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U.S. Air Force crew chiefs and weapons specialists, from the 8th and 9th Fighter Squadrons, prepare to recover an F-117 Nighthawk aircraft coming back from a mission during an Operational Readiness Inspection at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), N.M., on Nov. 3, 2004. The 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB is being tested on its ability to deploy and maintain operations in a simulated combat environment. (USAF PHOTO by TSgt James R. Hart Jr.) (Released)

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs and weapons specialists, from the 8th and 9...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Hart Jr., USAF Relea... More

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft in flight during a spouse incentive flight over Charleston, S.C., on Nov. 9, 2004.(U.S Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Matthew Hannen) (Released)

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft in flight during a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Matthew Hannen Release Status: R... More

U.S. Air Force 57th Weapons Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft loadmaster TECH. SGT. Brian Brucker, talks on a radio at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., on Nov. 9, 2004.(U.S Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Matthew Hannen) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 57th Weapons Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Matthew Hannen Release Status... More

U.S. Air Force AIM-9M Sidewinder training missiles stand ready on a missile trailer during the William Tell 2004 weapons load competition at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Kevin Gruenwald) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIM-9M Sidewinder training missiles stand ready on a mi...

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: TSGT Kevin J. Gruenwald Release Status... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Joshua Hartviggen (left) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Joseph Fleming, both weapons load crew members from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspect an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during a pre-flight check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 05 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 17, 2004. To the left is an AIM-9M Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Cherie A. Thurlby) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Joshua Hartviggen (left) and AIRMAN 1S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Chewning, a loadmaster from the 57th Weapons Squadron, prepares his C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft before a mission during a Composite Force Operations (CFO) exercise at Biggs Army Air Field, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2004. The CFO phase of the U.S. Air Force Mobility Weapons School/ Weapons Instructor Courses employs a realistic scenario requiring the students to plan and execute airdrop, air land and air refueling operations in a dynamic, mature theater. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Matthew Hannen) (Released)

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Brian Chewning, a loadmaster from the 57th W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Biggs Army Air Field State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: ... More

U.S. Air Force 71st Fighter Squadron"Ironmen,"F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft pilot CAPT."Sort"Newkirk, fires an AIM-9M Sidedwinder infrared heat-seeking air-to-air missile during a Combat Archer air-to-air weapons System evaluation program mission over the Gulf of Mexico, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Michael Ammons) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 71st Fighter Squadron"Ironmen,"F-15C Eagle fighter airc...

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

Part of a 16 ship formation of US Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster IIIs in flight from Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), to Biggs Army Air Field, Texas (TX), for Composite Force Operations (CFO) exercise, a USAF Mobility Weapons School weapons instructor course. The course employs realistic scenarios tasking students to plan and execute airdrop and air refueling operations in a dynamic, mature theater

Part of a 16 ship formation of US Air Force (USAF) C-17 Globemaster II...

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: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Re... More

STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Description: Fixed coverage of orbiter landing. Touchdown point centered in left half of frame. Horizontal format. Item will be activated for both a day and night landing. Note: This item primarly supports... More

STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Description: TRACKING COVERAGE OF LANDING FROM ORB LANDING GEAR ACTIVATION THROUGH TOUCHDOWN AND WHEEL-STOP. CAMERA SHOULD BE STARTED NO LATER THAN APPROX. L-5 SECONDS. COMMITTED ONLY FOR RUNWAY 33 (SOUTH TO N... More

STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-131 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Description: TRACKING COVERAGE OF LANDING FROM ORB LANDING GEAR ACTIVATION THROUGH TOUCHDOWN AND WHEEL-STOP. CAMERA SHOULD BE STARTED NO LATER THAN APPROX. L-5 SECONDS. COMMITTED ONLY FOR RUNWAY 33 (SOUTH TO N... More

STS-119 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS-119 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Description: TRACKING COVERAGE OF LANDING FROM ORB LANDING GEAR ACTIVATION THROUGH TOUCHDOWN AND WHEEL-STOP. CAMERA SHOULD BE STARTED NO LATER THAN APPROX. L-5 SECONDS. ITEM NOT ACTIVATED FOR NIGHT LANDING. W... More

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41), Black Aces, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf. The Hornet is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the wingtip and an AGM-65 Maverick missile on the pylon. Tucked under the intake is an AAQ-14 LANTIRN (Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting InfraRed for Night) pod. Also under the fuselage, a 370-gallon External Fuel Tank. The VFA-41 is currently embarked aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-...

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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle [Discovery flying over Washington. D.C., on final journey to its permanent museum home]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle [Di...

Photographer: Laurent Fox--HUD Photo Creation Date: 4/17/2012 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Shuttle [Discovery flying over Washington. D.C., on final journey to its permanent museum home]

Osprey offers new experience for Philippine and U.S. Marines during fast-rope insertions

Osprey offers new experience for Philippine and U.S. Marines during fa...

Philippine U.S. Marines wait for to extract during a fast-rope exercise Jan. 22 at Basa Air Field. Fast-roping is just one of the multiple training events conducted during Aviation Assault Support Exercise 15.1... More

An F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson

An F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson

An F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., drops munitions over the Utah Test and Training Range, May 2, 2016. The 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, a Hill tenant unit, is conducting ... More

Capt. James Hall, 14th Airlift Squadron (AS) tactics

Capt. James Hall, 14th Airlift Squadron (AS) tactics

Capt. James Hall, 14th Airlift Squadron (AS) tactics flight commander, left, Capt. Matt Eggert, 16th AS pilot, center, Capt. Jeff Harnly, 16th Airlift Squadron evaluator, right, stand on the flightline here, Ja... More

Outlaw Drones are positioned to launch as moving targets

Outlaw Drones are positioned to launch as moving targets

Outlaw Drones are positioned to launch as moving targets during a Short Range Air Defense Exercise as part of Tobruq Legacy in Utska, Poland, June 17, 2019. Tobruq Legacy is a 21-day exercise that focuses on mu... More

12th CAB Apaches clear Santa's route with battalion screen

12th CAB Apaches clear Santa's route with battalion screen

AH-64 Apaches of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Wings of Victory, taxi in for 'hot refueling' during a special battalion screen mission on Dec. 15. at Katterbach Army Airfield. (U.S Army photo by Maj. Robert... More

Ordnance technicians with Marine Medium Helicopter

Ordnance technicians with Marine Medium Helicopter

Ordnance technicians with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) prepare to load an advanced medium range air-to-air missile onto an AV-8B Harrier aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 8. The squadron s... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roger McKay, crew chief,

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roger McKay, crew chief,

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roger McKay, crew chief, left, and Senior Airman Sydney Byrd, weapons loader, both assigned to the 169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepare to move a bomb on the taxiway at McEnti... More

From the left, Senior Airman Steven Woods, Tech. Sgt.

From the left, Senior Airman Steven Woods, Tech. Sgt.

From the left, Senior Airman Steven Woods, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Munis and Senior Airman Zane Sitzes, all active-duty Airmen from the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, buil... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing walk towards an MV-22B Osprey at the flight line during exercise Forest Light Eastern Army at Camp Soumagahara, Gunma Prefe... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Hilliard, aviation boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Hilliard, aviation boatswain's

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Hilliard, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), from Riverside, Calif., guides an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Death Rattlers of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 toward a catapu... More

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, disembark

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, disembark

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, disembark an MV22 Osprey on Lance Corporal Torrey L. Gray Field during a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Exercise, Oct. 10, 2014. The Marines set up a security... More

UH-60 Black Hawk crews, assigned to the 3rd General

UH-60 Black Hawk crews, assigned to the 3rd General

UH-60 Black Hawk crews, assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct a two gun raid exercises with M119A3 howitzers from 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Arti... More

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt II following a mission supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in Southwest Asia, Jan. 31, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Richardson/AFC... More

ABOARD USS GREEN BAY (LPD-20), At Sea, (Aug. 31, 2016)–

ABOARD USS GREEN BAY (LPD-20), At Sea, (Aug. 31, 2016)–

ABOARD USS GREEN BAY (LPD-20), At Sea, (Aug. 31, 2016)– A Navy MH-60S Seahawk from the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) delivers supplies for a replenishment at sea on the flight deck of the USS Green Bay (LPD-20) ... More

Airmen from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons

Airmen from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons

Airmen from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons flight receive instructions on how to safely arm a weapons system on an F-15E Strike Eagle as part of an operational safety review, May 18, 2018, at Sey... More

LTC Jacob W. Miller, the commander of 3-25 Aviation

LTC Jacob W. Miller, the commander of 3-25 Aviation

LTC Jacob W. Miller, the commander of 3-25 Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion completed his final flight on Wheeler Army Airfield, May 8, 2019. The flight went from Oahu to Maui and back. (U.S... More

Airman 1st Class Antonio Rosario, 309th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Antonio Rosario, 309th Aircraft Maintenance

Airman 1st Class Antonio Rosario, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, holds a GBU-12 Paveway II while Staff Sgt. Jonathan Picher, 309th AMU load crew chief, secures it during the quarterly load cr... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Princeleo Pecjo, 35th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Princeleo Pecjo, 35th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Princeleo Pecjo, 35th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, surveys a munitions mounting point during a weapons load competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oc... More

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned

Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 331st Squadron, Bodø Air Force Base, Norway, fly next to the wing of a U.S. Air Force 2nd Bomb Wing B-52H Stratofortress during training and inte... More

Airmen from the 4th Munitions Squadron install various

Airmen from the 4th Munitions Squadron install various

Airmen from the 4th Munitions Squadron install various components onto four guided bomb units during an Air Force Combat Operations Competition qualification, Feb. 10, 2020, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N... More

U.S. Air Force weapons loaders assigned to the Ohio

U.S. Air Force weapons loaders assigned to the Ohio

U.S. Air Force weapons loaders assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing change a munitions pylon on the wing of an F-16 fighter jet during exercise Green Flag-West at Nellis Air Force Base, Neva... More

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, gives landing guidance for an MV-22B Osprey during a tactical recovery of aircraft a... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos Rosadonieves, an

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos Rosadonieves, an

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos Rosadonieves, an aircraft ordnance technician with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, loads MK-76 training bombs at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Dec. 2, 2... More

Capt. Clay Michaels, executive officer of Air Test

Capt. Clay Michaels, executive officer of Air Test

Capt. Clay Michaels, executive officer of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1, inspects flight equipment in the squadron's hangar during a maintenance drill rodeo. The maintenance drill rodeo is a weekly tr... More

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare the engine of a CH-53E Super Stallion for engine maintenance in the hangar bay of the USS Makin Island dur... More

Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special

Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special

Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Ohio Army National Guard, conduct static line parachute operations from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter June 6, 2015, at Mills Drop Zone on... More

John Collver flies the AT-6 Texan “War Dog” during

John Collver flies the AT-6 Texan “War Dog” during

John Collver flies the AT-6 Texan “War Dog” during his performance at the 2015 MCAS Miramar Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 3. Collver uses the World War II-era trainer aircraft t... More

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Dane Wiedmann.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Corban Caliguire and Tech.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Corban Caliguire and Tech.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Corban Caliguire and Tech. Sgt. Aaron Switzer, 21st Special Tactics Squadron joint terminal attack controllers, from Pope Field, N.C., call for an A-10 Thunderbolt II to due a show ... More

Two U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons from the

Two U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons from the

Two U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 36th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, rest in a hanger at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, after returning from combat training missions June... More

Members from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry

Members from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry

Members from the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan., including Brigade Commander, Col. Matthew R. Lewis, arrived from Fort Riley in six UH-60 Black Hawks May 2 to support Exerc... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Drowley, U.S. Air Forces

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Drowley, U.S. Air Forces

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Drowley, U.S. Air Forces Central Command chief of staff and A-10 pilot, conducts pre-flight checks of an A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Kan... More

A United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron

A United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron

A United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbird” receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 50th Air Refueling Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Oct. 14, 2019. The Thunde... More

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment,

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment,

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment, fast ropes from a MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 during fast roping drills, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 26, 2019. The tra... More

Two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from

Two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from

Two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment move towards a C-17 Globemaster III to be loaded for rapid deployment exercises during Operation Thunderstruck ... More

Staff Sgt. Timothy Mannion, the Three Man on the load

Staff Sgt. Timothy Mannion, the Three Man on the load

Staff Sgt. Timothy Mannion, the Three Man on the load crew, drives the jammer while Tech. Sgt. Lucas Hagopian, Weapons Load Crew Chief, oversees the load crew arming the 104th Fighter Wing's F-15 Eagle operatio... More

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Laurence Paradis, Tactical

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Laurence Paradis, Tactical

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Laurence Paradis, Tactical Air Control Party member with Okla. National Guard’s 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, advises Estonian Defense Force on Joint Terminal Attack Controller... More

Simulated casualties await transport during an exercise

Simulated casualties await transport during an exercise

Simulated casualties await transport during an exercise on May 9, 2018, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The exercise was held in preparation for the Warriors Over the Wasatch Air and Space Show coming up on June 23-... More

A Spanish service member gathers his parachute after

A Spanish service member gathers his parachute after

A Spanish service member gathers his parachute after high-altitude low-opening jump during exercise Lone Paratrooper at Leon Air Base, Spain, May 6, 2019. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Res... More

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron armed with an AIM-9X Block 2 missile sits on the ramp at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 3, 2020. During the weapon test, air... More

Airmen assigned to the 333rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit

Airmen assigned to the 333rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit

Airmen assigned to the 333rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit load a missile onto an F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 11, 2020. Weapons troops are separated into three positi... More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert meets

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert meets

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert meets with His Excellency Field Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Bahrain Defense Force commander in chief, to discuss maritime security in the region. Earlier G... More

A U.S. Army Humvee is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force

A U.S. Army Humvee is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force

A U.S. Army Humvee is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft, March 6, 2015. The Humvee was one of four vehicles involved with Airmen from Altus and Soldiers from Fort Sill in the join... More

A returning deployed pilot from the 163rd Expeditionary

A returning deployed pilot from the 163rd Expeditionary

A returning deployed pilot from the 163rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Fort Wayne, Ind., emerge from an A-10C Thunderbolt II “Warthog” aircraft after completing exercise Slovak Warthog, Aug. 04, 2016, at the... More

Airmen from Los Angeles Air Force and March Air Reserve

Airmen from Los Angeles Air Force and March Air Reserve

Airmen from Los Angeles Air Force and March Air Reserve Base wave to the crowd during the 86th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles, Calif., Nov 26, 2017. The annual live parade is an American tradi... More

U.S. Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of

U.S. Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of

U.S. Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Aug. 1, 2014, in the Arabian Gulf. The ship supported maritime security operations and theater security coop... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jenkins White, a tactics instructor

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jenkins White, a tactics instructor

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jenkins White, a tactics instructor with the Landing Attack and Subsequent Operations (LASO) team, supervises Guatemalan Marines over simulated casualty evacuations at the BIM base, Puert... More

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team flies over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 2, 2020. The A-10 demonstration team performs nationally and i... More

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division participate in the Airborne Review at Sicily Drop Zone, located on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 25, 2017. The Airborne Review is the culminating event of All America... More

U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venoms conduct live fire training

U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venoms conduct live fire training

U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venoms conduct live fire training during Air to Ground Refinement in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructors course 2-18 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Yuma, Ariz., April 2. WTI is... More

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron armed with an AIM-9X Block 2 missile sits on the ramp at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 3, 2020. During the weapon test, air... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Philip Pettey, a seat mechanic

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Philip Pettey, a seat mechanic

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Philip Pettey, a seat mechanic assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214 "Black Sheep," Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., cleans the canopy on an AV-8B Harrier during Integrated Training... More

A U.S. Air Force combat controller conducts a high-altitude

A U.S. Air Force combat controller conducts a high-altitude

A U.S. Air Force combat controller conducts a high-altitude low-opening jump from a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk during Emerald Warrior 16 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 11, 2016. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Ope... More

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, clear buildings during an assault on an enemy-held urban environment at the Nationa... More

Army 1st Lt. Nathan Horswill, a native of Barrington,

Army 1st Lt. Nathan Horswill, a native of Barrington,

Army 1st Lt. Nathan Horswill, a native of Barrington, Ill., assigned to B Battery 2nd Battalion 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, walks on the drop zone, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, as a C-130 Hercules aircr... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flies above the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 15, 2020. The F-15E Strike Eagle is a dual-role fighter... More

U.S. Air Force Weapons Handlers TECH. SGT. William Gilge and TECH. SGT. Kenneth Smallerz, both assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing"Happy Hooligans", North Dakota Air National Guard, upload training weapons onto a F-101B Voodoo aircraft, under the watchful eye of a competition judge, during the"William Tell"Weapons Competition at Tyndall, Air Force Base, Florida. (A3604) (U.S. Air Force PHOTO) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Weapons Handlers TECH. SGT. William Gilge and TECH. SGT...

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: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Personnel of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing inspect an F-4 Phantom II aircraft during the 1978 North American Air Defense Command Weapons Loading Competition

Personnel of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing inspect an F-4 Phantom II a...

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: SSGT Ed Uber Release Status: Released ... More

Litter patients are being transferred from a C-130 Hercules aircraft to medical buses by 37th Aeromedical Evacuation Group members during exercise Reforger '80

Litter patients are being transferred from a C-130 Hercules aircraft t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob ... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

The trailer carrying the deep submergence rescue vehicle AVALON (DSRV-2) backs down the ramp of an Air Force C-5A Galaxy aircraft from the 60th Military Airlift Wing (MAW-60). The AVALON is being used in a fly-away exercise to train personnel in the handling and operation of the vehicle

The trailer carrying the deep submergence rescue vehicle AVALON (DSRV-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Terry Mitchell Release Status: Relea... More

A view of an AQM-37A target before it is uploaded onto the wing of an A-6E Intruder aircraft, at the Pacific Missile Test Center Range

A view of an AQM-37A target before it is uploaded onto the wing of an ...

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: PH3 Colleen White Release St... More

Maintenance crews walk onto a mist-covered flight line to prepare adversary aircraft of the Navy Fighter Weapons School for an early morning flight. Referred to as "Top Gun," the school provides air combat maneuvering (ACM) training for Navy and Marine Corps pilots. Two F-5E Tiger II aircraft and two A-4 Skyhawk aircraft can be seen in the background

Maintenance crews walk onto a mist-covered flight line to prepare adve...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Kirby Harrison Release Stat... More

A ground crewman fills out a form after performing maintenance on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Reforger-Crested Cap I

A ground crewman fills out a form after performing maintenance on an A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGERCRESTED CAP I Base: Leck Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Hammond Relea... More

Members of the 1ST Republic of Korea Marine Corps Division board a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Yeo Ju airstrip during the joint US/South Korean Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84

Members of the 1ST Republic of Korea Marine Corps Division board a US ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Members of the 8th Aircraft Generation Squadron transfer an inert Mark 82 500 pound bomb from one weapons loader to another during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7

Members of the 8th Aircraft Generation Squadron transfer an inert Mark...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Perez Releas... More

Ground crewmen guide F-15 Eagle aircraft of the 1ST Tactical Fighter Wing into parking stalls upon their arrival at the base to participate in the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '84

Ground crewmen guide F-15 Eagle aircraft of the 1ST Tactical Fighter W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '84 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

An air-to-air left side view of two F-106 Delta Dart aircraft from the 177th Fighter Interceptor Group, New Jersey Air National Guard, in formation during the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '84

An air-to-air left side view of two F-106 Delta Dart aircraft from the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '84 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ernest Sealing Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Captain Al Madar of the 191st Fighter Interceptor Group, Michigan Air National Guard, inspects an AIM-7 Sparrow missile mounted on his F-4C Phantom II aircraft. Madar is conducting a preflight check of his aircraft during the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '84

Captain Al Madar of the 191st Fighter Interceptor Group, Michigan Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '84 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

An air-to-air left side view of an NKC-135 Airborne Laser Laboratory aircraft. The aircraft is used by the US Air Force Weapons Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate High Energy Laser (HEL) systems

An air-to-air left side view of an NKC-135 Airborne Laser Laboratory a...

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

Members of the 119th Fighter Interceptor Group perform a final check of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft before a scramble competition during the air-to-air weapons meet WILLIAM TELL '86

Members of the 119th Fighter Interceptor Group perform a final check o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '86 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

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

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

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

Captain (CPT) Steven Evens performs a preflight check on a 24th Composite Wing OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft prior to participating in maneuvers with Guatemalan air force.  Members of the wing from Howard Air Force Base are deployed to the Guatemalan base for training

Captain (CPT) Steven Evens performs a preflight check on a 24th Compos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Guatemala (GTM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Herbert Cintron Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A right side view of four F/A-18A Hornet aircraft flying in low-level formation over the desert during the multinational, joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR'87.  An AAVP7 assault amphibian vehicle is in the foreground

A right side view of four F/A-18A Hornet aircraft flying in low-level ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Vincent E. Aldridge Release Status: Released to ... More

Crewmen service an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) prior to the ship's entry into the Persian Gulf. The helicopter is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the right weapons pylon

Crewmen service an AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter on the flight deck of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Cleveland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of the 37th Aircraft Generation Squadron use an MJ-1 weapons loader as they remove a pylon from the wing of a 37th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4G Phantom II "Wild Weasel" aircraft

Members of the 37th Aircraft Generation Squadron use an MJ-1 weapons l...

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: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: R... More

An air-to-air left rear view of 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron (27th TASS) OV-10A Bronco aircraft.  The 27th TASS is deployed to Palmerola Air Base for training

An air-to-air left rear view of 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron (27...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Herbert Cintron Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Judges inspect an Alaskan Air Command A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft prior to competition during Gunsmoke '87, an Air Force-wide tactical gunnery and bombing competition sponsored by the Tactical Air Command and hosted by the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis. Two F-15 Eagle aircraft are in flight in the background

Judges inspect an Alaskan Air Command A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft pri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

Maintenance team members of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing from George Air Force Base, Calif., give a thumbs-up, good luck signal to their unit's F-4 Phantom II aircraft pilots during Gunsmoke '87, an Air Force-wide tactical gunnery and bombing competition sponsored by the Tactical Air Command and hosted by the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis

Maintenance team members of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing from George...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft lifts off at the end of its takeoff roll. Several MU-2 aircraft are chartered by the U.S. Air Force Weapons Controller School for use as attack and target elements during exercise

A Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft lifts off at the end of its takeoff roll. S...

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: SSGT Russel Pollanen Release Status: R... More

Flight deck and air wing personnel drag the crash barricade across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) during a drill. The KENNEDY is taking part in FLEET EX 1-90

Flight deck and air wing personnel drag the crash barricade across the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 William A. Lipski Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A copy negative of four adversary aircraft from the Navy Fighter Weapons School (NFWS), Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, California (CA). Shown (right to left) is a US Marine Corps (USMC) A-4 Skyhawk, a US Navy (USN) A-4 Skyhawk, a USN F-16N Fighting Falcon, and a USMC F-16N Fighting Falcon

A copy negative of four adversary aircraft from the Navy Fighter Weapo...

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

The American flag flies aboard a PB Mark III patrol boat as the vessel travels near the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37). The cruiser is returning to port from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm

The American flag flies aboard a PB Mark III patrol boat as the vessel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

An air-to-air left side view of a 35th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4E Phantom II aircraft in a steep climb. The 1ST German Training Squadron uses the aircraft for initial and advanced F-4E pilot training. Instructors from the 20th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (20th TFTS), based at George Air Force Base, Calif., teach German pilots in the basic F-4 course, RF-4 preparatory training and the fighter weapons instructor course. The 20th TFTS also provides maintenance and operational assistance to the German squadron

An air-to-air left side view of a 35th Tactical Fighter Wing F-4E Phan...

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

HH-60Gs from the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev., fly above the ranges north of Nellis and areas of Lake Mead during training missions while participating in the extensive course

HH-60Gs from the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Ne...

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: SRA Brett K. Snow Release Status: Releas... More

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