Historical Military Operations

Footage depicting past military operations, including atomic maneuvers and naval exercises, showcasing aerial views and troop movements.

VIETNAM - 1970 - A US Army CH-47 Chinook lands at a US Army base camp in Vietnam with an 81mm mortar emplacement.

Gun #2, "C" Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, fires a round from the 155mm Howitzer round during the live-fire training exercise for the 3rd Artillery live-fire relocation training site. Base: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN)

060329-N-2653P-387. Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

An aerial view of a portion of the base, showing an aircraft hangar that collapsed under the weight of the heavy volcanic ash that fell during the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

DF-ST-88-05293. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mines are exploded on the Grenadillo Explosive Ordnance Disposal Range. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

A sentry patrols at the base of a small hill upon which a pulse acquisition radar has been set up for exercise Team Spirit '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Base: Yangdong Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

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. (A computer screen was blurred for security purposes)

The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. About 9500 Swedish volunteer soldiers participated in the war. Here at Karelian Isthmus Finland and the village Summa. Almost all houses were destroyed and burned down by the Finnish army so that there would be no shelter for the Soviet troops if passing. December 1939. Photo Kristoffersson ref 94-10.

Marines, conducting actions in support of Operation Dynamic Partnership, work through a rain storm in Shurakay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2013. Dynamic Partnership was a collaborative operation that included units from Regimental Combat Team 7, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron (HMLA) 169 as well as elements from the U.S. Air Force, Army, and the 32nd Georgian Light Infantry Battalion to retrograde all U.S. military equipment and personnel from village stability platform Shurakay.

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