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MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) William C. Atkins, USAF, avionics technician, 192nd Fighter Wing, Virginia Air National Guard, works on an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Byrd Field in Sandston, Virginia

A member of the flight crew looks outside the window

A boy inspects the turret of an Army Reserve Humvee

MAJ Sam Via and CPT Chuck Simpson, weapon systems officer, 2874th Test Squadron, Sacramento Air Logistics Center, prepare to take a recently repaired F-111 aircraft on a test flight. Squadron members test refurbished aircraft to make certain that the planes are ready for return to regular duty

U.S. Army Maj. Ryan J. Smith, a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ian Lutzenberger, 350th

CPT Mel Soterlund, navigator, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, makes calculations as he guides his C-130 Hercules aircraft toward a Micronesian island during a Christmas Drop mission. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Maj. Bryan Donovan, director of Safety and Standardization,

US Air Force Captain Brian Murphy, pilot, and US Air Force Major Anthony Barnes, instructor pilot, assigned here from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California, prepare for a final approach into Incirlik Air Base. The group deployed here in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

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KC-135 boom operator MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Caroline Beardin, 106th Air Refueling Squadron, Alabama Air National Guard, gives a thumbs up signal to a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle as it drops away from the refueling boom

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft touches down at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford, England (ENG), safely after performing a local mission refueling fighter aircraft

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-15 aircraft assigned

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling boom from the 344th Aerial Refeuling Squadron, McConell Air Force Base, Kansas, passes fuel to a Dutch F-16 Falcon during a refueling mission in a forward location in the European Theatre. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling boom from the 344th Aerial Refeuling Squadron, McConell Air Force Base, Kansas, passes fuel to a British E-3 Sentry, during a refueling mission in a forward location in the European Theatre. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft air-to-air refuels an F-15E Eagle fighter, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft approaching the extended refueling arm of a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW) during a mission flown in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A low angle view showing a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft in flight during a refueling mission flown in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 344th Aerial Refeuling Squadron, McConell Air Force Base, Kansas, passes fuel to a Dutch F-16 Falcon during a refueling mission in a forward location in the European Theatre. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil

A happy US Air Force F-15 pilot gives the thumbs up after he receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker (Not shown) during a mission in the European Theatre supporting Operation Allied Force

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Subject Operation/Series: Allied Force

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Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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16/04/1999
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label_outline Explore European Theatre, Operation Allied Force, Ssgt Ken Bergmann

A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

A US Navy (USN) (green shirt) Catapult Operator gives the thumbs up signal as a F-14D Tomcat aircraft assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT and embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations in the Mediterranean Sea

The thumbs up signal is given by LT. COL. Charlie Heald (front seat) and Peter Jennings of ABC News in the back seat of the F-15E Strike Eagle. The signal is given to notify everyone that everything is "A" all right for the incentive flight to begin

US Air Force Captain Darrell Dunn, U-2 pilot, 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, gets suited up before his flight with the help of USAF SENIOR Airmen Cindy Nakoski and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN John Harry, of physiology support. CPT Dunn, SRA Nakoski, and SRA Harry are part of the coalition force here to support Operation Southern Watch, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq

Eric Domagalski, a member of the Texas A&M University male cadet choir gives a thumbs up. The pilot of the F-15D Eagle aircraft is US Air Force Captain Connor Blackwood, an F-15 pilot from the 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. As a recruiting initiative aimed at stateside audiences, base officials, with the approval of higher headquarters, offered an F-15 incentive flight to one student. Eric's teachers chose him out of the 72 members. He received a flight physical, egress training and a full mission briefing before the afternoon take off

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mike Stough (Left), a KC-10 Extender pilot and Deployed Commander of the 32nd Aerial Refeuling Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, with Major Carlos Vilella, also a KC-10 pilot with the 32nd ARS, set a new heading and check radio frequencies during a night refueling mission while deployed to a forward location in the European theatre. The image was shot through a Starlight Night Vision Lens System. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil

A close up view of US Air Force Captain Michael Brazelton an instructor pilot with the 71st Flying Training Wing sitting in the cockpit of a T-37 Tweet aircraft with student pilot USAF 2nd Lieutenant Molly Morris at Vance AFB, Oklahoma. Cover photo of the June 2000 AIRMAN Magazine and part of the article "Silver Wing Strut" describing Joint-service pilot training at Vance AFB, Oklahoma

STS087-318-014 - STS-087 - STS-87 crewmember flight deck deorbit preparations

Lieutenant (LT), Joshua Armey, USAF, F-16 Falcon aircraft pilot assigned to the 35 Fighter Squadron (FS), Kunsan AB, Korea give the thumbs up sign prior to takeoff, during an exercise at Kunsan AB, Korea

STS51C-08-016 - STS-51C - STS-51C crew activities

The tail section of a KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 92nd Aerial Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, stands ready for a mission, while deployed to Moron Air Base, Spain. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil. The moon shines in the basckground

A deployed US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II moves into the contact position during a night refueling mission while deployed to a forward location in the European theatre. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil. The image is shot through a Starlight Night Vision Lens System

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