Helicopter Operations

Images show helicopters operating in desert environments, conducting training exercises and repositioning supplies in diverse terrains.

An AH-64D Apache helicopter with Utah National Guard 's 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard descends for landing in Guelmim, Morocco, June 27, 2022, as part of exercise African Lion. The 2022 training exercise marks the first time Apache helicopters have flown, supported, and fired rounds in Morocco. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

DM-ST-88-07795. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 299th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division reposition supplies during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022.

A Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rocket is fired from a Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) during a live fire exercise by the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division. Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An AH-64D Apache helicopter with Utah National Guard 's 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard descends for landing in Guelmim, Morocco, June 27, 2022, as part of exercise African Lion. The 2022 training exercise marks the first time Apache helicopters have flown, supported, and fired rounds in Morocco. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

Recognition smoke drifts across a landing zone near a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a refugee camp outside the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Ordance from FA-18 Hornets explode on target during COMBINED ARMS EXERCISE (CAX) 2-01, at Marine Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty-Nine Palms, CA. Ordance from FA-18 Hornets explode on target during COMBINED ARMS EXERCISE (CAX) 2-01, at Marine Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty-Nine Palms, CA.

Civilian contractors smooth out the sand during preparation of an air field during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, exit an MV-22B Osprey during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 8, 2022. The purpose of the exercise was to strengthen the units capabilities and combat readiness.

Members of Btry. C, 1ST Bn., 319th Field Artillery Regt., stand beside M-998 high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles as the convoy stops briefly during Operation Desert Shield. The M-998s are towing M-102 105mm howitzers. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kaden Prickett, machine gunner and team leader with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, fires a .50 caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle at a target 1,200 meters away, in the Central Command area of operations, Jan. 6, 2015. Marines and sailors of Golf Company spent time on the range getting acquainted with various weapons systems and cross-training one another in their respective areas of expertise.

Missile fired from Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (July 18, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Juan del Haro, an Austin, Texas native, and artillery cannoneer with 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, guides a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 18, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

The Avenger, an air defense system, being fired by the 1ST of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade during a live fire exercise. The Avenger, an air defense system, being fired by the 1st of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade during a live fire exercise.

DA-ST-88-04833. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970505-M-8731B-009. Complete Scene Caption: A Marine from Fox Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, observes the impact of his 83mm rocket, after firing the SMAW (Shoulder launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon), at range 400 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. Range 400 is a reinforced company level training range, consisting of an initial breech (simulated mine field), overhead live firing from "Machine-Gun Hill", and a platoon traversing through a canyon to reach the objective. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service

A tactical truck tows an M-198 155mm howitzer from a utility landing craft from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as Marines from Company A, 2nd Amphibian Assault Vehicle Bn., 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, train in an amphibious beach assault exercise in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

Two Iraqi T-55 main battle tanks damaged during Operation Desert Storm. The rear tank was attempting to tow the other one, as evidenced by the cable linking them. Both tanks are still burning. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, insert into Tagvreshk Village by CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2014. The company operated in Tagvreshk Village, an area with suspected Taliban forces with the intent to disrupt any lethal aid. After hours of operating within the area, the infantrymen extracted from the area the same way they arrived.

A U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicle assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and a German Puma infantry fighting vehicle assigned to the 212th Panzergrenadier Battalion, 21st Panzer Brigade, 1st Panzer Division, advance towards their target during a situational training exercise at Oberlausitz Training Area, Germany, May 16, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises taking place in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

030815-M-7837W-006. Base: Camp Fox State: Al Jahrah Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A rapid runway repair team member from the 601st Civil Engineering Squadron, uses a farm tractor to pull a cover over a recently filled "bomb crater", during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (UMM) 263 (Reinforced) conducts training maneuvers for African Lion 22 at Ben Ghilouf Training Area in Tunisia, June 20, 2022. The exercise is U.S. Africa Commands largest and premier annual exercise, involving more than 7,500 service members from seven nations.

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion lands on a beach or a combined forces event during exercise Alexander the Great 2022, Skyros, Greece, May 16, 2022. Alexander the Great 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Greece, and Allied nations, enhancing strategic defense and partnership while promoting security and stability in the region.

Iraq: The ancient site of Nimrud, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is destroyed with explosives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS, DA'ESH), March 2015

Combat-ready engineers from the 2nd Marine Division, in an LVTP7 tracked landing vehicle, follow two M60A1 tanks. The Marines are participating in Operation CAX 1-2/82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2/82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

NAVCENT, 5th Fleet AOR, At Sea - M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, AAVP7 RAM/RS amphibious assault vehicles, and an M88A1 Hercules from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) train during an exercise in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, April 23, 2013. The 26th MEU is currently deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations.

030401-M-4419R-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

An Oregon Army Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter lands after first setting its attached water bucket on the ground at the Brattain Helibase on September 15, 2020 near Lakeview, Ore for refueling. Two Oregon Guard Black Hawks, headquartered out of Salem, Ore. are currently assigned to the fire. The helicopters concentrated on dumping water buckets on the north perimeter of the fire in coordination with other aircraft supporting wildland firefighting efforts. The Brattain Fire started on September 7, 2020. (National Guard

030406-M-0049F-111. Base: Sayyid Abd Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Air cushion landing craft LCAC-6 creates a cloud of sand as it heads for the water during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Two Opposing Forces (OpFor) M-551 Sheridan light tanks visually modified to resemble Soviet T-72 main battle tanks advance through the desert to join the attack on the Blue Forces during an exercise. Base: Fort Irwin State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Multiple Launch Rocket Systems are fired by the 147th Field Artillery, Bravo Battery from Yankton, S.D., during the South Dakota Army National Guard annual training Aug. 2, 2015, at Camp Guernsey, Wyo. The MLRS is an armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher which is used to engage enemy targets over 175 miles away and move to different locations rapidly from enemy counter fire. (National Guard

Water treatment specialists attached to the 652nd Regional Support Group ensure water flows into a temporary shower facility for Army Reserve Soldiers at Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 22, June 13, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. The CSTX is a joint exercise that prepares units for operational deployments around the world. The 652nd RSG is based in Helena, Mont., and will take over operations from the 653rd Regional Support Group until the end of the exercise.

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A destroyed Iraqi BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicle lies alongside the road into Kuwait City during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), assigned to the Assault Unit 5, Camp Pendleton, California prepares to head back to sea after unloading several marines and equipment from the USS GERMANTOWN LSD-42 onto Jongsa-dong Beach, Republic of Korea (ROK), Oct. 31, 1998. The LCAC is a swift moving amphibious assault craft capable of moving troops and equipment from ship to shore in a matter of minutes quickly securing beachheads. The Assault Unit 5 and the USS Germantown are deployed to the ROK in support of Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Jongsa-Dong Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Smoke billows from a live-fire demonstration by the 20th Armored Brigade, Royal Saudi Land Force during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

The militaries of France and Kuwait, strategic partners and allies of the United States, coordinate on their 7th joint military exercise since 1992. The Pearl of the West has combined arms in action, integrating armor, artillery, attack helicopters, PATRIOT missile strikes, and a squadron of Rafale fighter jets overhead. Minister of Defence Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Sabah, Kuwait, and Ambassador Claire Le Fleischer, France, were in attendance at Udairi Range, Kuwait, December 8, 2022.

An Assault Breacher Vehicle fires a mine clearing line charge during operation Rawhide, March 14. ABV's from 1st Combat Engineer Battalion launched MiCLC's to breach a path into a city used by enemy insurgents to smuggle weapons, drugs and improvised explosive device making material.

Destroying Hashish Bunkers

060328-A-1067B-001. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07847. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

Djibouti, Africa, December 4, 2007 - 1,000 pound BLU-110 MK-83 and 500 pound BLU-111 MK-82 hard target penetrating bombs explode at the Gordia range off the coast of Djibouti. The weapons were delivered from U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft.

A C-130 Hercules aircraft lands on an unpaved runway at the camp base during Exercise Brim Frost '81. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Reynaga, left, and Lance Cpl. Ethan Williams both machine gunners with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, suppress targets during and exercise on Range 400 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 9, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

030409-M-2195C-057. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Six 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition, GBU-38s hit their target during a joint tactical demonstration of power of cooperation and partnership in Jordan, on Sept. 5. The exercise, Eager Lion is one of the largest military exercises in the region. There are 28 countries involved in the exercise this year, spanning two-weeks. #EagerLion22 (Photo by Sgt. Mark Hayward, 197th FAB Public Affairs Officer)

Soldiers from 833rd Engineer Company, Iowa National Guard, detonate C4 explosives as part of Western Strike 22, June 10, 2022, at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

DA-ST-88-08151. Subject Operation/Series: MEDRETE Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, maneuver an M1A2 Abrams tank to engage simulated targets during a live fire exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, Feb. 16, 2023. The 4th Infantry Division and their supporting units are proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division, prepare a Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) for a live fire exercise. Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine with "Charley" Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes effects of an anti-personnel obstacle breaching system (APOB) while executing Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 25, 2022. As the Marine Corps Reserves premier annual training event, ITX provides opportunities to mobilize geographically dispersed forces for a deployment; increase combat readiness and lethality; and exercise MAGTF command and control of battalions and squadrons across the full spectrum of warfare.

A Kuwaiti flag flies from a T-72 main battle tank as a soldier gives a victory sign as the tank is driven along a channel cleared of mines during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

A view of an aircraft engine lying in front of a demolished hardened aircraft shelter at Jalibah Air Base. The damage is the result of Allied bombing during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

The remains of a cluster bomb is exploded as the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing ordnance disposal team disposes of hazardous ordnance during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

040702-M-2900S-074. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A long shot of a B-52 Bomber as it drops bombs during a bombing run at V.I.P. Hill.(Exact date shot unknown). Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Demolished Iraqi vehicles line a roadway in the Euphrates River Valley in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Euphrates River Valley Country: Iraq(IRQ)

A rear view of a Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) launcher in the fully-raised position during a field training deployment. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Spc. Robert Langdale, a 615th Aviation Support Battalion aircraft power plant repairer, directs the movements of a UH-60 Blackhawk as it sets down a HMMWV during a Sling Load Certification Course conducted by 15th Sustainment Brigade here, Nov. 21.

040422-M-9362G-004. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021002-F-2164A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

DA-SC-85-13298. Subject Operation/Series: PROLOG Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU-4) air cushion landing craft LCAC9 comes ashore during an amphibious exercise in the Mediterranean area. Country: Unknown

030706-F-0000C-908. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Taqqadum Country: Iraq (IRQ)

220330-N-SS350-1171 EL CENTRO, Calif. (Mar. 30, 2022) Navy EOD technicians land at a drop zone near Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., during free fall currency jumps run by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 1, Mar. 30, 2022. EODTEU-1 develops and provides realistic training to Navy EOD, and mobile diving and salvage forces to prepare them to support the fleet and joint force in accomplishing national objectives.

U.S. Army soldier from the 197th Special Troop Company (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, gathers his parachute after performing proper parachute landing fall procedures by bringing his feet and knees together, Fairfield, Utah, March 15, 2011. A PLF is a safety technique that allows a parachutist to land safely and without injury.

US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey takeoff from a desert landing zone, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, USA

030401-M-4419R-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

One-half left side view of a Republic F-84E Thunderjet (s/n 51-521) fitted with bombs and rockets, somewhere in Korea. Small trailers loaded with bombs appear in the foreground, along with a jeep and a small crane. In the background, personnel, buildings, and support vehicles are visible.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

The Idaho Army National Guards 148th Field Artillery Regiment during live fire field operations on the Orchard Combat Training Center.The 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment provides field artillery support to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team. Headquartered in Pocatello units are located in the Eastern Idaho communities of Blackfoot, Burley, Preston, Pocatello, Rexburg and St. Anthony.

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group from Kadena Air Base, Japan, shovel mud off the flightline at Sendai Airport March 20. In addition to managing flightline operations, the Airmen from the 353rd SOG have been clearing additional space to accommodate more and larger aircraft in the future. The 320th STS and 353rd SOG are supporting U.S. military efforts to provide assistance to Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

041211-M-2583M-077. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Equipment Operator Cosntructionman Tom Lowendowski operates a Galion grader while grading a dirt road. Mt. Aetna is in the Background. Lowendowski is a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Flightline operations continue around the clock at Operation Shining Hope and NATO Operation Allied Force. Maintainers continually clean the taxiway from debris and mud falling from vehicles (not shown), which also use it. Subject Operation/Series: SHINING HOPEALLIED FORCE Base: Rinas State: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

DA-ST-88-04818. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the 960th Brigade Support Battalion, Wyoming Army National Guard, set up for a training exercise in Sheridan, Wyoming, May 17, 2022. The training exercise included members of the Tunisian Army, part of a State Partnership Program visit.

060114-A-5745M-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

The Harsh Desert Sun Shines on an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot

A gun crew consisting of one M109 Paladin and one M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle traverse the sagebrush at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho as part of Western Strike 22, June 6, 2022. Western Strike is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th FAB, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

Japan Ground Self Defense Force Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicles conduct a live-fire range during Resolute Dragon 22 on Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Two Tunisian Air Force Humvees release colored smoke and present the Tunisan flag to a during a tactical demonstration on Ben Ghilouf range, Tunisia, Feb. 28, 2024. The 2024 AACS included a variety of engagement opportunities for participating nations to discuss education, training and common challenges air forces face to increase cooperation and enhance partner relationships. Air Force

Three Italian army Leopard 1 main battle tanks sit in a staging area at the Aviano rail yard as U.S. Air Force personnel from the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing arrive from Torrejon Air Base, Spain, for a Salty Nation exercise that will be held at Aviano Air Base. Subject Operation/Series: SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DA-ST-85-04899. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M1 Abrams tank of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment, participated in a live-fire training event during Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 13, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

CAMP TITIN, Jordan - U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Sgt. Philip Rainard, combat engineer with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, trains alongside a Saudi Royal Marine at a ballistic breaching range, during Exercise Eager Lion 22 on Camp Titin, Jordan, September 6, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

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