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A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear as it takes off to participate in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear as it takes off to participate in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft pulls out of a hardened aircraft hangar prior to a retaliatory air strike against Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft pulls out of a hardened aircraft hangar prior to a retaliatory air strike against Libya

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft loaded with GBU-10 modular glide bombs taxis towards the end of the runway. The F-111F is participating in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

An armament supervisor gives the thunbs-up sign to the aircrew of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft as they prepare to take off for a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft loaded with Mark 82 500-pound general-purpose bombs lights its afterburners while taking off for a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

The aircrew of a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft completes a preflight check on their aircraft prior to a retaliatory air strike against Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

Two arming specialists account for all the safety pins that were removed from bombs loaded on a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft participating in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft retracts its landing gear as it takes off to participate in a retaliatory air strike on Libya. (SUBSTANDARD)

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Base: Raf Lakenheath

State: East Anglia

Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Woodward

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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14/04/1986
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