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U.S. Officials Arriving at Airports

Photos feature various U.S. officials, including Secretaries and Presidents, arriving at different airports, capturing official greetings and military presence.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in Matera, Italy on June 28, 2021.

Former POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ Hubert Kelly Flesher kisses his wife at the ramp of the C-141 Starlifter, that transported him and fellow POWs from Clark AB, Philippines. MGEN John Gonge, 22nd Air Force Commander, 22nd AF looks on. MAJ Flesher was captured on 2 Dec 66 and released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi on 18 Feb 73. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sideboys salute as President George Bush and Mrs. Bush depart from the USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL following an observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A-7E Corsair aircraft pilots are greeted by their wives upon return home from aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). The pilots are from the Light Attack Squadrons 25 (VA-25) and 113 (VA-113). Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko (center) and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams (right) arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan July 2, 2012 after a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia for final pre-launch preparations. The trio will be launched July 15 from Baikonur to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-05 spacecraft for a four-month mission.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

U.S. Navy personnel salute as French President Francois Mitterrand, third from right, and a U.S. Air Force general pass by during their tour of the American displays at the 1991 Paris Air Show. A Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 122 (VAW-122) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft is in the background.. Base: Paris Country: France(FRA)

041031-F-9624D-001. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010406-F-8748C-001. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Former POW and U.S. Air Force CPT Darrel Edwin Pyle, wife Karen, son and an escort look over the giant C-5 Galaxy aircraft on the flight line. CPT Pyle was captured on 13 Jun 66 and released by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi on 12 Feb 73. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden deliver remarks to Air Force personnel and their families on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England.

Straight on shot of UN Secretary GEN Boutros Burtros-Ghali as he walks with a Pakistani Military escort away from his United Nations Lear Jet at Mogadishu Airport. Other United Nations dignitaries walk behind the Secrectary General. The Secretary General is in Somalia for meetings and briefings on Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. participate in a Congressional delegation tour of the Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 6, 2022. Senior leaders gained insight about the benefits and maneuverability of the E-7A Wedgetail as well as the reasons behind its proposed purchase.

040409-F-6318N-002. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2008 The US Army Cops of Engineers helps direct Special needs evacuees with their families onto the planes to safe locations outside of Hurricane Gustav's path. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks out the window of a Swiss Air Force Super Puma helicopter on January 18, 2017, during a flight from Davos, Switzerland, to Basel, Switzerland, after attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on the last stop of the last trip of his tenure as a Cabinet officer.

030124-F-7270C-028. Base: Terre Haute State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AFRL Fellows 2022 Honors ECA Award Winner Sean Donegan

Several OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) staff members disembark from a commercial aircraft and walk across the tarmac at the International Airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. These staff members are in Sarajevo for training to supervise the upcoming elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DF-ST-86-09347. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '85 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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