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Images of military personnel performing maintenance on helicopters and heavy machinery, showcasing operational readiness and teamwork in various environments.

GEN John Lorber climbs out of the Hawaii Air National Guard F-15 Eagle in which he took his final flight before retirement. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH-464) sits on one of the folded-back rotor blades of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as he performs maintenance while embarked aboard the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1). The RALEIGH and its embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

Equipment Operator 2nd Class George Waldrop of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) services a piece of heavy equipment as his unit prepares to deploy to Somalia to participate in Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

A1C Perdue, assigned to the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, prepares himself mentally for a competition jump during SAREX '80. Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An F/A-18 Hornet pilot describes his last mission to flight deck crew members aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

GEN John Lorber climbs out of the Hawaii Air National Guard F-15 Eagle in which he took his final flight before retirement. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine aboard the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) applies camouflage face paint before going ashore for a field operation during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Peleliu (LHA 5) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Air National Guard personnel perform maintenance on life support equipment inside the maintenance hangar during Exercise CHECKERED FLAG. Subject Operation/Series: CHECKERED FLAG Base: Raf Wittering Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

Two chief petty officers walk past a plaque aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) commemorating the April 19, 1989, explosion that killed 47 sailors in the No. 2 gun turret. A decommissioning ceremony was held aboard the IOWA earlier in the day, marking the third time the ship has been placed on an inactive status. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05745. Country: Guatemala (GTM)

MAJ Joseph Chvatal greets LGEN Kim of the Combat Air Command, while MGEN F.A. Haeffner, commander of the 314th Air Division (left), looks on during exercise Commando Vulcan. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO VULCAN Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

STAFF Sergeant Ronald H. Kellerman holds a chart for Technical Sergeant Kevin J. Cummings, who is delivering a briefing prior to a parachute jump. Both men are members of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970628-N-9315S-024. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-02405. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Posing for photo on the deck of the guided missile cruiser USS ANTIETAM (CG-54) during Operation Desert Shield are, from left to right: CAPT. L.E. Eddingfield, commanding officer of the Antietam; Vice Adm. Henry H. Mauz Jr., commander, 7th Fleet; and an unidentified captain. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

Major General Michael P. Sullivan, Deputy Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, leads a contingent of officers onto the pier after touring one of the ships taking part in exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Country: Unknown

980319-F-7910D-010. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

SGT Velazquez (right), 27th Transportation Battalion, Rhein-Main Air Base and SGT. 1ST Class George E. Bailey (in yellow hard hat), 1ST Combat Equipment Company, Mannheim, Germany, stand inside an M113 armored personnel carrier. Subject Operation/Series: UGANDA AIRLIFT Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-86-09722. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

980618-F-6655M-004. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. j.g. Silvester G. Mata, a visiting Hispanic officer, poses for a photograph on the bridge of the frigate USS FANNING (FF-1076). Country: Unknown

DN-ST-90-03769. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-05144. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

German military pilots receive classroom instruction on the F-104G Starfighter aircraft during training conducted by the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Michael Butroeich (Left), the Assistant Flight CHIEF, USAFE Operational Weather Squadron, Sembach Air Base, Germany, briefs USAF Major General Mark Schmidt. MGEN Schmidt, newly arrived to Europe, is the United States Air Force Europe Director of Aerospace Operations, Ramstein AB, DEU. He was given a brief tour of the USAFE Operational Weather Squadron facility and an opportunity to shake hands with each individual personnel. Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

US Air Force CAPT. Karen Brown, a T-38 Talon Instructor Pilot with the 87th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, zips up her G-suit prior to climbing into the aircraft during the annual air defense exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN First Class Charles Bricen, 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, conducts a post-flight inspection of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-05173. Country: Unknown

USAF CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF), Eric W. Benken, Colonel Steve Acuff, Vice Commander of the 43rd Airlift Wing and Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), The Honorable F. Whitten Peters, listens to Flight Nurse USAF Captain Dawn Shanks, 43rd Aero-Medical Evacuation Squadron, explains the configuration for medical evacuation, inside the cargo bay of a C-130E Hercules aircraft at Pope AFB, North Carolina. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LGEN Walter E. Boomer, left, commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC), and LT. GEN. Ernest T. Cook Jr., stand at attention as units pass in review during the MCCDC change of command ceremony. Boomer relieved Cook, who was commanding general from August 1, 1990 and is retiring today. Boomer was promoted to LT. GEN. on August 8, 1990 and assumed duties as commanding general, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force (1 MEF), and commanding general, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-13511. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

DF-ST-89-00821. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

CAPT. Bradley Seipel, weapons system officer, and CAPT. Michael Russell, pilot, strap themselves into the cockpit of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft in preparation for a mission during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

LT. Robb Craddock, co-pilot, US Army, A Company, 7th Battalion, 1ST Aviation Regiment, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Katterbach, Germany, helps in preflighting the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for a mission at Camp Able Sentry II. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD)

DF-ST-88-07136. Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-12063. Country: Philippines (PHL)

970325-F-0994L-039. Complete Scene Caption: Pilot Captain Marc Hall, gives an interview to SENIOR AIRMAN Tim Bailey of Orlando, Florida, at Taszar Air Base, Hungary. AIRMAN Bailey is a member of the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, documenting the Air Force transporting personnel and cargo into the former Yugoslavian region in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. Captain Hall flies with the 61st Airlift Squadron of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, is deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany for a 100 day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). The Green Hornets fly C-130 Hercules every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) where they pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of Joint Guard. Taszar Air Base, Hungary, is a staging point for American troops and equipment before entering the former Yugoslavian region primarily Bosnia-Herzegovina. JOINT GUARD is the multi-nationa

The reflection of a B-52H Stratofortress pilot from the 2 Air Expeditionary Group can be seen through the aircraft's Forward Looking Infrared monitor (FLIR) as he scans the sky in preparation for cruise missile launches at targets in Yugoslavia (not shown) in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Raf Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DN-ST-85-00699. Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Country: North Sea

Onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74), US Navy Photographer's Mate Third Class Todd Darnell of VF-143 makes final adjustments prior to loading the KS 87 aerial film magazine on the flight deck during daily flight operations. The USS JOHN C. STENNIS is deployed in the Persian Gulf in support of the Southwest build-up. (Officially released by COMFIFTHFLT Public Affairs). Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

DF-ST-87-06960. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-ST-88-00134. Country: Unknown

First lieutenant kite G.H.M.s. Putker in the cockpit of his Lockheed F-104G Starfighter.323 Squadron.

DF-ST-87-09556. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

CDR Dave Smania, left, the ship's navigator, discusses s course change with the officer of the deck on the bridge of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-SC-89-03680. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM WORK 88 Base: USS Forrestal (CV 59) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-ST-87-00873. Country: Unknown

An injured member of the 82nd Airborne Division is carried from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft for transfer into an ambulance that will take him to the hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The injury occurred during Exercise Gallant Eagle airdrop in a California desert. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ltzsd 3 kmd of Z.K.H. Prince Willem-Alexander as added officer of the guard on the Frigate Hr.Ms bridge. Abraham Crijnsen (1983-1997) during his introduction to the Royal Netherlands Navy.

A duty officer looks out from the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) to check visibility, as the ship encountes rough weather conditions. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

From left to right aboard the H.M.S. ILLUSTRIOUS off the coast of North Carolina, Admiral Sir Peter Abbot, KCB, Commander in CHIEF Fleet, talks with The Right Honorable Michael Portillomp, United Kingdom Secretary of State For Defense, and The Honorable William J. Perry, United States Secretary of Defense. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT D. Robinson Harris, commandig officer, Destroyer Squadron 32, confers over the alidade on the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD-987) with CAPT J.W. de Jager, commanding officer, Netherlands Destroyer Squadron during BALTOPS '92. Harris is the commanding officer of all BALTOPS forces and the O'BANNON is his flagship. Country: Baltic Sea

GUNNER's Mate G (Guns) Victor Williams and GUNNER's mate G (Guns) Michael Logenbarger change the bolt on an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun prior to a gunnery exercise aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during WestPac '93. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Preparations are made by members of the 183rd Tactical Fighter Group, prior to a training flight aboard an F-4D Phantom II aircraft during Exercise Coronet Brave. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BRAVE Base: Raf Finningley Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

S92-46536 (16 Aug. 1992) --- Astronaut candidates Chris A. Hadfield, Jerry M. Linenger and Koichi Wakata (left to right in foreground) are issued gear for a survival school hosted by Fairchild Air Force Base. Hadfield, from Canada, and Wakata, from Japan, are among the five international candidates in the group of astronaut candidates currently involved in a year-long training and evaluation program.

A1C Corley, a member of the combat control team, has his parachute straps checked by CAPT Busby, also of the CCT. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vice Adm. Henry H. Mauz Jr., commander, Seventh Fleet, U.S. Pacific Fleet, looks through the sights of a Mark 38 25mm gun aboard the guided missile frigate USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG-49) as the ship is en route to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

DN-SC-89-08011. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 A.S. Lewis, the fire control officer aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), waits on the ship's starboard side for a test of one of the LINCOLN's Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapon systems. (CIWS). Country: Caribbean Sea

DF-ST-86-12744. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the Aerial Port Squadron unloads cots from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TAR" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TAR (BIG PINE) Base: Puerto Lempira Country: Honduras (HND)

DA-ST-86-06227. Country: Unknown

SGT E.R. Cano, left, and CPL J.D. Cloninger of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 (HMH-363) remove a countermeasures dispenser from the side of a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Sergeant Robert Gibson, Company A, applies camouflaged paint to the face of Private First Class Dennis Gordon. The men, both members of the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, are preparing for an airmobile assault during training Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army Presidential Flight crew portrait photo. Lieutenant Colonel Jack J. Tinnin, Jr., of the United States Army Presidential Flight crew (Executive Flight Detachment), sits at his desk. Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

MAJ Judith Hanson entertains casualties" aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. MAJ Hanson is a medical crew director of the 68th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron involved in Exercise Wounded Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: WOUNDED EAGLE '82 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

VADM Joseph S. Donnell III, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, speaks during the decommissioning of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Because of bad weather, the official party gathered on the IOWA's bridge and their remarks were broadcast throughout the ship. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-03639. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Bombardier Snow, a member of the 119th Air Defense Battery, Canadian Armed Forces, mans a GDF-005, 35mm Anti Aircraft gun at McGregor Range, New Mexico during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tenue During Oil Load at Sea (BOZ).

An F-14 Tomcat aircraft of Fighter Squadron Eighty-Four (VF-84) passes over the stern ramp in the groove just before touching down on the flight deck during recovery (landing) operations on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) as part of the carrier qualifications being conducted off the coast of Florida. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Churck Laird, a USN SEABEE, surveys a parking ramp during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TARA" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: Puerto Lempira Country: Honduras (HND)

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dante DeAngelis sits in the open door of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter to take photographs after arriving at a refugee camp. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Turkey as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey(TUR)

Retired Vice Adm. J. B. Stockdale, a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institute, visits the bridge of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). With him is CAPT. Thomas A. Mercer, commanding officer of the ship. Country: Unknown

STAFF SGT. Troy Kohler, MH-60 Crew CHIEF, 55th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlbert Field, Florida, inspects the main rotor blades of his aircraft during Bright Star 94. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 94 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

DF-ST-88-10002. Base: Camp Perry State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The submarine Hr.Ms. Sea lion (1990-).

DF-ST-85-11147. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPT Dave Rush, left, and SSGT Robert Oleson review flight records after Rush's mission during the Crested Cap III phase of Reforger '82 exercises. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Base: Bad Soellegan Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

After their aircraft takes off, US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Tom Donahoe, Videographer, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS), plays back video of the take off for USAF Maintenance members with the 363rd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

A Marine wears a backpack, part of the Navstar Global Positioning System satellite. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-85-01362. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Madrid, 01/06/1995. H.H. MM. The Kings, accompanied by the Prince of Asturias, presided over the celebration of Military Easter at the Royal Palace of Madrid. In the image, the Prince of Asturias, who has a wound on his lip caused while skiing.

Two telephone talkers man their stations on the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) during a general quarters drill held after the ship's departure from Naval Station, Long Beach, California, at the beginning of PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Peleliu (LHA 5) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

F-3006-SPT-85-000011-XX-0218. Base: Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

DF-ST-87-13187. Base: Air Base 6, Montigo Country: Portugal (PRT)

DF-ST-86-09099. Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

DN-SC-87-06309. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

DF-ST-87-07458. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crew members plot the course of the destroyer USS O'BANNON as the vessel takes part in Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Country: Panama(PAN)

SGT Reed E. Reichardt, 91st Missile Security Squadron, guards a KC-135 Stratofortress aircraft during the Strategic Air Command exercise Giant Warrior '89. Reichardt is armed with an M-16 rifle. Subject Operation/Series: GIANT WARRIOR '89 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U-2 Dragon Lady pilot CAPT. Forrest Green, in flight suit and helmet, and physiological support technician, AIRMAN 1ST Class Amanda K. Meagher, both members of the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, ready for a U-2 mission. PHOTO published in AIRMAN Magazine, June 1996.Exact Date Shot Unknown. U-2 Dragon Lady pilot Capt. Forrest Green, in flight suit and helmet, and physiological support technician, Airman 1st Class Amanda K. Meagher, both members of the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, ready for a U-2 mission. Photo published in Airman Magazine, June 1996.Exact Date Shot Unknown

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