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U.S. Army Col. Ken Rosado, the chief of the Joint Operations

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A security policeman from the 2nd Bombardment Wing is given a shot as he passes through a mobility line during an operational readiness inspection by the Strategic Air Command Inspector General Team. Members of the wing are deploying to a forward operating base near Yuma, Arizona

A member of the 2nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron inspects general purose bombs on a bomb rack before they are loaded on the wing of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft during an operational readiness inspection by the Strategic Air Command Inspector General Team

An aircrew member from the 2nd Bombardment Wing, wearing full chemical-biological warfare gear, takes his position in a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft during an operational readiness inspection by the Strategic Air Command Inspector General Team

US Air Force (USAF) Crew Chiefs of the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), launch their B-52H Stratofortress bombers in Minimal Interval Takeoffs (MITO's) during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

US Air Force (USAF) Crew Chiefs of the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), launch their B-52H bombers in Minimal Interval Takeoffs (MITO's) during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

Members of a Strategic Air Command inspector general team arrive on base after debarking from a Boeing 737 aircraft

Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Don Ave, 2nd Bombardment Wing weapons systems controller, notes the progress of weapons system maintenance in the Aircraft Readiness Center during an operational readiness inspection being conducted by the Strategic Air Command Inspector General Team

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron (RQS), checks off equipment items at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), in preparation for a temporary duty deployment to aid in Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts along the Gulf Coast

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Moses Johnson (foreground), 35th Operation Support Squadron (OSS) and MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Craig Westphal 13th Fighter Squadron (FS) check their mobility folders during a pre-deployment briefing in support of Beverly Sunrise a yearly base exercise held at Misawa Air Base, Japan to test the wings ability to successfully deploy in support of contingencies

Air and ground support personnel from the 2nd Bombardment Wing take care of paperwork as they pass through a mobility line during an operational readiness inspection by the Strategic Air Command Inspector General Team. Members of the wing are deploying to a forward operating base near Yuma, Arizona

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Base: Barksdale Air Force Base

State: Louisiana (LA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Phil Schmitten

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label_outline Explore Strategic Air Command Inspector General Team, Mobility Line, Ssgt Phil Schmitten

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Paratroopers from D Battery, 319th Field Artillery, land at the drop zone during NATO Exercise ARDENT GROUND '87. Members of the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force from Belgium, the Netherlands, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and the United States are participating in the live artillery/air exercise being staged on Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire

After the opposing forces attacked and damaged the camp runway, the Rapid Runway Repair team from the 90th CES, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., went to work filling in the craters using dump trucks and road graders and then began assembling the AM2 runway repair mats. They are participating in Exercise Condor Contest, part of a Space Command Operational Readiness Inspection which deployed 155 members of the 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. to Camp Guernsey Army National Guard Base, Wyo

A Cardwell-500 drilling rig mast is lifted onto a support structure atop a 40-K-loader in preparation for loading onto a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite h

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

An air to air right underside view of a T-46 aircraft

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SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Patty Dupree, a volunteer from the 90th MXS during the search and recoveries exercise, into an emergency medical unit after she arrived by helicopter. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

A large crane operated by a civilian contractor is being used to remove the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System Antenna from atop the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) tower at Altus AFB, Oklahoma. The 97th Communication Squadron is replacing the ARS pedestal and antenna on top of its tower

Members of the 2179th Information Systems Group monitor activities from the job control section

Airmen assist LTC Bob Crowder, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, put on his high-pressure suit. LTC Crowder will fly an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft which will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

AIRMAN 1ST Class Chris Huxtable of the 44th Organizational Missile Maintenance Squadron maneuvers a guidance canister into position to be lowered into a missile silo. The missile is being serviced during Strategic Air Command exercise Global Shield '83

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