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A fellow squadron member arrives with beers for the pilot and radar intercept officer of a 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, F-4E Phantom II aircraft following their return to base during exercise Cope Tora '90, a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) bombing and gunnery exercise

AN F-4E Phantom II pilot of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing climbs into his aircraft during the exercise Crested Cap

An airman from the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing fills out a maintenance checklist for one of the wing's F-4E Phantom II aircraft during exercise Cope Tora '90, a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) bombing and gunnery exercise

A flight crewman from the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing smiles after returning to base during exercise Cope Tora '90, a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) bombing and gunnery exercise

CAPT. Erdie O. Lansford II, pilot, and 1ST LT. Christopher C. Reymann, copilot, both of the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, fly a C-130E Hercules aircraft on a container delivery system (CDS) airdrop during a training exercise. Both men are graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy

CAPT. Tom Neiss, foreground, airborne missile combat crew commander from the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, and CAPT. John Rogers, deputy airborne missile combat crew commander from the 1850th Communications Squadron, practice turning the missile launch keys inside their EC-135 Pacer Link aircraft (tail No. 8052), prior to flying the final Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile launch for the Strategic Air Command. The mission has been designated "Glory Trip 147GM-1."

US Air Force CAPT. Matthew Wonnacott, left, and US Air Force CAPT. Carroll Decker, both from the 35th Medical Group, Misawa, Japan, evaluate US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Leroy Sullivan, 35th Supply Squadron, Misawa, Japan, during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise (CERE) at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The exercise tested the wing's ability to execute its mission under simulated combat conditions

Captain (CPT) Jeff Ault, pilot of a 69th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4 Phantom II aircraft, briefs pilots on a mission during Exercise AMALGAM CHIEF'88. The exercise is a test of the Air Force's ability to intercept enemy missiles and aircraft in the event of an attack on the continental United States

Captain (CPT) James Jackson, 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, examines a GBU-15 modular glide bomb mounted on the wing pylon of his F-4E Phantom II aircraft before taking off for a mission to Chikdo Range during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

CAPT. Bill Miller and CAPT. J.R. Foster, the pilot and radar intercept officer of a 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, F-4E Phantom II aircraft, cross the flight line after returning from a successful flight during exercise Cope Tora '90, a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) bombing and gunnery exercise

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Subject Operation/Series: COPE TORA '90

Base: Clark Air Base

Country: Philippines (PHL)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Val Gempis

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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bill miller bill miller foster pilot radar intercept officer radar intercept officer tactical phantom aircraft flight line exercise tora pacific forces pacific air forces pacaf gunnery radar equipment clark air base philippines clark air base air base f 4 e pahntom ii captain f 4 e phantom ii philippines tactical fighter wing high resolution tactical fighter squadron tactical fighter f 4 e phantom ii aircraft gunnery exercise flight staff sgt val gempis air force base us national archives
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1982 - 2007
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bill miller bill miller foster pilot radar intercept officer radar intercept officer tactical phantom aircraft flight line exercise tora pacific forces pacific air forces pacaf gunnery radar equipment clark air base philippines clark air base air base f 4 e pahntom ii captain f 4 e phantom ii philippines tactical fighter wing high resolution tactical fighter squadron tactical fighter f 4 e phantom ii aircraft gunnery exercise flight staff sgt val gempis air force base us national archives