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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW) Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, 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). The aircraft is equipped with an airborne instrumentation pods, and armed with an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, launches an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during Exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL)

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, flies a mission over the Florida coast line during Exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL). The aircraft is armed with an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 21st Fighter Squadron (FS), Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona, launches an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles over the Gulf of Mexico, during the Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program, Combat Archer, hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron, located at Tyndall AFB, Florida

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, launches an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during Exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), armed with AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), flies while participating in exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall, AFB, Florida (FL)

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, flies a mission over the Florida coast line during Exercise Combat Archer, a Weapons System Evaluation Program (WSEP) hosted by the 83rd Weapons Squadron located at Tyndall AFB, Florida (FL). The aircraft is armed with an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW) Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, performs a left wing over banking maneuver 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 armed with an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 21st Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona, flies over the Gulf of Mexico during Exercise Combat Archer, an Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluation Program, hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron, located at Tyndall AFB, Florida. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 18th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW) Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, 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). The aircraft is armed with an AIM-120B Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)

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An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

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

Airmen from multiple Air National Guard units of Texas,

A US Navy (USN) Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41, Black Aces) aircrew member (left) signals to the USN VFA-41 F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft pilot prior to his taking off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

A highly mobile artillery system. The vehicle is from

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Harold Taylor, First Sergeant (1SGT), 354th Maintenance Group (MXG), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), holds the guidon at the position of parade rest during the MXG's change of command ceremony

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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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