Historic Military Operations

A collection of military scenes depicting aircraft landings, shipbuilding activities, and space shuttle operations, showcasing a blend of historical and modern military aviation.

USA - 1918 - Panorama of an active construction site for a Ford shipbuilding plant.

Russian MI-8 Helicopters are seen during the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft landing with Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 12, 2015. NASA Astronaut Wilmore, Russian Cosmonauts Samokutyaev and Serova are returning after almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 41 and 42 crews.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon launches during Exercise Ballast Cannon 24.3 from an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 8, 2024. Ballast Cannon occurs nearly quarterly with the Royal Bahraini Air Force to support the U.S. Air Forces rapid expeditionary capabilities by integrating Agile Combat Employment objectives for F-16 Fighting Falcon, KC-135 Stratotanker, and operational support personnel.

War album 89, picture 25968a-d.

Fireman on Ladder in Smoke

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ShinMaywa US-2 flies above southwestern Japan for the JMSDF New Years flight at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 5, 2024. The JMSDF New Years flight is typically held at the beginning of January, and this years flight showcased the US-2s capabilities, as well as Fleet Air Wing 31s ability to swiftly and successfully conduct search and rescue missions. This is the first time in 9 years the event has been held at Iwakuni.

A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache Guardian with 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division flies over a Polish army Leopard 2A during a multinational force-on-force exercise as part of Defender Europe at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 14, 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.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 389th Fighter Squadron (FS) walk to an F-15E Strike Eagle at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Sep. 29, 2022. The 389th FS deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, stage gear for a ground assault during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Maneuver Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 14, 2024. MDMX prepares Marines for future conflicts by conducting offensive and defensive live-fire and maneuver training scenarios within an austere training environment. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Soldiers from Badger Troop, 3-116 Cavalry Regiment perform firing movements during a situational training exercise (STX) lane during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 11, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

040428-F-7169B-004. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

National Guard Medic Training

A U.S. Army Soldier qualifies with the M4 carbine during a Infantry Advanced Leaders Course on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 5, 2022. The Advanced Leaders Course, hosted by the 254th Regional Training Institute, New Jersey Army National Guard, is a branch-specific course that provides Soldiers selected for promotion to Staff Sgt. an opportunity to enhance leadership, technical skill, tactical expertise and experience needed to lead squad-size units. Class 22-02 has Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, 82nd Airborne Division, and the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

A view from inside a C-130 Hercules aircraft as the dolly of an XM-971E1 semi-trailer van is loaded aboard. The van and dolly are being loaded on the aircraft during a loading test. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron taxis on a runway after flying a night sortie for a wing training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. The A-10 has short takeoff and landing capability to permit operations in and out of locations near the front lines.

GDAŃSK, Poland (Sept. 13, 2022) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jared Cook, assigned to the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), raises ship colors during a scheduled port visit in Gdańsk, Poland, Sept. 13, 2022. Gunston Hall, assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

220607-N-YS933-1064 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 07, 2022) An F-18F from VFA-22 "Fighting Redcocks" makes an arrested gear landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd fleet area of operations.

DF-ST-89-00671. Subject Operation/Series: FLINTLOCK Base: Royal Air Force, Bentwaters Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

The Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean, May 1943 Bristol Beaufighter `Y-York' T5173 of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force escorting a convoy bound for Tripoli. The squadron was based at Ta Kali, Malta.

221010-N-YS933-1034 (Oct. 10, 2022) An F/18 makes an arrested gear landing on the flightdeck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is underway preparing for an upcoming deployment.

220512-N-IL330-2135 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 12, 2022) - Fireman Jonny Ruiz, from New York, checks the spray nozzles during a countermeasure wash-down on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 12, 2022. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

020729-F-9753B-006. Base: Ghedi Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) while underway, June 26, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Benjamin Berry and Lance Cpl. Thomas Porter III, riflemen with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, conduct a live-fire range during Exercise Shinka 22.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 21, 2022. Shinka exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

The British Army in North Africa, January 1943 Under cover of trees, men of a reconnaissance unit of the 78th Division rest by their Bren carriers and scout cars.

Arromanches, France 09.26.2019 WW2 D-Day Normandy Beaches museum site with statue, Gold Beach section attacked by British forces . High quality photo

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) rappel from an MV-22B Osprey assigned toMarine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 during a Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques(HRST) Master Course at Landing Zone Sterling, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. Rappelling allowsMarines to enter landing zones that are too dangerous for helicopters to safely land. Fast rope andhelicopter rope suspension training teach Marines proper knots, rappelling techniques, and buildconfidence for maneuvering from air to ground.

Airmen from the 5th Security Forces Squadron patrols the area surrounding the Weapon Storage Area during exercise Prairie Vigilance at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 16, 2022. Prairie Vigilance tests the 5th Bomb Wings ability to conduct strategic-bomber readiness operations.

Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers from the 2120th Engineering Company, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, prepare to roof a house during an innovative readiness training project in the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 9, 2022. During the IRT mission the Soldiers partnered with Airmen from the Idaho Air National Guard and active-duty Air Force to complete the training mission.

Finnish Soldiers with Helicopter Battalion, Utti Jaeger Regiment, conduct a sling load lift with a NH90 helicopter while participating in a helicopter support team resupply with U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, in preparation for exercise Freezing Winds 22 on Hästö Busö, Finland, Oct. 18, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

Cannae battle site where Hannibal was defeated in 216 BC. Italy.

220701-N-XN177-1004 EAST CHINA SEA (July 1, 2022) - An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 121 lands on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), July 1, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

A Soldier with 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division digs a root out of the ground, preparing a sand table before going into the box at Fort Irwin, California, August 3, 2022. Sand tables have been used for military planning and wargaming for many years as a field expedient, small-scale map, to prepare for military actions.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has deployed two survey vessels to survey the waterways in support of Hurricane Ian and USACE's Jacksonville District. Pictured here is the Blackwater en route towards Estero Bay. USACE is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response to Hurricane Ian. More than 800 USACE personnel and contractors are deployed and engaged, coordinating with local, state, and federal partners in the affected areas.

An aircraft tug, which is used to move extremely heavy aircraft, now assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing sits ready for takeoff at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., April 11, 2019. The aircraft tug is counterweighted by approximately 40,000 pounds of weights to balance a C-17 Globemaster III.

DA-SC-88-06357. Base: Rock Island State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen assigned to the 181st Communications Flight, Indiana Air National Guard set up equipment as part of the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability package, providing network and communications support to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, known as a CERFP, during the pre-external evaluation sustainment year collective training event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Aug. 10, 2022. The JISCC provides equipment and support for voice, data, video and radio capabilities on site providing a single communication node supporting various communication equipment used by local, state and federal agencies. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. L. Roland Sturm)

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-121-6. Hurricane Katrina

220701-N-XN177-1060 EAST CHINA SEA (July 1, 2022) - An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 121 lands on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), July 1, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

A UH-60M Black Hawk lands in a field in support of a 14th Field Hospital validation exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Sept. 7, 2022. During the training Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade and the Georgia National Guard performed medical evacuations in support of the 14th FH.

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