Military Aircraft Operations

Photos of military aircraft logistics, including loading an Apache helicopter onto a C-17 and various aircraft maintenance activities.

U.S. Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and U.S. Soldiers upload an Apache helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 23, 2022. Aerial porters from the 386th ELRS and aviation specialists from the U.S. Army 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conducted relief in place/transfer of authority of Apache helicopters designated to the U.S. Army 101st Aviation Battalion.

U.S. Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and U.S. Soldiers upload an Apache helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 23, 2022. Aerial porters from the 386th ELRS and aviation specialists from the U.S. Army 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conducted relief in place/transfer of authority of Apache helicopters designated to the U.S. Army 101st Aviation Battalion.

040804-F-9753B-070. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A view of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program dish terminal mounted on a Navy aircraft carrier. Country: Unknown

Members of the 32nd Aeromedical Evacuation Group unload a pallet of cargo from a C-130 Hercules aircraft onto a loader during an aeromedical evacuation training exercise. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

British Land Rovers are offloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-5B Galaxy aircraft at Grootfontein Logistics Base. The equipment will be used by Finnish United Nations troops which will act as a peacekeeping force in Namibia. Country: Namibia (NAM)

DN-SC-04-15250. Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

Containerized Delivery Sytem (CDS) bundles containing supplies for U.S. scientists at McMurdo Station are lined up to be airdropped from the aft ramp of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft of the 63rd Military Airlift Wing. Country: Unknown

The submarine Hr.Ms. Walrus (ex-USS ICEFISH, 1953-1971) loading torpedoes.

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U.S.Air Force personnel from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., off load cargo from a Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., C-17 Globemaster III, Jan. 15, 2010, at the Port-au-Princce airport in support relief efforts to Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.

The twin Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft (AA) naval guns are surrounded by 3'/50 AA

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis McChord unloads cargo and Airmen participating in the Raging Gunfighter exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah May 17, 2022. Raging Gunfighter is an Air Combat Command exercise designed to simulate operating a Lead Wing from an Austere Environment. The purpose of this exercise is to prepare the 366th Fighter Wing for potential Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operations around the world.

A U.S. Air Force aerial porter assigned to the 721st Aerial Port Squadron, loads cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 7, 2022. The cargo supported Saber Junction 2022, the U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Brigades multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the unit to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations.

DN-SC-88-06164. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-08010. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from B Co. 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade participated in the 2nd Infantry Division ROK-U.S. Combined Division wet gap crossing on September 20-21, 2022 by sling loading sections of a pontoon bridge and lowering them into a river. A crew member looks through the center hatch of the CH-47F Chinook helicopter as it moves into position to release the sling loaded pontoon bridge section into a river.U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Frank Spatt

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 688th Rapid Port Opening Element, Fort Eustis, Va., board a U.S. Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of Haiti earthquake relief efforts at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Jan 16, 2010. The C-17 crew is from the 729th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., taking part in Operation Unified Response.

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Oct. 19, 2015) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Xavier Smith, from Tuscan, Ariz., from the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, dons a cloth-helmet assembly before entering the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2022) The forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6) test fires its close-in weapon system. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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.

An MK48 torpedo sits above crewmen's bunks aboard the USS TUCSON (SSN 770) during Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 Base: USS Tucson (SSN 770)

DN-SC-89-06723. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Interiors of a WW-II Bomber plane

060419-N-4097B-002. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

120403-N-NB694-022ARABIAN SEA (April 3, 2012) Aviation Machinists Mate Airman Kimberly Dean moves a jet engine in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

A view of the hatch and armor citadel of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB 62). The armor protecting the pilot house is more than 17 inches thick at this point. The NEW JERSEY is being towed from Bremerton, Washington, to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, where it will undergo reactivation/moderization construction. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-SC-89-06686. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle pilots prepare to fly a mission against targets in Yugoslavia, April 19, 1999. Members of the 494th Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. This image was shot through a Starlight System. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DF-ST-88-08032. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

030401-M-3843B-004. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 437th Airlift Wing, 628th Civil Engineer Squadrion, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., respond to training scenarios while taking part in an Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE), which was staged out of Gulfport, Miss., October 27, 2011. The ORE is intended to evaluate Joint Base Charleston's ability to "take the fight to the enemy" and objectively measure mission effectiveness.

041218-F-6911G-001. Base: Indian Springs, Nv. State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Storage Torpedoes A / B from the submarine Hr.Ms. Swordfish (1972-1994).

Aviation odnancemen use an HLU-196 bomb hoist to lift a Mark 84 2,000-pound bomb up to a pylon beneath the wing of an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during OPERATION DESERT STORM. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

030414-F-7194F-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Victory day in Russia army equipment show (focus point on center)

Detail of hub of proprotor assembly of a United States Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey during maintenance, Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

050905-N-1467R-012. State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tail View of an F-16 During Maintenance

A view of the Vulcan Phalanx Mark 15 20mm close-in weapons system aboard the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62). After recently completing renovations and modernization, the NEW JERSEY is undergoing sea trials and is scheduled to be reactivated in January of 1983. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Rangefinder in the Musee Memoire 39-45, WW2 museum in German Graf Spee naval artillery battery command post, Plougonvelin, Brittany, France, Europe

DA-ST-84-09226. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michale Herrera, 4th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a fuel truck onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Exercise Rainier War 22B at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2022. Rainier War is a semi-annual exercise designed to demonstrate the 62d Airlift Wing, 627th Air Base Group and 446th Airlift Wings ability to generate, employ and sustain operations.

A view of the communications center aboard the guided missile frigate RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG-60). The ship is 70 percent complete. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030209-F-9528H-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

040621-F-4441R-036. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force service members from the 305th Aerial Port Squadron, out of McGuire, AFB, New Jersey, load humanitarian supplies Friday, January 15th, 2010, onto a C-17A Globemaster from the 729th Airlift Squadron, out of March, Air Reserve Base, bound for the Port-au-Prince International Airport, Haiti. The C-17 and crew, both out of the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Reserve Base, are taking part in the massive international effort to assist in rescue, recovery and humanitarian efforts following a 7.0 earthquake. President Barack Obama ordered a swift and aggressive rescue effort. The January 12, 2010 quake, centered near the island nation's capital of Port-au-Prince, has left untold numbers of residents homeless, injured or dead.

110526-N-MD252-258PACIFIC OCEAN (May 26, 2011) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Rebecca Bell, assigned to the combat systems department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), troubleshoots an ultra high frequency antenna. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

DN-SC-89-06616. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A reentry vehicle collar is lowered into a silo as members of the 381st Strategic Missile Wing prepare for the first deactivation of a Titan II missile at McConnell. Base: Mcconnell Air Force Base State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron unload water pumps and hoses off a C-17 Globemaster III here March 30, 2011. The aircraft delivered 20,000 pounds of cooling equipment, in efforts supporting Operation Tomodachi.

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Madelyn Letendre (left), U.S. Air Force Academy cadet 2nd class, and Sam Mathis (right), U.S. Air Force Academy cadet 2nd class, center the 36th Airlift Squadrons C-130J Super Hercules flight trainer as part of Operation Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 28, 2022. Operation Air Force is a two week long academy summer program that sends cadets entering their third and fourth years of training to bases around the world to experience what active duty Airmen from all areas of expertise do to support the Department of Defense mission for U.S. Military Forces.

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kostiantyn Stanislavchuk watches an F-16 engine blast into an engine test cell March 22, 2023, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Test engines are sent to the Spangdahlem test cells periodically for in-depth inspections to ensure their reliability.

DN-SC-87-05672. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

U.S. Navy Sailors make their way down the ladderwells aboard USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) during a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure exercise, Philippine Sea, Aug. 7, 2022.This group of Sailors are designated at the prize crew, who commandeer the ship after the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force has cleared it.The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 26, 2013) Yeoman 2nd Justin Butts fires twin .50 caliber machine guns during a live-fire training exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD4). Boxer is underway conducting training off the coast of Southern California.

Submarine booth of the Friesland class. Command central.

040114-F-9629J-020. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Bravo Company, 2-501st, 1ST Armo

Containers are stored in a pre-positioning cave which holds U.S. Marine Corps equipment. Country: Norway (NOR)

060517-N-6027E-004. Base: USS Florida (SSGN 728)

DN-SC-86-03388. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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DA-SC-85-13282. Subject Operation/Series: PROLOG Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 conducts aerial delivered ground refueling at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 27, 2022.Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 conducted Air Delivered Ground Refueling to train toward rapid-refueling in austere environments for aircraft that cannot be refueled in flight, allowing them to stay in the fight.

DN-SC-86-03387. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Federal Emergency Management Agency relief supplies are stacked to the flag-draped ceiling in an Illinois National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter en route to make an air drop to residents cut off after Hurricane Irene on Sept. 1, 2011.

Tactical vehicles, bound for Ukraine, are secured inside a commercial aircraft during a security assistance mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 20, 2023. The United States has committed more than $26.7 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russian aggression.

Wood protected and palletized containers of supplies and food for the Deep Freeze personnel who spend the winter darkness on Antarctica is extracted out the rear cargo doors of the McChord AFB, WA, 62nd Military Airlift Wing's C-141B Starlifter using parachutes. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIR DROP Country: New Zealand (NZL)

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.

U.S. Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron load cargo on to a 757 Jan. 22, 2022 at Travis Air Force Base, California. Since 2014, the United States has committed more than $5.4 billion in total assistance to Ukraine, including security and non-security assistance. The United States reaffirms its steadfast commitment to Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity in support of a secure and prosperous Ukraine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Nicholas Pilch)

230331-N-NQ285-1424BALTIC SEA (March 31, 2023) A torpedo tube aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) is readied to launch air slugs, March 31, 2023. Porter is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

050106-F-5570D-014. Base: Sioux City State: Iowa (IA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT. Lee E. DuBry of the 28th Munitions Maintenance Squadron makes final checks of a rotary weapons delivery system in the weapons bay of a B-1B aircraft. Its BDU-38 practice bombs will be used in Phase II of exercise Proud Shield '88, in which KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft and B-1B crews hold navigation, bombing and refueling competitions. Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD '88 Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the hatch and armor citadel of the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB 62). The armor protecting the pilot house is more than 17 inches thick at this point. The NEW JERSEY is being towed from Bremerton, Washington, to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, where it will undergo reactivation/moderization construction. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

040611-F-3488S-006. Complete Scene Caption: Illinois Air National Guard (ILANG) Major (MAJ) Ralph DeLatour (left), Aircraft Commander, and ILANG Captain (CPT) Nick Babiak, co-Pilot, and ILANG SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Matt Glover, Boom Operator, navigate their ILANG KC-135E Stratotanker on a refueling mission over Alaska (AK) during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. The crew and aircraft are from the 108th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Scott AFB, Illinois (IL). The Stratotanker's principal mission is air refueling providing support to US Air Force (USAF), US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) aircraft as well as those of allied nations. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's annual joint training exercise (JTX) designed to enhance interoperability among the services by sharpening and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More than 9,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers,

DN-ST-90-01866. Base: Louisville State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force reservist MSGT Charles Morgan, from the 433rd Tactical Airlift Wing, checks the pressure gauges on a compressor prior to loading the tanks of a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The reserve unit is participating in efforts to control a forest fire at Big Sur. Base: Stockton Air Tanker Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, The Royal Amouries Military Museum Fort Nelson, Mallet's Mortar Gun

Naval ships - British Royal Navy submarine HMS J1, 1915. Color illustration

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Tom Follstad, 48th Fighter Wing, 494th Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, pulls out an engine pulling brace from a F-15E Strike Eagle. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DF-ST-86-12644. Subject Operation/Series: PROUD PHANTOM Base: West Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)

DN-ST-87-10987. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

010402-M-8337G-002. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: Uss Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force

220708-N-XK047-1304PACIFIC OCEAN (July 8, 2022) - Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 1st Class Mike Strobel sprays freshwater into the propeller of a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), July 8. Conducting freshwater washdowns are necessary to prevent corrosion on the craft. Makin Island is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Set lights illuminate the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PERMIT (SSN 594) during the filming of the movie "The Hunt for Red October." The movie is being filmed on US Navy installations and uses active-duty sailors as extras. Base: USS Permit (SSN 594)

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Christopher Benford, 113th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, services the constant speed drive after a replacement on an F-16 aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Nov. 3, 2022. The F-16 is serviced to ensure that fluid levels are correct.

DM-ST-89-00710. Subject Operation/Series: AGILE SWORD Base: Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 16, 2019) Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Danielle Barclay, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), signals a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 out of the ships well deck. Boxer is underway conducting routine operations as a part of USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

DM-ST-85-09152. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view looking aft from beneath the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63). The MISSOURI is in dry dock during a yard period. Base: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard State: Washington(WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the combat information center aboard the mine countermeasures ship AVENGER (MCM-1). Construction on the ship is complete. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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