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A rear view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany as it rises into the sky. The three week exercise began on 23 Aug 95 and is designed to test the effectiveness of both Danish and American air defenses. Exact Date Shot Unknown

An Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) A-7E Corsair II aircraft of the commander, Carrier Air Wing, flies homeward following deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. The squadron's aircraft, along with planes of Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46), will be decommissioned following return to the United States after twenty years of service in Carrier Air Wing 3. This particular Corsair exhibits a camouflage paint scheme along with the name of the war in which it played a part. Corsairs of both VA-72 and VA-46 had been stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

An air-to-air right underside view of a Be-12 Mail aircraft

A left underside view of a Soviet Tu-22 Backfire aircraft in flight

Artwork: " ' Eye' Above the Storm" Artist: Allen Harmon, US Air Force Air Collection

An air-to-air front view of a Northrop F-20 Tigershark aircraft performing a high-speed low-level pass during a demonstration. The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

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Base: Edwards Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Northrop Corporation

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/01/1983
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A Republic of Korea Army K200 Infantry Fighting Vehicle

An aerial view of the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, as a rocket is launched during a test

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

An air to air right underside view of a T-46 aircraft

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft flies over the sea during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on each wing tip. VFA-81 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60)

060803-F-0000X-003 (Aug. 3, 2006)US Navy (USN) CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael G. Mullen (pictured on big screen background right), delivers remarks during the EA-18G Growler aircraft roll-out ceremony held at the Boeing Company in St. Louis, Missouri (MO). The EA-18 Growler is being developed to replace the fleet's current carrier-based EA-6B Prowler aircraft. The next-generation electronic attack aircraft for USN combines the combat-proven F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft with a state-of-the-art electronic warfare avionics suite. The EA-18G will feature an airborne electronic attack suite based on Northrop Grumman's Improved Capability III system, a radically new jamming and...

An air-to-air left side view of a 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft in a vertical dive during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

Aerospace control includes missions such as this U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon, carrying an Aim-9 Sidewinder missile, and Royal Jordanian Air Force F-1 Mirage flying over Iraq. These sorties are designed to gain control over an aerospace environment. Published in AIRMAN Magazine October 1996

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ray Barlon and A1C G. Thomas Jr., 388th Electronic Maintenance Squadron, check the torque on an AIM-9L Sidewinder missile during Operation OCEAN VENTURE '84

A left rear view of the space shuttle Challenger landing after a mission in space

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