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A close up view of a US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, MO being refueled by the boom and refueling arm of a KC-10 Extender aircraft. The image was taken from the Boom Operators position

A close up view of a US Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from 509th Bomb Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Chuck Reger Release Status: Rel... More

World War Two (WWII) Veteran, US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) (Retired) Frank E. Herrelko Sr. (front), Vietnam Veteran Mr. Earl Gillespie (center) and Korean War Veteran Mr. Glbert Lyons participate in the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay in Washington, D.C

World War Two (WWII) Veteran, US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) (Retir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF Release Status: Released to Pub... More

An F-106A Delta Dart aircraft passes over the Mojave Desert while en route to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., where it will be used in the QF-106 drone program. The aircraft, which was the second-to-last F-106 in active service, had been used as a safety chase aircraft in the B-1B aircraft production acceptance flight test program

An F-106A Delta Dart aircraft passes over the Mojave Desert while en r...

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

A close-up view of the main gate

A close-up view of the main gate

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

Ron, a Military Working Dog (MWD), checks out a car trunk with his handler US Air Force STAFF Sergeant James Mings from the 569th US Forces Police Flight, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, they are looking for narcotic or explosive training aids on cars during the vehicle search portion of the 2001 Ramstein, K-9 Competition on January 22, 2001. Eleven teams from Ramstein are competing to determine who will represent their base in the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) competition and then go on to represent the command at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and the Department of Defense MWD competition

Ron, a Military Working Dog (MWD), checks out a car trunk with his han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

Captain William W. Butler, a recently released prisoner of war, greets a member of his family upon his arrival at Travis Air Force Base

Captain William W. Butler, a recently released prisoner of war, greets...

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

A returnee from a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp is debriefed upon his arrival at Travis Air Force Base

A returnee from a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp is debriefed upon hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Viet Cong POWs, one with a Viet Cong flag, stand and sit at the exchange location. They were flown in on USAF C-130 aircraft from Bien Hoa Air Base. They will be exchanged for American and South Vietnamese POWs held by the Viet Cong forces

Viet Cong POWs, one with a Viet Cong flag, stand and sit at the exchan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Herman Kokojan Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Former POW and U.S.Air Force COL Ronald E. Byrne Jr. (Captured 29 Aug 65) at microphones talks to press and public who were there to greet the returning POWs. On left GEN Robbins, HQ Military Airlift Command, listens. Flanking COL Byrne are unidentified former POW (left) and U.S. Air Force CPT Thomas Joseph Barrett (Captured 5 Oct 65). COL Byrne and CPT Barrett were released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi on 12 Feb 73

Former POW and U.S.Air Force COL Ronald E. Byrne Jr. (Captured 29 Aug ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SG... More

Former POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ Robert D. Peel (Captured 6 Nov 65) at the microphone talks to the people who came to greet his return. MGEN Cole, Military Airlift Command staff stands to the left. MAJ Peel was released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi on 12 Feb 73

Former POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ Robert D. Peel (Captured 6 Nov 65) a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SG... More

Former POW and U.S. LCOL George Grigsby McKnight at the microphone, thanks the crowd and press upon arriving on a flight from Clark Air Base. LCOL McKnight was captured on 6 Nov 65 and released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi 12 Feb 73

Former POW and U.S. LCOL George Grigsby McKnight at the microphone, th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

As MGEN Daniel "Chappie" James looks on, former POW and U.S. Air Force 1ST LT William Youl Arcorui (Captured 22 Dec 72) greets his wife after his arrival on the C-141 Starlifter from Clark Air Base. LT Arcorui was in the first group of POWs released by the North Vietnamese government in Hanoi

As MGEN Daniel "Chappie" James looks on, former POW and U.S. Air Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

Former POW and U.S. Air Force LCOL James Quincy Collins Jr. talks with escorts and other POWs in the passenger lounge after his arrival from Clark Air Base, Philippines. LCOL Collins was captured on 2 Sep 65 and released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi on 12 Feb 73

Former POW and U.S. Air Force LCOL James Quincy Collins Jr. talks with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

American POWs lined up at Gia Lan Airport, surrounded by North Vietnamese military, public and press, prior to being turned over to the U.S. delegation. (Left to Right) U.S. Air Force CPT Michael Christopher Lane (Captured 2 Dec 66), partially hidden behind CPT Lane, USAF CPT John Walter Clark (Captured 12 Mar 67), USAF CPT John Owen Davies (Captured 4 Feb 67), USAF MAJ Hubert Kelly Flesher (Captured 2 Dec 66) and USAF CPT Herbert Benjamin Ringsdorf (Captured 11 Nov 66)

American POWs lined up at Gia Lan Airport, surrounded by North Vietnam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Hanoi Country: Republic Of Vietnam (RVN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Eddie P. Boaz Release Status: Released... More

LTJG Hugh O'Doherty, a Coast Guard helicopter pilot, plots an air support operation in the Tactical Air Control Center during joint services exercise Solid Shield '77. Assisting him are CPT Kenneth LaPlante and MSGT Feliciano Guzman, both of the Army's Special Forces

LTJG Hugh O'Doherty, a Coast Guard helicopter pilot, plots an air supp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '77 Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

The flight control system trainer was developed by the Chanute Technical Training Center's training aids branch for the E-3A Sentry aircraft. The trainer simulates control system movement on a light panel

The flight control system trainer was developed by the Chanute Technic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pu... More

CPT Connie Engel stands in front of a formation of students graduating from an undergraduate pilot training course. She is part of a group of 10 female officers who are the first women to graduate from the course

CPT Connie Engel stands in front of a formation of students graduating...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Williams Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Fehringer Release Status: Re... More

An Air Force TECH. SGT. checks for radiation on the island of Runit during a clean-up of Eniwetok Atoll. The U.S. used islands in the atoll for atomic testing in the 1950's

An Air Force TECH. SGT. checks for radiation on the island of Runit du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Marshall Islands (MHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Herman J. Kokojan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

Members of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army Special Forces, and Company B, 297th Infantry, Eskimo Scouts, move out on a reconnaissance mission during Exercise JACK FROST '79

Members of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army Special Forces, and Company ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JACK FROST '79 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

Right side view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft with landing gear down during a two-seat evaluation flight near Rogers Lake

Right side view of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft with landing gear d...

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

An aerial view of the launch of a Minuteman missile from Launch Facility 08 ( LF-08). A Minuteman missile launched from LF-09 is visible in the top of the frame

An aerial view of the launch of a Minuteman missile from Launch Facili...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Arvan Washington Release St... More

A low angle right side view of an F-104 Starfighter aircraft carrying two AIM-9J Sidewinder missiles in flight. The aircraft of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, 68th Tactical Training Wing, 12th Air Force, is involved in Tactical Training Luke

A low angle right side view of an F-104 Starfighter aircraft carrying ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to P... More

A left side view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft releasing an AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missile

A left side view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft releasing an AGM-10...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public C... More

Patients play backgammon during a hyperbaric chamber therapy session. The treatment is being conducted in the Hyperbaric Medicine Division of the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Patients play backgammon during a hyperbaric chamber therapy session. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John L. Marine Release Status: Relea... More

A left front view of an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter parked on the flight line

A left front view of an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter parked on t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Gerald Hansen Release Status:... More

Electrical engineering student CPT Robert Luzitano works on his experimental laser lab project. Luzitano is attending the School of Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology. AAVS PHOTO Contest Entry, color, Sept. 1980 "Laser Madness"

Electrical engineering student CPT Robert Luzitano works on his experi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William D. Boardman Release... More

An AIRMAN conducts a preflight check on a rack of Mark 82 500-pound high drag bombs to be loaded onto an FB-111A aircraft

An AIRMAN conducts a preflight check on a rack of Mark 82 500-pound hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Henry A. Dutcher Release Stat... More

AN air-to-air left side view of two F-106 Delta Dart aircraft with Charleston Naval Base in the background. The aircraft are assigned to the 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

AN air-to-air left side view of two F-106 Delta Dart aircraft with Cha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Frank Garzelnick Releas... More

A view, looking south, of Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6), under construction

A view, looking south, of Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6), under constr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMGT A. Washington Release Statu... More

AN air-to-air right rear view of an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft during a training mission. AN auxiliary fuel tank is on each wing. The aircraft is assigned to the 62nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

AN air-to-air right rear view of an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft during a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Frank Garzelnick Release Status: Re... More

An air-to-air right side view of an F-111 aircraft banking to the left over the Nellis Air Force Base range. The aircraft, assigned to the 391st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (TFTS), 366th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), is carrying 24 Mark 82 low-drag bombs

An air-to-air right side view of an F-111 aircraft banking to the left...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to ... More

AN air-to-air top view of an F-5 Tiger II aircraft banking to the left over a range. One AIM-9J Sidewinder missile is on each wing tip. The aircraft is assigned to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing

AN air-to-air top view of an F-5 Tiger II aircraft banking to the left...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul Harrington Release Status: Rel... More

AN air-to-air left rear view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft banking to the right over a range. One AIM-9L Sidewinder, one AIM-9J Sidewinder, one 2,000-lb. Mark 84 bomb and an auxiliary fuel tank are on each wing. AN ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pod is mounted on the centerline. The aircraft is assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing

AN air-to-air left rear view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft banki...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to ... More

Richard Queen, one of the hostages held by Iranians at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, listens to a speech given by Secretary of State Edmund Muskie welcoming him back

Richard Queen, one of the hostages held by Iranians at the U.S. Embass...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Clawson Release Status: Released to P... More

Air Force MAJ (Dr.) Terry Adkins of Fort Yukon Air Force Base feeds his sled dog team during a rest period in the 1049 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome

Air Force MAJ (Dr.) Terry Adkins of Fort Yukon Air Force Base feeds hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Galena State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Thompson Release Status: Released to Public ... More

MAJ (Dr.) Terry Adkins, base veterinarian, checks the ears of one of his dog patients

MAJ (Dr.) Terry Adkins, base veterinarian, checks the ears of one of h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John A. Benicken Releas... More

The Dormant Inertial Navigation System (DINS) is installed for input power test in the advanced maneuvering re-entry vehicle (AMARV) control section

The Dormant Inertial Navigation System (DINS) is installed for input p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gregory C. Merritt Release ... More

Colonel (COL) John D. Moore, commander of the 452nd Air Refueling Wing, flies a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during a refueling operation over Altus Air Force Base

Colonel (COL) John D. Moore, commander of the 452nd Air Refueling Wing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT R.C. Leach Release Status: Release... More

Airmen of the 316th Organizational Maintenance Squdron rest at a lunch break during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Airmen of the 316th Organizational Maintenance Squdron rest at a lunch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark Bateman, USAF Release Status: Release... More

A pilot of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron looks over mission procedures during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

A pilot of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron looks over mission proc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark Bateman, USAF Release Status: Release... More

Korean troopers parachute from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over a drop zone during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Korean troopers parachute from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over a drop z...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mike Daniels, USAF Release ... More

82nd Airborne Division and British paratroopers meet to discuss the procedures of their joint air jump into Arnhem, the Netherlands, to participate in an annual Market Garden (1944 Arnhem Drop) memorial service on Sept. 21

82nd Airborne Division and British paratroopers meet to discuss the pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Northolt Royal Air Force Base Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft enters the forward operating location training area during exercise Thunderhog II '80

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft enters the forward operating location ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERHOG II '98 Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

LTC Floyd Abney briefs his element prior to their early morning takeoff during exercise Thunderhog II '80

LTC Floyd Abney briefs his element prior to their early morning takeof...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERHOG II '80 Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

SSGT Mike Butterworth, a forward air controller, Ft. Campbell Ky., keeps an eye out for the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft that are to attack an enemy position during exercise Thunderhog II '80

SSGT Mike Butterworth, a forward air controller, Ft. Campbell Ky., kee...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERHOG II '80 Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

A1C Robert Thomas, radio operator, runs phone patches in the Communications Relay Center, Aeronautical Station, 1974th Communications Group, Air Force Communications Command (AFCC). In the background, SGT Theodore Walker, shift supervisor, logs phone patch entries

A1C Robert Thomas, radio operator, runs phone patches in the Communica...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

An air-to-air left side view of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft over Norton Air Force Base

An air-to-air left side view of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft over Norto...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Southern State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Fred F. Jones Release Status: Released to Public ... More

AMN Gordon Goble, 37th Aircraft Generation Squadron, checks a pilot tube of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft for an obstruction during exercise Team Spirit (Coronet Spray)

AMN Gordon Goble, 37th Aircraft Generation Squadron, checks a pilot tu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRITCORONET SPRAY Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Ca... More

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft in flight during testing and evaluation

A left side view of a B-1 bomber aircraft in flight during testing and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Bill Thompson Release St... More

LTC T. D. Benifield and CPT Dale L. Autry, B-1 bomber pilots, leave the aircraft after landing during testing and evaluation of the aircraft. The pilots are assigned to the 4200th Test and Evaluation Squadron

LTC T. D. Benifield and CPT Dale L. Autry, B-1 bomber pilots, leave th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Samuel A. Hotton Release Statu... More

GEN. Charles A Gabriel picks up a flight helmet from SENIOR AIRMAN Richard Brown for flying an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft to shoot the film "Side Looking Airborne Radar". Gabriel is the commander in chief, United States Air Force in Europe, and SENIOR AIRMAN Brown, a life support technician, 38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

GEN. Charles A Gabriel picks up a flight helmet from SENIOR AIRMAN Ric...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zweibrucken Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. John M. Laws Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

COL Gabriel A. Pons, USAF (uncovered)

COL Gabriel A. Pons, USAF (uncovered)

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

A left side view of the SR-71 Blackbird aircraft on display

A left side view of the SR-71 Blackbird aircraft on display

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Re... More

A view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, flanked by a T-38 Talon aircraft. The aircraft, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, was refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

A view of an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, flanked by a T-38 Talon aircraf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ranzeno Oates Release Status: Re... More

A left rear view of a parked SR-71 Blackbird aircraft from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The aircraft will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft in flight during testing

A left rear view of a parked SR-71 Blackbird aircraft from the 9th Str...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Re... More

COL R. A. Zang, USAF - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

COL R. A. Zang, USAF - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

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

COL Allen D. Lang, USAF - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

COL Allen D. Lang, USAF - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogr...

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

COL Richard L. Bousman, USAF (uncovered)

COL Richard L. Bousman, USAF (uncovered)

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

Approved insignia for: 2069th Communications Squadron

Approved insignia for: 2069th Communications Squadron

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

A view of the rocket booster-mounted Columbia space shuttle orbiter being moved out of an assembly building by a mobile launcher platform

A view of the rocket booster-mounted Columbia space shuttle orbiter be...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Release... More

Artist's concept of a satellite orbiting earth spacebus in orbit

Artist's concept of a satellite orbiting earth spacebus in orbit

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

Technicians discuss a satellite, under development, in a White Room

Technicians discuss a satellite, under development, in a White Room

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

Artist's concept of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 5D-2 satellite in orbit, with the Earth in the background

Artist's concept of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program 5D-2 ...

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

Artist's concept of an MX missile during launch from a horizontal shelter

Artist's concept of an MX missile during launch from a horizontal shel...

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

A left front view of the Columbia space shuttle orbiter landing

A left front view of the Columbia space shuttle orbiter landing

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

Approved insignia for: 2184th Communications Squadron

Approved insignia for: 2184th Communications Squadron

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

Approved insignia for: 3800th Logistics Squadron OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEASED)

Approved insignia for: 3800th Logistics Squadron OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FOR...

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

COL Edward M. Collier, USAF (uncovered)

COL Edward M. Collier, USAF (uncovered)

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

An air-to-air left side view of an SR-71 aircraft from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

An air-to-air left side view of an SR-71 aircraft from the 9th Strateg...

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

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker (No. 91514) re-engined with four JT3D engines

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker (No. 91514) re-e...

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

Paratroopers of the 1ST Bn., 505th Inf., 82nd Abn., Div., board an Israeli 747 jet en route to the Sinai for Multinational Force Observer (MFO) duties

Paratroopers of the 1ST Bn., 505th Inf., 82nd Abn., Div., board an Isr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ron Freeman Release Status: R... More

COL Richard O. Bennett, USAF (uncovered)

COL Richard O. Bennett, USAF (uncovered)

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

Left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight

Left side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft refueling a B-52 Stratofo...

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

Artwork: "USAF Cartoon" Artist: Jake Schuffert

Artwork: "USAF Cartoon" Artist: Jake Schuffert

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

GEN Charles A. Gabriel, USAF (uncovered)

GEN Charles A. Gabriel, USAF (uncovered)

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

A view of the 6505th Supply Squadron Storage Retriever

A view of the 6505th Supply Squadron Storage Retriever

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

Approved insignia for: 6505th Supply Squadron

Approved insignia for: 6505th Supply Squadron

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

A right side view of two F-4 Phantom II aircraft from the 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, George Air Force Base, California, in flight during Exercise Reforger '81

A right side view of two F-4 Phantom II aircraft from the 563rd Tactic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Thompson Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Artist's concept of astronauts outside the Columbia space shuttle orbiter in space

Artist's concept of astronauts outside the Columbia space shuttle orbi...

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

An air-to-air left side view of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft dropping practice bombs during a demonstration. The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

An air-to-air left side view of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft dr...

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

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing taxi out for take-off during Exercise Brim Frost '83

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 388th Tactical Fighter W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Brim Frost '83 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

Members of the 24th Composite Wing (24th COMPW) go through mobility processing at the Military Airlift Command terminal. The 24th COMPW is going on temporary duty to Honduras to participate in the joint United States/Honduran exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE)

Members of the 24th Composite Wing (24th COMPW) go through mobility pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF Sergeant Riley T. Bandy ... More

An air-to-air rear view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a diamond formation, as the Air Force Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team uses them for the first time in an air show

An air-to-air rear view of four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a dia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released... More

An air-to-air view of an MGM-118A Peacekeeper international ballistic missile moments after launching. This is the first test launch of the Peacekeeper

An air-to-air view of an MGM-118A Peacekeeper international ballistic ...

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

A left rear view of the Space Transportation System 7 (STS-7) shuttle Challenger touching down on the runway at the end of its mission

A left rear view of the Space Transportation System 7 (STS-7) shuttle ...

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

An air-to-air left rear view of the B-1B test program aircraft, originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype, during a test flight

An air-to-air left rear view of the B-1B test program aircraft, origin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rockwell International Release Stat... More

An air-to-air right side view of the B-1B test program aircraft banking to the left

An air-to-air right side view of the B-1B test program aircraft bankin...

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

Major General Robert W. Norris, USAF (uncovered)

Major General Robert W. Norris, USAF (uncovered)

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

Artwork: "Wings of Blue" Artist: Mal Murley, USAF Art Collection

Artwork: "Wings of Blue" Artist: Mal Murley, USAF Art Collection

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

AIRMAN (AMN) John Donald fires an M16 rifle equipped with a multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) transmitter during Exercise VOLANT SCORPION

AIRMAN (AMN) John Donald fires an M16 rifle equipped with a multiple i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

Airmen armed with M16 rifles equipped with multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES)   transmitters conduct a patrol during Exercise VOLANT SCORPION

Airmen armed with M16 rifles equipped with multiple integrated laser e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O... More

Brigadier General Robert H. Baxter, USAF (uncovered)

Brigadier General Robert H. Baxter, USAF (uncovered)

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

Air to air left side view of United States Air Force Europe (USAFE) F-4E Phantom carrying two AGM A/6, three AIM 7 missiles and an ECM pod. The aircraft is assigned to the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdalhem Air Base, Germany. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air left side view of United States Air Force Europe (USAFE) F-...

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

Captain William D. Stanford helps Craig Nelson strap into an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft. Nelson, who portrays Colonel Sarnac on the TV series "Call to Glory, and a film crew are preparing to shoot episodes depict the early SR-71 flights

Captain William D. Stanford helps Craig Nelson strap into an SR-71 Bla...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AIC Joe Castellino Release Status: Re... More

The space shuttle Enterprise is parked atop its specially-designed 76-wheel transporter at Space Launch Complex Six. In the background is the payload changeout room

The space shuttle Enterprise is parked atop its specially-designed 76-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William W. Thompson Release Stat... More

An air-to-air right side view of an X-29 forward swept wing demonstrator research aircraft left, and a T-38 Talon

An air-to-air right side view of an X-29 forward swept wing demonstrat...

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

Members of the 311th Aircraft Maintenance Unit lower a canopy onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during a routine inspection

Members of the 311th Aircraft Maintenance Unit lower a canopy onto an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Lem Robsom Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A 30mm ammunition loader is used to reload an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft during the Air Warrior 85-12 exercise

A 30mm ammunition loader is used to reload an A-10A Thunderbolt II air...

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

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camouflage paint scheme, undergoing maintenance at the Flight Test Center

Right front view of a B-1 bomber aircraft, with a European One camoufl...

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

An HH-60 Night Hawk helicopter arrives on base

An HH-60 Night Hawk helicopter arrives on base

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

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