Aircraft Maintenance and Support

Visuals of ground crew and technicians performing maintenance and weaponry loading on aircraft, highlighting their critical role in flight operations.

Ground crewmen from the 183rd Tactical Fighter Group attach a baggage pod to the wing of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft during Exercise Coronet Brave. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BRAVE Base: Raf Finningley Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DF-ST-90-04085. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO WEST 89-1 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

DF-ST-89-05897. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ground crewmen from the 183rd Tactical Fighter Group attach a baggage pod to the wing of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft during Exercise Coronet Brave. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET BRAVE Base: Raf Finningley Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

AN airman performs maintenance on one of the F-4 Phantom II aircraft, parked in line, during exercise Gangbuster XI. The airman is a member of the 128th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 116th Tactical Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: GANGBUSTER XI Base: Stewart Airfield, Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03945. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

DF-ST-89-07584. Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-05513. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Airmen from the 343rd Aircraft Generation Squadron conduct preflight maintenance on a 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt aircraft during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Aviation Boatswains Mate 3rd Class John Brady communicates with an S-3 Viking pilot using hand signals during a pre-flight check prior aboard the aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). Nimitz is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

The Could. Marechaussee at Marineliegkamp Valkenburg at the Breguet BR1150 Atlantic (SP-13A) Maritime Patrol Vlieguiever 255 (1971-1981) on inspection.

Maintenance crewmen from the Eighth Tactical Fighter Wing make a pre-flight check, before the shakedown flight of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft that was recently transferred from another unit. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Catapult crew members position an F-14 Tomcat aircraft on a catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV-64) during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Country: Unknown

DN-ST-85-04078. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

The Royal Air Force in the Libyan Desert, April 1943 Royal Air Force ground crew overhauling a Bristol Beaufighter's Hercules engines at Magrun.

DF-ST-87-12387. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron change a tire on an F-4 Phantom aircraft during Exercise Quick Thrust '83-1. Subject Operation/Series: QUICK THRUST '83 Base: Travis Field, Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-04178. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of the 33rd Aviation Maintenance Unit position an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft engine for reinstallation during Exercise Shadow Hawk '87, a phase of Bright Star '87. The U.S. Central Command exercise represents a Joint Chiefs of STAFF effort to e. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK '87 Base: Azraq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

A technical sergeant from the 198th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 156th Tactical Fighter Wing, conducts a preflight inspection of his A-7 Corsair II aircraft during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Weapons Division guide a new Mark 66 Mod 3 guided missile training round onto a loading rail before placing it into the magazine of the aft Mark 26 missile launcher aboard the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41). Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060315-N-4374S-009. Country: Unknown

A U.S. Army M113A2 Armored Personnel Carrier is driven off a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy at Howard AFB. The Air Force is flying in materials and personnel for increased activities during Operation Safe Haven. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE HAVEN Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

A C-5 Galaxy from the 105th Air Guard, Stewart ANG Base, NY, off loads equipment and supplies at Entebbe International Airport. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Entebbe Country: Uganda (UGA)

A U.S. Army High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) ambulance is driven off a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy at Howard AFB. The Air Force is flying in materials and personnel for increased activities during the operation. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE HAVEN Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

US Navy Aviation Ordnancemen (AO) Edward Green, (left) AO David Butts(middle) and (AO) David Gawne (right) hoist an AGM-88A HARM High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, medium range, air to surface, onto an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The GEORGE WASHINGTON is currently operating in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, 8 January 1998. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate AIRMAN Johnnie Robbins. (RELEASED). Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)

DN-SC-90-01980. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Two aviation ordnancemen install bomb racks on an A-7E Corsair II aircraft parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41). Country: Unknown

Members of the 4th Weapons Squadron load SUU-65/B tactical munition dispensers onto an aircraft as they ready it for a mission during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DN-ST-88-02553. Country: Unknown

010516-F-2021R-002. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DF-ST-87-13126. Subject Operation/Series: AMALGHAM CHIEF '87-1 Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

In a scene from a Columbia Pictures Film, dubbed "Father Goose" US Air Force Security Police played by actors and Air Force extras, arrest Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin when the two accidentally land at Niagara Fall Air Reserve Station, New York. From AIRMAN Magazine December 1995 article "Goosed". Base: Niagara Falls Air Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Technicians remove the television sensor cowling during maintenance on the radar unit and television guidance systems of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A ground crew member converses with the pilot of a 53rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle aircraft following the plane's arrival on base. The Eagle is one of a dozen such aircraft that have arrived on base from Bitburg Air Base, Germany, to be used 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)

A Marine flight crewman checks the main rotor of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-89-02781. Country: Unknown

A corrosion control crewman paints a new symbol on an F-4 Phantom II aircraft as it undergoes transfer to another unit. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-85-03998. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Gulf Of Suez

Sergeant Richard L. Williams Works on Hydraulic Lines of an F-105. Sergeant Richard L. Williams Works on Hydraulic Lines of an F-105. "Takhli AB, ThailandU.S. Air Force Sgt. Richard L. Williams, of the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, works on the hydraulic lines of an F-105 aircraft." Photographer: Airman 1st Class Steven A. Wilson

DF-ST-89-05262. Subject Operation/Series: CRESTED CAP 87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Three-quarter left front view of a Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly (s/n 48-526) on pad. Four technicians work on the helicopter, one inside of it, one on top of it, and two on the left wheel support.. Three-quarter left front view of a Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly (s/n 48-526) on pad. Four technicians work on the helicopter, one inside of it, one on top of it, and two on the left wheel support..

Packs belonging to soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) are transferred from the bed of a K-loader into the cargo hold of an airliner as one of the division's units begins its journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Hunter Army Air Field State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Members of Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VMFP-3) adjust the radar of an RF-4B Phantom TT during the reconnaissance Exercise Photo Finish '85. Subject Operation/Series: PHOTO FINISH '85 Base: Mcclellan Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-13351. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-SC-90-04230. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-86-05135. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-89-09872. Base: Franceville Country: Gabon (GAB)

A Westland Wasp Mk.1, Series 2 & 2A (AH-12A) submarine control helicopter (1966-1981) on the flight deck of a frigate.

Ground crewmen prepare to extend the nose ramp of a Military Airlift Command C-5B Galaxy aircraft in preparation for offloading British Land Rovers at Grootfontein Logistics Base. The equipment will be used by Finnish United Nations troops which will act as a peacekeeping force in Namibia. Country: Namibia (NAM)

A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter is loaded aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft during a reserve rescue exercise. Base: Phelps Collins Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen use a bomb loader to remove one of the Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs from a munitions cart during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft (in the background) which will carry the bombs is from 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. Subject Operation/Series: COPE ELITE '81 Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 940th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron works on the TF-33 engine of a 940th Air Refueling Group KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft. Stratotankers from the unit are being deployed to RAF Mildenhall, England to provide aerial refueling. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air crew members service the .50 caliber machine guns in the tail turret of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft during the Strategic Air Command bombing/navigation competition Proud Shield '88. Subject Operation/Series: PROUD SHIELD '88 Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Could. Marechaussee at Marineliegkamp Valkenburg at the Breguet BR1150 Atlantic (SP-13A) Maritime Patrol Vlieguiever 255 (1971-1981) on inspection.

The flight deck crew aboard USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) re-fuel a SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37 (HSL-37) during Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 off the coast of Chile. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 Base: USS Reuben James (FFG 57)

DF-ST-87-08065. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Bölkow BO-105 with broken motor with the 3 group of led weapons. Mechanics perform repair work on site.

DF-ST-89-00761. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-89-00144. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Flight deck personnel unload cargo and mail from a Fleet Logistic Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40) C-2A Greyhound aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). Country: Adriatic Sea

A ground crewman fills out a form after performing maintenance on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Reforger-Crested Cap I. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGERCRESTED CAP I Base: Leck Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Corporal Dave Norris and Corporal Gary Chapple of Team Canada secure the an AIM-7 Sparrow missile as Corporal Lyle Edmonds drives the jammer during WILLlAM TELL '96, a biennial US Air Force air-to-air weapons competition held at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Two Canadian F/A-18 Hornet aircrafts are in the background. Subject Operation/Series: WILLIAM TELL '96 Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-09107. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-144. Hurricane Katrina

A civilian crew from the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan prepare an auxiliary fuel tank for removal from inside a C-7 Caribou aircraft. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Crew members from the U.S. Navys attack submarine USS POGY (SSN 647) assemble a topside deck enclosure to provide protection from the elements while water samples are collected and cataloged. USS POGY surfaced through a six inch thick layer of Arctic ice flow. The U.S. Navys attack submarine USS POGY (SSN 647) returned to Hawaii, on Tuesday, November 12, after a 45-day research mission to the North Pole. The second of five planned deployments through the year 2000, USS POGY embarked a team of researchers led by Mr. Ray Sambrotto of Columbia University. During the several thousand mile trek, the submarine collected data on the chemical, biological, and physical properties of the Arctic .... Complete Scene Caption: Crew members from the U.S. Navys attack submarine USS POGY (SSN 647) assemble a topside deck enclosure to provide protection from the elements while water samples are collected and cataloged. USS POGY surfaced through a six inch thick layer of Arctic ice flow. The U.S. Navys

AMN Edgar Moya (top right) displays a weight board to Aviation Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Cary Strome. The displayed aircrafts weight is used to determine catapult settings prior to launch. Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW 9) are operating in the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq, under operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

Members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron prepare a 1ST Special Operations Wing MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft for a Fulton recovery mission during the joint service Exercise Ocean Venture '92. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medical personnel from the 433rd ASTS, Kelly AFB, Texas carry a "simulated" patient on a stretcher into a medevac configured C-130 Hercules during the Mass Casualty exercise of Patriot Express '95 a 4th Air Force Reserve exercise. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT EXPRESS '95 Base: Salina State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970418-F-8006R-008. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00840. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

A1C Bruce Stansbury repairs a hydraulic system component in the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Maintenance Personnel Prepare to Remove the Engine from a B-52. Maintenance Personnel Prepare to Remove the Engine from a B-52. "Maintenance personnel prepare to remove the engine from a B-52 aircraft at a base in the Western Pacific as they ready the aircraft for a bombing mission over Southeast Asia."

DF-ST-86-07680. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

Two reservists from 104th Tactical Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, repair a headlight on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during a reserve rescue exercise. Base: Phelps Collins Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-82-00614. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Air cargo specialists from the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, WA, prepare to load equipment on a C-130 from the 123rd Louisville Kentucky Air National Guard. The equipment is from Task Force 51, Mannheim, Germany. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

US Marine Corps Sergeant Beceerra and Marine Corps Lance Corporal Shute both from Marine Aerial Refueler/Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, guide the crane driver as he helps in the propeller replacement of a C-130 Hercules aircraft due to a blown engine, Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98 Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

Teresa Slye, a civilian crew member of the restored World War II B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft "In The Mood," cleans the nose windows of the aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61). It and another B-25 are being launched in a re-enactment of "Doolittle's Raid" of April 18, 1942, during which 16 B-25's were launched from the aircraft carrier USS HORNET (CV-8) in the first attack on the Japanese mainland. Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

A plane director supervises the towing of an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft by an MD-3A tow tractor aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Members of the 410th Organizational Maintenance Squadron carry B-52 Stratofortress aircraft parts and tools from a base work station. Technological modifications and parts obtained from decommissioned bombers enable maintenance specialists to keep the aging aircrafts on their flight schedules and increase mean time between breakdowns. Base: K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The submarine Hr.Ms. Walrus (ex-USS ICEFISH, 1953-1971) loading torpedoes.

DN-SC-89-02640. Subject Operation/Series: WEST WIND 88 Base: USS Forrestal (CV 59) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A flight deck crewman attaches tie-down chains to a Fleet logistic Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30) C-2A Greyhound aircraft on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

U.S. Air Force technicians service a C-130 Hercules aircraft engine during exercise Team Spirit "86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Kimhae Country: Korea

Changing Casettes of the Orpheus Pod under a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter of 306 Squadron.

DN-SC-87-00061. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-85-12543. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SGT John Hyatt transports ordnance to a waiting F/A-18C Hornet from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Two Five One (VMFA-251). USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) and VMFA 251 are conducting operations in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions against Iraq, under operations Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: At Sea

Two off-duty Marines relax on the edge of the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1). The RALEIGH and its embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

detail Military Lockheed Martin Jets Fixed Wing Aviat Airplanes F-16C Fighting Falcon strike fighter bomb

Flight deck firefighters stand by their P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck near the island of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DF-ST-86-11686. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Marines return a fire hose to its spool after a flight deck firefighting drill aboard the aviation logistic ship USNS WRIGHT (T-AVB 3) at the start of exercise OCEAN VENTURE '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Usns Wright (T-AVB 3)

Changing Casettes of the Orpheus Pod under a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter of 306 Squadron.

DF-ST-86-12101. Base: North Field State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An interior view of a C-130 Hercules aircraft as a mobile Personnel Support for Contingency Operations (PERSCO) van's power generator is pulled aboard. Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A French crewman of the 40th Regiment d' Artillerie, works in the AUF-1 Self-propelled Howitzer at Hekon Base, Mostar. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Mostar Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

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