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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 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-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

An air-to-air view of three F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing en route to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, an AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod and external fuel tanks

Ground crewmen remove the safety features from a pair of AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft about to depart for Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield

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

Maintenance personnel of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing check an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft prior to a mission during Operation Desert Shield. The plane is armed 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

Several F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing stand ready to taxi onto the runway. The aircraft will fly to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield

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

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Marvin D. Lynchard

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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23/01/1991
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label_outline Explore Planes, Aim 9 Sidewinder Missiles, Tactical Fighter Wing

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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)

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

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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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