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
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
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030404-F-6682K-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF
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Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on January 12, 2010, at 4:53 pm EST. In Response March Air Reserve Base, Calif., becomes the staging area for relief workers search and rescue teams to assemble supplies, personell and equipment for a C-17 Globemaster III flight to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. The aircraft is assigned to the 60th Air Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., The aircraft will arrive on Thursday Jan 14th, 2010.
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AIRMAN Recruit James Gilligan (left) moves an AIM-54C Phoenix long range air-to-air missile to a weapons elevator for transfer to the flight deck. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) is conducting operations in the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq in support of operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: At Sea
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Parents and children from the 48th Fighter Wing gather around an F-15E Strike Eagle during a Bring your Child to Work Day hosted by the 492nd Fighter Squadron, at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 13, 2022. Some of the events included a visit to Aircrew Flight Equipment, a tour of the flight control tower, and the opportunity to try out flight simulators.
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DF-ST-89-05952. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 495th Fighter Squadron from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, (insert action here) after landing for Tactical Leadership Programme 22-3 at Los Llanos Air Base, Spain, Sept. 15, 2022. This marks the first time USAFE based F-35s have attended TLP, showcasing the capabilities of the fifth-generation fighter to NATO allies.
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020104-F-1005J-018. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
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060124-A-7969G-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4BGECA
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An MQ-9A Reaper with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 1, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, sits inside of a hangar at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 28, 2022. This MQ-9A was deployed to MCAS Miramar, California to demonstrate the ability for 3rd MAW to self-deploy the MQ-9A over long distances to advanced bases.
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24 July 2001 - STAFF Sergeant Michael Fairbanks, 36th Fighter Squadron Weapons, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea guides AIRMAN First Class Roselyn Vaughan driving an MJ1 weapons lift truck with a AIM 120 Air to Air missile detached from an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Exercise BEVERLY MIDNIGHT. The exercise is designed to test people's ability to carry out their wartime tasking, air base ground defense, and ability to recover after attacks. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY MIDNIGHT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF
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A view of a Mark 82 500-pound high-drag bomb being shown as part of a 509th Bomb Group FB-111A aircraft static display. Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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USA, New Mexico, White Sands Missle Range: Patriot Ground to Air Missle & Launcher White Sands Missle Range Museum
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Radar Set (RS). The Patriot Radar Set is sombre all functions of the Nike and Hawk radars in a single device: tracking, identifying and following targets, as well as steering rockets.
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DF-ST-86-12024. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Airmen assigned to the 4th Munitions Squadron participates in an annual load crew competition at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, on Feb. 23, 2024. Every year, a load crew from each unit goes head-to-head in a competition that tests their dress and appearance, weapons knowledge and speed and accuracy of loading munitions on an F-15E Strike Eagle. Air Force
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U.S. Airmen work on the aerial refueling boom of a KC-10 Extender at Travis Air Force Base, California, April 12, 2022. To ensure rapid global mobility, maintainers work to ensure the aircraft is kept mission capable 24-hours a day.
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DF-ST-85-11966. Base: Wallace Air Station Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Machine Gun on Deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt
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A truck carrying equipment for a forward arming and refueling point delivers supplies to the airfield during Steel Knight 23 on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 30, 2022. The exercise provides 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing with the opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver.
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A close-up view of a 74th Tactical Control Squadron satellite communications facility set up to communicate with deployed units in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Ballistic Aerial Target System (BATS) missiles are prepared for launching during Marine Corps target operations. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Lifting chains are attached to a BDU-45/B 500-pound practice bomb on a pallet in the weapons assembly area aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
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DN-ST-87-10950. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)
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U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, drive a tactical vehicle onto the USNS Seay (T-AKR-302) during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 26, 2022. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enables the U.S. Marine Corps Central Command and U.S. Central Command to receive and employ forces and resources rapidly in the region through a growing network of western geographic access and staging points.
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A bomb is strapped and secured at the 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, July 30, 2022. With their expertise and coordination as a team, Airmen in the 386th EAMXS are able to build a bomb approximately every 10 minutes.
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Andrew Dasilva, 8th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ramp service specialist, deployed to a base in Southwest Asia, loads a C-17 Globemaster III with Container Delivery System bundles here Sept. 23, 2009. The CDS bundles, full of supplies for U.S. Marines, will be dropped to a base in Afghanistan.
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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Raul Figueroa, assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), works near the tail of a KC-135R Stratotanker during sub-zero tempratures, at Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND). (Substandard image). Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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020410-F-6911G-001. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH 2002 Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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A Air Mobility Command C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing (AFRES), March AFB, California is downloaded, using a forklift, of relief goods for the refugees who fled the civil war in Rwanda at the Goma Airport. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Austin Mooney, 305th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, removes a panel during the final KC-10 Extender inspection at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 10, 2023. This final inspection marked a significant milestone in the 305th Air Mobility Wings history, as they have fully converted to the KC-46A Pegasus. This represents a new chapter in air-to-air refueling capabilities for the Joint Force.
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THIRTEEN DAYS WHICH SHOCKED THE WORLD (2000) -Original title: THIRTEEN DAYS-, directed by ROGER DONALDSON.
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010925-F-9528H-004. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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United States Air Force personnel from the 623rd Aerial Port Squadron load supplies onto a Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft on the flightline at Ramstein Air Base Germany. The supplies will be transported to Tuzla Air Base in Bosina and Herzegovina by the 50th Airlift Squadron, out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, in support of Operation Joint Guard. United States Air Force personnel from the 623rd Aerial Port Squadron load supplies onto a Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft on the flightline at Ramstein Air Base Germany. The supplies will be transported to Tuzla Air Base in Bosina and Herzegovina by the 50th Airlift Squadron, out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, in support of Operation Joint Guard.
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APRA HARBOR, Guam -- Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) load a MK 67 submarine launched mobile mine (SLMM) onto Annapolis, May 4. Annapolis will be conducting maritime operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to maintain a safe and open Indo-Pacific.
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KEY WEST, Fla. (April 23, 2013) Lt. Cmdr. Chris Kell and Lt. Cmdr. Jason McCoy, operations planners for the U.S. 4th Fleet, inspect a Puma AE unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will be tested aboard the Military Sealift Command high speed vessel Swift (HSV 2) as a potential detection and monitoring platform for Operation Martillo counter transnational organized crime operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility.
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Senior Airman Kelsey Underhile, 34th Fighter Generation Squadron weapons crew member, prepares to load a GBU-12 paramount onto an F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft during the Weapons Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, April 14, 2022. Monthly competitions provide an opportunity for load crews to earn their spot in the quarterly competitions.
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A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is offloaded from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)
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Sgt. Neal Naputo, a native of Zambales, Philippines, prepares to launch an unmanned aerial vehicle at Camp Taji, northwest of Iraq, Nov. 15. Naputo is the oldest of six children. Prior to joining the Army, he worked as a commercial spear fisherman. His hobbies consist of chess playing, where he once was a member of the All-Army Chess team, and playing guitar at the Tigris River Chapel. He serves as a technician for the Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems Platoon assigned to Troop D "Diamondback," 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment "Strykehorse," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
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DF-ST-88-10252. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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041109-F-1740G-007. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)
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A flight crewman from a Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter approaches the driver of an Air Force M-13K rough terrain forklift. The helicopter is picking up supplies that will be taken to U.S. military personnel who have been stranded at outlying locations as troops loyal to the Filipino government battle to crush an attempted coup by rebel factions within the Filipino armed forces. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Tech. Sgt. Tyler Borgstrom, 31st Maintenance Squadron crashed, damaged or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) noncommissioned officer in charge, right, and Tech. Sgt. Brian Martin, 31st MXS transient alert NCOIC, supervise a bag lift during a CDDAR training at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Oct. 20, 2022. The CDDAR section is responsible for safely and efficiently repairing and relocating damaged aircraft.
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Pallets of cargo await loading aboard a 435th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130E Hercules aircraft at Luxembourg International Airport in preparation for transportation to West Germany during Exercise Reforger '90. The plane will be loaded while its engines continue to run (engine running onload), a process which promotes rapid deployment of cargo and personnel. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '90 Base: Luxembourg International Airport Country: Luxembourg (LUX)
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011012-F-1732R-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE/AMC/ARMYEUROPE
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An Air Force Services member from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing writes a message on a bomb that was downloaded from the Motor Vessel (MV) "MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher" cargo ship at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, Diego Garcia, during Operation Enduring Freedom. The bombs will be loaded up onto B-1 Lancers and B-52 Stratofortress for missions into Afghanistan in support of 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: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT) Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW
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DN-ST-86-01554. Base: Kiev Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)
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British Crewmen move a Royal Navy FA-2 Sea Harrier onto the flight deck elevator of the Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS (RO 6). The British vessel is operating in the Persian Gulf in support of the Southwest Asia build-up. Base: Hms Illustrious (RO 6)
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China, Beijing, Military Museum. A missile is displayed outside the museum.