FINAL FLIGHT OF F-106-1 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/6/1977 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: c1977_00100s 1977_00138.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
FINAL FLIGHT OF F-106-1 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/6/1977 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
FINAL FLIGHT OF F-106-1 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/6/1977 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
FINAL FLIGHT OF F-106-1 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/6/1977 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Col. Robert Dunham, 514th Operations Group commander,
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Master Sgt. Kevin Shafer, 16th Aircraft Maintenance
Master Sgt. Kevin Shafer, 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief section chief, left, and Staff Sgt. Joshua Ohienmhen, 16 AMU Non-Commissioned Officer in charge, stand in front of an AC-130W Stinger II gunsh... More
Members of the 702nd Airlift Squadron hose US Air Force Colonel Samuel...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott H. Spitzer, USAF Civilian Rel... More
US Air Force Colonel Samuel F. Oglesby, Commander of the 702nd Airlift...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott H. Spitzer, USAF Civilian Release Status: Released to Publi... More
US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Jack B. Egginton acknowle...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Regina M. Baker Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More
Gassed up, Afghanistan - A fighter jet flying through the air with clo...
A KC-10 Extender refuels a B-1B Lancer, Aug. 11, over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. This was the KC-10 crew's final flight of their deployment before heading back to McGuire Air Force Ba... More
Final flight - Defense imagery management operations center
Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Jackson, of Electronic Attack Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CVWP), and Lt. Cmdr. Jared Bradel, of CVWP, board Electronic Attack Squadron 129's EA-6B Prowler 907 for the aircraft's final flight on ... More
US COAST GUARD Final Flight
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US COAST GUARD Final Flight
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The 388 Fighter Wing Commander, Col. Scott J. Zobrist,
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Chief Warrant Officer 5 Stephan A. Bourassa begins
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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christopher James, Company
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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christopher James, Company
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Lt. Col. Matthew T. Mowery, commanding officer of Marine
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Kathleen Fay sprays her husband Col. Tim Fay, 2nd Bomb
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Barksdale airmen salute Col. Tim Fay, 2nd Bomb Wing
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U.S. Air Force Col. Don Godier, 20th Fighter Wing vice
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Col. Don Godier, 20th Fighter Wing vice wing commander,
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz celebrates
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After the final flight of the CH-53D Sea Stallion,
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Col. James Dawkins Jr., 5th Bomb Wing commander, lands
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Final flight, US Navy Photogrpah
Cmdr. Robert Hawthorne, executive officer of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 14, and Cmdr. Gregory Roberts, commanding officer of HS-14, are sprayed down with water after landing at Naval Air Facility (... More
Army Col. Michael Huddleston, former commander of the
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Col. Vann Green final flight. Seymour Johnson Air Force base
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Colorado Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Trulan Eyre,
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MC-130E Combat Talon I's roll down the taxiway at Duke
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Col. Michael Gough, Marine Aircraft Group 13 commanding
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The OH-58 Kiowa made its final flight as a part of
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Final flight, US Navy Photogrpah
Capt. Ronald Reis is sprayed with water by his son and daughter in celebration of completing his final flight as the commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Reis fl... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin J. Robbins, 1st Fighter Wing
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Gen. Lorenz Fini Flight
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U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin E. Blanchard, 355th Fighter
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A C-130 aircraft receives a "water salute" after returning
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Lt. Col. Jonathan Lamar is ceremonially congratulated
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Chief Master Sgt. Tom Guard, a boom operator in the
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Lt. Col. Brent Weathers, the station director of operations
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Capt. Gregory Fenton final flight
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Capt. Gregory Fenton final flight
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150225-N-IS680-029 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 25, 2015)
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An F-18 Hornet flies in formation with three F-16 Fighting
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U.S. Air Force Col. Joe Santos, the 386th Expeditionary
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Col. Adrian Spain, U.S. Air Force Weapons School commandant,
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An OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopter flies under
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Members of the 7th Special Forces Group perform a High
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Col. James Thompson, 49th Wing vice commander gets
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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Scott Keller, 121st
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Hole, tanker detachment
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Colonel Anthony Bianca, commanding officer of Marine
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kathryn K. Bynum, a videographer
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Members of the 155th Operations Group splash Master
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U.S. Air Force Col. John York, 144th Operations Group
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Sgt. Maj. Richard Charron, sergeant major of Marine
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Maj. Gen. William T. Collins, commanding general of
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Brig. Gen. Bradley S. James speaks at a change of command
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Col. Sean Farrell, commander of the 1st Special Operations
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Lt. Col. Jay D. Miller, the 512th Airlift Control Flight
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President Barack Obama, the First Lady and their two
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Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, vice commander of Air Force
Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, vice commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, flies his final flight as an active duty member in an 8th Special Operations Squadron CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at Hurlburt ... More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. D. Todd Kelly (right) plans
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A C-130 Hercules takes off during Col. Neil Richardson’s,
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U.S. Air Force Col Gregg Hesterman, 121st Air Refueling
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100th ARW vice commander makes fini flight at RAF Mildenhall
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Colonel Steven Branche, commander of the 105th Operations
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Col. Charles Velino, 15th Operations Group commander,
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U.S. Air Force Col. Peter Fesler, 1st Fighter Wing
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U.S. Air Force Col. Peter Fesler (left), 1st Fighter
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A UH-60 Black Hawk, piloted by Chief Warrant Officer
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Col. William Swan returns from his final flight as
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Maj. Andrew "Dojo" Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot
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Rear Adm. Dave Callahan, Eighth Coast Guard District
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John Zimmerman, Aviation Development Directorate Aviation
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U.S. Army Maj. Michael Audette, assigned to the New
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A New Jersey Air National Guard F-16C Fighting Falcon
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U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Whitcomb
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179th AW Commander Col. James R. Camp waits onboard
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A UH-72 Lakota helicopter piloted by NewYork Army National
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Col. Jack “Jody” Richmond, 130th Operations Group commander,
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Fire trucks from the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer
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Col. Ty Neuman, 2nd Bomb Wing commander, is sprayed
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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Mark Angersbach, commanding
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Maj. Gen. Mark R. Wise, the commanding general for
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An LC-130 "Ski Bird" piloted by LtCol David Panzera,
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Senior Master Sgt. Darby Perrin, 456th Air Refueling
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Pawlikowski welcomed ‘home’ one final time
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Master Sgt. Dean DeGenaro’s walks away from the CH-47
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Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey "Monty" Beckel completes
Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey "Monty" Beckel completes his final flight Oct. 26, 2018, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Randall S. Burlingame)
Fini flight for departing Wing commander
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U.S. Navy fire truck from Station 14 at Wheeler Army
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Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ernest “Tommy” Barela, an AH-64
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91st Air Refueling Squadron members celebrate final flight
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Bianca Santos, 50th Air Refueling Squadron pilot (left), and 1st Lt. Kelsey Glover, a 91st Air Refueling Squadron pilot (right), pose with Staff Sgt. Jackie Brown, a 91st Air Refueling Sq... More
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Joseph Marino
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A UH-72 light utility helicopter carrying New York
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U.S. Air Force Colonel Jeff Smith, 173rd Fighter Wing
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U.S. Air Force Col. Paul D. Moga, 33rd Fighter Wing
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Col. Jason Hinds' friends and family, sprays champagne
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U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
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