Aircraft Firefighting Training

Dramatic scenes of firefighting efforts, highlighting military personnel combating flames from aircraft incidents, with a mix of historical and modern training environments.

U.S. Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort host training for MCAS Beaufort Fire and Emergency Services and Burton Fire District at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., April 11, 2023. ARFF Marines used the Mobile Aircraft Firefighting Training Device to provide live aircraft firefighting experience to the local fire departments in preparation for the 2023 MCAS Beaufort Airshow.

220915-N-HB628-1040 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 15, 2022) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) simulate fighting fire during a general quarters drill. Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

U.S. Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF), Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort host training for MCAS Beaufort Fire and Emergency Services and Burton Fire District at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., April 11, 2023. ARFF Marines used the Mobile Aircraft Firefighting Training Device to provide live aircraft firefighting experience to the local fire departments in preparation for the 2023 MCAS Beaufort Airshow.

A member of the 230th Support Battalion, North Carolina Army National Guard signals to a forklift drives as he loads pallets onto a 5-ton cargo truck bound for victims of Hurricane Bonnie. Base: Kinston State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-00487. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60)

A U.S. Air Force Airman ties down a Humvee at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Oct. 14, 2022. To further strengthen rapid global mobility efforts, Airmen, Soldiers, and civilian personnel worked collectively to inspect and load essential equipment bound for U.S. European Command.

A U.S. Marine with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, removes the fuse of a M795 155mm projectile during a fire support and coordination exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 21, 2020. The Marines in the exercise mitigated COVID-19 exposure risks by wearing face covers to remain mission ready by maintaining the Marine Corps training standard.

Students struggle to quench flames burning inside a blockhouse at Naval Fire Fighting School San Diego. In this view, one can see how the smoke and flames makes it very difficult to see during a real working fire. The experience gained here prepares the students for similiar possible situations aboard ships out in the fleet. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing flies during a Hero-400 training introduction at San Clemente Island, California, May 25, 2022. The Hero-400 is a loitering munition system that the United States Marine Corps and other Department of Defense entities are beginning to incorporate into specific mission sets. This initial training flight develops the UAS pilots confidence and abilities to be able to operate the Hero-400 in any clime and place, enabling 3rd MAW to remain a more lethal and ready force.

Providers assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division discuss and prepare for convoy on Fort Bragg, NC, March 28, 2022. The Field Training Exercise ensures Paratroopers stand ready to fight, win, and meet the 18 hour deployment standard.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, walks through the memorial and museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, Sept. 16, 2022. Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division on rotation in Europe visited the site as part of an effort to develop a better understanding of significant historical events.

DA-ST-90-01575. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040826-M-4358R-086. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

LAO - VIENTIANE LA COMPROMISEMême si elle se rapproche du million dhabitants, Vientiane a encore les allures dune bourgade à côte des mégapoles des pays voisins telles que Bangkok ou Ho-Chi-Minh Ville. Cela nempêche pas la capitale laotienne de rêver du même destin. La culture ancestrale du Laos, étroitement liée au culte bouddhique, se veut sans vains désirs ni ambitions démesurées. Aujourdhui, la rupture est totale et Vientiane en est lillustration. La croissance exponentielle du pays est principalement due aux investissements étrangers, avec en première ligne la Chine, qui viennent puiser dans les nombreuses ressources naturelles du pays, notamment dans les secteurs miniers, forestiers et hydroélectriques.Ainsi, avec la mondialisation qui entraine luniformisation des modes de vie et ces nouvelles richesses qui sont créées, les habitants de la capitale aspirent à un nouveau destin. Tours de verre, centre commerciaux, parcs dattraction, restaurants et cafés branchés commenc

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve dedicated a decorated cake to Queen Elizabeth II, at Union III Forward Operating Base in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2022. Coalition members from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand honored Queen Elizabeth II following her death on Sept. 8, 2022, after serving as the British sovereign and head of the Commonwealth for more than 70 years.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Whitmore, an F-35B power line mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts maintenance of 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. Whitmore is a native of Greeley, Colorado. 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.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Zachary Faull and Hospital Corpsman Nicholas Towne, both with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, treat a simulated casualty during Exercise Shinka 22.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 24, 2022. Shinka exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

soldier squad team portrait in urban environment relaxed after action and battle

Marines inspect power cables prior to connecting them to shelters aboard the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3) during exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Rainwater kneels next to a fire during Opposing Forces Live fire training. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) actors from Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division assemble their wounded casualties for US Navy (USN) Corpsmen to examine, during the final mission of their urban warfare Strategic Operations training course held in San Diego, California. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PŌHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, load an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 16, 2022. Marines with 1/12 conducted fire missions as part of Rim of the Pacific Exercise 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 world's 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 world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 20, 2023. The 908th EARS delivers fuel for U.S. and partner nation forces, extending the reach and combat airpower dominance to the region.

Image of soldier in the forest.

A tactical fighter with suppressed service rifle in hands, sneaking through a room with red backlight.

The silhouette of a U.S. Air Force 60th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter during a live-fire training at Travis Air Force Base, California, May 23, 2022. The 60th CES Fire Protection Services trained in a live-fire exercise to practice firefighting techniques and procedures in a realistic environment, ensuring they are prepared to mitigate damage and save lives.

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, load a pallet of Department of Social Welfare and Development family food packs into a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Villamor Airbase, Pasay City, Philippines, Feb. 12, 2024. At the request of the Government of the Philippines, the U.S. Marines of III Marine Expeditionary Force are supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development in providing foreign humanitarian assistance to the ongoing disaster relief mission in Mindanao. The forward presence and ready posture of III MEF assets in the region facilitated rapid and effective response to crisis, demonstrating the U.S.s commitment to Allies and partners during times of need. Marine Corps

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-206. AIRSTA NOLA--damaged sleeping quarters. Hurricane Katrina

220908-N-GF955-1464BALTIC SEA (Sept. 8, 2022) U.S. Navy Fire Controlman (Aegis) 3rd Class Ethan Prolsdorfer, from Birmingham, Alabama, conducts security reaction force basic (SRF-B) training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Sept. 8, 2022. Paul Ignatius is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, 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-88-02903. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Snider, dedicated crew chief, 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Sq., Creech Air Force Base, Nevada conducts post flight maintenance on an RQ-1 Predator at Aeropuerto Rafael Hernandez outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on 27 Jan., 2010. The RQ-1 remotely piloted systems are operating out of Puerto Rico in support of Operation Unified Response in Haiti. Airmen from Creech Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev. are providing 24 hour a day full-motion video in real time to international relief workers on the ground in order to speed humanitarian aid to remote and cut-off areas of the country following the earthquake on 12 Jan., 2010.

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

230206-N-KU796-1098 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 6, 2023) U.S Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Devan Townsend, from Los Angeles, directs Sailors during a mass casualty drill aboard 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.

A U.S Marine Corps recruit with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, gets his haircut at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 1, 2022. Recruits received haircuts to maintain uniformity throughout the entirety of recruit training.

A U.S Marine Corps recruit with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, gets his haircut at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 1, 2022. Recruits received haircuts to maintain uniformity throughout the entirety of recruit training. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler W. Abbott)

Image of soldier in the forest. Back light, cropped, toned and colorized. Black silhouette of soldier

Unit photography of set of 'Temptation' during gun scene, Miami, FL

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Reinier Carlos, a native of Bergenfield, New Jersey, and a joint terminal attack controller with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group swings a buzz saw to signal aircraft during a simulated nighttime close air support exercise at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona, March 30, 2023. 1st ANGLICO utilizes the training to enhance their technical proficiency in close air support techniques in conjunction with pilot currency training.

Close-up of the barrel of a gun pointing at the camera. You can see the hands holding the gun and barely see the man holding the gun in the background.

Person, hand and gun for car hijack in parking lot for victim abduction for ransom, robbery or scary violence. Gangster mafia, pistol weapon and vehicle at night for danger revenge, crime or threat

DN-ST-89-10817. Base: Unknown

220425-N-EE352-1201 PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 25, 2022) Sailors direct flight operations from primary-flight aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), April 25. Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations in the Pacific Ocean.

060227-A-2718K-085. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Airman 1st Class Wynthom Thomas communicates with pilots after landing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 19, 2013. Seven C-130 Hercules aircraft flew in formation to practice airlift tactics and procedures. Thomas is a 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster.

SSGT Virgil Crosby, left, and TSGT Brent Cosens load ammunition into an AC-130H Hercules aircraft 40mm gun. The airmen are 1ST Special Operations Wing members participating in exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Korea

Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Keith Blucher (foreground) and Corporal Matt Rider, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR-352), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are enroute to a forward area refueling point at a forward operating base in the ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

President Barack Obama greets U.S. troops at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, before he departed to Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 12, 2009.

U.S. Army Maj. Jon Siegler, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, looks at the pile of luggage located in the museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland, Sept. 16, 2022. Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division on rotation in Europe visited the site as part of an effort to develop a better understanding of significant historical events.

Man builder. Strong man in uniform breaking brick wall with hammer

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2022) - U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Wallace, a native of Edmond, Okla., a boom operator aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii., prepares the boom during a refueling operation near the coast of Hawaii in part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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.

A U.S. Air Force Airman deployed to Romania from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in support of enhanced Air Policing operations, helps construct a tent April 11, 2022, at 86th Air Base, Romania. Applying Agile Combat Employment concepts, Airmen use tents to maintain operational capabilities from austere or otherwise inaccessible locations as well as to set up additional capabilities at forward-deployed environments.

220415-N-XK047-1054PACIFIC OCEAN (April 15, 2022) - Sgt. Joseph Hatch, a Marine Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman with 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, checks the tire suspension of an Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during waterborne training in the Pacific Ocean, April 15. The two-day waterborne training evolution focused on safety and transport capabilities for both the Navy and Marine Corps and is part of a larger training plan to refine tactics and doctrine for amphibious operations. Makin Island is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Bombing/1976. Museum: COLECION PARTICULAR / MADRID / ESPAÑA. Author: ENRIQUE BRINKMAN.

Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division occupy enemy town during Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) on Fort Polk, Louisiana., Nov. 9, 2022. JRTC Rotation 23-01 serves to enhance brigade and supporting unit's deployment readiness.

A Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipman fast-ropes from a rappel tower at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 19, 2022. NROTC Midshipmen Summer Training develops and trains Midshipmen in order to provide the Fleet a competent and professional Naval Service Commissioned Officer.

A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team member stands at a water screening station during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

A member of a mortar section attached to 2nd Platoon, Company B, Task Force 2-27, peers through the M64A1 sight unit of his M29 81 mm mortar. The section is conducting mortar drills within sight of a Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) barracks as part of a readiness exercise. Base: Coco Solo State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), speaks during a sparrowhawk rehearsal aboard USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 28, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the America 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Danny Gonzalez)

AMN Van Winfoe inspects the electrical system of a C-130 Hercules aircraft before it return to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to pick up supplies during Exercise Kennel Bear '4-82. Subject Operation/Series: KENNEL BEAR '4-82 Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 16, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Recruit Kyle Norton pulls on an arresting wire in hangar bay three aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th fleet to strengthen regional partnerships, sustain maritime security, and support combatant commander requirements for assets in the area. The U.S. Navy is constantly deployed to preserve peace, protect commerce, and deter aggression through forward presence. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.

Sgt. Richard Carlson of Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, a Health Care Specialist with the Minnesota National Guards Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Battalion, 94th Cavalry Regiment assesses a casualty during the medical stakes lane of the Region IV Best Warrior Competition on May 13, 2022. He is one of twelve National Guard Soldiers competing in the Region IV Best Warrior Competition May 11-15, 2022, at Camp Ripley, Minnesota. The annual competition tests the military skills, physical strength and endurance of the top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio National Guards. The winners will move on to compete in the National Guards competition on July 20-30, 2022, at Camp Smyrna, Tennessee. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sydney Mariette.)

ARABIAN SEA (April 29, 2021) Lt. Gavin Karski signals to a E/A-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft attached to the "Zappers" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 as it launches from the bow catapult of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Arabian Sea, April 19, 2021. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations and providing airpower to protect U.S. and coalition forces as they conduct drawdown operations from Afghanistan.

PERSCO (Personnel Support for Contingency Operations) and Lodging personnel work into the night in their assigned test at Camp Guernsey. They are participating in Exercise Condor Contest, part of a Space Command Operational Readiness Inspection which deployed 155 members of the 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. to Camp Guernsey Army National Guard Base, Wyo. Subject Operation/Series: CONDOR CONTEST Base: Camp Guernsey State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A 421st Combat Training Squadron instructor observes students conducting a down driver drill during the Advanced Ready Training - Outside the Wire course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Feb. 8, 2024. The ART-OTW course is a pre-deployment requirement to gain experience in specialized tactics and techniques through strenuous training scenarios. Air Force

Special forces operator during assault rappeling with weapons. rappeling assault

Travel photos. Man with patrol pants and Fes, wearing a desk on the head (maybe in Turkey)

U.S. Navy Diver 2nd Class Alex Christie, Mobile Diving Salvage Unit Company 1-6, sits inside the recompression chamber after conducting a dive operation near the Solomon Islands, Nov. 21, 2022. MDSU Company 1-6 is working with the DPAA to recover missing Americans near the Solomon Islands. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S personnel to their families and the nation.

On Board Hm Submarine Tribune, 1942 A Petty Officer Cook on board HMS TRIBUNE.

U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Connor Tribby, a member of USCGC Bears (WMEC 901) deck department, participates in a pyrotechnics training shoot on the flight deck, North Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 25, 2022. Pyrotechnics shoots are conducted to familiarize the crew with proper usage of their water survival gear.

DF-SC-86-04358. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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