Military Load Operations

Images focus on military logistics, showcasing vehicles being loaded onto aircraft, pre-flight checks, and maintenance inspections.

DN-SC-89-06673. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An interior view of a 747 cargo aircraft with a jeep being loaded aboard during Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Loadmasters perform preflight check of a C-141B aircraft while wearing new chemical warfare ensembles. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A maintenance crewmember from VF-154 performs routine checks on the jet engine of an F-14A Tomcat before start up at NAF Atsugi, Japan. Naval Air Station (NAS) at Atsugi was officially activated on April 1, 1943. On 1 July, 1971, NAS Atsugi was re-designated a Naval Air Facility (NAF) and began operating under a Joint Use agreement with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDDF). (Substandard image). Base: Naval Air Facility, Atsugi Country: Japan (JPN)

DN-ST-89-09646. Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-89-06673. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-06845. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET TITAN Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Horton assists an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft pilot in an altitude chamber during training. The pilot is assigned to the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Army Special Forces Zodiac raft is loaded into an MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter of the 20th Special Operations Squadron during Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command. Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE '89 State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Machinist's Mate AIRMAN (ADAN) Rita Weldon works inside the nose cone of a P-3C Orion aircraft. ADAN Weldon is attached to Patrol Squadron Twenty Six (VF-26). Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Two AC-130H Spectre gunners, assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron, load the 105mm howitzer. Their main job is to load and maintain the Spectre's firepower. Published in AIRMAN Magazine October 1996. Two AC-130H Spectre gunners, assigned to the 16th Special Operations Squadron, load the 105mm howitzer. Their main job is to load and maintain the Spectre's firepower. Published in Airman Magazine October 1996.

Members of the 28th Maintenance Squadron perform an isochronal inspection and maintenance on a B-1B Lancer at Ellsworth Air Force Base. During this inspection Airmen look for and repair cracks, chafed wires, worn seals, leaks and other damage to the aircraft.

A member of the 1ST Tactical Fighter Wing removes an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile from a trailer. The man is loading the missile on an F-15 Eagle aircraft during chemical warfare training, part of exercise SIDEWINDER II. Subject Operation/Series: SIDEWINDER II Base: Amsterdam Country: Holland / Netherlands (HOL)

Air Force Personnel Load a Helicopter on to a C-133. Air Force Personnel Load a Helicopter on to a C-133. "Dover AFB, DelU.S. Air Force personnel load a helicopter onto a C-133 during Military Airlift Command transpiration activities."

Crew members carry packages and bags of mail down to a utility boat moored alongside the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) as the ship lies at anchor in the city's harbor. The GUADALCANAL is providing personnel and logistical support for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey(TUR)

History Art Architecture Technology Aviation War Symbolical Image Peace 29 12 2024 Duxford, Cambridgeshire Great Britain Imperial War Museum Duxford Military Museum on the Site of a Former Military Airf

Sailors on the stern of the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) prepare to raise the colors as the ship ties up at the dock. The SPARTANBURG COUNTY is returning to Little Creek following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-05570. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

STAFF SGT. Brad Kephart of the 3rd Air Support Operations Center Flight attaches chains to the tail section of a wrecked F-15 Eagle aircraft on Barometer Mountain. A crew of over 40 servicemen is removing unexploded ordnance and other wreckage from the November 1988 crash. Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of auxiliary machinerey room No. 3 aboard the guided missile frigate RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG-60). The ship is 60 perecent complete. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03937. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

230406-N-MK109-1003 EAST CHINA SEA (April 6, 2023) U.S. Navy Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Ian Sullivan, from St. Louis, left, and Sonar Technician (Surface) Seaman Isaac Maropulos, from Palmdale, Calif., stream the multi-functional towed array (MFTA) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navys largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

DF-ST-89-07811. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the recover assist securing traverse (RAST) control station aboard the guided missile frigate RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG-60). The ship is at 60 percent completition. Base: Los Angeles State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President George H.W. Bush is helped off of a launch onto the guided missile cruiser USS BELKNAP (CG 26). Bush is in Malta for a December 2-3 summit meeting between Bush and Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev. Base: Marsaxlokk Bay Country: Malta (MLT)

Operation of the periscope A / B of the submarine Hr.Ms. Swordfish (1972-1994).

DN-SC-89-06724. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michale Herrera, left, loadmaster with the 4th Airlift Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Kenneth Mullins, aerial porter with the 62d Aerial Port Squadron, secure a fuel truck in the cargo area of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Exercise Rainier War 22B at Pocatello Regional Airport, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2021. Rainier War is a semi-annual exercise designed to demonstrate the 62d Airlift Wing, 627th Air Base Group and 446th Airlift Wings ability to generate, employ and sustain operations.

021217-F-1443F-015. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Eric D. Middaugh assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan searches for furl leaks, while an F-16 aircraft engine runs at full afterburner inside one of Misawa's new aircraft engine test facilities called "Hush Houses". From AIRMAN Magazine's February 1995 issue article "Source of the Sun". Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan (JPN)

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US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Laura Buffin performs maintenance on an ordnance suspension rack on board USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). Truman and its battle group are participating in Exercise UNIFIED SPIRIT, a NATO led United Nations training exercise simulating peace keeping operations off the Atlantic coast. Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED SPIRIT Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

USA, Texas, Galveston, Seawolf Park, Interior View of USS CAVALLA WWII Submarine

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Sgt. Cameron Johnson and Sgt. Brandon Allen, both assigned to the White Knights of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (REIN) of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, remove an engine from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter to perform scheduled maintenance aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu. Peleliu is on a scheduled 2010 deployment to the western Pacific Ocean.

011004-F-9631D-003. Subject Operation/Series: Deep Freeze 2001 Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

An M-1A1 main battle tank is lowered toward the cargo hold of a Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ship for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

070521-N-5345W-047. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

111228-N-BT887-186ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 28, 2011) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Ronald Lewis, from Sealy, Texas, stores a fuel pod on the overhead of the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

The hatches of the 12 vertical-launch Tomahawk missile tubes stand open on the bow of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN-723). Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041119-M-3668O-010. Base: Camp Korean Village Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-89-00379. Base: Indian Springs Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sailors man their stations aboard the Brazilian aircraft carrier MINAS GERAIS (A 11) as the ship gets underway from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during Operation UNITAS XXV. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Base: Minas Gerais (A 11)

DN-SC-85-01659. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Alpha Company, 63rd Signal Battalion, US Army, from Fort Stewart, GA set up an AN/TRC-173 Tri Tac Mobile Radio Terminal aboard the USS Inchon (LPH-12) anchored off the coast of Somalia. The radio terminal equipped with eight Defense Switched Network (DSN) phone lines, allowed sailors and Marines 10 minutes of free morale phone time. This program was called Operation Phone Home. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

DN-ST-85-04010. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Gulf Of Suez

6th Air Refueling Wing Airmen prepare to take-off on a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 22, 2022. Airmen from all different career fields traveled alongside the 91st ARS to participate in the Agile Combat Employment programs capstone.

DN-ST-85-11652. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-11486. Base: USS Yorktown (CG 48)

A1C Russ E. Cooley of Detachment 4, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (9th SRW), inspects the rollers in an automatic film processor. Personnel from the 9th SRW process and analyze the aerial reconnaissance photographs taken by the detachment's aircraft. Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)

Ground crew members load equipment on a Military Airlift Command C-5 Galaxy aircraft for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

120406-N-FH966-084ARABIAN SEA (April 6, 2012) Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) Fireman Carlos Acosta, top, and Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) 3rd Class Trevor Lang prepare to paint the shroud of a propeller on a landing craft air cushion assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) are deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Senior Airman Michael Becker, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) weapons load crew member, gives directions to other load crew members during the 2nd Maintenance Group annual weapons load competition at Barksdale Air Force Base La., Jan. 11, 2023. This annual event features the two highest-performance load crews from the past year competing for the best score.

PHILIPPINE SEA (May 8, 2022) Aviation Machinists Mate Airman David Lopez, from San Diego, conducts maintenance on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Raptors" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, 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.

DN-ST-89-01850. Country: Unknown

DN-SC-87-05695. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Editorial Usage Only)

Members of the 626th AMSS (Air Mobility Support Squadron) push cargo into position aboard a C-17 redeploying to CONUS. Two months after deploying to Rhein-Main AB, Germany, the 17th Airlift Squadron (AS), flying the C-17 Globemaster III, is redeploying to Charleston AFB, South Carolina. Performing well with the newest aircraft on the Air Forces Inventory List was vital to Operation Joint Endeavor flying missions from Rhein-Main AB to Taszar Hungary and throughout the former Yugoslavia region. The Globemaster III transported vehicles, supplies and personnel into the staging area in Taszar; Sarajevo, Serbia; Split, Croatia and Tuzla AB, Bosnia. Cargo delivered was for the Implementation.... Complete Scene Caption: Members of the 626th AMSS (Air Mobility Support Squadron) push cargo into position aboard a C-17 redeploying to CONUS. Two months after deploying to Rhein-Main AB, Germany, the 17th Airlift Squadron (AS), flying the C-17 Globemaster III, is redeploying to Charleston AFB, Sout

DN-SC-87-08022. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-86-04241. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Jones walks through hospital ship USNS Comfort's (T-AH 20) engine room in preparation for his enlisted surface warfare specialist oral board Oct. 12, 2007. Comfort completed a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven King) (Released)

Interior of military plane. Opened door during the fly. Military equipment in the jet. War and conflict concept.

The Air Education and Training Command took responsibility of the 344th Training Squadron Detachment 2 Aug. 25, 2022, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, after an official transfer authority from the 711th Human Performance Wing. The detachment provides Air Force Specialty Code courses, acceleration training for all fighter aircrew, and aerospace physiology initial and refresher training for all aircrew.

A view of the pilot house aboard the mine countermeasures ship AVENGER (MCM-1). Construction on the ship is complete. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military machine at the exhibition under open sky with shovel, ax and scrap

040413-F-4350W-004. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

Maintenance crews assigned to the ''Jolly Rogers'' of Fighter Squadron One Zero Three (VF 103), Carrier Air Wing One Seven (CVW 17), aboard the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), prepare one of the squadrons F-14B Tomcat aircrafts for a new paint scheme. Enterprise and CVW 17 are participating in the Combined Joint Task Force Exercise '96, as part of a multinational force of over 50,000 Soldiers, Sailors, AIRMAN and Marines from Canada, Britain and the United States. Subject Operation/Series: CJTFX '96 Base: USS Enterprise (CVN 65)

DN-SC-86-04217. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

The 41-D crewmembers participate in suiting exercises in the weightless environment of the KC-135 aircraft.

The docking well of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA 4) during its use in the joint US/Honduras training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE).

011021-F-9931S-065. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040401-M-1158H-016. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

010328-M-3539V-009. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: Uss Peleliu (LHA 5) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force

PACIFIC OCEAN (May 4, 2013) Airman Codi Dodson mans an engine operator watch station in arresting gear room three aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is on a western Pacific deployment.

A ground crewman decontaminates 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)

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)

DN-SC-90-01950. Base: Nav Ordnance Station, Louisville State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF Sergeant Kirk Arnold, non-commissioned officer in charge of the corrosion control hagar, sprays the external fuel tanks of an OA-37 Dragonfly aircraft with corrosion-resistant gray paint. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-85-03969. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Base: USS Shreveport (LPD 12) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-85-04035. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Gulf Of Suez

DN-SC-90-04222. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A 316th Aerial Port Squadron loadmaster prepares cargo for unloading from a 68th Military Airlift Squadron C-5 Galaxy aircraft. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

221031-N-ET093-4138 ADRIATIC SEA (Oct 31, 2022) The close in weapons system is reloaded during a live-fire exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Oct. 31, 2022. The George H.W. Bush 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.

DF-ST-88-03922. Base: China Lake Proving Grounds State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220605-N-XN177-1039 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 5, 2022) - Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) Airman Loreianne Pamatmat, from San Francisco, guides a spotting dolly toward an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on an aircraft elevator aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 5, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Boston, Massachusetts, for tour of harbor and the historic U.S. Naval vessel, U.S.S. Constitution

Inside a Submarine in Milan, Italy.

Persian Gulf, June 18, 2005 - A Landing Craft, Air Cushion prepares to enter the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3).

The anchoring equipment on the weather deck of the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senior Airman Kaaiakea Kaopuiki, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, gives orders to a weapons load team member during a weapons load competition at Barksdale Air Force Base La., Jan. 11, 2023. Load crews compete by loading munitions onto their respective aircraft while being judged on speed, safety and accuracy.

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Paul Theriault, a member from the 66th Aerial Port Squadron at McChord AFB, WA, conducts and unloads cargo from the KC-10 aircraft from 6th Air Refueling Squadron (Air Force Reserves) from March AFB, CA, using a Cochren loader. The crew is responsible for unloading cargo from the planes during this joint service, multinational exercise that tests the ability of participating units to fight in a desert environment. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of the aft vang winch on the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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