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Admiral (ADM) Thomas Fargo, USN, Commander Pacific Fleet, watches as Lieutenant (LT) Shane Osborn, USN, Commander of the USN EP-3 Aries II aircraft involved in the March 31st accident with a Chinese F-8 aircraft, prepares to address the crowd, as he is welcomed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The crew arrived at Hickam AFB, HI from Anderson AB, Guam on board an USAF C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, as part of Operation VALIANT RETURN. The EP-3 crew members were detained in China for 17 days prior to being released

A US Air Force (USAF) Crew CHIEF guards his B-2 Spirit stealth bomber under the light of a full-moon while on the Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), tarmac

A right side view of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter towing a lightweight magnetic sweep during mine contermeasures operations. The helicopter is assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). Note: Second view in a series of six

Russian Federation Navy Captain (CAPT) Andrey Shuvalov speaks with US Navy (USN) Officers, during his visit to the bridge of the USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS COWPENS (CG 63), during the opening phases of a joint US-Russian Naval Exercise. A Russian Federation Navy vessel made the first visit to the US Territory of Guam in order to participate in a joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise

A CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter drops equipment onto the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) as the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit redeploys from Beirut at the conclusion of a multinational peacekeeping operation

The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is measured by US Navy Lieutenant Joyce Siler as the infant's grandmother keeps an eye on the procedure. The 8 lb. 13 oz. girl was named Helan, which means "leaving" in arabic. Helan will avoid the immigration processing required for the other Kurdish evacuees of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN currently being housed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies...

Marines run on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9). The GUAM is sailing in formation with other ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) task force. An AH-1W Sea Cobra is one of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) helicopters staged on the flight deck of the GUAM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Mark A. Muna, from Mangilao, Guam, an Aeromedical Technician, with the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, explains the mission and capabilities of the C-9 Nightingale Aeromedical aircraft to a visitor at the African Aerospace Defense Exhibition and Air Show at Air Force Base (AFB) Waterkloof, South Africa

Colonel J. P. Faulkner, commanding officer of the 22nd MAU, congratulates Aviation Boastwain's Mate Fuels 3rd Class (ABF3) J. Deshaies as the Navy runner with the most Olympic spirit during the Guam's "Run Across the Atlantic". The trans-Alantic marathon began April 20th in Rota, Spain, and ended May 1st inside the 3-mile limit near Morehead City, North Carolina

A worker uses an electric arc welder on the fuselage of a B-52D aircraft, one of three that are being scrapped in accordance with the SALT II treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union

A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) entering the roadstead upon returning from sea following the passage of Hurricane Felix out of the area. The Spruance-class destroyers USS DEYO (DD-989), USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) and USS JOHN ROGERS (DD-983) are following behind the GUAM

US Air Force (USAF) Weapons Loaders assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), make final inspections on Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missiles, after loading them into the weapons bay of a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM