Aviation and Avionics Operations

Photos of military personnel operating advanced avionics systems in various aircraft, highlighting their technical roles within the Air Force.

LT. Van Oss of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68) works at his station in a P-3B Orion aircraft. Country: Unknown

A member of the 86th Signal Battalion operates communication equipment in a signal van during Exercise Gallant Eagle '86. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Blue crew weapons department personnel help load a C-4 Trident missile aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726). Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) load an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile onto one of their squadron's A-7E Corsair aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

DN-ST-86-01414. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

The Royal Netherlands Marine during the Korea War 1950-1953. Steering hut hr.ms. Evertsen.

COL. Franklin J. Blaisdell observes missile crews from the control booth where someone is typing on the computer. Blaisdell watches as crews are put through their paces in the trainers. Eighteen missile crews were tested in the missile trainers and all eighteen crews passed the tests during the joint Nuclear Surety Inspection. Inspectors from the Defense Nuclear Agency, Air Force Space Command, and the Military Airlift Command joined forces to see how well Team Grand Forks ensured the safety, security and reliability of the nuclear resources under their command. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Muskegon, Michigan, The engine room of the USS Silversides, a World War II Gato-class submarine, at the USS Silversides Submarine Museum

US Navy Aviation ordnanceman Roberto Mendoza and US Navy Aviation ordnanceman Third Class Jacob Johance perform maintenance on an ordnance suspension rack on board USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN-75). Truman and its battle group are participating in Exercise UNIFIED SPIRIT, a NATO led United Nations training exercise simulating peace keeping operations off the Atlantic coast. Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED SPIRIT Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

DN-SC-87-02869. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A sailor aboard the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) works on an aircraft engine part near one of the ship's Mark 33 3-inch/50-caliber guns. The RALEIGH and its embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

DF-ST-89-00848. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

Navigation Instrument Inside a Submarine in Italy

010625-N-6077T-002. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING Base: Uss Curts (FFG 38) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMBATCAMGRUPAC

DN-ST-89-02464. Base: USS Wainwright (CG 28) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-89-05131. Base: USS Ranger (CV 61) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-SC-90-04343. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-SC-87-06314. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

A signalman works the signalling lever on a searchlight mounted on the signal bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD 1) during FLEET EX 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A crewman aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) updates a status board during the ship's 1991 West African Training Cruise. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

CAPT Thomas C. Watson Jr., left, give distinguished guests a tour of the combat information center (CIC) aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-85-12528. Base: Shemya Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A phone talker on the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) during a biological warfare training exercise as part of Mediterranean Deployment 92. He is wearing a oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A U.S. Air Force master sergeant from Aviano Air Base, Italy, confers with an Italian worker clearing rubble in clean-up operations after a severe earthquake. Base: Gemona Country: Italy (ITA)

Bridge watch aboard the tank landing ship USS RACINE (LST 1191). Base: USS Racine (LST 1191) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

BANGOR, Wash. (Feb. 23, 2016) Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment Dennis McGinn looks through the periscope during a tour of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730). McGinn visited Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor during a routine site visit.

SSGT Wanda Brown tags equipment. Base: Mount Pateras Country: Greece (GRC)

110430-N-ZS026-091GULF OF ADEN (April 30, 2011) MachinistÕs Mate 3rd Class Brittany Kujawski prepares to insert the Òburner manÕsÓ torch to restart the number two boiler aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). ShipÕs boilers are shut down periodically for maintenance. Boxer is underway supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN John Murphy, a Crew CHIEF from the 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, performs post-flight procedures in the cockpit of a USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint Reconnaissance aircraft at the base, on October 26th, 2000. SRA Murphy is part of the coalition force here to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Displaced Egyptian citizens who have fled to Tunisia from violence and instability in Libya are transported aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130J from Djerba, Tunisia to Cairo, Egypt, 5 March 2011. This response to the developing humanitarian crisis is part of a broader U.S. government effort to relieve suffering caused by the crisis the in Libya.

MASTER SGT. John Roberts of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron converses with a patient aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft as the squadron flies its100th relief mission in support of Afghanistan. Members of the 6th Military Airlift Squadron transported medical evacuation personnel and tons of relief supplies to Afghan refugees, and helped transport 27 injured Afghan men, women and children to the United States and Europe for medical treatment. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Electronics Technician 1ST Class Brewer and AIRMAN Stickler fill a P-38 Orion aircraft of Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68) with JP-4 jet fuel. VP-68 is in Rota for active duty training. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

On Board HMS King George V, November 1942 A sailor blowing a bugle on board HMS KING GEORGE V. Behind him can be seen the ship's silver bell.

S71-19475 (9 Feb. 1971) --- The Apollo 14 crewmembers sit in a life raft beside their Command Module (CM) in the South Pacific Ocean as they await a U.S. Navy helicopter, which will take them aboard the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship. The crew men are, from left to right, astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. Two U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers (one partially visible in right upper corner) assist in the recovery operations. The Apollo 14 spacecraft splashed down at 3 04 39 p.m. (CST), Feb. 9, 1971, approximately 765 nautical miles from American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean.

Air Force personnel wear Chemical Warfare Defense Equipment (CWDE) during a new generation equipment test. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A SGT loads and threads a Univac magnetic tape reader in the computer side of a message center. The airman is a member of the 1965th Communications Squadron, Air Force Communications Command (AFCC). Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-04718. Subject Operation/Series: OKSBOEL Base: Air Station, Aalborg Country: Denmark (DNK)

DF-ST-90-01260. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Navy Machinists Mate Second Class PETTY Officer Odell M. Brickens checks a Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) after loading it into tube number two aboard the nuclear powered fast attack submarine USS CHARLOTTE (SSN 766) while deployed to the Persian Gulf. US Navy Machinists Mate Second Class Petty Officer Odell M. Brickens checks a Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) after loading it into tube number two aboard the nuclear powered fast attack submarine USS CHARLOTTE (SSN 766) while deployed to the Persian Gulf.

Officer (LTZ2OC) in the day (outward 6).

DF-ST-88-03411. Base: South Pole

S65-10118 (1 Feb. 1965) --- The Gemini-6 prime crew, astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. (in water), command pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford (on spacecraft), pilot, are pictured during water egress training at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas.

LT J.G. Susan K. Vukovich, executive officer of the Coast Guard large patrol craft USCGC KISKA (WPB-1336), works on the KISKA's bridge during Operation Steel Box. The KISKA is in place to provide security during the delivery of chemical munitions to the Jonston atoll. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

DF-ST-88-09050. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The right wing of the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Technology Demonstrator Aircraft is seen here being put into a shipping container May 18, 1995, at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, by U.S. and German members of the program. To fit inside an Air Force Reserve C-5 transport, which was used to ferry the X-31 to Europe on May 22, 1995, the right wing had to be removed. Manching, Germany, was used as a staging base to prepare the aircraft for participation in the Paris Air Show. At the air show on June 11 through the 18th, the X-31 demonstrated the value of using thrust vectoring (directing engine exhaust flow) coupled with advanced flight control systems to provide controlled flight at very high angles of attack. The aircraft arrived back at Edwards in an Air Force Reserve C-5 on June 25, 1995, and off loaded at Dryden the 27th.The X-31 aircraft was developed jointly by Rockwell International's North American Aircraft Division (now part of Boeing) and

DN-ST-87-10979. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SC-87-05699. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Inside a Submarine in Milan, Italy.

CMDR John M. Kelly, center, poses for a photograph with, from left, ENS Brandon Fausti, ENS Jon Shoemaker and Robert Sumrall, curator of ships models for the U.S. Naval Academy. Kelly is the prospective commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG-53), standing in the ways in the background. The vessel will be christened and launched at the Bath Iron Works Shipyard on October 26th.. Base: Bath State: Maine(ME) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Electronics Technician 3rd Class Toney Bailey inspects electronics equipment aboard the guided missile cruiser USS BELKNAP (CG 26). Base: Gaeta Country: Italy (ITA)

Technicians clean and inspect the hull of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS PENNSYLVANIA (SSBN 735) while the submarine undergoes maintenance at the Trident Refit Facility dry dock. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-05485. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Ltz1 M. Bod (born 1946), sitting for a submarine periscope.

Sergeant Curtis L. Chabe. Sergeant Curtis L. Chabe. "Ubon Air Base, ThailandSgt. Curtis L. Chabe, 16th Special Operations Squadron, works to free the barrels of a Vulcan cannon mounted on an AC-130 aircraft." Photographer: Sgt. Christopher G. Bunge

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft ground support airmen brief Japan Air Self Defense Force members on the use of aerospace ground equipment (AGE) during exercise Cope North '81. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '81 Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan (JPN)

DN-ST-87-02614. Base: Uscgc Eagle (WIX 327)

Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class (A02) James A. Givens inspects one of hundreds of 8W62 anti-submarine warfare sonobuoys kept inside his division's storage locker on board the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63). Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the M-12A1 Mobile Decontamination Apparatus developed by Chemical Systems Laboratory. Base: Aberdeen Proving Grounds State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Baptism of the M-frigate Hr.Ms. From Speyk (1995-) at the Kon. Me. De Scheldt in Vlissingen in 1994

Orion Recovery Operations. Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro, third from left, and recovery team members look at the Artemis I Orion spacecraft inside the well deck of the USS Portland at U.S. Naval Base San Diego on Dec. 13, 2022. The Orion spacecraft is secured inside the well deck after splashing down at 12:40 p.m. EST on Dec. 11, 2022. U.S. Navy divers helped recover the Orion spacecraft. NASA, the Navy and other Department of Defense partners worked together to secure the spacecraft inside the ships well deck approximately five hours after Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja, California.

A delegation from the People's Republic of China on a visit to the Defense Mapping Agency Hydro/Topo Center (DMAHTC) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Base: San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gary Royse (right), a volunteer docent at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, fields questions from a visitor to their gallery on Friday, May 6, 2022. The museum, located on the second floor of the Nauticus campus in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia is home to a robust volunteer corps which helps the museum connect visitors with the naval history of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area.

060503-N-9860Y-250. Base: USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19)

Ir H. Vredeling (1924-2007), Minister of Defense of 1973-1977, on the bridge of a frigate.

Reserve first lieutenant kite G.A. Wessels farmer from 322 squadron in the waiting room during Quick-reaction alert to Leeuwarden airbase. A telephone call.

980922-N-4264N-004. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Cowpens (CG 63)

Gary Royse (right), a volunteer docent at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, fields questions from a visitor to their gallery on Friday, May 6, 2022. The museum, located on the second floor of the Nauticus campus in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia is home to a robust volunteer corps which helps the museum connect visitors with the naval history of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area.

Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class Byron Reagan checks a weather monitoring station for data. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class G. Price works on a fuel metering unit for a P-3B Orion aircraft of Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68). VP-68 is in Rota for active duty training. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Air Traffic Controller Cheryl Ehrenfeld, from Livonia, Michigan, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) operations department, views an exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of a namesake visit, September 1, 2022. Twelve Ford Sailors traveled to Michigan for the ships annual namesake visit to learn about the legacy of President Gerald R. Ford and connect with local community members in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Albion, Michigan.

Gary Royse (right), a volunteer docent at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, fields questions from a visitor to their gallery on Friday, May 6, 2022. The museum, located on the second floor of the Nauticus campus in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia is home to a robust volunteer corps which helps the museum connect visitors with the naval history of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area.

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