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AIRMAN First Class Badua (left) and STAFF Sergeant Gerling attach the fins of an AGM-88 HARM missile into place of the F-16 Fighting Falcon during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Both airmen are from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and are deployed at Doha, Qatar, as part of the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF). AEFs help build predictability and stability into the way the Air Force schedules its people to respond to contingencies. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

Major Warren Boyes of McEntire Air National Guard Station (ANGS), South Carolina, inspects his F-16 Fighting Falcon before takeoff during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel. Note: The outer two missiles are AIM-120 AMRAAMs, the missile behind Bores is the AIM-9 Sidewinder, all air-to-air missiles

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, from Shaw Air Force Base, on a mission during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, turns slightly in the air and shows off a heavy arsenal. The AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) are seen at the wing tips next is the AIM-9 Sidewinder, an air-to-air missile, followed by the AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM), an air-to surface tactical missile designed to seek out and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 20th Fighter Wing (FW) Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, (SC) armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, and AGM-88 High Speed Antiradiation Missiles (HARM) flies over the no-fly zone during a mission flown in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

AIRMAN First Class Badua (left) and STAFF Sergeant Gerling, attach the electrical wiring from the Sidewinder missile to the dropping pod of the F-16 Fighting Falcon wing during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. This enables the pilot to drop the missile with the touch of a button. Both airmen are from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and are deployed at Doha, Qatar, as part of the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF). AEFs help build predictability and stability into the way the Air Force schedules its people to respond to contingencies. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flown by MAJ. Marc Himelhoch from the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., looks for simulated targets and hostile aircraft during exercise Operation Iron Thunder on Feb. 7, 2007, near Shaw AFB. The exercise offers a chance for participants to be exposed to missions identical to those faced in combat. More than 100 aircraft from the U.S. military and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces are participating in the exercise. The aircraft is armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) missiles on each wing and an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile (left wing). (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT Suzanne...

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) William Gilmer (background), a F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft Crew CHIEF, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), conducts an engine running operation check as USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Brent Brooks, Munitions Handler, arms the GBU-12 Pave II 500-pound Laser Guided Bombs on the aircraft at a forward deployed base in Southwest Asia, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The aircraft also carries AMI-9 Sidewinder Missiles and AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-air Missiles

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Yakima Dargan, a USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft crew chief with the 308th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMXU), 56th Fighter Wing (FW) looks for cracks and leaks inside a panel on his aircraft during preflight inspection before a mission at Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ). The mission of the 56th FW is to train F-16 pilots and crew chiefs while providing agile combat support to aerospace expeditionary forces

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

AIRMAN First Class Brian Green, a crew chief from Shaw Air Force Base, signals his pilot to bring the F-16 Fighting Falcon to a stop during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel. Note: The outer two missiles are AIM-120 AMRAAMs, the third missle in is the AGM-88 HARM designed to seek and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems

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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH

Base: Doha

Country: Qatar (QAT)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Frank Rizzo, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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The Pershing II, a mobile intermediate-range ballistic

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

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Brigade Engineer Battalion1st

The Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Antietam

AMN Justin Horn (left) signals LT Ron Gorman (center) and LT. Jim Bates during flight checks of an F-14 Tomcat aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). Independence is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch

A combined US and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) task group steams in formation at the close of the at-sea portion of the Singapore phase of COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING (CARAT). The task group consists of (from left to right): US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS RUSSELL (DDG 59); USN Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43); Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Lurssen FPB 45 Class Fast Attack Craft Missile RSS SEA WOLF; RSN Landing Ship Tank (LST) RSS RESOLUTION; USN Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS McCAMPBELL (DDG 85); RSN Victory Class Corvette RSS VICTORY; RSN Fearless Class Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)...

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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

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