Military Transport Aircraft Operations

Images showcasing cargo and military operations within transport aircraft, featuring equipment and personnel handling various missions.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adrian Garcia, 19th Special Operations Squadron operations superintendent, waits to close the door on an MC-130H Combat Talon II for its final flight under the 492nd Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 31, 2022. Combat Talon IIs first arrived at Hurlburt June 29, 1992, and after acceptance testing, began official flying operations Oct. 17, 1992.

Inside the cargo bay of the C-17 from forward to aft shows two Mobile Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) inside the latest addition to the Air Force cargo transporting capability. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011007-F-5772H-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: UNDISCLOSED

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adrian Garcia, 19th Special Operations Squadron operations superintendent, waits to close the door on an MC-130H Combat Talon II for its final flight under the 492nd Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 31, 2022. Combat Talon IIs first arrived at Hurlburt June 29, 1992, and after acceptance testing, began official flying operations Oct. 17, 1992.

Medium shot, right front view, a parked C-5 Galaxy, nose visor raised and crago ramp extended, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, delivers a HH-60 Blackhawk, 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, 7 March 2000, to South African Air Force Base Hoedspruit during Operation "ATLAS RESPONSE". The helicopter is the first delivered to aid in distribution of relief supplies and to be used in rescue operations for stranded flood victims in Mozambique. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-05897 or search 000307-F-5772H-503). Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF)

DF-ST-86-09246. Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An F-111 aircraft undergoes refueling in a hangar during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A view of a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter and a pallet of supplies loaded aboard a 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. Five Iroquois helicopters will be loaded aboard the aircraft and flown to Bogota, Colombia, as part of Operation Pour Over, a U.S. attempt to aid the Colombian government in its battle against drug traffickers. Subject Operation/Series: POUR OVER Base: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron performs routine maintenance on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 19, 2022. The 355th Maintenance Group consists of over 2,000 Airmen in 3 Squadrons and is responsible for eight flying squadrons, over 100 aircraft and performs on and off equipment aircraft maintenance.

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

An NAIM-120A advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) mounted on the fuselage station of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft during a loading demonstration. Base: Marine Corps Air Station State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lance Corporal Drue N. McIver and Corporal Kenny Carlyle, from HMH-463 Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, put a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that was disassembled so it could be transported to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, back together as part of Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001 at Anderson Air Force Base. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps' ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Air Wing

030422-F-6742S-635. Country: United States Of America (USA)

A C-5 Galaxy is prepared for down loading. The troops and supplies will be used in support of the relief mission. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Moron Country: Spain (ESP)

Soldiers from B Co. 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade participated in the 2nd Infantry Division ROK-U.S. Combined Division wet gap crossing on September 20-21, 2022 by sling loading sections of a pontoon bridge and lowering them into a river. A crew member looks through the center hatch of the CH-47F Chinook helicopter as it moves into position to release the sling loaded pontoon bridge section into a river.U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Frank Spatt

A rear view of the open spin chute compartment on an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-04741. Base: San Jacinto State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-02155. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041223-N-5345W-029. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

220917-N-JO823-1117 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2022) A Sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, attached to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, conducts a fast rope training exercise in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 17. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Loadmasters and Aerial Porters assigned to the 115th Airlift Squadron load a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) inside a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, Sept. 7, 2022. MAFFS is a portable fire retardant delivery system inserted into an aircraft, temporarily converting it into a fire fighting airtanker that provides a critical surge” capability to bolster wildfire suppression efforts when commercial airtankers are fully committed or not readily available.

DF-ST-89-00927. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Mafraq Country: Jordan (JOR)

Preparing a replacement Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine are Corporal CPL Leonard Rodriguez, USMC, (left) and Lance Corporal Andres Almaguer, USMC, while inside the Pettibone crane Corporal Douglas Peterson, USMC, (right) mans the cranes controls. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. All are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR 352

C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, upload pallets of U.S. Army support equipment in support of Task Force Hawk. TFH is the U.S. Army's contingent operation currently building up in Albania as part of NATO's air offensive campaign in Yugoslavia. The 14th Airlift Wing is part of the 437th Air Expeditionary Unit that is base out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This is mission in direct support of Operation Sustain Hope. Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A camouflaged C-5A Galaxy aircraft in a hangar for inspection and maintenance. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-10313. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A gunner's mate mans the Mark 115 Sea Sparrow fire control system director during a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile firing exercise aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

B-52 Flight Mission Symbology on Side of Craft

Missile Maintenance Technicians from the 90th MXS/LSS stand at the opening of Minuteman III Silo, Alpha-7. Pictured are: SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Laboarde (on diveboard), STAFF SGT. Jason Bruns & STAFF SGT. Monte Reeder (in work cage). Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020813-F-4177H-026. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Country: Unknown

Master Sgt. Adam Roberts (right), the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of load planning assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, works with an Airman from the 60th Aircraft Maintenance squadron (left), to pull a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone aboard a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron, August 10, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. C-5 Super Galaxys come equipped with a winch system to assist ramp operations specialists in loading heavy cargo.

A cargo hold cover begins to open as the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3) is loaded at the start of exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Usns Wright (T-AVB 3)

A member of the 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron guides a US Army truck into a Flying Tigers 747 contract aircraft. The vehicles are being shipped to Korea for use during exercise TEAM SPIRIT '79. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '79 Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020318-F-8118G-006. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

DN-SC-85-01649. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070112-N-6854D-001. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

020318-N-6648M-001. Subject Operation/Series: Enduring Freedom Base: Uss John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Scene Major Command Shown: USS JFK CV-67

Senior Airman Robert Hiler, 51st Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels systems technician, assists a simulated unconscious Airman dummy inside a fuel tank compartment of an A-10c Thunderbolt during an annual confined space training and safety event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 13, 2022. If an Airman is found to be unconscious inside of the compartment, emergency procedures are immediately initiated in order to extract the individual and give them medical care.

ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 10, 2018) Damage Controlman 2nd Class Luis Martinez closes a scuttle during a damage control drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gregory Johnson, 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group expeditionary depot maintenance tactical team member, replaces the wing on an A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 357th Fighter Generation Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 11, 2022. Depot teams are composed of more experienced individuals in specific job classifications for completing extensive maintenance such as a wing change.

060830-N-9851B-003. Base: USS Hopper (DDG 70)

070122-A-5332O-090. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Burgett works on the C-130H Hercules at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, during routine morning maitenance on Dec. 28, 2016. The Ohio Air National Guard unit has a 40 year history of flying airlift missions since it received it's first C-130B model in the winter of 1976.

030209-F-9528H-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Pfc. Nathan Dorset of Charlie Company, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division inspects the tail rotor on a HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter as part of a 90-Day Corrosion Inspection on August 16, 2022 at Fort Drum, N.Y. The HH-60M is a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) version of the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.

France, Normandy, Cherbourg, La Cité De La Mer, the nuclear submarine 'Le Redoutable'

DA-ST-85-04869. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040919-F-6335P-015. Base: Pensacola Regional Airport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

aboard the submarine torpedo compartment on board the Russian submarine Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvashutinxxSergeyx 3371707

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 824th Quartermaster Company, prepare cargo for an airdrop from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 8th EAS at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 5, 2022. The cargo was part of a combat airdrop mission over an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

010930-N-9868C-003. Base: Naval Station, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Kitty Hawk

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 11th Quartermaster Detachment, 82nd Airborne Division build bundles of water and seed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan April 12, 2008. The Soldiers will load the containers and other humanitarian supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, which will drop the bundles over Afghanistan using a joint precision airdrop system.

030410-F-1443F-011. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Members of the 501st Tactical Missile Maintenance Squadron inspect the Inert Trainers of the Ground Launch Cruise Missile, after its arrival inside the GLCM Alert Missile Maintenance Area. Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

A rear view of the spin chute compartment on an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, secure a propeller onto a MV-22 Osprey in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 16, 2022. The Marines replaced the propeller of the MV-22 Osprey to ensure flight readiness. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

DN-ST-89-02743. Country: Unknown

Staff Sgt. Ramiro Gonzalez (left) and Tech. Sgt. Bryan Campbell remove a damaged propeller from a C-130J Hercules aircraft Aug. 19, 2010, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

030425-F-2813A-008. Country: Unknown

A view of a Standard-2 (SM-2) medium range missile on a Mark 13 launcher aboard the guided missile frigate USS COPELAND (FFG-25), as the ship operates with the Australian Navy as part of the joint Australia/New Zealand/U.S. Exercise Pitch Black '84. Subject Operation/Series: PITCH BLACK '84 Base: Darwin State: Northern Territory Country: Australia (AUS)

Mark 82 general purpose bombs, left, and Mark 82 high-drag Snakeye bombs rest on weapons skids near an ordnance elevator in the hangar bay of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). Country: Unknown

The port fantail guntub that houses the JP-4 fueling station on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-05286. Base: Pine Bluff Arsenal State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of the 1181st Transportation Terminal Unit hold up the tail of a covered AH-1 Cobra helicopter as it is towed onto the Saudi Arabian roll-on/roll-off cargo ship SAUDI HAIL during loading operations at Blount Island Terminal. Helicopters and support equipment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are being loaded aboard the Saudi Hail for transport to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the combat information center room aboard the guided missile frigate RODNEY M. DAVIS(FFG-60). The ship is 60 percent complete. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The hatches of the 12 vertical-launch Tomahawk missile tubes stand open on the bow of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN-723). Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-08057. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030202-F-8290C-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Several Aircrew members from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, celebrated their final flights June 16th, 2022, at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio. The "Fini" flight tradition is one where aircrew members are hosed down with water by their peers, family, and friends upon their completion of their final flight.

DN-ST-86-02103. Base: USS New Jersey (BB 62) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

NORFOLK (Oct. 13, 2022) - A Sailor assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), communicates with Sailors on the pier upon returning to Naval Station Norfolk from a seven-month deployment, Oct. 13. More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Kearsarge ARG supported a wide range of interoperability opportunities and exercises across the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations increasing combat readiness and crisis response capabilities while strengthening relationships with both NATO Allies and partners.

U.S. Marines assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare light armored vehicles for a company-level reinforcement rehearsal aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 14, 2024. Somerset and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing secure the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) inside a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft attached to the 115th Airlift Squadron at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, Apri 21, 2022. MAFFS is a portable fire retardant delivery system that can be inserted into an aircraft, temporarily converting it into a fire fighting airtanker that can lay retardant lines to help control wildfires. The MAFFS program has been a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense since the early 1970s.

DN-SC-86-04233. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060124-A-7969G-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lt. Col Deloney, 302nd Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptor pilot, prepares for taxi during his final flight Dec. 3, 2022 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

Lockheed AH-56 Helicopter; Cheyenne, 40 x 80 ft. Wind Tunnel. (3/4 rear view)

Technical Sergeant Harvey Dyson takes periodic readings on the 806 Mechanical Emergency Power Generator. The readings are taken every hour to determine overall operating conditions and to eliminate problems to prevent loss of power. TSGT Dyson is a member of the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina. The 245th ATCS is deployed to Michael Army Air Field, Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in support of GLOBAL PATRIOT '98. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL PATRIOT '98 Base: Michael Army Air Field State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airman 1st Class Morgan Nguyen, a weapons loader assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, loads 20 millimeter ammunition into the F-16 Fighting Falcon during Coronet Cactus at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Mar. 31, 2023. Coronet Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to Phoenix to participate in a simulated deployment exercise.

Ordinary Seaman Roberto Catalan, a civilian mariner embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), looks through the �big eyes� binoculars while Mercy transits the South China Sea on July 5, 2010, en route to Indonesia in support of Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships.

SGT M.A. Grindley helps to prepare this Douglas C-117 aircraft, No. 833, for its retirement flight by drilling a hole in the section to replace a cover. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the 1300th Military Airlift Squadron airlift control element (ALCE) load a backhoe digger aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Desplazameinto Combinado. Subject Operation/Series: DESPLAZAMEINTO COMBINADO Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

DN-SC-90-01894. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A student practices on the dynamic ejection seat trainer at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-01341. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from the 403rd Wing set up the litter stantion sets for patient transport during their training on the newest Air Force air refueler, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th Air Refueling Squadron from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes that can carry patients, from the loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, to the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground, and prior to this four-day training session, only six members of the squadron had been trained on the KC-46A Pegasus.

U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1), lift an engine on to a CH-53K King Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, July 7, 2022. The CH-53K was recently declared initial operating capable (IOC), a critical milestone in improving capabilities and restructuring Marine Corps aviation for the future fight.

Katrina - General - 26-HK-410-16. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-88-03605. Base: Persian Gulf

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 19, 2021) A landing craft, air cushion assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 enters the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27), carrying Marines and equipment assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). U.S. Navy and Marine Corps integration training provides the Essex Amphibious Ready Group/11th MEU its first opportunity to plan, brief, execute, and debrief multiple mission packages as a world-class naval team.

Cpl. Garret J. Madson (left), a 22-year-old native of Henderson, La., and Cpl. Josh L. Loudermeck, a 30-year-old native of Taylorsville, N.C., both airframe mechanics with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, finish taking the engine out of an AV-8B Harrier II jet inside the hangar bay aboard USS Bonhomme Richard, Sept. 6, 2013. The Marines with the maintenance section of VMM-265 (Rein) work 24-hour shifts to ensure the aircraft are constantly ready. The 31st MEU is the force of choice for the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward deployed MEU.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 211th Rescue Squadron and 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron load relief supplies bound for Bethel Sept. 29, 2022, on an HC-130J Combat King II. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska Air National Guard photo by David Bedard)

Left view of landing skids on army helicopter used in Korean War on display in public park in South Korea

120213-N-PB383-045 ARABIAN GULF (Feb. 13, 2012) Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Justin Yates, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, conducts maintenance on a propeller of a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18). New Orleans and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

DF-ST-87-12395. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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