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U.S. Soldiers of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 82nd

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 41st

Spc. Kyle Miller, a cannon crew member assigned to

U.S. Army M1 Abrams tanks shake up the battlefield

A salute battery fires a 15 gun salute during V Corps

U.S. Capt. Spenser Swafford, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry

U.S. Army Paratroopers from Bravo Battery, 4th Battalion,

Pvt. Alma Cardenas (left), artillery cannon crew member

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US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) James Sutton, 9th Munitions Squadron (MUNS), Beale Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), fuses Mark 84 (Mk-84) bombs at a forward-deployed location. Ammo troops build bombs before they are loaded onto the bombers. The base is currently home of the 457th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), which is positioned to support Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U. S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Trever Hensley (left), Munitions Apprentice Course Instructor, 363rd Training Squadron, Sheppard Air Force Base, TX, explains to AIRMAN 1ST Class Joshua Harder how to hook up the spine chain to secure MK 82 bombs to a 40-foot trailer in accordance with Technical Order (T.O.) 11-1-38 on Sept. 1, 2004. The MK 82's are the free-fall, non-guided general-purpose 500 lbs bombs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sandy Wassenmiller) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Tony "Chilli Dawg" Rodriguez mans the MHU-83C/E Munitions Loading System to maneuver a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-32 2,000-pound bomb as USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Colby Davis signals and guides the munition onto its cradle on the MHU-110 Munitions Handling Trailer during day two of operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In the background sits a USAF B-2 Spirit bomber

West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Hodge (left) from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and US Army (USA) SFC Victor Fontan from the789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (EODC), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), connect the cable wires used to detonate two 105 mm Mortars. This is a simulation of what a land mine does to half-inch thick metal armor, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Matthew K. Duncan, 9th Munitions Squadron (MUNS), Beale Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), fuses Mark 84 (Mk-84) bombs at a forward-deployed location. Ammo troops build bombs before they are loaded onto the bombers. The base is currently home of the 457th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), which is positioned to support Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Hodge (left) from the 451st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and US Army (USA) SFC Victor Fontan from the789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (EODC), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), connect the cable wires used to detonate two 105 mm Mortars. This is a simulation of what a land mine does to half-inch thick metal armor, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Todd Peck, 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Wisconsin (WI) Air National Guard (ANG), is armed with a with 5.56mm M16A2 rifle equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear as he moves slowly using cover and concealment while participating in Air Base Ground Defense (ABGD) training at the ANG Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) at Volk Field Air National Guard Base (ANGB), WI

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dean Rockwell (left) and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) David Osborne, Munitions Handlers assigned to the 23rd Bomb Wing (BW), select tools to assist them in loading munitions on a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, during a snowstorm on the flight line at Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), during the alert status part of Exercise PRAIRIE VIGILANCE 2002

US Air Force (USAF), SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Kevin Stickley (left) and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Roberto Muniz, Weapon Loaders, 93rd Fighter Squadron, makes adjustments on a GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bomb attached to the wing pylon of a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) Munitions Specialists Technical Sergeant (TSGT) James Towle (left) 104th Fighter Wing (FW), Massachusetts (MA), Air National Guard (ANG) and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Lizette Rovaldi, 103rd FW, Connecticut (CT), ANG, hook cables to a Mark 82 500- pound general purpose bomb while deployed with the 387th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) to Southwest Asia in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Mark Fortin, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Vincent Scott and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Vamal Taylor, weapons loaders from the 522nd Fighter Squadron (FS), Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, load a Mark 82, 500-pound bomb onto an F-16 Falcon fighter at Eielson AFB, Alaska, in support of exercise Northern Edge 2002

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

Twenty four one quarter pound canisters of TNT set and ready for detonation by Marine Scouts from Alfa, Bravo, Charlie and Delta Companies, on the OP-3 range, during the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Re-qualification (LAR-REQUALEX) '98

An air-to-air right side view of an F-4E Phantom II aircraft of the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron releasing Mark 82 500-pound bombs over the Bardenas Bombing Range. Note: Second view in a series of three

Staff Sgt. Anne Lepillez, a 731st Airlift Squadron

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Kevin Cooksey, left, rewinds the Tactical phone cables for his Communications Platoon during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Scott Butler, a Weather Technician assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, adjusts the temperature sensor on a piece of TMQ-53 Tactical Meteorological Equipment, while deployed with the 3rd Air Expeditionary Group at Kwang-Ju Air Base, Republic of Korea on Sept. 9, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH SGT. Corey A Clements) (Released)

Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound bombs onto an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The ship is operating off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

Aerial view of B-52 Stratofortress bombers at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, commonly known as the "Boneyard". Hundreds of B-52s were destroyed as part of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and sold for scrap at 12 cents a pound. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1977

An air-to-air right underside view of a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with Mark 82 500-pound bombs on the outside wing pylons, an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the right wing tip and an AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pod on the centerline

Onboard USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), an Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class, Weapons Department, Armory Division, uses an M14 rifle to shoot the shot line over to the supply ship USNS JOHN ERICSSON (T-AO 194) in order to set the communication/distance line during a Connect Replenishment (CONREP). In a CONREP, the replenishment ship transfers supplies via pulleys and taunt cables to the receiving ship

Ground crewmen, in chemical warfare gear, prepare to load Mark 82 bombs onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Exercise UREX '82

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