Military Technology and Operations

Images show military technology, including missile launch sites and aerial operations from different historical contexts. The mood reflects readiness and the impact of warfare.

Nomad camp

A partially camouflaged M-109 launching station for the MIM-104 Patriot missile stands ready for use during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Jubail Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DF-SC-88-09601. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

6th Australian light-horse regiment, 1918, camped outside Jerusalem in Mt. Scopus area. Jerusalem, Israel

The Royal Air Force in Tunisia, April 1943 While a formation flies overhead, other Martin Baltimores of No 223 Squadron stir up the dust on a Tunisian airfield (probably Ben Gardane).

A view of a hardened aircraft hangar damaged during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Nomad camp

A view of a radar site for the 6948th Electronic Security Command during exercise Border Star '81. Subject Operation/Series: BORDER STAR '81 Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-08651. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The 1ST Combat Comm. Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia has set up an operating site with tents and a satellite dish at Azaraq Air Base, Jordan. The unit will be participating in the upcoming joint United States Air Force/Royal Jordanian Air Force military exercise, Air Power Expeditionary Force operation. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Base: Azraq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

Roswell UFO Festival

DF-ST-85-11978. Base: Wallace Air Station Country: Philippines (PHL)

The Royal Air Force in Tunisia, March 1943 The wreckage of a German Junkers Ju 52/3m transport destroyed on Gabes airfield. In the background is a convoy of RAF transports moving in to occupy the airfield. The photograph was taken the day after the airfield was captured at the end of March 1943.

Photo reportage of a demonstration flight with a General Dynamics F-16A with Captain Flyer G. Booij for a Vara television crew.

Shooting Range Baumholder, West Germany during an exercise with attacking NATO jet jet. On the photo an A-10 Thunderbolt of the American Air Force in Action.

DN-ST-86-01658. Base: Wallace Air Station, Poro Point Country: Philippines (PHL)

A Russian security guard stands watch as a Russian military helicopter flies overhead during the rollout of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 5, 2011.

Camouflage netting covers an M-199 155mm howitzer position during an exercise at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, sets up a radio during a communications field exercise, Rapid Tanto at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 5, 2024. The radio allowed transmission of data to higher headquarters. Using off-the-shelf radars and low-signature equipment, 5th ANGLICO and 3rd Intelligence Battalion demonstrated proficiency in planning, coordination, and execution of dynamic targeting capable of supporting maritime campaigns in an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific. Marine Corps

A silhouette of the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle engaging in the Mounted Patrol out of the Tactical Assembly Area Liberty.EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION VIGILANT WARRIOR Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

France, Normandy, D-Day Beaches Area, Longues Sur Mer, WWII German 150mm artillery battery.

As the sun rises in the east, another day begins at the Army's High Altitude Training Site for the A-10 recovery operations as a UH-1N helicopter waits for her crew. As the sun rises in the east, another day begins at the Army's High Altitude Training Site for the A-10 recovery operations as a UH-1N helicopter waits for her crew.

A U.S. Army Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, sits on a hill while using a military radio during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center rotation 23-01 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 31, 2022. JPMRC 23-01 is a regional combat training center (CTC) rotation that builds combat readiness in Americas Pacific Division and is a key way the Army forces engage in a joint environment with our regional allies and partners.

A tracked landing vehicle advances toward the "enemy" in a desert assault that is taking place during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

Camouflaged netting covers a joint military communication center. The communication center is an effort between the U.S. Marines 9th Communications Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., and the U.S. Air Force's 5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, Ga. U.S. and other forces are bringing in personnel, materiel and equipment to support this operation, which is the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia. Subject Operation/Series: UNITED SHIELD Base: Nairobi Country: Kenya (KEN)

A Polish armored personnel carrier assigned to the 11th Lubuska Armored Cavalry Division moves to the attack position at a multinational live fire at Borsuk 22, Nowa Deba, Poland, Oct. 14, 2022. (3-4 ABCT) The 3-4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

DF-SC-86-11367. Base: Verona State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-87-00719. Base: Karlsruhe Country: West Germany (FRG)

Two members of 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment, a British air defense unit, man a radar site at Oksboel firing during the NATO exercise Tactical Fighter Weaponry '89. Subject Operation/Series: TACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY '89 Country: Denmark (DNK)

HOHENFELS, Germany - A lone U.S. Soldier perches on top of a roof during Saber Junction 22. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173d Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. U.S. Army Reserve Photo by SSG Jeff Daniel

Soldiers in camouflage military uniforms carrying weapons, Reconnaissance missions in rugged mountains, Assault infantry battle training. Soldiers in camouflage military uniforms carrying weapons, Reconnaissance missions in rugged mountains, Assault infantry battle training. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538151 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

U.S. Marines with 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, fire M1014 joint service combat shotguns during a live fire range on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2023. 2nd Supply Battalion trained Marines to familiarize themselves with the M1014 shotgun to increase proficiency in rear area security operations.

030206-M-5753Q-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

An airport near the Joint Task Force area for the US/Honduras training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

DA-SC-87-07934. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two members of the 62nd Security Police Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, defend their position on a frozen brown field during Creek Defender training, an air base ground-defense course that includes classroom instruction and field training. Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Russian search and rescue teams arrive at the landing site seconds after the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft touched down with Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Russian Cosmonauts Skvortsov and Kornienko and NASA Astronaut Caldwell Dyson, are returning from six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 23 and 24 crews.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Multinational Implementation Force (IFOR) personnel observe local Bosnians offloading a generator from the back of an US Army M35/M44A2 (6X6) 2 1/2-ton Cargo Truck. This generator serves as a back-up power source for the radio transmission site located on Mt. Bukovik, Bosnia-Herzegovina. in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Mount Bukovik Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

The air cushion landing craft LCAC-8 comes ashore at Onslow Beach carrying several vehicles from Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion. The 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (4th MEB's) ground units are coming ashore at Onslow Beach after disembarking from the amphibious ships on which they were deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A TRC-97 communications antenna installation on the beach during joint readiness training exercise SOLID SHIELD '77. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '77 Base: Fort Fisher Air Station State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade breach a wired obstacle an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

. Work Request Description: Photographic support for Desert Rats 2022 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Charge Code: DESERT RAT IMAGE ACQ XM, 23.44.600000.8100.8117 for UWI 2023.44.XA.600000.0 Desert Rats Project 2023 (XM)

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC), provide security as part of a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Jan. 25, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is ready to respond to any crisis response mission in theater to include the employment of a TRAP force.

Soldiers in camouflage military uniforms carrying weapons, Reconnaissance missions in rugged mountains, Assault infantry battle training. Soldiers in camouflage military uniforms carrying weapons, Reconnaissance missions in rugged mountains, Assault infantry battle training. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538210 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Shooting Range Baumholder, West Germany during an exercise with attacking NATO jet jet. On the photo a mirage.

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-191. Hurricane Katrina

Personnel assigned to the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, evaluate battle damage on the targets for potential updates to weaponeering models and software on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nevada, Sept 13, 2022. The NTTR mission is to create, operate, and maintain live and synthetic environments and integrate partners to optimize warfighter capabilities.

DF-ST-89-00975. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-SC-88-09597. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Reims , Marne , Champagne , France , 1919 - Devastated regions, Marne, Aisne - Paul Castelnau - (February -March) (French - Reims , Marne , Champagne , France). Car transport, tank, ruins, front, barbed wire, post-war period, Transport, First World War, France, German tank in French lines

DA-SC-86-08948. Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

010615-A-6086T-017. Base: Pucara Country: Ecuador (ECU) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHCOM

The crash barricade is lowered after a drill on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise. The F-4 Phantom II aircraft in the background is a shell used for firefighting drills. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Two airmen work on a piece of equipment at the Pil Sung bombing range's Range Camera Site No. 1. The camera site is part of the television ordnance scoring system (TOSS) used at the range, which is operated jointly by the South Korean and U.S. Air Forces. Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Costa Rica. White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff trip to San José, Costa Rica, in advance of President John F. Kennedy's visit; several unidentified men set up equipment on a roof.

Equipment on grassy field during foggy weather

Vietnam Veterans National Memorial

U.S. Marine Corps close-quarters battle (CQB) instructors with Training Company, Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment (MCSFR), and personnel employed by the Department of Energys (DOE) Special Response Team (SRT), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Special Agents, the Chesapeake Police Department's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agencys Emergency Response Team (ERT) prepare for a dynamic movement live-fire drill at IAMS Range, Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex, Virginia, June 24, 2022. MCSFR CQB instructors led various live-fire qualifications, movement to contact drills and guided discussions on CQB tactics and techniques for personnel with the DOEs SRT, the FBIs Special Agents, the Chesapeake Police Department's SWAT Team, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agencys ERT. MCSFR capitalized on the interagency training evolution to enhance CQB capabilities and knowledge for U.S. Marine CQB instructors and all participating agency o

A line of investigators walk the blast zone looking for clues and evidence as to the cause of the explosion Sept. 28 on the Eglin Air Force Base range. The investigation was part of the FBI's large vehicle post blast school attended by state and local law enforcement agencies as well as Navy and Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians. Three vehicles were blown up to create the crime scenes that students would investigate. The week-long course was the second held on Eglin with 67 students representing 18 different U.S. agencies.

A821161 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 27 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/27/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS; ARMORED VEHICLES; ARMORED VEHICLES (MILITARY); CARS; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FIREARMS; MOUNTAINS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROADS; SAFEGUARDS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VEHICLES, SPECIAL USE; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Humvee Hood Mounted Coil of Concertina Wire

Shooting Range Baumholder, West Germany during an exercise with attacking NATO jet jet. On the photo an A-10 Thunderbolt of the American Air Force in Action.

A Cluster Bomb Unit is dropped on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, to evaluate bomblet dispersion, pattern, and effectiveness against armored targets Sept. 13, 2022. Cluster munitions are dropped from aircraft, opening up in mid-air to release tens or hundreds of submunitions, which can saturate an area up to the size of several football fields.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Barrel of 10 inch gun mounted on disappering carriage. Battery Worth, Fort Casey State Park, Washington.

Baghdad, Iraq - An Anchor sits at the entrance of the Monument to the Unknown Soldier

Punta de Ses Talaies, center of the battlefield, Son Carrio, location of the battle of mallorca, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

The 10th Combat Support Hospital's (CSH) field hospital located at Roosevelt Field, Fort Carson, Colorado. The field hospital was set up to give members of the 10th CSH a chance to review and practice what they have learned. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the Marine Beachmaster Unit 2 headquarters in use during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Artwork: "San Junjo Air Base, Spain". Artist: Milton Wolsky. US Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Principal Federal Official - 26-HK-370-73. File Unit includes photographs of Admrial Allen on CNN and Visits by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton among others. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-87-04785. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

The Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU-4) air cushion landing craft LCAC11 comes ashore during an amphibious exercise in the Mediterranean area. Country: Unknown

A821183 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE MARK SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 28 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/28/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; COMPOUNDS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES (BARRIERS); FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; FIREARMS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SAFEGUARDS; TELEPHONE POLES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Military cemetery in Palestine. 1917

Stargate Movie Set.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brandon Holliman, a native of Suffolk, Virginia, and a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), waits for enemy to arrive during a Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain town exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 on U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona, April 11, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, which emphasizes the development of small task-organized unit experimentation across all warfighting functions, as well as enhance the battalion's ability to conduct command and control, fire-support planning, intelligence functions, and logistical support to distributed company level operations. This exercise continues support of 2d MARDIV's experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression.

USA, Lewis and Clark Trail, Oregon, The Dalles, Covered wagon interior, contents at the Columbia River Gorge Discovery Center

050620-A-6108G-626. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACoE

Cannon barrel from an old artillery piece

U.S. Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in rifle qualification tables 3-6 during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 9, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

Safety personnel assigned to the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) ensure the target area is cleared safe prior to bomblet dispersion evaluation on the NTTR, Nevada, Sept. 13, 2022. The NTTR provides the warfighter a flexible, realistic and multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests.

Joint Terminal Attack Controller and infantry Marines assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division trained during exercise Garnet Rattler at Idaho's premier Orchard Combat Training Center and Saylor Creek ranges April 11-29, 2022. The exercise is a joint mission between the U.S. Marines, Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, 124th Fighter Wing Guardsmen and 366th Fighter Wing Airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base to train and qualify Marine JTACs to be more efficient and lethal in a realistic training environment. Idaho's ranges support this realistic environment. OCTC's 143,000-acre training area, located 18 miles south of Boise, is the Idaho National Guards largest training complex and includes nearly two dozen ranges to prepare units for combat operations.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-303-19. Hurricane Katrina

DF-ST-85-01803. Base: Nav Sup Activity, Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

A view of the water point manned by Marines attached to the 26th Marine Service Support Group, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

Kharkov 1942. Ideal sectionalized reconstruction of a machine gun position designed to establish a crossfire between two posts on the perimeter of the fortification.

220412-N-PK355-1234 TROMSØ, Norway (April 12, 2022) - A landing craft, air cushion, attached to Assault Craft Unit 4, disembarks the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during a Marine Expeditionary Unit off-load in support of a bilateral training event in Tromsø, Norway, April 12, 2022. Kearsarge, flag ship of the Kearsarge ARG-MEU team, is on a scheduled deployment under the command and control of Task Force 61/2 while operating in U.S. Sixth Fleet in support of U.S., Allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.

France, Normandy, D-Day Beaches Area, Longues Sur Mer, WWII German 150mm artillery battery.

050721-A-6108G-333. Base: Arbil State: Arbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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