Air Force Training and Preparation

Photographs capturing airmen during training sessions and equipment checks, highlighting preparation and readiness in a military aviation context.

DN-ST-87-02673. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
DN-ST-87-02673. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
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The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. Airmen set up a Fulton recovery apparatus for launch. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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DF-ST-88-08708. Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Demonstration team "De Grasshoppers" with Alouette III helicopters during the Open Day at the Twenthe airbase.
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Secretary of the Navy William Ball, left, is greeted by a Navy officer on his arrival aboard the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71), the Navy's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. At center is RADM David B. Robinson, commander of Cruiser Destroyer Group 8. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
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DF-ST-89-05726. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIRDROP 88 Country: New Zealand (NZL)
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Soldiers pull an HV-2 Silkworm anti-ship missile left behind by retreating Iraqi troops across a pier as captured equipment and ordnance are prepared for shipment following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)
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During HARVEST BARE, members of the 4449th Mobility Support Squadron demonstrate the building of an expandable personnel shelter (EPS) to members of the 24th Civil Engineering Squadron. Over a hundred will be built as part of the deployment to relieve overcrowding due to President Bush's decision to move all US forces either on base or back to the United States. Subject Operation/Series: HARVEST BARE Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)
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US Air Force Technical Sergeant James Kahlandt returns home to Hill AFB, Utah from Southwest Asia under the Aerospace Expeditionary Force (AEF) rotation system in December, Sergeant Kahlandt got more time to spend with daughters Brittany, Alissa and his wife Vicky. From the March 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "No More Guessing Games.". Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Bölkow BO-105C helicopter.In the middle reserve first lieutenant kite a.j.g.j. Brakke (born 1948) of 299 squadron. Exercise together with army airkeepers from the Royal Netherlands Army.
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Wearing full nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective gear, three airmen from the 8th Civil Engineering Squadron patch a damaged section of runway during a simulated chemical warfare attack conducted as part of the joint South Korean/U.S. Exercise Team Spirit '91. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea(KOR)
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Air Force Military Training School (Limos) Instruction on the BOFORS 40L70 Fully automatic air goal canon.
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DF-ST-89-00429. Base: Darien Province Country: Panama (PAN)
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This C-141 flight from Bujumbura, Burundi took on passengers who were fleeing from fighting in Rwanda. Evacuees were transported to the safety of Nairobi by USAF after they had been processed by the Marines in Burundi. USAF aircrews working Operation Distant Runner/Assistance to Belgium were from the 4th Airlift Squadron at McChord AFB, WA. Subject Operation/Series: DISTANT RUNNER/ASSISTANCE Base: Nairobi Country: Kenya (KEN)
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DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the 84-85 r years, Bergen. Bundeswehr on manoeuvre ca. 1984
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DF-ST-85-12617. Subject Operation/Series: NIGHT TRAIN/GLOBAL SHIELD '84 Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Kurdish refugees prepare to board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transportation from their mountain camp to a newly established tent city near Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)
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A petty officer walks by some of the aircraft that have been placed in storage at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC). Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-87-11226. Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Egyptian troops, in light blue United Nations helmets, walk down a set of portable stairs at Mogadishu Airport. The 3rd Battalion, Brigade Headquarters troops file off a 747 Egyptian airliner (not shown). They are in the country to provide support for the United Nations operations in Somalia. They are deployed to Somalia as part of UNOSOM II. UNOSOM II is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)
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A damaged ambulance is parked near the 31st Fighter Wing Hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, which struck the area on August 24th. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A right side view of two British Royal Navy helicopters on a demonstration flight at the Farnborough Air Show. Base: Farnborough Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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DF-ST-89-09919. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The royal family visits the royal air force in the airbase Dainting during the flight party at the 60th anniversary of the KLU on June 30, 1973. The royal couple was received by the Commander of the Air forces General J.H. Button.
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DN-ST-85-08901. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-90-02040. Base: Raf Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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Three helicopter kites of 298 Squadron. Left second lieutenant L. (Laur) Kirkels in the middle second lieutenant f.r. (Fransje) Henkes, the first female kite at 298 Squadron and the right Kornet army airkeeper O. (Onno) De Waal. This photo adorns the air force magazine cover "the flying Dutchman" of March 1985. Group photo.
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Presentation of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) to Astronaut John Herschel Glenn, Jr., at Cape Canaveral. President John F. Kennedy and astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John Glenn, Jr. look inside space capsule Friendship 7 following the presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant Colonel Glenn at Hangar S,' Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brevard County, Florida. The Friendship 7 carried Glenn in orbit around the earth three times. Those looking on include: Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (in back, left of Glenn, wearing glasses), Congressman A. Sydney Herlong, Jr. of Florida (in back, right of Senator Kerr), Special Assistant to the President Lawrence Larry O'Brien (partially hidden, behind Congressman Herlong), Lieutenant Colonel Glenns son David Glenn (partially hidden behind Glenn), Senator George Smathers of Florida (back right), and Directo