DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- A B-1B from the 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron here releases a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile over the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The 7th Bomb Wing here became the first unit to achieve initial operational capability of the JASSM cruise missile Aug. 18, which means the missile is able to be used in combat operations. (U.S. Air Force photo)
050822-N-0555B-075 Pacific Ocean (Aug. 22, 2005) - Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Joseph Heck of Norwich, Conn., moves general-purpose bombs into a weapons magazine aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during an ordnance on load. Reagan is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, conducting routine carrier operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Christopher D. Blachly (RELEASED)
050822-N-6264C-145 Sulu Sea (Aug. 22, 2005) – A combined U.S. Navy and Philippine Navy task group underway during the at-sea phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) in the Philippines. CARAT is an annual series of bilateral military training exercises with several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance the interoperability of the respective sea services. U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class William Contreras (RELEASED)
Technical experts are analyzing this chemical production equipment believed to be part of a clandestine operation. Officials state so far that evidence was insufficient on what was being produced at the facility found during a U.S.-led raid Aug. 9, 2005. Defense Dept. photo
