Historical Military Operations

Vintage footage from the Vietnam War and Apollo missions, showcasing military and aerospace operations, with a focus on teamwork and mission control.

Company office of the Leeuwarden airbase.

During stand-up US Air Force Captain Dan Greenwood, Flight Commander, 25th Fighter Training Squadron, lectures students. Base: Vance Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Company office of the Leeuwarden airbase.

A member of the Naval Reserve Readiness Command 20 (REDCOM-20) personnel support detachment watches as several Navy reservists fill out forms. The reservists have just returned from duty in the Persian Gulf region following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medical personnel listen to a lecture aboard the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20), en route to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

980925-N-3642E-001. Base: Uss Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Crewmen eat in the crew mess during precommissioning duty aboard the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine OHIO (SSBN-726). The OHIO was built by General Dynamics Corp. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-00322. Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

Medical personnel check a patient's records during a medical evacuation exercise for members of the Alaska Army National Guard. Base: Anchorage State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, Career Counselor (Right) meets with a sailor in regards to his Enlisted Commissioning Program package. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Recruits line up in the dining hall at the Naval Training Center as they prepare to be served one of their three daily meals during basic training. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Patients are being treated in the hyperbaric chamber in the Hyperbaric Medicine Division, School of Aerospace Medicine. Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Wounded Marines, Lance Corporal Mike J. Balcolm and Sergeant First Class Elvin H. Henry, at the United States Air Force Regional Medical Center. These Marines are among the casualties that resulted from a terrorist bomb attack at the Marine barracks and headquarters building. Base: Weisbaden Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

CAPT. Carolyn Frye, 1ST Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, assesses a patient's injuries and notes treatment inside a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Certain Sentinel, a part of exercise Reforger '86. Subject Operation/Series: CERTAIN SENTINELREFORGER '86 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Sergeant Jim Nelson an advocate for inmates during hearings, works in his office at the US Disciplinary Barracks. Base: Fort Leavenworth State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-00137. Country: Unknown

Colonel Keith Connolly, Vice Commander of the 314th Air Division, speaks during the opening ceremony for Sabre Spirit One, the first annual 5th Air Force munitions loading competition. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DA-SC-87-09047. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Soviet officer mans the engine controls on the bridge of one of the three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet that are arriving in San Diego for a five-day goodwill visit. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Prestwick Airfield, Scotland, 1944 A Royal Air Force sergeant in the control tower at Prestwick.

Officers gather on the bridge of the French destroyer FS Jean de Vienne (D-643) for an operations briefing. The Jean de Vienne is one of the ships of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), which was formed during Operation Desert Shield to enforce U.S. trade sanctions against Iraq.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

DN-SC-89-08014. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-85-11704. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship cross the equator. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Interior view of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft en route to Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines with recently released prisoners of war camp. Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

Army Presidential Flight crew portrait photo. Lieutenant Colonel Jack J. Tinnin, Jr., of the United States Army Presidential Flight crew (Executive Flight Detachment), sits at his desk. Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Trip to Western States: Visit to the Pacific Fleet, President Kennedy aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, 5:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated right of President Kennedy are (left to right): Governor of California, Edmund G. Pat Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California); and Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul Red Fay. Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (left, facing away), sits in the second row. Notes: Scratches are original to the negative.

Crewmen aboard a South American ship move toward a landing helicopter to secure it to the flight deck with tie-down chains during Operation UNITAS XXV. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown

LT. j.g. Sarah Alexander tends to paperwork aboard the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20), underway in the Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

DM-SC-89-07863. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-13213. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-01277. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A returnee from a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp catches up on events upon his arrival at Travis Air Force Base. State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-05097. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Secretary of the Air Force Donald B. Rice converses with an aircrew member in hangar 3 during "Stealth Week," a display of stealth or "low observable" technology.. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland(MD) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Civilian volunteers are being recruited to imitate major aircraft accident victims for an Air Force mass medical emergency training exercise. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Air Force C-130H Hercules aircrews get classroom instructions at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Saint Joseph Missouri. From AIRMAN Magazine, Aug 2000 "Article Surviving the Heavy Hunters". A US Air Force C-130H Hercules aircrews get classroom instructions at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Saint Joseph Missouri. From Airman Magazine, Aug 2000 "Article Surviving the Heavy Hunters".

The X-ray department of the military hospital in the Muzenstraat in The Hague. A number of soldiers are waiting in turn, a Milva evokes the name of the next patient.

Maritime headquarters NL. Operations / In-Lichtingen / Calamity Center ("Panic Hutch")

Air Mobility Command (AMC) Intelligence augmentors deployed at the air base, 2nd LT. Dawn Carfagna, 319th Operation Support Squadron (OSS), Grand Forks AFB, ND, and 2nd LT. Phil Bellania, 60th Operations Support Squadron (OSS), Travis AFB, CA, discuss daily briefings for aircrews flying humanitarian missions in support of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

On Board Hm Submarine Tribune, 1942 Placing a torpedo into the forward stowage compartment of HMS TRIBUNE.

On Board Hm Submarine Tribune, 1942 The Seamen's Mess on board HMS TRIBUNE. In the centre Leading Seaman A B Robinson, and to his left Leading Seaman D Murton.

DF-ST-86-05034. Subject Operation/Series: TRIAD '84 Base: Whenuapai Air Base Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Recruits from Division 109 awaiting rescue in a life raft during the Abandon Ship Scenario of Battle Stations at Recruit Training Center Great Lakes. Base: Recruit Trng Ctr, Great Lakes State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Meteo briefing for Vliegers of the Twente airbase.

MAC Command senior staff personnel in their area overlooking the command post for the Military Airlift Command (MAC) headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Building Mosquito Aircraft at the De Havilland Factory in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1943 Test pilot John de Havilland checking the flight log book with two fitters beside a Mosquito after a test flight.

Sailors on the hangar deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) escort some of the American civilians who were evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to avoid the fighting between Liberian government forces and rebel factions. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Artwork: "Command Control Center" Artist: Rae Ecklund, US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Navy LT. Edward M. Milner Jr., assistant operations officer, Naval Air Station, Misawa, briefs members of the 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, the 5th Tactical Fighter Squadron and the Japan Air Self Defense Force, 3rd Air Wing, on Navy flight procedures during exercise Cope North '81-4. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '81-4 Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan (JPN)

Crew members monitor equipment in the flight control center aboard the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Peleliu (LHA 5)

Personnel wearing breathing equipment, are ready for "takeoff" in the pressure chamber at the U.S. Air Force Navigation. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sailors visit the decommissioned anti-submarine aircraft carrier INTREPID (CVS 11), now a museum, during Navy Fleet Week activities. Base: New York State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-01740. Base: Monterey State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On board a Lockheed P-3C (Update II) Orion (1981-2005) in 1991

Major John Scott. Major John Scott. "Andrews AFB, MDMaj. John Scott, a pilot with the 89th MAW, prepares his preflight check list." Photographer: Tech. Sgt. E. Arnett

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