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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.
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Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-64. Hurricane Katrina
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040409-F-3963C-005. Base: 25th Ig Rok Ranger Course Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) operate heavy equipment as part of rapid airfield damage repair training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 7, 2023. The 8th CES Airmen showcased their ability to rapidly respond to a simulated runway crater and correct the mission hindrance.
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Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-217. Hurricane Katrina
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Storm course.Hand grenade salve. .
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Teams from NASA, Boeing and the White Sands Missile Range, rehearse landing and crew extraction from Boeings CST-100 Starliner, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 at the White Sands Missile Range outside Las Cruces, New Mexico. Using a convoy of vehicles Boeing uses to recover their spacecraft after landing and a boiler plate test article of the Starliner capsule, the teams worked through the steps necessary to safe the vehicle and get future crew members out of the Starliner to return home. NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson will fly to the space station aboard the Starliner for the Boeing Crew Flight Test mission.
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220928-N-WU964-1066 WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA (Sept. 28, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115, left, and an E-2D Hawkeye, attached to the Tiger Tails of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, launch off the flight deck of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in waters east of the Korean peninsula, Sept. 28. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is participating with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy in Maritime Counter Special Operations Exercise (MCSOFEX) to strengthen interoperability and training. The U.S. routinely conducts CSG operations in the waters around the ROK to exercise maritime maneuvers, strengthen the U.S.-ROK alliance, and improve regional security.
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DM-ST-85-09373. Country: Viet Nam (VNM)
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Marines with Company B, 1st Tank Battalion, patrol through a field during a mission April 9. Tankers have been providing route clearance support to coalition forces throughout southern Afghanistan for the past six months.
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031113-F-0981H-052. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., to view Marine Corps Evening Parade, deliver remarks, and attend reception at the site, a National Historic Landmark
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scenes around little rock arkansas
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Georgian flag in the fog, Cross Pass, Georgian Army Road, Georgia, Asia
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DF-SC-88-02431. Country: Unknown
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