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Iraqi air force pilot from Iraqi air force 3rd Squadron

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 455th Expeditionary

Senior Airman Riley Tharpe, a tactical aircraft maintainer

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The aircraft, from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, is in-flight over Lake Mead

Aerospace control includes missions such as this U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon, carrying an Aim-9 Sidewinder missile, and Royal Jordanian Air Force F-1 Mirage flying over Iraq. These sorties are designed to gain control over an aerospace environment. Published in AIRMAN Magazine October 1996

An air-to-air left side view of an F-15C Eagle aircraft, an A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron aircraft are

Aircraft from various nations participating in Salitre

An air-to-air right underside view of a 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to Hahn Air Base, Germany. The aircraft is armed with Mark 84 2000-pound practice bombs and is en route to the Bardenas Reales Air-to-Ground Bombing Range in Northern Spain. The 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron is deployed to Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, for annual weapons training

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon fighter pilot known as "Air Base (AB) U" assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) begins to taxi out on a combat sortie from a forward-deployed location in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

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Three Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft pass over the desert while returning to the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) in the Red Sea after a strike on Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm. Each aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile; the aircraft in the foreground is also carrying an AGM-88 HARM high-speed anti-radiation missile on its outboard wing pylon

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, from the 101st Aviation Battalion, spotted at a desert encampment inside Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft is armed with 2.75-inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles

A US Army (USA) AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, from the 101st Aviation Battalion, spotted at a desert encampment inside Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The aircraft is armed with 2.75-inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinder, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles (wingtip), positions itself onto a refueling boom, near the Saudi Arabian, Iraqi border, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 68th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia prepares to take off from Azaraq Air Base, Jordan. The plane just arrived and was quick loaded with munitions for the sortie. The aircraft will be participating in the Air Power Expeditionary Force. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles (wingtips), deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, refuels near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho that just landed at Azaraq Air Base, Jordan is being "quick turned" by aircraft maintenance personnel and prepared for take-off and another mission. The plane will be participating in the Air Power Expeditionary Force. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq

From bottom, a Jordanian F-1; Mountain Home AFB F-16; Langley AFB F-16; Fairchild AFB KC-135; Moody AFB F-16; and a Jordanian F-5 fly over the countryside after a Joint Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training sortie

Two US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighters from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), carry Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) systems and are fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles on the wingtips, fly near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A 68th Fighter Squadron F-16 from Moody AFB, GA, leads two Royal Jordanian Air Force F-1 Mirages, one painted gray and the other a desert camouflage, on a training sortie over the desert in Jordan near the Iraqi border. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1996

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Country: Jordan (JOR)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Fernando Serna

Release Status: Released to Public

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A Pakistan Air Force Mirage III drops two 500 pound

An F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to Hill Air

A U.S Army AH-1S Cobra helicopter prepares to land while participating in operations with the Jordanian air force during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) Derek Walker (third from left, wearing desert camouflage), USACE Construction Representative, speaks with several Iraqi engineers, working with the USACE, about the progress of the Sumail Primary Health Clinic being built in Dahuk, Dahuk Province, Iraq (IRQ), by Iraqi contractors and sub-contractors as an US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) designed and managed C type clinic (the largest and most capable of all health clinics) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Troy Drasher assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea makes final adjustments on the TER-9A Triple Ejector Rack mounted under the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The rack is loaded with MK-82 500-pound general-purpose bombs. The image is from the June 2000, AIRMAN Magazine article "A Year to Remember"

A C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft from 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, delivers cargo pallets, personnel, and two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, to AFB Hoedspruit, South Africa, during Operation Atlas Response. The personnel and helicopters are the first American HH-60's delivered to aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims in Mozambique, 7 March 2000. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-02914 or search 000307-F-5772H-503 )

Aerospace control includes missions such as this U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon, carrying an Aim-9 Sidewinder missile, and Royal Jordanian Air Force F-1 Mirage flying over Iraq. These sorties are designed to gain control over an aerospace environment. Published in AIRMAN Magazine October 1996

An air-to-air front view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft over Lake Berryessa. The C-5, one of the first to be painted in a camouflage pattern, is en route to Cairo, Egypt

The 3rd Battalion, 7th US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Rifles move in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMMV) by the southern most sand berms near the Iraqi border, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

United States Customs and Border Protection Air and

U.S. M1 Abrams tanks with Battalion Landing Team 1/6,

U.S. Air Force Maj. Todd Swanhart, KC-10 Extender pilot

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