Missile Command Operations

Personnel managing missile tracking systems and communication equipment aboard naval vessels during inspections and operational duties in various military locations.

DF-ST-88-09958. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-04687. Country: Unknown

A petty officer checks missile tracking system equipment during a general quarters inspection aboard the guided missile cruiser USS WAINWRIGHT (CG-28). The ship is underway off the coast of Charleston, S.C. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-ST-88-09958. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN David Jones, television equipment specialist, scores the Television Ordnance Scoring System (TOSS) during live drops at Avon Park Range. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman mans a sonar station during anti-submarine warfare operations aboard the guided missile frigate USS CURTS (FFG-38) while underway off the coast of Southern California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Systems operators determine targets to be jammed by EC-130H Hercules aircraft. The EC-130Hs, which are flying under the project name of Compass Call, are modified to confuse and disrupt enemy command and control operations by using a highly sophisticated. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-ST-88-07751. Base: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman monitors a radar scope 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)

970605-A-5975H-002. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Traffic Controllers SSgt Charles Blackstone, SSgt Christie Faulker, and SrA Anthony Krebill, control air traffic around Port-au-Prince International Airport for a 30 mile radius. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

The "Battery Control Officer (BCO)" (left in the photo) and his assistant (right to the photo) pure to the radar screens of the so-called TDECC in the "Platoon Command Post (PCP)" of the improved Hawk system. TDECC = Tactical Display and Engagement Control Console.

DN-ST-88-03175. Country: Unknown

MAJ John Ellis works with the Defense Message System, installed in a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and one of two in the Army being field tested, during an exercise. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-00552. Country: Unknown

DA-ST-87-00736. Country: West Germany (FRG)

CAPT. Tim Howell, a KC-135 Stratotanker navigator, plots location and flight coordinates to mark warning areas before an aerial refueling mission. The exercise involved each branch of the armed services and all major units of the US Atlantic Command. The aircraft is from the 69th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Army soldier uses field communications gear in a command center during Exercise BRIGHT STAR '94. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '94 Country: Egypt (EGY)

A civilian instructor at the US Army Signal School stops to help a student in a Basic Electronics Training Course class. The students are working with NIDA 205 microcomputer trainers. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-07359. Base: USS Georgia (SSBN 729)

Sailors man their stations in an engineering space aboard the Canadian frigate HMCS MARGAREE (DDH-230) during Fleet Ex 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Base: Hmcs Margaree (DDH 230) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A view of the complexity of the Ballast Control Panel on board the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS PENNSYLVANIA (SSBN-735). Country: Unknown

SSG Peter Burt, station manager for Southern Command Network (SCN), puts a radio program in a reel-to-reel tape player. Base: Soto Cano Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

DN-ST-90-00627. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

DN-ST-89-03203. Country: Unknown

TSGT Chuck Christie, electronic maintenance technician with the 6949th Electronic Security Squadron, monitors equipment at a systems maintenance station aboard a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft. Country: Unknown

SSGT Marvin J. Green, a range monitor at the Korean Operational Tactical Air Range (KOTAR), clears aircraft into range airspace during exercise Commando Crest. Upon granting aircraft clearance, SGT Green records the call sign, type, time on range and purpose in his air traffic log. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO CREST Base: Sang Dong Country: South Korea

US/Australian sailors work in the communications Station Station Harold E. Holt, a joint US/Australian naval station. Country: Australia (AUS)

The engineering officer of the watch monitors the ship's engineering plants in the damage control center aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

010517-N-511A-008. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

SrA Douglas Pindrock of the 612th ACOMS, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ works at the 100 (A) communication terminal in a communication trailer at Pope AFB, NC in support of Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-00655. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Electrician Mates monitor the main electrical control console in the engineering spaces on board the Forrestal Class, Aircraft Carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60). Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Brook Devos of the 1850th Airborne Communications Squadron makes preflight checks in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA)

A maintenance person from the 69th Fighter Squadron works on the F-16C refueling door before an afternoon mission. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPL K. C. Gallegos, controller in the tower, checks his log as he prepares to clear a ground vehicle to proceed onto the runway. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-01025. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

Students at the Naval Submarine School monitor equipment inside a submarine simulator. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010218-F-1851B-105. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

DF-ST-89-01024. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

SRA Scott operates a teletype machine at Headquarters Tactical Air Control Center during exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SGT Joseph Harnar of Detachment 4, 4th Combat Communications Squadron, adjusts the power output of a transmission amplifier in a satellite communications van during the combined Thai/U.S. Exercise Cobra Gold '89. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '89 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

A soldier checks a switchboard panel in a telephone operations center inside a transportable shelter during Operation Golden Pheasant. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

CHIEF Operations SPECIALIST Martin Lopshansky, left, Tomahawk cruise missile watch supervisor in the combat information center aboard the guided missile cruiser USS SAN JACINTO (CG-56), discusses the Tomahawk data base manager console with Fire Control Technician 1ST Class Chris Denny, sitting, and Fire Control Technician 3rd Class Phil Spitalere. Country: Unknown

Air traffic controllers at work in the Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) Section of the 1974th Communications Command (AFCC). Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines learn to operate a fuel test device at motor transport school. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPT Lance Plummer, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, runs a preflight check on the airborne launch control system aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA)

SGT. Mary Young, a missile radio technician, works with communications equipment at the 2152nd Communications Squadron. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A French soldier, a crewmember with the 40th Regiment d' Artillerie, works inside a French Army Giat 155mm GCT (155mm AUF1) Self-propelled Gun. The 40th Regiment d' Artillerie is located at Hekon Base, near Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor 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 Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-88-09954. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Wally Shellhouse, a electronic switch operator from the 53rd Combat Communication Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., operates his switch panel at the Roswell Industrial Air Center during the annual air defense exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-00398. Base: Nav Com Sta, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Missile Technician 1ST Class (MT1) Thomas D. Howe does paperwork at the launcher control console in the missile control center aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726). Fire Control Technician B 2nd Class (FTB2) Douglas W. Fells, left, and FTB1 Theodore A. Ratz are at the fire control console in the background. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

The engineering officer of the watch monitors the ship's engineering plants in the damage control center aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Sergeant Edward Irvine, 728th Tactical Control Squadron, replaces parts and runs radio checks in a mobile radio van during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of a Prime Beef construction team works on a circuit breaker box in a Harvest Eagle tent city being built during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '89. One kit for a 1,040-man site complete with dining hall, bathrooms, and its own water purification units, was deployed by the 6314th Support Flight in less than 24 hours, and set up by Prime Beef construction teams. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

A crew member operates the SPA-66 radar scope in the combat information center (CIC) on the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-SC-87-02894. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-89-11376. Base: Newport State: Rhode Island (RI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SRA Richard G. White, radar and navigational section, 316th Field Maintenance Squadron, repairs a radar system. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

990503-F-1644LÐ005. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 99 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-05715. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) officer works at an E-3A Sentry console while participating in Cope North '82-1A exercises being held at Kadena and Naha Air Bases. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '82-1A Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Both enlisted and commissioned sailors pull duty in the control room of the Los Angeles class submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN-716). During manuevering operations they keep a watchful eye, through periscopes, on the busy shipping lanes near this California city as they participate in the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. Both enlisted and commissioned sailors pull duty in the control room of the Los Angeles class submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY (SSN-716). During manuevering operations they keep a watchful eye, through periscopes, on the busy shipping lanes near this California city as they participate in the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98.

Crew members monitor guages in the No. 1 engine room aboard the guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20) during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force officers monitor radar consoles in a control and reporting center during a joint tactical information distribution system (JTIDS) training exercise. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-07343. Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS Base: USS Halyburton (FFG 40)

The (DUC) at Woensdrecht airbase in 1993.

US Army SPECIALIST Soto (Right), a photographer with the Fort Sam Houston Audio/Visual Production Facility, shoots an image of SPC Snell preparing a still camera for a photo shoot. This took place at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, on August 16th, 2000. Base: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF Sergeant Andy Susan, a member of the 7004th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, operates a remote control bomb disposal robot built by a Euorpean firm. The robot, being evaluated by the Air Force, is equipped with three TV cameras, a shotgun, and has the ability to destroy explosives. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Crewmen work together in the combat information center aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

MSGT Bernard Ackerman and SSGT Bruce Adam, 119th Camron (Avionics) section, repair the radar dome on an F-4E Phantom II aircraft during exercise Copper Flag. Subject Operation/Series: COPPER FLAG Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A sailor monitors a radar display in the combat information center aboard the West German frigate FGS KARLSRUHE (F 212) during FLEET EX 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Base: Fgs Karlsruhe (F 212) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DA-SC-87-01553. Base: Fort Lee State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gas Turbine Systems Technician 1ST Class Reynaldo Gutierrez monitors the propulsion and auxiliary control console on board USS CARNEY (DDG 64). Carney is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Carney (DDG 64)

1979 - LCPL H.D. Sulger of the base communications center is processing a message on a Univac optical character reader so that the message can be transmitted to another military base.

020104-F-8006R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing

010403-F-6470D-500. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-84-08143. Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-88-06159. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Thomas P. Smith, 3rd Combat Communications Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, checks a reportedly bad telephone line during exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Aviation Machinist AIRMAN (ADAA) Elvira Vera is installing an oil tank cover on an aircraft at the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AMID) at Naval Air Facility Unit 5048. Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan (JPN)

TECH. SGT. James Johnson and STAFF SGT. Tony B. Shutter give a team effort from the control tower to keep the runways safe. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett III is briefed in the combat information center of the guided missile destroyer ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51) as the ship travels down river for sea trials off the coast of Maine. The ARLEIGH BURKE is one of the few ships that has ever been named for a living person. Base: Kennebec River State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040720-F-2902B-012. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two sailors monitor the controls for the ship's engines in the technical center aboard the Dutch frigate HR MS CALLENBURGH (F-808) during FLEET EX 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DA-SD-03-08262. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Chris R. Ingalls, with camera, and David R. Pattison, both journalists with the Navy Broadcasting Service Detachment, Diego Garcia, conduct an interview with Yeoman 2nd Class Shelley R. Britt. Base: Naval Air Station, Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

Russia, Moscow Oblast, Moscow, Taganka-area, ZKP Tagansky Cold War Museum, underground communication bunker, interior wth visitors, NR

DN-ST-86-11456. Base: USS Arkansas (CGN 41) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Aircraft Controlman Buccie Cline monitors final control positions of pilots during aircraft recovery operations aboard USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) in the Persian Gulf. Nimitz and her embarked air wing are operating in the Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq, by patrolling the no-fly" zone under Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

DN-ST-87-10994. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A1C Rebecca Estorga, telephone switchboard operator with the 55th Communication Squadron, patches a call through on the Strategic Operations Conference System at the Base Communications Service Center. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT Rosbottom closes a discharge valve on the side of one of the air station fire department's firefighting vehicles. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010403-F-6470D-504. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-89-05936. Base: Lajes Field Country: Azores (AZR)

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