Electronic Systems Maintenance

Technicians working on communication and electronic systems. The environment features specialized equipment and circuit boards in military settings.

Airmen with the dirty jobs initiative help install a piece of hardware at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 13, 2022. Airmen were able to take a look behind the scenes of what a typical day is like at the 355th Communications Squadron, as part of the Dirty Jobs initiative.

041105-F-1740G-001. Base: Camp Zama Country: Japan (JPN)

040107-F-0209C-004. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

010925-F-4728F-007. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Tech. Sgt. Billy J. Poe, 4th Combat Information Systems Squadron, maintains the circuit control portion of the technical control section inside a TSC-107 quick-reaction package communications van during Exercise Team Spirit '86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Chong Ju Air Base Country: South Korea

031216-F-9796L-001. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

040806-F-4691W-005. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

DN-ST-88-02618. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

020423-F-9032T-012. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Airmen with the dirty jobs initiative help install a piece of hardware at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 13, 2022. Airmen were able to take a look behind the scenes of what a typical day is like at the 355th Communications Squadron, as part of the Dirty Jobs initiative.

041102-F-8769K-010. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040111-F-7359L-001. Base: Duluth International Airport State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

041226-F-0848C-004. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Air Force Senior Airman Tyler Waters assigned to the 109th Air Control Squadron, tests Link 16 capabilities aboard a KC-135R over Utah on February 3, 2024. Exercise PERSES is a joint exercise that challenges the tactics, techniques, and procedures of both Utah Air and Army National Guard units along with other component units, while testing innovative ideas and communication practices. Air National Guard

020729-F-9753B-005. Base: Ghedi Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

U.S. Air Force Capts. Andrea Delosreyes, Trent Parker and Airman 1st Class Kevin Haggith, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135 Stratotanker pilots and boom operator, discuss a pre-flight checklist with maintainers of the 340th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prior to an in-air refueling mission over Iraq, Aug. 11, 2014. The aircrew is scheduled to offload more than 40,000 gallons of fuel to Fighter Aircraft completing missions in Iraq.

030317-F-6449C-025. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM)

040804-F-4045M-003. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040505-F-3587F-003. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

030911-F-9072P-002. Base: RAF Feltwell State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

031012-F-5040D-145. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tech. Sgt. Ed Chandler, 386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron, replaces the hard drive on a computer on Sep. 2; Computer System Administrators from the wing bring malfunctioning computers to the small computers shop for repair. The 386th ECS small computers shop replaces seventeen percent of the wing's computers every six months so that no computer on base will be used more than 3 years. Sergeant Chandler is deployed from the New York Air National Guard.

040105-F-0971G-029. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

SGT J. F. Bernerdoni disassembles the optical sight assembly of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile launcher to perform diagnostic procedures in a Schools Company classroom. Base: Marine Corps Logis Base, Albany State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sgt. Devin Parnell, Tactical Airspace Integration System operator for F Company of the 1-111th Aviation Regiment from the Florida Army National Guard, sets up the Tactical Airspace Integration System for the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade at Northern Strike '22 in Camp Grayling, Michigan, on Aug. 7, 2022. Northern Strike 22 brings approximately 7,400 participants from 19 states and 4 coalition countries to Northern Michigan to validate the readiness and interoperability of multicomponent, multinational, and interagency partners from Aug. 6 to 20, 2022, at the National All Domain Warfighting Center. (Army National Guard photo by Spc. Joshua Whitaker)

040307-F-0681L-003. Base: Hector Iap/Angb, Fargo State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Malawian Maritime Force get taught proper pre-mission planning by a U.S. Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) team during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Monkey Bay, Malawi, June 20, 2022. JCETS enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian Quiambao, 154th Operational Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, prepares equipment for pilots prior to flight at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia, Sept. 6, 2022. Once pilots return from flying, AFE Airmen must check over the equipment again for any required repairs.

U.S. Army Spc. David Myers, a utility repair specialist, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Infantry Division Artillery, secures a fuse from a power generator at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, July 18, 2022. The 1st Infantry Division Artillery is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward-deployed corps in Europe.

040302-F-5646C-003. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

031104-F-1798W-017. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Warrant Officer James H. Glass, USMC, (uniform) MWSS-371 (Marine Wing Support Squadron), Yuma, Arizona sets up a MIDDS-T (Meteorology and Oceanography Integrated Data Display System Tactical) Portable Weather Station with Navy Lieutenant Timothy B. Smith, USN, NAVPACMETOCCEN (Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center), San Diego, CA. The unit will be used in support of operations on Camp Doha during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF

Warrant Officer James H. Glass, USMC, (uniform) MWSS-371 (Marine Wing Support Squadron), Yuma, Arizona sets up a MIDDS-T (Meteorology and Oceanography Integrated Data Display System Tactical) Portable Weather Station with Navy Lieutenant Timothy B. Smith, USN, NAVPACMETOCCEN (Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center), San Diego, CA. The unit will be used in support of operations on Camp Doha during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF

ROVING SANDS 1996 - Soldiers at Fort Bliss use one of the many computer systems used in operation of the early warning system at Joint Project Optic Cobra during exercise Roving Sands '96.

020624-D-3208N-039. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030215-F-5712B-031. Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

011022-F-1545M-003. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030916-F-0703J-003. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

New Orleans - 26-HK-200-31. Hurricane Katrina

DA-ST-87-00734. Country: West Germany (FRG)

980305-F-7910D-001. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-124. C-130 Ride. Hurricane Katrina

AIRMAN First Class William Cleghorn, an Electronic Warfare Systems Technician assigned to the 31st Maintenance Squadron, Avionics Flight, Aviano Air Base, Italy, connects an external power supply to the receiver section switches that enable a AN/LQ 131 Radio Frequency Jamming Pod to test it's jamming capabilities. The AN/LQ 131 RF Jamming Pod can be employed on many airframes to reduce the threat of enemy radar detection of our aircraft. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

970518-F-1787R-197. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joe Cardiel of 2d Operational Support Squadron examines a part while repairing a parachute at Barksdale, Air Force Base, La., Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Members of Life Support and Survival Equipment recently merged to form one unit called Aircrew Flight Equipment.

030507-F-3838S-004. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A photographer from the Combat Pictorial Detachment, Fort Meade, Maryland, records events that are taking place during the field training exercise Quick Thrust. Subject Operation/Series: QUICK THRUST Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Preston Appleman, 325th Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management office legacy cargo technician, signs a cargo label at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 7th, 2024. Legacy cargo is one of four sections within TMO and serves as the focal point for all of the installations originating and transient cargo. Air Force

SENIOR AIRMAN Jay Evans (right), a 92d Aircraft Generation Squadron crewchief, signs out his fuel sampling tool from Technical Sergeant Christopher Johnson. The 92d Air Refueling Wing has relocated its flightline operations to March Air Reserve Base, California due to flightline repairs at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Weather specialist, SENIOR AIRMAN Casey Gibbons, USAF, 31st Operations Support Squadron, Weather Flight, Aviano Air Base, Italy, views METCON, a computer based meteorological conversation. This information is analyzed to forecast weather conditions and brief aircrews and other agencies in need of weather services. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL CAPTURE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Air Force Capt. Daniel Kirmse, a student pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, reviews flight plans prior to launch during Coronet Cactus, March 31, 2023, at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The annual training event deploys members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to another environment in order to familiarize them with accomplishing mission objectives in an unfamiliar location.

020320-F-9032T-004. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

(right to left) 1ST Lieutenant Edvardas Iskauskas and Sergeant Egle Platukyte, both from the Lithuania Armed Forces, discuss the days testing phase during COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001 in Lager Aulenbach, Germany. This is the largest communications and information systems exercise in the world. The exercise, sponsored by US European Command and hosted by Germany in the spirit of "Partnership for Peace," is held annually to test and document the interoperability of dozens of nations and NATO. There are 37 countries participating this year. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Hull TECH Second Class George Green from Navy Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, Honolulu, Hawaii, adjusts a regulator valve on the Diver Air Control Console MK3 MODO system which will be used during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001 in Ketchikan, Alaska. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Base: Ketchikan State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030729-M-5578G-012. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

030412-F-2034C-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011210-F-4177H-002. Base: RAF Feltwell Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

020507-F-6838O-002. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 02-18 Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021022-7449W-002. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040227-F-9232S-027. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 127th Wing

Technical Sergeant Ira Johnson of the 48th Operations Support Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, U.K., checks the data on the Weather Observer Machine, to verify that the data computes with the incoming weather. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

021022-F-4728F-007. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

020130-F-0526K-006. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Raquez Kelly-Jones, 18th OSS aircrew flight equipment journeyman, operates a Joint Combined Aircrew System Tester during Exercise Pitch Black 2022 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, Sept. 1, 2022. Pitch Black 22 is a model opportunity for expanding engagements with allies and partners across the globe, and demonstrates the resolve to promote security and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

000517-F-2902B-517. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2000 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Holden Banfield, a telephone systems/personal computer repairer with Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, installs communications equipment on a Bandvagn 206 tracked vehicle in Setermoen, Norway on Dec. 4, 2022. This communications upgrade enables U.S. Forces to better communicate during operations and exercises as well as set the groundwork for advanced communications capabilities with NATO Allies in the future.

Personnel Readiness Function, STAFF Sergeant Danielle Sims, USAF, 86th Mission Support Squadron on Ramstein Air Base, Germany inventories PERSCO (Personnel Support for Contingency Operations) laptops prepared for deployments. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

971102-N-3149V-001. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050113-F-3798Y-008. Base: Utapao Air Base Country: Thailand (THA)

041116-F-3115R-001. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

SRA Mike Schwam (USAF), 2 ASOS, works on a PRIC 113 radio in support of Operation Joint Guard actions. Operation Joint Guard is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

010501-F-0697K-021. Subject Operation/Series: UNION FLASH 01 Base: Eisiedlerhof Air Station State: Rhineland-Palatinate Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A German military pilot is briefed prior to flight training on the F-104G Starfighter aircraft, conducted by the 69th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050119-F-9429S-009. Base: Karshi-Kanabad AB Country: Uzbekistan (UZB)

990715-A-0512A-003. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020220-F-0007M-001. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Moblility Command

060309-N-6996K-004. Base: Fort Story State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010925-F-3745E-010. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

050202-F-0209C-001. Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Cory Schmidt, 114th Fighter Wing, completes a G-suit post flight inspection during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., April 7, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

070128-A-5332O-063. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant John Leger, radiology technician from the 89th Medical Group, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, prepares to give a hand ex-ray on a patient at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SSGT Leger is a part of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

020924-F-1443F-022. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Technical Sgt. Adrienne Brammer and Giovanna Squadrito, 1st Combat Camera Squadron, discusses their video documentation of the C-17 aircrafts from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., on Dec. 16, 2009. The C-17 aircrafts conducted a strategic brigade airdrop exercise over North Auxiliary Airfield near Northern, S.C., Dec. 16, 2009, demonstrating the global projection of U.S. airpower.Airborne Soldiers from the 2-319th Airborne Field Artillery, 82nd AirborneDivision, Ft. Bragg, N.C., were air dropped in the exercise along with cargo pallets to simulate the seizure of a remote airfield, providing a jointtraining opportunity for the Airmen and Soldiers. The training missionincluded airdrops over North Auxiliary Airfield, aerial refueling trainingand simulated aero medical evacuation.

SPC Vilayphone Sisouphanthong uses a device that will separate the waste from a unit of blood at the Camp Carroll Frozen Blood Depot in Republic of Korea, Nov.1, 1998. Sisoupanthong, of Alpha Company, 16th Medical Logistics Battalion, is preparing to send blood to a battlefield exercise in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place annually in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Recruits with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, complete the land navigation course aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 25, 2022. Recruits spend a week learning the skills needed to correctly use a compass, read a map, and plot points.

030324-F-2573S-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

030507-F-3873G-005. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

Staff Sgt. Jon Cetinel, 608th Air Communications Squadron cyber defense supervisor, sets up connections for laptops as part of the cyber vulnerability assessment-hunter weapon system kit. This is key to making sure all platforms and cables are connected before powering on the system.

020423-F-9032T-002. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030416-F-1389C-003. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 398th AEG

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Rachel Shearin, a nurse with the 118th Medical Group, reads through a medical manual in a deployment situation April 7, 2022 at Berry Field Air National Guard Base, Nashville, Tennessee. Members from across the 118th Wing took part in the largest on-base readiness exercise in wing history April 5-9, to help prepare and train the wing for a near-peer conflict.

011004-F-0017M-005. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Byrd Field State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030116-F-3677M-001. Base: RAF Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Marines with 2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Information Group, return fire during a convoy operation utilizing a convoy simulator as part of Warfighter Week aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 19, 2022. Warfighter Week provides II MEF Marines the opportunity to train to specific objectives that enhance lethality and set conditions for more complex training evolutions in the future.

Medium shot, AIRMAN 1ST Class Desmond Waldron, an Aircrew Life Support Journeyman, with the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, prepares to inspect a night vision system used by air crews in the life support section on 14 August 2000. The life support section handles all survival needs of air crew members and insures all equipment is in order and passes inspections. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-86-07972. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

040520-F-6470S-004. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Senior Airman Ricardo Reano balances and sequences cargo and passenger data for a flight at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 8, 2012. Reano plans the movement of hundreds of passengers and hundreds of thousands of pounds of cargo through the theater of operations daily. Reano is a 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron load planner.

020414-A-8359B-003. Base: Camp Blizard Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

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