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An underside view of an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft in-flight. VX-4 is testing and evaluating the AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM). The Hornet is armed with eight AMRAAMS mounted on four wing pylons and two mounted on the fuselage. The Hornet is also carrying two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, one on each wing tip

An underside view on an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft in flight. VX-4 is testing and evaluating the AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM). The Hornet is armed with eight AMRAAMs on four wing pylons and two mounted on the fuselage. The Hornet is also carrying two AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, one on each wing tip

An underside view on an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft banking to the left. VX-4 is testing and evaluating the AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM). The Hornet is armed with eight AMRAAMs on four wing pylons and two mounted on the fuselage. The Hornet is also carrying two AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, one on each wing tip

An underside view of an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft in-flight. VX-4 is testing and evaluating the AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM). The Hornet is armed with eight AIM-120 AMRAAMS mounted on four wing pylons and two mounted on the fuselage. The Hornet is also carrying two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, one on each wing tip

An air-to-air left side view of an F-18A Hornet aircraft with AIM-9L Sidewinder dummy missiles mounted on its wing tips. The aircraft is from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4) assigned to Fighter/AEW Wing Pacific

Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, left, and Attack Squadron 34 (VA-34) A-6E Intruder aircraft sit armed and ready on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during Operation Desert Shield. The Intruders and one of the Hornets are armed with Mark 20 Rockeye II cluster bombs. Each Hornet carries AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on its wing tips; two have AGM-88A HARM anti-radar missiles on their wing pylons

An air-to-air left side view of an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The aircraft, from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, is in-flight over Lake Mead

A flight deck crew member directs the pilot of a Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) F/A-18 Hornet aircraft as he positions his plane on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during PACEX '89. The Hornet is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

An air-to-air top left view of an F-16XL prototype and the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during the Farnborough Air Show. The aircraft are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The F-16XL is also armed with AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on its undercarriage

An underside view of an Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 4 (VX-4) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft in-flight. VX-4 is testing and evaluating the AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM). The Hornet is armed with eight AMRAAMs on four wing pylons and two on the fuselage. The Hornet also carries two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, one on each wing tip

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A underside view of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four (VX-4)

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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

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