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Left side air-to-air view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft armed with an AGM-84 Harpoon missile, prior to launch. Following is an F-4 Phantom II aircraft

A left rear view of a B-52 Stratofortress as it takes off for the first launch of a Harpoon missile from this type of aircraft

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Base: Mather Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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14/03/1983
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label_outline Explore Mather Air Force Base, Harpoon Missile, Harpoon

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