Military Aircraft Maintenance

Images of military personnel inspecting and preparing aircraft, including F-15 and F-16 fighters, showcasing various maintenance activities and preflight checks.

DF-ST-85-11564. Subject Operation/Series: KINDLE LIBERTY 83 Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

STAFF SGT. Randy Troutman, a member of the 53rd Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany, performs a basic postflight inspection on the engines of an F-15 Eagle. The three week exercise began 26 Aug 1995 and tested the effectiveness of both Danish and American air defenses. F-15 and F-16 Fighters from the 22nd and 53rd Fighter Squadrons flew three sorties daily, consisting of air to air and air to ground missions. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: TACTICAL WEAPONRY '95 Base: Flyvestation State: Karup Country: Denmark (DNK)

CAPT. Marc Stalnaker, a pilot from the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron, sits in the cockpit of his F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft as it undergoes a preflight check during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DF-ST-86-09271. Base: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05201. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05431. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

A pilot for the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston, AFB, South Carolina flies his C-141B Starlifter, loaded with relief supplies, to Moi International Airport. The relief cargo's final destination is to support the refugees of the Rawandan war refugees in Goma, Zaire. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

An aircrewman prepares to check a fluid level in the landing gear compartment of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft during the Strategic Air Command's bombing/navigation competition Proud Shield '88. Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD '88 Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-11564. Subject Operation/Series: KINDLE LIBERTY 83 Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

A ground crewman checks the bomb rack on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft prior to its takeoff during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-04433. Base: USS Midway (CV 41)

CPT Lonnie Goodson talks with the maintenance crew chief after their arrival aboard the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing's new F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-89-00804. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

CAPT Charles Taylor refers to his checklist as the pilot maneuvers an EC-130H Hercules aircraft behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for refueling. The EC-130Hs, which are flying under the project name of Compass Call, are modified to confuse and disrupt. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

CAPT. Kershy (left), a F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 69th Fighter Squadron, examines maintenance records with his ground crew as he pre-flights his aircraft for a bombing mission at Cherry Point, NC.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Honduran Air Force pilots sit in the cockpit of their A-37 Dragonfly close air-support aircraft during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TAR" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TAR (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

970321-F-7666R-093. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

Interior C-141 mock-up trainer, medium shot, front view, SSGT Brent Mickley, USAF, of the 57th Airlift Squadron, gives Major General Steven R. Polk, USAF, 19th Air Force Commander, a tour of the C-141 Loadmaster training facility during his recent visit to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of a pilot in the cockpit of a C-141 Starlifter. The unidentified pilot is a captain from the 14th Airlift Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter crew pre-briefs their flight before flying a mission over Turkey in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

SRA Dwight T. Tipton, an avionics sensor system specialist with the 363rd Aircraft Generation Squadron, loads film into the forward KS-87B forward camera aboard an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft during Exercise Salty Bee. Subject Operation/Series: SALTY BEE Base: Raf Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class (AO2) Freddy Goings gives the "thumbs up" signal to another aviation Ordnanceman on the weapons elevator controls signifying that a Mark 46 aerial torpedo is ready to be sent below on the Ordnance elevator. Aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63), Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class (AO2) Freddy Goings gives the "thumbs up" signal to another aviation Ordnanceman on the weapons elevator controls signifying that a Mark 46 aerial torpedo is ready to be sent below on the Ordnance elevator.

DF-ST-86-10361. Subject Operation/Series: CORAL SEA 85 Base: Raaf Amberly State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Colour transparency of Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Photographer Howard R Hollem. Dated August 1942.

DF-ST-89-04696. Subject Operation/Series: AMALGAM WARRIOR 88 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of an Air National Guard aircrew rush to their F-4D Phantom II aircraft of the 148th Fighter Interceptor Group during an alert scramble drill. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Aviation Boatswain's Mate H (Aircraft Handling) 2nd Class Michael Mappin gives the signal to indicate that he has command as he demonstrates fixed wing aircraft hand signals on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Members of the ground service the landing gear of an aircraft during training exercise Cope North '83-1. The exercise, held at Chitose Air Base, is designed to prepare pilots for air-to-air combat. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '83 Base: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN)

STAFF SGT. David Wylle and AIRMAN Robert Young of the 80th Fighter Squadron load a CBU-87 (Cluster Bomb Unit) on an F-16 before flight. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '95 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

980620-F-3645W-004. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Under the guidance of Capt. Steve Kelly (left), with Space Gateway Support, STS-96 Mission Specialist Daniel Barry (right) practices driving the small armored personnel carrier that is part of emergency egress training during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. At the rear of the carrier are Pilot Rick Douglas Husband and Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan (Ph.D.) and Ellen Ochoa (Ph.D.). The tracked vehicle could be used by the crew in the event of an emergency at the pad during which the crew must make a quick exit from the area. The TCDT also provides simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect the mission payloads in the orbiter's payload bay. Other crew members taking part in the TCDT are Commander Kent V. Rominger and Mission Specialists Julie Payette, with the Canadian Space Agency, and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev, with the Russian Space Agency. Mission STS-96, which is scheduled for liftoff on May 20 at 9:32 a.m., is a logistics and resupply

The pilots and co-pilots of C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a modular airborne firefighting system (MAFFS) gather at Geiger Field. They are, from left to right: LT. COL. Mark Brophy, COL. Any Bozeman, LT. COL. Dan Pemberton and LT. COL. Tom Bellen. The four are among those fighting the nearby White Mountain complex fire. Base: Spokane State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Brigadier General Jack R. Holbeini, Commander, 314th Airlift Wing, Mrs. Janet Huckabee, Arkansas's First Lady, hold a news conference to announce her departure to the Defense Department's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. The program gives participants an opportunity to learn first-hand about US military members, their equipment, capabilities, and National Defense Strategies. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-09657. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Country: Unknown

Colonel John Browser, director of 62nd Airlift Wing staff, McChord AFB, Wash., discusses the instrument panel at the navigator's station on the Russian IL-76 from Tver Military Transportation Air Base near Moscow Russia during an Open House at McChord AFB as part of Peacekeeper '95. Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER '95 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A lieutenant talks on a telephone on the bridge of the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). The TICONDEROGA is on station in the Persian Gulf in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM Country: Unknown

SENIOR AIRMAN Kevin Stickly, left, and AIRMAN 1ST Class Dennis Hall, both 307th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron munitions specialists, prepare AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles during Exercise Solid Shield '87. A 308th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft is parked behind them. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '87 Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-08326. Base: Bitburg Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

DN-ST-89-07375. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 88 Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970421-F-7850M-005. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A captain flyer from Air Base Eindhoven explains the Cockpit of an NF-5B to State Secretary for Defense Berend-Jan Marie Baron from Voorst to Voorst. The CDA politician was State Secretary for Defense in the Lubbers III cabinet.

A trainee stands guard near a C-123 Provider aircraft at the Security Police Academy. The school provides fundamental courses in law enforcement and security duties for Air Force personnel as well as advanced training to security police of all ranks and branches of the armed services. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A technician in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon checks out the aircraft. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-87-12071. Country: Unknown

Flight Training at Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, photograph by Howard R. Hollem, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1942

LCOL Margaret "Peggy" Carnahan, the new 559th Flying Training Squadron Commander, speaks from the podium during her Change of Command ceremony. LCOL Carnahan, who replaced LCOL James McClain, became, according to Air Force officials, the first female flying training squadron commander at Randolph Air Force Base. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

F-16 Vlieger Captain Thread of 306 Squadron Adheres the administration to the fuel tank of its General Dynamics F-16A prior to his flight.

CAPT. Testerman, from the 35th Flying Training Squadron, inspects his T-37 aircraft controls and electronics before flying the last student sortie. Reese Air Force Base is in closure status. Base: Reese Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-07156. Subject Operation/Series: AMALGAM CHIEF Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

S66-34109 (6 June 1966) --- Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan (right) receive a warm welcome as they arrive aboard the prime recovery ship, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. John C. Stonesifer, with the Manned Spacecraft Center's Landing and Recovery Division, stands next to microphone at left. The Gemini-9 spacecraft can be seen in the right background of the view.

011009-F-9631D-003. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002 Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

A maintenance technician from the Massachusetts Air National Guard 104th Fighter Group performs preflight checks on a US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II at to prepare the aircraft for NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs. Subject Operation/Series: DELIBERATE FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

A combat crew training squadron instructor from the 93rd Bombardment Wing shakes hands with a Thai airman on the flight line during the joint Thai/US exercise THALAY THAI '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Base: Utapao Air Base Country: Thailand (THA)

Ambassador Richard Capen, US Ambassador to Spain, is greeted by COL. Joseph Simeone, Tanker Task Force Commander, New Hampshire Air National Guard and members of the deployed forces. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Moron Country: Spain (ESP)

SSGT Ray Martinez and A1C Rodney Gresham of the 601st Civil Engineering Squadron, attach matting planks to a frame for the construction of a cover, during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

970425-F-9888S-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

STAFF SGT. Mack Butler, 33rd Aviation Maintenance Unit, replaces the programmable display unit generator on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Exercise Shadow Hawk '87, a phase of Bright Star '87. The U.S. Central Command exercise represents a Joint. Base: Azraq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

Crewman on board the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) head to chow after completing a foreign object damage (FOD) walk down of the flight deck as the ship prepares to resume flight operations in support of Operation Deny Flight. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea

SPEC. 5 Harry Vercovic of the 68th Medical Detachment, 25th Infantry Division, removes CHIEF Warrant Officer Bill Kerr, a helicopter pilot with the 347th Aviation Co., from the simulated crash site of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. They are participating in an exercise on the east range of Schofield Barracks. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-11685. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPT Jerry Prather and CPT Jon Rhynard, both Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots with the 47th Tactical Fighter Squadron, discuss the success of their mission while walking together on the flight line. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(14 Nov. 1981) --- Astronauts Joe H. Engle, rear, and Richard H. Truly are greeted by George W.S. Abbey, Director of Flight Operations at the Johnson Space Center, as they egress the space shuttle Columbia after spending two days, six hours and 13 minutes on NASA's STS-2 mission.

Aerospace Audiovisual Service motion picture cameraman, using a tripod mounted Arriflex 16mm camera, and photojournalist TSGT Boyd Belcher document flight line activity at Nellis AFB, Nevada. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

SGT. Corine Webb, an aircrew life-support specialist with the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron, helps an airman adjust his flight helmet. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

070321-M-2166H-069. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: VMAQ-1

A plane director gives a helicopter pilot the "helicopter line up" signal aboard the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). A Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 5 (HS-5) SH-3H Sea King helicopter is parked in the background. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

CPT Jeff Coombe, pilot, and CPT Duane Goehring, electronic weapons officer, confer before a mission during Display Determination '89, a combined NATO exercise focusing on the defense of southern Europe. Both men are members of the 42nd Electronic Combat Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '89 Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

A Dutch pilot straps into the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in preparation for flying a mission in support of Operation Deny Flight, the enforcement of the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DENY FLIGHT Base: Villafranca Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

COL. Ronald Karp, left, commanding officer of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing (35th TFW), and COL. Tip Osterthaler, the wing's vice commander, salute as the national anthem is played during a ceremony marking the arrival of Karp and 64 other members of the 35th TFW. The airmen have returned to the base after serving in the Persian Gulf region during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: George Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Reserve first lieutenant kite G.A. Wessels farmer from 322 squadron in the cockpit of a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter on Leeuwarden airbase.

DF-ST-85-11150. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

S66-46952 (September 1966) --- Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot.

A U. S. Marine wears a flight helmet equipped with the AN/AVS-6(V) aviator's night vision imaging system. Country: Unknown

GEN. Robert W. Bazley, commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, salutes upon his arrival aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

COL Bailes holds a baby kangaroo during exercise Pacific Consort. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC CONSORT Base: Raaf Williamstown Country: Australia (AUS)

DF-ST-87-02164. Subject Operation/Series: FUERZAS UNIDAS BOLIVIA Base: Santa Cruz De La Sierra Country: Bolivia (BOL)

Gary Olin, right, of Rockwell International, and MAJ Jimmy Robbins stand in front of the last F-106A Delta Dart aircraft in active service before its final flight. Robbins will fly the aircraft to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, where it will be used in the QF-106 drone program. The F-106 was used in the B-1B aircraft production acceptance flight test program as a safety chase aircraft. Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT. Mary Eiche, loadmaster, discusses meal serving procedures with a medical technician during the first overseas flight by an all-female Air Force flight crew. The women are flying a mission from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Country: Unknown

J3001-SPT-95-00449. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DF-ST-88-04929. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Scott works on an auxiliary power unit that she removed from an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during exercise Bold Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Renee S. Acosta, President, International Service Agencies, takes a ride in an F-15 Simulator at the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Renee S. Acosta is in England to attend a RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) awards Ceremony. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-08481 or search 010118-F-4177H-001). Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Flight LT D. Kongsri, left, and MAJ Bill Grant greet each other after arriving at Airlift Rodeo '90. Both are assigned to the 601st Squadron, Royal Thai Air Force, Don Muang Air Base, Bangkok, Thailand. MAJ Grant is the U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules exchange officer. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '90 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

MASTER SGT. Danny Likovich helps maintain one of the 18th Wing's F-15 Eagles stationed at the Okinawan base. Kadena's main purpose is to support the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Published in AIRMAN Magazine July 1997. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Will Wiggins checks flight controls one last time with flight instructor Tony Martin. This photograph was used in the article "Dreams into Wings," AIRMAN Magazine, September 1999 issue. Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fleet Training Group (Atlantic) observers monitor the performance of a Flight Deck Radioactive Survey Team aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70). An SH-3H Sea King helicopter from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) is parked on the flight deck behind them. Country: Unknown

Romanian Air Force Captain, Florin Calin, and US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Russell, share a candid moment prior to the takeoff on an US C-130 Hercules aircraft during the Partnership for Peace exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96 taking place at Otopeni Air Base just north of Romania's capitol. The exercise involves Air Force training in operational and logistical interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian relief scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces from Greece, Italy, Turkeyand the United States will join the nations of Slovakia, Muldavia, Czech Republic and the host nation Romania. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY '96 Base: Otopeni Air Base, Bucharest Country: Romania (ROM)

Air Mobility Command's Commander, GEN Ronald Fogelman, talks to the press from the cargo loading ramp after turnover ceremonies for the first C-17 Globemaster III delivered to the Air Force. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain David "Smelly" Smullen assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three One Two (VMFA-312) "Checkerboards", inspects his harness prior to flight operations on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH (OSW). OSW is the mission that enforces the coalition imposed southern "no-fly zone" over Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

A Norwegian crew chief stands with his back to an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft as it taxis out for take-off. The aircraft is assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron and is participating in the first overseas deployment for the F-16. Base: Flesland Air Station Country: Norway (NOR)

Vice Admiral Robert J. Spane, commander, Naval Air Force US Pacific Fleet, visits inside one of the sites at McMurdo Sound. Country: Antarctica (ATA)

DF-ST-88-04776. Subject Operation/Series: KINDLE LIBERTY Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

DF-ST-88-05666. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-04321. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Adm. Leon A. Edney, commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, is interviewed by a television reporter. Edney is aboard the air station to visit with members of Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311), which is deploying to Saudi Arabia to support Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980403-F-4116M-007. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

020410-F-6911G-018. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH 2002 Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

JSC2002-E-01744 (16 January 2002) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-109 mission commander, photographed in a T-38 trainer jet, prepares for a flight at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

A close-up view of aircraft competition patches on a pilot's helmet bag during Gunsmoke '87, an Air Force-wide tactical gunnery and bombing competition sponsored by the Tactical Air Command and hosted by the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis. Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain kite G. de Koter, born in 1963.298 Squadron.

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