Military Electronics Operations

Images of military personnel working with advanced electronic systems and technologies aboard submarines and aircraft during various operations.

DF-ST-89-05423. Base: US Air Force Academy State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN Steve McDiffit, left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Todd Reardon work at the main control console for the No. 4 catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during FLEET EX '90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX '90 Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

An officer answers questions for foreign personnel touring the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) while the vessel is in the region in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Persian Gulf

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Casborn conducts an inventory of medical supplies aboard the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD 1). Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

SSGT Micheal Cullenbine (left), and TSGT Lang check forecast charts at Global Weather Central. Base: Omaha State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Navy reservists participating in a weekend-away training program at the center's gas turbine school check over their notes while standing at an engineering control panel. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Great Lakes Naval Training Ctr State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A student practices on the dynamic ejection seat trainer at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A petty officer wearing an oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA) carries a section of hose while taking part in a fire party training session aboard the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD 1) during FLEET EX 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Electronics Technician 1ST Class David Schlessinger checks a navigational fix provided by the Global Positioning System (GPS) aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS ALABAMA (SSBN-731). Country: Unknown

DF-ST-85-11745. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TECH. SGT. Steve C. Kincade, fire chief of the 28th Civil Engineering Squadrons fire department, briefs deployed fireman about flight line operations so they will be familiar with the area in case of an emergency. Subject Operation/Series: Dakota Challenge 94 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

In the heart of the ballistic missile submarine USS NEBRASKA's (SSBN-739) missile compartment, Missile Technician Second Class (MT2) Kevin L. Anglehart checks a valve on a missile launch tube. Base: USS Nebraska Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

US Navy Electrician's Mate 1ST Class Doug Mentzer controls the flooding and sinking of the hull from Ballast Control on board the US Navy's medium auxiliary floating dry dock USS RESOLUTE (AFDM 10). Base: USS Resolute (AFDM 10)

A quartermaster aboard the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD 1) uses a drafting machine to plot the ship's bearing. Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1)

Technicians monitor displays in the combat information center aboard the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). The ship is operating off the coast of Lebanon. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Air Controlman 1ST Class Dave Atkins helps direct air traffic from the control tower of the Miami International Airport. Military personnel were moved into positions vacated by striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. Base: Miami State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-89-09529. Base: Washington, Dc State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-09175. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Jenifer Patton measures angles for an antenna-mounting template at the Shoore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) as Damage Controlman 3rd Class Soraya Chase stands by. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(17 April 1970) --- Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 mission commander, reads a newspaper account of the safe recovery of the problem plagued mission. Lovell is on board the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for Apollo 13

Quartermaster Third Class (QM3) Winston Clinedinst plots the course up the bay for the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS NORFOLK (SSN-714). Country: Chesapeake Bay

Col. Richard Salsbury, commander of the 1700th Air Refueling Squadron Provisional, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, flies a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission in support of Operation Desert Shield.

CMDR. Jon Mason director of Emergency Services at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Rota, discusses emergency procedures with COL. Slawomir Magier, chief of preventive medicine for the Polish army. Polish military personnel are visiting the hospital as part of the "Military to Military" contact program established by Headquarters, U.S. European Command. Similar visits are planned throughout the European theater over the next two years. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

DF-ST-88-03896. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET WARRIOR Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mineman 3rd Class William H. Lowry and Mineman 2nd Class Anthony Bartoli, Mobile Mine Assembly Group Unit 8, test and MK-55 bottom mine before transferring it to the U.S. Air Force for a joint Air Force-Navy exercise. Country: United States Of America (USA)

Switchboard operators of the 1965th Communications Squadron, Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), at work. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-04448. Base: Naval Base, Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman, wearing oxygen breathing apparatus, stands damage control watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66). Base: USS America (CV 66) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-87-10944. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Crew of the frigate hr.ms. Isaac Sweers (1968-1990) on the NBCD (nuclear, bacteriological, chemical, damage control) central.

Air Force enlisted technician and flying officer monitors the T-V monitors during a simulator training session. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Officer (LTZ2) and two sailors in the day.

000921-N-6847H-004. Base: Uss Enterprise (CVN 65) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-SC-87-00491. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60)

A view of the bomb preparation table with Mark 82 bombs on it in the bomb assembly room aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Two German military police officers work in their respective areas at the Provost Marshals office located inside the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps rear headquarters. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Kiseljak Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

With a woman's determination, Lorena Craig takes over a man-size job, Corpus Christi, Texas. Before she came to work at the Naval air base she was a department store girl. Now she is a cowler under civil service. Photographer Howard R Hollem, photographer.

Company office of the Leeuwarden airbase.

Korean air force air traffic controllers direct air traffic from the control tower during Exercise Team Spirit '85. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Sachon Air Base Country: South Korea

US Navy CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 Stacey Schlosser (Left), the Air Boatswain aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73), points to a flight-deck model while planning a fire-fighting and mass-casualty drill for underway training in the Persian Gulf. The ship is in the Gulf as part of an Southwest Asia build-up of forces in reaction to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections. Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)

000719-N-5783C-001. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2000 Base: Uss Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

LCDR Darlene M. Iskra, commanding officer of the salvage ship USS OPPORTUNE (ARS-41), speaks to the crew. Iskra's recent appointment as the vessel's commanding officer represents the first time that a woman has been assigned to command a U.S. Navy ship. Base: USS Opportune (ARS 41) Country: Italy (ITA)

DN-SC-87-05690. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

DN-SC-90-02444. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

US Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician AIRMAN (ASAN) Xavier Campbell fixes an aircraft tow tractor flat tire aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The NIMITZ is currently deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 27 Jasnuary 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

Aviation ordnancemen from Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) use a linkless ammunition loading system (LALS) to load a 20mm cannon on an F-14A Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The INDEPENDENCE is in the gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Gulf Of Oman

Military officials from the People's Republic of China study a diagram of anchor chain color coding in the anchor room of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during their visit aboard the vessel. Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

SGT. Mary Eiche, load master, checks the operation of oxygen masks aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft prior to takeoff. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPL. C. Michael Conley, 57th Medical Company, Fort Bragg, NC, secures the chain on an UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) that has been uploaded onto a C-5A Galaxy aircraft.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX SHARK Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03960. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

A female U.S. Army audiovisual technician stands beside a videotape editing console.

CPL J. Booher, Far East Network, Iwakuni, makes a public service announcement for a local show. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Crewmen eat in the dining hall during precommissioning duty aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine OHIO (SSBN-726). The submarine was built by General Dynamics Corp. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-05058. Subject Operation/Series: TRIAD '84 Base: Whenuapai Air Base Country: New Zealand (NZL)

A Navy man packs flight equipment. Base: Naval Air Station, Moffett Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-04477. Base: Persian Gulf Country: Bahrain (BHR)

CPT Cary Yanagi (third from left) acts as a translator for joint U.S. and Japanese Air SelF Defense Force pre-flight briefings, during Exercise Cope North '81-3. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '81-3 Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Rhein-Main Air Base, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, prepare victims of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina for departure after an overnight stay at the Army Regional Medical Center at Landstuhl. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-SC-87-06313. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

DN-SC-88-00351. Country: Unknown

SSGT David Pierce crawls down the ladder to the combat crew capsule. Pierce is a manager of a missile launch control facility, 91st Strategic Missile Wing, Strategic Air Command. Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040917-N-7232R-038. Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

J3101-SPT-95-00008-11. Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED ENDEAVOR '95 Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A student from the Greek armed forces glances at his diagnostic equipment as he repairs a CH-47C Chinook helicopter's automatic speed trim amplifier at the US Army Signal Center. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ama america of hr.ms. Zierikzee (1987) and Hr.Ms. Alkmaar (1983-2000). Preparing before departure. At the request of the US Navy, both ships give a demonstration mine sweeps at Charleston and Baltimore. The journey to the USA is from January 21 to April 12.

PHILIPPINE SEA (MAY 4, 2022) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Kevon Martin, from Brooklyn, New York, speaks over the 1MC while standing watch aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105). Dewey is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navys largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleets principal surface force.

970319-F-1787R-077. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

DN-ST-88-02131. Base: USS Missouri (BB 63)

Colonel Selivanov, Russian Air Force air crew member, and Captain Seletsky of the Russian Army discuss the loading capabilities of the IL-76, a Russian cargo aircraft, with Colonel Welser, Vice Commander of the Tanker Airlift Control Center, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Peacekeeper challenge '95 is a joint service training exercise at Scott AFB that involves formal military operations training with both Russian and U.S. Air Force troops to improve better understanding by both Air Forces. Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER '95 Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN First Class Jose Garcia, a Special Purpose Mechanic with the 6th Transportation Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, works on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). AIRMAN Garcia is providing vehicle support during the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel. Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

C-141 KAO - Fall 1993 Foster Teachers Flight

The Belgian ambassador (second from the left) visits the naval base Den Helder in March 1990 and receives a further explanation of demonstration at the operational school (OPS).

STAFF SGT. K. L. Johnke, left, and SENIOR AIRMAN C. L. Ciriguano, 1ST Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, examine the medical tag on a patient during Exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

The Honorable Lewis Caldera, Secretary of the Army, examines the cockpit of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, during his visit to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crew members use a NAN-2 nitrogen servicing unit to pressurize aircraft tires aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

STAFF SGT. Claudette LewIs and AIRMAN 1ST Class Moses Johnson Jr. of the 12th Training Wing enter scheduling data into a computer. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Close-up of a member of the American Red Cross as he speaks on a field phone in a tent during Operation BRIGHT STAR '94. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '94 Country: Egypt (EGY)

SENIOR AIRMAN Melvin Culpepper, 612 Air Communications Squadron, Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona, installs a new circuit board in one of the Low Rate Multiplexers. Subject Operation/Series: GREEN CLOVER '96 Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

DN-ST-89-08292. Base: Shanghai Country: China (CHN)

Aviation Electrician's Mate Third Class (AE3) Dionne Rohler is securing safety wire in place as she trains other personnel. She is attached to the Avionics Division, Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department Naval Air Station Sigonella. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

S96-13233 (July 1996) --- Cosmonaut Valeri G. Korzun egresses a trainer at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Korzun is Mir-24 commander. EDITOR'S NOTE: Since this photograph was taken cosmonauts Korzun and Aleksandr Y. Kaleri were named to replace the original Mir-22 crew. Along with French spationaut Claudie desHayes, the two joined NASA astronaut Shannon W. Lucid onboard the Mir space station in August.

AIRMAN 1ST Class Jack Howell from the aerospace ground equipment section of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing services a Dash-95 gas turbine pneumatic unit. Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-10037. Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, left, a member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team, examines a device with members of an Australian EOD unit. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT)

DN-SC-87-02875. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

First lieutenant kite J.P. Soolsma, classified by 313 Squadron, with 'student-flyer' first lieutenant c.a.j.m. Frijters. Photo belongs to the photo report, which is created for the benefit of the 'operational, the Royal Netherlands Air Force in operation' by Wim Cock from 1983.

STS-102 Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas drives an M-113 armored carrier as part of emergency egress training. With him is (left) Capt. George Hoggard, a training officer with SGS Fire Services, and other crew members Commander James Wetherbee, Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialist Paul Richards (seen behind Thomas, at right). The M-113, in the event of an emergency at the pad prior to launch, could be used to transport the crew to a nearby bunker or farther. The STS-102 crew is at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also include a simulated launch countdown. STS-102 is the eighth construction flight to the International Space Station, carrying as payload the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. Launch on mission STS-102 is scheduled for March 8

MASTER's degree candidates together at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020923-F-6393C-015. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

SBN kite r.j. Idzerda (born 1923), flag officer for the Marine Aviation Service 1972-1975.

DF-SN-87-00582. Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the EC-130E Hercules Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center team inputs information into a computerized console as the aircraft flies another mission. The Hercules, from the 42nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, is supporting the enforcement of a NATO no fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Alicia Valenzuela secures interior plumbing on a new fuel cell on board an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

DN-ST-89-07460. Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Patternmaker 3rd Class Marlene Sparks uses a radial arm saw to cut Plexiglas aboard the destroyer tender USS ACADIA (AD-42). Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Lieutenant at sea of the 2nd class oldest category (LTZ2OC) in the day.

DN-ST-88-07569. State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

One child displays a photograph of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) as another holds a button bearing the ship's picture. The children are aboard the IOWA for the ship's decommissioning ceremony, which is being held indoors due to bad weather. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman paints markings for a fire lane on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66). Base: USS America (CV 66) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-87-13392. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

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