Military Technical Operations

Images of military personnel monitoring technical equipment in various settings, highlighting operational and engineering tasks.

A crew member takes gauge readings in an engineering space aboard the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) while the vessel is deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

DF-ST-82-04174. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crew member takes gauge readings in an engineering space aboard the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) while the vessel is deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

DN-ST-88-07015. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman uses a navigational scope to check bearings aboard the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A petty officer on a Joint Task Force 4 drug interdiction mission mans a radar console. Country: Unknown

SSGT Steve Rasmussen, left, and TSGT Chuck Christie, both electronic maintenance technicians with the 6949th Electronic Security Squadron, monitor equipment at a systems maintenance station aboard a 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RC-135 Stratolifter aircraft. Country: Unknown

AIRMAN David Jones, television equipment specialist, scores the Television Ordnance Scoring System (TOSS) during live drops at Avon Park Range. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A crewman operates the SPA-66 radar scope in the combat information center (CIC) on the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Interior view of the 678th Air Defense Group Operation section. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Navigators work in their station aboard a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft in flight during exercise Busy Prairie II. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II Country: Unknown

AIRMAN First Class Devardo L. Zeigler, 363rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, analyzes aircraft engine oil samples during Exercise IMMEDIATE FALCON '86. Subject Operation/Series: IMMEDIATE FALCON '86 Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Captain Johnnie Schappachar (left), weapons director, gives General Jerome O'Malley, Commander-In-CHIEF of Pacific Air Force, a briefing on the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) of an E-3A Sentry aircraft during a large force employment exercise. Country: Unknown

CPT Mel Soterlund, navigator, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, makes calculations as he guides his C-130 Hercules aircraft toward a Micronesian island during a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season. Country: Micronesia

DN-ST-86-01413. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

DF-ST-89-00844. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

SA Todd Workman, foreground, monitors a sound-powered telephone circuit as SA Charles Rife mans the helm on the bridge of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DN-ST-89-04684. Country: Unknown

Missile Technician SEAMAN (MTSN) M. A. Frazer checks a gauge in the lower ballistic missile compartment of the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine OHIO (SSBN-726) during precommissioning preparations. The submarine was built by General Dynamics Corp. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040710-F-5098W-003. Subject Operation/Series: MAJESTIC EAGLE 2004. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK)

TECH. SGT. Barry Hein, foreground, an electronic communication systems operator, coordinates a broadcast mission from an EC-130E Volant Solo aircraft of the 193rd Special Operations Group (Pennsylvania Air National Guard). The unit's primary mission is to broadcast tactical psychological operations messages over radio frequencies and standard television channels during contingencies or engagements. Base: Middletown State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Pat Lashinski operates a UYA-7 digital data communication system to inform the 21st Air Force on aircraft status during exercise Ocean Venture '82. Lashinski is a member of the airlift control element of the 317th Military Airlift Wing. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Country: Unknown

DF-ST-88-02882. Country: Unknown

LT. Robert Miller, the navigator aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, programs his navigational equipment prior to a flight to the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Eaker Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Wings-ops, Leeuwarden airbase. Staff at work behind the radar screens.

A crew member aboard the guided missile frigate USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG-49) uses night vision equipment to identify merchant ships during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos

DF-ST-86-07973. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Robert Perry and Technical Sergeant Tony Hlavac (seated) assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler AFB, Mississippi monitor data from a parachuting weather sensor from inside a USAF WC-130 Hercules aircraft while flying inside the eye of Hurricane Opal. From AIRMAN Magazine December 1995 article "Hunting Season". Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT David Brandonberg of the 33rd Air Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepares a flare for a routine practice flare drop from an HH-53 Jolly Green giant helicopter. Base: China Sea, Southwest State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Air crew members monitor equipment in the air launch control center (ALCC) EC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Captain Dean Walters, student pilot, prepares for take off in a C-5 Weapon System Trainer (WST) as Mr. Mike Warren, Instructor Pilot, 97th Operations Support Squadron looks on at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040329-F-6665C-005. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Geneva P. Brown, 232nd Combat Communications Squadron, Montgomery, Alabama, types a message for transmission on a teletype machine during exercise Bright Star '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

From back to front, Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) controllers TSGT Rod Horton, A1C Dawn Noyes and SSGT Steve Medwick monitor radar scopes from a small trailer near the runway. Base: Carswell Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPC. Tim Chervenka Tactical Control Assistant, D Battery 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, tests radar equipment in a Patriot Battery Fire Control Area. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPT Michael R. Snell, operational testing officer, and 1LT Daniel D. Quaderer, developmental engineer, left to right, test a new weather radar system modification at the 1842nd Electrical Engineering Group. Both men are attached to the Air Weather Service Headquarters. Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-90-01558. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970813-F-7910D-007. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

STAFF SGT. Kenneth Graves, Headquarters, Military Airlift Command, monitors aircraft movement on the Military Airlift Command Integrated Recording System (MAIRS) in the tactical information center during Exercise Market Square III. Subject Operation/Series: MARKET SQUARE III Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A NATO crew trains on an E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system(AWACS) aircraft simulator. Base: Nato Air Base, Geilenkirchen Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

CAPT. Timothy Kregel, instructor of undergraduate navigator training, assists a student with a navigation problem. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-07189. Country: Unknown

A member of the 1ST Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron checks a wounded soldier being evacuated aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Robbie S. Millward, a tracking technician for Alaskan Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, watches for inbound flights during Excercise NORTHERN EDGE 2000. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2000 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crewmen monitor a control panel in an engineering space aboard the guided missile frigate USS DOYLE (FFG-39) during exercise BALTOPS '93. Subject Operation/Series: BALTOPS '93 Country: Baltic Sea

Data Systems Technician 3rd Class David Pickle loads a disk pack containing the Air Strike Warning (ASW) program into a recorder, while participating in Operation Southern Watch, during the Around the World Cruise 97'-98'. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCHAROUND THE WORLD CRUISE 97' - 98' Country: Unknown

Canadian Forces Air Command Second Lieutenant Dan Fuller, 962nd Air Control Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, flight deck team enroute Controller, checks the strike package on the corridor heading, onboard a US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft flying in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Larry Nixon edits videotape documenting the observance of the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT. Jim Hazen updates aircraft positions during an airland mission from Rhein-Main AB, Germany, to Sarajevo. CAPT. Hazen is a C-130 navigator assigned to the 187th Airlift Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-87-07679. Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 2137th Communications Squadron man the control tower during Reforger '82. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DN-ST-88-03172. Country: Azores (AZR)

DF-ST-89-00902. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Country: Jordan (JOR)

CAPT. Shannon Cape and 2nd LT. Joe D'Eufemia from the 90th Missile Wing / Minuteman Crew, run fault procedures for improper indications inside of the Missile Procedures Trainer. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems. Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-12914. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Captains Paul Frydenlund and Michael Drew, copilots of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft from the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, review paperwork at 35,000 feet in the crew compartment. On board the aircraft is a US Navy Mark V special operations craft, a 50-ton, 82-foot-long speed boat (not shown) used to insert and extract SEAL combat swimmers in and out of high-threat areas. This long-Haul mission to Spain required an augmented crew, because of its duration and numerous legs. This photo is part of the article "In a "Galaxy' Far, Far Away" from the October 1999 issue of AIRMAN Magazine. Country: Unknown

A member of the 501st Tactical Missile Squadron tests Ground Launch Cruise Missile equipment after its arrival at the air base. Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DN-ST-89-03190. Base: USS Conquest (MSO 488)

US Navy Radioman 2nd Class (RM2) Jesus Cordero mans the helm aboard the Ecuadorian corvette LOS RIOS (CM 13) during the joint Operation UNITAS XXV. RM2 CORDERO volunteered for duty aboard the ship during the four and one-half month long exercise. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Base: Los Rios (CM 13) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

An air crewman on board a P-3C Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 68 (VP-68) monitors the tracking gear during a counter-narcotics flight out of Naval Air Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Country: Caribbean Sea

DN-SC-89-10400. Base: Naval Air Station, Bermuda Country: Bermuda (BMU)

DN-ST-89-09565. Base: USS Yellowstone (AD 41) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Corporal Briwick takes readings from an AN/GMQ-29A Auto Weather Station. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Dr. William G. Slowic, Force Science Advisor, visits the management computer room aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70). Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

1ST LT. George Moraczewski, USAF Interpreter, explains the function of the Hydraulic Brake System at the C-130 Training Detachment to the Ukrainian Air Force Officers. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An officer traffic controller and an assistant traffic controller at work in the Tower of the Twenthe airbase.

A member of the Fleet Training Group observes as a fire control technician removes a CRT from a fire control console aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is undergoing readiness testing during post-commissioning sea trials. Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

DF-ST-86-09639. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Country: Unknown

The helmsman mans the wheel of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) while other crew members stand by as the vessel prepares to depart from port at the beginning of Exercise RimPac '88. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '88 Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-07392. Base: USS Miller (FF 1091)

DN-SN-85-04796. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Operations SPECIALIST 2nd Class Terry Kulink, foreground, monitors a radar console as Operations SPECIALIST 1ST Class Dennis Chandler, background, communicates information during a simulated attack on the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47). The vessel is underway in the gulf during maritime interdiction operations. Country: Unknown

A Mark 15 UBA diving supervisor monitors a diver reviewing the Mark15 predive checklist on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642). The Mark 15 is a closed circuit air/oxygen rebreather apparatus. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

SSGT Richard L. Lawson, foreground, and SSGT Scott S. Towsky, wide-band communications technicians with the 2130th Communications Group, U.S. Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), adjust the voice frequency output levels on an AN/FCC-98(V) multiplexer set in the systems control facility. Base: Raf Croughton Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

A postal clerk cancels a letter in the post office aboard the amphibious command ship USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). The BLUE RIDGE is deployed in the Persian Gulf region to support Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD 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)

US Navy Missile Technician's 1ST Class Mark Dorris performs duties as fire control supervisor during a Trident missile launch training drill on board the US Navy's nuclear powered ballistic submarine, the USS RHODE ISLAND (SSBN 740). Base: USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740)

DN-SN-90-00478. Base: Naples Country: Italy (ITA)

MSGT Tim Woodall of Headquarters, Pacific Communications Division, works with the Advanced Prophet High Frequency Prediction subsystem of the Tactical Frequency Record Management System. The subsystem allows a manager to select the optimum frequency for use by a given command and control system. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A radar technician monitors an AN/UYA-4 weapons control display aboard the Spruance class destroyer USS JOHN YOUNG (DD-973). The display screen operates with the ship's Mk-23 target acquisition system radar. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Electronics Technician Second Class Robert Martin adjusts the identification Friend or Foe (1FF) equipment aboard the Naval Reserve Force training frigate USS AINSWORTH (FFT-1090) during a port visit to the New York Naval Station. Base: USS Ainsworth, Staten Island State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-09557. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DA-ST-87-00725. Base: Schwetzingen Country: West Germany (FRG)

STAFF Sergeant Thomas Mazzone, loadmaster for the 2nd Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina (left) looks on as SPECIALIST First Class Brad Beauchamp, a jumpmaster for A Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, checks over his equipment during a night time, equipment jump with oxygen at 25,000 feet above Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico. State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Navy Electronics Technician's Mate 2nd Class Holmes works a navigational problem on board the US Navy's nuclear powered ballistic submarine, the USS RHODE ISLAND (SSBN 740), on patrol in the western Atlantic. Base: USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Ground crewmen in protective clothing perform engine maintenance on 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)

SSGT Ronald Anderson and AMN Albert Freeman, air traffic controllers with Detachment 2, 1930th Information Systems Squadron, monitor aircraft with a GPN-20 radar indicator. Base: Galena Airport State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-04931. Base: Berlin Country: West Germany (FRG)

On Board Hm Submarine Tribune, 1942 In the motor room of HMS TRIBUNE.

In the torpedo room of the Los Angeles class submarine USS SALT LAKE CITY, Torpedoman's Mate SEAMAN (SS) Enrique J. Galvez prepares for the arrival of a Tomahawk missile which will be fired during the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Work intake of a corporal telegraphist at a walening. Is part of the AVDKM 540718 to 540719 object series.

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