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A Fleet Composite Squadron 9 (VC-9) SH-3G Sea King helicopter transports a target drone while flying near Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads

A Fleet Composite Squadron 9 (VC-9) SH-3G Sea King helicopter transpor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CDR John Leenhouts Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A BQM-34A Firebee I target drone is launched by members of the 1ST Test Squadron. The drones are recovered by the 31st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron for re-use in training Pacific Air Force combat aircrew members. AIRMAN Magazine-December 1984

A BQM-34A Firebee I target drone is launched by members of the 1ST Tes...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wallace Air Station Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Daniel Perez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and Major (MAJ) Mark "Meat" MacLean, F-15C Strike Eagle flight instructor pilots assigned to the 1ST Fighter Squadron (FS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missiles at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Clyde "Big Coop" Cooper, Pilot, 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group (WEG), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), fires an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile (seen near shoulder patch). The missile is headed for a MQM-107E Streaker (not shown) sub-scale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer mission. LTC Cooper is an instructor pilot who regularly instructs and evaluates other units who deploy to Tyndall to participate in Combat Archer and fire live missiles at aerial targets

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Clyde "Big Coop" Cooper, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Tyndall Air Force Base support force member recovers a target drone from the water during exercise William Tell '80

A Tyndall Air Force Base support force member recovers a target drone ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '80 Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter attaching a recovery sling to a target drone floating in the ocean near Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5)

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter attaching a recovery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An RIM-66C Standard missile is fired from the forward Mark 26 Mod 1 launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). The missile is being fired at a target drone on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Puerto Rico

An RIM-66C Standard missile is fired from the forward Mark 26 Mod 1 la...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Bruce Trombecky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone flies over the Gulf of Mexico during an air-to-air weapons evaluation mission. The Streaker supports a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused to support future missions. This one is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL) and part of exercise Combat Archer

This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched by Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) from the deck of the US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class (Aegis) Guided Missile Cruiser, USS COWPENS (CG 63) during a missile exercise (MISSILEX) off the coast of Okinawa, Japan (JPN)

A BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched by Jet Assisted Take Off (JA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Cowpens (CG 63) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kaitlyn Vargo, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A series of four views showing, from the top, a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft launching a Hughes advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) past an F-4 Phantom II chase plane; the missile approaching and then exploding a QF-102 target drone; and the target going down in flames

A series of four views showing, from the top, a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla....A BQM-34F Firebee supersonic drone is fired from the launch facility during Combat Archer, the Weapon System Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base. OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEASED)

MASTER SGT. Bill Thompson Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla....A BQM-34F Fir...

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

A target drone is launched from the stern of the guided missile frigate USS TALBOT (FFG 4), off the coast of Chile, during the joint US/South American Exercise UNITAS XXV

A target drone is launched from the stern of the guided missile frigat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Don Koralawski Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

A BQM-74C Chukar III radio-controlled target drone sits on the back of a truck during an open house and air show

A BQM-74C Chukar III radio-controlled target drone sits on the back of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Rele... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Strike Eagle fighter pilot from the 94th Fighter Squadron (FS), Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), prepares to fire an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile at an aerial target drone during a weapons evaluation mission, Combat Archer, over the Gulf of Mexico

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Strike Eagle fighter pilot from the 94th F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

The damaged nose of a Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74C) lightweight target drone, after it was retrieved by crewmen of the drone recovery craft USS RETRIEVER (DR 1) during a launching exercise

The damaged nose of a Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74C) lightweight ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Retriever (DR 1) Country: Chesapeake Bay Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A US Army (USA) MQM-107 "Streaker" aerial target drone is launched on the range at Fort Carson, Colorado (CO), during in a stinger missile live fire exercise

A US Army (USA) MQM-107 "Streaker" aerial target drone is launched on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM Scene Camera Operator: Michael L. Kn... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle instructor pilot assigned to the 2nd Fighter Squadron (FS), from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, flies near Cape San Blas, in the Gulf of Mexico after firing an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone. His unit participated in an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) known as Combat Archer

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle inst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Valentino Bagnani, Commander of the 34th Fighter Squadron (FS) "Rude Rams," Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT), fires an AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking missile at a sub-scale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico from his F-16C Fighting Falcon in support of the Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program (AAWSEP)

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Valentino Bagnani, Comma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Two of the three US Air force (USAF) F-15C Eagles, 390th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), fire AIM-7 Sparrows at an MQM-107E Streaker subscale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during the USAF Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP), Combat Archer, Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), hosted by the 83rd Figher Weapons Squadron (FWS)

Two of the three US Air force (USAF) F-15C Eagles, 390th Fighter Squad...

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

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Taylor"Dozer"Ferrell, 58th Fighter Squadron,"Gorillas", 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., prepares to fire an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico on Feb. 1, 2005. The unit is deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to support the Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Taylor"Dozer"Ferrell, 58th Fighter Squadron,"Gori...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulf Of Mexico Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

An aerial view of the target drone launch facility at Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando

An aerial view of the target drone launch facility at Wallace Air Stat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft carrying an AQM-37 air-launched target drone over the Pacific Missile Test Center range

An air-to-air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Jackson Release Status: ... More

A CH-3 helicopter recovers a Firebolt supersonic air-launched target drone after a test flight

A CH-3 helicopter recovers a Firebolt supersonic air-launched target d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bruce Hoffman Release Status: Released t... More

A target drone is launched from the fantail of the guided missile frigate USS TALBOT (FFG 4) during Operation UNITAS XXV

A target drone is launched from the fantail of the guided missile frig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHC Terry Mitchell Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

A Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74C) lightweight target drone is retrieved by crewmen aboard the drone recovery craft USS RETRIEVER (DR 1) after a test launching

A Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74C) lightweight target drone is retr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Retriever (DR 1) Country: Chesapeake Bay Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft launches an AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) toward a QF-100 target drone. (Substandard image)

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 125th Fighter Squadron (FS), Oklahoma Air National Guard (ANG), Tulsa, Oklahoma, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, during a Combat Archer mission to fire an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a target drone hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), out of Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 125th Fighter Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squadron (FS), Buccaneers, Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), flies a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon over the Gulf of Mexico. MAJ Davey is preparing to fire an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile at an MQM-107E "Streaker" sub-scale aerial target drone (not shown). The Buccaneers deployed to Tyndall AFB, Florida to participate in Combat Archer, an Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), which is responsible for evaluating air-to-air weapon systems

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A air-to-air right side view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter as it prepares to recover a target drone from the ocean near Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5)

A air-to-air right side view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter as it prep...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air to air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft carrying an AQM-37 air-launched target drone over the Pacific Missile Test Center range

An air to air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Al Jackson Release Status: Released to Publ... More

TECH. SGT. Rudy Lane, left, an airborne radar technician; CAPT. Thomas Thibodeau, center, an airborne remote control officer (ARCO); and Carl Goetzinger, the launch control officer, man their stations aboard a DC-130H Hercules drone control aircraft. The 6154th Test Squadron personnel are attempting to get a radar lock on a target drone over the ocean near Hawaii. Data from the radar lock is fed into a console in the back of the DC-130H where the drone will be controlled by an ARCO

TECH. SGT. Rudy Lane, left, an airborne radar technician; CAPT. Thomas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Michael Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Fleet Composite Squadron 9 (VC-9) SH-3G Sea King helicopter transports a target drone while flying near Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads

A Fleet Composite Squadron 9 (VC-9) SH-3G Sea King helicopter transpor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CDR John Leenhouts Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone flies over the Gulf of Mexico during an air-to-air weapons evaluation mission. The Streaker supports a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused to support future missions. This one is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL) and part of exercise Combat Archer

This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle, 101st Fighter Squadron, 102nd Fighter Wing, Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass., prepares to fire an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile at a an aerial target drone over the gulf of Mexico, Feb. 17, 2005. The unit is deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to support the Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle, 101st Fighter Squadron, 102nd Fighter Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulf Of Mexico Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga launches

The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga launches

The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga launches a target drone during a Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Malaysia 2011 drone gunnery exercise. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annual... More

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter attaching a recovery sling to a target drone floating in the ocean near Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5)

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter attaching a recovery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A MiG-27 Flogger-D aerial target drone and two helicopter drones at Range No. 3 of the Basic School. The drones are used for infantry air defense training

A MiG-27 Flogger-D aerial target drone and two helicopter drones at Ra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT A. D. Gruart Release Status: Released to Public... More

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft launches an AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) toward a QF-100 target drone. (Substandard image)

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon pilot with the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, in order to fire an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Phillip Harley Campbell, F-15C Eagle Instructor Pilot (IP), 95th Fighter Squadron (FS), 325th Fighter Wing (FW), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), launches an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air radar guided missile at a BQM-34 Firebee sub-scale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during an Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) mission, which was part of Combat Archer that is hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), Tyndall AFB

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Phillip Harley Campbell, F-15C Eagle I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCA), CF-18 Hornet from the 4th Wing, Cold Lake, Canada, fires an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile at a MQM-107E "Streaker" subscale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer mission. The unit was deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL). Combat Archer missions are a Weapons System Evaluation Program. (SUBSTANDARD)

A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCA), CF-18 Hornet from the 4th Wing, Cold...

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

A BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched by Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) from the deck of the US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class (Aegis) Guided Missile Cruiser, USS COWPENS (CG 63) during a missile exercise (MISSILEX) off the coast of Okinawa, Japan (JPN)

A BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched by Jet Assisted Take Off (JA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Cowpens (CG 63) Scene Camera Operator: ET3 Michael Wisniewski, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A Standard-ER/SM-2 (RIM-67) surface-to-air missile, right, just launched from the Vertical Launching System (VLS), approaches a BQM-34A target drone during VLS testing

A Standard-ER/SM-2 (RIM-67) surface-to-air missile, right, just launch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

A ground-to-air left side view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter hovering over a target drone at Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), has just recovered the drone from the ocean

A ground-to-air left side view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter hovering...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter taken from the cockpit window of another SH-3. The helicopter, assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), is preparing to recover a target drone from the ocean

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter taken from the cockp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crewman prepares a Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74) lightweight target drone for launching from the drone recovery craft USS RETRIEVER (DR 1)

A crewman prepares a Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74) lightweight ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Retriever (DR 1) Country: Chesapeake Bay Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle instructor pilot assigned to the 2nd Fighter Squadron (FS), from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, flies near Cape San Blas, in the Gulf of Mexico after firing an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone. His unit participated in an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) known as Combat Archer

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle inst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and Major (MAJ) Mark "Meat" MacLean, F-15C Strike Eagle flight instructor pilots assigned to the 1ST Fighter Squadron (FS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missiles at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squadron (FS), Buccaneers, Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), flies a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon over the Gulf of Mexico. MAJ Davey is preparing to fire an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile at an MQM-107E "Streaker" sub-scale aerial target drone (not shown). The Buccaneers deployed to Tyndall AFB, Florida to participate in Combat Archer, an Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS), which is responsible for evaluating air-to-air weapon systems

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed aboard the USN Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship, USS TORTUGA (LSD 46), use a dock-side lift crane to load a BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone onto the ship while in port at Commander Fleet Activities, Okinawa, Japan, while supporting the SOUTHEAST ASIA COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM (SEACAT) Exercises. The SEACAT Exercise is designed to contribute to regional coordination efforts that support cooperative responses to terrorism and transnational crimes at sea

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed aboard the USN Whidbey Island Class Do...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John L. Beeman, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Smoke rolls down the barrels of the forward-starboard-mounted MK 15 Phalanx Close-In weapons System (CWIS) as it tracks and fires at an aerial target drone towed over the bow of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). CIWS is the self-defense system combining a 20mm Gatling gun with search and tracking radar providing surface ships with terminal defense against anti-ship missiles. The TRUMAN is currently conducting carrier qualifications and operations in the Atlantic Ocean

Smoke rolls down the barrels of the forward-starboard-mounted MK 15 Ph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Floyd T. Grimm, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A Standard-ER/SM-2 (RIM-67) surface-to-air missile, right, just launched from the Vertical Launching System (VLS), intercepts a BQM-34A target drone during VLS testing

A Standard-ER/SM-2 (RIM-67) surface-to-air missile, right, just launch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

An air to air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft carrying an AQM-37 air-launched target drone over the Pacific Missile Test Center range

An air to air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Al Jackson Release Status: Released to Publ... More

An aircrewman from Fleet Composite Squadron 8 (VC-8) gives the "okay" signal after hooking up a target drone for recovery from the water during Operation UNITAS XXV

An aircrewman from Fleet Composite Squadron 8 (VC-8) gives the "okay" ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A weapons loader supports a BQM-748 target drone as it is fitted to a DC-130A Hercules aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A weapons loader supports a BQM-748 target drone as it is fitted to a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vance Vasquez Release Status... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon pilot with the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, in order to fire an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon pilot with the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, flies over the Gulf of Mexico, in order to fire an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Philip Hoover, an F-16CJ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15 Strike Eagle fires an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile and it races towards a BQM-34A "Streaker" subscale aerial target drone (not shown) over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer mission

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15 Strike Eagle fires an AIM-7 Sparrow medium ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: Msgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Matt "Butcher" French and CPT Daniel "Joker" Arkema from the 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) "Grim Reapers", out of Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England (ENG), simultaneously fire their AIM-7M Sparrow air-to-air missiles from their F-15C Eagle fighters at a BQM-34A "Streaker" subscale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer mission

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Matt "Butcher" French and CPT Daniel...

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

US Navy (USN) Search And Rescue (SAR) swimmers, use a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to retrieve a disabled BQM-74E aerial target drone during the Malaysia phase of Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), conducted in the South China Sea. The Exercise is a regularly scheduled series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asia nations designed to enhance interoperability of the respective sea services

US Navy (USN) Search And Rescue (SAR) swimmers, use a Rigid Hull Infla...

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

A member of the Pacific Fleet Audio Visual Command films an SH-3 Sea King helicopter as it takes off from the helipad at Wallace Air Station. The helicopter, assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), has just returned a target drone to the launch pad

A member of the Pacific Fleet Audio Visual Command films an SH-3 Sea K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of a Marine Light Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231) AV-8B Harrier aircraft during pre-flight operations. The Harrier is equipped with a target drone on its wing

A view of a Marine Light Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231) AV-8B Harrier a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Robert Bennett Release Status: R... More

A Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74C) lightweight target drone is retrieved by crewmen aboard the drone recovery craft USS RETRIEVER (DR 1) after a test launching

A Northrop NV-105 Chukar II (MQM-74C) lightweight target drone is retr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Retriever (DR 1) Country: Chesapeake Bay Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

A right side view of a BQM-748 target drone mounted on a DC-130A Hercules aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A right side view of a BQM-748 target drone mounted on a DC-130A Hercu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vance Vasquez Release Status... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Matt "Butcher" French and CPT Daniel "Joker" Arkema from the 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) "Grim Reapers", out of Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England (ENG), simultaneously fire their AIM-7M Sparrow air-to-air missiles from their F-15C Eagle fighters at a BQM-34A "Streaker" subscale aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer mission

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Matt "Butcher" French and CPT Daniel...

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

US Navy (USN) Aviation Support Equipment Technician Third Class (AS3) Antonio Williams (left), and USN Storekeeper SEAMAN (SKSA) Brian Browning, both stationed aboard the USN Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship, USS TORTUGA (LSD 46), load a BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone onto the ship while in port at Commander Fleet Activities, Okinawa, Japan, while supporting the SOUTHEAST ASIA COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM (SEACAT) Exercises. The SEACAT Exercise is designed to contribute to regional coordination efforts that support cooperative responses to terrorism and transnational crimes at sea

US Navy (USN) Aviation Support Equipment Technician Third Class (AS3) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Tortuga (LSD 46) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John L. Beeman, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter preparing to attach a recovery sling to a target drone floating in the ocean near Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5)

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter preparing to attach ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Soviet-built MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter flown by Major (MAJ) Peter Meisberger, from Germany's (DEU) 73rd Fighter Wing (FW), Laage Air Base (AB), Germany, fires a radar guided AA-10 "Alamo" short-burn air-to-air missile at a QF-4 "Rhino" full-scale aerial target drone during a live-fire weapons training mission

A Soviet-built MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter flown by Major (MAJ) Peter Meisb...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and Major (MAJ) Mark "Meat" MacLean, F-15C Strike Eagle flight instructor pilots assigned to the 1ST Fighter Squadron (FS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), simultaneously fire AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missiles at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a weapons evaluation mission

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) John "Dizzy" Dean, foreground and M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Charles Schuck, Pilot, 71st Fighter Squadron (FS), Ironmen, Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), fires an AIM-7 Sparrow missile from an F-15C Eagle fighter at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico during a Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Charles Schuck, Pilot, 71st...

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

U.S. Air Force MAJ. Jim"Sling"Suhr and MAJ. James"Wop"Mueller, both Instructor Pilots, 2nd Fighter Squadron,"Beagles,"325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., simultaneously fire an AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile at an aerial target drone somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico, Mar. 28, 2005. The unit is participating in Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program sponsored by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force MAJ. Jim"Sling"Suhr and MAJ. James"Wop"Mueller, both In...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulf Of Mexico Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

A BQM-74E aerial target drone launches from the flight deck aboard the US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BOXER (LHD 4), during a live fire exercise conducted during the Malaysia phase of Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). The Exercise is a regularly scheduled series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asia nations designed to enhance interoperability of the respective sea services

A BQM-74E aerial target drone launches from the flight deck aboard the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Boxer (LHD 4) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Paul Polach, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E aerial target drone launches from the flight deck of the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class: Guided Missile Frigate, USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) while the ship is underway in the Caribbean Sea, during Exercise UNITAS 46-05. The Exercise is a Southern Command sponsored Exercise with the objective of increasing interoperability and fostering cooperation among naval forces in the region

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E aerial target drone launches from the flight d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS 46-05 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael Sandberg, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E aerial target drone launches from the flight deck of the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class: Guided Missile Frigate, USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) while the ship is underway in the Caribbean Sea, during Exercise UNITAS 46-05. The Exercise is a Southern Command sponsored Exercise with the objective of increasing interoperability and fostering cooperation among naval forces in the region

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E aerial target drone launches from the flight d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS 46-05 Base: USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Brian Brannon, Usn Release Status: Released to P... More

A ground-to-air left side view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter hovering over a target drone at Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), has just recovered the drone from the ocean

A ground-to-air left side view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter hovering...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An RIM-66C Standard missile is fired from the forward Mark 26 Mod 1 launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). The missile is being fired at a target drone on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Puerto Rico

An RIM-66C Standard missile is fired from the forward Mark 26 Mod 1 la...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Bruce Trombecky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A BQM-34A target drone is hit by a laser beam fired by the Air Force Airborne Laser Laboratory over the Pacific Ocean. The bright spot visible on the right rear quarter of the drone is flare from the laser as it burns through the skin

A BQM-34A target drone is hit by a laser beam fired by the Air Force A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: PAC Missile Test Ctr, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: R... More

A right side view of a BQM-748 target drone mounted on a DC-130A Hercules aircraft during operational test and evaluation exercises conducted by the Missile Targets Division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

A right side view of a BQM-748 target drone mounted on a DC-130A Hercu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Vance Vasquez Release Status... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle instructor pilot assigned to the 2nd Fighter Squadron (FS), from Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, flies over the Gulf of Mexico after firing an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at a sub-scale aerial target drone. His unit participated in an air-to-air Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) known as Combat Archer

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Murray Nance, Jr., an F-15C Eagle inst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A Soviet-built MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter flown by Major (MAJ) Peter Meisberger, from Germany's (DEU) 73rd Fighter Wing (FW), Laage Air Base (AB), Germany, fires a radar guided AA-10 "Alamo" short-burn air-to-air missile at a QF-4 "Rhino" full-scale aerial target drone during a live-fire weapons training mission

A Soviet-built MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter flown by Major (MAJ) Peter Meisb...

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

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squadron (FS), Buccaneers, Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), flies a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon in formation with an MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico. The Streaker Aerial Target drone is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), and used as targets during Combat Archer missions. The MQM-107E Streaker is used to support a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and...

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Pete Davey, Pilot, 428th Fighter Squadron (FS), Buccaneers, Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mex... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mark "Curly" McKenzie, an F-15C Eagle pilot and Commander of the 71st Fighter Squadron (FS) "Ironmen" at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), fires an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) at an MQM-107E "Streaker" target drone during a Combat Archer mission over the Gulf of Mexico

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Mark "Curly" McKenzie, an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Mexico Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched from the flight deck of the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis), USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) while the ship is underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting operations in support of Exercise UNITAS 45-04. Naval forces from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and observers from Mexico and Canada are participating in UNITAS 45-04, the premier naval exercise in the region, which is conducted under the direction of Commander US Naval Forces Southern Command and hosted this year by the Peruvian Navy. UNITAS is designed to develop interoperability among the participating navies while increasing readiness and providing the...

A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched from the fligh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone is launched from the flight deck of the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Ae... More

U.S. Air Force CAPT."Sort"Newkirk, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 71st Fighter Squadron,"Ironmen,"1ST Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va., fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile at an aerial target drone over the Gulf of Mexico on Jan. 19, 2005. The unit is deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to support the Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT."Sort"Newkirk, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 71st Fighter Sq...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulf Of Mexico Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Taylor"Dozer"Ferrell, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 58th Fighter Squadron,"Gorillas,"1ST Fighter Wing, Elgin Air Force Base, Fla., prepares to fire an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missile (AMRAAM) at a QF-4"Rhino"full-scale aerial target drone during a weapons evaluation mission over the Gulf of Mexico on Feb. 1, 2005. The unit is deployed to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., to support the Combat Archer Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force CAPT. Taylor"Dozer"Ferrell, Pilot, F-15C Eagle, 58th Fi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tyndall Afb State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael Ammons Release Status: Released to P... More

US Navy (USN) CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO) Douglas park points out the parachute doors on the USN BQM-74E Aerial Target Drone to Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) CWO Tan Seng Khiam as he explains the BQM-74E recovery procedures during a combined simulated missile exercise which is part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2005 (CARAT 05)

US Navy (USN) CHIEF Warrant Officer (CWO) Douglas park points out the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: South China Sea Scene Camera Operator: JOC Melinda Larson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An air-to-air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft carrying an AQM-37 air-launched target drone over the Pacific Missile Test Center range

An air-to-air right side view of a QF-4B Phantom II director aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Jackson Release Status: ... More

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter attaching a recovery sling to a target drone floating in the ocean near Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. The helicopter is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5)

An air-to-air view of an SH-3 Sea King helicopter attaching a recovery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Foster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Drone detachment brings the fireworks to CARAT 2015

Drone detachment brings the fireworks to CARAT 2015

150806-N-SU278-207 JAVA SEA, Indonesia (Aug. 6, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Pacific Missile Range Facility-Far East Detachment prepare to launch a BQM-74E target drone on the flight deck of the amphibious doc... More

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