Modern Military Operations

Contemporary images of military personnel preparing for flight operations, focusing on aircraft interactions and crew readiness in various locations.

Mr. Rodney Coleman, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Environment, is greeted, after flying a sortie, by the base commander, COL. Randy Gelwix. Base: Reese Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crew CHIEF A1C Edward Pogue assists F-15 Pilot, CPT Tim Coulon in snapping his ejection seat harness prior to an aerial mission. Both men are assigned to the 553rd Fighter Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base and are supporting the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040223-M-3980Y-014. Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-89-00767. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

030404-F-7194F-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Straight on medium close-up of USAF Lieutenant Colonel Dave Ruvola, Director of Operations for the 102nd Rescue Squadron. He was the pilot and mission commander of the ill-fated rescue mission of 30 October 1991. He's a former pararescueman and STAFF Sergeant. Base: Francis Gabreski Ang Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mr. Rodney Coleman, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Environment, is greeted, after flying a sortie, by the base commander, COL. Randy Gelwix. Base: Reese Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00750. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

LTC Bob Ruth, commander, 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron, performs a preflight check on his F-4E Phantom II aircraft. Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Major Kevin Booth (Center), 23rd Fighter Squadron Assistant Director of Operations, looks on as Slovak Air Force Colonel Juraj Baranek, 33rd Air Force Base Commander (left), greets Brigadier General Donald Hoffman, Wing Commander of the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, following the unit's arrival in Slovakia. More than 200 Spangdahlem Airmen (Not shown) are deployed to Malacky Air Base in Slovakia for a two-week training exercise, named Lion's Claw, that is giving U.S. and Slovak Air Forces an opportunity to share tactics, techniques and procedures. Subject Operation/Series: LION'S CLAW Base: Malacky Country: Slovakia (SVK)

MAJ Maurin, a French Air Force C-160 Transall pilot, briefs his crew on their upcoming airdrop mission into Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Egyptian soldiers talk with members of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) at a raydist site near the Gulf of Suez during Operation Intense Look. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Egypt (EGY)

US Air Force Captain Connor Blackwood an F-15 Eagle pilot, from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, takes Eric Domagalski, a member of the Texas A&M University male cadet choir, on a pre-flight inspection of the F-15D Blackwood will be flying. The 'Voice of Aggieland, Texas 60-man choir performed a free concert for the East Anglian American Military Community. As a recruiting initiative aimed at stateside audiences, base officials, with the approval of higher headquarters, offered an F-15 incentive flight to one student. Eric's teachers chose him out of the 72 members. He received a flight physical; egress training and a full mission briefing .... Complete Scene Caption: US Air Force Captain Connor Blackwood an F-15 Eagle pilot, from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, takes Eric Domagalski, a member of the Texas A&M University male cadet choir, on a pre-flight inspection of the F-15D Blackwood will

A Russian crew member aboard the guided missile destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (BPK-554) converses with a U.S. naval officer from the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) who is seated in a Ka-27 Helix helicopter. Crew members from the RANGER are visiting the Vinogradov as both vessels, part of a multinational naval force, participate in exercises in the region. Country: Northern Arabian Sea

DN-SC-87-00505. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

An illustration shot of 137th Airlift Squadron Flight Engineer SENIOR AIRMAN Joe Masztalics practices his craft in the 105th Airlift Wing's new C-5A simulator at Stewart Field, Newburgh, New York. PHOTO will be used in Wing publication to spotlight AFSC's (Air Force Specialty Code). Base: Stewart Field State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Dustin Byrum, commanding officer, Headquarters Marine Air Group 31, and Italian F-35B pilots and maintainers tour the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 hangar during an Italian Delegation at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Nov. 29, 2022. VMFAT-501 helped support the Italian Navy F-35B pilots and maintainers and assisted in the development of their organic F-35B training program that will be located at Amendola Air Base, Italy.

CAPT. Ronald Sharpe, left, and CAPT. Crosby Ruff, KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft pilots from the 19th Air Refueling Wing, confer during an alert crew change. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The STS-102 crew wait for instructions about the M-113 armored carrier they are seated in. At left is Mission Specialist Andy Thomas. On the right side are (left to right) Mission Specialist Paul Richards, Commander James Wetherbee and Pilot James Kelly. In the event of an emergency at the pad prior to launch, the carrier could be used to transport the crew to a nearby bunker or farther. The STS-102 crew is at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also include a simulated launch countdown. STS-102 is the eighth construction flight to the International Space Station, carrying as payload the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. Launch on mission STS-102 is scheduled for March 8

DF-ST-87-11940. Subject Operation/Series: PHOTO FINISH '85 Base: Mcclellan Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Norton Daughtrey finally gets his final flight and champagne hosedown from USAF Major Jeff Klay and 560th Flying Training Squadron at the 1999 Freedom Flyers Reunion at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. This photograph is part of the article " Freedom Flight", AIRMAN Magazine, September 1999 issue. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010426-F-8748C-008. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

MSGT Glenn King, non-commissioned officer-in-charge, Documentation, Detachment 6, 1363rd Audiovisual Squadron, holds a video camera as he prepares to board a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during the redeployment phase of Exercise Purple Duck 90-22. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK 90-22 Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

030621-F-1601R-001. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Digital

Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, 29th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, congratulates Maj. Spider Falcone, 131st Bomb Wing B-2 Spirit bomber pilot, on a successful training sortie at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Aug. 6, 2022. Hokanson visited Whiteman to see how the 131st and 509th bomb wings combine to accomplish the B-2 mission from ground to air.

Craig R. Bomben became a pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in June 2001. His flying duties include a variety of research and support activities while piloting the F/A-18, DC-8, T-34C and King Air aircraft. He has more than 17 years and 3,800 hours of military and civilian flight experience in over 50 different aircraft types.Bomben came to NASA Dryden from a U.S. Navy assignment to the Personnel Exchange Program, Canada. He served as a test pilot in the Canadian Armed Forces located in Cold Lake, Alberta. He participated in numerous developmental programs to include CT-133 airborne ejection seat testing, F/A-18 weapons flutter testing and F/A-18 night vision goggles integration.Bomben performed U.S. Navy fleet service in 1995 as a strike-fighter department head. He completed two overseas deployments onboard the USS George Washington and USS Stennis. As a combat strike leader, he headed numerous multi-national missions over Iraq

US Air Force Brigadier General Dan Darnell, 31st Fighter Wing (FW) Commander, greets US Air Force Brigadier General Donald Hoffman, 52nd Fighter Wing Commander at Aviano Air Base, Italy. BGEN Hoffman will be taking over as 31st FW Commander as of May 2001 and had arrived at Aviano to tour the base and be briefed on current conditions. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Informal portrait of LT. Jerry Leekey, an F-14 Tomcat aircraft pilot from Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), stationed on the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). The American is taking part in Operation Deny Flight. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea

Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, chief of staff of the Air Force, performs a preflight check on an F-15D Eagle aircraft as he visits a base of operations during Operation Desert Shield.

DF-ST-86-05114. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-87-13433. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

STS-86 Commander James D. Wetherbee arrives in a T-38 jet at KSCs Shuttle Landing Facility for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. STS-86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. The mission is targeted for a Sept. 25 launch aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis

COL. Edward F. Grillo Jr., 410th Bombardment Wing, speaks with 410th Organizational Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs on the flight line prior to deployment of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of B Troop, 1ST Battalion, 17th Cavalry, consult a manual while unloading a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter. The helicopter will be used in support of the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TAR" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TAR (BIG PINE) Base: La Mesa Country: Honduras (HND)

DF-ST-88-04782. Subject Operation/Series: KINDLE LIBERTY Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

A "casualty" is carried to an Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. The helicopter will transport the patient to a local hospital as part of Exercise Wounded Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: WOUNDED EAGLE '82 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A pilot of the Navy's first operational Mark III LAMPS (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) SH-60B Seahawk helicopter discusses his flight. The helicopter is undergoing flight deck landing qualifications aboard the guided missile frigate USS CROMMELIN (FFG 37), off the coast of San Clemente, California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

GEN. Ronald Fogelman, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, visited to deliver an Air Force heritage speech and then answer questions during a "town meeting" with the base community. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT. Bonnie Van Dyke, a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft pilot with the 91st Aerial Refueling Squadron, prepares her aircraft for departure on a flight to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Air Station - Clearwater, Florida - Katrina Relief - 26-HK-217-16. Hurricane Katrina

CPT Marc Duncan, the navigator aboard a 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron (21st TAS) C-130 Hercules aircraft, talks to his pilot during a "Tac Trainer" mission. The 21st TAS deployed to South Korea from Clark Air Base, Philippines, to conduct terrain-following navigation and tactical air drop training missions. Country: South Korea

960910-F-0954H-004. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A member of the first American on-site inspection team bound for the Soviet Union under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, in front of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the 438th Military Airlift Wing. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-ST-88-04275. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Philippines (PHL)

DN-ST-89-01349. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

KSC-66C-1881Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott say a few words for the crowd that greeted them on their arrival at Skid Strip from Hawaii. (jrs)

980623-F-7924J-011. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-13405. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-89-00914. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Davis, CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 366, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, sits behind a mounted M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun on a CH-53E Super Stallion during evasive maneuver practice on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Aug. 31, 2022. HMH-366 aviation maintenance Marines conduct routine preventative maintenance on CH-53E Super Stallion to ensure a constant state of readiness. MCAS New River provides aviation support, force protection, infrastructure, and community services to promote the readiness, sustainment and quality of life for II Marine Expeditionary Force and other military forces, tenant commands, personnel and their families.

Airmen from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, participate in simulated events at a forward operating location at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah, May 21, 2022 while participating in the Raging Gunfighter exercise. Raging Gunfighter is an Air Combat Command exercise designed to simulate operating a Lead Wing from an Austere Environment. The purpose of the exercise is to prepare the 366th Fighter Wing and its Airmen for potential future operations in accordance with the National Defense Strategy.

SSGT Jacqueline Olson performs maintenance on an aircraft. SGT Olson is a member of the 159th Tactical Fighter Group, Louisiana Air National Guard. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

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Supplies - 26-HK-269-23. Carrying Water. Hurricane Katrina

Three members of the 18th Fighter Wing, Tactical Air Command, confer before a mission. The men are, from left, CPT John McIntire, CPT Mike Berg and CPT Thomas Allen. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Mar 1992...A first class petty officer fires the Mark 68 25mm machine gun during a period of small arms training on board the replenishment oiler USS WICHITA (AOR-1) off the coast of southern California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Before their departure from Air Station Cherry Point, Sergeant Major (SGTMAJ) Mercino (Left Forground) of MARFORLANT and Army Command SGTMAJ Ripka (Left Background) congragulates Marines of the Search and Rescue Marine Pedro on a job well done. Marine Boeing HH-46D, Sea Knight twin engine helicopter is seen behind crew members. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Laut steps out of an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter after completing his final flight as an Air Force pilot. LTC Laut distinguished himself in a career of more than 32 years, all of it on flying status. He is the senior pilot in the California Air National Guard and the most senior helicopter pilot in the Air Force. He was rated in seven different airframes and 22 different variations. He received a Silver Star for gallantry in Vietnam and completed his career with more than 7,500 hours of flight time, more than 250 hours in combat. Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT. D. R. Lovett of the Australian team briefs team members prior to a competitive event during Exercise Volant Rodeo. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

JSC2008-E-035365 (17 April 2008) --- Astronaut Scott D. Altman, STS-125 commander, prepares for a flight in a NASA T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center.

DF-ST-89-00768. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

DN-SC-87-00452. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-86-05098. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

220922-N-AU994-1002 PENSACOLA, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2022) Rear Adm. Pete Garvin, commander, Naval Education and Training Command, speaks with first class petty officers, selected for promotion to chief petty officer, during an all-hands call at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, Sept. 22, 2022. Garvin spoke with the Sailors about leadership and expectations as they prepare to join the Chiefs Mess.

Stephen Kersey, a pilot with Osceola Sheriffs Department (Right), explains to Spc. Hunter Wolfe (Left), Air Defense Battle Management Systems Operator with the 1-265th Air Defense Artillery (ADA), the importance of helicopter support during Hurricane Ian in Kissimmee, Fla. Sept. 28, 2022. Stephen Kersey explains the training required for piloting a helicopter before and after a hurricane for search and rescue. Stephen became a pilot for the National Guard in 2011 and has served in every major hurricane since. He says that he attributes his skills and success in life to his service in the Guard.

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-48. CG personnel buckled into seats on board military aircraft. Hurricane Katrina

040318-F-7951C-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

010320-F-9528H-002. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

221202-N-IV962-2025PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 2, 2022) - Capt. Tony Chavez, commanding officer of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), makes an announcement aboard Makin Island Dec. 2, 2022. Makin Island is designed to field an integrated amphibious force that can support operational commanders around the globe with both strike and amphibious capabilities. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to enhance interoperability with Allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

981012-F-6655M-009. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98 State: Mcmurdo Sound Country: Antarctica (ATA)

Connecting the fill hose to the system can be a messy job. State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lt. Col. David Damron, 58th Training Squadron commander, listens to a briefing at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 8, 2022. The briefing detailed two Kirtland Airmens personal experiences during the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021.

General Major Abdurakhmanov (right), commander of the Uzbekistan Air Force and Air Defenses, stands beside Colonel Richard Nobel, Commander, 169th Fighter Wing (FW), McEntire Air National Guard (ANG) Station, South Carolina. The 169th FW is the first ANG, F-16 equipped, Suppression of Enemy Air and Defenses (SEAD) unit. Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director, Air National Guard (center), speaks with multiple Airmen assigned to the Vermont Air National Guards 158th Fighter Wing prior to viewing an F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft take off at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 19, 2022. As the director of the Air National Guard, Loh is responsible for 108,000 Airmen across 50 states, 3 territories and the District of Columbia, including those deployed around the world.

DF-ST-89-00807. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

980623-F-7924J-002. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Major Edward Williams (USA), Bravo Company (B Co) 5-158 Aviation Regiment Commander, helps Brigadier General Don Hoffman (USAF), 31st Fighter Wing Commander, adjust his flight gear before take off on the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter. B Co invited GEN. Hoffman to tour their facilities and receive an operations briefing and flight. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Air Force personnel confer during the loading of a C-130E Hercules aircraft for sequential heavy airdrop practice by the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Members of the STS-104 crew get ready to return to Houston after their successful mission to the International Space Station. Leaving from Patrick Air Force Base are (left to right) Mission Specialist James F. Reilly, Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh and Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt. The crew completed their mission Tuesday, July 24, landing at KSC after 13 days in orbit

DN-SC-90-04335. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

President William Jefferson Clinton shakes hands with a pilot from Strike-Fighter Squadron 15 (VFA-15) as Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, to Clinton's left, looks on. Clinton and Aspin are visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) as it is underway off the coast of Norfolk, Va. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Flyer from a Northrop NF-5A is preparing for his flight.

The STS-84 crew gets a ride in an M-113 armored personnel carrier while participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities at Launch Pad 39A. At right, from front to back, are Mission Specialist Jean-Francois Clervoy of the European Space Agency, Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega, Pilot Eileen Marie Collins and Commander Charles J. Precourt. On left, from front to back, are Mission Specialists C. Michael Foale, Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency, and Edward Tsang Lu. George Hoggard, a training officer with KSC Fire Services, is seated next to Lu. STS-84 will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. After docking, Foale will transfer to the space station and become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis. Foale will live and work on Mir until mid-September when his replacement is expected to arrive on the STS-86 mission. STS-84 is targeted f

LTC Anthony J. Lolas, 17th Military Airlift Squadron briefs Marines of the 1ST Platoon, 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company prior to their parachute jump from a 437th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft during exercise Cold Winter '89. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER '89 Base: Bardufoss Country: Norway (NOR)

Master Sgt. Christopher Dumond, a flight engineer in the 109th Airlift Wing's 139th Airlift Squdron, conducts preflight maintenance checks on an LC-130H Ski Equipped aircraft; outiftted with newly overhauled NP2000 T56-15A (3.5 modified) engines. The flight tests the capabilites of the new engines.

DF-ST-87-10555. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

Hurricane Ike, Galveston, Texas, September 17, 2008 Mayor of Galveston Lyda Ann Thomas (lf) and Federal Coordinating Officer Sandy Coachman (rt) prepare to take an aerial tour of Galveston Island to observe damages created by Hurricane Ike. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Air Force Maj. Stephen Disco Parsons, Southern European Task Force, Africa, stands for an interview about logistics and troop support at Agadir, Morocco, June 25, 2022 during African Lion 22. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

DF-ST-86-08832. Base: Anderson Air Force Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Levon Compton, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, coins a member of the French Air Force during a visit to the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Course, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, in St. Joseph, Missouri, September 21, 2022. While at the AATTC, Compton was able to greet members of the French Air Force, as they were the first aircrew from France to attend the Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course. Since 1983 the training center has provided advanced tactical training to airlift aircrews from the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Mobility Command, U.S. Marine Corps and 17 allied nations.

A US Air Force officer discusses operations with members of the Philippine Air Force on the flight line during the air combat training exercise COPE THUNDER '83-1. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '83-1 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

061207-N-9479M-001. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

General Ronald R. Fogelman (left), Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, receives a preflight egress training from STAFF SGT. Juan Toledo, 56th Operational Support Squadron, prior to undertaking F-16 requalification training at Luke Air Force Base. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05918. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

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CAPT. Dennis V. McGinn, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61), greets a Russian helicopter crewman on the flight deck following the landing of a Ka-27 Helix helicopter aboard the ship. On the left is CAPT. (2nd Rank) Mihail Abramov, commanding officer of the guided missile destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (BPK-554), the helicopter's home base ship. Both the Vinogradov and the RANGER are part of a multinational naval force participating in exercises in the region. Country: Northern Arabian Sea

A female Navy pilot poses in front of a C-2A Greyhound aircraft. Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Bret C. Larson, 22nd Air Force commander listens to a brief conducted by Lt. Col. Brian Desautels, 71st Rescue Squadron commander, before a Forward Area Refueling Point demo at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, June 6, 2022. The 22nd Air Force has command supervision of the Air Force Reserves tactical air mobility operations. The demo allowed for leaders of the 22nd Air Force to see first-hand how important the swift action of a FARP team is in agile combat employment locations.

Dressed for protection from the cold and wind, a crewman walks across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) during the allied forces exercise Team Work '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM WORK '88 Country: North Atlantic Ocean

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