Fighter Aircraft Maintenance Operations

Personnel engaged in technical maintenance and operations of fighter aircraft, showcasing teamwork and technical manuals in military settings.

SPC. Nancy Snow, Food Service SPECIALIST, is cooking steaks on the grill for twenty hungry soldiers on a Patriot Missile Battery Site, D Battery 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. Wes Kilder, an F-16 crew chief from the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, goes through a technical manual with Royal Jordanian Air Force SGT. Nadeer Ahmen Sleeman during phase maintenance of an F-16 Falcon. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Asraq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-88-10016. Base: Camp Perry State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of team members from the 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron during repair procedures on an F-101 Voodoo aircraft. A camera crew from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is filming the training exercise. Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPC. Nancy Snow, Food Service SPECIALIST, is cooking steaks on the grill for twenty hungry soldiers on a Patriot Missile Battery Site, D Battery 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-01030. Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American medical students board a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for their evacuation from the island during Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Point Salines Country: Grenada (GRD)

DF-ST-89-00903. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-89-09174. Base: Iraklion Air Station Country: Greece (GRC)

DN-ST-90-03887. Base: USS Capodanno (FF 1093) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

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 Venuture '92. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-08785. Country: Persian Gulf

CHIEF Boatswain's Mate Davis and Boatswain's Mate 1ST Class Greathouse attach screwpin shackles to a floundersplate during salvage operations to free the destroyer USS SPRUANCE (DD-963). The SPRUANCE ran aground off Andros Island, Bahamas, January 25, 1989. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

During a recent visit, Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton shakes hands with crew members posted as sideboys during his departure from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). The ship is conducting carrier qualifications off the coast of southern California. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

First LT. Terri Ollinger, co-pilot, assembles a map in the passenger section of a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft as crew members SGT. Mary Eiche, left, and TECH. SGT. Donna Wertz look on. The women are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Australian non-commissioned officer Jeffrey O'Hara works against the clock to identify, mark, and plot targets from reconnaissance photography, as Squadron Leader Martin Jock waits for the results. Their team is competing at the 1988 Worldwide Reconnaissance Air Meet (RAM '88). Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The docking control officer communicates with the bridge of the amphibious transport dock USS AUSTIN (LPD-4) during OPERATION SOLID SHIELD, taking place off the coast of North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DN-ST-86-06826. Base: USS Preserver (ARS 8) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Sailors aboard the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD 987) perform maintenance on an elevator as the ship sails south to take part in Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American countries. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

AIRMAN First Class Bill Lindsey of Detachment 6, 1369th PHOTO Squadron, provides motion picture coverage of activities taking place during exercise TEAM SPIRIT '77. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '77 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030327-M-0175R-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

970829-F-2829R-002. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A weighted sled is loaded onto a 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-02894. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-02921. Base: Usns Narragansett (T-ATF 167)

An officer checks his nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear prior to departing for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. COL. Barnhart, 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing flight surgeon, creates a simulated casualty during Nomad Thrust, a chemical warfare exercise designed to test the Wing's readiness in case of enemy attack. Subject Operation/Series: NOMAD THRUST Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation ordnancemen hold up an AIM-7 Sparrow missile as one of its stabilizing fins is attached before the missile is loaded onto a Strike Fighter Squadron 303 (VFA-303) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft. Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-01750. Base: USS Okinawa (LPH 3)

Kurdish refugees and military personnel unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Church services on the American Contingent at Camp Pleso.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

A Soviet officer listens to an American interpreter as another examines one of his purchases at a picnic held during the five-day goodwill visit to San Diego by three ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet. Base: Naval Air Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-00757. Base: Castle Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, injured in an air drop, is transferred from a C-130 Hercules aircraft by California Air National Guardsmen, to a waiting C-141 Starlifter aircraft for medical evacuation to Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. The injury occurred during Exercise Gallant Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of Headquarters Company, 507th Corps Support Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC, load cots on trucks in the University compound. The 507th is preparing to redeploy to the United States. Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

DF-ST-85-10617. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during exercise Ocean Venture '81. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '81 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr, participates in a live network braodcast aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). The ship is here for the 100th anniversary celebration of the Statue of Liberty and to participate in the International Naval Review. Base: New York Harbor State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Canadian forces SGT Paul Vincent, left, discusses the loading of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft with MSGT Larry E. Moseley of the 709th Military Airlift Squadron. The U.S. is providing airlift support for Canadian troops that are part of a United Nations-sponsored peacekeeping force that will monitor the cease-fire between Iran and Iraq. Base: Canadian Forces Base, Trenton State: Ontario (ON) Country: Canada (CAN)

Air Force technicians prepare to install an All Ordnance Destruct System on a Minuteman I missile. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

S83-39237 (6 Aug 1983) --- The five astronaut crewmembers of NASA s STS-8 mission leave the operations and checkout building at the Kennedy Space during a rehearsal for their August 30 launch at KSC s launch complex 39. They are, from the right, Astronauts Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel C. Brandenstein, pilot; and Guion S. Bluford, Dale A. Gardner and William E. Thornton, all mission specialists.

DF-ST-85-13442. Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

In the wake of Hurricane Hugo, a disaster relief party from the dock landing ship USS PENSACOLA (LSD-38) inspects a beached sailboat. Base: Saint Croix State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Faza's Erez Checkpoint

Air Mobility Command (AMC) Intelligence augmentors deployed at the air base, 2nd LT. Dawn Carfagna, 319th Operations Support Squadron (OSS), Grand Forks AFB, ND, and 2nd LT. Phil Bellania, 60th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) Travis AFB, CA, brief Co-pilot 1ST LT. Eric Lukach, 702nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), McGuire AFB, NJ, before his departure in support of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Cuba, Military, Female Militia Looking Over The Side Of A Truck And Laughing

First lieutenant kite J.P. Soolsma, classified by 313 Squadron, with 'student-flyer' first lieutenant c.a.j.m. Frijters. Photo belongs to the photo report, which is created for the benefit of the 'operational, the Royal Netherlands Air Force in operation' by Wim Cock from 1983.

DF-ST-87-08502. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Structural Mechanic Second Class Breck Aillet (left) and Aviation Structural Mechanic AMN Jason Ball repair a ramp service seal from an F-14 fighter in the hangar of USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) while underway in the Arabian Sea. The ship is in the gulf as part of the Southwest Asia (SWA) build-up of forces in reaction to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapon's inspections. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-89-02750. Country: Unknown

A student practices on the dynamic ejection seat trainer at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo reportage of a demonstration flight with a General Dynamics F-16A, flown by Captain G.booij, for a Vara television team.

Air Mobility Command (AMC) Intelligence augmentors deployed at the air base, 2nd LT. Dawn Carfagna, 319th Operations Support Squadron (OSS), Grand Forks AFB, ND, and 2nd LT. Phil Bellania, 60th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) Travis AFB, CA, brief Co-pilot 1ST LT. Eric Lukach, 702nd Airlift Squadron (ALS), McGuire AFB, NJ, before his departure in support of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A female Navy pilot in flight gear practices floating in a pool during a survival training course. Country: Unknown

DN-ST-89-10354. Base: Sevastopol Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

970225-F-0994L-004. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-89-06328. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-00548. Base: USS Lexington (AVT 16)

Patty Boll of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, left, MAJ James Rundell of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, center, and James McIntee of Rockwell International play cards in the kitchen area of the security car mock-up while studying the needs of personnel working in rail cars for extended periods. The Rockwell and Air Force personnel are working jointly on the Strategic Air Command (SAC) rail garrison program. Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

2nd Lieutenant Sevgi Ertan, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, observes a demonstration of inductive heating while attending a class in power electronics. With education costs high she went into an Air Force Scholorship program and earned her bars. She reports to ROTC Detachment 365, Doolittle's Raiders, named after airpower pioneer and MIT alum General Jimmy Doolittle. Photograph used in the article "Pillars of Education," from the August 1999 AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Cambridge State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cpl. J.F. Brugger, Parachute Repairman, Issues Parachutes To Four Pilots. Panama.

A flight deck crewman sits in a vehicle aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66). Base: USS America (CV 66) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Commercial photographer Brian Wolfe speaks with RDML (lower half) John R. Dalrymple, Commander, South Atlantic Force, aboard his flagship, the guided missile cruiser USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27). The cruiser is one of five U.S. Navy ships taking part in Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXI Country: Unknown

DN-SC-85-07473. Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

GEN. Manuel Noriega is escorted down the aisle of a U.S. Air Force aircraft by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The former Panamanian leader will be flown to the United States, where he will be held for trial on drug charges. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

DA-ST-87-04219. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Photographer's Mate 1ST Class (PH1) is captured on film making out the shoot sheets which are as necessary as exposing the film. In front of him is a video camera mounted on a tripod to capture the event. He is covering the decommissioning of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) which served the nation for forty-seven years. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Norton Air Force Base combat control team receive final instructions prior to parachuting from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft during an amphibious training mission. State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-89-08895. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-12468. Country: Philippines (PHL)

Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) John Morris, US Navy SEAL, readies his gear for a search and seizure training mission with US Air Force Special Operations MH-53 Pave Low helicopters. (Exact date shot unknown). Country: Adriatic Sea

040816-A-5679R-004. Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DN-ST-90-02180. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lynx helicopter with crew after arrival of the post flight from RNas Yeovilton. The English airport was the stucco location of 6,000 occasional envelopes associated with the 40th anniversary of airplane squadron 860 and 65 years of MarineLiegkamp de Kooy. Commander Aircraft Squadron 860 Captain-Lieutenant at sea A. Veentjer welcomed the crew at MarineLiegkamp de Kooy.

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

A firefighter secures his team mate's oxygen breathing apparatus prior to the start of a firefighting event, part of the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90. Both men are wearing proximity suits. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE '90 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Walter Roland, electrical equipment repair helper, Electrical Equipment Repair Division, explains the repair of a light harness for an M60 main battle tank to General P. X. Kelly, right, Commandant of the Marines Corps, during his visit to the base. Base: Marine Corps Logis Base, Albany State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A supervisor here uses a model to brief news media representatives on the procedure that will be used to refloat the battleship NEW JERSEY (BB-62). The ship is being refitted after being in mothball storage since 1969. Base: Long Beach Naval Shipyard State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 1ST Class Susan G. Cisswell of Patrol Squadron 56 (VP-56) tightens a screw on a flight helmet in the squadron survival equipment shop. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant Mary Eiche, load master, secures baggage aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft prior to takeoff. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crew member from the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD 6) watches as a public works employee measures an angle between steel beams. Crew members from the DULUTH, along with US Navy Seabees and public works personnel, are taking part in the repair work as part of typhoon relief efforts in the area. Base: Cebu Country: Philippines (PHL)

First lieutenant kite J.P. Soolsma, classified by 313 Squadron, with 'student-flyer' first lieutenant c.a.j.m. Frijters. Photo belongs to the photo report, which is created for the benefit of the 'operational, the Royal Netherlands Air Force in operation' by Wim Cock from 1983.

A Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program (NAWSTP) instructor shows his students how to hook up a rescue collar. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Daniel Volz, right, takes a blood pressure reading as LCDR Matthew Waack, center, checks crash victim LTJG Eric Patenkopf for abdominal injuries. Patenkopf was rescued from the South China Sea after his A-4 Skyhawk aircraft developed engine problems, forcing him to eject. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

The Pointer Sisters perform aboard the combat stores ship USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7) during a United Service Organizations (USO) tour for troops taking part in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

Virgil Wallace, left, a member of the Air Force Logistics Command, looks on as a technician gets a reading on the weight of the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft "Cherokee Rose" from an electronic weighing indicator. Retired COL Everett W. Langworthy, second. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medical SPECIALIST SSGT Herbert E. Sirman works on a patient in a tent emergency room. The airman is a 655th Tactical Field Hospital Squadron member involved in exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

Pantry in a Lockheed P-3C (Update II) Orion long distance Maritime patrol flour (1981-2006).

DN-SN-85-11361. Base: Makassar Strait Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Sailors from the guided missile cruiser USS NORMANDY (CG-60) making up the Boarding Team wait in anticipation as they ride to the Bulgarian cargo ship in the Captain's Gig. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP GUARD Country: Adriatic Sea

DN-ST-88-04215. Base: Venice Country: Italy (ITA)

A sergealant armor repairer of the recovery of the 13th Armor Brigade in Oirschot checks the visor of a May Mitailleur. The wooden flask from the weapon has been removed.

Flight deck crewmen scrub the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) following the completion of carrier qualifications off the Virginia Capes. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Officer (LTZ2) in Daags hold (holding 6).

US Navy personnel check a generator during recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo, which devastated the area on September 19th. Base: Saint Croix State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Construction Mechanic Striker (CMCN) Mike Edgar works on a Light Plant Generator, a backup generator for Fleet Hospital Zagreb which stores energy to produce light in case several casualties arrive.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

DN-SN-85-06336. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Alouette III helicopter from the SAR. The crew exerts a wounded transport and picks up a patient who arrived at the helicopter landing site by ambulance. Links the ambulance driver, in the middle Sergeant-Major D.schuller and the right adjutant D. Westerhoven.

MAJ. Judy Young, Nurse, 2nd Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron and a Norwegian nurse tend to the needs of the patients while they wait to be transported to a C-130 aircraft after an exploding mortar round hit the Markale market killing more than 63 people and wounding 206 others. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Members of the military and civilian media with video cameras document the necessary preparations required before ascending to the A-10 crash site near Gold Dust Peak by pararescuemen like SSGT Ishmael Antonio (right) who is assigned to 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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