Aerial Parachute Demonstrations and Actions

Dynamic images of parachute teams demonstrating flags, soldiers rappelling, and maintenance activities on equipment, emphasizing aerial military operations.

Poland, Memorial dedicated to Polish seamen who lost their lives during World War II; Gdynia

The American flag and Chilean Flag are flown from the feet of an Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team member and Boinas Azules (Blue Berets) Parachute Demonstration Team member, respectively, during Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio (FIDAE), Latin Americas largest aerospace, defense and security exhibition, in Santiago, Chile, April 7, 2022. The demonstration showcasing both countries flags symbolize the important partnership and respect between the two countries.

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rob Tousignant and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mark Faucher, with the 366th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), install antennas on a 65-foot tower at an airbase, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Poland, Memorial dedicated to Polish seamen who lost their lives during World War II; Gdynia

040409-F-3963C-007. Subject Operation/Series: TIGER CHALLENGE 2004 Base: 25th Ig Rok Ranger Course Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-87-09579. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Targets for warship, with blue sky and clouds in background.

220724-N-HH215-1003 SAN DIEGO (July 24, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Merlyn Morales, left, a native of Las Vegas, Nev., and Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Carlos Sanchez, a native of Los Angeles, Calif., prepare to conduct evening colors aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), July 24. Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego.

Microwave antennas rise from a communications compound set up for exercise Team Spirit '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Base: Namsa Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Canadian Flag and War Statue Victoria British Columbia Canada

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Oct. 13, 2022) - Sailors aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) man the rails as the ship returns to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story after a deployment with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), Oct. 13. More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Kearsarge ARG supported a wide range of interoperability opportunities and exercises across the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations increasing combat readiness and crisis response capabilities while strengthening relationships with both NATO Allies and partners.

TSGT John Paulus of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing's airlift control element (ALCE) conducts a radio check near the Ras Nusrani airfield. Paulus is part of a nine-man detachment sent to Egypt to coordinate aircraft operations connected with the arrival and departure of United States forces serving with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeepers on the Sinai Peninsula. Base: Ras Nasrani Country: Egypt (EGY)

020817-F-3873G-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Silhouette of a U.S. Marine Preparing to Launch an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

USA, South Dakota, Sioux Falls, USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial

030915-F-1663P-001. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A-10 Thunderbolt II's from the 124th Fighter Wing conduct target practice at the Saylor Creek Range in southern Idaho, Oct. 14, 2022. As a part of Wing Hawg Day, service members, family and friends were invited to attent to witness the A-10's in action.

Airmen disassemble the Mark IV transportable weather terminal. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-03638. Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 19, 2015) Seaman Willie Cross, from St. Louis, heaves a line aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) fantail. Stennis' crew is currently preparing for fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications and sustainment exercise.

Arkansas National Guard members toured the USNS Comfort during Continuing Promise 2022, on October 29, 2022, 8 miles off-shore from Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. The tour provided an opportunity for Arkansas National Guardsmen to build relationships with U.S. Navy and Marine Corps and exchange ideas and knowledge to increase total force readiness in patient care and to rapidly respond to disaster relief efforts and military operations.

GDR, Berlin, 01. 05. 1987, 1st May rally 1987 on Karl-Marx-Allee, television broadcast, camera

EAST CHINA SEA (April 15, 2022) Boatswains Mate Seaman Yerson Zamara, from Houston, stands watch on the fantail aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Soldiers use a suspended cable to climb down from a tower on an obstacle course. Country: Unknown

East German guards feed the birds from their post at the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, rappel down a tower on a sunny day at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on June 8, 2022. The unit had the opportunity to conduct rappelling familiarization on the bases 60-foot tower during their annual training.

BOSTON (Aug. 13, 2018) Sailors assigned to USS Constitution climb the Main Mast in preparation for the installation of the Topsail 175 feet over the deck of USS Constitution. Constitutions crewmembers conduct weekly training to learn and retain sailing information.

Soldier during assault rappelling exercises with weapons.

Joint terminal attack controllers (JTAC) from Slovenian and Czech armed forces watch as a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, with 1st Battalion (Attack), 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, approaches a live-fire range during Exercise Ample Strike 22 at Boletice Training Area, Czechia, Sept. 13, 2022. Ample Strike is a Czech-led, multinational, live-fire exercise conducted in various training areas across Czechia that offers advanced air/land integration training to JTAC in coordination with fighter aircraft, from Sept. 5-16, 2022.

DN-ST-88-01797. Base: Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220428-N-TF178-1112SAN DIEGO (April 28, 2022) - Quartermaster 2nd Class Hezekiah Smith performs maintenance on a starboard side navigation light aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), April 28. Navigation lights are used to ensure the ship transits safely at night. Makin Island is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego.

DF-ST-88-08021. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A view of the aft side of the main mast atop the island of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). Base: Hampton Roads, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05622. Country: United States Of America (USA)

010824-F-6911G-005. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

990625-A-0512A-005. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020606-A-2795I-004. Base: Camp Zama State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific

Masts of the Local Control Bunker of the Traffic Control along the Baan on the Twenthe airbase.

030712-F-7709W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

970412-F-7666R-173. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

Master Sgt. (ret) Christopher Aguilera, 66th Combat Search and Rescue Squadron pararescuemen lights the caldron for the Air Force wounded warrior team trials on Nellis AFB, Nev. Feb. 27, 2015. during the 2015 Air Force wounded warrior trials on Nellis AFB, Nev. Feb. 27, 2015. The Air Force Trials are an adaptive sports event designed to promote the mental and physical well-being of seriously ill and injured military members and veterans. More than 105 wounded, ill or injured service men and women from around the country will compete for a spot on the 2015 U.S. Air Force Wounded Warrior Team which will represent the Air Force at adaptive sports competitions throughout the year.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War RAF Flying Office Jerrold Campbell climbs the ladder towards the crow's nest of the merchant ship on which he is temporarily based. A barrage balloon flies overhead.

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-50. Hurricane Katrina

The Sentinel-class fast response cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) arrives in Cairns for engagements with Australian Defence and Home Affairs partners and local representatives, Aug. 31, 2022. The Oliver Henry is the first FRC ever to fly the Australian ensign. The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a routine deployment in Oceania as part of Operation Blue Pacific, working alongside Allies, building maritime domain awareness, and sharing best practices with partner nation navies and coast guards. Op Blue Pacific is an overarching multi-mission U.S. Coast Guard endeavor promoting security, safety, sovereignty, and economic prosperity in Oceania while strengthening relationships with our regional partners.

Eternal Flame, Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier to Moscow. Kremlin, Russia

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron (HMLA) 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, cleans the rotor blades of an AH-1Z Viper during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 28, 2022. Marines and Sailors with MAGTF-23 maintain various civilian careers while continuing to answer the irrational call to service in the Marine Corps Reserve.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct an air delivery exercise at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, June 9, 2022. The purpose of the exercise was to maintain training and readiness qualifications as well as simulate a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System ammunition resupply via air delivery. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force's comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

DA-ST-85-12348. Country: West Germany (FRG)

BLACK FOREST, COLO. - Pilots and crewmembers of the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, go into the thick smoke to release water onto the burning fires during their bambi bucket mission at Black Forest, Colo., June 12, 2013.

DN-ST-88-00299. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Steven Pendergrass, satellite communications operator with the 2064th Information Systems Squadron, prepares to remove the access panel on a GRA-120 antenna. Pendergrass will be inspecting the antenna and conducting preventive maintenance on the equipment, which is part of the base's tactical air navigational system. Base: Shemya Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

French soldiers are seen using an extension ladder created to all the gunners to have better control over their fire. The tree branches used provides camouflage. Dated 1914

DN-ST-85-02383. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Masts of the Local Control Bunker along the runway at the Twenthe airbase.

HMS Marshal Soult monitor, 1915, United Kingdom, drawing.

The Utah National Guard FEMA Region VIII Homeland Response Force held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Collapsed Structure Venue Site May 10, 2022. The CSVS is one of only three military owned Urban Search and Rescue training venues west of the Rocky Mountains. This CSVS will allow both military search and extract and civilian search and rescue teams the opportunity to train together and build those necessary partnerships needed in an all hazards response.

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Pilottown - 26-HK-373-31. Hurricane Katrina

France, Pas de Calais, Wizernes-Helfaut, La Coupole, WWII German V2 rocket bunker, aircraft propeller wreckage.

Members of the 1361st Audiovisual Squadron post a welcome-home sign on their building wall for the homecoming of the 52 freed hostages after their release from Iran. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Consequences of war in Ukraine

U.S. Navy Aerographers Mate Airman Chase Dublin holds a handheld anemometer used to gather wind speed and weather information aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during exercise BALTOPS 22, June 10, 2022. BALTOPS 22 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval forces Europe-Africa, and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.

980305-F-4116M-008. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 12: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia on July 12, 2013. It is war memorial near Kremlin Wall, dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during World War II Copyright: xZoonar.com/VVxVoennyyx 5049062

050710-A-6108G-441. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-88-08034. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

050904-N-5319A-003. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: JTF-KATRINA

DF-ST-87-03398. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK '86-12 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sentry mans his post at a radio site atop a hill near the Crow Valley bombing range during exercise COPE THUNDER 89-5. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER 89-5 Base: Camp O'Donnell Country: Philippines (PHL)

army man during death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron train on counter drone tactics against small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, September 6, 2022. ESFS Airmen train on how to spot suspicious aircraft and to use the Dronebuster to block radio signals, to potentially ground these aircraft.

060706-N-1328S-011. Base: Naval Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030416-F-6891W-001. Base: RAF Croughton State: North Hamptonshire Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Tribute in lights to 184 killed at the Pentagon

With cyclist in the fog. Karl Meseberg, chief sailor and communist, drove the November Revolution in Halle from November 1918 with a 270-strong company of sailors. He was captured by the Halle Freikorps on 13 March 1919. During his escape, he was shot and seriously injured and thrown into the Saale at the harbour railway bridge, where he drowned

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

A mannequin dressed as a paratrooper hangs from a corner of one of the town's churches during the week-long series of events marking the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France. The display is set up on the spot where a U.S. Army paratrooper hung for more than a day at the beginning of the invasion, pretending to be dead to avoid being shot or captured by the town's German occupiers. Base: Saint Mere-Eglise Country: France (FRA)

HONG KONG - PROTEST - RASSEMBLEMENT DE SOUTIEN AU OUIGOURSRassemblement du mouvement pro-democratie hongkongais en soutien aux ouigours rapidement écourté par une intervention policiere et des affrontements.HONG KONG - PROTEST - UIGUR SUPPORT RALLYRally of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong in support of the Uighurs quickly cut short by police intervention and clashes.

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, flies over a city in Central Israel, Jan. 24, 2023. Juniper Oak is a large-scale bilateral multi-domain exercise aimed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Israeli armed forces contributing to integrated regional security.

Ostalgie - Berlin 20 years after the fall of the wall

DF-ST-85-11924. Country: West Germany (FRG)

DF-ST-88-05316. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A video cameraman from Fleet Imaging Command, Pacific, films ships that will participate in PACEX '89 as they depart Naval Station, San Diego, Calif. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Spec ops police officers SWAT during assault operation.

West Virginia Army National Guard 1st Lt. Richard Payne demonstrates his skills as a litter attendant on a telpher line during Army Interagency Training Education Center rope rescue course from August 19-23 at Hobet mine site in Julian, West Virginia. Army Interagency Training Education Center is working to develop Hobet into a new All Hazards Training Center.

DA-SD-03-08265. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-88-09604. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220404-N-RB149-1005 KEFLAVIK AIR BASE, Iceland (April 4, 2022) Boatswains Mate Seaman Stanton Smith, a native of Oak hills, California, assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, checks the fuel meter during a fixed wing refueling operation as part of exercise Northern Viking 22 (NV22) on Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, April 4, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.

Italian air force, Lt. Col. Pasqualino Porreca, ITAF SCCAM of Padova chief, looks through binoculars in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower during his teams visit at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Oct. 20, 2022. The main purpose of the visit, in addition to illustrating the ATC capacity of Aviano airport to the Padova staff, was to implement the operational flight procedures related to the ATC management of the 31st FW's F-16 Fighting Falcon. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessica Blair)

030403-F-8982F-014. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Pennsylvania National Guards 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade flies over Philadelphia during a recent Dense Urban Terrain exercise. The exercise, which ran from July 25 to 29, was conducted by Task Force 46, a 600-personnel chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) response element, comprised of National Guard units from states across the country.

DN-SC-88-04005. Subject Operation/Series: ICEX '87 Country: Unknown

Toledo, 01/22/2015. Firefighters' rescue days in the Alcázar. Photo: Luna Revenga ARCHDC.

Special forces operator during assault rappeling with weapons. rappeling assault

041013-F-3175F-021. Base: Trebevic Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A maritime line found on the beach at Ouddorp, South Holland. The location is marked with a red flag. Explosives Staff Service Service (EOD) Extracting the meantime.

061024-N-5330L-455. Base: Tivat Country: Montenegro (MNT)

Men showing paratroopers, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Copyright: xHxSatish/DinodiaxPhotox

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