Special Operations and Tactical Deployments

Visuals of special operations teams preparing for airborne missions and tactical exercises, reflecting the intensity of military training.

Starboard lookout, 56th training voyage abroad, training ship Germany, Mediterranean Sea, September 1982
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Firefighters at Pier 4 of the Naval Station work to extinguish a fire that started in a Naval Supply Center building, and eventually spread to the converted Raleigh class command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF 3). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Joe Walker and X-1E
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Ein Eurofighter aufgenommen aus deinem A400 Transportflugzeug bei der Uebung Rapid Viking 2023 ueber Island. Keflavik, 03.08.2023
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ED HARRIS in THE RIGHT STUFF (1983), directed by PHILIP KAUFMAN.
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Crew members of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft unload a ramp prior to offloading seven helicopters of 24th Combat Aviation Battalion. The helicopters were airlifted from Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, to be used in an upcoming exercise at Fort Irwin, California. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Residents and animals of Fresno County, California, disembark a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook after being rescued from the Creek Fire Sept. 8, 2020, at the Cal Guard Fresno Aviation Base. Close to 400 people were trapped in the Sierra National Forest, and Cal Guard aviators, relying on night vision goggles, made daring rescues starting early in the morning. The Creek Fire one of the state’s largest blazes this year ravaged more than 180,000 acres in less than a week, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes and trapping hikers and campers in areas unreachable by land vehicles.
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DF-ST-89-01806. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)
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A passenger aboard Nighthawk 3 looks out the helicopter window during a flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport en route to Dyke Park landing zone in Stamford, Conn., Oct. 23, 2009.
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Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Miguel Spoon Velez, assigned to the Vanguard of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14), participates in a pre-flight brief prior to the squadrons last flights Dec. 8, 2022.
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A Soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School jumps from the tailgate of a C-27 aircraft during free fall training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina September 22, 2022. The military free fall parachutists jumped from 7,000 feet and landed on Luzon Drop Zone.
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First lieutenant kite J.P. Soolsma, classified by 313 Squadron, with 'student-flyer' first lieutenant c.a.j.m. Frijters. Photo belongs to the photo report, which is created for the benefit of the 'operational, the Royal Netherlands Air Force in operation' by Wim Cock from 1983.
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An Air Force loadmaster directs a firetruck off of a C-5 Galaxy at Jorge Chávez International Airport during Resolute Sentinel 23 in Lima, Peru, June 27, 2023. Resolute Sentinel improves readiness of U.S. and partner nation military and interagency personnel through joint defense interoperability training, engineering projects and knowledge exchanges.
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A tire is changed on an AV-8A Harrier aircraft aboard the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Members of the North East Indiana Allen County Response Team flew into St. Thomas on a C-130 out of Ft. Wayne Air National Guard Base to help provide field hospitals and outreach victims of Hurricane Marilyn. Base: Saint Thomas State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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D-E 3-Incher Roars its Challenge. Aboard a destroyer escort, a Coast Guard gun crew engages in night battle practice, sharpening up for the day or night when they will clash with enemy marauders against the Allied shipping lanes in the North Atlantic.
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A member of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing adjusts settings on the equipment used to decontaminate buildings during a chemical warfare exercise. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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A BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from its Mark 41 vertical launch system aboard the Destroyer USS FIFE (DD-991) during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown
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Memorial Looking Out To Sea The memorial of a war pilot looking out across the open sea. Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndrewxNorrisx 21179733
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990925-N-2517W-003. Base: USS Constellation (CV 64)
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Airmen assigned to the 36th Fighter Generation Squadron perform pre-launch procedures with F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots during a training sortie at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 18, 2022. Deployed to Gwangju for the week, the Airmen trained and performed different jobs to become multi-capable Airmen as part of the U.S Air Forces Agile Combat Employment concept.
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220420-N-RU001-1062 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 20, 2022) A Sailor participates in a damage control fundamentals training on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), April 20. Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations in the Pacific Ocean.
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220708-N-DF558-1109 PEARL HARBOR (July 8, 2022) International news outlets record video on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) while moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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STAFF SGT. Patrick L. Whitney (top left) and STAFF SGT. Dave Robertson torque bolts that hold the two halves of the E-3 aircraft rotor dome together. STAFF SGT. Eric Perez (bottom from left), AIRMAN 1ST Class William C. Hurd and STAFF SGT. Howard Marquier conduct an inspection on the dome.(Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1996 ) Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Tinker Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-85-03181. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A painting inside the USS Arizona Memorial depicts the ship sinking after being attacked by Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Inside shot of a building where deployed USAF personnel are temporarily housed. It shows the living conditions the personnel are dealing with while a tent city is being constructed on the Jordanian Airfield during preparations for the upcoming Air Power Expeditionary Force. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Country: Jordan (JOR)
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980921-N-4700G-002. Base: Uss Enterprise (CVN 65) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Denmark, Jutland, Aalborg, Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum, gunsight
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Russian 24S Returned Imagery Part 208
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Team members of the 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit begin Sabre Spirit I munitions loading competition by loading an F-4E Phantom II aircraft with a Mark 84 2,000-pound bomb. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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220415-N-JU123-1032 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 15, 2022) Airman Joseph Martin, from Los Angeles, assigned to the Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, cleans the canopy of an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), April 15, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.
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Firefighters aboard a P-15 fire truck discuss procedures for fighting a fire caused by the explosion of a 40,000 gallon JP-4 aviation fuel storage tank. The firemen are wearing proximity suits. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Battalion Chief David Seymour provides supervision while space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew members participate in M113 armored personnel carrier training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An M113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency exit from the pad is needed and every shuttle crew is trained on driving the vehicle before launch. Space shuttle Endeavour's six crew members are at Kennedy for the launch countdown dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training. Targeted to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT, they will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper and micrometeoroid debris shields to the space station. This is the final scheduled spaceflight for Endeavour.
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SENIOR AIRMAN Joseph Wall shovels sand into the hollow framework of aluminum planking to help stabilize the barrier, which will be used as a revetment on an airfield during Operation Desert Storm. The barriers protect aircraft from strafing, shell fragments and other such threats.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)
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Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore of NASA is carried from all terrain vehicle (ATV) into a medical tent shortly after he and Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Elena Serova of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 12, 2015. NASA Astronaut Wilmore, Russian Cosmonauts Samokutyaev and Serova are returning after almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 41 and 42 crews.
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230317-N-NT811-0001 San Diego - (March 17, 2023) - Sailors onboard the guided missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) take in and stow all lines as the ship gets underway from U.S. Naval Station San Diego for surface warfare advanced tactical training (SWATT). SWATT is the Navys premier advanced tactical training even for the surface fleet to ensure units are competent, proficient and ready to deploy forward. The intense multi-week training event is given under the guidance of Naval Surface and Mine Warfare Development Center (SMWDC).
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DF-ST-87-03930. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)
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DF-ST-86-11708. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Contract pilot Rusty Manning prepares the U.S. Air Force hot air balloon for its first flight at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 1, 2022. The balloon was created to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Air Force during the 50th anniversary of the Balloon Fiesta.
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041209-F-4800M-004. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Philippine army jumpmaster gathers static cords during an airdrop from a 374th Tactical Airlift Wing aircraft. Base: Fort Magsaysay State: Luzon Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL)
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Aerial view of a naval vessel with helicopters lined on its deck, reflecting the twilight sky, against the backdrop of grand buildings, Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
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Mechanic performed maintenance work on an Alouette III helicopter of 300 squadron. Image in mirror image !!!!
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SSGT Jack Combs paints a fluorescent number on a 146th Tactical Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft. The number will aid in identifying the plane as it takes part in a firefighting mission in the Santa Barbara area. Base: Channel Islands Ang Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Official opening of the open week in the airbase divide on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
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An operations specialist monitors a radar screen aboard a ship. Country: Unknown
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 19, 2015) Sailors engage in a simulated aircraft fire in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is underway conducting tailored ship's training availability (TSTA) off the east coast of the United States. TSTA is the first combined training event of a ship's inter-deployment training cycle that tests and evaluates shipboard drills, including general quarters, damage control, medical and firefighting. Upon successful completion of TSTA, Harry S. Truman will be considered proficient in all mission areas.
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STAFF SGT. John Sabbadish of the 343rd Aircraft Generation Squadron directs the positioning of practice bombs for an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A large balloon is inflated to welcome crew members of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) upon their return to port after an extended deployment in the Mediterranean Sea. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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England, Dorset, Blandford Forum, Royal Signals Museum, Daimler Ferret Mark1/1 Scout Car 1952-1984
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220915-N-MJ302-1041 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 15, 2022) Aviation Boatswain Mate Chief Hugo Echeverri briefs Sailors prior to a general quarters drill on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.
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Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Vidato, 459th Airlift Squadron instructor flight engineer, waves goodbye after delivering simulated humanitarian aid during a Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted disaster preparedness and response drill at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, Japan, Sept. 3, 2022. The U.S. Army and Navy, as well as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, participated alongside the 459th AS to ensure mission readiness in the event of a real-world disaster.