain communcations between units taking part in SAR efforts for Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. A search was initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border

Onlookers watch from the railing as a 7th Airborne Command and Control...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Recovery team members are lowered from an HH-60A Night Hawk helicopter to the crash site of the aircraft transporting Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. The wreckage was located following three days of search and rescue efforts, initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. All passengers aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the crash

Recovery team members are lowered from an HH-60A Night Hawk helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Estonia (EST) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

AIRMAN Apprentice Michael Pando, a crewman aboard the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16), embraces his girlfriend on the pier. The LEXINGTON has returned to its home port a day after a T-2C Buckeye aircraft crashed into the ship during routine training, killing five people and injuring 19

AIRMAN Apprentice Michael Pando, a crewman aboard the auxiliary aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

A C-141 aircraft loadmaster takes the straps off of a pallet of food stuff that was delivered to Mogadishu for distribution to the Somali people. In background Somalis take bags of flour from a truck. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A C-141 aircraft loadmaster takes the straps off of a pallet of food s...

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

The USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) entered Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the Broward County Navy Days, October 5th through the 8th 1998. Truman sailors played host as they gave tours to over 13,000 people who came to visit the newest aircraft carrier in the US Navy

The USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) entered Port Everglades, Fort Lauderd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Lauderdale State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Brenneman, USN Release Status: Released t... More

Right side front view medium close-up shot as British Flight Sergeant Tony Geerah (Left), an Air Cargo SPECIALIST, assigned to United Kingdom Mobility Air Movement Squadron ( UKMAMS ), Royal Air Force, (RAF), Lyneham, United Kingdom, talks about parking locations for inbound aircraft with US Air Force Captain Jeff Burrell (Right), Officer in Charge of Logistics Plans and Cargo Movement, from Headquarters United States Air Forces Europe, Logistics Branch, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa on 16 March 2000. They and their teams are deployed here in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of ...

Right side front view medium close-up shot as British Flight Sergeant ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Right side front view medium close-up shot as British Flight Sergeant Tony Geerah (Left), an Air Cargo Specialist, assigned to ... More

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from the Blue Angels slides back into formation after receiving fuel. The Blue Angels, the Navy's premier demonstration team, performed for 325,000 people at the Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, NJ, Airshow on June 2-3, 2001

An F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from the Blue Angels slides back into format...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, USAF CIV. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

A Japanese Self Defense Force Kawasaki T-4 aircraft from the Blue Impulse Jet demonstration Team performs during the Friendship Day Air Show at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan. Friendship Day is an annual event held at to celebrate the friendship between the Japanese and American people

A Japanese Self Defense Force Kawasaki T-4 aircraft from the Blue Impu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL John P. Mcgarity, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rory Thomas, a crew chief from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, helps weigh down the back end of an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron as it is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., during Operation Unified Assistance at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2004. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Heather Tower) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rory Thomas, a crew chief from the 33rd A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather Tower, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Lindy Snodgrass, from the 615th Air Mobility Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., writes down the daily aircraft flight missions supporting of Operation Unified Assistance at Utapao Air Base, Thailand, on Jan. 4, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Sarayuth Pinthong) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Lindy Snodgrass, from the 615th Air Mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utapao Air Base State: Utapao Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Sarayuth Pinthong Release Status: Released to Public... More

PHOTO of U.S. military aircraft sitting on the flight line at Utapao Air Base, Thailand, during Operation Unified Assistance on Jan. 12, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. James Harper) (Released)

PHOTO of U.S. military aircraft sitting on the flight line at Utapao A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utapao Air Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James Harper, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

An aide worker prepares to unload relief supplies from an aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Jan. 13, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Jeromy K. Cross) (Released)

An aide worker prepares to unload relief supplies from an aircraft dur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeromy K. Cross, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay - Navy Expeditionary Combat Command

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay - Navy Expeditionary Combat Command

The North East Gate at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the only entry and exit point to mainland Cuba from the naval station. It has been closed to base personnel since the United States broke off diplom... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron lands on the runway June 7, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Kadena is the Keystone of the Pacific, with F-15s capable of supporting multiple mi... More

An 18th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter’s helmet

An 18th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter’s helmet

An 18th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter’s helmet and equipment sit on the floor during annual hands-on fire training August 14, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Local firefighters observed live fire and fir... More

An F-15 Eagle ejection seat sits in the 18th Component

An F-15 Eagle ejection seat sits in the 18th Component

An F-15 Eagle ejection seat sits in the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron egress shop at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 7, 2018. Members of egress ensure the safety of pilots by making sure the ejection seats a... More

Avery Edwards paints at Wakaba Child Development Center

Avery Edwards paints at Wakaba Child Development Center

Avery Edwards paints at Wakaba Child Development Center at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 12, 2018. There are several CDC’s on base that provide a creative learning environment for children of military members. (... More

Paint-filled 9mm rounds sit on a table in preparation

Paint-filled 9mm rounds sit on a table in preparation

Paint-filled 9mm rounds sit on a table in preparation for a Pacific Defender Security Forces Subject Matter Expert Exchange between U.S. Air Force and Philippine Air Force security forces personnel at Cesar Bas... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Brockham and

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Brockham and

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Brockham and Staff Sgt. Craig Schutte, 33rd Rescue Squadron aircrew flight equipment technicians, inspect a flight helmet March 15, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Aircre... More

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Reymark Racadio,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Reymark Racadio,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Reymark Racadio, UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, inspects rotor blades in preparation for flight during a battalion collective training exercise July 31, 2017, at Kadena Air... More

A T-38C Talon from the 25th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38C Talon from the 25th Flying Training Squadron

A T-38C Talon from the 25th Flying Training Squadron prepares to power down after a flight Jan. 25, 2018, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-38 is a twin-engine jet trainer used to prepare student pilots ... More

A Taser point is passed around to different defenders

A Taser point is passed around to different defenders

A Taser point is passed around to different defenders for a closer look during Taser and oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray training July 20, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The barbed end point is twice as long f... More

A sailor assigned to the air department aboard the

A sailor assigned to the air department aboard the

A sailor assigned to the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush watches an F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 31 take off. George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean condu... More

A drag car releases its parachute during a demonstration

A drag car releases its parachute during a demonstration

A drag car releases its parachute during a demonstration on the flight line at the Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 20, 2015. Three different vehicles were showcased during... More

A F-15 from Kadena Air Base, Japan, comes in for landing

A F-15 from Kadena Air Base, Japan, comes in for landing

A F-15 from Kadena Air Base, Japan, comes in for landing at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 01, 2017. The aircraft arrived to Gwangju to participate in Vigilant Ace-18, a routine exercise on interoper... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly Mason, 18th Wing protocol

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly Mason, 18th Wing protocol

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly Mason, 18th Wing protocol specialist, aligns a water glass before a meeting between 18th Wing leadership and members of the Japan-American Air Force Goodwill Association March 13... More

A local Okinawan removes vegetation from a tomb April

A local Okinawan removes vegetation from a tomb April

A local Okinawan removes vegetation from a tomb April 22, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Members of communities across the island of Okinawa visit the tombs of their ancestors during the month of April. Airme... More

Australian Defense Force Sgt. Ray Vance, 1st Joint

Australian Defense Force Sgt. Ray Vance, 1st Joint

Australian Defense Force Sgt. Ray Vance, 1st Joint Public Affairs videographer, documents the departure of a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft Oct. 3, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Jap... More

A pair of binoculars sit on the desk of the Air Traffic

A pair of binoculars sit on the desk of the Air Traffic

A pair of binoculars sit on the desk of the Air Traffic Control Tower, May 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Air traffic controllers closely monitor the airfield to ensure safe flying operations. (U.S. Air F... More

Members of the Afghan Air Force (AAF) repair a fuel

Members of the Afghan Air Force (AAF) repair a fuel

Members of the Afghan Air Force (AAF) repair a fuel leak on a Mi-17 helicopter after landing at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 12, 2012. AAF and U.S. armed forces have been working together ... More

An MQ-9 Reaper performs a low pass during a first-ever

An MQ-9 Reaper performs a low pass during a first-ever

An MQ-9 Reaper performs a low pass during a first-ever air show demonstration May 29, 2016, at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. The 2016 Cannon Air Show highlights the unique capabilities and qualities of Cannon's A... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Tallan, 18th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Tallan, 18th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Tallan, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenic production operator, prepares to fill a liquid oxygen cart July 27, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th LRS cry... More

Children from Kadena Elementary School’s English as

Children from Kadena Elementary School’s English as

Children from Kadena Elementary School’s English as a Second Language team prepare to display a life-sized replica of an anaconda to their classmates May 22, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 37-and-a-half f... More

Refueling trucks sit parked, Dec. 21, 2017, at Kadena

Refueling trucks sit parked, Dec. 21, 2017, at Kadena

Refueling trucks sit parked, Dec. 21, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The refueling maintenance shop is an outlying vehicle maintenance shop of the 18th Wing Logistics Readiness Squadron at Kadena AB that spe... More

Akane Amagai, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive

Akane Amagai, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive

Akane Amagai, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive medicine flight laboratory services, chemist calibrates a scale March 8, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The lab tests many elements found in the envir... More

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, takes-off June 19, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The F-22 is being deployed under U.S. PACOM’s theater security package (TSP) progra... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Dungan, 353rd Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Dungan, 353rd Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Dungan, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Electronic Warfare Systems craftsman and Airman First Class Anthony Allen, 353rd SOMXS EW systems apprentice work together ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, engraves a tool to provide identifying marks May 2, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. As part... More

A Royal Australian Air Force member performs pre-flight

A Royal Australian Air Force member performs pre-flight

A Royal Australian Air Force member performs pre-flight activities for a RAAF AP-3C Orion Maritime Patrol Aircraft Oct. 3, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. AP-3C Orions have a normal crew complement of 13 indiv... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Thomas Kelley, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Thomas Kelley, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Thomas Kelley, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron metals technology journeyman, inspects the garnet dust transfer tubing on a water-jet cutting machine Aug. 20, 2018, at Kadena ... More

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1,

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1,

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1, Company 15, assist Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH)- 363 with the removal of a downed CH-53 Sea Stallion from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, April 8, 2011. The ... More

Attendees listen to an announcement during a Key Spouse

Attendees listen to an announcement during a Key Spouse

Attendees listen to an announcement during a Key Spouse appreciation luncheon March 2, 2018 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Key Spouses are commander-appointed and serve as a resource to command teams in an effort t... More

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles assigned to the 67th Fighter

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles assigned to the 67th Fighter

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron prepare to take off down the runway June 7, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The F-15 is a classic all-weather, highly maneuverable war-fighting ... More

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1,

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1,

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1, Company 15, assist Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH)- 363 with the removal of a downed CH-53 Sea Stallion from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, April 8, 2011. The ... More

A F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,

A F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson,

A F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, takes off from Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 04, 2017. The fighter aircraft is participating in the pinensula-wide routine exercise, Vigil... More

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Maj. Nolan Roggenkamp,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Maj. Nolan Roggenkamp,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Maj. Nolan Roggenkamp, operations officer, checks the landing zone from inside an HH-60 Black Hawk during a battalion collective training exercise Aug. 1, 2017, at Kadena Air ... More

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1,

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1,

U.S. Navy sailors from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1, Company 15, assist Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH)- 363 with the removal of a downed CH-53 Sea Stallion from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, April 8, 2011. The ... More

Fifteen different firefighting units and over 2,000

Fifteen different firefighting units and over 2,000

Fifteen different firefighting units and over 2,000 individuals perform a joint training exercise with the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Feb. 23, 2018, at Okinawa Athletic Park, Okinawa City, Japan. Local firefi... More

A volunteer acts as a patient during a joint field

A volunteer acts as a patient during a joint field

A volunteer acts as a patient during a joint field training exercise, Jan. 26, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The training tested the Army, Navy and Air Force and their ability to work together in the medical... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Gillis, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Gillis, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Gillis, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, completes a fueling operations checklist during a U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan collective train... More

Fifteen different firefighting units and over 2,000

Fifteen different firefighting units and over 2,000

Fifteen different firefighting units and over 2,000 individuals perform a joint training exercise with the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Feb. 23, 2018, at Okinawa Athletic Park, Okinawa City, Japan. Local firefi... More

HARDWARE AND PEOPLE FOR AWARENESS CENTERFOLD STORY IN LEWIS NEWS NEWSLETTER FOR THE AIRCRAFT ENERGY EFFICIENT AT AEROPROPULSION CONFERENCE

HARDWARE AND PEOPLE FOR AWARENESS CENTERFOLD STORY IN LEWIS NEWS NEWSL...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/16/1979 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

Recovery team members are lowered from an HH-60A Night Hawk helicopter to the crash site of the aircraft transporting Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. The wreckage was located following three days of search and rescue efforts, initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. All passengers aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the crash

Recovery team members are lowered from an HH-60A Night Hawk helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A body bag containing the remains of one of sixteen passengers killed in an aircraft crash is hoisted toward an HH-60A Night Hawk helicopter during recovery operations. The remains of Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and other passengers were discovered following a three-day search and rescue mission which had been initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border

A body bag containing the remains of one of sixteen passengers killed ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A tug boat assists the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16) into its berth. The LEXINGTON is returning to its home port a day after a T-2C Buckeye aircraft crashed into the ship during routine training, killing five people and injuring 19

A tug boat assists the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

Family members and friends of crewmen aboard the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16) watch from the pier as the ship enters the harbor. The LEXINGTON is returning to its home port a day after a T-2C Buckeye aircraft crashed into the ship during routine training, killing five people and injuring 19

Family members and friends of crewmen aboard the auxiliary aircraft la...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Relea... More

Family and friends crowd around a crane as they wait for crewmen to come ashore from the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60). The SARATOGA Is returning from the Persian Gulf after participating in Operation Desert Storm

Family and friends crowd around a crane as they wait for crewmen to co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF Sergeant Philip Knight, from the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., pushes a pallet from a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Utapao Air Base, Thailand, on Jan. 4, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Sarayuth Pinthong) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF Sergeant Philip Knight, from the 21st Airlift Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Utapao Air Base Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Sarayuth Pinthong Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Robert Caro (left) and SENIOR AIRMAN Sebastian Deangelis (right), both members of the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, prepare to unload equipment from their C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Phuket, Thailand, Jan. 8, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Robert Caro (left) and SENIOR AIRMAN Sebasti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Phuket Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Shawn Root, from the 374 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, checks the wires of an high frequency receiver transmitter aboard a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance at Utapao Air Base, Thailand, on Jan. 8, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region.he Maintenance personnel work around the clock so that the jets can fly their many missions in association with the Combined Support Force effort being conducted throughout...

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Shawn Root, from the 374 Aircraft Main...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Shawn Root, from the 374 Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, checks the wires... More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT David Satchell, from the Tanker Airlift Control Element, uses a radio to coordinate aircraft traffic during Operation Unified Assistance at Banda Aceh Airfield, Indonesia, on Jan. 11, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. John M. Foster) (Released)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT David Satchell, from the Tanker Airlift Contr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John M. Foster, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3)_EPA at 40 [412-APD-938-2010-04-26_1P3Exhibits_1073.jpg]

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet...

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3)_EPA at 40

Yoshito Oshiro, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive

Yoshito Oshiro, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive

Yoshito Oshiro, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive medicine flight laboratory services chemist, gathers samples to be tested March 8, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The lab tests many elements found ... More

A local Okinawan attempt to remove a cement block from

A local Okinawan attempt to remove a cement block from

A local Okinawan attempt to remove a cement block from the entrance of their family tomb April 22, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Every year, families make their way on base to clean their family tombs and pa... More

A child observes festivities at the Okinawa International

A child observes festivities at the Okinawa International

A child observes festivities at the Okinawa International Carnival, Nov. 24, 2018, Okinawa City, Japan. The annual event helped showcase the partnership between the Okinawan people and the U.S. forces on island... More

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit inspects an E-3 Sentry from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron during annual exercise Cope North Feb. 23, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, ... More

A U.S. Air Force member of the 18th Logistics Readiness

A U.S. Air Force member of the 18th Logistics Readiness

A U.S. Air Force member of the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenic production plant, watches as a liquid oxygen cart is filled July 27, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th LRS cryogenic production... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron takes off from the runway April 19, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. More than 10 F-15s from the 44th FS went to support Exercise Vigilant Ace i... More

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II sits loaded on

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II sits loaded on

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II sits loaded on the taxiway Jan. 30, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. For the first time in history, 10 F-35A Lightning IIs were loaded while at Kadena Air Base as part of an ... More

Participants run during the Hope Glows 5k Color Run

Participants run during the Hope Glows 5k Color Run

Participants run during the Hope Glows 5k Color Run April 28, 2018 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The event featured a slip n' slide, black lights, UV color throw powder, and was to support Sexual Assault Awareness... More

An U.S. Air Force Airman with the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance

An U.S. Air Force Airman with the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance

An U.S. Air Force Airman with the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit generates a helicopter sortie during a training exercise April 11, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airmen at every level are empowered to lead d... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tess Sunderlin, 353rd Special

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tess Sunderlin, 353rd Special

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tess Sunderlin, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment, prepares to place her target on a stand during a combat arms qualification course Dec. 6, 2017, at K... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, cleans hand tools as part of routine inspection May 2, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The ... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Pepena, aviation

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Pepena, aviation

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Pepena, aviation electronics technician, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24, holds up an IPAD aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Sept. 17, 2011. Pepena held ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Gipson works

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Gipson works

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Gipson works as an alarm monitor in the base defense operations center March 29, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. BDOC serves as a centralized dispatch center, fielding in... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, cleans hand tools as part of routine inspection May 2, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The ... More

Capt. Juan Mejia, U.S. Army staff judge advocate, gives

Capt. Juan Mejia, U.S. Army staff judge advocate, gives

Capt. Juan Mejia, U.S. Army staff judge advocate, gives arguments for the defendant during a mock trial June 29, 2018 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The mock trial was a part of the Military Justice Symposium, in w... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shanice Spearman, Aerospace

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shanice Spearman, Aerospace

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shanice Spearman, Aerospace Fuels Laboratory NCO in charge, air dries a copper strip as a part of corrosion standards testing Jan. 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Air Force Pe... More

Brave Buddy volunteers run with Masato, a special-needs

Brave Buddy volunteers run with Masato, a special-needs

Brave Buddy volunteers run with Masato, a special-needs athlete, in a 50-meter dash event during the Kadena Special Olympics Nov. 5, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The KSO breaks down social barriers and crea... More

U.S. Airmen of the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load

U.S. Airmen of the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load

U.S. Airmen of the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load an Aim-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile onto an F-15 Eagle Sept. 6, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Wing maintains constant mission r... More

An 18th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance

An 18th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance

An 18th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team member prepares to fill a hole with explosives March 14, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. EOD ensures any expired or deteriorating explosives are... More

A firefighter trainee adjusts his footing during rappelling

A firefighter trainee adjusts his footing during rappelling

A firefighter trainee adjusts his footing during rappelling training Sept. 14, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Safety when training is of utmost importance. Each participant was checked, re-checked and cleared... More

Capt. Juan Mejia, U.S. Army staff judge advocate, gives

Capt. Juan Mejia, U.S. Army staff judge advocate, gives

Capt. Juan Mejia, U.S. Army staff judge advocate, gives arguments for the defendant during a mock trial June 29, 2018 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The mock trial was a part of the Military Justice Symposium, in w... More

Remote-control cars drift around a track Nov. 17, 2018,

Remote-control cars drift around a track Nov. 17, 2018,

Remote-control cars drift around a track Nov. 17, 2018, at the Koza Motorsports Festival Okinawa City, Japan. The festival has been held in Okinawa since 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Greg Erwin)

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 67th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 67th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron takes off from the runway June 7, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Kadena is the Keystone of the Pacific, with F-15s capable of supporting multi... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Fisher, 18th Wing Judge Advocate

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Fisher, 18th Wing Judge Advocate

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Fisher, 18th Wing Judge Advocate chief of litigation, speaks with students from Amelia Earhart Intermediate School during “Law Day” May 4, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Students wor... More

Australian Defense Force Sgt. Ray Vance, 1st Joint

Australian Defense Force Sgt. Ray Vance, 1st Joint

Australian Defense Force Sgt. Ray Vance, 1st Joint Public Affairs videographer, left, and Cpl. Kyle Genner, 1st Joint Public Affairs photographer, document the departure of a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Or... More

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Jose Giron,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Jose Giron,

U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan Sgt. Jose Giron, UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief responds to an unplanned contingency during a battalion collective training exercise Aug. 1, 2017, at Torii Station, Japan. The US... More

A U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan HH-60 Black Hawk

A U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan HH-60 Black Hawk

A U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan HH-60 Black Hawk prepares for take off during a battalion collective training exercise Aug. 1, 2017, at Torii Station, Japan. Training included air movements, sling load, ai... More

After the return of the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16) to its home port, investigators examine some of the damage incurred when a T-2C Buckeye aircraft crashed into the ship's superstructure. The accident, which occurred during routine training on October 29, killed five people and injured 19. The wreckage in the foreground is from two other Buckeye aircraft destroyed in the accident

After the return of the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS L...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A crowd of family and friends displays banners to welcome crew members aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). The RANGER has returned to Naval Air Station, North Island following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

A crowd of family and friends displays banners to welcome crew members...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: San Diego State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michae... More

A B-52H Stratofortress from the 20th Bomb Squadron (2nd Wing) at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., takes off from right to left during exercise Mighty Force 93-6. The 2nd Wing from Barksdale deployed 12 aircraft and 430 people to participate in exercise Mighty Force 93-6

A B-52H Stratofortress from the 20th Bomb Squadron (2nd Wing) at Barks...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MIGHTY FORCE 93-6 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Ma... More

MAJ. Judy Young, Nurse, 2nd Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron assists a Norwegian UN medic administer an IV. On Saturday, Feb. 5 just after noon, an exploding mortar round hit the Markale market killing more than 63 people and wounding 206 others. At the request of the United Nations, aircraft from Rhein-Main AB, Germany, and the International Red Cross were sent in to Sarajevo to airlift the wounded to Ramstein AB, Germany. Once at Ramstein the wounded were transported by medical bus to the Army Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl

MAJ. Judy Young, Nurse, 2nd Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron assists a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Efrain Gonzalez Release S... More

Medium shot. Sergeant Mathias Fabian, a Flight Engineer, from LTG 62nd, based out of Hannover, Germany, marshalls a German C-160 transport aircraft in to receive more humanitarian relief supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa, on 17 March 2000. The squardon is deployed to Maputo in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

Medium shot. Sergeant Mathias Fabian, a Flight Engineer, from LTG 62nd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Maputo State: Inhambane Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann Release Sta... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron (AS) from Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, equipped with Keen Sage photographic reconnaissance equipment, taxi in at Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, following a mission flow in support of Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

Two US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th A...

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

Medium close shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron is refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft. Although the primary mission of the KC-10 is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of tanker and cargo aircraft by refueling fighters while carryling the fighters' support people and equipment during overseas deployments. The KC-10A can transport up to 75 people and about 170,000 pounds of cargo a distance of about 4,400 miles. Without cargo, the KC-10A's unrefueled range is more than 11,500 miles

Medium close shot. A McGuire AFB, KC-10 Extender from the 2nd Air Refu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Gary Ell, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot's from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, get ready to launch from Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco. 160 people deployed to Morocco in support of Exercise AFRICAN EAGLE. African Eagle is a biannual exercise designed to practice dissimilar air to air training with the Royal Moroccan Air Force

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot's from the 555th Fighter Squadron,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AFRICAN EAGLE Base: Sidi Slimane Air Base Country: Morocco (MAR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A. Castillo, USAF Release ... More

A refueling drogue from a KC-10A Extender aircraft stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, tops off a Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. The Blue Angels, the Navy's premier demonstration team, performed for 325,000 people at the Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, NJ, Airshow on June 2-3, 2001. The McGuire AFB KC-10A refueled the Blue Angels as they returned to their home base at Pensacola, Florida

A refueling drogue from a KC-10A Extender aircraft stationed at McGuir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, USAF CIV. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

A Royal Thai Air Force member uses a radio to call for another truck that is needed to offload relief supplies from a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, during Operation Unified Asistance at Ranong, Thailand, on Jan. 4, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Cohen A. Young) (Released)

A Royal Thai Air Force member uses a radio to call for another truck t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ranong Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cohen A. Young, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

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