Aircraft Maintenance Operations

Airmen engage in maintenance and loading operations on various aircraft, highlighting technical work and teamwork in military aviation.

F-14B Tomcat US Navy

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 10, 2015) An E-2 Hawkeye assigned to the Screwtops of Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123 is prepared for launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting flight deck certifications.

040705-F-6335P-136. Base: Camp Stephenson, Timehri Country: French Guiana (GUF) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

GULF OF MEXICO (Sept. 28, 2022) U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Maggie Cleary deploys an airborne expendable bathythermograph (AXBT) ocean sensor during a flight with the Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron into Hurricane Ian. As part of the U.S. Naval Academys Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones (TROPIC) team, these joint missions with the Hurricane Hunters allow midshipmen and graduate students the opportunity to fly through storms in planes that drop AXBT sensors into the ocean, collecting data they produce to include the oceans temperature, salinity, and density changes underneath the storm, while also evaluating the waves themselves for future research.

DN-SC-85-07046. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-88-05681. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050403-F-9429S-003. Base: Unknown

040114-F-9629J-013. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Bravo Company, 2-501st, 1ST Armo

040311-F-1740G-004. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

WAKE ISLAND (July 18, 2018) Seabees assigned to Construction Diving Detachment Charlie (CDDC), Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2, and U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wings (AMW) unload a mooring buoy onto Wake Island, July 18, 2018. CDDC is making urgent repairs to Wake Island's fleet mooring system. CDDC is on the first stop of their six month deployment where they are providing construction, inspection, repair, and maintenance of coastal and ocean facilities in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

A crew member explains basic handling principles for the Mark 46 torpedo and the Mark 32 torpedo tube launcher aboard the destroyer USS LEFTWICH (DD-984). The ship is participating in a midshipmen's summer training cruise. Country: Unknown

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is weighed and systems checked after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley, Virginia, as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Airmen offload simulated injured patients from a C-130 aircraft outfitted for patient care as part of Exercise OVERTORQUE at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, Jan. 23, 2023. The 34 AES team delivered patients to the 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron Airmen who assumed care of the wounded on the ground and transported them to a nearby medical facility.

DF-ST-85-11480. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-88-06165. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-04967. Base: Naval Air Station, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Orion arrives at Mole Pier at Naval Base San Diego on Dec. 9, 2014, where the team will prepare it for shipment back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

030114-F-9105A-001. Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon

021211-F-6449C-010. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Airmen with the 5th Maintenance Group load AGM-86 air-launched cruise missiles onto a B-52H Stratofortress during exercise Prairie Vigilance/Bayou Vigilance (PV/BV) 24-2 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Jan. 6, 2024. Exercises such as PV/BV enable the 5th Bomb Wing to maintain vigilance and proficiency, and validate the always-ready, global strike capability.

Straight on view inside the cargo bay of a German C-160 Transall cargo plane as the aircrew loads pallets of 100 pound bags of foodstuff at Mombasa Airport in Kenya. The aircrew then performs a low-level mission over remote locations in Somalia. The drops are conducted at less that 100 feet off the ground as the pallets fall without the aid of a parachute. The pallet rigging breaks apart on impact and absorbs most of the shock from the airdrop. German aircrews claim a success rate of 85%% using this method of insertion. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mombasa International Airport Country: Kenya (KEN)

041101-F-1740G-004. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Airmen from the 127th Air Refueling Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, perform a gear swing while testing new landing gear centering cylinders on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Dec. 6, 2022. A team from the Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, picked Selfridge to test and observe the maintenance personnel install the new cylinders and test the landing gear while having the aircraft rest on jacks.

The forward port side Mark 28 5-inch/38-caliber gun mount on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SC-90-04231. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft assigned to the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Group sits on the runway before a mission rehearsal in support of Exercise Agile Spartan within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 20, 2023. Exercise Agile Spartan is a combined, joint training exercise that enhances international partnerships and regional security in the USCENTCOM AOR.

DN-ST-88-01811. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60)

021114-F-1443F-003. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

An AMN ensures that the M-107 water tank trailer pulled by a Canadian forces truck clears the top of the ramp as it is loaded aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The U.S. is providing airlift support for Canadian troops that are part of a United Nations-sponsored peacekeeping force that will monitor the cease-fire between Iran and Iraq. Base: Canadian Forces Base, Trenton State: Ontario (ON) Country: Canada (CAN)

011102-F-0308N-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Southwest Asia Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Supplies are unloaded from an H-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

020805-F-3175H-009. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

Tech. Sgt. Johanna Aponte, 514th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects an engine on a C-17 Globemaster III during a training mission Aug. 30.

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -Airmen from the 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron load cargo onto a C-130J Hercules here for shipment in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn March 19. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn is commanded by U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III.

Nicky missile , Missiles. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

000920-N-4533L-002. Base: Uss Enterprise (CVN 65)

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-422-27. Hurricane Katrina

A crew chief assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron works to perform routine services on a B-52H Stratofortress at Morón Air Base, Spain, Mar. 20, 2023. BTF missions enable crews to maintain a high state of readiness proficiency, and validate our always-ready, global strike capability.

030414-F-0856M-148. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Terry Netts, US Air Force (USAF), (left), and MASTER Sergeant Gregory King, USAF, 445th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Wright Patterson, AFB, Ohio, along with TSGT Glenn Holly 62nd AGS, McChord AFB, Washington, ensure an engine cart is properly lined up before removing the Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engine from the C-141 Starlifter at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

011023-F-1545M-008. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030207-F-1351C-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ganci Air Base Country: Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

A view of ordnance abandoned when Iraqi forces withdrew during Operation Desert Storm. The air base was held by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Shot from inside the cargo bay and out of the back of a German C-160 Transall cargo plane. A pallet of 100-pound bags of foodstuff has just been dropped out the back of the aircraft. In the background other pallets of foodstuff are seen hitting the ground. The aircrew is performing a low-level mission over a remote location in Somalia. The drops are conducted at less that 100 feet off the ground as the pallets fall without the aid of a parachute. The pallet rigging breaks apart on impact and absorbs most of the shock from the airdrop. German aircrews claim a success rate of 85%% using this method of insertion. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

Queen Beatrix visits the Marine Vliegkamp Valkenburg

Three crewmembers stand under the Commander Carrier Group Three (COMCARGRU 3) emblem on the guided missile cruiser USS SHILOH (CG-67) during the ship's commissioning ceremony. Base: Bath State: Maine(ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard (VH-PPI) seaplane crew member secures a sea bag filled with meals, ready-to-eat during a food resupply rehearsal at Darwin, NT, Australia, June 9, 2022. Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22 used a commercial seaplane to conduct a food resupply on water near Tiwi Islands, Australia.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Boston, Massachusetts, for tour of harbor and the historic U.S. Naval vessel, U.S.S. Constitution

PACIFIC OCEAN (May 28, 2014) Members of Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 conduct bomb disposal robot training in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon is prepared to be painted Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 19, 2022. Over the course of a week, the 8th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Structural Maintenance shop worked night and day to complete the fourth and final heritage tail flash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gabrielle Spalding)

NORFOLK (Oct. 13, 2022) - A Sailor assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), communicates with Sailors on the pier upon returning to Naval Station Norfolk from a seven-month deployment, 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.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Edward Taillon, 317th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot, explains the capabilities of the transport aircraft to members of the Saudi Arabian Air Force during the Bahrain Internatioanl Airshow, Jan. 21, 2010.

Crews work into the night to unload sections of a Bailey Bridge from a 709th Military Airlift Squadron (709th MAS) C-5B Galaxy aircraft at Chaklala air base. Two 709th MAS aircraft wre used to deliver the portable bridge, which will be passed on to an Afghan guerrilla. The Afghans will use the bridge to span the Konar River outside of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK)

British Royal Air Force SGT Allan R. Hildage is inspecting a pallet of United States Air Force luggage that arrives for Exercise Coronet Cactus. SGT Hildage is a policeman and non-commissioned officer-in-charge. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET CACTUS Base: Raf Leeming Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

061206-N-9479M-001. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

U.S. Coast Guardsmen from Port Security Unit 309 and U.S. Airmen from the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron load a Transportable Port Security Boat onto a C-17A Globemaster III on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Sept. 23, 2022. The PSU 309 can be deployed worldwide within 96 hours of recall and respond to domestic missions, including humanitarian assistance.

DN-SC-85-07047. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rudolph Padia, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 MV-22 Osprey crew chief, prepares to stow gear over the Gulf of Aden, July 13, 2022. VMM 163 deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa by providing capabilities for personnel recovery and casualty evacuation of U.S. forces throughout East Africa.

Technical Sergeant Anthony Isaac, US Air Force (USAF), 62nd Aircraft Generation Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, removes the engine covering doors before swapping engines on a C-141 Starlifter at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Sergeant Beceerra and Lance Corporal Shute, both from Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR 352), guide a crane driver as a propeller is replaced on a C-130 Hercules aircraft due to a blown engine, during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-02-05521 or search 980314-M-5083B-001). Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

DF-ST-87-11698. Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '86 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SC-86-12143. Base: Newport State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, watch as four of their peers experience the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 20, 2009.

Gulf of Oman, June 13, 2013 - Marines move ordnance on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is offloaded from the cargo hold of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft during NATO-sponsored Autumn Forge exercises. Subject Operation/Series: AUTUMN FORGE Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy cargo aircraft, assigned to the 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, arrives and unloads firetrucks at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru, June 27, 2023 during exercise Resolute Sentinel 23. The 439th Airlift Wing is capable of providing worldwide air movement of troops, supplies, equipment and medical patients. Support units provide communications, engineering, logistical, medical and security requirements.

A containerized Delivery System (CDS) is loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft, assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, at Otopeni Air Base, in Romania. The CDS will be dropped over a target drop zone during the Partner for Peace Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96. The exercise involves Air Forces training in operational and logistics interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces From Greece, Italy, Turkey, and the United States are joined by Partner nations from the Czech Republic, Moldova , Slovazkia and Romania as the host nation. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY '96 Base: Otopeni Air Base, Bucharest Country: Romania (ROM)

Artican at CCAD on UH60V product line.

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030409-F-1443F-010. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DF-ST-85-10881. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Army Parachute Drop Test in High Bay of NASA Ames 40x80ft. w.t. Test TR-024

030313-F-3356N-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020306-F-9796L-001. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

030411-M-9902V-048. Base: Marine Corps Station, Futenma State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MAW

Air Force Reserve air transportation specialists assigned to the 67th Aerial Port Squadron out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, offload a jet fuel truck and two firetrucks from a C-5 Galaxy at Jorge Chávez International Airport during Resolute Sentinel 23 in Lima, Peru, June 27, 2023. Reserve Citizen Airmen are vital to our Nations overall military success to defend our homeland against peer and near-peer threats and to help ensure our partner nations militaries have United States support when they need it.

Interior Seating of a C-17 Globemaster III

DN-SC-85-07073. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range, Air-to-Air missile rests on a trailer at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 5, 2022. The 325th Munitions Squadron prepared the missile for the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Groups Weapons System Evaluation Program-East 22.08. WSEPs are formal, two-week evaluation exercises designed to test a squadrons capabilities to conduct live-fire weapons systems during air-to-air combat training missions.

030404-M-4779G-021. Base: A'Namaneah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The rotor assembly from a Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter is wheeled down the ramp of a C-5B Galaxy by Army and Air Force personnel. The CH-47 was airlifted to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, in support of New Horizon '97, the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Timehri Country: French Guiana (GUF)

NORFOLK, Va. (March 28, 2017) Capt. Paul C. Spedero Jr., left, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and Capt. Craig Sicola, right, executive officer, paint the starboard anchor gold commemorating the ship earning the Retention Excellence Award for 2016. The ship is pierside during the sustainment phase of the optimized fleet response plan.

Russian 24S Returned Imagery Part 208

The 51st Maintenance Group hosted a quarterly load crew competition at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 5, 2024. As part of the competition, teams are evaluated on how quickly and efficiently they can inspect and load munitions onto their respective aircraft, along with safety, speed, reliability, technical errors and use of their checklist.

Aircraft and internee uniform. The Holocaust Galleries - Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Casson Mann, 2023.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeff Wilson from the 15th Airlift Squadron marshals a U.S. Army Light Medium Tactical Vehicle onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft headed to Haiti for earthquake relief efforts Jan. 15, 2010 at MacDill Air Force Base Fla.

DF-ST-87-02248. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

100th MTW projectile.

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