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Commercial Aircraft Landing

Large passenger airplanes, including Boeing models, captured during landing and taxiing at airports, showcasing aviation activity.

Tail of a Plane

Aerial view of IL-76MD military transport aircrafts of the Russian Air Force.

A C-54 Skymaster and a C-17 Globemaster III are staged at the Provo, Utah, airport May 20, 2022, as part of a two-day celebration honoring the life of the legendary World War II pilot Col. Gail Halverson. The U.S. Air Force, in conjunction with its 75th anniversary, renamed the Joint Base Charleston-based C-17 to Spirit of the Candy Bomber in honor of Halverson, best known as the Berlin Candy Bomber or Uncle Wiggly Wings for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948-49.

Airport control tower with air controller. Manchester Airport, Manchester, United Kingdom. Architect: n/a, 2015.

A United States Air Force pilot performs for the Shaw Air & Space Expo at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, April 1, 2022. The Shaw Air & Space Expo featured 12 aerial acts and 10 static display aircraft, as well as other attractions and displays which attracted more than 55,000 guests to attend.

Canadian North Plane, Passengers Loading; Kuglatuk, Nunavut, Canada

A 3/4 right front view of the second C-5 Galaxy from Dover AFB as it arrives in Kamenogorsk. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX SAPPHIRE Base: Ust Kamenogorsk Country: Kazakhstan (KAZ)

A wide angle view of the airfield at Entebbe, Uganda showing two C-130 Hercules aircraft and two commercial aircraft. From AIRMAN Magazine's December 1994 issue article "Will You Please Pray for US" -Relief for Rwandan Refugees. Base: Entebbe International Airport Country: Uganda (UGA)

One-quarter left rear view of a North American Mustang Mk. IV taxiing, somewhere in Korea. The aircraft bears the markings of the South African Air Force.

Spreading a wake of blowing snow, a ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) taxis for takeoff after leaving scientists at a remote camp during Operation Deep Freeze. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Country: Antarctica (ATA)

private plane at the airport is photographed close-up rear

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 with registration number 9H-QBF at Corfu Airport (CFU), Corfu, Greece, Europe

An E-4B National Emergency Airborne Command Post aircraft in-flight over the Washington Monument. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Su-35S jet fighter of the Russian Knights aerobatics team of the Russian Air Force.

Europe, Sweden, Pitea, icebreaker ship detail

Aircraft in wait in winter snow flurry for de-icing and take-off clearance, Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, Munich Airport, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Non flying weather at airport, white plane in snowstorm

A Swedish Air Force JAS-39 Gripen taxies out for a training flight at Lulea, northern Sweden.

Transport, Air, Plane Detail, Boeing 747-400 At Gatwick Airport Operated By British Airways. Detail Of Tail Design By Artist Joe David From Canada Entitled Whale Rider

Airplane, Dublin, Ireland , Airplanes, Airlines, British European Airways Corporation. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

USA, Florida, Miami, Commercial jet landing in thunderstorm

NASA N941NA taxies in front of Hangar 2 at Moffett Field.

A crashed DC-3 aircraft under the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) in Iceland, Polar Regions

Tail of an Airbus A330-343x from Air Canada being de-iced at Frankfurt Airport, Flughafen Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - On the ramp of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft awaits departure for the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, with NASAs Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft and Pegasus XL rocket. The Pegasus is attached under the wing of the aircraft for launch. Departing from Kwajalein, the Pegasus rocket will be dropped from under the wing of the L-1011 over the Pacific Ocean to carry the spacecraft approximately 130 miles above Earth and place it in orbit. Then, the spacecrafts own engine will boost it to its final high-altitude orbit (about 200,000 miles high) — most of the way to the Moon. The IBEX satellite will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space. IBEX science will be led by the Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio, Texas. IBEX is targeted for launch over the Pacific Oct. 19.

C-141B Starlifter US Air Force New Jersey USA

NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, and Russian Search and Recovery Forces arrive in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in advance of the landing of Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station.

After a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ground crews loaded NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, spacecraft in a transport truck for delivery to the Astrotech processing facility. InSight was developed and built by Lockheed-Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colorado, and is scheduled for liftoff is May 5, 2018. InSight is the first mission to land on Mars and explore the Red Planet's deep interior. It will investigate processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system including Earth.

Cargo compartment, Antonow An-225, Cologne Bonn Airport, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

General Dynamics F-16 B in the snow.

chek lap kok, hong kong international airport aerial shot

In flight An overhead display in an airplane cabin showing journey progress with text in German.

Two mobile de-icing vehicles work in tandem to de-ice the wings of a C-130H at Ramstein AB, Germany. Two mobile de-icing vehicles work in tandem to de-ice the wings of a C-130H at Ramstein AB, Germany.

Lufthansa aeroplane fleet on the airport, tail unit, Frankfurt, Germany.

An F-16 fighting falcon from 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, Duluth, Minnesota takes off from the Duluth Air National Guard base on January 7, 2022.

Plane above Kennicott Glacier, Wrangell St.Elias National Park, Alaska, USA, United States of America

The newly painted tail of a KC-135 is captured on the flight line at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington February 2, 2024. The tail was painted to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 116th Air Refueling Squadron, the predecessor to the 141st Air Refueling Wing.

Aircrafts - HU-25 Guardian - 26-HK-55-11. Close-up of nose of HU-25 No. 2136 (Corpus Christi) on ramp, near Avitat building in Baton Rouge8. Hurricane Katrina

Sweepers clear snow on the taxiways and southern runway, Munich Airport, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Spectators watch one of two C-9 Nightingale aircraft bringing in the 52 freed hostages after their release from Iran. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Airplane in bad weather, snow storm on snowy runway, Gardermoen airport, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Rime ice on prop and radial engine of former Ball Brothers' Pilgrim, now being restored at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska.

X-14B NASA-704 A Bell single-place, open cockpit, twin-engine, jet-lift VTOL aircraft over Highway 101 in approach to Moffett Field, California. The X-14 was used by NASA Ames Research Center to advance state-of-the-art jet-powered VTOL aircraft.

Taxiway bridge over a canal near Hoofddorp, on the Polderbaan, a runway in the west of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Air France HOP Embraer 170, aircraft rolls to the terminal after landing, Netherlands

General aviation aircraft sit on display at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, June 3, 2022. The aircraft, piloted by members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg and their affiliates, flew ambassadors from multiple NATO countries and representatives of the Luxembourg Ministry of Defense to Spangdahlem for mission briefs and a visit with base leadership.

Snow King snow removal vehicles operated by Icelandic civilian contractors are used to clear a runway. A Dutch navy P-3C Orion aircraft is in the background. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Airplane on landing strip in Lewa Conservancy in Kenya, Africa

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-423-42. Fly away to JAX first day back. Hurricane Katrina

Lufthansa aircrafts in parking position in the snow, Airport Munich Franz Josef Strauss, MUC, EDDM, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

airshow hosted by MFA

VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH THE BOULIMICPortrait of the metropolis Ho Chi Minh City which is experiencing an exponential economic boom.VIETNAM - HO-CHI-MINH LA BOULIMIQUEPortrait de la métropole Ho-Chi-Minh Ville qui vit un boom économique exponentiel.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Wing takes off from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport during Polar Force 22-4 in Anchorage, Alaska, April 7, 2022. The F-22 performs both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, making it a vital tool to the 21st Century Air Force. The F-22's characteristics provide synergistic effects, increasing lethality against all advanced air threats.

DC-10 Water Tanker 911 performs a demonstration water drop during the 2012 March Field Airfest in Riverside, California, USA

Members of the media film a Boeing 747 commercial aircraft after its arrival at the station. The aircraft is transporting family members of military personnel who are returning to the area after spending two months in the United States as part of Operation Fiery Vigil, the evacuation of military dependents following the volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

Do it Yourself AP Photo Credits

Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), flies over the Washington skyline as seen from a NASA T-38 aircraft, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASAs shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles. NASA will transfer Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum to begin its new mission to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers.

A Tu-160 strategic bomber of the Russian Air Force taxiing, Zhukovsky, Russia.

A Fokker F-27 of 334 Squadron from the Royal Air Force in the flight to Eindhoven for the purpose of use in UN context.

A chart comparing the characteristics of US and Soviet military transport aircraft. Country: Unknown

BURLINGTON, VERMONT, USA - Passengers get off United Express jetliner during snow storm at Burlington International Airport. This United Express regional jet is operated by Wisconsin AIrlines Corporation.

Woman Waiting at Airport

Snow King snow removal vehicles operated by Icelandic civilian contractors are used to clear a runway. A Dutch navy P-3C Orion aircraft is in the background. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Washington, DC, A Jet Blue airliner on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport flies over the Potomac River near the Washington Monument

Civilian employee, Ralpial Esponoza, gives taxiing signals to a KC-135 from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The KC-135 stopped for crew rest after refueling aircraft on their way to the Persian Gulf. Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP)

190503-N-FN381-1052NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 3, 2019) Boeing 737 aircraft carrying 136 passengers and seven crew from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida into the St. Johns River, May 3, 2019. Navy and local emergency services personnel responded. All passengers and crew are alive and accounted for.

Transport plane on the runway of Palacios, Moskitia, eastern Caribbean coast, Honduras, Central America

Commercial tugboat Moscow River Russia

Russian helicopters

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