Military Helicopters and Cargo Operations

Images of military helicopters being loaded and maintained with personnel involved in various aircraft support activities.

During an agile combat employment joint force exercise, members from the 151st Air Refueling Wing unload a Polaris Military Razor from a KC-135R Stratotanker on Sept. 8, 2022 at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. This exercise will develop new operational concepts, capabilities and plans to bolster deterrence and maintain the U.S. militarys competitive advantage for the future.

A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter is loaded aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft during a reserve rescue exercise. Base: Phelps Collins Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senior Airman Tyler Hughes, 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, inspects a C-17 Globemaster III auxiliary power unit in mission-oriented protective posture gear at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 24, 2022. Fourteen 15th MXG personnel have been selected to participate in the 3-month ACE program to be trained on over 160 maintenance-specified tasks.

Airmen supply an F-105 Delta Dart aircraft with demineralized water during exercise Gangbuster XI. The airmen are members of the 128th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 116th Tactical Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: GANGBUSTER XI Base: Stewart Airfield, Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

During an agile combat employment joint force exercise, members from the 151st Air Refueling Wing unload a Polaris Military Razor from a KC-135R Stratotanker on Sept. 8, 2022 at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. This exercise will develop new operational concepts, capabilities and plans to bolster deterrence and maintain the U.S. militarys competitive advantage for the future.

Airmen with Minot Air Force Base's 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Nellis Air Force Base's 99th Civil Engineering Squadron work together to replace a B-52H Stratofortress engine during Red Flag-Nellis 22-1 on Jan. 25, 2022, at Nellis AFB, Nevada. The 5 AMXS is one of 32 units from across the U.S. joint forces, United Kingdom (Royal Air Force) and Australia (Royal Australian Air Force) participating in Red Flag-Nellis 22-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael A. Richmond)

DM-SC-97-00141. Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-10406. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

A member of the maintenance team from the 12th Fighter Squadron chocks an F-15C Eagle after a mission during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (CERE) at Elmendorf AFB, Arkansas. He is in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture level four (MOPP 4). MOPP 4 provides the highest degree of chemical protection; personnel don the battledress overgarment, chemical protective footware covers, protective mask and hood, and NBC rubber gloves with cotten liners. The MCU-2/P Chemical-Biological Mask is used by ground crews. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Equipment and supplies are loaded into Military Airlift Command C-130 Hercules aircraft in preparation for a night airdrop during exercise Market Square III. Subject Operation/Series: MARKET SQUARE III Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen with the 167th Airlift Squadron and Soldiers with D and C Company, 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment, load a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as part of a joint training exercise at the Wheeling Ohio County Airport, Wheeling, West Virginia, June 8, 2021. Joint trainings like these enable rapid strategic deployment of various types of equipment and cargo.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Liam Norton, loadmaster with the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, guides a forklift as it is brought aboard a C-130H at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 4, 2022. The 75th EAS provides tactical airlift support to multiple users in East Africa, including aeromedical evacuation and logistical movements.

U.S. Navy Sailors with Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 inspect a MQ-4C Triton assigned to VUP-19 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. Due to its geographic location and collocated airfield and harbor, MCAS Iwakuni is uniquely postured to provide advanced naval integration in support of regional security.

011013-F-7910D-001. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Combat Command

030318-F-9528H-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force service members assigned to the 612th Air Base Squadron at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, and the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California, unload cargo from a C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to Travis AFB Aug. 26, 2022, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, as part of the Denton Cargo Program. Joint Task Force-Bravo and the 612th Air Base Squadron support the Denton Cargo Program, which in this shipment delivered 36 pallets of medical supplies and equipment providing much needed supplies to our partners across Central America. Soto Cano Air Base has the only C-5 capable U.S.-operated runway in the region.

Sikorsky CH-53G helicopter, German Army Air Corps, engine repair, Bueckeburg Army Airfield, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

A Munitions SPECIALIST (MS), STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Blechinger "Krin" Kriangsak (left) and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Christopher Caruso, load a Mark-84 bomb onto the weapons rack of an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 366 Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

A C-5 from Dover Air Force Base lands at the airport in Mogadishu to download supplies and transport US troops to the United States. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Bruce Bowser of the 2nd Airlift Squadron/43rd Airlift Wing at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, checks the aircraft records on a C-130E to make sure the aircraft is ready to participate in an 18-ship launch scheduled at dusk for Exercise GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01, Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041110-F-1789V-058. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030320-N-4142G-004. Base: USS Constellation (CV 64)

031011-F-0925M-020. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030412-F-3715H-011. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

Senior Airman Max Meisner, 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp specialist, guides a k-loader during a foreign military sales mission with Austria at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 17, 2022. Austria and the United States are partners in promoting global security, strengthening economic cooperation, and collaborating to promote and defend their shared values around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

A flight deck crewmen attaches an aircraft tow bar to an MD-3 tow tractor on the flight deck of the aircraft carry USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63). A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14 Tomcat is in the background. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Battalion), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare to load two AH-64D Longbow helicopters onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport aircraft after unloading two AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters, at Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Clay Kaserne, Germany, Sept. 1, 2023. The AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopter upgrade is part of the 12th CAB modernization efforts, ongoing training, and new equipment fielding.12th CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps, America's Forward Deployed Corps in Europe. They work alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retain command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater.

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Barking Sands, Hawaii, (July 27, 2022) A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) attached to 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division unloads from a C-17 Globemaster III during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii, July 27. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

DN-ST-89-03523. Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ringgenberg, 22nd Airlift Squadron loadmaster, inspects a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle before loading it onto a C-5M Super Galaxy at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 27, 2022. The C-5M transported over 100,000 pounds of Marine Corps equipment and personnel from Kadena AB, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, as part of a Major Command Service Tail Trainer mission.

031012-F-1342R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, load a UH-1Y Venom into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from the 6th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, June 29, 2022. Embarking rotary wing aircraft into C-17 Globe Master IIIs demonstrates expeditionary logistics enabling offensive air support in austere, distributed environments and validates HMLA operational concepts as lethal, networked, and persistent. 3rd Marine Aircraft Wings warfighting readiness directly enables aviation superiority in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and joint operations.(U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Rachaelanne Woodward)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Trisha Hughes, a 125th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, lubricates sections of an F-15C Eagle fighter jet at the 125th Fighter Wing in Jacksonville, Florida Sept. 7, 2022. After a jet is cleaned, crew chiefs lubricate parts of the plane to ensure the aircraft maneuvers properly.

An aviation ordnancemen uses an HLU-196A/E bomb hoist to load an AIM-7 Sparrow missile aboard an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A Mark 82 500-pound high drag bomb is loaded onto an FB-111A aircraft. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two members of the crash recovery team hold the stabilizer cords for the airlift bags and the block and tackle for the aircraft stabilizer on an F-16 during the 169th Fighter Wing Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Kitz, 25th Fighter Generation Squadron load crew member, operates a jammer as Staff Sgt. Nichole Ouellette, 25th FGS load crew chief, secures a bomb body during Pen Fest 2022 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 8, 2022. Airmen assigned to the 25th FGS finished first among the competing squadrons.

041110-F-1789V-094. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Captain Aaron Doyle, 14th Fighter Squadron wing flight safety officer, performs a pre-flight inspection on his F-16 Fighting Falcon at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during RED FLAG-Alaska 23-1, Oct. 13, 2022. The F-16 is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the Air Force to gain and maintain air supremacy over the battlefield.

010227-F-0157B-001. Subject Operation/Series: SNOWBIRD Base: Key West International Airport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011008-F-3873G-046. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Airmen with the 62d Airlift Wing and 627th Air Base Group prepare to execute special fueling operations while an F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft lands on the flightline at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 20, 2022. Special fueling operations were conducted by the 62d AWs C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and the 366th Fighter Wings F-15 as part of Exercise Rainier War 22B.

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany - Airmen load pallets of cargo into a C-130J Super Hercules here in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn March 20. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn is commanded by U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III.

011107-F-0308N-148. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

A Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) equipped C-130H Hercules aircraft from the Nevada Air National Guards 152nd Airlift Wing prepares to be launched on a fire suppression mission at the Boise Tanker Base, Idaho, September 10, 2022. The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service activated two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with MAFFS to assist with increased fire activity in several western states.

DF-ST-90-02055. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-85-02454. Base: Peoria State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Rear cargo doors of oneof the two C-5s that were modified to accommodate outsize shuttle component parts. Both C-5Cs are assigned to the 60th Airlift Wing at Travis AFB, Calif. The modified cargo space is as large as the space shuttle's cargo bay. Exact Date Shot Unknown .Published in AIRMAN Magazine November 1994. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from Cherry Point Marine Air Station, NC, and Air Force personnel from McGuire AFB, NJ, push pallets of equipment onto a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft is to carry the first Marines (33) to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of recent problems in Haiti. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, perform release and control component checks on an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the ships hangar bay, April 21, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and strike group integration prior to operational deployment.

010516-F-8006R-004. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Raaf Townsville State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mathew Flores, 75th Fighter Generation Squadron load crew member, loads an A-10C Thunderbolt II for a quarterly load competition at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Jan 5, 2024. The weapons load competitions are designed to show teamwork, speed and quality of work between the Airmen on each crew.

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 492nd Fighter Squadron from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England prepares an aircraft for take off, April 5, 2022, at Andravida Air Base, Greece. The 48th Fighter Wing from Royal Air Force Lakenheath flew alongside the Hellenic air force and other NATO partners during INIOCHOS 22, a Hellenic air force led exercise designed to enhance the interoperability and skills of allied and partner forces in the accomplishment of joint operations and air defenses.

020411-A-9510S-068. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM

DF-ST-88-06847. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET TITAN Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Brad Rowe, 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, disconnects a thrust simulator on a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft after engine runs. The 96th Bomb Squadron and support personnel from the 2nd Bomb Wing, barksdale Air Force base, Louisiana, are deployed to Naval Station Diego Garcia in support of Operation DESERT THUNDER 2. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT THUNDER 2 Base: Nav Sup Activity, Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines use a Millennium Military Vehicle (MMV) 1,100-pound lift capacity rough terrain forklift to load outbound mail onto a USMC KC-130 Hercules aircraft, on the flight line at Jalibah Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040618-M-3856G-004. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Engineers prepare to test the parachute system for NASAs Orion spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona on Aug. 24, 2015. During the test, planned for Wednesday, Aug. 26, a C-17 aircraft will carry a representative Orion capsule to 35,000 feet in altitude and then drop it from its cargo bay. Engineers will test a scenario in which one of Orions two drogue parachutes, used to stabilize it in the air, does not deploy, and one of its three main parachutes, used to slow the capsule during the final stage of descent, also does not deploy. The risky test will provide data engineers will use as they gear up to qualify Orions parachutes for missions with astronauts. On Aug. 24, a C-17 was loaded with the test version of Orion, which has a similar mass and interfaces with the parachutes as the Orion being developed for deep space missions but is shorter on top to fit inside the aircraft. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

010119-F-9033M-025. Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Soldiers from the 3-157th Field Artillery Battalion conducted an emergency deployment readiness exercise (EDRE) on Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Training included loading and unloading of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) onto a C-130 transport aircraft and finalized with a fire mission at UDAIRI ranges, Kuwait.

Airmen from the 603rd Military Airlift Support Group secure the U.S. Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone and some of its support equipment to a K-loader positioned at the rear ramp of a 105th Military Airlift Group, New York Air National Guard, C-5A Galaxy aircraft. Deep Drone has been brought to Okinawa to aid in the recovery of an Air Force helicopter that crashed off the island's coast. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-87-09768. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

010418-F-7253S-013. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

050101-F-3476P-294. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

A right front view of three Air-Launched Cruise Missiles mounted to the pylon of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft from the 416th Bomb Wing. Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Aaron Bowie, 74th Fighter Generation Squadron load crew member, raises a munition with a specialized lift under an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Jan. 5, 2024. Precision, safety and speed are critical in real-world implementation and essential to winning a load competition.

Airman 1st Class Logan Turner, 555th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief, checks the brakes on a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon before launch during exercise Falcon Strike 2022 at Amendola Air Base, Italy, Nov. 15, 2022. Falcon Strike 22 provided an opportunity to test fourth-generation airpower like the F-16 in ally roles as well as adversary roles alongside NATO allies and fifth-generation airpower.

011008-F-3873G-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

An A-7 Corsair II aircraft crew mounts a Skipper II laser guided bomb on the plane. Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of ten BDU-50 practice bombs mounted on pylons beneath the left wing of a 509th Bomb Group FB-111A aircraft. Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Junathaen Hager, 22nd Airlift Squadron loadmaster, marshals an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System off a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 27, 2022. The C-5M transported over 100,000 pounds of Marine Corps equipment and personnel from Kadena Air Base, Japan, to JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, as part of a Major Command Service Tail Trainer mission.

020215-F-5422W-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030321-F-0365G-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

DF-ST-89-00955. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

X-31 Being Loaded into C-5 Cargo Plane

980219-F-4116M-003. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Members from the 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, travel aboard a C-17 Globemaster III from the 105th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, in route to Alpena, Michigan June 4, 2022. This effort is in support of Agile Rage 22 which provides realistic training opportunities, mimicking current and future combat environments dictated by the National Defense Strategy.

021031-F-4649H-069. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

030326-M-9902V-006. Base: Ie Shima State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST MAW

041026-F-1178W-021. Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030806-F-1342R-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

A U.S. Marine Corps crewman with Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), Huntsville, Alabama, offloads a truck from a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, during Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 3, 2022. Emerald Warrior focused on U.S. and partner nation relationships while emphasizing joint force interoperability.

U.S. Marines from squadrons across 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load a CATM-120D Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile onto an F/A-18C Hornet in preparation for a forward arming and refueling point on San Clemente Island, California, Aug. 17, 2022. Marines unloaded ordnance for a forward arming and refueling point that armed F/A-18C Hornets and conducted a simulated refueling that demonstrated the speed and effectiveness of Marines readying fighter aircraft in an austere environment.

010816-F-2021R-002. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads a rocket at a forward arming and refueling point as part of Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 14, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.

020305-F-4814D-007. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

120421-N-KR471-109NAVAL AIR FACILITY MISAWA, Japan (April 21, 2012) The aviation ordnanceman team assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 downloads a SLAM-ER captive air training missile from a P-3 aircraft. VP-1 is on deployment to northern Japan in support of U.S. 7th Fleet operations.

A crew chief with the 509th maintenance squadron inspects a B-2 Spirit during Exercise Agile Tiger on Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri on April 4, 2022. Exercise Agile Tiger is designed to enhance our ability to communicate, collaborate, and operate with our joint service partners.

AMN Angela Padgett (left), SSGT Rob Anson (front) and A1C Michael Irick, 78th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, load an AIM-120 missile on a cart with a MHU-83 B/E Lift Truck after removing it from the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Monday, April 19, 1999. The missile is being removed because it failed reliability tests. Padgett, Anson and Irick are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy to support NATO Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DF-ST-88-03787. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Goloson Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Air Force fire/rescue crew enter the space shuttle cabin mockup hatch to evacuate the shuttle crew during a shuttle rescue training exercise at Edwards AFB. (USAF photo # 070505-F-1287F-118)

Crew chiefs and members from the 138th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight lift an inert bomb with a jammer during Agile Rage at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., June 10, 2022. During Agile Rage, guardsmen developed tactics, techniques and procedures for future warfighting efforts. (Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Smalley)

DF-ST-85-05266. Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

040902-F-0971G-031. Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The rear engine of a KC-10A Extender on the ramp at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, is prepared for maintenance during 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: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

DF-ST-86-09807. Base: Palanquero Air Force Base Country: Colombia (COL)

A fuel truck arrives at the rear of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to begin fueling operations while the aircraft is running to eliminate downtime during specialized fueling operations training at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Feb. 4, 2023. The training prepares crew members on refueling the aircraft in austere and contested environments. Air National Guard

050107-F-7301C-007. Base: Richmond International Airport State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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