Historic Military Aircraft

Photographs showcasing military aircraft across different eras, including operations in Tunisia and training exercises in California's desert.

A U.S. Air Force convoy returns to base after a combat search and rescue exercise at an undisclosed location, April 28, 2022. Air Forces Central Command's ERQSs are organized, trained, equipped, and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery to include both conventional and unconventional combat rescue operations within the Central Command theater of operations.

The Royal Air Force in Tunisia, April 1943 A Supermarine Spitfire V, believed to be ER207 `UF-K' of No 601 Squadron, Royal Air Force lands against a background of the Tunisian town of Gabes.

A U.S. Air Force convoy returns to base after a combat search and rescue exercise at an undisclosed location, April 28, 2022. Air Forces Central Command's ERQSs are organized, trained, equipped, and postured to conduct full spectrum personnel recovery to include both conventional and unconventional combat rescue operations within the Central Command theater of operations.

British army Challenger 2 tanks move to a staging area following a multinational Defender Europe situational exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 25, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises taking place in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

040319-M-5150A-008. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 stand watch while another Seabee uses a bulldozer to prepare the area for camp during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies over part of A1 Jaber Airfield. The airfield was heavily damaged during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Twenty-one C-130Es from the 43rd Airlift Wing from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, line the taxiway at Camp Mackall Air Field, south of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Almost 1,000 personnel deployed with the aircraft and set up a tent city beside the strip to test the bare base operating capabilities of the Wing. The tents are erected in close proximity to the aircraft both for logistical and security reasons. Flight crews and maintenance personnel can walk to the aircraft, and the same forces can guard the entire encampment. Special Forces units from Fort Bragg performed enemy attack and perimeter probe exercises throughout the deployment for Exercise GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01. Subject Operation/Series: GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to a support by fire position during an exercise on Range 410 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 6, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

A view of a section of the obstacles erected by Iraqi troops along the Kuwait-Saudi border breached by elements of the 1ST Marine Division during the first day of the ground offensive phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030221-M-4419R-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

View from the eastern side of 15L looking eastward at the freeway which runs along the airport perimeter road. The proximity to U.S. military areas poses a threat to the assigned personnel. Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT)

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Shot of Al Kharj Air Base, Saudi Arabia, looking in a east north east direction, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Al Kharj Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An aerial view of a collapsed telecommunications tower, damaged during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialists assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, detonate a breaching charge at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 18, 2022. Brig. Gen. William Betts, the commander of the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, and other 378th AEW leadership visited the EOD team to learn about their capabilities and recognize their outstanding performers.

The inflatable medical tent is seen at the landing zone shortly after Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed in their Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station.

DA-ST-88-04774. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Russian Search and Rescue teams deploy by helicopter from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 to prepare for the Soyuz MS-05 landing with Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik of NASA and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Bresnik, Nespoli and Ryazanskiy are returning after 139 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 52 and 53 crews onboard the International Space Station.

U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters and CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, upper right, on a desert air field during a Sea Soldier III exercise in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. NASA Astronaut Creamer, Russian Cosmonaut Kotov and Japanese Astronaut Noguchi are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 22 and 23 crews.

Camouflage netting covers equipment on the beach during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) training, part of exercise Ocean Venture '92. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Uh-60 Blackhawks and CH-47 Chinooks assigned to the 2nd and 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division, conduct a fly over during an Air Assault demonstration rehearsal on July 28, 2022, at Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. 101st units will support V Corps mission to reinforce NATOs eastern flank and engage in multinational exercises with partners across the European continent to reassure our Nations allies.

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), observe a tractor, rubber-tired, articulated steering, multi-purpose (TRAM) at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2012. MWSS-373 improved security measures on Camps Bastion and Leatherneck.

A C-5 from Dover Air Force Base lands at the airport in Mogadishu to download supplies and transport US troops to the United States. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A U.S. Marine Corps High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares to launch a M28A1, reduced range practice rocket, in support of exercise Valiant Shield 2022 on Angaur, Palau, June 8, 2022. This is the first time the Marine Corps employed a HIMARS on the Island of Angaur. The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration, or HI-RAIN, was possible due to improvements made to the Angaur Airstrip during Task Force Koa Moana in 2020. Exercise such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

220420-N-LZ839-1382NORFOLK, VA. (April 20, 2022) - Aviation Boatswain's Mate (handling) 3rd Class Brandon Carell, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (handling) 3rd Class Caleb Stolzl, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), operate a tractor on the flightdeck, April 20, 2022. Bataan is underway in the 2nd fleet area of operations. Bataan is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over the tundra along Alaskas North Slope. Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, along with the two Chinooks and about 25 support personnel, staged from the Deadhorse, Alaska, airport Aug. 17-26 while flying missions to increase the reach of 1-52nd General Support Aviation Battalion Flying Dragons beyond Interior Alaska and to focus on long-range organic logistics to support flight companies. (Army photo/John Pennell)

Russian search and rescue personnel arrive within seconds after the landing of the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft with Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA aboard, in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy returned to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station.

A view of the 3rd Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division, combat operations center (COC) during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An aircrew from the Rhode Island Air National Guard perform combat maneuvers in a C-130 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, April 14, 2022 as part of the Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course. The Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center hosts the ATAC course monthly to national and international aircrews.

An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank and a BMP-1 armored personnel carrier damaged during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

A shell from a U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog with the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, fires a 30mm gun on a simulated target A shell from a U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog with the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, fires a 30mm gun on a simulated target during a live fire close air support exercise at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona, July 20, 2022. 1st ANGLICO trains to enhance proficiency in CAS and expand digital communications capabilities.

A French vehicle from the multi-national task force drives along the runway at sunset. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 59 crew members Anne McClain of NASA, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Kazakh time (June 24 Eastern time). McClain, Saint-Jacques, and Kononenko are returning after 204 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 58 and 59 crews onboard the International Space Station.

030207-M-4419R-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Vipers assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167 perform close-air support at a range near Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, Aug. 9, 2022. HMLA-167 trained with U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Air National Guard units during joint exercise Northern Strike 22-2. HMLA-167 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

020525-F-2902B-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

The drogue parachute of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft is seen coming down after the capsule landed with Expedition 60 crew members Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, along with visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut.

The Sun rises illuminating the dispersal area of the US Marine Corps (USMC) Regimental Combat Team-1's (RCT-1) in Kuwait prior to crossing into Iraq in preparation for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Country: Kuwait (KWT)

The Oberlausitz military training area opened its Tor tor to thousands of visitors for the Open Day at the Oberlausitz military training area to give them an insight behind the scenes of the Bundeswehr in Saxony. The soldiers presented a wide range of large and small equipment and gave an impressive demonstration of what they are capable of. Dynamic demonstration by the armoured infantry with the Marder infantry fighting vehicle, open day at the Oberlausitz military training area, Weißkeißel, Saxony, Germany, Europe

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An aerial view of San Nicolas Island with FPS-16 and FPQ-10 antennas visible. The San Nicolas Island facility is part of the Pacific Missile Test Center Range. Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews.

020629-M-9902V-005. Country: Malaysia (MYS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

A member of the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal team observes a bomb defusal robot during exercise Raging Gunfighter 22-2 at Wendover Air Field, Utah May 20, 2022. This exercise prepares the 366th Fighter Wing for Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operations around the world.

040916-M-0631S-045. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ubaydi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-ST-86-00415. Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to the 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, takes off for a training sortie as part of the Red Flag 22-2 exercise at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 14, 2022. Known as the Pantons, the 35th FS performs air and space control and force application roles including counter air, strategic attack, interdiction, and close-air support missions. It employs a full range of precision ordnance, can operate day or night and in all weather conditions. The Red Flag Exercise was established in 1975 and serves as a two-week advanced aerial combat training exercise held multiple times a year by the USAF, alongside joint partner and allied air and ground forces.

020410-F-9232S-002. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 127th Wing

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

A member of the U. S. Special Operations Command Parachute Team (Para-Commandos) waves to the crowd during Montana's Military Open House "Flight Over the Falls" at Montana Air National Guard Base, Great Falls, Montana, July 23, 2022. The Para-Commandos are qualified in free fall and canopy formations and perform with flags, smoke and sparklers.

A Russian all terrain vehicle delivers Expedition 66 NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to an awaiting helicopter that will fly him to Karaganda after he and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, landed in their Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of Expeditions 64-66 aboard the International Space Station. For Vande Hei, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Shkaplerov is returning after 176 days in space, serving as a Flight Engineer for Expedition 65 and commander of Expedition 66.

A view of an Iraqi helicopter and hangar destroyed by Coalition bombing during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Tallil Country: Iraq(IRQ)

040218-M-5324O-041. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division repacks his parachute after a successful landing at Fort, Brag N.C. June 21,2010. JFEX is a primary tool for the 82nd Airborne Division's Brigades to train for real-world contingency operations. (

U.S. Marines with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2d Marine Division, fire 40mm high-explosive dual purpose cartridges on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 2, 2022. 2d AABn trained with remote weapon stations in a live-fire environment to increase capabilities to effectively to reliably support ship-to-shore movements and mechanized operations.

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M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), an M-577 command post and other armored equipment of the 3rd Bn., 1ST Field Arty., 1ST Armored Div., move into position for an attack on Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Operators from the 20th Special Forces Group conduct an aerial assault mission during a training exercise near Chester Township, Michigan, on August 6, 2022. The mission was part of Northern Strike, an annual multinational joint training event headquartered at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Michigan.

Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers fly an RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) over drop zone Badger at Fort McCoy, Wis., Sept. 9, 2022. The training is part of a two-week skills course taught by instructors from the Wisconsin Military Academy. U.S. Army photo by Kevin W. Clark

Completed work on a troop project is shown Aug. 4, 2022, to build office buildings at Logistical Support Area Liberty on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Many Army engineer units have worked on the troop project in 2022 at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy Troop Projects Coordinator Larry Morrow said having troop projects completed helps engineer units get the training they need and in turn the installation receives base and quality of life improvements through the completion of the projects.

The U.S. Army Inspired Flight 3 Artificial Intelligence Drone, attached to the Army Futures Commands Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, is used during Project Convergence 2022 at Fort Irwin, California on Oct. 27, 2022. PC22 experimentation incorporates technologies and concepts from all services and from multinational partners, including in the areas of autonomy, augmented reality, tactical communications, advanced manufacturing, unmanned aerial systems and long-range fires.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division conduct reconnaissance with an RQ-20 Puma small unmanned aerial system during Artillery Relocation Training Program 22.1 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Hijudai Training Area, Japan, April 24, 2022. The skills developed at ARTP increase the proficiency and readiness of the only permanently forward-deployed artillery unit in the Marine Corps, providing long-range precision indirect fires throughout the Indo-Pacific Region.

A team begins to set up a tent for a major accident response exercise. It is part of the 12th Flying Training Wing Quality Air Force Assessment to test the ability to react to a truck accident with hazardous waste spill scenario. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

030411-F-0193C-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

F-16 fighter jets from the South Carolina Air National Guards 169th Fighter Wing began their move back to McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Feb. 4, 2023. The F-16s have been temporarily operating from Columbia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, since April 2022, due to major runway renovations at McEntire JNGB.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joshua John Navarro, an aerial observer with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, scans the area for enemy personnel and vehicles during a close air support exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 8, 2023. HMLA-775, along with the other squadrons on the air station, provide aviation support that enables I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton tenant commands and visiting units to maintain and enhance their mission capabilities and combat readiness.

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A821071 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 9 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/9/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROADS; SAFEGUARDS; TEST SITES; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VEHICLES; VEHICLES, SPECIAL USE; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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