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An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies overhead during the 2018

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Holloman Air Force Base

State: New Mexico (NM)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Dennis L. Carlson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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07/12/1978
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