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Senior Airman Hunter Welborn, 317th Aircraft Maintenance

In response to Hurricane Irma, the arrival of equipment,

Members from the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio

Aviation Ordnancemen, assigned to the �Mad Foxes� of Patrol Squadron Five (VP-5), run a cable from the 196DE Hoist to help lift a AGM-65 Maverick captive air-launched training missile (CATM).

U.S. Air Force Senior Ashviel Cruz Aponte, 74th

An America flag is reflected in one of the turboprop

Senior Airman Tim Johnson and Senior Airman Hunter

Lance Cpl. John T. Page, an aircraft ordnance technician

An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National

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U.S. Air Force Crew CHIEF SSGT after its arrival from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 11, 1999. Adkins of Kalmazoo, Michigan, is part of the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed to Gioia del Colle, Italy. This A-10, normally based at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, is one of more than 280 U.S. Air Force aircraft deployed in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

STAFF Sergeant John Kuiper, 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman AFB, Missouri, inspects an A-10 aircraft for pre-flight preparations. The reserve unit is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of Operation Decisive Edge on 1-28 April 1996

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahelm Air Base, Germany, takes off on a mission against targets in Yugoslavia, (not shown) April 5, 1999. Members of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A U.S. Air Force Weapons Load Team, using a MHU-83 B/E Lift Truck, load an AGM-65 Maverick missile on an A-10 Thunderbolt II, April 10, 1999. Members of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahelm Air Base, Germany, are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

U.S. Air Force Crew CHIEF A1C Ephraim Smallridge performs a pre-flight check of an A-10 Thunderbolt before a mission is flown against targets in Yugoslavia, (not shown) April 5,1999. The armament shown under the right wing of the A-10 is, left to right, two AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles; a pod of seven Hydra 70 rockets; and an AGM-65 maverick air-to-ground missiles. Smallride of Mount Vernon, Illinois, assigned to the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany is deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot and crew chief make last adjustments before a mission is flown against targets in Yugoslavia, (not shown) April 5, 1999. Members of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt

A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt from the 110th Fighter Group, Air National Guard Base, Battle Creek, Mich., undergoes a preflight check. The 110th Fighter Group is deployed to Aviano to relieve the 81st Fighter Squadron of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in time for the Christmas holidays. The 81st and the 110th are deployed to Aviano to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone over war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina

An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot and crew chief make last adjustments before a mission is flown against targets in Yugoslavia, (not shown) April 5, 1999. Members of the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spandahelm Air Base, Germany are deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A U.S. Air Force crew chief performs a pre-flight inspection of an A-10 Thunderbolt II, April 12, 1999. The member is part of the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed to Gioia del Colle, Italy. This A-10, normally based at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, is one of more than 280 U.S. Air Force aircraft (not shown) supporting NATO Operation Allied Force

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Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE

Base: Apulia

Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Stan Parker

Release Status: Released to Public

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The A-10 Thunderbolt has excellent maneuverability at low airspeeds and altitude and is a highly accurate and survivable weapons-delivery platform. Called the “Warthog” for its aggressive look and often painted with teeth on the nose cone, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is the U.S. Air Force’s primary low-altitude close air support aircraft best known for its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm Gatling gun designed to fire armor-piercing depleted uranium and high explosive incendiary rounds. In the 1970s the threat of Soviet armored forces and all-weather attack operations had become more serious. Six companies submitted aircraft proposals, with Northrop and Fairchild-Republic selected to build prototypes: the YA-9A and YA-10A, respectively. General Electric and Philco-Ford were selected to build and test GAU-8 cannon prototypes. First A-10 was delivered to the U.S. Air Force on 30 March 1976. By 1984, 715 airplanes had been built.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –Outredgeous red romaine lettuce plants grow inside in a prototype VEGGIE flight pillow. The bellows of the hardware have been lowered to better observe the plants. A small temperature and relative humidity data logger is placed between the pillows small white box, central. U.S. astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station are going to receive a newly developed Vegetable Production System VEGGIE. VEGGIE is set to launch aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule on NASA's third Commercial Resupply Services mission targeted to launch Dec. 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Gioia Massa KSC-2013-3566

A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

U.S. Air Force Videographer SENIOR AIRMAN Justin Fairley videos a taxiing KC-135 Stratotanker at Moron Air Bae, Spain on March 21st, 1999. SRA Fairley is assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil. The image was shot through a Starlight Night Vision Lens System

An F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115, an F-22A Raptor from the Air Force's 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, an F-15C Eagle from the Air Force's 44th Fighter Squadron, and an F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-25 fly in formation.

An F-14 "Tomcat" engages it's afterburners prior to a night launch off the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). ROOSEVELT and its embarked carrier air wing are participating in strikes missions over the former Yugoslavia in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Gaurd, heads a line up of tankers on the ramp at RAF Lakenheath United Kingdom on March 28, 1999. The Pennsylvania ANG aircraft temporarily assigned to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, was diverted to Lakenheath due to adverse winds at Mildenhall. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A U.S. Air Force crew prepares an F-111F fighter aircraft of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, for a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with laser-guided bombs.

GEN George A. Joulwan (USA), Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), meets with US military personnel to thank them for the dedication and hard work during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

U.S. Air Force Capt. Breanna McNair, 340th Expeditionary

Aviation Machinists Mate 3rd Class (AD3) Julian Sevilla (left) and AD3 Wendy Day, HC-4 "Black Stallions" Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, US Naval Air Station, Cigonella, Italy, perform a pre-flight inspection on a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter parked on the NATO pad, Aviano Air Base, Italy

US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) John P. Jumper, CHIEF of STAFF of the Air Force (CSAF), shakes hands and talks with Maintainers from the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS). General Jumper, accompanied by the CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) Gerald Murray (far left), for a three-day visit to the base during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Maintainer assigned to Wing 1 Military Air Base, and a US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, assigned to the 12th Fighter Squadron (FS), perform a pre-flight inspection on a USAF F-15C Eagle aircraft at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB), Thailand, during Exercise COPE TIGER 2003. Cope Tiger is an annual multinational exercise in the Asia-Pacific region that promotes closer relations and enables air force units in the region to sharpen air combat skill and practice interoperability with US Forces

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