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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 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 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 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 two 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. Each 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

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 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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label_outline Explore Tomcat Aircraft Refuels, Fuselage Pylons, Aim 7 Sparrow Missiles

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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

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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 overhead view of a 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft refueling as seen from the boom operator's station aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

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