Aviation and Avionics Operations

Photos of military personnel operating advanced avionics systems in various aircraft, highlighting their technical roles within the Air Force.

LT. Van Oss of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68) works at his station in a P-3B Orion aircraft. Country: Unknown

The Air Launch Cruise Missile (ALCM) offensive Avionics System in the lower deck area of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from the 92nd Bombing Wing. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-00893. Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Technical Sergeant Ben De Hoyos, gunner, programs a console aboard a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft. State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A civilian employee and an air crewman check the instrument panel in a cockpit simulator at the Military Airlift Command's Airlift Training Center. The center provides initial training for pilots, navigators and flight engineers and also provides courses. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Traffic Controlman Third Class (AC3) Lou Scarozza monitors approaching aircraft at his surveillance radar station console at Naval Air Station North Island. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. Van Oss of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68) works at his station in a P-3B Orion aircraft. Country: Unknown

CMSGT Barney Pate, a member of the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Brentwaters, England, inspects an A-7D Corsair II aircraft during Operation Gunsmoke '81. Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '81 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On a training mission, the crew of the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E Hercules aircraft prepares for a grass strip landing at Drop Zone Juliet near Aviano Air Base. Country: Italy (ITA)

DN-SC-89-06692. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07825. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

960427-N-2199L-001. Subject Operation/Series: CJTFEX '96 Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

Members of the 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron (MASS), prepare to use a heating system for working on a C-141 aircraft engine during Operation Deep Freeze '80. The shelter constructed to protect them from minus 60-degree weather. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '80 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA)

990325-N-4912M-006. Base: USS Hartford (SSN 768)

U.S. and Turkish air force personnel work in an air traffic control facility. Country: Turkey (TUR)

DF-ST-86-10372. Subject Operation/Series: CORAL SEA 85 Base: Raaf Williamtown Country: Australia (AUS)

DN-ST-89-02748. Country: Unknown

Female petty officers work at their stations in an air traffic control tower. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SD-01-09771. Subject Operation/Series: CJTFX '96 Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

A gunner in a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mans a .50-caliber machine gun in support of Operation Provide Comfort efforts to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

DN-ST-88-07380. Country: Unknown

Coast Guard Air Station - Clearwater, Florida - Katrina Relief - 26-HK-217-2. Hurricane Katrina

Natives help unload cargo from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft onto a loader during exercise Reforger '80. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '80 Base: Luxembourg International Airport Country: Luxembourg (LUX)

DN-SC-86-00522. Country: Unknown

Civilian workers and U.S. military personnel load one of several UH-1 Iroquois helicopters aboard a 936th Military Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The helicopters are being transported to Bogota, Colombia as part of Operation Pour Over, a U.S. effort to aid the Colombian government. Subject Operation/Series: POUR OVER Base: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03985. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Dropping mission over Burma. Men push supplies out of a transport plane of 2nd Troop Carrier Air Supply, World War II

Radar entry consoles Fort Meade Maryland USA

Crew members work on the fuselage of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft in the No. 2 hangar bay aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during FLEET EX '90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX '90 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

The flight service and the sick of the Marine Square Valkenburg (MVKV) hold a joint OSR exercise. OSRD stands for investigation and rescue service; The Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLU) known under the name SAR (search and rescue). In the cockpit of a Grumman S2A Tracker, a patrol / submarine boot bought aircraft.

DN-SC-87-00494. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60)

DM-ST-89-07596. Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Greg Aguon (left) and Gilbert Kent (right) prepare one of more than 90 TF-30 jet engines that will be shipped to the royal Australian Air Force for use on their F-111C fighters, from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. This image was used in the April 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "Phoenix Rising.". Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-03101. Base: USS Okinawa (LPH 3)

Artwork: "Securing the TATs". Artist: Alex Young. U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

The Sono operator aboard a Lockheed P-3C (Update II) Orion of the Marine Aviation Service (MLD).

A Sergeant-Major of Airplane Quadron 320 (VSQ 320) at work at Sensor Station 3 (Radarstation) in a Lockheed P-3C Orion of the Marine Aviation Service (MLD).

DF-ST-85-08927. Base: Raf Upper Heyford Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

U.S. Air Force officers monitor radar consoles aboard an NKC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in flight during a joint tactical information system (JTIDS) training exercise. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Ordnanceman First Class (AO1) Lee and Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class (AO3) Fox attaching suspension bands around a Mark 50 ALWT (advanced light weight torpedo) in the Weapons Division of the NAF Operations Department. Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan (JPN)

An F-16 Falcon with the refueling boom attached, can be seen through the boom operator's window of a KC-10. MASTER SGT. Robert Morales, 709th Air Refueling Squadron is the boom operator. The F-16 is returning from a bombing run. Visible under the wings (left to right) is an AMI pod for training, a SUE rack, two fuel tanks, a TUR rack and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE 95-3 Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980618-F-7924J-001. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The command bridge of a tripartite mine hunter of the Alkmaar class.

Three ground crewmen, two of whom are in protective clothing, load an H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during a chemical warfare training exercise. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MASTER SGT. Kurt Knowles, a flight engineer with the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, 22nd Air Refueling Wing, performs a preflight inspection in the cockpit of a KC-10A Extender aircraft. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of USS THEODORE ROOSEVELTs Hangar Deck Control team guide an F-14 "Tomcat" into the carrier's hangar bay. ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in air strikes (not shown) against the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Adriatic Sea

SGT B.E. Stephenson and CPL P.D. Hass help to prepare this Douglas C-117 aircraft, No. 833, for its retirement flight by replacing a wheel with a new brake assembly. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Torpedoman Third Class (TM3) Kenneth Wichlan and LT. David Post stand watch in the control room of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS NORFOLK (SSN-714) as the ship is en route to Annapolis, Md. Country: Chesapeake Bay

A sailor aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) uses a telescopic alidade to take a bearing as a phone talker wearing a sound-powered phone stands by to relay the information to the bridge. Country: Unknown

Company office of the Leeuwarden airbase.

DN-ST-88-03643. Base: Caribbean Sea

The navigation / communication station (NAVCOM) on board a Lockheed P-3C (Update II) Orion long-distance maritime patrol range, staffed by a Lieutenant-Sea of the second class.

Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Melvin Johnson, standing, monitors the automatic combustion control system in the engineering main control room aboard the fleet oiler USS CIMARRON (AO-177), while an interior communications technician mans the electrical console. Base: USS Cimarron

DN-ST-88-02054. Base: Charleston State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN First Class William Holguin, a member of the 7th Aerial Maintenance Squadron from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas monitors the fuel flow to a C-130 transport aircraft bound for Tuzla Air Base. Holguin has had to endure the winter conditions that are presently crippling Ramstein Air Base as well as Tuzla. Hard work and dedication of this airman and others in his squadron got equipment and personnel to their destination with only minimal delay. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A West African officer watches as two petty officers work in a repair locker aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) during a general quarters drill. Several officers from West African nations are aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-89-02458. Base: USS Wainwright (CG 28) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

011120-F-2167C-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A maintenance crewman sits on a rotor blade atop a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 (HC-1) SH-3G Sea King helicopter aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19) during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

A1C Tom O'Neill, right, SSGT John Huggins, center, and SMSGT Wayne Cannon operate the communications console at the Air Force Communications Command (AFCC) Command Post. Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-08125. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT COYOTE State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Leading SEAMAN Electronics Technician Wayne Nitschke of the Royal Australian Navy and Radioman 2nd Class Linda Gibbon monitor a very low frequency control console at the joint U.S./Australian Naval Communications Station Harold E. Holt. Country: Australia (AUS)

DN-SC-85-12209. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

DN-ST-88-02737. Base: USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39)

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

DN-ST-87-04440. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Sono operator aboard a Lockheed P-3C (Update II) Orion of the Marine Aviation Service (MLD).

A wedge kit for a two staged system which delivers four 600-pound bundles of support equipment for Special Forces teams. Country: Unknown

Loading launch tubes in a Lockheed P-3C (Update II) Orion long distance maritime patrol flour (1981-2006).

220503-N-FB730-1012 STRAITS OF SICILY (May 3, 2022) Aviation Electricians Mate 1st class Wesley Brewer, from Orange, Texas, assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, installs a landing taxi light on a F/A-18F Super Hornet in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), May 3, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.

Engineering personnel aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) make preparations to shut down one of the ship's boilers for maintenance. The SAIPAN steamed at flank speed for a week to be on station off the coast of Liberia for OPERATION SHARP EDGE. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Technical Sergeant George Bailey of the 317th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, marshals an MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter into place while watching that a refueling probe does not hit the walls or other parts of the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-02885. Base: USS Saratoga (CV 60) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A phone talker aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-60) makes annotations on the navigational plot board on the bridge. EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN. Subject Operation/Series: Mediterranean Deployment '92 Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-89-02518. Base: USS Conquest (MSO 488)

DN-SN-85-06327. Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Crewmen stand by at the battle stations in the missile control center during a drill aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A sailor aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) watches two shipmates run laps around the fantail as he waits for an underway replenishment to begin. Country: Unknown

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Corporal (CPL) Paul Edwin, 10th Squadron, RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia, checks the lines in the wheel well of a RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft as it sits on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The aircraft and crew are on station to participate in the joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint US, Canada, and Australia exercise conducted in the Marianas islands to include Guam and Tinian. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-13434. Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation ordnancemen move several Aero 12C bomb skids and a weapons skid loaded with AIM-7 Sparrow III missiles off of the forward magazine elevator is closed on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). A Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135 (VAQ-135) EA-6B Prowler aircraft is at right. Country: Caribbean Sea

DF-SC-86-12865. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-05218. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-06043. Base: Naval Air Station, Bermuda Country: Bermuda (BMU)

Midshipmen wearing flight helmets and oxygen masks prepare to undergo high-altitude flight testing in a hyperbaric chamber at the Aviation Physiology Training Unit. The midshipmen are participating in a one-week aviation training program for students enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC). Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020930-F-4649H-020. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Country: Iraq (IRQ)

001026-N-4106M-003. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2000 Base: Uss Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

030805-F-7709W-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-ST-85-03970. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Aviation Ordnanceman 1ST Class Sean Myers installs the tail fuse into a GBU-16 laser guided bomb, in the magazine spaces aboard USS NIMITZ. The NIMITZ and her embarked air wing were operating in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions against Iraq, by patrolling the No-Fly Zone over southern Iraq. Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

Members of the 96th Munitions Maintenance Squadron inspect an inert AGM-69A short range attack missile (SRAM) after removing it from the bomb bay of a B-1B bomber aircraft. Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-03096. Subject Operation/Series: SACI '84 Country: Unknown

Medical reservists report aboard the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) in support of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

Crewmen use a winch to pull a helicopter into the cargo hold of a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The helicopter is being transported to Honduras to participate in the joint United States/Honduran exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

A member of the 86th Signal Battalion operates communication equipment in a signal van during Exercise Gallant Eagle '86. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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