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An Aerospace Audiovisual Service (AAVS) television van, painted in a camouflage scheme, enters the main gate. The van will be used by Detachment 3, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany

An Aerospace Audiovisual Service (AAVS) television van, painted in a c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

CPT Barbara Akins, first pilot, takes time for a meal while in flight aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women are flying the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

CPT Barbara Akins, first pilot, takes time for a meal while in flight ...

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

Colonel (COL) Bruce Fister, commander, 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, presents Rhein-Main baseball caps to Vice President George Bush and his wife, Barbara. They are stopping over at the base prior to beginning a visit to four Middle Eastern nations

Colonel (COL) Bruce Fister, commander, 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Medals to be awarded during the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

Medals to be awarded during the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Special Olympians display the medal he won during the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

Special Olympians display the medal he won during the Rhein-Main Summe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Members of the 435th Security Police Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, and German Fire Department personnel shore up a weakened dam complex with sandbags at the ESWE Waterworks plant along the swollen Rhine River. The river, which reached its highest level

Members of the 435th Security Police Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

CPT Kymberle McElwee, mission crew director, gets acquainted with Rangeen and Dost Mohammad, Afghan refugees who are being transported to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The two are being evacuated from Pakistan for specialized treatment as part of a medical assistance program for Afghan refugees and mujaheddin fighters conducted by the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.

CPT Kymberle McElwee, mission crew director, gets acquainted with Rang...

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

SENIOR Airmen Michael L. Brady and Donald C. May Vehicle Dispatchers from the 16th Expeditionary Support Squadron's Central Processing Center, use computers to keep track of transportation requirements for Stabilization Force (SFOR) personnel. Brady and May are both deployed to Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany from the 52nd Fighter Wing, 52nd Transportation Squadron, Spangdalem Air Base, Germany

SENIOR Airmen Michael L. Brady and Donald C. May Vehicle Dispatchers f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Ope... More

Technical Sergeant Anthony E. Spruell, an Independent Duty Medical Technician from the 469th Medical Flight, 469th Air Base Group, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, prepares to administer a TB skin test as AIRMAN 1ST Class Rachel D. Puls from the 48th Medical Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, draws a blood sample from a patient. All Air Force members are required to out-process the medical center upon completion of their deployement

Technical Sergeant Anthony E. Spruell, an Independent Duty Medical Tec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt G.M. Kobashigawa, USAF Rel... More

On the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, two US Air Force maintenance members stand beside a C-17A Globemaster III at sunset during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

On the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, two US Air Force ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Donald Shaut (left), 469th Air Base Group (ABG) Security Forces Squadron (SFS), and German Army Ober gefreiter (E-3) Marcus Leide armed with a 5.56mm HK50 rifle, check the ID card, licenses, and vehicle registration of a motorists entering the main gate at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB) Germany. German Army Soldiers are assisting USAF Security Forces Airmen in manning the main gate at Rhein-Main Air Base

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Donald Shaut (left), 469t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Dave Hill, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), adds liquid oxygen (LOX) from a LOX cart into a C-17A Globemaster III at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Dave Hill, 437th Aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Relea... More

A1C Bernadette Botti performs her load master duties while in flight aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women are flying the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

A1C Bernadette Botti performs her load master duties while in flight a...

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

Vice President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, put on Rhein-Main baseball caps presented to them by Colonel (COL) Bruce Fister, commander, 435th Tactical Airlift Wing. They are stopping over at the base prior to beginning a visit to four Middle Eastern nations

Vice President George Bush and his wife, Barbara, put on Rhein-Main ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Colonel (COL) Darrell Clark, vice commander, 435th Tactical Air Wing, congratulates the participants of the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

Colonel (COL) Darrell Clark, vice commander, 435th Tactical Air Wing, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Members of an American delegation walk around the side of a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft following its arrival from Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. The aircraft is loaded with 130,000 pounds of donated medical supplies that will be turned over to the Czech government for distribution. Shirley Temple Black, the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia, is in the front row, third from left

Members of an American delegation walk around the side of a 60th Milit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prague Country: Ceskoslovensko(CSK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

American hostage Edward Austin Tracy gives an OK sign after boarding the U.S. Air Force C-141B Starlifter upon his release after more than five year's captivity in Lebanon. A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 438th Military Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, and personnel from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, are participating in Tracy's transport to Rhein-Main.

American hostage Edward Austin Tracy gives an OK sign after boarding t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Damascus Country: Syrian Arab Republic(SYR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

951215-F-3488R-002: A KC-10 refueler from the 79th Aerial Refueling Squadron, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, California, awaits to be downloaded at Rhein-Main AB, Germany. The supplies will be used to support Operation Joint Endeavor

951215-F-3488R-002: A KC-10 refueler from the 79th Aerial Refueling Sq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Lee E. Rogers Relea... More

The sun starts to set on a row of C-17A Globemaster III's on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The sun starts to set on a row of C-17A Globemaster III's on the fligh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jonathan Myrick, USAF, 437th Airlift Wing (AW), 17th Airlift Squadron (AS), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, opens the ramp of a C-17A Globemaster III to receive cargo on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jonathan Myrick, USAF, 437th Airlift Wing (AW...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

US Army (USA) Solider assigned to the 101st Airborne Division exit a C-17A "Globemaster III" aircraft from the 17th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) on the flight line at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, after returning from a deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Solider assigned to the 101st Airborne Division exit a C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, U... More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Christine Prewitt (left), Commander, 469th Air Base Group (ABG), and USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Curt Piontkowsky (center) greet Mrs. Kathy Wooley, wife of USAF Major General (MGEN) Wooley, Commander, 3rd Air Force, upon her arrival at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Christine Prewitt (left), Commander,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Marie Cassetty, USAF Releas... More

German Army Ober gefreiter (E-3) Marcus Leide (left) armed with a 5.56mm HK50 rifle, listens intently as US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Donald Shaut, 469th Air Base Group (ABG) Security Forces Squadron (SFS), explains the proper procedures for checking ID card, licenses, and vehicle registration at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB) Germany. German Army Soldiers will assist USAF Security Forces Airmen in manning the main gate at Rhein-Main Air Base

German Army Ober gefreiter (E-3) Marcus Leide (left) armed with a 5.56...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

CMSGT of the Air Force A. L. "Bud" Andrews, dressed as Santa Claus, listens to four-year-old Brian J. Hatlelid tell him what he wants for Christmas. Brian's father, Joseph M., is a captain and pilot with the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Rhein-Main Air Base

CMSGT of the Air Force A. L. "Bud" Andrews, dressed as Santa Claus, li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wiesbaden Hospital Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jose Lopez, Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Abdullah Abadi, interpreter, watches from the rear of a medical bus as SRA Scott Millard and his dog, Debbie, check baggage for contraband as it is unloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The baggage belongs to Afghan refugees and mujaheddin fighters who have been transported to Rhein-Main for specialized medical treatment as part of a medical assistance program being conducted by the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.

Abdullah Abadi, interpreter, watches from the rear of a medical bus as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A flight nurse from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron shows former hostage Mithileshwar Singh to a seat for the flight to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany. Singh, an Indian citizen with permanent resident alien status in the United States, was rele

A flight nurse from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron shows form...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Damascus Country: Syrian Arab Republic (SYR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Corkran Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

SGT John M. Snyder, a meat cutter at Rhein-Main takes a break from his work

SGT John M. Snyder, a meat cutter at Rhein-Main takes a break from his...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Two Czech soldiers stand guard near a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft as a few final items are unloaded from the aircraft. The aircraft came to Prague from Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, with 130,000 pounds of donated medical supplies that have been turned over to the Czech government for distribution

Two Czech soldiers stand guard near a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prague Country: Ceskoslovensko(CSK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

STAFF Sergeant Donald Reynolds, Contingency Lodging Manager from the 469th Air Base Group, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, stands behind his service counter in the billeting reception area. Reynolds is responsible for four contingency lodging facilities located on Rhein-Main Air Base

STAFF Sergeant Donald Reynolds, Contingency Lodging Manager from the 4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt G.M. Kobashigawa, USAF Rel... More

The sun sets over rows of C-17A Globemaster IIIs on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The sun sets over rows of C-17A Globemaster IIIs on the flightline at ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

The flight crew of a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A "Globemaster III" aircraft assigned to the 17th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), perform pre-flight cockpit checks on the flight line at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany, before taking for their 1,000th combat mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Pictured are USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Paul Wittsack (pilot), USAF Major (MAJ) Edward Fleuren (co-pilot), and USAF MAJ Jeffery Meyers (Navigator)

The flight crew of a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A "Globemaster III" aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Arthur J. Lichte (left), Vice Commander, United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), USAF Brigadier General (BGEN) Erwin F. Lessell III (right), Commander, 86th Airlift Wing (AW), and international guest speakers take part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Rhein-Main Transition Program on the South Runway at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany."The Rhein-Main Transition Program is a USAFE program to transition the strategic airlift capability of Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, to Ramstein and Spangdahlem Air Bases, Germany by the end of 2005."

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Arthur J. Lichte (left),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Desiree N. Palacios, USAF Release Statu... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tony Trevino, 726th Air Mobility Squadron (AMS), de-ices a USAF C-141B Starlifter, 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), prior to takeoff at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tony Trevino, 726th Air Mobi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Relea... More

A mass parachute drop from a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, takes place during Exercise Crisex '81

A mass parachute drop from a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Herc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRISEX '81 Base: Garrucha Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jose Lopez Jr. Release Status: Released to Public... More

First LT. Terri Ollinger, co-pilot, left; and CAPT. Barbara Akin, first pilot, help load the aircrew's baggage aboard their aircraft. They are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

First LT. Terri Ollinger, co-pilot, left; and CAPT. Barbara Akin, firs...

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: STAFF SGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Relea... More

An interior view of the cockpit of an MC-130E Hercules aircraft assigned to the 7th Special Operations Squadron. The aircraft is in flight to Moran Air Base, Spain, from Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany during Exercise FLINTLOCK'87, a joint Special Op

An interior view of the cockpit of an MC-130E Hercules aircraft assign...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLINTLOCK Base: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

A KC-10A Extender aircraft currently assigned to the 34th Strategic Wing at Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, prepares to refuel a 7th Special Operations Squadron, 435th Tactical Air Wing MC-130E Hercules aircraft from Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, during a

A KC-10A Extender aircraft currently assigned to the 34th Strategic Wi...

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

A child wounded in Afghanistan's civil war shows off her new coloring book during a medical evacuation flight from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a 17th Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

A child wounded in Afghanistan's civil war shows off her new coloring ...

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

An airman from the 4th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron uses a forklift to unload donated medical supplies from a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The aircraft brought 130,000 pounds of supplies from Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. The supplies will be turned over to the Czech government for distribution

An airman from the 4th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron uses a forklift to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prague Country: Ceskoslovensko(CSK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

U.S. Army Major Spencer Root, from the 130th Station Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, gives American hostage Edward Austin Tracy an initial medical check-up aboard a U.S. Air Force C-141B Starlifter to be sure he is healthy enough to fly to Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. Tracy was just released after more than five year's captivity in Lebanon. A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 438th Military Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, and personnel from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Rhein-Main, are participating in Tracy's transport.

U.S. Army Major Spencer Root, from the 130th Station Hospital, Heidelb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Damascus Country: Syrian Arab Republic(SYR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Rhein-Main Air Base, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, prepare victims of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina for departure after an overnight stay at the Army Regional Medical Center at Landstuhl

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Rhein-Main Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Gary Tomoyasu Release Status: Re... More

The 469th Air Base Group's Contingency Lodging building on Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. There are 4 contingency lodging buildings on Rhein-Main Air Base, with a total of three hundred twenty-five rooms and one thousand eleven hundred and two bed spaces

The 469th Air Base Group's Contingency Lodging building on Rhein-Main ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt G.M. Kobashigawa, USAF Rel... More

Members of the 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, help guide a truck full of cargo onto a C-17A Globemaster III on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Members of the 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston AFB, South Carolina...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

Two members of the 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, go over their Technical Orders (TO) before their C-17A Globemaster III is loaded with cargo on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two members of the 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston AFB, South Caro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Donald Shaut (left), 469th Air Base Group (ABG) Security Forces Squadron (SFS), explains the proper procedures for checking ID card, licenses, and vehicle registration to German Army Ober gefreiter (E-3) Marcus Leide, at the main entrance to Rhein-Main Air Base (AB) Germany. German Army Soldiers will assist USAF Security Forces Airmen in manning the main gate at Rhein-Main Air Base

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Donald Shaut (left), 469t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Marie Cassetty, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Brian Lavelle, with the 7th Airlift Squadron (AS), holds his daughter Fiona on his return from a deployment to Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU)

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Brian Lavelle, with the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: CIV ... More

A camera crew from Detachment 3, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, video tapes the Red Arrows Flight Demonstration Service (AAVS) television van, not visible, is used to monitor what is being recorded

A camera crew from Detachment 3, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Rhein-Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A camera crew from Detachment 3, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, video tapes the Red Arrows Flight Demonstration Team during Air Fete '80. AN Aerospace Audiovisual Service (AAVS) television van, not visible, is used to monitor what is being recorded

A camera crew from Detachment 3, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Rhein-Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR FETTE '80 Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherl... More

SSGT Denise Meunier, flight engineer, gives last minute instructions to A1C Bernadette Botti, left, load-master, prior to takeoff. They are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SSGT Denise Meunier, flight engineer, gives last minute instructions t...

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: SSGT Marvin D. Lynchard Release Sta... More

Load masters SGT Mary Eiche, foreground, and A1C Bernadette Botti prepare hot in-flight meals aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft. They are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women are flying the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

Load masters SGT Mary Eiche, foreground, and A1C Bernadette Botti prep...

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

Melissa Gantreau, center, explains the obstacle course to Larita Williams as Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Cathy Sweeney looks on during the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

Melissa Gantreau, center, explains the obstacle course to Larita Willi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Melissa Gantreau celebrates during the awards ceremony of the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

Melissa Gantreau celebrates during the awards ceremony of the Rhein-Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Doug Hershberger celebrates the medal he won as "hugger" applaud him during the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

Doug Hershberger celebrates the medal he won as "hugger" applaud him d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A child is guided through an obstacle course by his "hugger" during the Rhein-Main Summer Special Oympics

A child is guided through an obstacle course by his "hugger" during th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

An interior view of the cockpit of an MC-130E Hercules aircraft assigned to the 7th Special Operations Squadron. The aircraft is in flight to Moron Air Base, Spain, from Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany during Exercise FLINTLOCK '87, a joint Special Oper

An interior view of the cockpit of an MC-130E Hercules aircraft assign...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLINTLOCK '87 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

CPT Gail Coryer, left, and SSGT Saadig N. Muhammad of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron talk with a patient during a medical evacuation flight from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a 17th Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

CPT Gail Coryer, left, and SSGT Saadig N. Muhammad of the 2nd Aeromedi...

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

CPT Gail Coryer, left, and SSGT Saadig N. Muhammad of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron talk with a patient during a medical evacuation flight from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a 17th Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

CPT Gail Coryer, left, and SSGT Saadig N. Muhammad of the 2nd Aeromedi...

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

U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Shirley Temple Black talks with MAJ Carolyn May, the European Command representative for the Defense Department's Office of Humanitarian Affairs, following the arrival of a transport aircraft from Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. The aircraft carried 130,000 pounds of donated medical supplies that will be turned over to the Czech government for distribution

U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Shirley Temple Black talks with MAJ ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prague Country: Ceskoslovensko(CSK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

STAFF Seargent Steve Reynolds, and AIRMAN First Class Bruce McCormick, 637th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Charleston AFB, Charleston, South Carolina, de-ice the wings of a C-17 Globemaster III prior to it departing from Rhein-Main AB Germany to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in support of Operation Joint Endeavor

STAFF Seargent Steve Reynolds, and AIRMAN First Class Bruce McCormick,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Ken Bergmann Releas... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Aaron B. Angel from Detachment 1, US Air Forces in Europe, Air Postal Service, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, and MASTER Sergeant Brad M. Moore from the 100th Transportation Squadron, 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England take aim to zero their 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle. Every member deploying to Bosnia-Herzegovina get 10 rounds each to zero their weapon

SENIOR AIRMAN Aaron B. Angel from Detachment 1, US Air Forces in Europ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Ope... More

Maintenance personnel from the 315th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS) reserve unit, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, download a John Deere 6X4 Trail Gator as they prepare to refuel and finish unloading equipment off a C-17A Globemaster III, on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Maintenance personnel from the 315th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Adams, USAF, 315th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS) reserve unit, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, trouble shoots a Global Position System (GPS) on a C-17A Globemaster III, on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Adams, USAF, 315th Aircraft Generation Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Rodgers, USAF, Loadmaster, 437th Airlift Wing (AW), 17th Airlift Squadron (AS), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, reads over his Technical Orders (TO) before his C-17A Globemaster III is loaded with cargo on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Rodgers, USAF, Loadmaster, 437th Airlif...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Comma... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jerome Thomas, Electro-Environmental SPECIALIST, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), changes out a differential pressure sensor on a C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jerome Thomas, Electro-Environ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Relea... More

SMSGT Ralph Kelly, Detachment 3, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, operates a video camera used in conjunction with an Aerospace Audiovisual Service (AAVS) television van to cover the events of Air Fete '80

SMSGT Ralph Kelly, Detachment 3, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, Rhein-Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR FETE '80 Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherla... More

SGT. Mary Eiche, load-master, serves coffee to passengers while in flight aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SGT. Mary Eiche, load-master, serves coffee to passengers while in fli...

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

CAPT. Guiliana Sangiorgio (wearing glasses), aircraft commander, thanks members of her crew after completing a flight from Germany. They are the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women flew to fly an overseas mission. The women flew a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft from McGuire to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

CAPT. Guiliana Sangiorgio (wearing glasses), aircraft commander, thank...

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: STAFF SGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Relea... More

Sergeant Mary Eiche, load master, secures baggage aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft prior to takeoff. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

Sergeant Mary Eiche, load master, secures baggage aboard a C-141 MEDEV...

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: SSGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Release St... More

SGT. Mary Eiche, load master, checks the operation of oxygen masks aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft prior to takeoff. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SGT. Mary Eiche, load master, checks the operation of oxygen masks abo...

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: STAFF SGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Relea... More

Amza "Sam" Selmani, a meat cutter at Rhein-Main for 15 years, sharpens his knife before beginning work

Amza "Sam" Selmani, a meat cutter at Rhein-Main for 15 years, sharpens...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

President George H.W. Bush addresses the crowd upon his arrival on base as COL. John Handy, commander, 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, right, and other officers stand by. Bush is visiting Rhein-Main following the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium

President George H.W. Bush addresses the crowd upon his arrival on bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

COL James Desantis, right, of the 7100th Combat Support Wing Hospital talks with CPT Carol Theiss and CPT Carlos Padilla of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron during a medical evacuation flight from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a 17th Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

COL James Desantis, right, of the 7100th Combat Support Wing Hospital ...

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

MAJ Robert Shea, left, of Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, and his family ride a trolley at the end of a tour of a salt mine. The salt mine tour is one of the activities found near the Armed Forces Recreation Center at Berchtesgaden

MAJ Robert Shea, left, of Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, and his f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berchtesgaden Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Donald Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Brigadier General John Garrison, Director of Intelligence, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia, is briefed by Colonel Scott Parks, Director of Operations, 4500th Joint STARS (Surveillance Target Attack Radar System) Squadron, Melbourne, Florida, on the capabilities and mission of the Joint STARS during his tour of facilities and troops deployed to Rhein Main. Joint STARS is deployed to Rhein Main Air Base, Germany in support of Operation Joint Endeavor

Brigadier General John Garrison, Director of Intelligence, Air Combat ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Ken Bergmann Releas... More

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft carrying aircraft maintenance troops from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, taxies down the runway at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, in support of Operation PHOENIX OVER

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft carrying aircraft maintenance troops from the 60...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX OVER Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell, USAF Re... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Michael W. Wooley (center), Commander, 3rd Air Force (AF), meets with some of the US Army (USA) Airborne Rangers awaiting to go downrange during his visit to tent city at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB)

US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Michael W. Wooley (center), C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Marie Cassetty, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Erin Lannaman (left), 469th Air Base Group (ABG) Security Forces Squadron (SFS), and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mike Wolcott, 469th ABG Safety, check that a passing motorist is wearing his seatbelt during a seatbelt check point on Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU). The seatbelt check point set up as part USAFE's Click It or Ticket campaign to change drivers behaviors and make sure people buckle up every trip, every time, in order to save lives and prevent injuries

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Erin Lannaman (left), 469...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Relea... More

Members of the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing dressed in chemical warfare gear offload a simulated nuclear cargo from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during the chemical warfare exercise Salty Mace. The C-130 is from the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, west Germany

Members of the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing dressed in chemical warfare ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SALTY MACE Base: Hahn Air Base Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Charles Gentry Release... More

Members of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission pose for German and American reporters and photographers. They flew a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., to Rhein-Main with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

Members of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overse...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Release Status: Released to Public ... More

TECH. SGT. Donna Wertz, center, and other members of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission, discuss the flight with reporters prior to their departure. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

TECH. SGT. Donna Wertz, center, and other members of the first Air For...

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: STAFF SGT. Marvin D. Lynchard Relea... More

SGT. Mary Eiche, loadmaster, discusses meal serving procedures with a medical technician during the first overseas flight by an all-female Air Force flight crew. The women are flying a mission from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft

SGT. Mary Eiche, loadmaster, discusses meal serving procedures with a ...

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

The Rhein-Main Community Choir practices for the dedication of the Luftbrucke Memorial. The monument, a symbolic western bridge, is a replica of the Berlin Airlift Memorial at Berlin's Tempelhof Central Airport and is dedicated to the men who died during the 1948-1949 Berlin airlift

The Rhein-Main Community Choir practices for the dedication of the Luf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A 7th Special Operations Squadron 435th Tactical Air Wing MC-130E Hercules aircraft from Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, refuels from a KC-10A Extender aircraft currently assigned to the 34th Strategic Wing at Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. Two other Hercul

A 7th Special Operations Squadron 435th Tactical Air Wing MC-130E Herc...

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

A hijacked Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft taxis behind US Air Force security vehicles as it proceeds toward the military ramp at Rhein-Main Air Base. The plane is headed for the international side of Frankfurt International Airport following the apprehension of its two teenage Czechoslovakians hijackers. No one was injured in the incident

A hijacked Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft taxis behind US Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A hijacked Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft taxis behind US Air Force security vehicles as it proceeds toward the military ramp at Rhein-Main Air Base. The plane is headed for the international side of Frankfurt International Airport following the apprehension of its two teenage Czechoslovakians hijackers. No one was injured in the incident

A hijacked Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft taxis behind US Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

LT. COL. Elmer Whittier Jr., left, MAJ. Colin McDonald, center, and CAPT. Clyde Pritchard of the 337th Military Airlift Squadron, U.S. Air Force Reserve, man their stations in the cockpit of a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft during the flight between Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, and Prague, Czechoslovakia. The aircraft is carrying a load of donated medical supplies to Prague, where they will be turned over to the Czech government for distribution

LT. COL. Elmer Whittier Jr., left, MAJ. Colin McDonald, center, and CA...

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

American hostage Edward Austin Tracy is evaluated by U.S. Army COL William Cline, a psychiatrist from the 130th Station Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, after boarding a U.S. Air Force C-141B Starlifter bound for Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany. Tracy was just released after more than five year's captivity in Lebanon. A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 438th Military Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, and personnel from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Rhein-Main, are participating in Tracy's transport.

American hostage Edward Austin Tracy is evaluated by U.S. Army COL Wil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Damascus Country: Syrian Arab Republic(SYR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 17th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) pose for a group photograph in front of their C-17A "Globemaster III" aircraft at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany, prior to their 1,000th combat mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 17th Expeditionary Airli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Buytas, USAF... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Peter Lambert (center), Chaplain, 469th Air Base Group (ABG), shows Major General (MGEN) Michael W. Wooley (left), Commander, 3rd Air Force (AF), and Mrs. Kathy Wooley, a stained glass window inside the Chapel during their visit to Rhein-Main Air Base (AB)

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Peter Lambert (center), Chaplain, 469t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Marie Cassetty, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Steve Denardo, 726th Air Mobility Squadron (AMS), marshals a USAF C-141B Starlifter, 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), from its parking spot for take off at Rhein-Main Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Steve Denardo, 726th Air Mob...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Marie Cassetty, USAF Relea... More

SSGT J. Jackson, 435th Combat Mobility Branch, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, goes over the equipment loading plan with CPT George Kauffman from the 32nd Combat Mobility Hospital during Exercise Reforger '81. A German C-160 aircraft can be seen in the background

SSGT J. Jackson, 435th Combat Mobility Branch, Rhein-Main Air Base, We...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Stuttgart Army Air Field Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson R... More

An officer stands by at the rear of an ambulance positioned beside the ramp of a Military Airlift Command aircraft that has just delivered 25 Afghan civilians to Rhein-Main. The patients will be transported by ambulance to the US Air Force Regional Medical Center at Weisbaden where they will receive specialized medical treatment following injuries incurred as a result of Afghanistan's civil war. They will later be evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical assistance

An officer stands by at the rear of an ambulance positioned beside the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Members of the 435th Security Police Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, and German Fire Department personnel shore up a weakened dam complex with sandbags at the ESWE Waterworks plant along the swollen Rhine River. The river, which reached its highest level i

Members of the 435th Security Police Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

CPT Maureen Scullion and Abdullah Abadi, interpreter, reassure Abdul Hamid as he prepares for his flight from Pakistan to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Hamid is one of many Afghan mujaheddin fighters being transported from the country for specialized treatment as part of a medical assistance program conducted by the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.

CPT Maureen Scullion and Abdullah Abadi, interpreter, reassure Abdul H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan(PAK) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A hijacked Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft taxis behind US Air Force security vehicles as it proceeds toward the military ramp at Rhein-Main Air Base. The plane is headed for the international side of Frankfurt International side of Frankfurt International Airport following the apprehension of its two teenage Czechoslovakians hijackers. No one was injured in the incident

A hijacked Tu-154B Hungarian commercial aircraft taxis behind US Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

President George H.W. Bush addresses the crowd upon his arrival on base. Bush is visiting Rhein-Main following the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium

President George H.W. Bush addresses the crowd upon his arrival on bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

MAJ. GEN. Richard T. Travis, European Command surgeon general, answers questions for an Associated Press correspondent regarding the arrival of members of the U.S. Army Burn Team from the Institute for Surgical Research. The team is at Rhein Main during a refueling stopover en route to the Soviet city of Ufa in Bashkiria to treat the victims of a gas line explosion which occurred near Ufa and enveloped two passenger trains bound for a Black Sea resort area

MAJ. GEN. Richard T. Travis, European Command surgeon general, answers...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

U.S. and Czech representatives take part in an informal ceremony marking the presentation of 130,000 pounds of donated medical supplies to the Czech government. Among those present are Mrs. Vaclav Havel, second from left, the wife of Czechoslovakia's president, and Shirley Temple Black, second from right, the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia. The supplies were flown to Prague from Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, aboard a U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft

U.S. and Czech representatives take part in an informal ceremony marki...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prague Country: Ceskoslovensko(CSK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

COL Edwin Motyka, the defense attache at the U.S. Embassy in Prague, talks with two Czech officers as they observe the unloading of a U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft. The aircraft came to Prague from Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, with 130,000 pounds of donated medical supplies that will be turned over to the Czech government for distribution

COL Edwin Motyka, the defense attache at the U.S. Embassy in Prague, t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prague Country: Ceskoslovensko(CSK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Shirley Temple Black, left, the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia; Mrs. Vaclav Havel, second from left, the wife of Czechoslovakia's president; COL Edwin Motyka, second from right, the U.S. defense attache; and an unidentified man answer reporters' questions following an informal ceremony marking the presentation of 130,000 pounds of donated medical supplies to the Czech government. The supplies are flown to Prague from Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, aboard a U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft

Shirley Temple Black, left, the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia; Mrs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prague Country: Ceskoslovensko(CSK) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

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