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)

GUNNER's Mate Guns Second Class (GMG2) Robert Derouin checks the engine room of the Honduran registered motor vessel BLACK EAGLE. The vessel was bound for Miragoane, Haiti when it was stopped and boarded by the U.S. Navy training frigate USS AINSWORTH (FFT-1090) about 12 miles off the northeast coast of Haiti. This was the 100th boarding of a ship bound for Haiti in support of Operation Support Democracy since the United Nations (UN) embargo went into place six weeks ago on October 18th. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Country: Caribbean Sea

A Marine corporal operates a cordless telephone switchboard SB-3082 (V) 2/GT. The corporal is a part of Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12) and is participating in exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea

111029-N-EZ913-033ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 29, 2011) Internal Communications Electrician Fireman Caleb Weis, from Long View, Texas, operates the Integrated Launch and Recovery Television System (ILARTS) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

A chief petty officer gives some instructions to CAPT Dorothy A. Prose, executive assistant to the undersecretary of the Navy, as she tries her hand at steering the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PARGO (SSN 650). The PARGO is underway north of the Arctic Circle.. Country: Unknown

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-348. AIRSTA NOLA--personnel at desk in command-center type office. Hurricane Katrina

Submarine hr.ms. Sea lion (1990 -...) at the periscope

Lieutenant Colonel Spitler and other operations officers operate the Conference Management Table in the Emergency Conference Room at the National Military Command Center. The center is located at the Pentagon. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060830-N-6403R-006. Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

STAFF SGT. Tina Hutts, an air surveillance technician reservist, operates a display panel in the E-3 aircraft simulator.(Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1996 ) Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-04092. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Port Suez Country: Egypt (EGY)

A processor reviews identification and records with an air crew member prior to his deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Training Technical Service Electrical Engineering on the Technical Training Royal Netherlands Marine (Tokm) on the Marine Barracks Amsterdam.

Engineering Aide 2nd Class John Cost, left, and Engineering Aide Constructionman Kevin Rodd examine construction plans. Both men are members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Tango Defense Message System and TECH control.(Exact date unknown). Base: Yang-Gu Country: Korea

An interior communications electrician (IC) adjusts meter levels aboard his ship during exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Guayaquil Country: Ecuador (ECU)

James Rollins, left, and SGT. 1ST Class Wayne Rehkamp run a diagnostic program on an AN/VPS-2 radar receiving transmitter, which is used with the Vulcan Air Defense System. Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Havis Neeper and SSGT Mike Kiser, facility maintenance team members of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, ready equipment prior to departing for a base missile site to compete in the 1991 Strategic Air Command Missile Combat competition, Olympic Arena '91.. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

An airman at the range training console tapes dogfights for playback and review during exercise William Tell '86. Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '86 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two U.S. military officers conduct support activities using telephones at a joint information bureau during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

AIRMAN Mary Joseph, a member of the 1961st Communications Group, mans her station at the Global Command and Control System. The 1961st recently won the MAJ. GEN. Harold M. McClelland Award for communications excellence for the third time in five years. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

060729-N-4856C-001. Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

DF-ST-88-10127. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020703-F-7232C-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Corpsmen work with blood and plasma in a laboratory aboard the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20), underway in the Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

Damascus - Chancery Office Building, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

U.S. Air Force Academy cadets, guided by German Air Force Academy cadets, visit an underground German control center. Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Orientation visit Lieutenant General W.J. Loos, Commander First Army Corps to Hr.Ms. Philips from Almonde Commander (CDT) Captain Lieutenant at sea (KLTZ) E. Bakker, and operational school 24-04-1984

CPL Ricky Grim is responsible for the Dog Status Control Board at the Department of Defense Center. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Belgian ambassador visits the naval base Den Helder in March 1990 and receives a further explanation of demonstration at the operational school (OPS).

DN-SC-87-13203. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040127-F-7234P-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 447th Expeditionary Operations S

DN-SN-87-06730. Country: Unknown

Enginemen check fuel samples in an engineering space aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) during Exercise RimPac '88. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '88 Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

Air Force personnel from the 678th Air Defense Group man the phone switchboards during exercise Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An airman monitors an ammunition loading system as rounds are loaded for the 30mm cannon are loaded onto an A-10A Thunderbolot II aircraft during CALFEX '90, a joint service, combined arms live-fire exercise. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX '90 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Students at the US Army Signal Center get hands-on experience with an AN/VIC-1(V) intecommunications set as part of thier training at the center. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03466. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armed Forces Inaugural Committee behind the scenes. The J-3 opeartion center for the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee directs and controls operations during the morning of the inauguration parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A boiler technician aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64) passes along some information while the ship is underway during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-SC-87-02870. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A member of the 244th Combat Communications Squadron at work in 1963. The 244th was part of the 252nd Combat Communications Group.

Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) aviation maintenancemen inspect the engine of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43). Country: Unknown

DF-ST-85-02882. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Electronic Systems Security Assessment personnel, AIRMAN 1ST Class Stacey L. Price (foreground) and SENIOR AIRMAN Kathryn Stevens, from the 39th Intelligence Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev. monitor base phone and fax lines (COMSEC/OPSEC) inside the 21st Space Wing's Communications Squadron building. They were participating in the 21st Space Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection that was conducted at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Peterson AFB, Colo., 13 to 17 February 1996. The Inspector General's Team tested their ability to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robbery, terrorism, and.... Complete Scene Caption: Electronic Systems Security Assessment personnel, Airman 1st Class Stacey L. Price (foreground) and Senior Airman Kathryn Stevens, from the 39th Intelligence Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev. monitor base phone and fax lines (COMSEC/OPSEC) inside the 21st Space Wing's Communicatio

Taking the oath from his father, CPT David Lee, Sr., via Video Teleconferencing (VTC), Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class David Lee reenlists aboard the aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). CPT Lee reenlisted his son from the Navy Command Center in the Pentagon. George Washington is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: At Sea

Members of the EC-130E Hercules Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center team monitor information on their computerized consoles. The Hercules, from the 42nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., is being used in support of the enforcement of a NATO no fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Monique C. Paige discusses broadcast operations with another airman in the closed circuit television work center. Base: USAF Academy, Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SMSGT Richard A. Evans, avionics branch superintendent, 316th Field Maintenance Squadron, records information on status boards. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

An Aerospace Audiovisual Service videographer uses a Sony Hi-8 camera to record an air-to-air refueling from a KC-10 tanker. The refueling operator is in the foreground. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

MATTHEW BRODERICK in WARGAMES (1983), directed by JOHN BADHAM.

TSGT Fred Crum, an air traffic controller, monitors a radar scope along with his civilian supervisor, at the Oakland Airport Control Tower. Base: Oakland State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Engineman Fireman Sharon Dubroc uses a sound-powered phone aboard the medium auxiliary floating dry dock STEADFAST (AFDM-14) as utility landing craft LCU-1616 is undocked. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05047. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The quartermaster makes a log entry on the bridge of the guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

050210-F-1631A-014. Base: Green Zone State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

MGEN James Haight (third from right) the Mobilization Assistant to Commander 15th Air Force, Travis Air Force Base, California and MGEN John M. Miller (second from right), the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander of Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois look over a map of Antarctica while visiting the U.S. National Science Foundation's facilities. The generals' visit is to observe the Air Force's participation in the joint, U.S. Armed Forces and New Zealand Defense Force, military operation which provides logistic support to the U.S. National Science Foundation's Program on Antarctica. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

A damage control petty officer straps a "wounded" sailor down in sick bay during a damage control and fire fighting drill on board the guided missile cruiser USS PORT ROYAL (CG-73). The ship and her crew went to sea off Hawaii and are performing numerous fire drills in preparation for next month's operational propulsion plant exam (OPPE). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DF-ST-88-03898. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET WARRIOR Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Joint Task Force command section coordinate airlift from the 4th floor of the Entebbe International Airport. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Entebbe Country: Uganda (UGA)

Senior AIRMAN Deborah Behrle and Staff Sgt. Joe English work as air traffic controllers. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

981011-N-7114M-002. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Uss Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

DD-ST-92-07799. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

Aviation Electrician AIRMAN Apprentice (AEAA) Gary Gensch inspects the cockpit of an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter inside the helo hangar of the guided missile cruiser USS GETTYSBURGH (CG-64) during phase 2 of BALTOPS 94, a U.S. sponsored multinational naval exercise. Country: Baltic Sea

981012-N-7114M-001. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Uss Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

Coast Guard Station - Venice, Louisiana - 26-HK-347-23. Hurricane Katrina

SENIOR AIRMAN James Madonna, 612 Air Communications Squadron, Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona, runs a diagnostic test on a computer modem using an oscilloscope. Subject Operation/Series: GREEN CLOVER '96 Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Ray Chamberlain, from the 48th Component Repair Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, and US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Patrick Platt, on temporary duty from the 3rd Component Repair Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, Prepares the gearbox of a Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-220 engine for removal. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-08492 or search 010122-F-4177H-006). Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DN-ST-88-07360. Base: USS Georgia (SSBN 729)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Leslie Gannon assists a customer in filling out the Air Force 134 Baggage Irregular Report. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-85-01386. State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Nolasco R. Rivera, 1965th Communications Squadron, Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), calibrates a transmissometer in the base weather station. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerographer's Mate 1ST Class Paul Dobos and Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class Byron Reagan examine a facsimile weather chart at the Naval Oceanography Command Detachment. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

British and American airmen monitor range operations from the control tower during Excalibur III, a United States Air Forces, Europe bombing and gunnery competition. British and American airmen monitor range operations from the control tower during Excalibur III, a United States Air Forces, Europe bombing and gunnery competition.

DA-ST-90-01561. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-10569. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 86-4 Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

DN-SN-89-02556. Base: USS Berkeley (DDG 15)

DF-SN-87-12757. Base: England Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing intelligence officer uses the Images-Many-On-Many (IMOMS) computer to assess radar threats prior to an intelligence briefing during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Lance Corporal Thomas of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) armament section services an Aero 27 bomb rack. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Operation SPECIALIST 2nd Class Gilbert Lundgren operates radar equipment in the combat information center aboard 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)

AIRMAN (AN) Christopher Reeves (left) and AIRMAN Recruit (AR) Simmie Watson keep track of the movement of the aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66) by using a status board which is a mock-up of the entire flight deck. The ship is in the Adriatic in support of Operation Deny Flight. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea

DN-SC-85-12216. Base: Naval Hospital, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-88-08019. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-89-05043. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT Sharon Brinsko of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron explains C-9 aircraft seating configurations to MAJ Gen Victor Voicu, Romanian Surgeon General (center) and Romanian Hospital Commander LT. COL. Stefan Leica (right). Ramstein Air Base played host to the Romanian Surgeon General Office as part of the Military to Military Exchange Program. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Brigadier General C. J. Wax, Commander of Tanker Airlift Control Center, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, briefs Lieutenant GEN. Vyacheslav Dyrdin, Commander VTA Russian Air Force, on TACC mission of aircraft tracking and how the information is received through state of the art equipment and technology, all part of a joint service exercise at Scott Air Force Base. Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER '95 Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TSGT William P. "Wild Bill" Henneberger, an Air Force recruiter, acts as a part time disk jockey with radio station KKZZ in order to increase his recruiting quota. Base: Lancaster State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000518-F-1851U-010. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2000 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Croatia

Some of the pilots and support staff of Detachment 15, Contract Management Division, Air Force Systems Command, gather for a group portrait. Detachment 15 conducts production acceptance flight tests of new B-1B aircraft before they are delivered to operational units. Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A female communications specialist works inside a communications van at U.S. Army Central headquarters during the multinational joint service exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

010619-D-2987S-030. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A comparison chart of Soviet and NATO aircraft production for 1980 to 1984. From Soviet Military Power 1985. Country: Unknown

A table comparing USSR and NATO aircraft production between 1983 and 1985. Country: Unknown

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