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An air-to-air right side view of three Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft in formation en route to their targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are carrying Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on their outboard wing pylons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on their fuselage pylons. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

A view of an Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft enroute to its target during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is carrying Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on its outboard wing pylon and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on it fuselage pylon. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) which is operating in the Red Sea

A view of three Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft en route to their targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is carrying Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on their outboard wing pylons and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on their fuselage pylons. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) which is operating in the Red Sea

An Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft banks to the left while en route to its target during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is carrying six Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on its outboard wing pylons and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each of its fuselage pylons. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

An Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its port fuselage pylon. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

Two Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft en route to targets in Iraq wait as an Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) A-6E Intruder aircraft is refueled by a KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Desert Storm. The two Corsair aircraft are carrying Mark 82 500-pound bombs and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. VA-72 and VA-75 are based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72), foreground, and Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) conduct aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. An Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) KA-6D Intruder aircraft is at upper right. The Navy aircraft are deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is on station in the Red Sea in support of Operation Desert Shield

An Attack Squadron 72 (VA-720 A-7E Corsair aircraft sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is carrying five Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on its wing pylons and an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each fuselage pylon

An Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft heads for its target in Iraq with a load of eight Mark 82 500-pound bombs during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is also armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its fuselage cheek-position point. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) in the Red Sea

A view of two Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair aircraft en route to their targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are carrying Mark 20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs on their outboard wing pylons and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on their fuselage pylons. VA-72 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: CMDR Leenhouts

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Rockeye Ii Anti Tank Cluster Bombs, Fuselage Pylons, Cmdr Leenhouts

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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

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as they prepare for refueling over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Corsair on the right is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its right fuselage pylon

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F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing take part in a mission against Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and Mark 84 2,000-pound bombs.

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

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two attack squadron corsair aircraft route targets operation desert storm mark rockeye anti tank cluster bombs rockeye ii anti tank cluster bombs pylons aim sidewinder missiles sidewinder missiles fuselage fuselage pylons carrier uss kennedy cv uss john f kennedy cv 67 uss john f kennedy john f kennedy united states ships us navy ships a 7 e corsair aim 9 sidewinder wing pylon aircraft carrier us navy high resolution va 72 a 7 e corsair aircraft desert storm aim 9 sidewinder missiles cmdr leenhouts military aircraft aviation red sea jet aircraft us national archives attack aircraft