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US Air Force (USAF), and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Phillip Wells, Crew CHIEF, 93rd Fighter Squadron, signals to the pilot of a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, before launching a mission in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. A GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bomb, an AIM-9N/P Sidewinder Missile and a AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missile are mounted on the wing pylon of the aircraft

US Air Force (USAF), SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Gaylon Hoebelheinrich, Crew CHIEF, 93rd Fighter Squadron, prepares to launch an USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, armed with GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bombs and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, for a mission in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF), SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Gaylon Hoebelheinrich, Crew CHIEF, 93rd Fighter Squadron, prepares to launch an USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, for a mission in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft armed with GBU-12 Pave II 500-pound Laser Guided Bombs, AMI-9 Sidewinder Missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles sits on the flight line of a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

US Air Force (USAF), Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Roberto Muniz, 93rd Fighter Squadron, makes adjustments on a GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bomb attached to the wing pylon of a USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF), SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Gaylon Hoebelheinrich, Crew CHIEF, 93rd Fighter Squadron, prepares to launch an USAF F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, armed with GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bombs and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, for a mission in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

A US Air Force (USAF) Michigan (MI) Air National Guard (ANG) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 107th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), taxies from an aircraft shelter at Incirlik AB, Turkey, during of Operation NORTHERN WATCH. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and GBU-12 Paveway II, 500-pound Laser Guided Bombs

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft armed with GBU-12 Pave II 500-pound Laser Guided Bombs, AMI-9 Sidewinder Missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles sits on the flight line of a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft armed with GBU-12 Pave II 500-pound Laser Guided Bombs, AMI-9 Sidewinder Missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles sits on the flight line of a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

A US Air Force (USAF) 93rd Fighter Squadron, F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, armed with GBU-12 500-pound laser guided bombs, AIM-9N/P Sidewinder Missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles, taxies onto the flight line at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, for a mission in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH

Country: Unknown

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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