Aircraft Maintenance and Repairs

Air Force personnel performing essential maintenance on various aircraft. Highlights include close-ups of technicians working on engines and propellers, ensuring flight readiness.

Soldiers from the Iowa Army National Guards B/171 Aviation Regiment tie a sling to a historic F-80 Shooting Star aircraft at the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City, Iowa on April 11, 2023. The group will use a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to deliver the F-80 back to Camp Dodge where the aircraft will be placed on static display. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jason Stanley, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II faze technician, performs maintenance on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2013. The A-10 Thunderbolt II provides close-air support for troops on the ground. Stanley is deployed from the 476th Fighter Group from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and a native of Canton, Ga.

011220-F-3354H-005. Base: Middletown State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air National Guard

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, secure a propeller onto a MV-22 Osprey in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 16, 2022. The Marines replaced the propeller of the MV-22 Osprey to ensure flight readiness. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of Amphibious Assault Ship USS 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.

DF-ST-87-08999. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Staff Sgt. Taylor McNamee, a repair and reclamation craftsman with the 168th Maintenance Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, checks flight control cables for proper lubrication while the aircraft is used as a backdrop for the 168th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assumption of command Oct. 16, 2019. The maintenance and inspections were part of a phased inspection for a 168th Wing KC-135R Stratotanker.

Soldiers from the Iowa Army National Guards B/171 Aviation Regiment tie a sling to a historic F-80 Shooting Star aircraft at the Air National Guard Paint Facility in Sioux City, Iowa on April 11, 2023. The group will use a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to deliver the F-80 back to Camp Dodge where the aircraft will be placed on static display. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

U.S. Air Force ROTC cadets from the University of Hawaii Manoa participate in an orientation flight on a C-17 Globemaster III around the Hawaiian Islands, Dec. 5, 2022. The Cadets were given the opportunity to get an in-depth experience and learned the premier airlift capabilities of the 15th Wing Mission.

Staff Sgts. Tamlin Soucy and Alexander Desmarais, engine mechanics with the 157th Maintenance Group, lower a suspended auxiliary power unit with fish pole lifting equipment Sept. 27, 2022 at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire. The Airmen completed the first full replacement of an APU on a KC-46.

020329-F-2902B-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command

230407-N-PA221-1104 PHILIPPINE SEA, (April 7, 2023). U.S. Navy Aviation Technician 3rd Class Colin Henderson, from Canton, Ga., prepares to lower an E/A-18G Growler jamming pod 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.

DF-SC-85-03208. Country: Unknown

Alaska and California Air National Guardsmen arrive in Fort Hood, Texas, via C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft to assist with Hurricane Harvey humanitarian disaster relief operations Aug. 29, 2017. The AKANGs 176th Wing deployed Guardsmen from the 249th Airlift Squadron and 212th Rescue Squadron from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and picked up two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and support personnel from the CAANGs 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., en route to Texas.

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (June 10, 2022) Marine Corps Sgt. Guillermo Hernandez, a Fat Albert” maintainer for the U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, runs diagnostic checks at Spirit of St. Louis Airport, June 10, 2022. The Blue Angels are in the St. Louis area for the Spirit of St. Louis Airshow, which takes place June 11-12 and marks the St. Louis-made F/A-18 Super Hornet making its debut and return to the area.

U.S. Air Force Airmen unload fire retardant from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at the Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel, Dec. 4, 2010. The fire retardant is part of a joint U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. European Command effort to assist the Israeli government in fighting wildfires in its country.

In order to practice Agile Combat Employment, Airmen from the 151st Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels shop are challenged to defuel a KC-135R Stratotanker into an Army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck on Aug. 24, 2022 at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, Salt Lake City, Utah. This innovative process demonstrates the ability to provide fuel to other vehicles when located in austere conditions in order to complete the mission. This joint force exercise will develop new operational concepts, capabilities and plans to bolster deterrence and maintain the U.S. militarys competitive advantage for the future.

A cargo loading demonstration is given aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A gunner's mate mans the Mark 115 Sea Sparrow fire control system director during a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile firing exercise aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

NASA astronaut candidate Chris Birch enters a crew module test article (CMTA) in the well deck aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) during NASAs Underway Recovery Test 11, Feb. 24, 2024. In preparation for NASAs Artemis II crewed mission, which will send four astronauts in Orion beyond the Moon, NASA and the Department of Defense will conduct a series of tests to demonstrate and evaluate the processes, procedures and hardware used in recovery operations for crewed lunar missions. Amphibious transport docks, like USS San Diego, have unique capabilities that make it an ideal partner to support NASA, including embarking helicopters, launching and recovering small boats, three-dimensional air search radar and advanced medical facilities. Navy

A pallet of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System munitions prepares to be uploaded to a Boeing 767 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 11, 2022. The munitions cargo is part of an additional security assistance package for Ukraine. The security assistance the U.S. is providing to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against the Russian invading force.

020514-F-0193C-018. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060325-A-4026H-003. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Daegu Air Base State: Dageu Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND CAVALRY REGIMENT

ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 18, 2013) Chief Engineman Johnnie Lowery troubleshoots cylinder temperature differentials on the main propulsion diesel engine aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17). San Antonio is deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group with embarked Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

The gun captain of the center Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun in the No. 2 turret aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) gives the signal to ram the powder bags on the spanning tray into the gun's chamber. The crew is loading what will be the 1,000th round fired by the IOWAs 16-inch guns since the ship's recommissioning. Country: Unknown

030725-F-1443F-010. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-422-18. Hurricane Katrina

A passage between two covers A / B from the submarine Hr.Ms. Tuna (1966-1991).

220720-N-UM706-1171 SAN DIEGO (July 20, 2022) Deckman Jared Templeton, from Oceanside, Calif., launches an MK-52 bottom mine for training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California. 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.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 18, 2024) U.S. Sailors conduct stretcher bearer training during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Jan. 18, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. An integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic, relevant training necessary to execute the U.S. Navys role across the full spectrum of military operations - from combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. U.S. 3rd Fleet works together with our allies and partners to advance freedom of navigation, the rule of law, and other principles that underpin security for the Indo-Pacific region.

050126-F-7049H-005. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

OSUNI STRAIT (April 16, 2022) Aviation Machinists Mate 2nd Class Malik Williams, from Columbia, S.C., assigned to the "Wallbangers" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 117, studies engine part locations on an E-2D Hawkeye in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

SENIOR AIRMAN Vikki Bruemmer, US Air Force (USAF), loadmaster, 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, along with local national workers, load a pallet of cargo into the C-17A Globemaster at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Sicily. Air Force members deployed to NAS Sigonella in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

010926-N-3560G-002. Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Staff Sgt. Matthew Shields, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., loads container delivery system bundles aboard a C-17 at Pope AFB, N.C., before an air delivery mission in support of Operation Unified Response, Jan. 21, 2010. The crew delivered 40 container delivery system bundles totaling 67,800 lbs. of MREs and bottled water.

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) aircrew load a Mark 46 air launched torpedo into a P-3C Orion aircraft. The torpedo will be used to test the anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the United States and Japanese navies during the exercise RIMPAC 98. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Base: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ZERO GRAVITY AIRCRAFT KC135 FLIGHTS AT LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER (Glenn Research Center)

Weapons cargo bound for Ukraine sits on a C-17 Globemaster III during a security assistance mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 19, 2022. Since 2014, the United States has committed more than $11.8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.

110811-N-GC412-406PACIFIC OCEAN (August 11, 2011) Sailors conduct routine maintenance on an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to the Providers of Fleet Logistics Combat Support Squadron (VRC) 30 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf.

Senior Airman Alana Haeussler, munitions systems specialist, 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs checks on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft before loading ordnance for a training mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, Jan. 16, 2024.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Oscar Lopez, a passenger operation representative with the 378th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadrons Air Terminal Operations Center, drives a K-loader with cargo that will be loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster aircraft, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 16, 2022.

Airmen from the 127th Air Refueling Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, perform a gear swing while testing new landing gear centering cylinders on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Dec. 6, 2022. A team from the Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, picked Selfridge to test and observe the maintenance personnel install the new cylinders and test the landing gear while having the aircraft rest on jacks.

F-16 Bomb

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Travis Allen, a MV-22B tiltrotor mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, secures a MV-22 Osprey propeller onto a crane aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 16, 2022. The Marines replaced the propeller of the MV-22 Osprey to maintain flight readiness. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of Amphibious Assault Ship USS 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.

A C-17 Globemaster crew from the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, CA. load their plane with Haiti earthquake relief supplies on January 15, 2010 at Norfolk, VA.

Lead NASA Operations Engineer Courtney Stern, with the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Recovery Team, inspects the pony collar on a test version of the Orion capsule in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha before a night deployment on Nov. 3, 2018, during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7). URT-7 is one in a series conducted by the EGS Recovery Team to verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions. Orion will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron unload munition from a Block 50 F-16CM Fighting Falcon assigned to the 179th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 5, 2022. The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen are deployed out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, but small groups of munition specialists travel monthly to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, KSA, to train and stay qualified on fighter jet armament. The training is intended to create multi-capable Airmen able to safely load munitions onto multiple airframes anywhere in AFCENTs area of responsibility, instead of being bomber or fighter specific.

Weapons load crew members assigned to the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, lock in a guided bomb unit during a Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, July 15, 2022. The 9th AMU competed against the 28th AMU during the competition.

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Janet Sowemimo, from London, England, assigned to the "Bear Aces" of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 124, cleans the propellors of an E-2D Hawkeye in the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) hangar bay, March 26, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale.

U.S. Air Force Technical SGT Eugene Wilson installs external panels on an Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) pod after performing maintenance, Wednesday, June 2,1999. Wilson is assigned to the 52nd Component Repair Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Airmen from the 127th Air Refueling Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, perform a gear swing while testing new landing gear centering cylinders on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Dec. 6, 2022. A team from the Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, picked Selfridge to test and observe the maintenance personnel install the new cylinders and test the landing gear while having the aircraft rest on jacks.

041215-F-0558k-118. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class Frankland Omier stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana Virginia Beach performs standard checks after an F-18 Super Hornets returned from a Combat Aerial Support training missing during the 2010 Falcon Air Meet, October 26, 2010, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Azraq Jordan. The Falcon Air Meet is a friendly competition centered on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. F-16 units from Jordan, US Air Force 77th Wing Shaw Air Force Base, and the UAE along with a Mirage unit from Pakistan and a U.S. Navy F-18 unit from the USS Harry S. Truman are competing in the fifth annual event hosted by Jordan and the Royal Jordanian Air Force. The event has been judged by the 140th Colorado Air National Guard the past 5 years due to their strong friendship with Jordan and their State Partnership Program.

Technical Sergeant Jeff Borg a Pararescuemen with the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, Moffett Field stands on the open ramp of an MC-130 "Combat Shadow aircraft at 3,500 feet above the Pacific Ocean. The 129th is preparing to conduct a training rescue operation in the Pacific Ocean. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

The Alaska Air National Guard, 168th Wing invited the Eielson and the Fairbanks Civil Air Patrol Squadron cadets to tour the KC-135 Stratotanker and learn about the 168th Wings air refueling and aeromedical evacuation missions.

011004-F-9631D-020. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA)

020612-F-8425S-010. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

060324-N-4166B-019. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Aerial port squadron personnel secure a Cardwell-500 drilling rig mast inside a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, U.S.S.R., where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Department of Ene. Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Theresa Sauls, CenterPoint Energy community relations specialist, climbs up the ladder of a B-52 Stratofortress after a grant presentation to DOD STARBASE Louisiana July 11, 2022 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. CenterPoint Energy granted STARBASE a $24,300 grant for their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) 2.0 program.

DF-ST-89-00938. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

030909-F-0703J-004. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

970422-F-5502B-002. State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-167. Clearwater Crew. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman John Shobe and Staff Sgt. Gabriela Don, 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron instructor loadmasters, configure a C-130J Super Hercules for a static-line jump involving Bangladesh Special Forces during Cope South 2024, Feb. 24, 2024, at BAF Bangabandhu Cantonment, Bangladesh. CS24 is an opportunity to advance military airlift compatibility between the U.S. and Bangladesh air forces; exchange and enhance airlift, air-land and airdrop delivery techniques specific to U.S. and Bangladesh aircraft; and promote regional peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. Air Force

220721-N-OZ224-0020 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (July 21, 2022) - Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Tyler Austin, assigned to Patrol Squadron FOUR SEVEN (VP-47), the ' Golden Swordsmen', performs maintenance on a P-8A Poseidon during a scheduled inspection at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, July 22. VP-47 is a maritime patrol squadron currently stationed at NASWI. The Golden Swordsmen fly the P-8A Poseidon, the Navy's premiere long-range anti-submarine warfare platform.

Working in support of Operation Noble Eagle, MASTER Sergeant Larry Anderson, an aircraft engine mechanic for the 192nd Fighter Wing (FW), performs an inspection of the variable nozzle on the afterburner of a General Electric F110-GE-100 jet engine for an F-16C Fighting Falcon. The 192 FW is located just outside of Richmond in Sandston, Virginia. NOBLE EAGLE is a partial mobilization of the reserves for homeland defense and civil support missions in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Byrd Field State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

220623-N-PA358-1009 TYRRHENIAN SEA (June 23, 2022) Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) Airman Apprentice Nathan Craft, from Stow, Ohio, assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, cleans an F/A-18F Super Hornet in the hangar bay of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), June 23, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is 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.

040730-F-9528H-014. Complete Scene Caption: California Air National Guard (CAANG) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Chris Drudge (seated, center), 144th Fighter Wing (FW), out of Fresno Air National Guard Base (ANGB), California (CA), reviews his photographs after documenting an Indian Air Force (IAF) 14th Squadron SEPECAT (Breguet/BAC) Jaguar GR-1 Shamser (Sword of Justice) ground attack aircraft receiving fuel from a IAF 78th Squadron Ilyushin IL-78 Midas aerial refueling aircraft, flying out of Eielson FB, Alaska (AK), while participating in an aerial refueling mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other. Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), load inert ordnance into U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Jan. 28, 2022 in the Philippine Sea. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of America Expeditionary 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 Lance Cpl. Malik Lewis)

Sailors assigned to the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) moves an E/A-18G Growler, attached to the "Gray Wolves" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 onto an aircraft elevator, March 24, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. NavyÕs capacity to project power on a global scale.

230403-N-MD713-1065 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 3, 2023) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jarett Masters, from Cincinnati, routes cables to a test cell electrical junction box on the fantail aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). IKE is underway conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean.

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) James Johnson (foreground), Combat Documentation Production SPECIALIST, 55th Signal Company, uses his digital video camera to document US Army (USA) and US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel as they work together to assemble a Chemical Biological Protective Shelter (CBPS) at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The CBPS is a highly mobile chemically protected shelter system designed for emergency medical use in forward battle areas. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

221005-N-NO874-1012 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 5, 2022) Eva Synaker, a Norfolk Naval Ship Yard Contrator, cleans up debris aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), October 5, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently in port onboard Naval Station Norfolk.

A close-up view of M-117 750-pound bombs loaded into the bomb bay of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft prior to a bombing mission against Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

Sailors, assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, perform routine maintenance on an MH-60S Knighthawk in the hangar bay of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 25, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navys capacity to project power on a global scale.

DF-ST-88-04153. Base: Lago Agrio Country: Ecuador (ECU)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Harrison, air terminal operation center senior controller with the 62d Aerial Port Squadron, drives a 25k loader onto a C-17 Globemaster III during the Port Dawg Rodeo at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, June 23, 2022. The port dogs competed in five events in order to earn the honor of Top Dawg: a pallet-building competition, a 10k forklift skills course, a 25K loader aircraft upload, a combat fitness challenge and a center of balance knowledge test.

041119-M-3668O-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060313-N-9915J-070. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Major Command Shown: USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jaylin Pittman, 305th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, checks tension on a boom pole during the final KC-10 Extender inspection at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 10, 2023. This final inspection marked a significant milestone in the 305th Air Mobility Wings history, as they have fully converted to the KC-46A Pegasus. This represents a new chapter in air-to-air refueling capabilities for the Joint Force.

Soldiers receive instruction in the training simulator of a Leopard PRTL (armor caterpillar against air goals).

A view of combat information center, identification friend or foe and radar equipment room aboard the guided missile frigate RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG-60). The ship is 60 percent complete. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010926-N-3560G-001. Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

980610-F-4116M-006. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robby Benson, A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team electrical and environmental technician, inspects an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 6, 2022. Benson is the sole EnE troop assigned to the team and is responsible for critical electrical systems, including cockpit pressurization.

SAN DIEGO (July 30, 2012) The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) temporarily installed aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) in San Diego, Calif., is a technology demonstrator built by the Naval Sea Systems Command from commercial fiber solid state lasers, utilizing combination methods developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. LaWS can be directed onto targets from the radar track obtained from a MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon system or other targeting source. The Office of Naval Research's Solid State Laser (SSL) portfolio includes LaWS development and upgrades providing a quick reaction capability for the fleet with an affordable SSL weapon prototype. This capability provides Navy ships a method for Sailors to easily defeat small boat threats and aerial targets without using bullets.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-423-66. Fly away to JAX first day back. Hurricane Katrina

011007-F-5772H-030. Complete Scene Caption: US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III crewmembers check the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) containers prior to take off on the first mission into Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR's) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDR's packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, and contains 420 HDR's. The HDR's were delivered in a first of it's kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from a C-17 aircraft as well as the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: UNDISCLOSED

020913-M-0175R-001. Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Major Command Shown: 24th MEU (SOC)

An Air Force C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster prepares to inspect the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) on his plane. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from a C-17 aircraft as well as the first combat airdrop mission performed by the C-17..... Complete Scene Caption: An Air Force C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster prepares to inspect the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) on his plane. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM fro

041109-F-1789V-026. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Loadmasters and civilian cargo workers guide a load onto a cargo sled at the ramp of a C-141C Starlifter from Christchurch, New Zealand. It is parked on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to the Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), load equipment and supplies aboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-5A Galaxy aircraft at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California (CA). The Navy is transporting two of the remotely operated vehicles in an effort to assist the rescue of seven Russian Sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) Mark 105 hydrofoil minesweeping sled secured in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD-6). The DULUTH is acting as a platform for HM-15 operations during the joint U.S. - Canadian fleet exercise MARCOT '93. Subject Operation/Series: MARCOT '93 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

061022-N-5330L-620. Base: USS Anzio (CG 68) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

040501-F-0758D-003. Base: Terre Haute State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

060405-N-2541H-024. Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)

Air Force technicians apply pucky sealant to the raceway on a Minuteman I missile for a modification of the Advance Maneuvering Re-entry Vehicle II. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Distinguished visitors view an F-35B Lightning II during a visit aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli, in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 5, 2022. USS Tripoli and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit invited the guests on board in order to showcase the capabilities of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 31st MEUs, F-35Bs. 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.

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Rocky Hosie, a Registered Nurse (RN), with the Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT), from Keesler Air Force Base (AFB), Mississippi, transports a patient from Prince Sultan Air Base (AB), Saudi Arabia on a USAF C-141 Starlifter back to Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

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