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STAFF Sergeant Johnny Maldonado directs an M-270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) along a path of plywood planks following its unloading from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The loading of the MLRS onto the plane represents the first time that such artillery equipment has been placed aboard a Starlifter. The MLRS is assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, XVIII Airborne Corps

Sergeant Stephen J. Tkach III, a loadmaster with the 4th Military Airlift Squadron, directs the winching of an M-270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) onto a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The loading of the MLRS onto the plane represents the first time that such artillery equipment has been placed aboard a Starlifter. The MLRS is assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, XVIII Airborne Corps

MASTER Sergeant Johnny Jones, assigned to the 169th Fuels Section, 169th Fighter Wing (FW) of the South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Station, refuels one of his unit's aircraft. The 169th FW is deployed to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to participate in Combat Hammer and it's flying squadron, the 157th Fighter Squadron (FS), is one of several units operating in this 'live-fire' weapons testing mission. The 157th FS will fire Highspeed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and AGM-65G Maverick missiles to test their pilots abilities, their unit tactics, and the effectiveness of missile systems

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Robert Weaver (center) walks to his fuel truck to start the fuel pumping to another customer for the 43rd Supply Squadron Fuels Section. STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tommy Tallent, 43rd Security Forces Squadron, mans the nozzles as SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Patrick Junge watches from the turret. The 43rd Supply Squadron Fuels Flight transported JP-8 fuel in nine R11 refueling trucks, and also dispensed approximately 7800 gallons of diesel and 2400 gallons of mogas

USAF Technical Sergeant Juan Claudio instructs STAFF Sergeant Joe Michels, a Loadmaster with the 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, and other member of the crew, with the tie down techniques used on a US Army High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) onboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. The HMMWV is bound for Comalapa Air Base, El Salvador and is part of the US Militarys Hurricane Mitch relief effort

Six McGuire Air Force Base C-141 Starlifters taxi down McGuire's runway before taking off for a six-ship formation. The C-141B Starlifter is the workhorse of the Air Mobility Command. The Starlifter fulfills the vast spectrum of airlift requirements through its ability to airlift combat forces over long distances, deliver those forces and their equipment either by air, land or airdrop, resupply forces and transport the sick and wounded from hostile area to advanced medical facilities. The six-ship formation took place at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

Technical Sergeant Ron Bishop, an MC-130E Combat Talon loadmaster from the 16th Special Operations Wing, Hulbert Field, Florida, sits on the open ramp and is in the role of quarterback between two MH-53J Pavelow helicopters and the MC-130. His mission is to keep the three aircraft moving smoothly together during the aerial refueling mission. The helicopters and crew are from the 16th Special Operations Wing which is deployed to the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South in a classified location in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush ...

US Air Force (USAF) Engine Mechanic STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Fennel and SSGT Jerrymar Copeland, 446th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), remove an engine cover from their C-141B Starlifter aircraft in preparation for an inspection by Rodeo 98 Umpires during basic post-flight maintenance inspection competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, WA

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Krokos (left) 85th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tammy Hill, a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft Loadmaster assigned to the 301st Airlift Squadron (AS), discuss the cargo manifest, while conduction loading operations at Lungi, Sierra Leone during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

STAFF Sergeant Johnny Maldonado directs the winching of an M-270 multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft as Sergeant Stephen J. Tkach III, a loadmaster with the 4th Military Airlift Squadron, watches. The loading of the MLRS onto the plane represents the first time that such artillery equipment has been placed aboard a Starlifter. The MLRS is assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, XVIII Airborne Corps

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Base: Pope Air Force Base

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT H.H. Deffner

Release Status: Released to Public

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An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

First Lieutenant (1LT) Victor Haynes, 20th Military Airlift Squadron, checks a map while piloting a Military Airlift Command transport aircraft to the next location of Pope John Paul II's US visit. During the pope's visit, vehicle transportation and security is being provided under VOLANT SILVER, a joint Military Airlift Command/Secret Service operation

Rear view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, with contrails, flying toward the setting sun. The aircraft is returning to Christchurch, New Zealand, after a successful airdrop over Antarctica

Navy Personnel using a rough terrain forklift down load the Marine's equipment which includes a pallet of ammunition from the C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft carried the first Marines (33) to Guantanamo Bay in support of the recent problems in Haiti

The C-21 aircraft arrives at the base becoming a part of the 1403rd Military Airlift Squadron. The planes will be responsible for transporting people and high priority cargo throughout the Northwest Pacific

A US Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft is unloaded by members of the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, during Exercise BRIM FROST '85

Inside the cargo bay of the C-17 from forward to aft shows two Mobile Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) inside the latest addition to the Air Force cargo transporting capability

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft prepare for a jump during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

Staff Sgt. Craig Cox makes a final check on a cargo of supplies to be dropped from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft over the South Pole. The drop is a joint U.S./New Zealand operation to resupply both South Pole and McMurdo Stations in Antarctica. The operation is being staged from Det. 2, 619th Military Airlift Support Squadron, at the New Zealand International Airport

Casualties" are placed, one above the other, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Exercise Wounded Eagle '82

A C-141B Starlifter aircraft is refueled in preparation for a mid-winter airdrop over Antarctica

The 1-6 Field Artillery Battalion conducts dry fire

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