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
F-14B Tomcat US Navy
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030202-F-8290C-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown
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U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian Minister of Defence Anita Anand and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III tour Cheyenne Mountain Complex, Colo., June 7, 2022. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
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Photograph of female workers installing fixtures and assemblies to a tail fuselage section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif. Better known as the 'Flying Fortress,' the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men, and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions. Dated 1942
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On August 15, 2013, at the Naval Station Norfolk near NASAs Langley Research Center in Virginia, NASA and the U.S. Navy conducted a stationary recovery test on the Orion boilerplate test article in the water near a U.S. Navy ship. NASA and the U.S. Navy are conducting tests to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module and forward bay cover on its return from a deep space mission. The stationary recovery tests allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, the hardware and the test personnel in a controlled environment.During the test, the U.S Navy Dive Team checked the capsule for hazards while sailors from the USS Arlington approached the capsule in inflatable boats, and towed it back to the ships flooded well deck. A second test will be conducted next year in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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DF-ST-89-07684. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Caen Memorial Peace Museum, Caen, Normandy, France
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120114-N-BT887-773ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 14, 2012) Sailors install a hold-back bar onto an EA-6B Prowler from the Wizards of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Airmen from the 512th and 436th Maintenance Squadrons perform maintenance on a C-5M Super Galaxy at the 436th MXS Isochronal Dock on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 28, 2023. The 436th MXS Isochronal Dock is capable of performing certain Programmed Depot Maintenance-level jobs, effectively minimizing maintenance downtime and increasing aircraft availability.
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Russian support personnel work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Skhaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.
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Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., load two Army Humvees onto a C-17 Globemaster III June 26 during a noncombatant evacuation exercise at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C.
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Crew members watch as their companions prepare to open an inflatable lifeboat during a demonstration of the craft aboard the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1). Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1)
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zachary Cliburn, an aircraft fuel systems specialist with the 378th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, poses with F-16 Fighting Falcon fuels system parts at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oct. 14, 2022. Cliburn won the Top III Association of Prince Sultan Air Bases Unsung Hero award, for September, for going above and beyond his normal duty tasks while deployed to PSAB. The Unsung Hero award recognizes up-and-coming leaders within the ranks of E5 and E6 who exemplify their services core values, often behind the scenes, inspiring others and contributing to improving customer service and the overall mission.
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DN-SC-87-05687. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)
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DF-ST-85-11878. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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The crew of the U.S. Navy deep submergence vehicle TURTLE (DSV 3) stands in front of the craft as it sits on its trailer in a hangar at the air station. The TURTLE has been conducting sea trails with its support ship, the civilian vessel DOLORES CHOUEST. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DN-SD-03-12631. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT
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Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-323. AIRSTA NOLA--Mission Brief Cards sign and CG artwork on electric panels. Hurricane Katrina
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041207-F-9466M-015. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A diagram of modular airborne firefighting system (MAFFS) as installed on C-130 Hercules aircraft. Country: Unknown