Stock photos, 360° images, vectors and videos
Filters
Quick filters:
Page 1 of 457
RM2GN66D1–Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi on the runway at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after participating in a combined counter-unmanned aerial systems training operation with Royal Saudi aircraft, July 29, 2021. The event was part of an ongoing series of integration missions between U.S. Air Force Central and partner nations to ensure the security and stability of regional airspace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Samuel Earick)
RMMY3HJ6–A U.S. Army Paratrooper, assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepares to land after exiting a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft, during airborne operation at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy May 22, 2018, May 22, 2018. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Davide Dalla Massara). ()
RMKNTXC9–Casa Grande, Arizona - One of 256 satellite calibration markers placed in the Arizona desert by the U.S. Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency
RM2M6XPBP–Members of the U.S. Air Force Central Command Band perform during the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing change of command ceremony at Prince Sultan Air Base, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 9, 2022. During the ceremony Brig. Gen. Robert Davis relinquished command to Brig. Gen. William Betts. The tradition of change of command ceremonies are so that the unit can witness their new leader assume the responsibility and trust associated with the position of commander.
RM2D03644–Mike Hostage (L), commander of the U.S. Air Force Central Command, Southwest Asia, and Colonel James Jacobson take part in the change of command ceremony at the U.S. transit center at Manas airport near Bishkek June 14, 2011. Sones relinquished command of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing to Jacobson on Tuesday. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
RMRJRKYY–Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (1899 - 1954); United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. In 1946, he was briefly the U.S. Chief of Military Intelligence. Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (1899 - 1954); United States Air Force general.
RMEG2A01–U.S. Air Force Central Command’s band, Hypersonic, performs for members of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing May 3, 2014, in Southwest Asia. The band spent four days touring the region, performing for deployed troops to boost morale and reaching out to host nation communities. The band is deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan. Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock
RM2GG01HD–A Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) provides assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz).
RM2E09F06–Persian Gulf, United States. 30th Dec, 2020. A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling December 30, 2020 over the Persian Gulf. The bomber is the third such show of force mission as a message to Iran. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RF2GF4F4J–A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command shows his video camera to children awaiting evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2021. The U.S. is assisting the Department of State with a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Melissa Marnell)
RM2NM1PND–A U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command 20.2, has his blood drawn during tactical Emergency Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion training in Kuwait, Aug. 18, 2020.
RMMKRWPH–Brigadier Gen. Helen S. Pratt, the 4th Marine Logistics Group commander, greets Colombian Lt. Col. Erick Del Rio, the deputy commander of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, during her visit to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 6, 2018, May 6, 2018. The SPMAGTF is preparing to deploy to Central and South America in June to conduct tailored training and engineering projects alongside security forces in these regions, and will be on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the event of an emergency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Fran
RM2A5YWP8–Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1899 – 1954). Air Force general, Chief of Staff, and second Director of Central Intelligence. During World War II, Vandenberg was the commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, a tactical air force in England and in France, supporting the Army, from August 1944 until V-E Day. Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central coast of California is named for General Vandenberg. In 1946, he was briefly the U.S. Chief of Military Intelligence.
RMEBBPRJ–U.S. Naval Central Command Area of Responsibility-(March 3, 2007) An MH-60S Knighthawk from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron
RMW89YKK–Comedian Robin Williams visits with Commanding General of Combined Task Force 101 U.S. Army Lt. Gen. John F. Campbell after the USO Holiday Tour show at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Dec.15, 2010. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Navy, and his wife Deborah are hosting the holiday tour featuring Williams and comedians Lewis Black and Kathleen Madigan, Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and country musicians Kix Brooks and Bob Dipiero touring the Central Command area of responsibility.
RM2B01CHF–Vietnam: US infantry attacking from a Huey UH-1D helicopter during Operation Attleboro, Central Highlands, 1966. The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations.
RM2GG2YBM–Kabul, Afghanistan. 28th Aug, 2021. Marines assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command provide security at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2021. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. Photo by 1st Lt. Mark Andries/USMC/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2GGCE4R–Naval Air Station Sigonella Command Master Chief Anna Wood carries an Afghanistan evacuee off a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster lll at Naval Air Station Sigonella, August 22, 2021. NAS Sigonella is currently supporting the Department of Defense mission to facilitate the safe departure and relocation of US citizens, Special Immigration Visa recipients, and vulnerable Afghan populations from Afghanistan. NAS Sigonella's strategic location enables U.S, allied, and partner nation forces to deploy and respond as required to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Central Comma
RMM7HDY5–A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan receives fuel over Afghanistan from a KC-10 Extender, March 9, 2018. The F-16 is part of the Air component arsenal for the U.S. Air Force Central Command providing integrated air defense and deterrent capabilities in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)
RMP56RXG–Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command stand at attention awaiting orders from the commander of troops during the unit's opening ceremony aboard Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, June 11, 2018, June 11, 2018. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC will conduct security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside partner nation military forces in Central and South America during their deployment. The unit is also on standby to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the event of a hurricane or other emergency in the region. (U.S. Marin
RMKNTXC8–Casa Grande, Arizona - One of 256 satellite calibration markers placed in the Arizona desert by the U.S. Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency
RM2M6XPBB–Members of the U.S. Air Force Central Command Band perform during the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing change of command ceremony at Prince Sultan Air Base, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 9, 2022. During the ceremony Brig. Gen. Robert Davis relinquished command to Brig. Gen. William Betts. The tradition of change of command ceremonies are so that the unit can witness their new leader assume the responsibility and trust associated with the position of commander.
RM2D010BW–Mike Hostage (L), commander of the U.S. Air Force Central Command, Southwest Asia, Colonel Dwight C. Sones (C) and Colonel James Jacobson stand during the change of command ceremony at the U.S. transit center at Manas airport near Bishkek June 14, 2011. Sones relinquished command of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing to Jacobson on Tuesday. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
RMF7NP7Y–Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1899 – 1954). Air Force general, Chief of Staff, and second Director of Central Intelligence. During World War II, Vandenberg was the commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, a tactical air force in England and in France, supporting the Army, from August 1944 until V-E Day. Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central coast of California is named for General Vandenberg. In 1946, he was briefly the U.S. Chief of Military Intelligence.
RMFFH2E0–U.S. Army Maj. Heather Delaney watches as U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Bradley Lloyd inserts a syringe into a central line trainer during a week-long training course at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Texas. Lloyd is part of a 30-member team established by the Secretary of Defense to respond to any potential Ebola outbreak in the United States
RM2GG01KT–A Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) lifts an evacuee during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz).
RM2E09F03–Persian Gulf, United States. 30th Dec, 2020. A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling December 30, 2020 over the Persian Gulf. The bomber is the third such show of force mission as a message to Iran. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RF2GF4F4H–A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command hands a helmet to a child awaiting evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2021. The U.S. is assisting the Department of State with a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Melissa Marnellvia American PhotoArchive/Alamy)
RM2HX5YK2–U.S. Navy Carrier Task Force Heads For Big Japanese Base -- A bomb slung beneath its fuselage, a U.S. Navy dive-bomber flies above units of a U.S. Navy task force steaming through the Central Pacific toward Palau, strategic Japanese base in the Caroline Islands. Two aircraft carriers (lower left and upper (left) and a battleship (upper right) can be seen while white wakes mark other units of the force. During a recent three-day air and sea attack on enemy strongholds in the Western Carolines,
RMG69W6W–British pilot Flt Lt Paul Francis checks his watch as he sits beside the wing of his Harrier GR7, armed with a Maverick missile, at a base in Kuwait. U.S. Central Command said on Saturday there would be no 'pause' in military operations to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
RM2AJT52G–Pope Army Airfield, NC, USA. 5th Jan, 2020. Jan. 5, 2020 - POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C., USA - An Atlas Air contract carrier is loaded for U.S. Army paratroopers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, who continue their deployment from Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. The 'All American Division' Immediate Response Force (IRF), based at Fort Bragg, N.C., mobilized for deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in response to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities in the area. TodayÃs deployment follows the Jan. 1 deployment of a divis
RM2B14EYF–Senior Airman Alexis Garrido, a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, removes paint from an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 16, 2017. Maintainers work day and night during extreme heat and freezing weather ensuring “Ops never stops.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
RM2EWKJPN–U. S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, fire a
RMW89TAN–The USS Nashville (LPD 13) rides at anchor just off the coastline of Beirut, Lebanon, on July 21, 2006. At the request of the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the United States Central Command and elements of Task Force 59 are assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon. The Nashville is an amphibious transport which is used to carry and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft, amphibious vehicles, helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft.
RMCWC4HY–General Tommy Franks Commander of U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan chats with U.S. Air Force troops deployed to Moron Air
RM2GEW2AG–Kabul, Afghanistan. 21st Aug, 2021. U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2021. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. Photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/USMC/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2A9P10X–7/8/1980 - GEN John W. Pauly, commander in chief, U.S. Air Force Europe, makes a last visit to Tempelhof Central Airport. COL Vernon L. Frye escorts the general.
RMM7HDY1–A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan detaches after receiving fuel over Afghanistan from a KC-10 Extender, March 9, 2018. The F-16 is part of the Air component arsenal for the U.S. Air Force Central Command providing integrated air defense and deterrent capabilities in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)
RMP56TNA–A multinational color guard comprised of Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command and a Honduran Army soldier present colors during an opening ceremony on Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, to mark the beginning of SPMAGTF-SC deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean, June 11, 2018, June 11, 2018. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC will conduct security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside partner nation military forces in Central and South America during their deployment. The unit is also on standby to provide humanitarian assistance an
RMG429HD–Tapa, Estonia. 17th June, 2016. Finnish defence force soldiers take part in the Saber Strike military exercise at Central Firing Field of Estonian Defence forces in Tapa, Estonia, on June 17, 2016. Saber Strike is an annual U.S.-led exercise of land and air forces. Credit: Sergei Stepanov/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2M6XPA6–U.S. Airmen assigned to 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, listen and sing-along to the U.S. Air Force Central Command Band during a performance prior to the 378th AEW change of command ceremony at Prince Sultan Air Base, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 9, 2022. During the ceremony Brig. Gen. Robert Davis relinquished command to Brig. Gen. William Betts. The tradition of change of command ceremonies are so that the unit can witness their new leader assume the responsibility and trust associated with the position of commander.
RM2D2J90T–Mike Hostage (L), Commander, U.S. Air Force Central Command, Southwest Asia, and Colonel Dwight C. Sones take part in the handover of command ceremony over the unit at the U.S. transit center at Manas airport near Bishkek, June 15, 2010. Colonel Blaine Holt relinquished command of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing to Colonel Dwight C. Sones. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2M5AH7A–TSgt Corey Sokoloski, a member of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron’s S5 section repositions Jersey barriers at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Feb. 16, 2022. The S5 section executes checks of physical security and resource protection to include Jersey barriers, Concertina wire and T-Walls to restrict unauthorized access. (U.S. Air Force photos by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright)
RMF6B051–U.S. Marines and U.S. Army soldiers attach a cargo load to an MV-22 with a single point hook during External Cargo Lift Training conducted by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-165 (VMM-165), Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, June 5, 2015. The SPMAGTF’s organic MV-22 squadron, paired with its KC-130 refueling capabilities, allow it to respond to contingencies as a fully capable crisis response unit across the USCENTCOM Area of Operations.
RM2GG01HH–A Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) calms a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz).
RM2E09EYX–Persian Gulf, United States. 30th Dec, 2020. A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling December 30, 2020 over the Persian Gulf. The bomber is the third such show of force mission as a message to Iran. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RF2GF4F4F–A U.S. Marine assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command hands a helmet to a child awaiting evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2021. The U.S. is assisting the Department of State with a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Melissa Marnellvia American PhotoArchive/Alamy)
RM2HX6382–American Wings Over Haha Jima With the target area rising out Of the sea before them, two Liberator bombers of the Seventh U.S. Army Air Force spread their wings menacingly over Japanese-held Haha Jima in the Bonin Island. Operating from bases in the Marianas Islands, American planes have been regularly pounding Japanese installations in the Bonins and near-by Volcano Islands, both in the central Pacific, as the Allies move closer and closer to the Japanese homeland. January 19, 1945. (Photo by
RM2GEWRY3–An Afghan child sleeps on the cargo floor of a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, kept warm by the uniform of the C-17 loadmaster, during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2021. Operating a fleet of Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Active Duty C-17s, Air Mobility Command, in support of the Department of Defense, moved forces into theater to facilitate the safe departure and relocation of U.S. citizens, Special Immigration Visa recipients, and vulnerable Afghan populations from Afghanistan. Credit: United States Air Force via CNP /MediaPunch
RM2B14P03–A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron, takes off Nov. 21, 2017, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The launch was used in support of a new offensive campaign. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) launched a series of ongoing attacks to hit Taliban revenue streams. Together, Afghan and U.S. forces conducted combined operations to strike drug labs and command-and-control nodes in northern Helmand province. These types of strikes represent the highest level of trust and cooperation between ANDSF and
RM2GH1CAC–1 CTCS, 340 EARS, 763rd ERS, AFCENT, U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint, Air, Force, RC-135, Rivet, Joint,
RMW89TAH–U.S. Navy sailors assist two young American citizens as they arrive on the flight deck of the USS Trenton (LPD 14) as the ship operates off the coast of Lebanon on July 21, 2006. At the request of the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the United States Central Command and elements of Task Force 59 are assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon. The Trenton is an amphibious transport which is used to carry and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft, amphibious vehicles, helicop
RM2GGCFJH–Naval Air Station Sigonella Command Master Chief Anna Wood carries an Afghanistan evacuee off a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster lll at Naval Air Station Sigonella, August 22, 2021. NAS Sigonella is currently supporting the Department of Defense mission to facilitate the safe departure and relocation of US citizens, Special Immigration Visa recipients, and vulnerable Afghan populations from Afghanistan. NAS Sigonellas strategic location enables U.S, allied, and partner nation forces to deploy and respond as required to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Central Comma
RM2GG2YBK–Kabul, Afghanistan. 28th Aug, 2021. A Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) gives a high five to a child at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. Photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/USMC/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RMR59YHD–7/8/1980 - GEN John W. Pauly, commander in chief, U.S. Air Force Europe, makes a last visit to Tempelhof Central Airport. COL Vernon L. Frye escorts the general.
RMP7M983–U.S. Airmen assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, return home from an overseas deployment July 5, 2018 at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo. The Airmen were supporting the unit’s C-130 Hercules airlift mission in the U.S. Air Force Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Michael Crane)
RMMXRXXA–Airman 1st Class Ryan Hobbs, 380th KC-10 crew chief, lowers a lift to the ground after completing an I and E or Intake and Exhaust inspection on Engine 2 of a KC-10 aircraft, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 29th, 2018, May 29, 2018. During an inspection Hobbs checks general hardware, the engine, and fan blades for any visible damage.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley). ()
RMG429HB–Tapa, Estonia. 17th June, 2016. U.S. army and Estonian defence force soldiers take part in Saber Strike military exercise at Central Firing Field of Estonian Defence forces in Tapa, Estonia, on June 17, 2016. Saber Strike is an annual U.S.-led exercise of land and air forces. Credit: Sergei Stepanov/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2GKEEF3–A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fly over the U.S. Air Force Central Command area of responsibility during a mission supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, March 30, 2021. The F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft is a compact, multirole fighter aircraft that delivers airpower to the U.S. CENTCOM AOR. CJTF-OIR enables its partners to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS in designated areas of Iraq and Syria and sets conditions for follow-on operations to increase regional stability
RM2D31R48–Mike Hostage (L), Commander, U.S. Air Force Central Command, Southwest Asia, and Colonel Blaine Holt take part in the handover of command ceremony over the unit at the U.S. transit center at Manas airport near Bishkek, June 15, 2010. Colonel Blaine Holt relinquished command of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing to Colonel Dwight C. Sones. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2M5AH75–TSgt Corey Sokoloski, a member of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron’s S5 section repositions Jersey barriers at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Feb. 16, 2022. The S5 section executes checks of physical security and resource protection to include Jersey barriers, Concertina wire and T-Walls to restrict unauthorized access. (U.S. Air Force photos by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright)
RMDGGPGR–Staff Sgt. Paul Wells of the U.S. Air Forces Central Band and the Blue Yonders musical director, plays guitar during the band's
RM2GG01M0–A Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) gives a high five to a child at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz).
RM2E09F04–Persian Gulf, United States. 30th Dec, 2020. A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft from the 5th Bomb Wing, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling December 30, 2020 over the Persian Gulf. The bomber is the third such show of force mission as a message to Iran. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RF2GF4F0J–U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 21. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancillavia American PhotoArchive/Alamy)
RFRKDDRD–U.S. Air Force Capts. Andrea Delosreyes, Trent Parker and Airman 1st Class Kevin Haggith, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, KC-135 Stratotan
RM2AJT5AK–Pope Army Airfield, NC, USA. 5th Jan, 2020. Jan. 5, 2020 - POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C., USA - U.S. Army paratroopers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, continue their deployment from Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. The 'All American Division'' Immediate Response Force (IRF), based at Fort Bragg, N.C., mobilized for deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in response to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities in the area. Today's deployment follows the Jan. 1 deployment of a division infantry battalion; the Jan. 2 U.S. drone
RFE8MKBD–April 25, 2014 - A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor flies after being in-air refueled over the U.S. Central Command Area of responsibi
RM2B14GK6–UNDISCLOSED LOCATION - Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks with Marines and Sailors of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command while in the Middle East Dec. 21, 2017. Neller spoke about his priorities for 2018, leadership, readiness, and the future of the Marine Corps. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a self-sustaining expeditionary unit, designed to provide a range of crisis response capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt. Phillip Elgie)
RM2EWKJPD–A U. S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, F-15C Eagles, F-15E Strike Eagles, and Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SAs fly over Saudi Arabia while participating
RMW89TB6–A U.S. Navy sailor carries a sleeping child in a stroller from a landing craft utility boat to the USS Trenton (LPD 14) as the ship operates off the coast of Lebanon on July 21, 2006. At the request of the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the United States Central Command and elements of Task Force 59 are assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon. The Trenton is an amphibious transport which is used to carry and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft, amphibious vehicles, he
RM2B01BBX–Indochina: Map of French Indochina showing Tonkin, Annam and Cochinchina (all part of Vietnam) as well as Laos and Cambodia, but excluding Guangzhouwan in China. Map by U.S. Air Force, 20th century. French Indochina (French: Indochine française; Vietnamese: Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, frequently abbreviated to Đông Pháp) was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin (North), Annam (Central), and Cochinchina (South), as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887. Laos was added in 1893 and Guangzhouwan (Kouang-Tchéou-Wan) in 1900.
RM2GG2YC6–Kabul, Afghanistan. 28th Aug, 2021. A Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) lifts an evacuee during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with an orderly drawdown of designated personnel in Afghanistan. Photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/USMC/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RF2AA0HP5–An F-15E Strike Eagle conducts aerial refueling with a KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, July 2, 2019, within U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. The fighter aircraft performs air-to-air and air-to-ground missions using the pilot to detect, target and engage aerial threats and a weapons system officer to designate ground targets. The F-15 is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority over the battlefield.
RMP7M985–U.S. Airmen assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, return home from an overseas deployment July 5, 2018 at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo. The Airmen were supporting the unit’s C-130 Hercules airlift mission in the U.S. Air Force Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Michael Crane)
RMMXRY0T–Airman 1st Class Ryan Hobbs, 380th KC-10 crew chief, after completing an intake and exhaust inspection on engine 2 of a KC-10 aircraft, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 29, 2018, May 29, 2018. As a crew chief Hobbs conducts inspections and repairs KC-10 engines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley). ()
RMG429HC–Tapa, Estonia. 17th June, 2016. Estonian defence force scout regiment soldiers take part in Saber Strike military exercise at Central Firing Field of Estonian Defence forces in Tapa, Estonia, on June 17, 2016. Saber Strike is an annual U.S.-led exercise of land and air forces. Credit: Sergei Stepanov/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2GKF431–A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flies over the U.S. Air Force Central Command area of responsibility at sunrise during a mission supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, April 5, 2021. The F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft is a compact, multirole fighter aircraft that delivers airpower to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. CJTF-OIR enables its partners to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS in designated areas of Iraq and Syria and sets conditions for follow-on operations to increase regional stability
RM2D18PXT–Mike Hostage (L), Commander, U.S. Air Force Central Command, Southwest Asia, and Colonel Blaine Holt take part in the handover of command ceremony over the unit at the U.S. transit center at Manas airport near Bishkek, June 15, 2010. Colonel Blaine Holt relinquished command of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing to Colonel Dwight C. Sones. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov (KYRGYZSTAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2M5AH79–TSgt Corey Sokoloski, a member of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron’s S5 section repositions Jersey barriers at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Feb. 16, 2022. The S5 section executes checks of physical security and resource protection to include Jersey barriers, Concertina wire and T-Walls to restrict unauthorized access. (U.S. Air Force photos by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright)
RME80XGJ–A formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet aircraft leaves after receiving fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft
RM2GG01M2–A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, assists with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla)
RM2E09F05–Persian Gulf, United States. 30th Dec, 2020. A U.S. Air Force A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling December 30, 2020 over the Persian Gulf. The fighter is an escort for B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers during a show of force mission as a message to Iran. Credit: Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RF2GF4F0F–U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 21. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancillavia American PhotoArchive/Alamy)
RM2A9EJ3E–Airmen unload Tian Tian from a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Tempelhof Central Airport. The U.S. Air Force delivered the panda bears Bao Bao and Tian Tian to West Berlin from China.
RM2AJT4R5–Pope Army Airfield, NC, USA. 5th Jan, 2020. Jan. 5, 2020 - POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C., USA - U.S. Army paratroopers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, continue their deployment from Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. The 'All American Division'' Immediate Response Force (IRF), based at Fort Bragg, N.C., mobilized for deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in response to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities in the area. Today's deployment follows the Jan. 1 deployment of a division infantry battalion; the Jan. 2 U.S. drone
