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Colonel (COL) Burton Field, Commander, 8th Fighter Wing (FW), Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, flies his F16C Fighting Falcon flagship over South Korea

COL James Record, commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, gives COL Shin, right, commander of the Korean Special Forces, an orientation on the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft

AN F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft taxis to the air terminal after landing. The F-16 aircraft are on their first overseas deployment

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing flies over rice paddies of South Korea

A view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, seen from an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft, in flight. The Falcon is leaving the tanker after being refueled during the deployment to Kunsan Air Base, Korea. The aircraft is from the 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Michael Driscoll, F-16C "Fighting Falcon" aircraft Pilot assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron (FS), inspect the cockpit of his aircraft before a mission, on the flight line at Kunsan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK)

The crew chief of an US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea performs preflight checks as the marshal stand in front of the aircraft. From the June 2000 AIRMAN Magazine article "U.S.-South Korean alliance Strong."

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Michael Hawkins, 8th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 8th Fighter Wing (FW), does a post-flight inspection check on an USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft during a Korean Peninsula Combat Evaluation Readiness Exercise conducted at Kunsan Air Base (AB), Jeollabuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR)

A view of an in-flight F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot, with other Falcons shown in the background. The aircraft are from the 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, being deployed to Kunsan Air Base, Korea

COL Donald Snyder, Commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, taxis an F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft. The aircraft is the first Falcon to be stationed in Korea and is scheduled for the pilot's first check-out flight

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Kunsan Air Base

Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Wesley G. Anderson

Release Status: Released to Public

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24/05/1981
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label_outline Explore Snyder, F 16 A Fighting Falcon, Taxis

Senior Airman Clinton Caruolo, 8th Aircraft Maintenance

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II, 442nd Fighter Wing (FW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), pilot taxis into position for a hot refuel of his aircraft

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Troy Drasher assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea makes final adjustments on the TER-9A Triple Ejector Rack mounted under the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The rack is loaded with MK-82 500-pound general-purpose bombs. The image is from the June 2000, AIRMAN Magazine article "A Year to Remember"

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

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit stealth bomber taxis onto the flightline at Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), in support of exercise Coronet Bugle 49. The B-2 is deployed to Anderson from Whiteman AFB, Missouri (MO)

A 36th Tactical Fighter Wing firefighter models a new chemical warfare ensemble, including a breathing tank

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off prior

An F-4D Phantom II aircraft takes off, ending its assignment with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing. The aircraft will be reassigned to a stateside Air National Guard unit

Airman 1st Class Nicholas Mazza, 8th Civil Engineer

A 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle aircraft is displayed on the flight line

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing

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donald snyder col donald snyder commander tactical fighter taxis aircraft first falcon korea pilot check out flight f 16 a fighting falcon kunsan air base colonel staff sergeant south korea republic of korea f 16 tactical fighter wing high resolution tactical fighter ssgt wesley air force base military aircraft fighter jet aircraft us national archives f 16 fighting falcon