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An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) extends its refueling probe after falling in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to refuel while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) breaks away after receiving fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft sits armed and ready on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) during FLEET EX 1-90. The aircraft is carrying two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing pylon at left, a drop tank under the engine intake, an AIM-54 Phoenix missile under the fuselage and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the wing pylon at right

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) is refueled by an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on patrol during the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces following Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outside portion of its wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the bottom of the pylon. VF-14 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USDS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flies a patrol off of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its outboard wing pylon, an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on its inboard wing pylon and an AIM-54C Phoenix missile beneath its fuselage

A Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) F-14A Tomcat aircraft breaks away after refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

A view of the underside of a Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33) F-14A Tomcat aircraft as it returns to the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66) after an escort mission during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outboard part of each wing pylon and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the inboard part. Beneath the fuselage is one AIM-7 Sparrow and two AIM-54 Phoenix missiles.

An air-to-air view of a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft on a combat patrol off of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outer portion of its wing pylon, an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inner portion and an AIM-54 Phoenix missile beneath its fuselage

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) falls in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft to conduct an aerial refueling while on a combat air patrol following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the outboard portion of each wing pylon and an AIM-7 Sparrow missile on the inboard portion. VF-32 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

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Country: Red Sea

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Chester O. Falkenhainer

Release Status: Released to Public

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An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

Flight deck crew members and ordnance crew members use an HLU-196 bomb hoist to load an AIM-7 Sparrow missile onto the pylon of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

A German Air Force PA200 Tornado performs refueling

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)

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

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Ships of Naval On-call Forces Mediterranean, Task Force 432, are underway in formation during exercise Deterrent Force 2/90, a part of Operation Desert Shield

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), 140th Fighter Wing (FW), Colorado Air National Guard (COANG), flown by USAF Major (MAJ) Julian Clay, finishes refueling from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 108th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), New Jersey Air National Guard (NJANG), during the second Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Falcon is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile (left) and Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pod under the wing and an Acceleration Monitor Assembly (AMA) pod on the wing tip. The Tiger Meet of the Americas, first ever held in Canada, inaugurated in 2001 in the Western Hemisphere to carry on the Tiger tradition of the long-established...

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An air-to-air right underside view of a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with Mark 82 500-pound bombs on the outside wing pylons, an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the right wing tip and an AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pod on the centerline

A front view of a Marine AV-8 Harrier aircraft with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile mounted on the right wing

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