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A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as the planes are in flight over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

An air-to-air overhead view of a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft breaks away after refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to connect with the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as the planes are in flight over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies a patrol off of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its outboard wing pylon, an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on its inboard wing pylon and an AIM-54C Phoenix missile beneath its fuselage

A view of the underside of a Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) F-14A Tomcat aircraft as it returns to the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) after an escort mission during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outboard part of each wing pylon and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the inboard part. Beneath the fuselage is one AIM-7 Sparrow and two AIM-54 Phoenix missiles.

A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft sits armed and ready on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) during FLEET EX 1-90. The aircraft is carrying two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing pylon at left, a drop tank under the engine intake, an AIM-54 Phoenix missile under the fuselage and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the wing pylon at right

An air-to-air view of a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft on a combat patrol off of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outer portion of its wing pylon, an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inner portion and an AIM-54 Phoenix missile beneath its fuselage

A Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) F-14A Tomcat aircraft is refueled by an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outside portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the lower part of each pylon. VF-21 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62)

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as the planes are in flight over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Chester Falkenheimer

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/02/1991
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label_outline Explore Tomcat Aircraft Refuels, Fuselage Pylons, Aim 7 Sparrow Missiles

An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

Flight deck crew members and ordnance crew members use an HLU-196 bomb hoist to load an AIM-7 Sparrow missile onto the pylon of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 52 aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, in flight. The aircraft is armed with AGM-88 HARM's (high-speed anti-radiation missile), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAM's (advanced medium-range air-to-air missile). Another F-16 can be seen in the distance

A right front view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in flight during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

A view of ten BDU-50 practice bombs mounted on pylons beneath the left wing of a 509th Bomb Group FB-111A aircraft

KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing take part in a mission against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and Mark 84 2,000-pound bombs.

A left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refueling an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in flight as another Falcon awaits its turn. The Falcons, from the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, are carrying AN/ALQ-131 pods and missile dispensers

AN air-to-air right side view of a YF-16 aircraft and a YF-17 aircraft, side-by-side, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

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fighter squadron vf tomcat aircraft refuels tomcat aircraft refuels stratotanker stratotanker aircraft planes operation desert storm aim sidewinder missiles sidewinder missiles pylons sparrow sparrow missiles fuselage f 14 a tomcat f 14 a in flight kc 135 stratotanker aim 7 sparrow aim 9 sidewinder grumman aerospace corporation high resolution f 14 a tomcat aircraft refuels kc 135 stratotanker aircraft desert storm aim 9 sidewinder missiles aim 7 sparrow missiles fuselage pylons ph 3 chester falkenheimer red sea us national archives kc 135