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Shot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile in flight

An F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile taxis to the runway

A close-up of an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile mounted on the wing tip of an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft

An air to air right side view of an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft firing an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

A left front ground view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with five AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles mounted under the wings

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fires an AIM-9P4 Sidewinder missile at an MQM-107 target drone

AN air-to-air right side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fires an AIM-9P4 Sidewinder missile at an MGM-107 target drone

Aviation ordnancemen prepare to load AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles onto Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) F-14A Tomcat aircraft

A munitions crew loads an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Ramstein Air Base

State: Rheinland-Pfalz

Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/03/1983
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label_outline Explore Ssgt Bill Thompson, Aim 9 Sidewinder Missile, Sidewinder Missile

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A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is unloaded at sunrise during exercise BRIGHT STAR '80

A right side view of aircraft in flight over the desert during exercise Bright Star '82. The aircraft are from front to back: a MiG-21, F-16 Fighting Falcon, MiG-17 and an A-10 Thunderbolt II

MJ-1B Munitions Loader "Jammer" driven by US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Barbosa, Munitions Maintenance Crew, as he loads munitions for a mission against Iraqi targets during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

An air-to-air left side view of a 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft in a vertical dive during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

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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

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An air-to-air right side view (from top to bottom) of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, and an Egyptian (Soviet built) MiG-21 aircraft

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