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An airman delivers a refresher lecture on the M-16 rifle to members of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing who are preparing to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

STAFF SGT. Mike Anders, 375th Civil Engineering Squadron, carries his M-16 rifle as he prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

Ground crewmen remove the safety features from a pair of AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft about to depart for Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield

Base personnel stand by as a 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15D Eagle aircraft prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield

A member of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (48th TFW) spends some time with his family while waiting at a processing point. The 48th TFW is preparing to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

An airman calls the names of personnel waiting at a processing point as the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

The pilot and weapons officer of a Saudi Arabian Tornado aircraft look out from the cockpit as they prepare to takeoff on a mission during Operation Desert Storm

With his M-60 machine gun slung across his chest, a machine gunner with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) holds several boxes of ammunition as he waits to board an aircraft with his unit to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Members of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing wait for their paperwork to be processed as they prepare to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

SGT. David Ayers, 40th Explosives Ordnance Disposal Flight, sights in his M-16 rifle as he prepares for deployment to Saudi Arabia during Operation Dessert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Aviano Air Base

State: Pordenone

Country: Italy (ITA)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Billy Wayne Johnston

Release Status: Released to Public

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23/01/1991
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Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Kevin Ellis examines his reassembled M-16 rifle during familiarization training at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex.

ENS Kirk Morford, commanding officer, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Detachment 7, examines a mortar round removed from a weapons cache during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE

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A member of a US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit attaches a cable to a device that will be used to detonate several mortar rounds during an ordnace disposal exercise

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