Military Aircraft in Training

Dramatic images of military aircraft during training exercises and operations, highlighting air mobility and coordination.

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152, flies over a drop zone during exercise Kodiak Mace 22 near Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, May 19, 2022. This annual exercise is designed to develop unit-level skills, work with joint forces, and maintain a high level of squadron readiness.
A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152, flies over a drop zone during exercise Kodiak Mace 22 near Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, May 19, 2022. This annual exercise is designed to develop unit-level skills, work with joint forces, and maintain a high level of squadron readiness.
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The U.S. Air force 354th Air Expeditionary Wing and Marine Aircraft Group 12 performed a capabilities demonstration during a pre-planned readiness exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 7, 2022. The demonstration included five U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets, eight F-35B Lightning IIs, a KC-130J Super Hercules, 10 U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and 10 F-35A Lightning II aircraft, showcasing a high level of readiness and joint service capability in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. MCAS Iwakuni is uniquely qualified to enable the Joint Force, be it through providing use of the station's collocated harbor and airfield, serving as a staging point for non-organic aircraft operations, or any number of other operational activities.
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U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62d Maintenance Group gather materials to cordon off a simulated unexploded ordnance on the flightline during Exercise Rainier War 22B at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Oct. 13, 2022. Alongside airlift operations, Team McChord also conducted cargo and personnel processing, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear, and force protection scenarios during Rainier War 22B.
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Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-423-32. Fly away to JAX first day back. Hurricane Katrina
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220419-N-CR843-0042 MISAWA, Japan (April 19, 2022) A P-8A Poseidon, assigned to the "Fighting Tigers" of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, practices landings and take offs at Misawa Air Base following a mission in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, April 19. VP-8 is currently deployed to NAF Misawa, Japan conducting maritime patrol and reconnaissance and theater outreach operations within U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) area of operations in support of Commander, Task Force 72, C7F, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command objectives throughout the region.
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U.S. Airmen with the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Operations Group fly from Germany to perform several training missions with their C-130J Super Hercules aircrafts, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Feb. 15, 2024. Army
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (LI) show their might during a live demonstration in front of the local community on Fort Drum, Ny. Aug 31, 2022. 10th Combat Aviation Brigade conducted aerial manuevers with UH-60M Black Hawks and AH-64D Apache helicopters.
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011022-F-8013S-002. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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An Electronic Warfare Squadron Marine Attack Squadron 4 (VMA-Q4) EA6-B Prowler aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, takes off from a Canadian Air Force base in Cold Lake, Canada, during Operation MAPLE FLAG 00. The Maple Flag is a yearly operation sponspored by NATO to keep NATO forces operating at full speed. Subject Operation/Series: MAPLE FLAG 00 Base: Cold Lake State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)
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Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-346. AIRSTA NOLA--partial view of CG personnel standing near ramp (2). Hurricane Katrina
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An Alouette III of 300 squadron sneaking over the Veluwe.
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Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-59. HH-60 lowering sand bag on waterfront near personnel and row of sand bags--050929. Hurricane Katrina
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Leadership and members of Team Minot tour a Boeing MH-139 Greywolf helicopter at Minot Air Force base, North Dakota, Oct. 29, 2022. The Greywolf will replace the current fleet of Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters and provide essential mission capability to the Air Force.
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UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews with the Pennsylvania National Guard train with water buckets in coordination with the Fort Indiantown Gap Fire Department and Forestry office. The crews took water from Memorial Lake and dropped it in the training corridor on base. This training helped prepare crews for firefighting and other emergencies.
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The Camp Grayling Fire Department practices responding to a fire emergency on the Grayling Army Airfield at Northern Strike 22-2 in Grayling, Mich. on Aug. 6, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge the training audience with multiple forms of convergence that advances interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.
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A view from the east aircraft parking ramp at the Pennsylvania Air National Guards 171st Air Refueling Wing as Airmen walk the nearly two mile length of Pittsburgh International Airports runway 10 right-28 left in search of foreign objects and debris May 23, 2022. Runway 10 right-28 left has been closed since January 2022 for repairs. Prior to opening the runway, it needs to be clear of small rocks and other debris for safety. The runways close proximity to the 171st allows the units KC-135 Aircraft to takeoff without delay caused by taxiing.
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Training operations for Wisconsin National Guards 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment are shown June 9, 2022, at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport 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. During June 2022, the unit held its annual training at Fort McCoy and centered their operations with multiple UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at the airport.
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Staff Sgt. Daniel Guy, 736th Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, collects his parachute Aug. 21, 2013 after a static line jump on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flightline. As the integrated force protection element of the 36th Contingency Response Group, members of the 736th SFS provide a quick-response airborne capability that serves as an advance echelon team for contingency and humanitarian missions all over the Asia-Pacific region.
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970325-F-0994L-011. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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A Hercules C-130-H Aircraft of the Black Bulls, the 336th Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Air Force performs Landing Zone operations, in collaboration with the 424th Air Base Squadron of the U.S. Air Force, during operation Orange Bull 2023 on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, March 14, 2023.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Stephen Gay, an unmanned aerial vehicle operator, with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, launches a Stalker XE-25 during KAMANDAG 6 in San Vicente, Philippines, Oct. 4, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military, designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. 1/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific region under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Gay is a native of Vidalia, Georgia.
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Paratroopers with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Indonesia National Armed Forces and 2-11 Infantry Regiment conduct a multinational airborne operation with the 36th Airlift Squadron to kick-off Super Garuda Shield 22 in Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 3, 2022. Super Garuda Shield, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military and Indonesia National Armed Forces, which now encompasses 14 nations, reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and regional partners, joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together. #SuperGarudaShield #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific
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A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk from the Austin Army Aviaiton Facility assists in suppressing a wildfire in Bastrop County, Texas. The Texas National Guard mobilized aviation assets from Austin, Grand Prairie and San Antonio to help combat the fire that burned about 4,200 acres and destroyed nearly one dozen homes.
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Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-178. Hurricane Katrina
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Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-180. Hurricane Katrina
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A member of the Pacific Fleet Audio Visual Command films an SH-3 Sea King helicopter as it prepares to takeoff on a drone recovery mission. The helicopter, assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), is on the helipad at Wallace Air Station, Poro Point, San Fernando. Country: Philippines (PHL)
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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard, flies over the Fort Indiantown Gap and Harrisburg areas as they give an aerial tour to Ingrida Šimonytė, the Prime Minister of Lithuania.
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Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, LA, September 3, 2008 A staging area on a highway in Plaqumines Parish, a Chinook helicopter lifts sand bags to repair a broken levee during disaster recovery efforts for Hurricane Gustav. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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960829-A-8186D-010. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) demonstrated joint operations with NATO partners across multiple domains at Air Combat Commands (ACC) Forward Operating Location (FOL), Curacao from April 22 -25, 2022. The deployment culminated in three seizures resulting in the confiscation of 1,346 kilograms of cocaine and nine suspects detained.
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Katrina Response Ops - Coast Guard Air Station - Clearwater, Florida - 26-HK-163-130. Hurricane Katrina
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Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-59. Hurricane Katrina
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Members of 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), conduct motorbike operations during a training event at Camp Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 6, 2022. 15th Helo Unit conducted aviation training, which coincided with the JGSDF 15th Brigade's 12th Anniversary.
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Aircrafts - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-56-41. CG supplies in front of chainlink fence with military aircraft on other side. Hurricane Katrina
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Wildfire Aparatus Staging Area. California Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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The soldiers of the 1st DET / 104th BEB (BRIGADE ENG BATTALLION) are completing a two-week operation of training of the unmanned SHADOW UAS drone. This 12 foot drone with a wing span of 22 feet is a fuel base drone that can return photo and video to a base point. The SHADOW is launched from a trailer-mounted pneumatic catapult, it is recovered with the aid of arresting gear similar to jets on an aircraft carrier. Its gimbal-mounted, digitally stabilized, liquid nitrogen-cooled electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) camera relays video in real time via a C-band line-of-sight data link to the ground control station (GCS). This exercise was a Joint Base effort. The unmanned drone was launched at Lakehurst Naval Air Station and was flown over the Fort Dix, NJ Range Complex at Ranges 85 and 61. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)
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Search and Rescue Operations - 26-HK-260-25. Hurricane Katrina
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the "Mustang Squadron," 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, drive a modernized M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tank to a marker as an AH-64 Apache helicopter, assigned to he "Lighthorse Squadron," 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd ID, prepares to conduct low flyover simulated attacks during a combined arms live fire exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Sept. 1, 2022. The 6th Sqn., 8th Cav. Regt., 2nd ABCT, 3rd ID, completed modernization this past July, making it the Army's most modern cavalry squadron, and is preparing to defeat any threat in large-scale combat operations through expert coaching and well-trained, cohesive teams.
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A crewmember's view from a CH-47F Chinook helicopter operated by New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment during a mission to Sanibel Island, Florida on October 2, 2022. At the direction of Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York National Guard deployed 2 CH-47F aircraft and 11 Soldiers to assist the Florida National Guard in responding to the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. ( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Samuel Sacco)
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A crewmember's view from a CH-47F Chinook helicopter operated by New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment during a mission to Sanibel Island, Florida on October 2, 2022. At the direction of Governor Kathy Hochul, the New York National Guard deployed 2 CH-47F aircraft and 11 Soldiers to assist the Florida National Guard in responding to the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian. ( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Samuel Sacco)
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U.S. Marine Cpl. David Cotugno, with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and contractor Nestor Flota watch as they prepare to land a QR-20 Puma at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, as part of Technical Concept Experiment 22.2, Sept. 21, 2022. TCE, sponsored by the U.S. Navys Office of Naval Research, brought together Marines and contractors to experiment with new and emerging technologies to enable Marine forces to operate effectively in distributed and expeditionary advanced base operations. The Puma is a small, battery powered, hand launched, unmanned aircraft system designed for surveillance and intelligence gathering missions.
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040614-F-3488S-020. Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Security Element (MSE), India Company (I CO), 3rd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marines, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (HI), search for the enemy during Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training as part of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. The training is taking place at the combat town training area on Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK). NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by sharpening and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force, capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More than 9,000 Airmen, US Navy (USN) Sailors, USA Soldiers, USMC Marines, and US Coast Guard (USCG) Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve, and National Guard units are participating in this year's exercise. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States