Naval and Air Force Personnel

Images capturing military personnel interacting, preparing for flights, and engaging in activities on aircraft carriers and naval bases, showcasing camaraderie and operations.

DN-ST-89-10345. Base: Kherson Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, CHIEF of Naval Operations, talks to a flight captain prior to take-off in the A-6 Intruder aircraft that will take him to the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CVA 41) for a visit. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DN-ST-89-10345. Base: Kherson Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

DF-ST-85-10625. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-04434. Base: USS Midway (CV 41)

ROBERT DUVALL and MARTIN SHEEN in APOCALYPSE NOW (1979), directed by FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

A soldier sitting beside the open door of a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter shields his face from blowing sand as the helicopter prepares for takeoff during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Sergeant Ellis Parks and AIRMAN 1ST Class John A. Denton guard the flight line entry control point during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. The men are armed with M16 rifles. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Remy Hoeyning, Norwegian Mechanized Battalion, Kongsberg, Norway, briefs his squad on procedures to be used when boarding the U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter, behind him, during a joint United States and Norwegian rapid troop deployment training exercise. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

990425-M-3234-002. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

DN-ST-89-03507. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-87-11671. Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '86 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050119-F-9429S-004. Base: Karshi-Khanabad Air Base Country: Uzbekistan (UZB)

DF-ST-88-03932. Subject Operation/Series: SILVER FLAG ALPHA 87-1 Base: Decker Field, Wendover State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A drill instuctor prepares to inspect a Marine's rifle. Country: Unknown

Crew members man the rail during rehearsal aboard the guided missile cruiser USS BELKNAP (CG 26), flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet. The rehearsal is taking place in preparation for the summit meeting between President George H.W. Bush and Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev to be held on December 2-3. Base: Marsaxlokk Bay Country: Malta (MLT)

STAFF Sergeant Don Odegard, Detachment 11, 17th Weather Squadron, performs an hourly weather check 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)

Paratroop Training in Britain, October 1942 Head and shoulders portrait of a paratrooper. (Note emblem on helmet).

DN-SC-90-01976. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Veterans and visitors attend the dedication ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On the set, Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks , Saving Private Ryan , 1998 directed by Steven Spielberg Dreamworks LLC ,Paramount Pictures

US Army tank crew standing in front of an M-4 tank, Fort. Knox, Ky.

LT. Christopher Cunningham is promoted to Captain by Brig. GEN. Edward Hanlon Jr., U.S. Marines, Joint Task Force Provide Promise (JTFPP) CHIEF of STAFF and COL. Burton Quist, U.S. Marines, Commander JTFPP (Forward) during the JTFPP (Forward) Change of Command ceremony at Camp Pleso. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Camp Pleso State: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

July 1986. HRH Prince Felipe de Borbón at the Zaragoza Academy's end-of-year maneuvers.

Aviation maintenancemen service the arresting hook of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43). Country: Unknown

A Marine artilleryman performs preventive maintenance on one of his battery's weapons prior to an amphibious landing that will be part of the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '89. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Country: Sea Of Japan

DF-ST-86-09375. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '85 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00823. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-88-03421. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH Base: Chitose Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

A pararescueman from Detachment 11, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, is helped into his diving gear to participate in a space shuttle inland water ditching exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the space shuttle Columbia. Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-02892. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Marine Corps first all-woman drill platoon performs the manual of arms with M-16A1 rifles while in formation. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00751. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

US Navy Commander (CRD) T. P. Phelan, Commanding Officer Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 140 (VAQ-140), receives the traditional wet-down after his last flight as Commanding Officer. Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force CHIEF of STAFF GEN. Merrill A. McPeak talks with AIRMAN 1ST Class Jonathan C. Masters, a security specialist of the 1703rd Ground Defense Force during the general's visit to Air Force personnel deployed during Operation Desert Shield. AIRMAN Masters is describing the use of an M-60 machine gun in the bunker.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Undersecretary of the Navy Daniel Howard pins a submarine insignia on the uniform of a lieutenant aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS PARGO (SSN-650) during a visit. The PARGO is underway north of the Arctic Circle.. Country: Unknown

DA-SC-89-02034. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07630. Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR)

USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Paul Harvell (right), a C-141 Starlifter aircraft loadmaster, assigned to Charleston AFB, South Carolina coordinates his off load of water purification equipment with another military member. From AIRMAN Magazine's December 1994 issue article "Will You Please Pray for US" -Relief for Rwandan Refugees. Base: Goma Airport Country: Zaire (ZAR)

Fireman Apprentice Stephanie Christopher, left, and Fireman Apprentice Sara Heath take a break aboard the large harbor tug WENATCHEE (YTB-808) after working as line handlers while the tug assisted the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) as it departed from port. The VINSON can be seen departing in the background. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00743. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-85-05185. Subject Operation/Series: CHECKERED FLAG '83 Base: Ingolstadt Country: West Germany (FRG)

COL. Marc L. Drinkhahn, 416th Bombardment Wing, converse with military personnel prior to deploying 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)

Pilots from the 62nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron discuss their formation departure to Lassiemouth and low level return back during Exercise Salty Bee. From left to right, they are 1LT J. A. Keutmann, CPT T. A. Hughes, CPT G. A. Britt and 1LT W. W. Anketell. Subject Operation/Series: SALTY BEE Base: Raf Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Close-up of US Air Force SRA Steven Ateca, 437th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, spraying foam from a fire hose. SRA Ateca wears a fire department flame-retardant suit. Other members of the fire crew are partially seen in the background. The fire department responded to an emergency landing by an Italian helicopter on the Mogadishu Airport runway. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

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A security police truck driver talks on a radio. Base: Niagara Falls Air Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-01521. Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Signalmen on the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) communicate with the fast combat support ship USS DETROIT (AOE-4). Country: Adriatic Sea

AIRMAN First Class B. Jack and SENIOR AIRMAN J. Fox, both members of the 7350th Security Police Security Response Team, react to an alarm during a training exercise at Tempelhof Central Airport. They are armed with M16A1 carbines. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Boatswain Mate SEAMAN (ABMSN) Ramsay helps rig up the brow of the USS BELKNAP (CG-26) after the ship pulled into her homeport of Gaeta. Base: Gaeta Country: Italy (ITA)

Members of the 169th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) sets equipment. The 169th CES conducted it's unit bivouac at the "pond site" at McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. Ben D. Morris and SENIOR MASTER SGT. Gary A. Wyant, both 357th Tactical Airlift Squadron members, discuss uploading of medical supplies and equipment onto a 357th TAS C-130H Hercules aircraft. The 357th TAS will be airlifting the supplies to Haiti. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Bennett, 424th Air Base Squadron radar, airfield and weather systems technician, acts as an injured person in an aircraft crash scenario during exercise Operation Varsity 22-3 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 26, 2022. Quarterly exercises are held to test Airmens knowledge and skills of simulated scenarios such as terrorism, active shooters or natural disasters.

Portrait of SENIOR AIRMAN Jen Dockhan, loadmaster with the 621st Air Mobility Element (AME), McGuire AFB, NJ, communicates with another loadmaster to load up a 3 in 1 shelter which will be used to supply all personnel with air conditioning and power. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Honduran Air Force security guard stands sentry duty next to a partially assembled United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TARA" (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: La Mesa Country: Honduras (HND)

Inaugural Parade. CPL Brian Mingus, 3rd Division, ISSC, Fort Belvoir, U. S. Army, march unit NCO Escort Official stands in the staging area (North Pentagon parking lot) waiting for his group to arrive for the 1993 Inaugural Parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen assist LTC Bob Crowder, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, put on his high-pressure suit. LTC Crowder will fly an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft which will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing. Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970201-A-4624C-001. Complete Scene Caption: US Army Lieutenant Colonel Robin Swan, Task Force TF 1-26 Batallion Commander, meets with members of the European Community Monitoring Mission before the resettlement of Muslims (Operation POLLUX) in Mahala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDPOLLUX Base: Mahala Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

BGEN Paul A. Schempp, commander, 174th Tactical Fighter Wing, shakes hands with fellow participants in exercise Coronet Sail. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET SAIL Base: Lechfeld Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

US Army Sergeant (SGT) Chadwick A. Brooks of the 361st Civil Affairs Brigade, Pensacola, Florida, prepares to change the Implementation Force (IFOR) acronym on the side of a M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to the Stabilization Force (SFOR) acronym. As part of the change from Operation Joint Endeavor to Operation JOINT GUARD, all military vehicles in the Bosnian Theater must now display the SFOR symbol. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-ST-87-01014. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING 86 Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Royal Thai Army Special Forces personnel demonstrate visual tracking techniques to members of the 374th Combat Control Team during jungle survival cross-training at the 1ST Special Forces Regiment, 20 kilometers from Koke Kathiem Air Base. Country: Thailand (THA)

LT. CMDR. Carol Bohn shows crew members aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) the proper way of putting on a protective mask during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Usns Mercy(T-AH 19)

US Navy AIRMAN Apprentice Frank Canaan stands a hot chock watch in case an aircraft has hydraulic failure and needs emergency chocking upon landing on the flight deck, on the flight deck of USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). Truman is on station in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

DF-ST-85-12903. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '84 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-00284. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 183rd Tactical Fighter Group walk through the serving line in the enlisted dining facility during Exercise Coronet Brave. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BRAVE Base: Raf Finningley Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

SGT. John Dimuccio, left, and AIRMAN 1ST Class John Willis take a break during rescue efforts for victims trapped in the rubble of collapsed Interstate 880. A section of the elevated highway collapsed during an earthquake that struck the area on October 17th. Base: San Francisco State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

On Board Hm Submarine Tribune, 1942 Ratings working the starboard switchboard in the motor room of HMS TRIBUNE.

GEN. Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, watches as members of the 2nd Marine Division prepare to depart to take part in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Robert Baker, a reservist, participates in exercise Sentry Castle '81. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Hancock Field State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Brad E. Starr, left, and PETTY Officer 3rd Class Chris R. Halbach of Reserve Naval Construction Battalion Hospital Unit 22 use a transit as they survey the site of Fleet Hospital Six during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain (BHR)

Rear Adm. Richard D. Milligan points to a chart during a Pentagon press conference called to release the findings of the Navy's official investigation into the April 19, 1989, explosion in Turret No. 2 aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). The charts on the stage detail the technical and criminal probes into the explosion. Powder bags similar to those used aboard the IOWA at the time of the explosion are the lower left. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TOM CRUISE in TOP GUNS (1986) -Original title: TOP GUN-, directed by TONY SCOTT.

DF-ST-89-07679. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT Jon Layton, Security SPECIALIST, 8th Security Police Squadron in the driver's seat of a M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier Track vehicle while participating in the exercise at Kunsan Air Base. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SENIOR AIRMAN Shaun M. Rice, a Combat Controller with the 624th Combat Control Squadron, Pope AFB, NC, relaxes in the control tower after an airfield survey. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM)

Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) take a break in the shade. The RALEIGH and its embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

CAPT. Brian Hoey, associate editor of AIRMAN Magazine, interviews Soviet MAJ. Vladimir Zhurba, one of the Soviet officers working at the Berlin Air Safety Center. The Soviets are informed of civilian and military air traffic along three corridors leading. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An AIRMAN student from the Air Force Medical School at Sheppard Air Force Base takes information from survivors of a tornado. Base: Wichita Falls State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Guards Armoured Training Wing, Pirbright, Surrey, November 1943 A sergeant of the Coldstream Guards wearing earphones attached to a steel helmet at the Guards Armoured Training Wing.

U.S. Army personnel show the variety of career opportunities available in the Army. Country: Unknown

DA-ST-86-05863. Country: Unknown

"Maj. Marion Carl, USMC, who has downed 17 Jap planes, is shown in cockpit of plane.".

DN-ST-85-08490. Base: USS Jesse L. Brown

U.S. military personnel stand by M-998 multi-purpose wheeled vehicles as they watch reporter Sam Donaldson tape a news broadcast during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

First Sergeant Rickie McCall, USMC, (left) and Captain Shane Tomko, USMC, (right), Commanding Officer of Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) discuss issues at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

DA-SC-88-03514. Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LTG Henry Shelton, Commander Joint Task Force-180, shakes hands with an unidentified foreign general officer when they meet at the Port-au-Prince International Airport before a meeting with General Cedras, the self imposed leader of Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

A Marine from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines gives his comrade directions to his next information drop off point during Final Training Exercise (FTX) III, a part of Cooperative Osprey '96. FTX III consists of Airfield Security, Convoy Operations and Humanitarian Assistance Operations. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A combat control team member on a drop zone uses a field radio to direct an approaching C-141 Starlifter aircraft into position for a troop drop. In the background, troops parachuting from the preceding Starlifter are near the ground. The airman is a 317th Tactical Air Wing member involved in exercise Reforger '80. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-ST-88-02222. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Relief workers and base personnel eat lunch in the base exchange parking lot during Hurricane Andrew cleanup efforts. The storm struck the area on August 24th. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ENSIGN Jeff Hilton holds up a ship's placard aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). The vessel has just recently departed from the Persian Gulf area where it was deployed during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

STS-38 Pilot Frank L. Culbertson gives thumbs up before climbing into the T-38A NASA 955 forward cockpit. Crewmembers are preparing for departure from Ellington Field to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Culbertson's bright yellow helmet is displayed in front of him.

DF-ST-88-08539. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY BREWER Base: Grafenwoehr Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

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