Military Aircraft Operations

Images showcasing military aircraft maintenance and loading operations, featuring personnel working on various military planes and heavy equipment in action.

A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, is loaded into a KC-130J Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, to execute a HIMARS Rapid Infiltration during Integrated Training Exercise 2-24, at the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 10, 2024. The HIRAIN exercise demonstrated I Marine Expeditionary Forces ability to rapidly deploy the HIMARS to meet and deter any threats. ITX ensures units are ready to fight tonight as a I MEF Marine Air-Ground task force. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Owen Lawton, 357th Fighter Generation Squadron weapon armament technician, transports a crate containing air-to-ground missiles at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 13, 2022. Once the flying schedule calls for live munitions on flying sorties, aircraft are positioned at LOLA and weapons load crews are dispatched to perform the live loading operations.

020602-F-5407T-426. Base: Channel Islands Ang Station State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The SA-2 Guideline air defense system View of the SA-2 Guideline air defense system Copyright: xZoonar.com/LeonardoxBrigantix 9350849

An ordnanceman uses a forklift to move pallets of 500-pound bombs during an ammunition offload from the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1). Base: Earl State: New Jersey(NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-04881. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Swedish close protection team soldiers, assigned to Military Region North, provide supervision and security for incoming U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 321 Field Artillery Regiment to support efforts in the rapid deployment of U.S. Army long-range precision fires during Nordic Strike 22, at Vidsel Test Range, Sweden, Sept. 27, 2022. Nordic Strike 22 is a bilateral field artillery live-fire exercise in which U.S. Army Europe and Africa provides ready, combat-credible forces for its Swedish partner, that exercises multi-domain capabilities while enhancing readiness and lethality to defend against near-peer adversaries.

041110-F-1789V-225. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Rescue equipment bound for Japan is moved to a C-17 Globemaster III March 12, 2011, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron prepared 14 pallets of technical search-and-rescue gear, including inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear is being transported by C-17 to provide assistance after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan March 11, 2011.

011017-F-7910D-006. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command

A security policeman from Headquarters Strategic Air Command stand by as equipment is offloaded from a C-5 Galaxy aircraft during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL SHIELD '84 Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On the C-141 cargo aircraft flight line, SRA Chad E. Nixon (left) and SRA Sean Ames from the 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron adjust the tie down chains on one of the 437th Airlift Wing's C-141 Starlifter. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040327-F-0629H-003. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen from the 191st Maintenance Squadron, prepare to lift the nose of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a training exercise at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Aug. 13. The 191st MXS performed an exercise in which they simulated a KC-135 had damaged nose gear and a crane was needed to move the aircraft to a safe location for repair.

U.S. Air Force personnel load Humvees onto a Boeing 747 at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Oct. 16, 2022. To further strengthen rapid global mobility efforts, Airmen, Soldiers, and civilian personnel worked collectively to inspect and load essential equipment bound for U.S. European Command.

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is weighed and systems checked after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A RQ-4 Global hawk is moved on the flight line on Grand Forks Air Force Base Sept. 19. The Global Hawk covers intelligence collection capability to support forces in worldwide peace, crisis, and wartime operations. The capabilities of the aircraft allow more precise targeting of weapons and better protection of forces through superior surveillance capabilities.

A U.S. Air Force forklift driver moves pallets of sacks of wheat flour in preparation for loading onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft which will fly into Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina on a relief mission. The three-year-old relief effort has been able to resume their relief mission after a five month hold due to aircraft receiving ground fire over Sarajevo. The C-130 crews fly two missions a day into the Sarajevo airport dropping off approximately 30 metric tons of wheat flour to the besieged residents. The personnel are attached to the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Ancona Country: Italy (ITA)

040824-F-1740G-002. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Crewman exit an E-3A AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft upon their return from a mission as part of exercise Bright Star '83. Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

DF-ST-87-00599. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Interior right side front view medium shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Strickland and Technical Sergeant Chris Weber of the 305 Aerial Port Squadron, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, load equipment onto McGuire's C-141 Starlifter on May 12, 2000 during the Rodeo 2000 readiness competition. During the one week competition, more than 100 teams and 2,500 personnel from over 300 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, U.S. Army units, and foreign nations will compete in airdrops, cargo loading, refueling, pre-flight, combat endurance, combat tactics, as well as other air and ground operations (Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, US Army units, foreign nations, air drops, .... Complete Scene Caption: Interior right side front view medium shot as US Air Force Senior Airman Michael Strickland and Technical Sergeant Chris Weber of the 305 Aerial Port Squadron, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, load equipment onto McGuire's C-141 Starlifter on May 12, 2000 during the Rodeo 2000 readines

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft arrives at the airport with Sea Bees and their equipment from Naval Beach Group One of Coronado, CA. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Three airmen from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron secure a pair of Mark 60 CAPTOR (encapsulated torpedo) anti-submarine mines on a skid during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection. Subject Operation/Series: GHOST WARRIOR Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 314th Aerial Port Squadron move a pallet of cargo from a forklift onto a K-loader. The pallet will be loaded on a 314th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft that is poarticipating in an operational readiness inspection (ORI) during Ocean Venture '92. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030321-F-0365G-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

DF-ST-89-07578. Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation, Davenport, Iowa, prepares to maneuver into position to pick up cement bags in a cargo net from a flatbed semi-trailer. The resupply mission is in support of the combined military/humanitarian Exercise NEW HORIZON'97, Guyana, South America. Timehri International Airport, GUY, 14 July 1997. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Timehri International Airport Country: Guyana (GUY)

DF-ST-88-07168. Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-08663. Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011005-F-6187R-002. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster is off-loaded on the ramp at Tirana's airport in Albania with a case M13K forklift and an aircraft, flatbed cargo loader. The C-17 and other Air Force aircraft (not shown) are currently involved in Operation Sustain Hope, the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia. Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Country: Unknown

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jimmy Pauling (left) and US Air Force Technical Sergeant Randy Titus, weapons loaders from the weapons standardization section, 48th Operations Group, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, prepare to load an AIM-120 AMRAAM advanced medium-range air-to-air missile. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-08485 or search 010119-F-4177H-005). Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

General-purpose Bombs USS George Washington (CVN 73) US Navy

Maintenance personnel stand by to re-load an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft during a surge test, part of Operation Red Flag. Base: Barstow-Daggett Airport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crew chiefs with the 5th Bomb Wing prepare a b-52H Stratofortress pylon for an upcoming payload at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Nov. 29, 2022. The B-52 is capable of carrying a payload of up to 70,000 pounds.

Senior Airman Anthony Bianco and Staff Sgt. Anthony Verterano, aerospace propulsion technicians assigned to the 910th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, confirm propeller lock positions, Jan. 17, 2023, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. A 910th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules aircraft was grounded by an Air Mobility Command time compliance technical order on Sept. 27, 2022, while conducting an aerial spray mission at MHAFB. Bianco and Verterano were part of a maintenance recovery team dispatched by the 910th Airlift Wing to inspect and repair the C-130 for its return to service and trip home.

Members of Co. C, 268th Attack Helicopter Bn., Fort Lewis, Wash., guide an AH-1 Cobra helicopter into a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE). Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020924-F-2095R-005. Base: Louis Trichardt Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF)

U.S. Airmen from the 151st Air Refueling Maintenance Group and 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) load a Polaris Military RZR onto a KC-135R Stratotanker at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, Utah, in preparation for a joint force exercise being held at Dugway Proving Ground on Sept. 1, 2022. The exercise is designed to challenge the status quo and allow the U.S. military to improve strategies against their greatest competitors.

M-117 Bombs US Air Force

Airmen of 176th Wing load boxes containing prescription drugs onto a 211th Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II Nov. 6, 2018, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, for transport to Spokane, Washington, for incineration. Airmen of 176th Wing, members of the Alaska National Guard Counterdrug Support Program, and special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration joined forces in the effort of transporting more than 4,000 pounds of prescription drugs turned in during Alaskas biannual prescription drug takeback.

220813-N-XB010-1005 Philippine Sea (Aug. 13, 2022) Lance Corporal Clifton Brown, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), affixes a chain to an M777 towed 155 mm Howitzer cannon in the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) main vehicle storage area. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 18, 2016) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) transport an M-46 Torpedo. Stout is currently deployed as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group.

Marines from Fixed Wing Attack Squadron 513, Aviation Ordnance, load 500 pound MK 84 inert training bombs onto a AV-8B Harrier II Jump Jet during Weapons and Tactics Instructions Class (WTI) 2-99. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040806-F-3488S-007. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

A view of a continuous wave acquisition radar station in use during exercise BRIM FROST '83. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '83 Base: Fort Wainwright State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cargo headed to Haiti for earthquake relief efforts is loaded on a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft Jan. 15, 2010 at MacDill Air Force Base Fla.

An Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter from Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation Davenport, Iowa sits on the ramp at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, Guyana. The plane is prepared for loading on a C-5 and then transported back to its home base in the United States. The Chinook was in Guyana to support New Horizon '97, the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Cheddi Jagan Intl Airport State: Temehri Country: French Guiana (GUF)

An M-113A2 rolls out of a U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifter and onto the ramp at the airport near Kampala, Uganda. The air crew from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, WA., delivered the M-113A2 which was one of the first to be delivered to United Nations troops in Uganda for use in the peacekeeping efforts underway in neighboring Rwanda. Ground crews from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron at Dover AFB, DE., are responsible for off loading and taking care of the equipment until it is handed over to the UN. Subject Operation/Series: UGANDA AIRLIFT Base: Entebbe International Airport Country: Uganda (UGA)

041112-F-0881Z-021. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-12392. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

110521-N-GL340-136 ARABIAN GULF (May 21, 201) Marines assigned to the Death Rattlers of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 146 prepare to load ordnance onto an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and will be conducting close-air support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

Attack helicopter rear view

030905-F-8155K-010. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Lesly Mendoza, a weapons loader assigned to the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, inspects an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft after arrival at Lielvārde Air Base, located in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, May 14, 2022, for support and training while participating in DEFENDER-Europe 22. DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within U.S. European Command's Large Global Scale Exercise construct taking place in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africa's ability to conduct large scale ground combat operations across multiple theatres in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy.

Fighter planes at an air base, M-117 Bombs, US Air Force

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 24 conduct a live demonstration of the inflation of a survival life raft, Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, March 10, 2023. The purpose of this demonstration was to teach Marines with MAG-24 the proper way to use the survival life raft in an emergency situation.

Weapon loaders prepare the main body warhead and tail section of a laser guided bomb prior to being loaded onto aircraft for NATO airstrikes against the Bosnian Serbs. Subject Operation/Series: DELIBERATE FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

960826-F-2829R-009. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

040225-F-4987A-023. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacaf

CAPT. Jim Fairhust, right, an F-4E Phantom II aircraft pilot with the 51st Tactical Fighter Wing, hand-flys some maneuvers with a weapons system officer prior to boarding his aircraft. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

An overview of a Stryker from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment coming off the MV Green Lake during a vehicle downloading event January 30, 2024 at the port of Pohang, Republic of Korea. The 3rd Cavalry Regiment will replace the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division as part of a regular rotation of forces to support the United States Commitment to the ROK. Units designated as a Korea Rotational Force, or KRF, serve a nine-month tour of duty.

DN-SN-89-04653. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point Country: Philippines (PHL)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Monzon, a 77th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron weapons load crew member conducts pre-flight inspections, prior to launching an F-16 Fighting Falcon sortie from Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Weapons load crews ensure safe munitions loading and maintain launch and release devices on aircraft enabling aircraft to carry out combat patrol missions.

Soldiers leaving the Bundeswehr Airbus A400M aircraft, taken during the Bundeswehr exercise 'Fast Eagle' in Barth, 05.05.2022. The exercise 'Fast Eagle' simulates an evacuation of German citizens from a fictitious crisis country within a short time, Barth, Germany, Europe

Aviation machinist's mates inspect the port engine of an S-3A Viking aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

060823-N-9742R-071. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

Ground crewmen, in chemical warfare gear, prepare to load Mark 82 bombs onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

SINGAPORE (March 9, 2023) Boatswains Mate Seaman Deaundra Ingram, right, from Winston Salem, North Carolina, operates the Mobicon during a deck evolution in the mission bay aboard Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, March 9, 2023. Oakland, part of Destroyer Squadron 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with Allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Airmen stand by as an M-270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) as the vehicle moves toward a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The loading of the MLRS onto the plane will represent the first time that such artillery equipment has been placed aboard a Starlifter. The MLRS is assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, XVIII Airborne Corps. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

YB-17 Bomber, Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, May 1942

220430-N-EE352-1110 PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 30, 2022) Pilots prepare to enter an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), April 30. Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations in the Pacific Ocean.

AH-64 Apache Helicopter Gunship Undergoing Maintenance

100118-F-2034C-004A C-17 Globemaster III is loaded with 40 pallets of relief supplies Jan. 18, 2010 at Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, North Carolina before taking off for a humanitarian mission to Haiti. The C-17, from Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston South Carolina, will be conducting the first humanitarian airdrop mission over Haiti. U.S. Southern Command is deploying assets to Haiti to conduct search and rescue operations, damage assessments, and transitions sustained Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief operations in order to prevent human suffering and additional loss of life.

Two U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Squadron and 18th Logistic Readiness Squadron connect a hose to an MC-130J Commando II fuel tank during a forward area refueling point demonstration at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 14, 2024. The demonstration was an opportunity for 18th LRS FARP operators to train for Air Force Special Operations Command missions as well as joint and allied forces FARP mission requirements in contested environments. Air Force

Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force load a palette of bottled water and Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear gear into a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to be transported to Atsugi, Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, March 16. More than 140 cases of bottled water and CBRN gear will be delivered to Marines in mainland Japan. Marines and sailors from III MEF are actively providing support for foreign humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in mainland Japan. The name Tomodachi, which means friends” in Japanese, was chosen by the government of Japan.

041103-F-1830P-003. Base: Camp Militare Wsa State: Sanem Country: Luxembourg (LUX)

DF-ST-87-03467. Subject Operation/Series: CABANAS '86 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, load four AH-64D Apache helicopters onboard a C-5 Galaxy, to be transported to Morocco in support of African Lion 22, a U.S. Africa Command annual exercise on Saturday, June 18, 2022.The 1-211th ARB aircraft maintaniners prepped the aircraft for loading onto the C-5 by folding the blades and then members of the 151st Air Refueling Wing, Utah Air National Guard, assisted in loading and securing the helicopters on the C-5 from Travis Air Force Base, California, for transportation to Morocco.

AT SEA, Korea Strait (March 31, 2023) - U.S. Navy crash fire rescuemen assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) stand ready next to several MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during flight operations aboard the Makin Island, March 31, 2023. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the Makin Island and the amphibious transport docks USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Food and supplies are unloaded from a C-130 Hercules aircraft for delivery to survivors of a volcanic eruption in Almero. Country: Colombia (COL)

020104-F-1005J-002. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

USA, Florida, Leesburg, WW II military airplanes (Large format sizes available)

An Army CH-47 Chanook helicopter picks up detainees during a simulated Non-Combatant Evacuation scenario for exercise DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A ordnanceman of Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165) inspects Mark 82 500-pound high-drag bombs prior to loading them onto aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63). Country: Unknown

48th Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk is loaded into a C-5 Galaxy aircraft to be deployed along with more than 70 people (not shown) to Al Jabar, Kuwait, in support of Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Plane captains for Fighter Squadron 126 (VF-126), perform preflight checks on the TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Chris Lemons and US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Frank Decosta, members of "Panton Loadcrew 11" stationed at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, load a MK 84 bomb on a 35th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Kunsan's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The 8th Fighter Wing personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities as well as their ability to survive and operate during their ORI. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Airmen 1st Class Isabel Tapia, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew member, inspects CBU-103 munitions before loading them onto a B-1B Lancer in preparation for a Weapon System Evaluation Program at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 7, 2022. The B-1B's synthetic aperture radar is capable of tracking, targeting and engaging moving vehicles as well as self-targeting and terrain-following modes.

U.S. military personnel assigned to United States Central Command unload critical supplies off a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft in support of a USAID-led humanitarian mission at Sukkur Airport, Pakistan, Sep. 10, 2022. USAID leads the U.S. Government's international development and disaster assistance, helping people emerge from humanitarian crises, such as the catastrophic flooding currently plaguing Pakistan.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 13, 2014) Sailors assigned to the crash and salvage team practice rigging a damaged aircraft with the crash crane during flight deck drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is underway conducting sea trials.

An M-973 small unit support vehicle is unloaded from a C-130H Hercules aircraft at the Galbrieth Lake airstrip during exercise Brim Frost '87. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '87 Base: Galbrieth Lake State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-08060. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220623-N-TI693-1031GULF OF ADEN (June 23, 2022) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Jaqueline Wade, back left, from Memphis, Tennessee, and Airman Christopher Hopkins, from Los Angeles, place chocks and chains on a French Army SA 330 Puma aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), June 23, 2022. Hershel Woody Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Talavera la Real (Badajoz), 05/19/2021. Air Force Base, 23rd Wing. This base, which serves as advanced training for fighter and combat pilots, serves as headquarters for the North American-made PREDATOR B unmanned aircraft for surveillance and intelligence missions. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

DF-ST-90-00427. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Left front view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft with its nose opened for unloading during a reserve rescue exercise. Base: Phelps Collins Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

221206-N-FO714-1061PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 6, 2022) Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Maxwell Bohnert inspects sonobuoys loaded into an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Warlords of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) multi-purpose destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) during a bi-lateral anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise, Dec. 6. The U.S. Navy and JMSDF regularly fly, sail and operate together with other Allies and partners to promote security and stability throughout the region.

221128-N-UF592-1246 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 28, 2022) Sailors move cargo on the flight deck of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship, USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7), in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 28. Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific/Task Force 73 is the U.S. Navy's premiere maritime mobile logistics organization that supports the Seventh Fleet area of operations. Located to Southeast Asia COMLOG WESTPAC in conjunction with Military Sealift Command Far East, logistically supplies the U.S. Navy's deployed units in the Western Pacific along with regional Allies and partners. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports Alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

030323-F-7234P-015. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE and RSO&I Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Air Command Air Forces

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