Military Aircraft Operations

Images of military personnel engaged in aircraft operations, showcasing helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft during various training and peacekeeping missions.

DF-ST-86-12432. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

Commencement Address at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 11:04AM. President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits inside a helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House en route to the commencement ceremony at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Members of Co. B, 8th Tank Bde., 4th Marine Div., Syracuse, N.Y., attach the M-55 laser trainer to the turret of their M-60A1 tank during annual training duty. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-03891. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET WARRIOR Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A flight deck crew member aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) ducks under the jet engine exhaust of an F/A-18 Hornet as he scurries to his work station. The JOHN C. STENNIS is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 25 April 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

DF-ST-87-02162. Subject Operation/Series: FUERZAS UNIDAS BOLIVIA Base: Santa Cruz De La Sierra Country: Bolivia (BOL)

SGT. Russel C. Jones, armed with M-16 rifle, guards an E-3A Sentry aircraft during Operation Desert Shield. Jones is a member of the 437th Security Police Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Major General Duran of the Ecuadorian Army goes for a cruise aboard a double seat ultra light aircraft during his visit to USARSO. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN)

STAFF SGT. Kimberly Davis helps a pilot fill out a log book during the air-to-air weapons meet William Tell '84. Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '84 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ground technicians review a maintenance manual before servicing the hydraulic system of a Marine Strike Fighter Squadron 321 (VMHA-321) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft. The reserve squadron is at Fallon for two weeks of active duty training at the Naval Air Warfare Center target complex. Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A ground crew loads AGM-109 Tomahawk air-launched cruise missiles on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft. Country: Unknown

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- The Original Seven Mercury Astronauts pose beside an Air Force F-102 jet. Standing, left to right, are M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepherd Jr., and Donald K. 'Deke' Slayton.

DF-ST-88-05441. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

Flight deck crew members walk past A-7E Corsair II aircraft from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) while conducting a Foreign Object Damage (FOD) walk down aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Fleet Ex 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

8Th Af Crew Members Just Returned From A Mission

An airman of the 323rd Bomb Group with a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-34879) nicknamed 'Little Lulu'.

German pilot, MAJ. Gassner, explains operational controls of the MIG-29 aircraft to GEN. Robert C. Oaks, CINUSAFE. As a result of the end of the cold war, armed forces from the east and west are meeting to further understand and strengthen friendships. Just such a visit occurred when a MIG-29 from the former East Germany landed and hosted a flight for Commander in CHIEF U.S. Air Forces Europe, General Robert C. Oaks. Gen Oaks returned the favor by giving the German pilot an F-16 ride. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

First lieutenant kite J.P. Soolsma, classified by 313 Squadron, with 'student-flyer' first lieutenant c.a.j.m. Frijters.

DF-ST-86-03814. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

UN troops from Pakistan board USAF C-130 bound for Mogadishu, Somalia. Base: Djibouti Country: Djibouti (DJI)

DF-ST-89-00753. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

Two flight deck crewmen prepare to use chocks to secure aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66). Base: USS America (CV 66) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Isaiah Herrera, 48th Supply Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, adds Fuel System Icing Inhibitor to A1 jet fuel as the fuel truck is being filled. He is part of the personnel and fighter aircraft deployed to Sidi Slimane AB as part of the bi-annual African Eagle '96, a joint United States/Moroccan training exercise. Airmen from throughout USAFE along with F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle fighters from RAF Lakenheath trained in live air-to-air exercises with Royal Moroccan Air Force F-5 and Mirage F-1 fighters. Subject Operation/Series: AFRICAN EAGLE '96 Country: Morocco (MAR)

000730-N-5892T-002. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2000 Base: Uss Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

DF-ST-87-08093. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 435th Aircraft Generation Squadron replace a C-130 Hercules aircraft engine as they work through the night during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Litter patients are being transferred from a C-130 Hercules aircraft to medical buses by 37th Aeromedical Evacuation Group members during exercise Reforger '80. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Ground crew members prepare to clean the air intake ducts of a Fighter Squadron 124 (VF-124) F-14A Tomcat aircraft. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-01352. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-02179. Base: Qingdao Country: China (CHN)

Members of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to send a radio message during a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel (TRAP) mission being conducted on the amphibious transport dock USS AUSTIN (LPD-4). Country: Adriatic Sea

Kite and his creative checking a Northrop NF-5.

Maintenance personnel from the 20th Bomb Squadron (2nd Wing), Barksdale, La., pack a parachute (dragchute) from a B-52H Stratofortress during exercise Mighty Force 93-6. A B-52 with the dragchute dpeloyed is in the background. The 2nd Wing deployed with 12 aircraft and 430 people. The 20th Bomb Squadron had a 100 percent take-off rate and a 98 percent on-time rate during the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: MIGHTY FORCE 93-6 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vintage photograph. Student at Experimental Test Pilot School of the Air Material Command's Flight test Division getting into plane. Capt. Charles E Yeager, first man to fly faster than speed of sound, is shown on the far right.

Members of the 435th Tactical Air Wing (435th TAW) act as casualties after a simulated attack near a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E Hercules aircraft. The airmen, equipped with nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear, are taking part in exercise Bluetail maneuvers, designed to test the operational readiness of the 435th TAW and wing tenant organizations. Subject Operation/Series: BLUETAIL Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

TECH. SGT. Rae Larry, left, STAFF SGT. Don Rouse, center, and MASTER SGT. Rudy Spence arrange a load of ammunition and explosives aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft bound for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ten 323 commanders in a row. From left to right: Linzel, van Arkel, Van Gastel, Blaauw, Middelhoven, Mantingh, the Vos, Barendregt, Motshagen and Droste.The men are present on the occasion of the sworn of Droste to commander.

Members of a U.S. Navy mobile construction battalion reserve unit set up tents during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

MSGT James F. Stewart, weapons control technician, performs maintenance on an F-4C Phantom II aircraft's APU-100 radar system. MSGT Stewart is assigned to the 131st Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, involved in Exercise Coronet Cactus. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET CACTUS Base: Raf Leeming Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Photograph - Operation Fire Fly. Photograph - Operation Fire Fly. Operation Firefly - A C-47 of Troop Carrier Command carries these parachutists of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion to the scene of a remote fire in Wallowa forest, Oregon. Men of this unit have made over 8000 jumps since the first of April 1945.

Three airmen clear debris from a crater using a jackhammer, shovels and heavy equipment, during a training exercise on rapid runway repair procedures. Base: Northfield State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 1369th Audiovisual Squadron, U.S. Air Force, films soldiers of the 7th Light Infantry Division boarding a troop trailer. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

LCOL Leroy Schroeder, B-1 bomber chief test pilot, and Mike Butchko, Rockwell test team member, pose for photographs in front of the B-1 they have just brought in. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-01014. Base: Castle Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island/Christmas Island/Maui, Hawaii) Test Activities. Weapon debris sample shipment in shielded containers being checked for radioactivity at Hickman AFB, Hawaii. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Trip to Western States: China Lake, California, (Naval Air Facility) NAF. President John F. Kennedy (center, at microphone) addresses pilots and sailors following weapons demonstrations at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lakes Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California; pilot for the High Performance External Gun (HIPEG) demonstration, Lieutenant David F. Callahan, Jr. (wearing orange jumpsuit and holding helmet), stands at left. Standing in group at right (left to right): Commanding Officer of NAF, Captain Jack W. Hough (in foreground, back to camera); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Governor of California, Edmund G. Pat Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California).

DM-SC-89-09679. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Boswains Mate (engineer) Third Class (ABM3) Robert W. Wickelhaus and Aviation Boswains Mate Second Class (ABM2) Butch Grawodos provide flight crew and catapult system operators with valuable data on aircraft type, weight, ordnance, wind speed and direction before each aircraft launch on board the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). Subject Operation/Series: Cobra Gold 95 Country: Sea Of Japan

The crew of an Alouette III helicopter of the search and rescue (SAR), Leeuwarden flying base: adjutant-voerkigier-kite k. wennekendonk, adjutant-versoppy officer-on-board engineer / savior d.westerhoven and sergeant-majoor-board engineer / Serder D. Schuller. Exercise of a wounded transport. The crew is ready for departure towards the Wadden Sea where a kite has crashed and has come up with his parachute.

DF-ST-88-05155. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Earl E. Griffin works on an AC-130H Hercules aircraft wing access panel. The airman is a 1ST Special Operations Wing member involved in exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Korea

An Air National Guard member makes a log entry on a status board, as he participates in the launching of an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft during Exercise PHOTO Finish '81. Subject Operation/Series: PHOTO FINISH '81 Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of Light Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 46 (HSL-46) talks to a visitor about an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter on display at the 1991 Paris Air Show. Base: Paris Country: France(FRA)

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-32. CG air crew members on HH-60 -- AJ-Jed back of HH60. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-89-09054. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Two soldiers of the Air Force Monitoring (LB) looking at a Northrop Grumman (Fairchild) A-10 Thunderbolt of the American Air Force during Mot & E.

Kids and adults climb on a tank parked in front of a C-5 Galaxy. The community of Abilene, Texas enjoys the opportunity to visit Dyess Air Force Base during Big Country Appreciation Day, the annual open house. This month they celebrate the tenth anniversary of the bomber's arrival. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 James Burk, left, a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter pilot with Co. A, 1ST Bn., 228th Aviation Regt., talks with Air Force MASTER SGT. Herb Cintron during operations in support of Operation Just Cause. Cintron is a combat photographer with Detachment 5, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Base: Fort Kobbe Country: Panama (PAN)

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Julie Wolter wears headphones to protect her hearing as she uses a paint chipper aboard the destroyer tender USS ACADIA (AD-42). Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Instructor-pilot CPT Frank Francois debriefs 2LT William Mott after a 479th Tactical Training Wing Lead-In Fighter Training (LIFT) flight. Training on the AT-38B Talon aircraft, LIFT pilots and weapons systems officers become familiar with fighter tactics and maneuvers which they will eventually use when flying more technologically advanced aircraft. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crew members prepare for a drill as they stand beside an A-6E Intruder aircraft on the hangar deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67). Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)

Hostages held for 444 days by Iranian terrorists arrive at Rhein Main Air Base after their release. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A Japan Martime Self Defense Force Detachment 33 aircrewman awaits the final check of his P-3C Orion prior to flying an anti-submarine warfare during the exercise RIMPAC 98. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Base: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Douglas Aircraft Company President John C. Brizendine speaks from the podium during the delivery ceremony for the KC-10A Extender aircraft in the background..

41C-3061 (6 April 1984) --- The five-member astronauts crew for NASA's STS-41C Space Shuttle mission head for the transfer van that will transport them to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, commander, leads the way. Immediately behind Crippen is Astronaut Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, pilot. The three mission specialists are (left to right) Astronauts Terry J. Hart, George D. Nelson and James D. van Hoften. The photograph was taken by Otis Imobden.

SGT Karl Dittfield, left, a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft crew chief, and CSM Henry T. Coste Jr., Recovery Oriented Aircraft Maintenance (ROAM) chief, discuss aircraft maintenance next to a flight line trailer. The ROAM system is designed to ensure that aircraft receive vital service immediately after completing a mission. Base: Wurtsmith Air Force Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-06019. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-88-05194. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A C-141 aircraft loadmaster takes the straps off of a pallet of food stuff that was delivered to Mogadishu for distribution to the Somali people. In background Somalis take bags of flour from a truck. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

DA-ST-87-08530. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05933. Base: Unknown

DF-ST-87-10568. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 86-4 Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

Panama....Pilots Attending Ground School In Communcations Conducted By Sgt. William E. Kuenzi, Iff Technician.

The first female Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Sheila Widnall, poses with a flight suit on. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-86-12023. Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Artwork: "Supporting the F-4 Mission" Artist: Unknown. Country: Unknown

Welcoming ceremony for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) upon his return from Senegal, 5:55PM. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson greets military aides outside a United States Marine Corps helicopter upon the Vice President's return from Senegal on the South Lawn, White House, Washington D.C. (L-R) Cameraman; Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton; Vice President Johnson;. assistant to the Air Force Aide to the President Frank S. Evans (mostly hidden behind Vice President Johnson); Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; unidentified Marine Corps aide.

DF-ST-87-00618. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT David A. Gonzales, Non-destructive Inspection, 316th Field Maintenance Squadron, measures for the correct distance before taking x-rays of a piece of equipment to find possible cracks in it. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

An Afghan guerrilla that was chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States exits from a 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing C-9A Nightingale MEDEVAC aircraft. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force medical personnel assist simulated casualties during a mass casualty evacuation drill at Kadena Air Force Base. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Captain kite M. (Manja) Blok, born in 1964 was the first feminine operating F-16 pilot in the world. Here she is in the cockpit of an F-16 on the Leeuwarden airbase as a yacht pilot at 322 Squadron.

A student in the Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program (NAWSTP) straps himself into a parachute harness before being submerged in the pool, where he will have to extract himself from the harness. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1977 - The first 10 female officers to graduate from the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training Program pose for a group photo in front of a T-38 training aircraft.

Artwork: COL. Hubbard USAF Vietnam POW 1966-73- Artist: John Witt U.S. Air Force Collection. Country: Unknown

A Japanese family talks with a member of the crew of a 43rd Bombardment Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft at the 39th Japanese-American Friendship Festival. Subject Operation/Series: JAPANESE-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Pilots and crew take time for lunch as they await launch orders.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: WESTERN WILDFIRES Base: Boise State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American students pose for cameras prior to their evacuation from the island aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Base: Point Salines Country: Grenada (GRD)

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