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A flight-line support technician checks out the controls in the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Country: Unknown
A flight-line support technician checks out the controls in the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Country: Unknown
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Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-121. C-130 Ride. Hurricane Katrina
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 12, 2012) Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class Steven Doyel verifies the dayÕs air plan in the carrier air traffic control center aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).  Harry S. Truman is underway supporting carrier qualifications.
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept 15, 2012) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Timothy Anderson and Operations Specialist 1st Class Frank Clotter track surface contacts on the shipÕs radar aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower 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.
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STS102-322-003 (10 March 2001) --- The STS-102 crew members huddle on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery during rendezvous operations with the International Space Station (ISS).  Astronaut Andrew S.W. Thomas, mission specialist, is at center frame. Astronaut James M. Kelly, pilot, is seated at the commander's station.Partially visible at right edge are astronaut James D. Wetherbee, mission commander, and Yury V. Usachev, mission specialist representing Rosaviakosmos.Usachev is assigned to assume command of the Station when a crew exchange is accomplished later in the week.
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Sailor steers the U.S.S. Nebraska, a nuclear-powered submarine; Washington, United States of America
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An air traffic controller tracks aircraft on a radar screen. Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-84-08142. Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-85-03470. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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120127-N-WL435-020ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 26, 2012) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert meets the crew and tours the spaces of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN-779) during the joint exercise Fellowship 2012 with the Royal Navy submarine HMS Astute (SSN 20). New Mexico and Astute performed various tracking, deterrence and attack scenarios to test and certify each respective submarine's capabilities.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 7, 2012) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Steven Man, from Los Angeles, operates a close-in weapons system (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.
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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dylan Schafbuch, a fuel distribution specialist with 36 Logistic Readiness Squadron, refuels an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 during Cope North 24 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 19, 2024. Allies and partners train together during the multilateral exercise, Cope North 24, to improve shared tactics and multilateral defense capabilities.  Marine Corps
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DF-ST-87-08044. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Mark Spencer (right, pointing) shows USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jason Pierce, US Army Captain Mark Tomas and USA STAFF Sergeant Michael Gaziano simulated enemy aircraft on the computer screen, during an attack scenario, inside the Air Operations Center at the Air Force Battle STAFF Training School at Hurlburt Field, Florida. From AIRMAN Magazine October 1995 article "Under One Flag". Subject Operation/Series: BLUE FLAG 95-3 Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Air Force Captain Joesph Dunham, 9th Special Operations Squadron pilot, conducts preflight check during Operation Centennial Contact at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 27, 2023. Operation Centennial Contact celebrates 100 years of air refueling capabilities as it serves as a force multiplier, increasing the speed, range, lethality, flexibility, and versatility of combat aircraft.
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050401-F-9082S-054. Base: Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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SSGT Larry Hudnut, left, and SSGT Billie Black, refueling boom operators with the 6th Aerial Refueling Squadron, review a load plan in the cargo bay of a Strategic Air Command KC-10A Extender aircraft. Refueling boom operators routinely perform the function of cargo loadmasters aboard Extender aircraft.. Country: Unknown
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040914-F-8769K-020. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-85-03484. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Retired Vice Adm. J. B. Stockdale, a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institute, talks with CAPT. Thomas A. Mercer, commanding officer, on the bridge of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Country: Unknown
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Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-122. C-130 Ride. Hurricane Katrina
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A closeup view of a radar plot board in the combat information center aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) during Exercise RimPac '88. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '88 Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Ashley Meyer, 6th Attack Squadron MQ-9 Reaper instructor pilot, assists U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Cristino Garcia, MQ-9 Reaper student pilot, and U.S. Air Force Airman Tenzin Dongak, MQ-9 Reaper student sensor operator, during a training flight in a ground control station, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Oct. 13, 2022. The 6th ATKS trains both pilots and sensor operators to maintain peak efficiency when operating an MQ-9.
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A Marine from Btry. I, 3rd Bn., 11th Marines, works at a fire control system console at the fire direction center during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)
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060313-N-6764G-032. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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PHILIPPINE SEA (June 16, 2022) Chief Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Derek Epps, from Atlanta, types an email while standing watch in the Combat Information Center 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.
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jake Lillich, 47th Fighter Squadron pilot, operates an aircraft simulator during exercise Spartan Warrior 22-9 at Einsiedlerhof Air Station Sept. 28, 2022. During the exercise, Allies  simulated scenarios to test players abilities to counter threats including command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets, strike coordination and reconnaissance, and combat search and rescue.
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NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 18, 2019) Students of Officer Candidate School (OCS) class 01-20 are first to test the new Conning Officer Virtual Environment (COVE) cart system at Officer Training Command in Newport, Rhode Island (OTCN), Sept. 18, 2019. Scheduled to deliver to various ROTC campuses in early December, the newly portable system includes an upgraded computer, lighter headset, voyage management system and a new virtual ship. OCS develops civilians and fleet Sailors into newly commissioned offers morally, mentally, physically and imbue them with the highest ideals of honor, courage and commitment in order to prepare graduates for service in the fleet as Naval officers.
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LT. Robert Pornaras mans the missile compartment control and monitoring panel station aboard the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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GULF OF ADEN (May 11, 2013) Machinist's Mate 1st Class David Paez and Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 1st Class Michael Meyer stand watch in the central control station aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61). Monterey is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
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960203-F-2171A-005. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Staff Sgt. Timothy C. Jackson, turboprop mechanic, 301st Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, works on a helicopter control panel during Exercise Patriot Coyote. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT COYOTE State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Part of the interior of the building where the Gipsy trainer (T.B.V. De Walrus class submarines) is drawn up, March 1991.
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AIRMAN Zachary Peters mans the controls of a B-52 gunnery system simulator while TECH SGT. Dave Leonard explains the operation of the turret section to AIRMAN Bill Vlasik during a class at the Enlisted Aviation Undergraduate School. The school is part of the 4017th Combat Crew Training Squadron. Base: Castle Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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On the quarterdeck of the Japanese ship, JDS KIRISHIMA, BM3 Hiroshi Yoshida (rear) reads off the plan of the day as Fire Controlman Third Class Naoya Yamamoto (foreground) writes the information on the status board. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DA-ST-88-04609. Base: Mesa State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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120827-N-GC639-003ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 27, 2012) Operations Specialist 1st Class Tiffany Claiborne mans the air intercept control station during a simulated training event in the combat direction center aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower 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.
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DN-SN-89-03472. Country: Unknown
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An airman aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft adjusts an airdropping rig during Exercise Sentry Cowboy I. The airman is from the 181st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY COWBOY I Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Soliders take part in the Synthetic Training Environment - Information System (STE-IS) Soldier Touch Point 2B in Orlando, Fla., march 29-31. The event was sponsored by the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation and the Army's Synthetic Training Environment Cross Functional Team. STE-IS is comprised of the Training Simulation Software (TSS), the Training Management Tool (TMT) and One World Terrain (OWT), all of which were capabilities integrated onto the Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT) at STP 2B. During the touch point, Soldiers successfully executed vignettes designed to obtain user feedback to drive the software design process and inform future software releases. Soldier Touch Points engage the Soldier early and often throughout the prototype process to ensure programs and solutions arrive at the point of need ready for use. The Synthetic Training Environment enhances Soldier readiness with innovative, realistic simulation trainin
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DF-ST-86-05149. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL)
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U.S. Navy Sailors stare at a screen at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Nov. 3, 2022. The crew members of the U.S.S. Tucson were part of a namesake city tour.
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970420-F-8006R-004. Complete Scene Caption: Lieutenant Jake Ellzey, a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter pilot with the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, studies his map during a mass familiarization mission brief. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. Lieutenant Ellzey and his unit are participating in ROVING SANDS '97 exercise as part of the Red Forces. Lieutenant Commander Curt Walther, a SH-60 Seahawk helicopter pilot, points to some areas of operation on a map during a mass familiarization mission brief with other members of the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The helicopter squadron is participating in ROVING SANDS '97 exercise as part of the Red force. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environmen
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Two U.S. Air Force air traffic controllers clear aircraft for landing while working in the base control tower. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)
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Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Kwajalein Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands
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A map for the landing of Expedition 55 crew members  Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is seen during a landing operation readiness meeting Saturday, June 2, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station.
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British Royal Air Force air traffic controllers, in the control tower, coordinate with an aircraft during Exercise Coronet Cactus. In the background are pilots of the 110th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 131st Tactical Fighter Wing, Missouri Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET CACTUS Base: Raf Leeming Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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Crewmen monitor control panels aboard an E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft during Exercise Team Spirit. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crew members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission experience the interior of an M113 armored personnel carrier. An M113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency exit from the pad is needed and every shuttle crew is trained on driving the vehicle before launch. From left is Pilot Greg H. Johnson, Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff, Battalion Chief David Seymour (partially obscured), Commander Mark Kelly, Mission Specialists Mike Fincke and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori.Space shuttle Endeavour's six crew members are at Kennedy for the launch countdown dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training. Targeted to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT, they will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper and micrometeoroi
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AIRCRAFT KC135 IN FLIGHT WITH PERSONNEL
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, aides to Gulf Coast to view damage from Hurricane Katrina
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A civilian technician demonstrates the use of a portable computer in the cockpit of a helicopter. Base: Fort Monmouth State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Aviation Ordnancemen of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force P-3C Orion Detachment 33 discuss procedures for loading sonobouys on the aircraft for an anti-submarine warfare mission 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)
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German policeman as an operation controller in the police headquarters Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany
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National Guard members at the National Guard Coordination Center, seen here Sept. 16, 2018 at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia, monitor response activity stemming from Hurricane Florence. The NGCC works with the Army and Air Guard Readiness Centers in assisting the domestic operations and emergency response efforts of states affected by Florence. (National Guard Bureau
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010501-F-0697K-046. Subject Operation/Series: UNION FLASH 01 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Italian and American Pilots. Italian and American Pilots. "Ramstein AB, GermanyItalian and American pilots go over their flight plans before a mission. This is part of the NATO squadron exchange program devised to test the practical ability of the different NATO countries in their effort to work together." Photographer: Philip E. Ramsey
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The day shift of the Fort Polk DES Emergency-911 dispatch center team as they take both emergency and nonemergency calls to help the Fort Polk community, no matter the situation.
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