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Airman 1st Class Ryan Elmer, 309th Aircraft Maintenance

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II shoots a flare

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 35th

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor performs an aerial manuever

Air to air, three quarter front high view, from a tanker, of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft on a mission out of its home base, Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles receives fuel from a

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon “Triple Nickel”

The F-100 is displayed on a permanent stand. It was the second aircraft to represent the Liberty Wing. It flew for the 48th Fighter Wing between 1956 and 1972 before it was replaced by the F-4 Phantom

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Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over cloud cover, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side above view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view right side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view bottom view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, as it makes a hard right turn, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view right side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft as it banks left for an approach into Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, flying over scattered clouds, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air view left side view of a 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, makes a right turn, on a mission out of Beale Air Force Base, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael Haggerty

Release Status: Released to Public

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01/01/1990
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label_outline Explore Blackbird Reconnaissance Aircraft, Air View, Tsgt Michael Haggerty

Pilot MAJ Bob Aboe and co-pilot 1LT John Burda of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prepare for a flight in an EC-135C Stratolifter advanced airborne command post aircraft (AABNCP).

Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall is suited up prior to her U-2 Dragonlady flight. STAFF SGT. Andrew McLean, an aerospace physiologist specialist, integrates the full pressure suit

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters

SSGT Chuck Hensley of the 55th Organizational Maintenance Squadron services communications equipment in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, prior to a mission. Named "Glory Trip 143GB," the mission will be the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Airmen from 2nd Maintenance Group use an air manifold

An F-111 aircraft arrives on base for participation in the Strategic Air Command bombing/navigation competition Proud Shield '88

Airmen assist LTC Bob Crowder, from the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, put on his high-pressure suit. LTC Crowder will fly an SR-71 Blackbird aircraft which will be refueled by a KC-10 Extender aircraft during testing

A KC-10A Extender aircraft from the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron levels out after takeoff during Proud Shield '92, a Strategic Air Command bombing and navigation competition

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

An air-to-air view of a U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom, assigned to the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida as it climbs vertical while participating in REFORGER '82. Exact Date Shot Unknown

An air-to-air front view of an SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft known as the "Blackbird."

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II aircrew assigned

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