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Images showcasing military logistics involving aircraft. Scenes of unloading supplies and equipment from various military planes in different operational contexts.

During an agile combat employment joint force exercise, members from the 151st Air Refueling Wing unload a Polaris Military RZR from a KC-135R Stratotanker on Sept. 8, 2022 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. This exercise will develop new operational concepts, capabilities and plans to bolster deterrence and maintain the U.S. militarys competitive advantage for the future.

DF-ST-88-03819. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Country: Honduras (HND)

During an agile combat employment joint force exercise, members from the 151st Air Refueling Wing unload a Polaris Military RZR from a KC-135R Stratotanker on Sept. 8, 2022 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. This exercise will develop new operational concepts, capabilities and plans to bolster deterrence and maintain the U.S. militarys competitive advantage for the future.

030403-F-5098W-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

030501-F-2185F-003. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force personnel from the 86th Air Operational Support Squadron, using a forklift, offload equipment and supplies from a C-130E Hercules, assigned to the 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany, at Abidjan Relix/Houphounet/Boigny International Airport, Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Operation Assured Lift, is a 17- day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force. Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Cote D' Ivoire (CIV)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Hail puts booties on US Air Force pilot Lieutenant Jaff Cain, as he exits his F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, after an Alarm red, at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05038. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army vehicles destined for Fort Polk, La. and Operation Cooperate Nugget are loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy at Salina Airport, Kan. The C-5 is participating in Patriot Express '95 a 4th Air Force, Air Force Reserve exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT EXPRESS '95COOPERATE NUGGET Base: Salina Airport State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

USAF personnel at McGuire AFB, New Jersey use a heavy forklift to position a portable container near the rear cargo door of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft from Travis AFB, California before the aircraft deploys to Southwest Asia, in support of operation DESERT FOX. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOX Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath, England, upload ammunition into the gun system of an F-15E Eagledeployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy on 23 Feb. 96 in support of Operation Decisive Edge. Subject Operation/Series: DECISIVE EDGE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Airmen load Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs on an F-111A aircraft during Exercise Brim Frost '81. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 432nd Wing/ 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing maintain an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 11, 2024. No matter the weather our maintainers are prepared to keep our mission to deter and defeat Americas adversaries going.

DN-SC-85-06291. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SRA Daniel Eilers, structural repair specialist from 651st Combat Logistics Support Squadron (CLSS), Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, repairs a hole in the fuselage of a retired A-7 aircraft being used for Aircraft Battle Damage Repair (ABOR) exercise. The ABDR exercise if part of the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Wing prepare a KC-135R Stratotanker for a training flight on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 21, 2022. The 108th Wing's principal mission is air refueling for Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft as well as aircraft of allied nations.

United States Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion heavy lift helicopter showing window gunner and .50 caliber machine gun, Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 and 3d Marine Division load equipment onto a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules during an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force drill on Okinawa, Japan, initiating the deployment of the divisions Forward Command Element participating in KAMANDAG 6 in the Philippines, Sept. 27, 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.

030421-F-0193C-009. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Dan Focht places a cover on the nose of an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile mounted on the wing pylon of a 53rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle aircraft. The aircraft has just completed a mission during Operation Deny Flight, the enforcement of the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

040115-F-9105A-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773 Detachment A, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, conduct maintenance on an AH-1Z Viper during exercise Gunslinger 22 at Salina, Kansas on June 20, 2022. Routine aircraft maintenance is required to ensure the aircraft is operating within optimal flight conditions.

020421-F-7203T-001. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Steve Roeper, 107th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons load crew two man, performs a rack inspection and cleaning on an A-10 Thunderbolt at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2011. The A-10 can employ a wide variety of conventional muntions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs and others.

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is manually loaded aboard a C-5A Galaxy aircraft during Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Squadron is refueled on the ground from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The aircraft was "captured" during the joint US/South Koren Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Hoeng Sang Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK)

011128-F-9186F-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

161st Air Refueling Wing service members unload material from a KC-135 Stratotanker to be used to make protective gowns for statewide use April 9, 2020 at Goldwater Air National Guard Base, Phoenix. The delivery is part of the Arizona National Guards response to community needs during this state of emergency

980312-F-7910D-004. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

DF-ST-85-10886. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

U.S. Army soldiers from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, arrive to Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of flood relief efforts, Sept. 1. The 16th CAB also brought two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters along with personnel.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman McKenna Hensel is working hard maintaining a KC-135 Stratotanker at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, August 2, 2022. Maintainers are crucial to the success of the Air Force mission.

DF-ST-87-13128. Subject Operation/Series: AMALGHAM CHIEF '87-1 Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030309-F-5712B-023. Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tyelor Henderson, assigned to the 525th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, prepares to transfer ordnance while competing in a timed F-22 Raptor load crew competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 7, 2022. Load crew competitions provide the 3rd Maintenance Groups weapons loaders an opportunity to showcase their speed and efficiency, while honing teamwork as an integral component of the U.S. Air Forces Fly, Fight, Win mantra. Henderson is from Kansas City, Mo.

120703-N-QM601-027ARABIAN SEA (July 3, 2012) Lance Cpl. Matthew Brady washes an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 (Reinforced) on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima, the flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Giant cargo is being loaded aboard a C-5A Galaxy aircraft with the aid of a Navy tractor during a test. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

As darkness falls, Loadmasters from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-252 (VMGR-252) guide a 10K forklift into position. They are unloading their KC-130/R on the ramp at the Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-252

Staff Sgt. Donoven Wright, 43rd Fighter Generation Squadron, completes his electronic check list during the units weapons load crew competition Oct. 28 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Two teams competed to see who could load an AIM-120 and an AIM-9 onto their F-22 Raptor the fastest and with the fewest errors. The team pictured won the quarterly competition.

U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 load ordnance on an F-18C Hornet on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 28, 2022. The Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 and MFAS 112 performed the ordnance load to maintain proficiency standards and for unit cohesion for upcoming exercises. (Senior Airman Michael S. Murphy)

Tech. Sgt. Edgardo Lopez, an aircraft mechanic, and Tech. Sgt. Victor Jimenez, a non-destructive tester, assigned to the Puerto Rico Air National Guards 156th Airlift Wing conduct a sway brace inspection on a C-130 E aircraft they and their fellow airmen are working on at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base in Cheyenne. Twenty two PRANG maintenance crewmen are using the WyoGuard hangar while the Wyoming airmen are deployed and the Puerto Rican base is in disrepair following Hurricane Maria.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ralph Salvina, a crew chief from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, removes parts of the front landing gear from an F-16C Fighting Falcon on Aug. 21, 2014 at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. The landing gear assembly on this F-16 is undergoing routine scheduled maintenance.

030410-F-1389C-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

DF-ST-89-07816. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United States Marine Corps aircraft maintainers install a new engine on an F/A-18D Hornet at Kuantan Air Base, Malaysia.

MASTER Sergeant Gregory King, US Air Force (USAF), (right), 445th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Wright Patterson, AFB, Ohio, and Technical Sergeant Glenn Holly, USAF, 62nd AGS, McChord AFB, Washington, position an engine cart before swapping a Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engine on a C-141 Starlifter at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

030308-F-5171M-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A left front view of an F-15A Eagle aircraft undergoing chemical warfare maintenance in a tab-vee shelter. The aircraft is assigned to the 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1ST Tactical Fighter Wing, involved in exercise SIDEWINDER II. Subject Operation/Series: SIDEWINDER II Base: Amsterdam Country: Holland / Netherlands (HOL)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conduct a routine inspection of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. The 6th AMXS conducts regular safety and performance inspections to ensure the KC-135 is fit to fly at a moments notice.

010412-N-7575B-001. Base: Uss Constellation (CV 64) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Constellation (CV 64)

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is off loaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft during Reforger '82. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

030421-F-9528H-009. Country: Unknown

Senior Airman Grace Tupper, a crew chief with the 172nd Maintenance Group, Jackson, Mississippi, inspects a C-17 Globemaster III engine after an aerial refueling training sortie at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, July 12, 2022. Members of the 183rd Airlift Squadron, 172nd Maintenance Group, and the 186th Air Refueling Wing recently returned from Hawaii after taking part in training that flexed the skills required to keep the 172nd Airlift Wings global mission running smoothly. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bounds.

DF-ST-89-04727. Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST 88 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05538. Subject Operation/Series: FUERZAS UNIDAS PERU Base: Pisco Air Base Country: Peru (PER)

030125-F-2185F-003. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041103-F-5494H-012. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020410-F-6911G-013. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

240126-N-ED228-1049 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 26, 2024) Lt. Cmdr. Chelsea Murphy, from Fredericksburg, Va., performs maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations conducting advanced tactical training that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains.

050101-F-9232E-105. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port flight and 22nd Airlift Squadron look over the load plan as they prepare to load an F/A-18 Super Hornet onto a C-5 Galaxy on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2011. This marked the first time ever that a U.S. fighter jet had been successfully loaded into a cargo aircraft for transport back to the United States. After months of coordination and planning, senior leaders at the Navys Naval Air Forces and the Air Forces Air Mobility Command approved a plan to transport the aircraft back to its home station at Naval Air Station North Island near San Diego, Calif.

041112-F-9528H-011. Base: Biggs Army Airfield State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ordnancemen prepare to upload a bomb on an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

Jeeps, trucks and other equipment are loaded aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft for the trip home at the conclusion of exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

After each airdrop, the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) is refilled with Phoschek and charged with compressed air. The aft end of the aircraft is then washed to prevent retardant build up and metal corrosion on the aircraft. State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Company (CLC) 21 and U.S. Airmen with 16th Airlift Squadron load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Oct. 18, 2022. U.S. Marines and Airmen loaded the HIMARS onto the aircraft during Exercise Rolling Thunder 23-1, a live-fire artillery event that tested 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Divisions ability to operate in a littoral environment against a simulated peer-level threat. CLC-21 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, the logistics combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Packages are loaded aboard a Fleet Logistic Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30) C-2A Greyhound carrier on-board delivery (COD) aircraft for delivery during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF Sergeant Glenn Rehr, a crew chief from the 492nd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, checks the components of an F-15E Strike Eagle landing gear prior to aircraft's take off. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DF-ST-85-12640. Subject Operation/Series: NIGHT TRAIN/GLOBAL SHIELD '84 Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-03429. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the 8th Security Police Squadron, clad in chemical warfare gear, prepare to perform F-4 Phantom II aircraft decontamination maintenance during exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Army crewmembers perform maintenance in the rotor compartment of a MH-47D Chinook medium lift helicopter of the 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment in front of the island of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) during Fleet Exercise 2-94. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EXERCISE 2-94 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Israel Morales, 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit dedicated crew chief, performs post-flight maintenance on an F-15C Eagle on Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, prior to the start of Exercise Pitch Black 2022 on Aug. 15, 2022. Six F-15s assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, arrived in Darwin this week to participate in PB22, the RAAF Chief of Air Forces biennial capstone international engagement activity with forces drawn from a wide range of regional, coalition and allied nations.

U.S. Air Force Airmen support the return of a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 26, 2024. The aircraft and Airmen, deployed from Minot AFB, North Dakota, were deployed in support of a routine Bomber Task Force mission. The Department of Defense remains fully committed to defense and deterrence of any actors that would look to undermine or threaten our shared interests. Air Force

B-52 Crew Chiefs from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing (EW) open the engine covers on a B-52 Stratofortress bomber, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: 60th Air Expeditionary Group

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 914th Air Refueling Wing, NY, prepare a KC-135 Stratotanker for takeoff August 29, 2022 on the flightline at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Stratotanker and crew were on a temporary deployment to support the Pacific Air Forces with refueling capabilities.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Scrat Pridgen, left, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron director of operations, provides a tour of the U-2 Dragon Lady to Gen. James B. Hecker, right, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, recognizes at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, July, 18, 2022. During his first visit to the 501st Combat Support Wing as the USAFE-AFAFRICA commander, Hecker met with several Airmen and received briefings about the wings mission and capabilities.

An aviation boatswain's mate refuels an F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

DF-ST-89-06868. Country: Unknown

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Janet Sowemimo, from London, England, assigned to the "Bear Aces" of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 124, cleans the propellors of an E-2D Hawkeye in the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) hangar bay, March 26, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale.

040225-F-4987A-003. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacaf

DF-ST-85-05212. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-09674. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX IV Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM) are mounted to the wing of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft. Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-85-06290. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

240209-N-ML137-1059 YAP, Federated States of Micronesia (Feb. 9, 2024) A pallet of donated books is offloaded from a KC-130 Hercules, attached to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 153 (VMGR-153), onto a forklift at the Yap State International Airport, Feb. 9. Joint Region Marianas coordinated the delivery of school books, which were donated through Pedro C. Lujan Elementary School via the Ayuda Foundation. The 30th Naval Construction Regiment, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, 734th Air Mobility Squadron, VMGR-153, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, Yap State Department of Education, Yap State Department of Youth and Civic Affairs, and U.S. Army Pacific's Federated States of Micronesia Oceania Engagement Team supported the effort. Navy

Aerospace Audiovisual Service video cameraman, SSGT Mark Rich, videotapes the munitions handling personnel working with 250LB hard bombs. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Chief Master Sgt. Johnny Moritz, aircraft Mx superintendent and Master Sgt. Jeff Holomon, loadmaster, assigned to Wyoming Air National Guards 153rd Airlift Wing, prepare one of two Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 H aircraft for their Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems mission, April 12 at the WyANG Base in Cheyenne. MAFFS 1 and 3 were readied in preparation of annual recertification training, happening next week in Boise, Idaho. MAFFS is a self-contained aerial firefighting system owned by the U.S. Forest Service that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than 5 seconds. The Wyoming Air National Guard has been flying its C-130H aircraft in MAFFS missions since 1975 and currently provides 25 percent of the Department of Defenses MAFFS capability.

Weapons specialists, MASTER Sergeant Kenney Stevenson, Technical Sergeant Sean O'hara, and STAFF Sergeant Jeremy Pow, all members of the 169th Fighter Wing (FW) of the South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Station, load AGM-65 Maverick missiles. The 169th FW is deployed to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to participate in Combat Hammer. It's flying squadron, the 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), is one of several units operating in this 'live-fire' weapons testing mission. The 157th FS will fire AGM-88 Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and AGM-65G Maverick missiles to test their pilots abilities, their unit tactics, and the effectiveness of missile systems. Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT HAMMER Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041109-F-1789V-150. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class (AO3) Scott Nimitz is shown checking the serial number on a AIM-9L Sidewinder missile on the wing pylon of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Georgia Air National Guardsmen from the 165th Maintenance Group engine and propulsion shop work on the flight line to change the thrust nut seal located behind one of the NP-2000 propellers of a C-130 Hercules after it was found to have a leak on July 5, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia. This is not a job they have to do often, so it gave Airmen who work in the shop full-time the opportunity to train some of those who were here for their annual training on the tasks involved in changing out the seal.

030926-F-6449C-003. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Palmer South Korea....A plane director guides C-130 Hercules aircraft to parking spaces on the flight line at Yeo Ju airstrip, where Korean Marines will be offloaded during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '84. OFFICIAL U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO (RELEASED)AVAILABLE ON CD. Country: Unknown

France, Normandy, Cherbourg, La Cité De La Mer, the nuclear submarine 'Le Redoutable'

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Rick Omang, a C-21 pilot assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Operations Group, conducts a pre-flight inspection prior to a combat operations mission over Southwest Asia July 26, 2009. Lt. Col. Omang is deployed from the 177th Airlift Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard.

DF-ST-87-07684. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

A US Navy Sailor assigned to Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department on board the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) prepares an engine for evaluation in the aft engine test cell, during flight operations. An A-6 Intruder assigned to the "Sunday Punchers" of Attack Squadron Seven Five (VA-75) makes a final approach during an arrested landing in the background. Enterprise is participating in Combined Joint Task Force Exercise (CJTFEX) '96, as part of a multinational force of over 50,000 Soldiers, Sailors, AIRMAN and Marines from Canada, Britain and the United States. Subject Operation/Series: CJTFEX '96 Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

An Airman from the 79th Rescue Generation Squadron repairs an engine at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, 18 May, 2022. The RGS provides maintenance support to the 79th Rescue Squadrons's HC-130J Combat King IIs.

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