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SENIOR AIRMAN Mark Cusimano an F-15 Eagle crew chief with the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA, adjusts the AIM-9 missile on its pylon prior to another mission for the F-15 during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

SENIOR AIRMAN Mark Cusimano an F-15 Eagle crew chief with the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA, refills the aircraft liquid oxygen (LOX) prior to another mission sortie during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

Captain Reid Murphy, an F-15 Eagle pilot from the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA in the cockpit of his aircraft, waits for the signal from his crew chief to start the engines to fly another sortie during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

STAFF Sergeant Brian Bosch, a crew chief on the F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA checks the aircraft maintenance forms before beginning preflight inspection on the F-15 prior to mission for Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

STAFF Sergeant Patrick McDonald a crew chief on an F-15 Eagle from the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA, during mission preflight, checks the aircraft prior to engine start. The F-15's are participating in Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

Captain Tony Valenti, Captain Reid Murphy, Captain Scott Bommer and Captain Ronny Munsour, all F-15 Eagle pilots with the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA have a mission briefing prior to flying other sorties as part of Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

F-18 Hornet aircrafts from Strike Fighter Squadron 151, Fixed Fighter Attack Wing, Lemoore Naval Air Station, California, taxi down the runway towards the de-armament area of Roswell airport during Exercise ROVING SANDS '96

An F/A-18 Hornet with the VFA-151 Fighter Attack Wing, Naval Air Station Lemoore, California breaks away from the KC-135E tanker, from the 146th Air Refueling Squadron, 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, after being refueled during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

A U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle taxis out

An F-15 Eagle from the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA taxis down the taxi strip prior to take-off on a mission in support of Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96

Base: Cannon Air Force Base

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Andy Dunaway

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Captain Pat Ryan, an F-15 Eagle pilot from the 159th Fighter Group, New Orleans, LA, fills out the aircraft forms after returning from a mission in support of Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise

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One F-15 takes off as another one taxies on the snow-cleared runway 05 in preparation for take-off

AIRMAN Jason Bass, Crew CHIEF for the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, launches his F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, for a local airspace orientation flight in preparation for ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense

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fighter group fighter group orleans new orleans taxis la taxis strip taxi strip take off mission sands defense air defense exercise f 15 new mexico air forces training exercise f 15 eagle staff sergeant high resolution cannon air force base state andy dunaway us air force air force base military aircraft jet aircraft fighter jet aircraft us national archives clovis