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A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), in flight over the Gulf of Mexico during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), in fligh during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL). The aircraft is equipped with a airborne instrumentation pod

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), in fligh during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft from the 101st Fighter Squadron (FS), Massachusetts (MA), Air National Guard (ANG) flies over the Gulf of Mexico during exercise Combat Archer a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

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Two US Air Force (USAF) F-15A Eagle aircraft from the 53rd Fighter Wings (FW), Test and Evaluation Squadrons (TES) fly over the Gulf of Mexico during exercise Combat Archer a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), in fligh during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL). The aircraft is equipped with a airborne instrumentation pod and armed with two AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), in fligh during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL). The aircraft is equipped with a airborne instrumentation pod

A US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Oregon (OR) Air National Guard (ANG), in flight over the Gulf of Mexico during exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

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State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Ammons, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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This US Air Force (USAF) MQM-107E Streaker (a.k.a. Kalkara (Australia)) sub-scale aerial target drone flies over the Gulf of Mexico during an air-to-air weapons evaluation mission. The Streaker supports a variety of air-to-air and surface-to-air missions requiring aerial targets and is typically recovered after each mission, refurbished and reused to support future missions. This one is assigned to the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (ATS), Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL) and part of exercise Combat Archer

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