Military Equipment & Operations

Images of military logistics and equipment in action, including aerial supplies and artillery, emphasizing readiness for humanitarian and combat operations.

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron flies above another B52-H over the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 12, 2024. Bomber Task Force missions enhance the readiness and training necessary to respond to any potential crisis or challenge worldwide. Air Force

050105-F-6335P-069. Base: Utapao Air Base Country: Thailand (THA)

An overhead view of an M-167 Vulcan 20mm anti-aircraft gun aboard the barge WIMBROWN 7. Country: Unknown

A view of the SLQ-32(V)2 antenna aboard the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23). Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An airman guides a pair of CBU-58 cluster bombs as they are lifted out of a shipping crate for assembly during the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) combat ammunition production and combat aircraft servicing competition Sabre Spirit '88. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron flies above another B52-H over the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 12, 2024. Bomber Task Force missions enhance the readiness and training necessary to respond to any potential crisis or challenge worldwide. Air Force

DF-ST-87-10674. Base: Canadian Forces Base, Edmonton State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

060909-N-9915J-030. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

Reservist crew members push cargo onto a trailer as they unload a C-98 Skytrain II aircraft. Supplies are being delivered to troops in the area in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Hurghada Country: Egypt (EGY)

A member of the 2955th Combat Logistics Support Squadron works on the main landing gear of a 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The landing gear was lost when the aircraft skidded off the end of the runway at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, Okinawa, Japan, on January 13,1987. The aircraft, which also sustained extensive damage to its fuselage and right wing, was returned to flyable condition at Iwakuni and then flown to Yokota for further work. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

A truck is off loaded from a C-5 Galaxy during an engine running offload (ERO) competition during RODEO 94 at McChord AFB, Washington. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '94 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

In the hangar bay of USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), US Navy Aviation Electronic's Technician Third Class Maurice Fields flat brushes an S-3B Viking aircraft from Carrier Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron Twenty Two (VS-22) as part of the navy's corrosion control program. Truman is on station in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

030905-F-2021H-023. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040726-M-6226D-004. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the Mk-15 Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) (Phalanx Mount) in various firing positions on board the guided missile cruiser USS NORMANDY (CG-60). This weapon would be used in the event an enemy missile or aircraft got through any of the other defensive weapon systems onboard the guided missile cruiser. The NORMANDY is currently deployed to the Adriatic Sea.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: SHARP GUARD Country: Adriatic Sea

A close-up view astern on the minesweeper USS INFLICT (MSO-456) reveals some of the planking and other woodwork on the ship. Country: Unknown

A view of the number one 5-inch/38-caliber gun mount on the starboard side of the IOWA (BB-61). The battleship is in mothball storage here. Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041130-F-1740G-004. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-87-10693. Base: Canberra State: New South Wales Country: Australia (AUS)

3rd Infantry Division (M) AH-64 Apache helicopters are lined up on the pier alongside the USNS SHUGHART (T-AKR-295). Subject Operation/Series: SEALIFT EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT READINESS EXERCISE Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-04229. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cargo rolls toward the open cargo door as the preliminary chute catches the gale force winds outside the aircraft. The cargo is being dropped over Donnelly Drop Zone. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE '96 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MSGT Dan Lopez and TSGT Gary F. Summerbell, 150th Tactical Fighter Group, load a Mark 82 bomb onto an A-7 Corsair II aircraft during exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

220715-N-OH262-0952 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 15, 2022)-A view of the fuel nozzle from Military Sealift Command's fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) from MSC's dry cargo, ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), during an underway replenishment at sea, July 15.

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Maureen O'Neill of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 58 (VR-58) unloads cargo from a C-9B Skytrain II aircraft. The material is being shipped to troops serving in the area in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Hurghada Country: Egypt (EGY)

Members of the U.S. Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport, load cargo into a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a drop over the South Pole. The drop is a joint U.S./New Zealand operation to re-supply both South Pole and McMurdo Stations in Antarctica. The operation is being staged from Det. 2, 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron, at the New Zealand International Airport. Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Equipment is loaded onto C-17 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst AFB, New Jersey Jan. 15, 2010. The Charleston C-17 was used to transport equipment needed to aid the humanitarian effort in Haiti.

A front view of the open No. 4 launch tube for the P-15 SS-N-2c Styx SSM is unloaded from the No. 4 missile tube aboard the USNS HIDDENSEE (185NS9201) while the ship is moored at the Naval Sea Systems Command facility at Solomons Annex. The Soviet-built Tarantul I class missile corvette was acquired from the Federal German navy in November 1991, and is currently undergoing testing and evaluation by the U.S. Navy. Named Rudolf Egelhofer in the East German navy, the ship was renamed HIDDENSEE after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Country: Solomons

A view of a Mark 117 750-pound high-drag bomb, foreground, being shown at a static display of a 509th Bomb Group FB-111A aircraft. In the background at left is a B-83 nuclear bomb trainer and at right is a B-61 nuclear bomb trainer. In the bottom right corner is a Mark 106 5-pound practice bomb. Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Anthony Cutierrez, a missile maintainer, practices cooling down a rocket motor with a fire support supression system at the Utah Test and Training Range in Oasis, Utah. This image was used in the April 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Home, Home on the Range". Base: Oasis State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MASTER Sergeant Jorge Olvera, 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, makes a Production Inspection of the B-1B Lancer bomb drop system that carries two BDU 50s in each bomb bay during exercise CORONET BAT. It will soon launch on a non-stop around the world sortie, that will include five in-flight refuelings, and three "no-drop" bombing exercises. When completed this will establish the first (unofficial) world record in this weight category. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BAT Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-05219. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

960826-F-2829R-003. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Korean troops use a truck crane to unload an open flatrack container carrying 34,800-pounds of 30mm munitions. The container, shipped to South Korea from the Seneca Army Depot, California, is being tested by the Air Force as an alternative to the military owned demountable container (MILVAN). Base: Cheong Ju Air Base Country: Korea

A view of the outboard starboard propeller shaft and propeller of 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)

DM-ST-89-07600. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the port side of the combat bridge and control console aboard the battleship MISSOURI (BB-63). The ship is undergoing reactivation and modernization. Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crew member stands secures a radar dome aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) as the vessel is underway during its circumnavigation of South America. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-89-04439. Base: Naval Base, Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-05799. Base: Norfolk Naval Shipyard State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030905-F-2021H-016. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A crew member stands at the railing beside a Pilot Landing and Take-Off System (PLATS) camera aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The vessel is underway during its circumnavigation of South America. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

An aviation ordnanceman aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) checks the connections on Mark 82 500-pound bombs mounted on an A-6E Intruder aircraft prior to an air strike on targets in Libya. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Four flight deck crewmen aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) attach a missile to the wing of an A-7 Corsair II aircraft. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

970212-F-7910D-501. Complete Scene Caption: A United States Army Forklift is backed down a ramp between cargo decks of the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon (T-AKR 296). USNS Gordon is the first United States Navy (USN) Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR, cargo vessel. USNS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to United States Navy Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of United States Army and United States Marine Corps combat equipment. The ship can carry an entire US Army Armor Task Force, including up to 58 tanks, 48 other tracked vehicles and more than 900 trucks and other wheeled vehicles. It is more than 300 yards long and has a storage capacity of more than 300,000 square feet. The ship is named in honor of MASTER Sergeant Gary I. Gordon, US Army, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1994 for his gallantry in action in Mogadishu, Somalia. Base: Charleston

The Utah National Guard held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Special Operations Forces Live-Fire Shoot House (SOF LFSH) at Camp Williams, Utah, July 11, 2022.Soldiers from the 19thSpecial Forces Group (Airborne) perform a demonstration of advanced urban combat during the opening of the SOF LFSH as those in attendance watch from a cat-walk above.The SOF LFSH will primarily support U.S. Army Special Operations Forces in initial and advanced training related to close-quarter battle and urban combat scenarios. It will also support Utah Army National Guard Soldiers, as well as law enforcement agencies, in training on advanced urban combat skills to include advanced marksmanship techniques, close-quarter battle, and urban movement techniques. This live-fire shoot house facility will give Soldiers a premier facility to improve and hone combat techniques which will allow them to fight and win in any environment they are deployed.

040210-F-3873G-015. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

DN-ST-85-10379. Country: Unknown

DN-SD-03-11293. Base: Hainan Country: China (CHN) Scene Major Command Shown: USPACOM

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM, SEPTEMBER 27: Aircraft and artefacts in the War Remnants Museum. This is a popular tourist attraction on September 27, 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam

U.S. Airmen with the 461st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 461st Air Control Wing, open an engine panel on an E-8C Joint STARS at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 22, 2022. The crew performed jet calibration tests on the engine.

DN-SC-89-06707. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close-up view of six of the Mark 7 50-caliber/16-inch guns aboard the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64). The WISCONSIN is moored at Norfolk for its decommissioning ceremony. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sea of Japan (May 15, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Joseph Bires assigned to expeditionary sea base ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) transports a training mine-shape in preparation to launch during Exercise Noble Vanguard. Noble Vanguard serves as an enabler to reinforce tactics and techniques of different mission sets that contribute to regional stability.

Members of the Polish Air Force, and U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AF) help load the palletized precision effects on November 8, 2022, in Powidz, Poland. This training is a continuation from previous iterations with U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR). The U.S. and NATO allies and partners remain committed to collective defense and cooperative security throughout the European Theater. NATO allies and partners in Europe have had the palletized precision effects capability in their weapons inventory and have trained with U.S. experts since 2011.

Ventilation pipes and support structures line a pre-positioning cave used to store U.S. Marine Corps equipment. Country: Norway (NOR)

A view of the Mark 51 missile fire control radar units aboard the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23). Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-10403. Base: Naval Air Station, Bermuda Country: Bermuda (BMU)

DF-ST-89-04963. Base: Naval Air Station, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), document simulated enemy equipment during a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear raid on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Dec. 3, 2022. This exercise was one of multiple training events during a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability Course which provided an evaluation from the Expeditionary Operations Training Group in combining elements of a MAGTF during the intermediate training phase of the 26th MEU pre-deployment training program.

Two missile maintenance crewmen perform an electrical check on an LGM-30F Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its silo. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the 32nd Combat Mobility Hospital compound during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Giessen Army Air Field Country: West Germany (FRG)

Inside a Submarine with Torpedo in Milan, Italy.

040902-M-3658J-008. Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A B-52 Stratofortress with the 93rd Bomb Squadron out of Barksdale Air Force Base refuels over Missouri, USA close behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 914th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY, 15 Aug, 2022. Air Refueling offers rapid mobility to the joint forces across the globe.

A cargo hook hangs above a hold aboard the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3). The WRIGHT is among the ships taking part in exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Usns Wright (T-AVB 3)

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)

A M-2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is lifted from the MAERSK CONSTELLATION during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Capt. Scott Hansel Lafferty, 356th Fighter Squadron pilot, sits in the cockpit of an F-35A Lightning II at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 7, 2022. United States Air Force F-35 aircraft from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska arrived in the ROK to conduct flight operations alongside their ROK Air Force counterparts.

A view of an AIM-9L/M Sidewinder missile on a display stand. Country: Unknown

Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax. Citadel, National Historic Site. Historic fort gun, c.1867. (Editorial Usage Only)

030321-N-4655M-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Aviation ordnancemen stage Mark 20 Rockeye II cluster bombs next to the island aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A member of the 436th Military Airlift Wing, dressed in chemical warfare gear, checks a C-5A aircraft engine during a chemical warfare defense equipment test. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five, prepare a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat for pier sweep training during Valiant Shield 2022, at Naval Base Guam, June 13, 2022. During pier sweep training, Sailors removed physical, manmade, and explosive threats impeding the force's ability to maneuver on land and sea. In doing so, they refined expeditionary warfare skills, enabled freedom of movement and enhanced their integration ability with the fleet and joint force.

France, Pas de Calais, Wizernes-Helfaut, La Coupole, WWII German V2 rocket bunker, German V2 rocket and motor.

060308-N-0000X-002. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DF-ST-87-11507. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-00763. Base: Naval Station, Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close-up view of the bow of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) as the dry dock in which it is contained is flooded with water in preparation for the vessel's departure from Puget Sound Navy Yard following overhaul. Base: Bremerton State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the South Korean 11th Fighter Wing combat aircraft servicing (CAS) team inspects the tail cone of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Sabre Spirit '89 competition. Sabre Spirit is an annual joint South Korean-U.S. Pacific Air Forces combat ammunition production and CAS exercise. Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT '89 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-87-13445. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-88-00628. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-ST-86-07959. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Gerbera dummy drone

A P-15 SS-N-2c Styx SSM is unloaded from the No. 4 missile tube aboard the USNS HIDDENSEE (185NS9201) while the ship is moored at the Naval Sea Systems Command facility at Solomons Annex. The Soviet-built Tarantul I class missile corvette was acquired from the Federal German navy in November 1991, and is currently undergoing testing and evaluation by the U.S. Navy. Named Rudolf Egelhofer in the East German navy, the ship was renamed HIDDENSEE after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Country: Solomons

040324-M-5523R-042. Base: Camp Mu Juk Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Containers used for shipping stages of the Army's Pershing II missile sit in a row. Several missiles will be destroyed in the presence of inspectors from the Soviet Union in accordance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Base: Pueblo Army Depot Activity State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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