In Afghanistan, 1988, a Mujahideen fighter aims an FIM-92 Stinger missile at passing aircraft, armed through the CIA's "Operation Cyclone" program. [720x480]
A US Marine Corps (USMC) FIM-92 Avenger, Pedestal Mounted Stinger Missile System mounted on a M1097 High-Mobility Multi Purposed Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) assigned to 1ST Stinger Battery, 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), during a live fire exercise at Camp Casey, Okinawa, Japan
A U.S. Marines with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fires a simulated FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile air defense exercise as part as Balikatan 23, at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui, Philippines, April 17, 2023. Balikatan 23 is the 38th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military. The exercise includes three weeks of training focused on amphibious operations, command and control, humanitarian assistance, urban operations and counterterrorism skills throughout northern and western Luzon. Coastal defense training figures prominently in the Balikatan 23 training schedule.