040923-N-1294H-002 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 23, 2004) – An Air Force C-5B Galaxy arrives at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, prior to the 2004 NAS Air Show. The Galaxy is scheduled to be one of the static displays performing. The C-5 Galaxy is a heavy logistics military transport aircraft designed to provide world-wide massive strategic airlift. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Danielle L. Hertlein (RELEASED)
040915-N-9376H-001 Arabian Sea (Sept. 15, 2004) – The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 963) fires its 5” 54 gun during a three-day exercise in the Central Arabian Gulf. The joint exercise included USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Sirocco (PC 6), USCGC Baranof (WPB 1318) and air assets from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17. The Spruance is on a scheduled deployment in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The Big Dipper constellation and the aurora borealis, or northern lights, shine above a static A-10 Thunderbolt ll here Sept. 18. The lights are the result of solar particles colliding with gases in Earth's atmosphere.
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- A C-130 Hercules from the 1st Special Operations Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, also at Kadena. The refueling squadron's aircrews support peacetime operations and all levels of conflict in the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
