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F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the Thunderbirds flight demonstration team are parked on the flight line, while seven Royal Air Force (British) BAe Hawk aircraft are in flight overhead during the Open House Air Show

A US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat, Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213), Blacklions, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), prepares to connect and refuel from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo tanker, 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during a mission over the Persian Gulf region. Two USN F/A-18C Hornet fighters, Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87), Golden Warriors, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), wait their turn to slide in for aerial fueling. The VF-213 and VFA-87 are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8), currently embarked aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

A US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513) is filled with water during an exercise at auxiliary field 2, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona

A right side view of four F/A-18A Hornet aircraft flying in low-level formation over the desert during the multinational, joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR'87

An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor

Airmen from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flies over the

Staff Sgt. Thomas Sidoti from the 380th Expeditionary

A US Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harrier aircraft lands on the flight deck aboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship, USS Tarawa (LHA 1) while underway in the Red Sea. Tarawa is in route to the Mediterranean Sea to participate in exercise BRIGHT STAR, a multinational exercise held every two years in Egypt. Bright Star is the largest and most significant coalition military exercise conducted by the US Central Command (USCENTCOM). The exercise is an important part of the USCENTCOM theater engagement strategy and is designed to improve readiness and interoperability and strengthen the military and professional relationships among US, Egyptian and participating forces

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Various aircraft are serviced on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

An A-6 Intruder aircraft comes for recovery aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68)

An A-6 Intruder aircraft comes in for recovery aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68)

An aerial starboard view of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62), foreground, underway with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during Exercise BRIGHT STAR '83

Catapult crewmen crouch on the flight deck aboard the necular-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

An A-6E Intruder aircraft is launched during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Note: First view in a series of four

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 111 (VFA-111) A-6E Intruder aircraft is launched during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

An Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65) A-6E Intruder aircraft is prepared for takeoff during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)

An A-6E Intruder aircraft is directed by flight deck crewman abord the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

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Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Fox

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Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound retarded delivery bombs onto the wing pylon of an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A Fighter Squadron 211 (VF-211) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to catch the arresting wire as it comes in for a landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during flight operations aboard the vessel

A flight deck crewman wears an ND Mark V nuclear, biological and chemical mask during a general quarters drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A A-6E Intruder aircraft refuels an EA-6B Prowler aircraft during a demonstration of U.S. Navy aircraft being conducted for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). (Substandard image)

Flight deck crewmen conduct flight operations with an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The F-14 is in position to be catapulted from the carrier

A U.S Army AH-1S Cobra helicopter prepares to land while participating in operations with the Jordanian air force during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

Fire fighters stand by in a crash vehicle as an A-6E Intruder aircraft is catapulted from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41)

Maintenance crewmen aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) work on an S-3 Viking aircraft, left, and an EA-6B Prowler aircraft, right, during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81

Paratroopers jump from C-130 Hercules aircraft during the multinational, joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR'87

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is prepared for flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH 2) during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

A flight deck crewman observes an AV-8 Harrier aircraft after its takeoff from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4)

A flight deck crewman watches as a Fleet Logistic Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40) C-2A Greyhound aircraft lands on the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

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