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SSGT William Wood, an Air Force Audiovisual Service motion picture cameraman, films early morning maintenance being performed on an F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The F-4 from the 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron, has just completed a trans-Atlantic flight from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico to participate in exercise Crested Cap '77

SSGT William Wood, an Air Force Audiovisual Service motion picture cam...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRESTED CAP '77 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A P-15 fire truck is offloaded from a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The P-15 provides approximately twice the fire fighting agent capacity and delivery rate of other vehicles

A P-15 fire truck is offloaded from a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The P-15 pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT David W. Howe Release Status: Released ... More

A crewman in protective clothing works to reconfigure a C-141 Starlifter aircraft into a medevac plane during a chemical warfare exercise

A crewman in protective clothing works to reconfigure a C-141 Starlift...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher Release Status: Rel... More

A flight crewman in protective clothing plots a course in the cockpit of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft during a chemical warfare exercise

A flight crewman in protective clothing plots a course in the cockpit ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher Release Status: Rel... More

Patients are downloaded from a C-9 Nightingale aircraft and loaded onto a C-141 Starlifter aircraft during a chemical warfare exercise. All participants in the exercise are wearing protective clothing

Patients are downloaded from a C-9 Nightingale aircraft and loaded ont...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT William B. Belcher Release Status: Rel... More

Medical technicians offload simulated patients from a C-9 Nightingale aircraft and carry them to a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. The men, wearing protective clothing, are participants in a chemical warfare training exercise

Medical technicians offload simulated patients from a C-9 Nightingale ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released t... More

The Airlift Center of the AMOCC (Air Mobility Operations Control Center) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This mission is in direct support of Operation Allied Force

The Airlift Center of the AMOCC (Air Mobility Operations Control Cente...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

A soldier from the 4th Infantry Division wears protective head gear against chemical warfare while manning an M-60 machine gun during Exercise Reforger '81

A soldier from the 4th Infantry Division wears protective head gear ag...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

Secretary General of NATO, Dr. J.M.A.H. Luns, tips his hat as a troop review of Headquarters Battery, 8th Infantry Division, takes place during the opening ceremonies for Reforger '83. Behind him is Supreme Allied Commander Europe, GEN. Bernard Rogers

Secretary General of NATO, Dr. J.M.A.H. Luns, tips his hat as a troop ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '83 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT... More

A view of the cockpit of a C-12F aircraft. The C-12 and the C-21 aircraft will replace the T-39 Saberliner

A view of the cockpit of a C-12F aircraft. The C-12 and the C-21 aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Release... More

An interior view of a C-21A aircraft. The C-12 and the C-21 aircraft will replace the T-39 Saberliner

An interior view of a C-21A aircraft. The C-12 and the C-21 aircraft w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Release... More

The emblem of the 512th Tactical Fighter Squadron painted on the intake of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft

The emblem of the 512th Tactical Fighter Squadron painted on the intak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick H. Nugent Release Status: Rele... More

Maintenance crews prepare F-4D PHantom II aircraft during Creek Klaxon, an exercise where Air National Guard units from 20 states were sent to temporarily assume the Zulu Alert duties of the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Maintenance crews prepare F-4D PHantom II aircraft during Creek Klaxon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CREEK KLAXON Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: CMSG... More

CPT Dick Gabe bolts past an F-4D Phantom II aircraft followed by his crew chief during Creek Klaxon, an exercise where Air National Guard units from 20 states were sent to temporarily assume the Zulu Alert duties of the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Ex

CPT Dick Gabe bolts past an F-4D Phantom II aircraft followed by his c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CREEK KLAXON Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: CMSG... More

Two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles are mounted on the wing pylon of an F-4D Phantom II aircraft during Creek Klaxon, an exercise where Air National Guard units from 20 states were sent to temporarily assume the Zulu Alert duties of the 526th Tactical Fighter S

Two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles are mounted on the wing pylon of an F-4D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CREEK KLAXON Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: CMSG... More

Members of the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron listen as Captain (CPT) Kay Honea, the mobility officer in charge, briefs the personnel before entering the mobility line. They are preparing for deployment to Ramstein Air Base, West Germany for the short-t

Members of the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron listen as Captain (CPT)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRESTED CAP 87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

An aerial view of the base runway used by the 86th Tactical Fighter Wing

An aerial view of the base runway used by the 86th Tactical Fighter Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Shoppers chat outside the entrance of the Army/Air Force Exchange Service bakery

Shoppers chat outside the entrance of the Army/Air Force Exchange Serv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Casey Release Status: Released to... More

Teenagers enjoy ice cream at a concession in the food mall, part of the Army/Air Force Exchange Service facilities

Teenagers enjoy ice cream at a concession in the food mall, part of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Casey Release Status: Released to... More

Crowd in the foreground wave flags as an aircraft carrying former hostage, Army CWO3 Michael Durant, arrives. After being released from Mogadishu, Somalia, CWO3 Durant was transferred to an ambulance for a short ride to Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center where he spent one night en route to the United States for medical treatment

Crowd in the foreground wave flags as an aircraft carrying former host...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeri L. Mullen Release Status: Release... More

National television news from ABC News (right foreground) and CNN cover the deployment of the 23rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 23rd Wing from Pope AFB, N.C. bound for Ramstein Air Base, Germany and then to Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia where they will establish a Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility (MASF) in support of Operation Joint Endeavor

National television news from ABC News (right foreground) and CNN cove...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

SRA Frank Rogers, 1ST Combat Communications Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, makes some adjustments to the satellite communications terminal set up in support of JOINT ENDEAVOR

SRA Frank Rogers, 1ST Combat Communications Squadron, Ramstein Air Bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeffrey Allen Release... More

Air Traffic Controllers, US Air Force STAFF Sergeant John A. Jesse, 86th Operations Support Squadron (OSS), Ramstein Air Base, Germany; USAF STAFF Sergeant Samuel A. D'Urso, III, 48th OSS, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom; USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Jason F. Eckel, 86th OSS, Ramstein Air Base, Germany and USAF Colonel Neal Patton, Commander, 410th Air Base Group (Provisional) in the Air Traffic Control tower at Tuzla Air Base Bosnia-Herzegovina

Air Traffic Controllers, US Air Force STAFF Sergeant John A. Jesse, 86...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Rose Reynolds, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A pallet of supplies is offloaded from a C-130 aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The aircraft belongs to the 41st Airlift Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C

A pallet of supplies is offloaded from a C-130 aircraft from Ramstein ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Louis Briscese ... More

A containerized Delivery System (CDS) is loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft, assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, at Otopeni Air Base, in Romania. The CDS will be dropped over a target drop zone during the Partner for Peace Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96. The exercise involves Air Forces training in operational and logistics interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces From Greece, Italy, Turkey, and the United States are joined by Partner nations from the Czech Republic, Moldova , Slovazkia and Romania as the host nation

A containerized Delivery System (CDS) is loaded onto a C-130 Hercules ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY '96 Base: Otopeni Air Base, Bucharest Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard T. Kaminsky, ... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class Donnie Eggelston, 39th Airlift Squadron Life Support, conducts an inspection on an aircrew member's helmet before his scheduled flight into Bosnia. Life Support is an important part in the C-130 day-to-day mission requirements

AIRMAN 1ST Class Donnie Eggelston, 39th Airlift Squadron Life Support,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SE... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Will Pernia, flight engineer from the 39th Airlift Squadron, reenlists while on headset aboard the C-130 during a mission to Tusla Air Base, Bosnia. Captain Benjamin Akins performs the ceremony

SENIOR AIRMAN Will Pernia, flight engineer from the 39th Airlift Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SE... More

A C-130 Hercules from Dyess Air Force Base sits on the runway in the snow and ice. Dyess maintainers were not accustomed to the magnitude of the snow and ice

A C-130 Hercules from Dyess Air Force Base sits on the runway in the s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SE... More

An USAF airman uses de-icing equipment to de-ice a C-130H at Ramstein AB, Germany

An USAF airman uses de-icing equipment to de-ice a C-130H at Ramstein ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Lasky Release Status: Released... More

An USAF airman uses de-icing equipment to de-ice the port wing of a C-130 at Ramstein AB, Germany

An USAF airman uses de-icing equipment to de-ice the port wing of a C-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Lasky Release Status: Released... More

C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, STAFF SGT. Brian D. McGriff assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron (AS), conducts a radio check with the rest of the crew in preparation for a mission from Ramstein Air Base, Germany to Sarajevo. The 14th AS's C-17s assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. are providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support the United Nation's Implementation Force

C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, STAFF SGT. Brian D. McGriff assigned ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David W. Richards Release St... More

Shown is a close-up of the cluster bomb damage of the runway at Roberts International Airport, located outside of Monrovia, Liberia. The holes could be a hazard for aircraft landing at the airport. The runway is two miles long and is being used by United States Air Force C-130E Hercules aircraft from the 86th Air Wing out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for Operation ASSURED LIFT. ASSURED LIFT is a Joint Task Force (JTF) operation to provide airlift and other logistical support to West African states that are deploying more than 600 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping mission. Most of the inbound West African forces will come from the country of Mali, with the...

Shown is a close-up of the cluster bomb damage of the runway at Robert...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Shown is a close-up of the cluster bomb damage of the runway at Roberts International Airport, located outside of Monrovia, Libe... More

Shown is a close-up of the runway at Roberts International Airport, located outside of Monrovia, Liberia. The runway has uneven concrete patchwork that could possibly be a hazard for aircraft landing at the airport. The patchwork was laid on the runway after governent officials tore out the original portion, because it was feared the runway was ined with land ines. The runway is two iles long and is being used by United States Air Force C-130E Hercules aircraft fro the 86th Air Wing out of Rastein Air Base, Gerany, for Operation ASSURED LIFT. ASSURED LIFT is a Joint Task Force (JTF) operation to provide airlift and other logistical support to West African states that are deploying...

Shown is a close-up of the runway at Roberts International Airport, lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Shown is a close-up of the runway at Roberts International Airport, located outside of Monrovia, Liberia. The runway has uneven ... More

Major John Morawiec, right, from the Oregon Air National Guard, helps MAJ. GEN. Kazimierz Dziok strap in before their F-16 orientation flight at Ramstein Air Base. Major General Dziok is Commander of the Polish Air and Defense Forces

Major John Morawiec, right, from the Oregon Air National Guard, helps ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Molly A. Freng Release Status: Released... More

CAPT. Dee Ann Pericuchin (right), a Flight Nurse assigned to the 23rd Aero Medical Squadron at Pope Air Force Base attends to the needs of LT. COL. Gail Ford, the CHIEF Nurse with the 21st Combat Support Hospital at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The return to Ramstein Air Base was an aero-medical evacuation flight onboard a C-130 aircraft

CAPT. Dee Ann Pericuchin (right), a Flight Nurse assigned to the 23rd ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT.... More

Engineer STAFF Sergeant Jeff Morgan flies with the 61st Airlift Squadron of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100 day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130s every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Engineer STAFF Sergeant Jeff Morgan flies with the 61st Airlift Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More

The 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, is deployed to Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, for a 100 day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130 Hercules air transporters every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

The 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More

A C-130 Hercules of the 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, sits on the ramp at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, prior to the days mission to Tuzla AB, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The squadron is working through 100 days of Temporary Duty (TDY) assisting in Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130s every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

A C-130 Hercules of the 61st Airlift Squadron (AS) of Little Rock Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More

C-130H Hercules aircraft commander Major Robert J. Smith and co-pilot Major Mark P. Lynskey both from the 179th Airlift Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, fly their cargo mission to Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Members from the 179th are deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany in support of Operation JOINT FORGE the Stabilization Force (SFOR) mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

C-130H Hercules aircraft commander Major Robert J. Smith and co-pilot ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: G.M. Kobashigawa,... More

Secertary of Defense William Cohen speaks about NATO attacks against Kosovar targets-led attacks on Kosovo during an address to members (not shown) of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, on April 8, 1999, in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

Secertary of Defense William Cohen speaks about NATO attacks against K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA ... More

SRA Jack Gladd, Security Forces members, 586th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, cross references the license plates of all vehicle entering the US contingent encampment in Tirana, Albania. Gladd and other U.S. Air Force personnel are currently deployed to Albania in support of operation Shining Hope

SRA Jack Gladd, Security Forces members, 586th Security Forces Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHINING HOPE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A US Air Force C-130 cargo planes from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, taxis out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, in preparation of an air drop mission to support the reactivation of the famous 173rd Airborne Brigade (Not shown). Six Years of nearly continuous combat in Vietnam and with the only combat parachute of the war, the brigade earned 14 campaign streamers and four unit citations. Its soldiers earned 13 Medals of Honor, 137 Distinguished Service Crosses and more than 6,000 Purple Hearts

A US Air Force C-130 cargo planes from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, tax...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A. Castillo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

MASTER Sergeant Gerald Shihido, a civil engineer from Ramstein Air Base, Germany (bottom left), rides a Navy CH-53D Sea Stallion to Camp Hope to help plan the camp infrastructure. AIRMAN Magaine's Article "Shining Hope for Survival" describes an Air Force-led joint task force ensuring that international aid gets to the flood of refugees pouring into Albania. (AIRMAN Magazine/July 1999)

MASTER Sergeant Gerald Shihido, a civil engineer from Ramstein Air Bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rena Airport State: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Angela Stafford Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Aerial view, long shot, looking down as water fills the streets of the town of Guiji near the Limpopo River in Southern Mozambique, forcing people from their homes to higher ground. C-130 aircraft (not shown) assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, fly daily Keen Sage aerial surveillance missions over Mozambique to help find stranded flood victims and survey damage caused by the flooding in Southern Africa. The 37th Airlift Squadron C-130 (not shown) aircraft are deployed to Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, as part of the United States humanitarian relief efforts

Aerial view, long shot, looking down as water fills the streets of the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries Releas... More

Interior, left side profile, medium shot, as USAF STAFF Sergeants Rob Turner and Todd Geehan, assigned to the 32nd Air Operations Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, operate a Keen Sage aerial surveillance system from a specially prepared C-130 for a flight over Southern Mozambique, to search for stranded flood victims and to survey water levels and damage (flood victims and damage not shown) caused by the recent flooding in Southern Africa. The 37th Airlift Squadron C-130 aircraft are deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, as part of the United States humanitarian relief efforts Operation Atlas Response and to fly daily Keen Sage aerial ...

Interior, left side profile, medium shot, as USAF STAFF Sergeants Rob ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Interior, left side profile, medium shot, as USAF Staff Sergeants Rob Turner and Todd Geehan, assigned to the 32nd Air Operatio... More

United States Air Force Major General Joseph H. Wehrle Jr., Commander 3rd Air Force and Commander of Joint Task Force Operation Atlas Response, poses for a quick picture with the "Loving Concern International" a group of Korean relief workers that flew from Maputo to Beira, Mozambique, aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130E aircraft. The C-130's are deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, from the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 16 March 2000

United States Air Force Major General Joseph H. Wehrle Jr., Commander ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Beira State: Sofala Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF Release... More

Left side front view medium long shot as a US Air Force C-130 from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base Germany, Deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, laden with humanitarian relief supplies departs on another mission to deliver much needed supplies to Beira, Mozambique at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa on 17 March 2000. The team is deployed here in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding (flooding and victims not shown) displaced over a million people from their homes

Left side front view medium long shot as a US Air Force C-130 from the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Maputo State: Inhambane Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Relea... More

A US AIR FORCE C-130 Hercules of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air BAse, Germany, off-load the US Army paratroopers of the 1ST of the 508th Airborne, 5th Southern European Task Force (SETAF) out of Vicenza, Italy, it was carrying during Exercise VENETO RESCUE on June 6th, 2000

A US AIR FORCE C-130 Hercules of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VENETO RESCUE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Suzanne M. Jenkins, USA... More

Medium long shot, workers survey the pump area during remodeling of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) Northside gas station, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

Medium long shot, workers survey the pump area during remodeling of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Pamela Farlin Release Status: Released ... More

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Army Sergeant Jeremy Cowham, Jumpmaster and his fellow paratroopers of the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy, wait onboard a US Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, as they prepare to drop into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, Germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Army Sergeant Jeremy Cowham, Ju...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

Left side rear view medium close-up shot over the left shoulder of US Air Force Major Randy Smith, C-130 Hercules pilot Major Randy Smith, Pilot and Aircraft Commander with the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, comes around to line up before a personnel drop into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, Germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000. The 37th AS dropped members of the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy (not shown)

Left side rear view medium close-up shot over the left shoulder of US ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

Straight on medium shot from a low angle loking up as US Army troops from the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy, board a US Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, before a drop into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, Germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000

Straight on medium shot from a low angle loking up as US Army troops f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

Medium shot, paratrooper, camouflage face paint, 1/508th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team), from Vicenza, Italy, being handed a parachute. Tail sections of parked C-130s, Hercules, in background. Not shown: Troops will board C-130s from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and be dropped into Grafenwohr, Germany, 9 August 2000, Exercise Lion Drop 12

Medium shot, paratrooper, camouflage face paint, 1/508th Infantry (Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C ... More

a US Army member of the Southern Europe Task Force, Vicenza, Italy, trains in Tactical Satellite Communications at drop zone "Juliet" located 15 miles from Aviano Air Base, Italy. US Army, Air Force, and Italian Army troops jumped from C-130 Hercules aircrafts (not shown) deployed from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany as part of a monthly jump training to maintain proficiency

a US Army member of the Southern Europe Task Force, Vicenza, Italy, tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James D. Green, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders perform during the Secretary of Defense Holiday Tour 2000, in Hangar 3 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on December 17th 2000

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders perform during the Secretary of Defens...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

Recording artist Jewel performs for an audience at Ramstein Air Base, Germay, during the Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen's Holiday Show 2000

Recording artist Jewel performs for an audience at Ramstein Air Base, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: ... More

Ananda Lewis, MTV VJ and this years emcee for theSecretary of Defense's Holiday Show 2000, addresses the audience at Ramstein Air Base, Germany

Ananda Lewis, MTV VJ and this years emcee for theSecretary of Defense'...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: ... More

Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Great Ernie Banks greets the audience at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during the Secretary of Defense Holiday Show 2000, on December 17th, 2000

Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Great Ernie Banks greets the audien...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: ... More

National Football League Hall of Fame star Mike Singletary addresses the audience at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during the Secretary of Defense Holiday Show 2000, on December 17th, 2000

National Football League Hall of Fame star Mike Singletary addresses t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: ... More

(left to right) US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Nicholas Guidas, Kennelmaster, gives instructions to USAF STAFF Sergeant Frank Torres, Military Working dog handler, and Lux, a Military Working Dog, during the attack work portion of the 2001 Ramstein, K-9 Competition on January 22, 2001. MSGT Guidas and SSGT Torres, along with Lux are assigned to the 568th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Eleven teams from Ramstein are competing to determine who will represent their base in the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) competition and then go on to represent the command at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and the Department of Defense MWD competition

(left to right) US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Nicholas Guidas, Kennelma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN AnnaMarie Leddy, a Military Working Dog handler with the 568th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, issues a challenge in German and English to a simulated suspect before releasing her partner, Bruno, during the building search portion of the 2001 Ramstein, K-9 Competition on January 22, 2001. Eleven teams from Ramstein are competing to determine who will represent their base in the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) competition and then go on to represent the command at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and the Department of Defense MWD competition

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN AnnaMarie Leddy, a Military Working Dog han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

(left to right) US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Cristina Rodriguiez, a Military Working Dog Handler, with the 568th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein air Base, Germany, and her partner Dak, order a decoy, USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Brent Frasher, also a Military Working Dog handler with the 568th, to stand up during the scout portion of the 2001 Ramstein, K-9 Competition on January 22, 2001. Eleven teams from Ramstein are competing to determine who will represent their base in the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) competition and then go on to represent the command at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and the Department of Defense MWD competition

(left to right) US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Cristina Rodriguiez, a Mil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Nicholas Guidas, Kennelmaster, and USAF Technical Sergeant Stephen Zeiders, give instructions to USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Andy Ming and Saro prior to starting the vehicle search portion of the 2001 Ramstein, K-9 Competition on January 22, 2001. All three are Military Working Dog Handlers with the 568th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Eleven teams from Ramstein are competing to determine who will represent their base in the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) competition and then go on to represent the command at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and the Department of Defense MWD competition

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Nicholas Guidas, Kennelmaster, and USAF T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Kenneth Martin, a load master from the 37th Airlift Squadron, watches as a K-loader pulls behind a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The K-loader is carrying equipment to be loaded for an upcomming in Mass Tactical Exercise (MASSTAC) CRIMSON BAYONET

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Kenneth Martin, a load master from the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRIMSON BAYONET Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: M... More

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, load cargo onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The cargo is equipment for the upcoming Mass Tactical Exercise (MASSTAC) CRIMSON BAYONET. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-02-02789 or search 010305-F-3329S-511)

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, load cargo onto...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRIMSON BAYONET Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: M... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Andrew Hegwood from the 37th Airlift Squadron, guides his K-loader towards the back ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The K-loader is carrying equipment to be used in an upcoming Mass Tactical Exercise (MASSTAC) CRIMSON BAYONET. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-02-01469 or search 010305-F-3329S-506)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Andrew Hegwood from the 37th Airlift Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRIMSON BAYONET Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: M... More

A K-loader from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, prepares to load its cargo onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The K-loader is carrying equipment for an upcoming Mass Tactical Exercise (MASSTAC) CRIMSON BAYONET. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0202783 or search 010305F3329S502)

A K-loader from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, prepares t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRIMSON BAYONET Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: M... More

A joint service honor guard carries the flag draped remains of an airman from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The airman was killed in a training accident in Kuwait on March 12 2001

A joint service honor guard carries the flag draped remains of an airm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Kristin Conway, USAF Release Status: Re... More

A US Army Chaplain follows a Joint Service Honor Guard of US Army Soldiers and US Air Force Airmen, as they carry one of six flag draped transfer cases from the cargo bay of a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, at Ramsetin Air Base, Germany. The transfer case contains the remains of Coalition Soldiers killed during training exercises in Kuwait on 12 March 2001. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0202966 or search 010315F3329S504)

A US Army Chaplain follows a Joint Service Honor Guard of US Army Sold...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John P. Snow, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

A US Army Chaplain follows a Joint Service Honor Guard of US Army Soldiers and US Air Force AIRMAN as they carry a flag draped transfer case during the Fallen Soldier Ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Ceremony Honors the six Coalition Soldiers killed during training exercises in Kuwait on 12 March 2001. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0202962 or search 010315F2715C506)

A US Army Chaplain follows a Joint Service Honor Guard of US Army Sold...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Kristin Conway, USAF Release Status: Re... More

A soldier salutes a fallen comrade during a Fallen Soldier Ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. US Air Force and US Army members carry a flag draped transfer case off a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for transportation to the Landstuhl Regional Medical center for identification. The transfer case contains the remains of one of six coalition soldiers killed during a training exercise on March 12 2001 in Kuwait

A soldier salutes a fallen comrade during a Fallen Soldier Ceremony at...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: ... More

A US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, lands on Ben Guerir Air Field, Morocco, during Operation BLUE SANDS 2001. The tail section of a second C-130 aircraft is in the foreground

A US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BLUE SANDS Base: Ben Guerir Country: Morocco (MAR) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Bradley C. Church Release Status: Released to ... More

Two US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, drop Moroccan Army paratroops, during a static line drop on Ben Guerir Air Field, Morocco, during Operation BLUE SANDS 2001

Two US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BLUE SANDS Base: Ben Guerir Country: Morocco (MAR) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Bradley C. Church Release Status: Released to ... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Brown of the 37th Airlift Squadron, checks out the AN/ALE-47 chaff/flare dispensing system onboard a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Brown of the 37th Airlift Squadron, ch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John P. Snow Release Status: Released ... More

CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) William Hendley guidon bearer 86TH Communication Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany stands at parade rest during the 86th Airlift Wings Retreat Ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on 30 March 2001

CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) William Hendley guidon bearer 86TH Commu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Sam S... More

Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, render honors to two fallen pilots from RAF Mildenhall, England, during a fallen soldier ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Kenneth Hyvonen, USAF, 48th Operations Squadron, and Captain (CAPT) Kirk Jones, USAF, 493rd Fighter Squadron, disappeared off radar over Northern Scotland on March 26th. Search and rescue teams found the F-15C's wreckage and LCOL Hyvonen on March 27th and located CAPT Jones on March 28th. Investigations into the cause of the incident are still ongoing

Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard from Ramstein Air Base, G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John ... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Reeca Archuleta, USAF, (center), explains off-duty travel restrictions as part of her security forces desk sergeant duties at Istres. A1C Archuleta is one of 12 security forces memers from the 86th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, deployed to the Air Force detachment Istres Air Base, France. They are on a 90-day Air Expeditionary Force deployment with the 16th Expeditionary Operations Group here as part of Operation JOINT FORGE. "The United States has agreed to provide a force of approximately 6,900 U.S. Service memer to help maintain a capale military force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No timetale for the duration of Operation JOINT FORGE has...

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Reeca Archuleta, USAF, (center), explains off...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Rebeca Archuleta, USAF, (center), explains off-duty travel restrictions as part of her security forces ... More

Major Chris Ward, USAF, (left) assigned to Safety AMOG (Air Mobility Operations Group), Ramstein, Germany, Major John Groff, USAF, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Major Tanya Dean, USA, and Major Rob Hardin, USAF, (right), 624 AMOS (Air Mobility Operations Squadron), McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, discuss methods to set up and execute Airlift Missions to the EUCOM theater during time of war. The scenario is part of exercise UNION FLASH 01

Major Chris Ward, USAF, (left) assigned to Safety AMOG (Air Mobility O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNION FLASH Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: U... More

Brigadier General F. Randall Starbuck, Vice Commander, 21st Air Force, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, Colonels Bill Steward, and John Corta, (right), discuss points given at a daily briefing for UNION FLASH just prior to their discussion. The USAFE (US Air Force in Europe) sponsored exercise UNION FLASH 01 to train the Joint Force Air Component Commander, The Joint Air Operations Center and the USAREUR (US Army Europe) Battlefield Coordination Element using computer simulation and state-of-the-art software programs in the art of war planning and execution

Brigadier General F. Randall Starbuck, Vice Commander, 21st Air Force,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNION FLASH Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: U... More

Front view of the new air passenger (PAX) terminal being constructed at Ramstein AB. The new terminal is part of the Rhein Main AB transition. Completion of the new terminal is scheduled for Fall 2001

Front view of the new air passenger (PAX) terminal being constructed a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Gs-12 Jose... More

(L to R) Brigadier General Mark Volcheff, Commander 86th Airlift Wing, General (GEN) Gregory S. Martin, US Air Forces Europe Commander, and GEN Michael Ryan, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, answer questions from the audience during an all hands call attended by GEN Ryan during his final visit to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 26 Jul 01

(L to R) Brigadier General Mark Volcheff, Commander 86th Airlift Wing,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken B... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Larry Senegal, USAF, (left), Command and Control Journeyman, and Technical Sergeant Darryl Moser, USAF, Communications SPECIALIST, both with the 86th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, assemble TCS-Ultralite satellite terminal, a mobile communications unit, at the airfield in Accra, Ghana. In preparation to transport US forces and cargo involved in Operation FOCUS RELIEF. Operation FOCUS RELIEF, a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone, to equip and train seven battalions from West African countries to be able to conduct peace enforcement operations

SENIOR AIRMAN Larry Senegal, USAF, (left), Command and Control Journey...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOCUS RELIEF Base: Accra State: Accra Country: Ghana (GHA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Pam... More

Technical SGT. Mario Ramos, a C-5 Loadmaster with 86th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, assembles a Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Discone antenna at the airfield in Accra, Ghana, in preparation to transport US forces and cargo involved in Operation FOCUS RELIEF. Operation FOCUS RELIEF, a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone, to equip and train seven battalions from West African countries to be able to conduct peace enforcement operations

Technical SGT. Mario Ramos, a C-5 Loadmaster with 86th Contingency Res...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOCUS RELIEF Base: Accra Country: Ghana (GHA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Pamela J. Farlin,... More

Lieutenant Colonel John Lipinski, Commander of the 37th Airlift Squadron, and his wife Terry Lipinski look at the camera for a photo during the Spouse Orientation Day Flight

Lieutenant Colonel John Lipinski, Commander of the 37th Airlift Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Bradle... More

After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001, Ramstein Air Base, Germany moved into Threatcon Delta. As part of that enhanced state of readiness members of the 86th Airlift Wing took part in initial Security Forces Augmentee Training. As part of the training Security Forces Combat Arms Instructor STAFF Sergeant David Boles, USAF, 86th Security Forces Squadron instructs students on the procedures for clearing their Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Tia De... More

Communications Control Center Shift Supervisor, STAFF Sergeant Brian Molloy, USAF, 86th Communications Group, goes over recall procedures during Threatcon Charlie, at Ramstein Air Base Germany on 13 September 2001. The measures went into effect after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001

Communications Control Center Shift Supervisor, STAFF Sergeant Brian M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Tia De... More

Flags of NATO member nations are flown at half-staff in front of the Headquarters Allied Air Forces North building, Ramstein Air Base, Germany on 13 September 2001. They are flown in remembrance of lives lost during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001

Flags of NATO member nations are flown at half-staff in front of the H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Latoni... More

86th Airlift Wing Free Methodist Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel Rex Carpenter, USAF, takes a moment to reflect in prayer before the memorial service at the Ramstein Air Base Northside Chapel. The memorial service is in honor of the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers and at the Pentagon. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground

86th Airlift Wing Free Methodist Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel Rex Carp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cheri... More

At the base of the Ramstein Air Bases West Gate, candles flicker in the wind among the flowers and wreaths laid there by German citizens who marched there from Ramstein Village. The march was a show of support and empathy for the victims, and those who mourn them, of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers and at the Pentagon. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground, on September 11th

At the base of the Ramstein Air Bases West Gate, candles flicker in th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Pamel... More

Members of the 568th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, stop traffic to observe three minutes of silence on 14 September 2001, in remembrance of those lost during the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001. Shortly after 8 AM (EST) on September 11, 2001 in an attempt to frighten the American people, terrorist mounted attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground

Members of the 568th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John ... More

A Member of the 86th Airlift Wing bows his head in prayer, holding a rosary, during the memorial service for the thousands of victims who lost their lives when terrorist mounted attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers and at the Pentagon. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground. The service held at the Northside Chapel at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on September 14, 2001

A Member of the 86th Airlift Wing bows his head in prayer, holding a r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Tia De... More

Personnel Readiness Function, STAFF Sergeant Danielle Sims, USAF, 86th Mission Support Squadron on Ramstein Air Base, Germany inventories PERSCO (Personnel Support for Contingency Operations) laptops prepared for deployments

Personnel Readiness Function, STAFF Sergeant Danielle Sims, USAF, 86th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Latoni... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Nicholas Marshall, USAF, (front), and A1C Justin Williams, USAF, both with the 86th Maintenance Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, check the 10,000lb tie down chains on a munitions container to the 463L pallets built during training session

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Nicholas Marshall, USAF, (front), and A1C Jus...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT John ... More

Volunteers donate and qualified volunteers take blood during the blood drive at the Southside Fitness Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. In response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon "prompted an overwhelming number of Department of Defense personnel and military family members in Europe to want to volunteer as blood donors to assist the survivors." Shortly after 8 AM (EST) on September 11, 2001 in an attempt to frighten the American people, terrorist mounted attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers and at the Pentagon. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground

Volunteers donate and qualified volunteers take blood during the blood...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocel... More

MASTER Sergeant James Taylor, USAF, 86th Medical Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, signs in at the Traffic Management Office to receive travel information about his upcoming assignment

MASTER Sergeant James Taylor, USAF, 86th Medical Squadron, Ramstein Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Latoni... More

Brigadier General Mark Volcheff, USAF, (left), 86th Airlift Wing Commander, presents Mr. Ronald G. Bliss, former prisoner of war, a gift for speaking during a luncheon in observance of POW/MIA week, 21 September 2001, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

Brigadier General Mark Volcheff, USAF, (left), 86th Airlift Wing Comma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heathe... More

Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, use a 10K-AT forklift to pickup a pallet of medical supplies. They will load it aboard a C-130 Hercules for shipment to Pleven, Bulgaria, in support of the humanitarian assistance program Excess Property. "The Department of nse Humanitarian Assistance Excess Property (EP) Program permits Department of nse (DoD) to make available, prepare and transport non-lethal, excess DoD property to foreign countries when requested by the Department of State (DoS). Examples of IP typically provided include clothing, furniture, medical/school equipment and supplies, vehicles, tools, and construction equipment," Carolyn Holmes,...

Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, use ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, use a 10K-AT forklift to pickup a pallet of medical supplies. ... More

Captain Thomas Newton, USAF, Pediatrician, 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany listens to four year old Marissa Taylor's heartbeat as part of her Well-Baby checkup

Captain Thomas Newton, USAF, Pediatrician, 86th Medical Group, Ramstei...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Maria... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Andre Newsome, (rear), USAF, and SSGT Nigel Ellis, USAF, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, perform Preventive Maintenance Inspections (PMI) on a transportable Airport Surveillance Radar. They perform PMIs on a regular basis, to ensure the readiness capabilities of their equipment

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Andre Newsome, (rear), USAF, and SSGT Nigel Elli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Edwar... More

[ENDURING FREEDOM - Germany] - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

[ENDURING FREEDOM - Germany] - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: ... More