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Members of the 314th Civil Engineering Squadron wear proximity suits while taking part in a firefighting drill during Operation Desert Shield

Flight deck crewmen lean on a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck parked beside a Strike Fighter Squadron 113 (VFA-113) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The INDEPENDENCE is in the gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield

Firefighters assigned to the US Air Force (USAF) 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), in full Joint Firefighters Integrated Response Ensemble (JFIRE), prepare to extricate a crewmember from an aircraft during a simulated ground emergency at a forward-deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background stand two P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Firefighting Vehicles as part of the exercise

Fire protection specialists from the 354th Civil Engineering Squadron extinguish a fire during a training exercise. They are wearing proximity suits

Two crash and rescue crew members man a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck as flight operations are conducted aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) during Operation Desert Shield

Members of a firefighting team conduct a simulated rescue operation during an 833rd Civil Engineering Squadron exercise

On the flight line at the 193rd SOW, a member of the 193rd Civil Engineering Fire/Crash Rescue Personnel kneals in preperation for extinguishing an aircraft fire during the Ability To Survive and Operate (ATSO) excercise

US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 341st Space Wing (SW), provide emergency medical treatment for a wounded pilot during a simulated helicopter crash, while participating in the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). A P-22 Structural Fire Fighting Vehicle is parked in the background

A member of the 459th Civil Engineering Squadron wears a proxmity suit while setting old aircraft parts on fire during Exercise PATRIOT PEACH '86. The fire will be extinguished during a fire department training drill

Members of the 314th Civil Engineering Squadron and the 375th Civil Engineering Squadron wear proximity suits while taking part in a firefighting drill during Operation Desert Shield. A P-19 aircraft firefighting and rescue truck is parked in the background

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Thomas Witham

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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23/01/1991
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label_outline Explore P 19 Aircraft, Ph 2 Thomas Witham, Rescue Truck

A member of the 169th Civil Engineering Squadron, McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina, uses a drill press

Three power production specialists from the 355th AEG (Air Expeditionary Group) Civil Engineers Squadron perform operational checks on an MEP-12, 750 kilowatt mobile power plant at Masirah Air Base, Oman, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

SENIOR AIRMAN Toby Scott, a firefighter with the 305th Civil Engineering Squadron, uses the Hurst Cutter to pry open the door of a car in order to extract victims of a simulated vehicle accident

Members of a crash/fire rescue squad move a patient away from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter following a simulated helicopter crash. The squad members are wearing proximity suits

Flight deck crewmen walk in front of a P-16 shipboard firefighting and rescue truck as a catapult crew prepares to launch a Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the aircraft lands on the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

Marine Lance Cpl. Hans Hetrick, an Atlanta native,

Members of the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron pest management

At Istres Air Base, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Douglas, USAF, cuts the frame of a metal cage door as part of a project to expand a storage area at the Air Force detachment on the French air base. SSGT Douglas deployed with three others from the 3rd Civil Engineers, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, 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 member to help maintain a capable military force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. No timetable for the duration of Operation JOINT FORGE has been determined. The mission will be assessed...

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (AIC) Joseph Gibbon, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) / Refrigeration Technician, 438th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Flight (ECEF), uses a cordless power drill to install the backing plate of an air conditioning control unit, while deployed at a forward location supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Evening suit, 19th century costume

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Barry Lewis, with the 193rd Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Air National Guard (ANG), Harrisburg International Airport, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, digs a water line during the construction of a recycling center at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Marcela Trice, 31st Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) peers to her down range target through her Geodimeter Total Station Surveying instrument, while surveying an area for a road traffic circle project at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy

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