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Historical Military Tests and Events

Images capturing significant military tests and events from different eras, including missile launches, explosions, and wartime aftermath.

1962 - Cape Canaveral prepares for a missile flight test.

Martha Stewart leaves prison

A CH-46 Helocopter drops Marines from Headquartes and Service Company, 1ST Force Reconnsence Battalion, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, using the fast-rope techniqe, during the assault on Red Beach, for the 50th Anniversary of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign, aboard Camp Pendleton, California. This fierce, bloody battle resulted in 15,000 allied casulties (most of them men of the 1ST Marine Division). 2,500 were killed in action, 5,000 were wounded in action, and 7,500 suffered severe frostbite and cold injuries. The enemy forces sustained 40,000 dead and thousands more were down with wounds and frostbite. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army with flags and horses marching through landscape

Aircrafts - C-130 - 26-HK-51-27. C-130 aerial--heavy cloud cover. Hurricane Katrina

Two Northrop NF-5Bs in the landing at the Twenthe airbase.

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.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-423-58. Fly away to JAX first day back. Hurricane Katrina

Tank in the dark with bright lights

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030322-F-3208M-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

SPECIALIST (SPC) Lee and Private (PVT) Wyant, both assigned to the US Army (USA), 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Division set up camouflaged nets over tent facilities at Orote Point, Guam during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 99 Base: Orote Point State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

A U.S. Army HH-60M MedEvac Black Hawk helicopter takes off with a simulated casualty, during an exercise, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2022. The 378th Air Expeditionary Wing held an airborne missile attack exercise that included a simulated mass casualty incident.

A U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle assigned to "Chaos" Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fires its M242 Bushmaster chain gun during a night gunnery table VI at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, July 27, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, land on Sicily drop zone, Dec. 11, 2010 during Operation Toy Drop, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The event is hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) and supported by Fort Bragg's XVIII Airborne Corps and Pope Air Force Base's 43rd Airlift Wing. Organizers estimate that more than 3,000 soldiers will donate a toy for a lottery ticket and the chance to jump under an international jumpmaster in order to earn their foreign jump wings. The operation gives soldiers and airmen the opportunity to help local families in need over the holidays while boosting moral and incorporating valuable training. Since its inception, Operation Toy Drop has collected and distributed more than 30,000 toys for families of soldiers and orphanages in the local community.

220630-N-XN177-1014 EAST CHINA SEA (June 30, 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), June 30, 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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

Soldiers and Airmen return to the finish point during the night land navigation portion of the Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Williams, Utah, Oct. 18, 2022. The Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition is an annual event that brings together Soldiers and Airmen from the major commands to compete for the title of Soldier/Airman-of-the-Year, Noncommissioned Officer-of-the-Year and Senior NCO-of-the-Year. The Army winners of this competition will represent the Utah Army National Guard at the Region VII Best Warrior Competition next spring. (US Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. William D. Cowley)

1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion for NBC detection operations. The M93A1 is a lightly armored, wheeled vehicle capable of detecting, identifying, marking, sampling and reporting NBC contamination on the battlefield. There are only four of the FOX vehicles on the West Coast. This night vision photograph was taken to train Marines who are unfamiliar with the vehicle's features, and how to identify them on the battlefield at night. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL KNIGHT '97 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade provide UH-60M Black Hawk support to the 10th Mountain Light Fighters School on Fort Drum, NY Aug. 11, 2022. Soldiers from 10th CAB were also in the course to qualify for their Air Assault badge.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a simulated casualty during a night casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 12, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

DF-ST-88-05290. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

France, Normandy, Arromanches Beach. Remembrance crosses placed in the sand on the 66th Anniversary of D-Day.

Pilots flying a C-130J over Ladd Army Airfield deliver paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division who parachute in to conduct an airfield seizure, the official start of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 March 25, 2023.

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

Special Forces Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) train on the M252 81mm mortar on Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

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