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An F-15E Eagle aircraft of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing takes off for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

Ground crew members stand by as an F-15E Eagle aircraft of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

An F-15E Eagle aircraft of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing taxis on the runway as it prepares to deploy to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft taxis to the flight line as it prepares to depart for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is equipped with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

A ground crew member performs a preflight check on an F-15E Eagle aircraft of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing prior to its deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

F-15C Eagle aircraft armed with AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles deploy to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft are assigned to the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing

An F-15C Eagle aircraft of the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing banks to the left as it departs for Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is armed with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

Ground crew members perform a preflight check on an F-15E Eagle aircraft of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing prior to its deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a KC-10 Extender aircraft while en route to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, three external fuel tanks and, on its center left wing pylon, an AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod

An F-15E Eagle aircraft of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing takes off for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is equipped with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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20/02/1991
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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

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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)

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