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Six F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 17th Tactical Fighter Squadron fly in formation behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during the U.S. Central Command Exercise Quick Force. The exercise is designed to increase combat capabilities and provide a realistic combat environment simulating areas such as Southwest Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The refueling is taking place at the Utah Test and Training Range

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A US Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft (background), from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), performs touch-and-go (TAG) landings at Eielson AFB, while conducting an aerial refueling mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other. In the foreground are various aircraft from some of the nations attending the exercise

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An Ohio Air National Guard A-7D Corsair II aircraft is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during exercise Quick Force. The U.S. Central Command exercise is designed to increase combat capabilities and provide a realistic combat environment simulating areas such as Southwest Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The refueling mission is taking place at the Utah Test and Training Range

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: QUICK FORCE

State: Utah (UT)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Fernando Serna

Release Status: Released to Public

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01/09/1989
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