Historical Military Operations

Archive footage depicting various military operations, including bombing raids and training exercises from the 1940s to 1960s, showcasing aircraft in combat and training scenarios.

1940s - Allied aircraft fly above the German countryside following WWII.

220519-N-MJ302-3144 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 19, 2022)) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, from the Fighting Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, launches off of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

An aircrew with the Wisconsin National Guards 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment operates a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Sept, 1, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year. According to the Army fact sheet for the Black Hawk, its mission is to provide air assault, general support, aeromedical evacuation, command and control, and special operations support to combat, stability, and support operations. The UH-60 also is the Armys utility tactical transport helicopter. The versatile helicopter has enhanced the overall mobility of the Army due to dramatic improvements in troop capacity and cargo lift capability over the years as well. (U.S. Army Photos by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

An Air Force pilot guides an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft over the airspace on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Oct. 11, 2022, as part of training operations at installation. Several A-10s completed taking off and landing at Young Air Assault Strip on South Post and flying routes over the installation. According to the Air Force fact sheet for the A-10C, the Thunderbolt II is the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against light maritime attack aircraft and all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. The A-10C offers excellent maneuverability at low airspeeds and altitude while maintaining a highly accurate weapons-delivery platform. They can loiter near battle areas for extended periods of time, are capable of austere landings and operate under 1,000-foot ceilings (303.3 meters) with 1.5-mile (2.4 kilometers) visibility. Additionall

Members of the Utah National Guard were proud to help start the Fourth of July weekend with a bang by providing a cannon salute to start Stadium of Fire celebrations, July 2, 2022, in Provo, at LaVell Edwards Stadium on the Brigham Young University campus.The event kicked off with a combined color guard that included members from the Utah Air and Army National Guard along with other military branches, a flyover of F-35 fighter jets, the firing of the three 75mm howitzers rounds, Marie Osmond singing the national anthem backed by a choir, and an appearance by the U.S. Armys Golden Knight skydiving team making a spectacular landing on the stadium field.Fans enjoyed the hour-long Tim McGraw concert where they danced and sang along with many of his songs. Then came the grand finale of the evening, the largest stadium fireworks show in the U.S. Fireworks burst into the air perfectly timed to a powerful arrangement of hit songs celebrating Independence Day as the stadium was filled with fire

As the sun rises in the east, another day begins at the Army's High Altitude Training Site for the A-10 recovery operation as a UH-1N helicopter waits for her crew. Additional UH-1N helicopters used to train crews can be seen in the background. Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220811-N-XB010-1005 Philippine Sea (Aug. 11, 2022) Sailors assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 secure vehicles onto a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) with chains in the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) well deck in preparation for transporting them ashore. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter is used to transport an M-998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during Operation Golden Pheasant. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Country: Honduras (HND)

A pilot and weapons system officer, both assigned to the 334th Fighter Generation Squadron, prepare for takeoff at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, July 28, 2022. All F-15E aircrew members are trained at Seymour Johnson AFB, going through formal training with either the 333rd or 334th Fighter Squadrons.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takes off for routine training during the 32nd Tactical Air Bases anniversary celebration, Sept. 23, 2022 at Łask Air Base, Poland. Family and members of the local community were invited on base to celebrate the 32nd Tactical Air Bases anniversary with Polish aerial demonstrations, static displays, and educational vendor booths.

011004-F-1644L-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: undisclosed

A Bundeswehr helicopter lands on the Elbe meadows in Bad Schandau on the Elbe, after a day of fire-fighting operations

220715-N-CM110-2020 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 15, 2022) - A fire hose lays faked out in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), July 15, 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.

DF-ST-87-09649. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

040521-F-2295B-009. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A view of the flight deck on the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) during operations in foggy weather conditions. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-ST-89-02203. Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Team Minot Airmen work diligently to maintain bomber capabilities during exercise Prairie Vigilance at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept.17, 2022. Prairie Vigilance tests the 5th Bomb Wings ability to conduct strategic-bomber readiness operations.

The U.S. Army Parachute Team conducts a demonstration at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 23, 2022. Nicknamed the Golden Knights in 1962 Golden signifies the gold medals the team won in the international completions, and Knights alludes to the teams ambition to conquer the skies. The Golden Knights perform in more than 100 events per year. The theme for 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

220610-N-XN177-2027 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 10, 2022) - Sailors and Marines conduct a foreign object debris (FOD) walk-down on the flight deck of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 10, 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. Soldiers assigned to Carnage Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment fire 155mm rounds from an M777 howitzer during a Battery Certification exercise at the at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Nov. 7, 2022. 2nd Cavalry Regiment, assigned to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe, works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater to defend the NATO alliance.

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender waits for cargo on the ramp while a C-17 Globemaster III flies overhead during Exercise Dragon Spark at Travis Air Force Base, California, Oct. 13, 2022. Exercise Dragon Spark provided units from the 60th Air Mobility Wing and the 621st Contingency Response Wing an opportunity to sync operations in preparation for a national disaster.

The upward-hinged nose of a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy with the loading ramp still up prior to unloading near the control tower during airlift exercise Bright Star. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

Tactical waterproof flashlight with waterdrops and fog

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron prepares to receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II aircraft during a mission rehearsal in support of Exercise Agile Spartan within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 20, 2023. Exercise Agile Spartan is a combined, joint training exercise that enhances international partnerships and regional security in the USCENTCOM AOR.

030216-F-2573S-017. Subject Operation/Series: RUGGED ARCH Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The construction area for a future transient training brigade headquarters in the 1600 block on the cantonment area is shown Sept. 19, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. A contract, totaling $11,964,432.87, was awarded June 9, 2022, to L.S. Black Constructors to build the fiscal year 2022 Transient Training Brigade Headquarters project at Fort McCoy. Construction operations began in August 2022. Location of construction is just across the street from where the same contractor has been building two new transient training troop barracks buildings in the same block. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is managing the project, the brigade headquarters project is based on the denser, more consolidated footprints of Fort McCoys Troop Housing Area Development Plan which states fewer, multiple story buildings allow facilities/functions to be sited closer together, allowing for a more walkable training environment, as well as saving money on utilities. The smaller footprint of the brigade he

031006-F-0629H-009. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

220106-N-HD110-1414CARIBBEAN SEA - (Jan. 6, 2022) -- An MQ-8C Fire Scout attached to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, Detachment 5, hovers above the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), Jan. 6, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force Souths mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

040319-M-5150A-013. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, in Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia, ascends a cable during hoist operations at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, on May 07, 2022, during Guardian Response 22. The homeland emergency response exercise validates an Army units ability to support the Defense Support of Civil Authorities, increasing the unit's readiness for times of emergency.

Airmen from the 36th Munitions Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conduct training alongside the 1st Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8, 2022 at Andersen AFB. This munitions training occurred both during the day and at night, demonstrating U.S. Special Operations Forces capability to coordinate alongside conventional partners anytime, anywhere.

220922-N-XN177-1757 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 22, 2022) - Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Bryce Nelson, from Pittsburg, is lowered into the water by an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 during a search and rescue (SAR) swimmer training evolution Sept. 22, 2022. HSC-23 is embarked aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7). 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. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, scan their surroundings during a combat search and rescue exercise at an undisclosed location, July 5, 2022. Air Force 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. Special warfare operators assigned throughout the combined joint operational area conduct operations in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve.

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DF-ST-87-11086. Subject Operation/Series: SALTY DEMO Base: Spangdahlem Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq - Airmen from the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron build a concertina wire fence outside the base here May 30. The c-wire and other barriers were placed around a security tower to mitigate possible threats against it and the installation.

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party, or TAC-P, Airmen participating in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Battle Management in a synthetic, joint combat environment, ensuring joint operational and tactical warfighter readiness in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and eight distributed locations, Aug. 15-19, 2022. The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, used its live, virtual, and constructive, or LVC, environment capabilities to connect simulators and live aircraft in a dynamic battlespace to challenge air, land, and maritime combatants in the USINDOPACOM AOR and incorporating multiple U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Army platforms. (Computer screens were blurred for security purposes)

220922-N-XN177-1036 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 22, 2022) - Sailors show the crew of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 that chocks and chains have been removed on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Sept. 22, 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.

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