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An Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft burns after it exploded while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

An aerial view of the remnants of an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

Crash crewmen aboard a P-15 aircraft firefighting and rescue truck spray a foam/water agent on the remnants of an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

Crash crewmen spray a foam/water agent on the remnants of an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

A crash crewman uses a handline from a P-2R aircraft firefighting and rescue truck to spray a foam/water agent on an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

The twin agent unit (TAU) in the back of an M-1028 truck is used to fight the flames on an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

After a crash landing a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E at Biebelstadt Army Airfield, Germany, recovery team personnel place wing supports under the right wing. Buffeted by high winds on final approach the landing gear collapsed and the number one engine caught fire on touchdown. The propeller disintegrated, three crewmembers were injured, there were no fatalities. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Two Washington, District of Columbia (DC) area firefighters stand in a debris-littered parking area and watch heavy smoke and flames rise out of the severely damaged Western Wing of the Pentagon. Terrorists caused this damage after they hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 and flew it into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001

An engineer with Military District of Washington (MDW) Engineer Company (Technical Rescue) gingerly walks through the wreckage near ground-zero where the morning before the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 impacted the Pentagon killing all 64 passengers onboard and 125 people on the ground. The impact destroyed or damaged four of the five rings in that section of the building. Firefighters fought the fire through the night

Two airmen help a firefighter to his feet after the man assisted in extinguishing the blaze aboard an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft, background, that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Eielson Air Force Base

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Z. Moore

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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20/09/1989
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label_outline Explore Alaska Air National Guard Kc, Two Airmen, E Stratotanker Aircraft

An aerial view of the stern section of the Soviet Kiev class VSTOL aircraft carrier BAKU (CVHG 103) with a Ka-27 Helix helicopter on the left. Crewmen are also visible behind the jet blast deflectors

Cpl. Kyle S. Vander Molen, aircraft rescue firefighter,

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U.S. Air Force 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron

Senior Airman Romney Allen and Airman 1st Class Matthew

U.S. Air Force Firefighters from the 332nd Air Expeditionary

The men and women of the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry

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Two crewmen work in the catapult control room aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

Firefighters with the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jordan LaPoint, a 28th Civil Engineer Squadron

Three crewmen aboard minesweeping boat 51 (MSB-51) look toward the water just after dropping a float during exercises conducted by Mine Countermeasures Task Group 1-81 (MCMTG 1-81). The task group, consisting of navy units from seven NATO countries, was formed to increase their mine countermeasures capabilities

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