Historical Military Drills and Operations

Videos of various military drills and operations, featuring soldiers' activities in artillery training, communications, and strategic preparations.

Officers on the bridge, 56th training voyage abroad, training ship Germany, 07. 1982

SGT Horton assists an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft pilot in an altitude chamber as another technician mans the chamber's control panel. The pilot, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, is undergoing training. Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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DF-SC-89-09128. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewmen marks a plotting board in a shipboard combat information center (CIC). Country: Unknown

DN-ST-89-10851. Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980313-F-4116M-002. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

S69-40753 (24 July 1969) --- The Apollo 11 crewmen, wearing biological isolation garments, arrive aboard the USS Hornet during recovery operations in the central Pacific. They are walking toward the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), in which they will be confined until they arrive at the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC), Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL). Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, onboard, splashed down at 11 49 a.m. (CDT), July 24, 1969, about 812 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii and only 12 nautical miles from the USS Hornet to conclude their historic lunar landing mission.

A technician performs maintenance of a Canadair NF-5.

China....An Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Balances A Rotor Assembly.

Transfer of the first two General Dynamics F-16s built by Breeder to the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The Lord A. van Dompen van Fokker wore the KLU devices to Mr. B.Scheideman of main contractor General Dynamics who in turn the documents ter Drawing Dip to Brigadegeneral James Abrahamson that signed on behalf of the USAF. After Finally General-Major H.Dieters the Director of Material Royal Netherlands Air Force had placed its signature, the KLU could call itself the proud owner of the first two F-16s.

DF-ST-85-10629. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Boxes rigged with parachutes are loaded aboard a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft for delivery to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Crews from the 345th and 21st Airlift Squadrons are assigned to fly the C-130 for the Christmas Drop '92 missions. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gilberto Guardia, the first Panamanian administrator of the Panama Canal, discusses the waterway with GEN Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, and Powell's wife, Alma, as the two visit the Mira Flores Locks. Powell is in Panama as part of exercise Fuertes Caminos '91. Subject Operation/Series: FUERTES CAMINOS '91 Country: Panama(PAN)

US Navy seaman Kendall Terry monitors bridge and combat communications aboard the guided missile destroyer USS JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG 56). The JOHN S. MCCAIN is deployed to the Persian Gulf in Support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 11 February 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS John S. Mccain (DDG 56)

MAJ Blackwell from the 170th Provisional Airlift Group briefs the pilots and crew members that will be involved in an airdrop over Fort Irwin as part of exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation machinist's mate work on an aircraft engine aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67). Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)

DF-ST-88-10178. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ENSIGN Robin Roch and other members of a damage control team place shoring timbers against a hatch during a Damage Control Olympics event aboard the ammunition ship USS FLINT (AE-32). Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05550. Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-85-12197. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

DN-ST-86-02876. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970628-N-8513W-005. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: USNS MERCY

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