Naval and Air Force Activities

Photos depicting maintenance and operational activities aboard naval vessels and aircraft, showcasing technical teamwork and readiness across different military missions.

World War Two US Navy ordnance man, with a M1919 Browning machine gun next to a PBY Catalina aircraft 1942

060405-N-9389D-034. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

World War Two US Navy ordnance man, with a M1919 Browning machine gun next to a PBY Catalina aircraft 1942

VERO BEACH, Florida (April 29, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Guillermo Hernandez, assigned to the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, prepares to raise the United States flag in the Blue Angel's C-130J Super Hercules during the Vero Beach Air Show. The Blue Angels perform flight demonstrations at 32 locations across the country to showcase the teamwork and professionalism of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps to the American public.

F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft maintainers assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron perform pre-flight inspections on an aircraft at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Nov. 2, 2022. The Liberty Wing has been performing night flying operations in order to maintain readiness and showcase operational capabilities.

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason D. Patton, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, lines up a C-5 aircraft, from the 22nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), Travis AFB, CA, for refueling as it heads to Cairo West (a U.S. staging base in Egypt) during Operation Restore Hope II. The primary mission of the 380th ARW (Deployed) is to provide air refueling support over the Atlantic to in-bound (going into Mogadishu, Somalia) and homeward-bound C-5 aircraft, which are ferrying supplies, troops and equipment. A total of 332 personnel and 12 KC-135R Stratotankers (from Plattsburgh, Griffiss AFB, NY, and Loring AFB, Maine) .... Complete Scene Caption: Senior Airman Jason D. Patton, a KC-135R Stratotanker boom operator from the 380th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), 310th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS), Plattsburgh AFB, NY, lines up a C-5 aircraft, from the 22nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), Travis AFB, CA, for refueling as it heads

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-111. AIRSTA OPS--Coast Guardsman sitting and working on aircraft. Hurricane Katrina

DN-SC-04-10013. Country: Unknown

100117-N-7981E-332PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 17, 2011) Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Johnathan Spiegel plays banjo in his work space during a break aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106). Stockdale is underway with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

DF-ST-87-08191. Base: Sondrestrom Air Base Country: Greenland (GRL)

The Interior Alaska Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps visits 168th Wing as part of summer camp and learns about the 168th Wing, pilot, boom operator, aircraft maintenance, security forces, and civil engineering missions. The Interior JROTC cadets are students at West Valley High School Marine Corps JROTC, Lathrop High School Army JROTC, Eielson Air Force Base High School Air Force JROTC, and North Pole High School Air Force JROTC.

DF-ST-86-07827. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

041013-F-8946M-002. Base: Camp Caldwell Country: Iraq (IRQ)

FEMA Personnel and equipment goes to help Somoa. American Samoa Earthquake, Tsunami, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

DF-ST-89-00933. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Country: Jordan (JOR)

U.S. Air Force Captain Francine Brewster, a combat systems officer assigned to the 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, performs pre-flight checks before a sortie during RED FLAG-Alaska 22-2, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 17, 2022. This exercise provides unique opportunities to integrate various forces into joint, coalition and multilateral training from simulated forward operating bases.

Airmen assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron install armor inside a wheel well of a C-130J Super Hercules during a Wing Readiness Inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 17, 2022. The level of protection the armor provides allows a greater probability of mission success in harsh environments or potential conflicts.

DF-ST-89-04968. Base: Naval Air Station, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

981013-N-1271B-002. Base: Uss Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians from EOD Mobile Unit Two, Whidby Island, Washington prepare to fastrope down from a Navy helicopter to a Canadian ship during the exercise RIMPAC 98. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

061021-N-1512O-159. Base: USS Bataan (LHD 5) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joaquin Aldape, an F-35B power line mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts maintenance on an F-35B Lightning II jet aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 21, 2022. F-35B maintainers, supported by Sailors operating a crane for lifting, regularly perform maintenance to ensure the aircrafts readiness for flight operations. Aldape is a native of Decatur, Texas. 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.

A technician monitors a radar screen as another marks the position of an aircraft on a plotting board in the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Interrogator Station. The station's IFF equipment is used to challenge experimental equipment carried by aircraft flying from Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, and may also interrogate all aircraft operating with Mark XII IFF and with the civil air traffic control radar beacon system. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A detail shot shows a VHF-FM radio on the bridge of USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) while underway in the English Channel, Oct. 27, 2022. Hamilton is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

DF-ST-87-13494. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM)

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-176. CGC Dauntless-- Coast Guardsman on interior stairwell of commercial vessel -- 050928. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group prepares his cold weather gear before flight during Arctic Edge 24 in Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 29, 2024. During AE 24, more than 400 joint and allied Special Operators trained in extreme cold conditions to sharpen SOF readiness across unique specialties like long range fires and movements, special reconnaissance, rapid resupply, personnel recovery, and medical care in the austere Arctic environment. Air Force

020603-F-9753B-004. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

State observation from a Breguet BR1150 Atlantic (SP-13A) Maritime Patrol Flop (1969-1986).

SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 15, 2020) Sailors assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) prepare to climb through a hatch during a general quarters drill, May 15, 2020. Gabrielle Giffords, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force.

DF-ST-87-10676. Base: Canadian Forces Base, Edmonton State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

040204-F-9105A-007. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

020305-F-3805C-005. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

USA, Texas, Galveston, Seawolf Park, Interior View of USS CAVALLA WWII Submarine

Abdullah Abadi, interpreter, watches from the rear of a medical bus as SRA Scott Millard and his dog, Debbie, check baggage for contraband as it is unloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The baggage belongs to Afghan refugees and mujaheddin fighters who have been transported to Rhein-Main for specialized medical treatment as part of a medical assistance program being conducted by the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU)

Tour of the Naval vessel, USS Normandy, by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides during the Secretary's visit to Virginia

SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 24, 2013) Capt. Joey Tynch, executive officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), observes the ships movements during a transit of Sasebo Harbor. Bonhomme Richard is the flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet are of operations.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Edward Jones performs a routine inspection on an Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) A-6E Intruder aircraft on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) during Operation Deny Flight. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea

Mr. Eric Shoup, SandboxAQ software engineer, sets up a quantum sensor-based magnetic anomaly navigation system on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. Successful trials are starting to change the way military, commercial planes and drones navigate, opening up a new market after decades of theoretical work. Air Force

021004-N-8794V-004. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Charles Kirchen, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, assists Japanese relief workers in loading kerosene onto a C-130H Hercules at Iruma Air Base March 22. The kerosene was flown to Matsushima Air Base as part of Operation Tomodachi.

An audiovisual crew in the control tower of the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) prepares to film the Air Boss as he directs air operations activity on the flight deck. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant John Dunn, US Air Force Colonel Mark Perodeau Support Group Commander, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, and STAFF Sergeant Elliott look out the read cargo door of a helicopter during search and rescue operations. All are members of the search and rescue team looking for two missing fighter aircraft belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron based out of RAF Lakenheath, UK. Base: Raf Kinloss, Scotland Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

A boom operator on board a KC-10 from Barksdale AFB, LA, observes the refueling of a US Air Force F-4 from the 561st Fighter Wing, Nellis AFB, NV, during the operation.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Base: Moron Country: Spain (ESP)

The bombardier seat in a B-17 with an intact Norden Bombsight that allowed precision targeting. The bombardier seat is encircled by large clear dome on the front of the Flying Fortress. The aircraft is one of only 5 remaining active Flying Fortress aircraft remaining that is kept by the Commemorative Air Force. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reloads ammunition at a forward arming and refueling point as part of Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 14, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Juan Montez, Jet Engine Mechanic, 363rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), checks the fan blades on a USAF E-3C Sentry Airborne Warning And Controls System (AWACS) aircraft engine at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Unknown

Inside a Submarine in Milan, Italy.

Members of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a field exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group. State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-279-75. Hurricane Katrina

A wide variety of communications equipment and an advanced satellite system require a strong communications and maintenance team. US Air Force Technical Sergeant Brian Wilson and US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Dan Hoglund, both airborne communications specialists, were selected to operate and maintain the E-4B aircraft's massive communications systems. No aircraft boasts more "com" gear than the nightwatch. This image was used in the May 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Around the clock with the E-4B". Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airman 1st Class Kevin Haggith, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator, reads through a boom operator checklist prior to providing fuel to an F-16 Fighting Falcon over Iraq, Aug. 12, 2014. As the boom operator for the mission, Haggith is responsible for assisting the aircraft commander, off-loading fuel to receivers, briefing passengers and recording the mission through computer devices. The aircrew off-loaded 40,000 gallons of fuel to Fighter Aircraft completing missions in Iraq.

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-214. Coast Guardsman in headset sitting in rear of C-130--copy3. Hurricane Katrina

230410-N-XK462-1005 PHILIPPINE SEA (April 10, 2023) U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Thomas Rudai, from Detroit, stands phone talker watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment-at-sea. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine 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.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Moore, 50th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, assists with hot pit refueling on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing during an Agile Combat Employment capstone exercise at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee, Aug. 25, 2022. The ACE concept underpins the Air Forces ability to mitigate the risks of adversarial technological advances through maneuverability and speed to prevail in conflict. The capstone exercise included 72-hours of continuous air refueling operations and a historic 56-hour KC-135 flight in a simulated contested environment focused on a notional theater of operations.

RED SEA (Sept. 23, 2014) The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) launches Tomahawk cruise missiles to conduct strikes against ISIL targets. Arleigh Burke is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

A German pilot checks instruments in the cockpit of an F-4E Phantom II aircraft simulator. The 1ST German Training Squadron uses the George training range complex for initial and advanced F-4E pilot training. Instructors from the 20th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (20th TFTS) teach German pilots in the basic F-4 course, RF-4 preparatory training and the fighter weapons instructor course. The 20th TFTS also provides maintenance and opertional assistance to the German squadron. Base: George Air Force Base State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

US Navy Boatswain's Mate 1ST Class (BM1) Thomas L. Spoerer rappels down the wall of a building at the Administrative Support Unit, Bahrain, during a training exercise. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 11 May 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Bahrain (BHR)

torpedo compartment on board the Russian submarine

030915-F-6849F-011. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 31, 2021) Quartermaster 3rd Class Carl John Caidic, from Oak Harbor, Washington, assigned to the navigation department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), plots a point on a paper chart in the pilot house, Jan. 31, 2021. Gerald R. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting an independent steaming event.

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator with the 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, treats a trapped simulated patient during Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Guardian Center, Georgia, May 10, 2022. The ST team responded to a mass casualty event using their rescue and medical expertise to extract and treat wounded civilians.

110425-N-DR144-024ARABIAN SEA (April 25, 2011) Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman David Blount, assigned to the aircraft intermediate maintenance department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), reassembles an F414 turbofan. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting maritime security operations and close-air support missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

nhq201704100046 (April 10, 2017) --- NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, seated right, is seen inside a Russian MI-8 helicopter after he, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017 (Kazakh time). Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 49 and 50 crews onboard the International Space Station.

041118-F-9528H-009. Base: Biggs Army Air Field State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Bundles of produce and supplies to resupply Deep Freeze personnel, with parachutes attached, sit inside the cargo hold of a 62nd Military Airlift Wing's C-141B Starlifter enroute to Antarctica. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIR DROP Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Lt. Cmdr. Franklin Santiago from Daytona Beach, Florida, the handler assigned to air department on Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), prepares to make an announcement on the flight deck Jan. 16, 2024. George Washington is underway in support of carrier qualifications.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chase Szoke, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Cotton, right, 169th Maintenance Squadron structural maintainers, remove paint from an F-104C Starfighter static display at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, July 15, 2022. The restoration project includes metal repair,new paint and decals.

Navigator, 1ST Lieutenant Ying Woo, 50th Airlift Squadron, uses a sextant onboard the C-130 Hercules. The 50th Air Squadron is on temporary duty from Arkansas to Ramstein. Wearing flight helmets, kevlar and life survival vests, the crew flies missions from Ramstein Air Base, Germany into Bosnia-Herzegovina in support of the Implementation Force (IFOR). The IFOR mission is to ensure that the former warring nations of Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia honor the Dayton Peace Accord to cease fire and maintain permanent borders. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

030727-F-6449C-016. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

230327-N-XK462-1018 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2023) U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Dalton Parks, front, from Calhan, Colo., performs routine maintenance on an aircraft in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine 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.

110816-N-ZZ999-019SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 16, 2011) Sailors assigned to the Black Eagles of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 perform maintenance on the radar of an E-2C Hawkeye on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

During RODEO 94 Joint Airborne Inspection, loadmasters and parachute riggers are tested on their ability to prepare loads for delivery by air. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO 94 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine rinses soap off the side of a Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 (HMH 464) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD 1). The RALEIGH is part of an amphibious task force supporting Operation DESERT SHIELD. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

110601-F-ET173-118PACIFIC OCEAN (June 1, 2011) Ship's Serviceman Seaman Ryan Swinton, from West Palm Beach, Fla., presses uniforms in the ships laundry room aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Marcel Larrarte, KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 50th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flies in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, April 25, 2022. The KC-135 delivers Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) global reach aerial refueling capability to support joint and partner nation aircraft throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-289. Coast Guardsman with headset looking out window on aircraft. Hurricane Katrina

060618-N-9377B-030. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040603-F-1166S-005. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Asante, 51st Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment (AFE) journeyman, performs routine maintenance on an HGU-55 helmet at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 8, 2022. Asante replaced the nape strap on the helmet to ensure proper fit for the pilot. AFE Airmen maintain the aircraft components that may save the life of aircrew in an emergency situation.

TECH. SGT. Dave Stapchuck and MASTER SGT. Ray Coffman check the 28-foot-diameter radio telescope. The two are assigned to Detachment 1, 50th Weather Squadron at Learmonth, Australia, which, along with six other Air Weather Service solar observatories around the globe, monitors solar activities 24 hours a day. Exact Date Shot Unknown .Published in AIRMAN Magazine November 1994. Base: Learmouth Country: Australia (AUS)

A close-up view of the pressure gauges on a NAN-2 nitrogen servicing unit on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft undergoes a preflight check prior to deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Senior Airman Ryan Albert, 10th Intelligence Squadron electrical power production journeymen, installs computer systems on the operations floor of the new 497th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group building at Langley Air Force Base, Va., April 21, 2010. The complex is four times larger than prior facilities, housing assets and more than 700 personnel from six different buildings, now centralized into one location.

A close-up view of the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) screen in a Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft. The screen is used to locate by triangulation, in coordination with intelligence officers, where threats are coming from. The Prowler protects aircraft flying over Bosnia-Herzegovina with either their jamming capability or HARM (High-Speed Anti-Radiation missiles). Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

220615-N-XN177-3009 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 15, 2022) - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Bell, from, Livingston, Texas, left and U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. William Meredith, from Westville, Oklahoma, perform pre-operational checks on ground support equipment on the flight deck of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 15, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations 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.

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Martin Salinas, Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO), 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron stays war fit by performing twenty pushups when he ingress the B-52 Stratofortress prior to a close air support mission (CAS) in support of ground forces in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Country: Unknown

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