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AIRMAN 1ST Class Laura Washnesky defuses Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs for removal from a munitions cart. The bombs will be loaded on an F-16 The bombs will be loaded on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise COPE ELITE '81

STAFF Sergeant Bruce Boyer defuses Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs for removal from a munitions cart during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The bombs will be loaded on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft

Mark 84 bombs are loaded onto the pylon of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84. The F-16 is assigned to the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Airmen load a Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bomb on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise COPE ELITE '81

Racks of Mark 82 500-pound general-purpose bombs are lined up on the flightline for loading onto F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron during Exercise Cope Thunder '86-3. During the exercise more than 60 aircraft from the U.S. and the Far East will be pitted against each other in combat situations, dogfights and bomb runs

STAFF Sergeant Bruce Boyer and AIRMAN 1ST Class Laura Washnesky defuse Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs for removal from a munitions cart. The bombs will be loaded on an F-16 The bombs will be loaded on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise COPE ELITE '81

A left rear view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with another Falcon in the background during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The aircraft, loaded with a Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs, is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

Munitions personnel use a bomb loader to move concrete-filled practice bombs. They are arming F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and F-15 Eagle aircraft for air strikes during Exercise COPE THUNDER 83-7

An airman from the 8th Aircraft Generation Squadron secures an inert Mark 82 500-pound general purpose bomb onto the wing pylon of an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise Cope thunder '86-1

Airmen use a bomb loader to remove one of the Mark 82 500-pound laser-guided bombs from a munitions cart during exercise COPE ELITE '81. The F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft (in the background) which will carry the bombs is from 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

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Subject Operation/Series: COPE ELITE '81

Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe

State: Hawaii (HI)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bob Fehringer

Release Status: Released to Public

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12/11/1981
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