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U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II departs after receiving

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Air Launch Cruise Missiles (AGM-86) on the pylon of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from the 92nd Bombing Wing

An F/A-18B Hornet aircraft fires an air-to-air missile during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE 88

An F/A-18B Hornet aircraft fires an air-to-air missile during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE 88

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 113th Fighter Squadron (FS), 181st Fighter Wing (FW), Terra Haute International Airport (IAP) Hulman Field (FLD), Indiana (IN), fires an AGM-65 Maverick missile during a training exercise in Arizona (AZ)

A US Air Force B-52G Stratofortress aircraft from the 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring Air Force Base, Maine, flies into position to fire an AGM-84 Harpoon missile (visible under the wing) at a target hulk during HARPOONEX, a phase of Exercise FLEETEX 2-86

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Subject Operation/Series: HARPOONEX / FLEETEX 2-86

Country: Eastern Caribbean Sea

Scene Camera Operator: Ludwig

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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20/04/1986
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A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the

Machinery Repairman Third Class (DV) Erin Telitz works alongside Signalman First Class (EOD/SW) Joel Blea as he communicates with a patient and medical diver inside a transportable recompression chamber aboard USS DENVER (LPD 9) during a drill on the system as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 off coast of Southern California (CA). The sailors are attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/...

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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN from the 379th Expeditionary Munitions Maintenance Squadron (EMMXS), roll out a Air-to-Ground Missile (AGM-130) destined for an operational mission at this forward-deployed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

KC-10 aircraft from Travis Air Force base, California and McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey and B-52H aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, deployed to the 2nd Air Expeditionary Squadron, Naval Station Diego Garcia, stand by on the flightline in support of Operation DESERT THUNDER 2

AIRMAN 1ST Class Darryl Hawkins of the 857th Security Police Squadron scans the perimeter of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft alert area through the sight of an M16 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher

At Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Terilyn Morrison (right) and AIRMAN (AMN) Felipe Maymi-Baez, both life support technicians with the 5th Bomb Wing (BW), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), inspect helmets belonging to B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft aircrew members

A parade of front line aircraft dress the Nellis AFB ramp areas during the United States Air Force's 50th Anniversary and Air show. On display are the B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer and other historic planes

LCACs (Landing Craft, Air Cushioned) are guided ashore for the safety and organization of the training evolution during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '99 aboard Camp Pendleton, California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Landon Favors, Weapons Loader, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), checks the safety pins on a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile attached to the wing pylon of aUSAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Breaking Barriers: B-52H Stratofortress

Aerial view of B-52 Stratofortress bombers at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, commonly known as the "Boneyard". Hundreds of B-52s were destroyed as part of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and sold for scrap at 12 cents a pound. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1977

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