Air Force and Naval Operations

Visuals feature pilots and crew in aircraft and naval settings, emphasizing military readiness and technical operations in bright and clear colors.

SSGT Ronald Zahoryin monitors equipment as SSGT John Norquist stands by aboard a 146th Tactical Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during a firefighting mission. The plane, equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), will be dispensing the fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek over the Santa Barbara area. Base: Channel Islands Ang Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPT Mike Masters, left, of the 2874th Test Squadron talks with SSGT Timothy Warner prior to taking an F-111E aircraft up on a test flight. Base: Mcclellan Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An interior view of Main Control (EMO1) in the engine room aboard the guided missile destroyer USS RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23). Standing at the controls is Machinist's Mate Fireman (MMFN) Mark Vastine and seated behind him is Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Ero. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Ronald Zahoryin monitors equipment as SSGT John Norquist stands by aboard a 146th Tactical Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft during a firefighting mission. The plane, equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), will be dispensing the fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek over the Santa Barbara area. Base: Channel Islands Ang Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from Cherry Point Marine Air Station, NC, and Air Force personnel from McGuire AFB, NJ, push pallets of equipment onto a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft is to carry the first Marines (33) to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of recent problems in Haiti. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Operations SPECIALIST 2nd Class Cory Shenk, a member of Assault Craft Unit 5, mans the radar console of an air-cushion landing craft (LCAC) during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

DF-ST-85-11288. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A C-130 aircraft from the 61st Airlift Squadron (ALS), Little Rock AFB, Ark., picks up cargo for Marine forces at Cap Haitian International Airport, Haiti. The cargo consisted of water purification units and the entire upload was accomplished in one hour. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A1C James D. Smith, 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron, prepares a reentry vehicle trailer during the removal of a Titan II reentry vehicle at site No. 570-5. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-02928. Base: Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-04181. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

SRA George Cain and SSGT Wilmer Shelton from the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, check for accuracy as a bomb is raised onto the bomb rack of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A chief petty officer supervises a fellow crewman in the torpedo room of the nuclear-powered USS Gurnard (SSN-662) as they make adjustments to the torpedo transport rails. Base: San Diego Harbor State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03987. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

USAF STAFF Sergeant Vance Martin, a crew chief with the 561st Fighter Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada helps his aircraft pilot USAF Captain Tom Pfeiffer strap into the seat of a F-4G Phantom Wild Weasel aircraft as Captain Steve Garland prepares to enter the back seat of the aircraft. From AIRMAN Magazine April 1995 issue article "Watch Out for Flying Weasels". Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-13455. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-87-11135. Base: Abbotsford State: British Columbia (BC) Country: Canada (CAN)

Places Measuring instruments A / B from a Lockheed P2V-7B, P-2H & SP-2H Neptune Maritime Patrol Flop (1961-1982).

DN-ST-87-06736. Base: USS Sides (FFG 14)

Aerial Port personnel deployed to Entebbe off load equipment and supplies at the Entebbe International Airport from the Civilian Reserve Air Force (CRAF). Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Entebbe Country: Uganda (UGA)

DF-ST-88-03502. Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Anti-submarine Warfare Technician 2nd Class Ferguson mans a tactical coordinating station aboard a P-3B Orion aircraft of Naval Air Reserve Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68). VP-68 is in Rota for active duty training. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

A lieutenant mans the periscope in the control room aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS GUARDFISH (SSN 612). Base: USS Guardfish (SSN 612)

Two crew members in the periscope room in a submarine, possibly hr.ms. Swordfish (1972-1994).

DF-ST-85-10623. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-00901. Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A "patient" is made comfortable aboard a helicopter that is being used to airlift him to a waiting hospital, during Exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Maintenance crewmen service a Strike Fighter Squadron 25 F/A-18A Hornet aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

980619-N-4106M-001. Base: Uss Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

MAJ. Luiz Sergio de Oliveiro Araujon, Brazilian air force, left, flies with the members of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron aboard a C-130E Hercules aircraft during the joint U.S./Brazilian exercise Saci '84. Subject Operation/Series: SACI '84 Base: Rio De Janeiro Country: Brazil (BRA)

DN-ST-90-03768. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-02930. Base: Usns Narragansett (T-ATF 167)

Two hose teams prepare to enter a closed compartment as part of a damage control drill being conducted aboard a U.S. Navy ship during the multinational Exercise RimPac '90. The Pacific Rim nations of Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea and the U.S. are participating in the annual naval and amphibious exercise. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '90 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A member of A Troop, First Squadron, 104th Cavalry of the Philadelphia Center City, Pennsylvania National Guard, mans the command radio during annual exercises for the unit. Base: Fort Pickett State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A petty officer tends a line as a 2,700-pound dummy projectile is drawn across the deck onto the rotating projectile ring in a handling room beneath one of the 16-inch/50-caliber gun turrets aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Country: Unknown

Ordnancemen haul away a pallet of Mark 82 500-pound bombs received aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during an underway replenishment. The Kennedy is in the Red Sea to support Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

SEAMAN Carla Worden operates a winch on a side-load warping tug during a causeway-building exercise with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 (ACB-1). Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Electrician's Mate 1ST Class (SS) Reynold Wright, a crew member from the repair ship USS JASON (AR-8), checks electrical connections in the engine room of the Kuwaiti tugboat Al-Mutlaa. Wright and other repair team members are aboard the boat to work on equipment which suffered damage during the occupation of Kuwait by Iraqi forces. The troops were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT ST0RM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT)

SSGT Howard L. Fuller, left, glances at a checklist as he and AMN Frank J. Hannon load an AGM-65 Maverick anti-tank missile onto an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt aircraft during exercise Central Enterprise "89. The aircraft is also carrying an AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod, right. Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAL ENTERPRISE '89 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-ST-88-02717. Country: Persian Gulf

A reservist diver from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1 is helped out of his gear at the USS ARIZONA Memorial site. Salvage Unit 1 is participating in the joint Navy/Park Service project SeaMark, a surveying and charting effort to assess submerged cultural resources in the Pacific. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Mark 5 diving helmet is on display aboard the salvage ship USS HOIST (ARS-40). The USS HOIST is open for public inspection during a port visit to the Washington Navy Yard. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the bridge crew of the guided missile frigate USS GARY (FFG-51) take their assigned stations as the ship prepares to get underway for a dependent's day cruise. Base: San Diego Bay State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation ordnancemen from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) arm one of their squadron's A-7E Corsair aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. At left, a sailor installs an arming wire on a Mark 82 500-pound bomb; the sailor beside him is setting the arming delay time on the fuse of another 500-pound bomb. In the background, ordnancemen lift an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile up to the aircraft's fuselage cheek-position point. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Red Sea

DN-ST-85-04087. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

COL T.M. D'Andrea, left, explains an aircraft to Assistant Secretary of the Navy G.D. Penisten and his son, Noel, during their visit to the Marine Corps Air Museum at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. James Huber, flight engineer with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, records data from the cockpit of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season. State: Fs Micronesia(FM) Country: United States Of America(USA)

A student at the US Army Signal Center hooks up a PU-628 3-kilowatt generator set mounted in a trailer. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Ordnancemen hoist a Paveway III GBU-24/A laser guided bomb for transfer from one of the ships magazine spaces to the flight deck of the US Navys nuclear power aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) in support of Operation DESERT STRIKE. The operation was designed to allow tactical missions by US and other coalition aircraft inside the borders of Iraq, in response to repeated Iraqi attacks in violation of UN Safe Zones. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STRIKE Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

DN-ST-89-02519. Base: USS Conquest (MSO 488)

Aviation Machinists Mate 1ST Class Michael Walcott performs maintenance on an EA-6B Prowler from Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Seven (VAQ-137) aboard USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). George Washington and VAQ-137 are conducting operations in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: At Sea

DN-ST-88-01336. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-ST-85-07310. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Machinist Mate 1ST Class Michael Alexander of Wyoming, Minnesota, and Aviation Machinist Mate 3rd Class James Hahnenkratt of Phoenix, Arizona, repair a valve on an F-14 "Tomcat". The USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) is deployed to the Adriatic Sea (not shown) in support of the NATO-led Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Adriatic Sea

DN-SC-90-02466. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Loading containers with patriot rockets of 502 squadron, 5th group of led weapons.

A Marine student learns to repair a diesel engine while attending motor transport school. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A quartermaster 2nd class checks the course at the navigators plot board on the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

DF-ST-85-10619. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GUNNER's mates inspect linked belts of Mark 149 Mod 2 20mm ammunition before loading it into the magazine of a Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapons system aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63). Country: Unknown

Ordnancemen of Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165) prepare to load Mark 82 500-pound high-drag bombs onto aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63). Country: Unknown

DD-ST-86-06694. Country: Unknown

A fuel bladder is anchored by cargo straps in the cargo bay of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-08601. Base: Pensacola Bay State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sailors wearing an oxygen breathing apparatus (OBAs) file through a passageway while en route to the hangar deck firefighting drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Members of a damage control party secure a hatch during a general quarters drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). They are equipped with oxygen breathing apparatus. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-ST-85-03977. Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-85-03496. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-02381. Country: Unknown

Colonel Thompson of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Precision Measuring Equipment (PME) section uses a variety of electronic diagnostic equipment to repair an RCA 700 mobile radio. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Boatswain's Mate E (Launching and Recovery Equipment) 1ST Class Kevin Hopkins performs maintenance on the No. 3 catapult on the flight deck crew members aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69), while the vessel is underway off the coast of Florida. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

040831-F-4045M-001. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GUNNER's Mate 3rd Class James Pittman checks the 2nd stage fins of a RIM-2 Terrier missile in the Mk 10, Mod 7 guided missile cruiser USS JOUETT (CG-29) during Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Unknown

DA-ST-87-08495. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Seward State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

At the spotting periscope of the ballistic missile submarine USS NEBRASKA (SSBN-739) CHIEF Fire Control Technician (Guns) (FTGC) Stephen J. Ford keeps an eye for surface traffic as the ship puts to sea from Port Canaveral, Fla. Base: USS Nebraska Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

LCPL Gubiet Rojas uses a pressure tester to check the eye pieces in an M-17A1 field protective mask in the nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) testing unit. Base: Marine Corps Logis Base, Albany State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. Shaffer of the 53rd Fighter Squadron performs a preflight check of his F-15C Eagle aircraft during Operation Deny Flight, the enforcement of the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DN-ST-85-08674. Country: Sea Of Japan

A member of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) support equipment section checks the clamps on a 4000 jet engine stand. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-01057. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Sailors aboard the dock landing ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) hose down the anchor chain as the ship prepares to get underway during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '89. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Country: Sea Of Japan

Air crew members aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft check emergency medical equipment as they travel to Damascus, Syria to pick up freed hostage Thomas Sutherland. Sutherland was held captive in Lebanon by Shiite Moslem kidnappers for over six years. SSGT James Brewer, 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES); COL Fohlmeister, 7100th Combat Support Wing; and CAPT Pennie Gunn, 2nd AES.. Country: Unknown

DN-SC-85-12198. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

DN-ST-89-10437. Base: Natc, Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN Apprentice Sanders (left), AMN Richard Gosselin and Aviation Ordnanceman 1ST Class Deluca assemble a GBU-16 laser guided bomb in one of the ships magazine spaces. The USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) and her embarked air wing are deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of operation Southern Watch enforcing the no-fly zone over southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

DN-ST-89-01969. Country: Unknown

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger tours the replenishment oiler USS ROANOKE (AOR-7) during his visit to the Naval Air Station. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-85-05220. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-02443. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

DN-SC-87-05673. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Brig. GEN. John Brooks, Aircraft Commander and the Commander of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany completes the combat exit checklist as the C-130 transport aircraft leaves Bosnian airspace as (left to right) Captain Kyle Reid and STAFF SGT. Richard Davis look on. The general was flying with these members of the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. who are providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-ST-89-04315. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-89-08979. Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Engineers C. L. Smith and Air Force CPT Walter West examine a half-scale F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft forebody, ejection seat and instrumented aircrew mannequin, used to measure aerodynamic forces on the human body during emergency ejection at speeds up to 900 miles per hour. Base: Arnold Engineering Dev Center State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-04444. Base: Naval Base, Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The pilot of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft consults a chart while on a refueling flight during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A member of the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron drops targets into the water approximately 80 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, during Operation Cope Angel. Subject Operation/Series: COPE ANGEL Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A seaman aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) checks the No. 3 catapult pump for leaks during WestPac '93. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

970427-F-1277M-013. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United States Navy, Quartermaster 2nd Class Frederick Werlein (right) and Quartermaster 2nd Class Mike Aanensen (left), plot courses for the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The Independence is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, 9 February 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

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