12 September 2013

Military Encryption Devices

http://research.archives.gov/description/6411647

Soldiers operate AN/URC-103/V radios, left, and an RF 7401 remote control console in the Edingen Transceiver Station operations room. Also shown is the KL-42 message encryption device, 03/24/1986

KL-42 description: http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usmc/2250_1.htm

http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usmc/2250_1.htm

http://research.archives.gov/description/6661293

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Lontoc, Ground Radio Journeyman, 35th Communications Squadron (CS), Misawa Air Base (AB), Tohoku Region, Japan (JPN), installs an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) chip onto an XTS-5000 Motorola hand held radio, 03/12/2004

http://research.archives.gov/description/6630251

US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Daniel Ratzel (left) and USAFR Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Robert Fisher (right), both assigned to the 910th Communications Flight, observe US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) James Matthews, 31Communications Squadron, as he performs a diagnostic check on KG-194 trunk encryption equipment. Both SRA Ratzel and TSGT Fisher are deployed at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, for their two-week annual tour, 08/13/2002

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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeffery Hartman (left) teaches USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Travis Hoisington (center) and USAF A1C Edward Perez, Ground Radio Technicians, 52nd Communications Squadron (CS), how to load type 2 digital encryption codes into the Land Mobil Base Station. The Airmen are preparing for the 52nd Fighter Wing (FW) exercise Harley Saber at Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), 04/19/2004

http://research.archives.gov/description/6663517

During Combined Endeavor 2004, (left to right) Italian Contractor Guseppi Carucci, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jason Bryant, Italian Warrant Officer 3 (WO3) Sandro Venazangeli and Bulgarian Captain (CPT) Stanislav Stoychev work on encrypted certificates and signature blocks for secure e-mail at Combined Endeavor, Camp Sarafovo, Bulgaria (BGR), 05/16/2004

http://research.archives.gov/description/6472193

A close-up view of the airborne launch control system aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. The system decodes launch instructions from an encrypted tape and after two missile launch officers turn separate keys, it transmits a launch message to a Minuteman III missile housed in a silo, 03/22/1991

http://research.archives.gov/description/6518558

US Navy Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 3rd Class Melissa Shirk, shown loading cryptographic code into an EA-6B Prowler aircraft, is a Cryptologic Analyst on board the US Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) where she collects and analyzes different types of encrypted signals. Commanded by Captain Larry Baucom (not shown), Carl Vinson is currently deployed to the Persian Gulf enforcing the extended "No Fly Zone" over Iraq in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 09/11/1996