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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

Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft 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

An A-7E Corsair II aircraft prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as another Corsair stands by for refueling during Operation Desert Storm. Both Corsairs are armed with HARM high speed anti-radiation missiles and the Corsair beneath the refueling boom is also armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.

Two A-7E Corsair aircraft from Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) fall in behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft at right is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its starboard fuselage pylon. VA-46 is based aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), which is operating in the Red Sea

An air-to-air left side view of two Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair II aircraft flying in formation. The aircraft are armed with AGM-45 Shrike missiles

An Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) A-7E Corsair aircraft receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while on a training flight following the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces. The aircraft is carrying an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on its starboard fuselage pylon. A second VA-46 Corsair aircraft flies below. VA-46 is based aboard the aircraft USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)

An air-to-air overhead view of a Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

A Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) F-14A Tomcat aircraft refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft as the planes are in flight over the Red Sea during Operation Desert Storm. The Tomcat is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the outer pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles on the fuselage pylons

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 131 F/A-18A Hornet aircraft takes off from the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43). The aircraft is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles

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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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Chester Falkenheimer

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/02/1991
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A right front view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in flight during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

A low flying C-130 Hercules assigned to Yokota AB, Japan, lines up to make a supply drop during exercise COBRA GOLD

A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler/ Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 pulls onto the tarmac at Wajir air field in Northern Kenya to execute a combat off-load during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98

MASTER Sergeant Johnny Bartosh of the 317th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, chains down an MH-60G Pave Hawk on a ramp as Technical Sergeant Tony McGuire of the 305th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, checks for clearance between the top of the helicopter and the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft

An air-to-air left side view of an Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121 (VAW-121) E-2C Hawkeye aircraft over the Persian Gulf

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)

An air-to-air left side view of a 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft in a vertical dive during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

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An air-to-air right side view of a Soviet Be-12 Mail anti-submarine and maritime patrol amphibian flying boat

A plane director stands behind an Attack Squadron 37 (VA-37) A-7E Corsair II aircraft as he signals to another aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) during the allied forces exercise Team Work '88

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, conducts a news conference prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility during Operation Desert Storm. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

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